Happy Birthday Concord & 9th!
Hi friends! Happy Thursday! This is a very happy day as we’re celebrating the fantastic Concord & 9th on their first Birthday! Please give a big Simon welcome back to Angie, who is our special guest today! Big kudos to Angie the entire team at Concord & 9th for their consistent gorgeous designs and inspiration! We are HUGE fans, and wish them lots and lots of continued success and accolades! Please be sure to wish them a Happy Birthday in social media with the hashtag #C9BirthdayBash. Read on and enjoy!
August is Concord & 9th’s birthday month, with August 9th being one year since our very first product launch, so of course we had to create a birthday stamp set. We love the current trend of layered cakes (frosted or not) with large floral toppers. The cake in the Happy Days stamp set is about 3 3/4″ tall by 3 1/8″ wide after it’s stamped and die cut – that does not include the banner. It fills up a standard card size perfectly! This set is definitely intended for those with a passion for coloring! There are fun sentiments like MAKE A WISH and HAPPY BIRTHDAY. You can use the little numbers or even stamp out THE BIG FIVE-OH, and so on.
We didn’t want this to be a birthday set only, so we included sentiments such as MR & MRS and HAPPILY EVER AFTER for weddings, CONGRATULATIONS for a bridal/baby shower, and even IT’S YOUR DAY TO SPARKLE for special events like graduation. The banner piece is also versatile. You can stamp greetings inside of it by bending them slightly. It works as a topper, or flip it over and it runs under the cake plate with the same angles. There is a stick (or straight line) in the stamp set that acts as the banner poles, a candlestick, poles for the little individual flag or the stick to a fun sparkler! The coordinating die, Happy Day dies, has a large cake piece, banner, the words HAPPY and DAY that can be used on their own or together. The words are separate so you can use the negative piece stacked or in a straight line. There is also a flower die shape. This doesn’t cut anything specific in the stamp set, but it works well to die cut, curl the petals, and add to the top/bottom of the cake for dimension.
Did you notice the background of this card? It’s our new Barnwood Background stamp set. This set is photopolymer and sized at 5×6. Perfect for card sizes. It looks great stamped portrait or landscape too! We love the rustic feel this background provides. It’s a perfect backdrop for this beautiful cake!
Now on to how we made the card…
Step 1: Using the Concord & 9th Happy Days stamp set, stamp the large cake on to watercolor paper with black ink. Sprinkle with clear embossing powder and heat set. This will ensure no bleeding while watercoloring the image. Plus, it gives is a nice sheen. Line up the cake die from Happy Days dies and run through your Big Shot.
Step 2: Die cut the banner out of watercolor paper using your Big Shot. Stamp the long banner piece from Happy Days stamp set with black ink. Slightly bend HAPPILY EVER AFTER to fit inside the banner, and stamp in black ink. Sprinkle with clear embossing powder and heat set.
Step 3: Use Zig markers and an aqua/water brush to color in the banner and cake. Have fun with this part! Coloring is therapy after all!
Step 4: Use the MISTI to stamp the Barnwood Background on to your card base. The beauty of the MISTI is you can stamp it again if the first image doesn’t pop enough. Stamp the straight line image, or banner poles on to the card base using black ink. Adhere the cake using foam tape for dimension, and glue dots for the banner.
We hope you’ll like these new products as much as we do! We cannot wait to see what you create with them! We also want to publicly thank Simon Says Stamp for supporting Concord & 9th, and being amazing people to work with!
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*Stay tuned! New release available on Aug. 9th!
6th Anniversary Celebration!
It is the 6th Anniversary of the Monday Challenge! Where has the time gone? They do say that time flies when you’re having fun and we have been having a ball. Of course, we wouldn’t have a challenge without YOU and we appreciate you joining in with us each and every week and we hope you have fun too! This is what its all about after all!
In honour of such a special occasion we are showcasing our very own Simon Says Stamp Products this week!
Obviously an anniversary is an extra special occasion so this week Simon Says Stamp will be giving away not one but TWO $50 gift vouchers to shop at the fabulous Simon Says Stamp Store. So we will have 2 winners this week!
Once you have made your creation just go ahead and upload it into the linky on the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge blog! We can’t wait to see what you make
Below are three projects created by the design team, that showcase this weeks theme! You can visit the challenge blog to get all the details and see the amazing cards and projects that the design team has created this week. If you click on each designers name, you’ll be taken directly to their blog where you’ll get more details about their project! Be sure to give these talented ladies some comments!
Lorraine Aquilina aka Lols used a Stylish Simon as the star of her shaker card:
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Anna-Karin Evaldsson celebrates the 6th Anniversary with a card made using Tattered Poppy Die as the focus:
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Barbara Sciassi aka Barbarayaya created a colorful Crazy cat card with Mini Distress ink and a lot of Simon Says Stamp Products:
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So now it’s YOUR turn to get your inks, papers, glues and whatever crafty supplies you need out of your cupboards and get crafting!
Do you use Instagram? If so please add #sssmchallenge to your challenge entry uploads so we can see them on there too!
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Our annual Kids Summer Vacation Challenge has started on the Wednesday Challenge Blog. The challenge is open for all children between the ages of 2 and 16. It ends on 31st August so there is plenty of time to let your kids run riot in your crafting space! *wink*
Abby Crowl, Heidi and Jason’s daughter made this gorgeous canvas!
CLICK HERE to see what all of our Junior Designers have made!
We will be giving away 3 fabulous Simon Grab Bags too! All you have to do is get your kids crafting and add your link to the linky on the challenge post!
Happy Crafting!
Pink & Main: So Cool!
Hi friends! Happy Tuesday! I’m so exited to share this ADORABLE and brightly colored card using Pink & Main stamps and dies by their designer, Kimberly Jensen! Read on and enjoy!
Hi, I’m Kimberly Jensen and I’m a design team member for Pink & Main. I’m excited to share a fun summer inspired card.
I started the card by creating a Doll Pink card base, then I used the Stitched Rounded Rectangle die and cut one out of white card stock and one out of Doodlebug patterned paper with some sweet treats. Next, I used a new die set called Nested Hexagons, and die cut three windows out of the patterned paper square.
Then I stamped the penguins from the So Cool stamp set, one in each window, and did some simple Copic marker coloring and white gel pen accents. I added some shimmer and shine to each little penguin using some clear Wink of Stella glitter and glossy accents. Then I popped up the patterned paper with some foam tape. I heat embossed two of the sentiments from the same stamp set in white on black card stock. Finally, I added sequins to finish off the card. I hope you were inspired to try out some Pink & Main stamps and dies! Have a wonderful day!
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