On Saturday, we had a really fabulous and awesome Blog Hop to celebrate the newest product release from Simon Says Stamp called The Masterpiece Box! This Limited Edition release is jam packed with new stamps and dies from several of our favorite paper crafting companies. In the blog hop, 20 designers showed you lots of ideas for using the new collection. This truly was an amazing launch! There is a Simon Gallery that has all the Masterpiece Box projects in one place – CLICK HERE! If you haven’t had a chance to visit the hop, click here to view the first post. I know you will find lots of tips, tricks and inspiration! CLICK HERE for all the details about the Masterpiece Box!

BIG Congratulations to all of the blog hop winners! Thank you for hopping along with us and taking the time to leave feedback for the designers in the form of comments along the way. We really really enjoy hearing from you! Each winner will receive a $25 gift certificate to the Simon Says Stamp Store! YAHOOO!

Winners list by blog!:

Hi Friends! It’s Nina-Marie here with you again for a brand new Studio Monday feature!

Today I am going to be sharing a super fun (and oh-so-tropical!) scene card featuring Taylored Expression dies. I’ll walk you through the creation of the scene, as well as sharing tips and tricks on how to add fun details to your cards using watercolors; or in this case, the Zig Clean Color brush markers!

For my card I’ve paired the Taylored Expressions On the Line Beach die set, as well as the Happy Summer Banner dies together; these dies work so well together and I love how they create such a fun and happy scene! Because I wanted to add extra details to these dies, I used the Zig markers to color everything in. However, keep in mind that you can create a stunning scene with these dies using a variety of techniques! Here are a few more ideas:

• die cutting from white cardstock and blending ink over the die cuts
• cut from colored cardstock and add shading ink blending
• cut from white cardstock and color with Copics, colored pencils, etc.

In the video below, I’ll walk you through how I created this card from start to finish! If you enjoy, please give the video a “thumbs up” and subscribe to our YouTube channel for more weekly inspiration!

For those of you interested in the Zig Clean Color marker combinations I used in today’s card, I have them broken down for you below:

• palm trees: Light Green (041), Dark Oatmeal (066), Mustard (067)
• surf boards: Carmine Red (022), Turquoise Green (042), Yellow (050), Scarlet Red (023)
• sand: Flesh Colour (071), Beige (072), Oatmeal (064)
• seashells: Flesh Colour (071), Dark Oatmeal (066)
• seagulls: Light Gray (091), Dark Oatmeal (066), Yellow (050)
• ocean: Light Blue (036), Turquoise Green (042)
• banners: Turquoise Green (042), Scarlet Red (023), Carmine Red (022), Yellow (050)
• string lights: Yellow (050), Beige (072)
• sky: Yellow (050)
• crab: Yellow (050), Scarlet Red (023)

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Hi friends! Just popping in quickly to let you know we have a couple special sales going on now! First up is our Ranger Stock up Sale in special honor of the OCC Summer of Creative Chemistry going on right now! Have you checked it out?

Be sure to sign up for class too!

And finally, back by popular demand, we have a special Copic sale going on RIGHT NOW! This week only!

Happy shopping!