It’s time for another edition of Spotted here on the Simon Says Stamp Blog! Seeing all of the amazing cards and projects featuring the Simon Say Stamp brand that are created by you, our awesome customers, is super fun for us! We love seeing what you are creating. ‘Spotted!’ is a monthly feature on this blog that highlights the talents of all of you! Thank your for bringing our products to life with your creativity and energy! It’s really a treat to share your projects!

Today we are happy to introduce you to 5 designers who shared their work and caught our eye for the July 2016 edition of our ‘Spotted’ post!  We send each of them a little something special for being “spotted.” Be sure to use the hashtag #simonsayssstamp on your social media accounts so we can spot YOU! We find cards on Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest, Flickr, in our Simon Galleries, and craft blogs.

First up is this gorgeous and graphic card by Andreea that we spotted on her Instagram page. This card is so fresh and right on trend! We love the big bold stripes paired with the gorgeously soft pastel colors. A real stunner! Andreea used our Simon Says Stamp Exclusive Wide Stripes Background stamp for her card. Please visit Andreea at her Instagram page or her blog.

Next is another pretty floral creation made by Tamara! This clean and simple layout paired with pretty Summer ink colors caught our eye right away on Instagram. Tamara used our Simon Says Stamp exclusive Many Thanks stamp set. You can see more of her work on her Facebook page or her Instagram feed.

Wow is all we could say when we spotted this pretty card made by Marine. We really love how she stamped on vellum for a light and ethereal look to this card. Anyone would love to receive this in the mail! Marine used our Simon Says Stamp exclusive Sketch Ranunculus stamp set. Check out Marine’s cards on her Instagram page or at her blog.

We found this beautiful card by Karen in the Simon Says Stamp Flickr Page. These flowers are so stunning in the bright vivid colors and the card layout is perfection! Karen used the Simon Says Stamp exclusive Tattered Poppy Die and the Sending Wafer Die. To see more of her work, please visit Karen’s pretty blog.

We spotted this watercolor beauty made by Michele and loved it right away. The bold rainbow water colored stripes are perfect! Michele used our Simon Says Stamp exclusive Hand Lettered Encouragement stamp set to make this great card. Please visit Michele’s Instagram page or her blog to see more!

Wasn’t that spectacular!? Would you like to be SPOTTED using Simon Says Stamp product? Post your creations to Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram (with hashtag #simonsaysstamp), your blog and/or the Simon Says Stamp online galleries (in the sidebar) and we’ll choose cards or projects to feature each month! We also have a Simon Says Stamp Flickr group here and we would love for you to join us! So many ways for you to play along with us. We can’t wait to see what you are creating!!

SUPPLIES USED IN THESE SPOTTED PROJECTS!

Hello friends! Happy Saturday! Welcome back to the latest edition of Weekender with Wanda here on the Simon Says Stamp blog! Always nice to see you here on the weekend! Hope you had a great week. I have been crafting up a storm in my studio, which is a good thing, because it’s been over 100 degrees every day for a week where I live. Yuck! So Buddy, my trusty studio side kick, sleeps all day and I make cards. It’s a good life. Ha!

Today I’m sharing a happy birthday card made with products from one of the awesome companies we carry – Reverse Confetti! They have a new-ish line of cake building stamps (Candles n Confetti) and matching dies that I loved from the moment I laid eyes on them. They are so versatile and pretty, and you can make about 100 different combinations of cakes using all the pretty add ons. I always need more birthday cards, don’t you?

For this card I started with a Fog Cardstock card base. I  layered pretty red cardstock with it. This is such a clean and classic color combination. I created my own background paper by stamping the word “happy” from the Whole Lotta Happy stamp set multiple times in red ink. This is a really fun way to tie a project together. I stamped the Birthday Wishes sentiment onto a banner using Intense Black Ink from Simon Says Stamp. You can also see that I wrapped a strip of vellum around the top two layers to tone down the color and make a frame for the center piece.

I stamped and die cut out the cake stand, the cake, and three of the little flower clusters. Then I stamped the red polka dots onto the cake. The cake stand was very lightly colored with a Copic Marker to match the grey cardstock base.

The fun part is assembling the card! I added tiny bits of Stickles to the candle flames and tiny pearls to the centers of the flowers. This would also make a great wedding card, just by not stamping the candles, and changing the sentiment. You could even match it to the wedding colors. Wedding cards are hard for me…

I layered a Stitched Circle die in crisp white onto a red scallop to create the center of my card. The cake, etc was attached using foam squares.

Here’s wishing a HAPPY day to all of you! Thank you for visiting and hope the rest of your weekend is delightful! FYI – Next Saturday we’ll be having a big blog hop with some exciting new products for you! So, Weekender with Wanda will be back on the 23rd!

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Welcome back to the blog everyone! It’s been awhile since I’ve played with a Color Coordinate recipe! We have come out with so many more ink colors so I was overdue in showing you some new combinations.

Todays colors are bright and cheery, some of the ones that Laura Bassen hand picked! What better way to show them off than to put them in a rainbow.

This is an easy card to create using the Build A Rainbow die, one run through the die cut machine and you have all the pieces you need! Then I used a blending tool to color with the Simon Says Stamp inks Sunshine, Hot Lips, Hot Mama, Jellybean and Scuba!

I stamped my greeting using Intense Black ink. Then I added foam squares to the back my rainbow pieces to hold them together and mounted them to a die cut square panel. I die cut some clouds, covered them with Rock Candy Distress Glitter and put them over the bottom of the rainbow.

I’ve create a video or how this card came together. You can view it below or over on our YouTube channel.

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Thanks for coming by today, I hope I’ve given you some color inspiration and have a great weekend!