Spotted! February 2016 Edition!
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 February 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.
This beautiful Spring card by Maria is so delightful! We love how she water colored the images from our Simon Says Stamp Exclusive stamp set called “Lovely Spring.” And those red hearts? Swoon-worthy. Just like a breath of fresh air. She also used our Stitched Rectangle dies to perfection. Please be sure to check out more of Maria’s stamped creations on her Instagram page.
Next up is this very creative card Heather made using our “Roses for You” stamp set and a gorgeous watercolor background. Blue and pink are so pretty together. We also love how she used white embossing on black for her sentiment. Please visit heather at her blog or her Instagram page.
Rowena’s clean and simple flower creation caught our eye on Instagram! Black and yellow is a perfect color combination for fresh and pretty flowers. Rowena used our “Floral Bookmarking” stamp set to perfection. Be sure to pop over to Rowena’s Instagram page to see more fab cards!
This beautiful card set from Priya was spotted on our Flickr page! WOW – she used our Grid Stencil and the “Many Thanks” stamp set to make three totally different cards. We love her creativity and her use of color. This set of cards would make anyone smile. To see more of Priya’s cards, visit her at her blog!
Susie made us sigh with her beautiful Valentine creation. So clever how she used the hearts and arrows to make a card panel. We love the soft pink and red together. Perfect for February, don’t you think? She used the “Roses for You” stamp set from our latest release. Visit Susie on her Instagram page to see more pretty cards.
Wasn’t that awesome!? 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!!
Techniques with Spritzes and Sprays
This week on the Monday Challenge we are spritzing and spraying! It is such a fun way to create your own backgrounds and you never know exactly how it is going to turn out! There are lots of brands to choose from or you can make your own, the possibilities are endless!
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!
As always, we’re offering a chance to win a $50 Gift Voucher to Simon Says Stamp! All YOU need to do is join in with the challenge!
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!
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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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Congrats! Blog Candy Winners!
From: Memory Box Dies: Watercolor Embossed Background: Tricia Ann!
From: Two Color Background Inking Techniques for Stamping: Monika Reeck!
From: Weekender with Wanda – What’s Brewing?!: Raluca Vezeteu!
From: Ink Blending and Die Cutting with Prisma Glitter Accenting: Migdalia Rodriguez!
From: Creating a Simple Shaker Card with a Spotlight Scene!: Chriss Blagrave!
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Please email [email protected] with your mailing address (if applicable), the name of the blog you won from, and the prize you won to claim your prize!
Memory Box Dies: Watercolor Embossed Background
Happy Monday everyone!! It’s Shari here with some fun Memory Box dies and a cool background technique.
First, let me admit that I’m loving this color scheme for spring cards… They are my go to colors for flowers and backgrounds. I just can’t help myself! They are complementary which make them pop when put together.
I started out by embossing the Jourdana Collage die from Memory Box onto a panel of watercolor card stock. Then I added a wash of color using Mowed Lawn, Peeled Paint, Peacock Feathers and Broken China Distress inks. These steps gave me a colored textured background for the flower. Once the background was dry, I die cut the panel using the Pinpoint Main Street tag die where I cut two and put them together at the top to create a mini tag shaped card.
About that flower… it’s unique in that it has inner and out parts that you can put together. I watercolored the blossom with Picked Raspberry, Ripe Persimmon and Spiced Marmalade Distress inks. The leaves were painted with Mowed Lawn and Peeled Paint Distress inks.
I have created a video of the process which you can view below or on our YouTube channel.
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Thanks for stopping by, hope you have a fantastic week!
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