Hello everyone! Happy Saturday! Today I’m so very excited to share my new feature with you – it’s called “Weekender with Wanda!” I’ll be here on the Simon Says Stamp Blog every week on one designated day of the weekend! We are going to have lots of fun! I will be showcasing products from different companies and sharing new techniques. I hope you will join in with me every week as we stamp and hang out together. What do you think of my fun cartoon?

Today I am featuring more awesome new products from the latest Simon Says Stamp release – Create Joy. I posted a few cards already using the new holiday stamps and dies, but I really wanted to feature the “Big Peace” die and share that with you. I made a Christmas card in traditional shades of red and green. I gave it a vintage feeling with distress inks and some nice plaid paper from the Tim Holtz Christmas line for 2015. This would be a great masculine card I think. Let’s get started!

Here is a close up of the beautiful Rylynn Snowflake Die! I die cut it out of watercolor paper and then inked it with Antique Linen and Brushed Corduroy Distress Inks. Then I covered the entire piece in Rock Candy Glitter to make it sparkle.

I die cut the “PEACE” die out of watercolor paper. I wanted it to look old and vintage, so I sponged Antique Linen and Brushed Corduroy Distress Inks onto the paper. Then I took a water brush and gently swirled some water around to blend the colors together. Once that was dry, I used the Tim Holtz Spritzer Tool and a Distress Marker to add brown splatters. Once that part was finished, I mounted it onto some bright red card stock. I think this is so striking – love the red!

I used the Big Add-Ons stamp set to stamp my sentiment onto a piece of cream cardstock, then I mounted it onto the card with foam squares. This stamp set works perfectly with the Big Peace and the Big Joy dies and stamps. I really like how traditional this feels with the bright red and the darker green. One tip for making your vintage projects – stamp in brown ink instead of black!

I’m really looking forward to sharing and visiting with you every week! Leave me some comments and let me know if there is something specific you would like to see featured, and I’ll start a list. I will pull one winner from the comments for a Simon Says Stamp Grab Bag! I’ll announce the winner on next Saturday’s post, so you have all week to leave your comment. Have a great weekend!

Hi readers! TGIF! I’m excited to welcome back the fabulous Debby Hughes to our blog to share with you these amazing Rubbernecker stamps and their possibilities! I hope this feature and video give you lots of inspiration and motivation to give these great and unique stamps a try!

Enjoy!

Hello, Debby here today. My love affair with watercoloring continues and I was delighted to try out these Bunch Of Tulips and Field Of Poppies Rubbernecker multi-step stamps which give a gorgeous free-hand watercolor look without actually have to free-hand anything!

I’ve a video below of the two cards I made so please check that out. I started by blending Simon Says Stamp Sea Glass, Melon and Cotton Candy dye inks in to a panel of watercolor card. I then stamped the Rubbernecker images with Distress Inks and while the inks were wet I added more depth with Gansai Tambi paints.

After splattering paint, Perfect Pearls solution and Heidi Swapp gold Color Shine, I then cut the panels with a Stitched Rectangle before adding a twine bow and a Blessed die cut from DCWV glitter card.

I added a few sequins from Little Things by Lucy’s Cards and Pretty Pink Posh to bring in more gold accents to finish.

Watch the video:

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This week on the  Wednesday Challenge we are counting our blessings and are being very thankful for them. With Thanksgiving a couple of weeks away now is the time to think of all the good things in our lives. Whether you make a card to send to someone special or a decoration for your Thanksgiving table, we would love to see what you make!

Once you have made your creation just go ahead and upload it into the linky on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge blog!

We are showcasing our very own Simon Says Stamp Exclusive Products this week. You don’t have to use them to join in but if you have some we would love to see them used

As always, we’re offering a chance to win a $50 Gift Voucher to Simon Says Stamp! (If you enter in this weeks Wednesday Challenge, you’ll have a chance to win!)

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!

Created by Caryn Davies:

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Created by Debby Yates:

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Created by Lin Brandyberry:

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