Simon Says Create is going on now! We have a store set up at the event and it’s open to the public. We would love to have our local crafters come down and say hello! It is a great chance to pick up your favorite SSS items, and also to hang out with some of your favorite card designers! We have the store open for shopping, and live demos! You may even get a chance to meet some of our rock star teachers, Shari Carroll, Kristina Werner, Jennifer McGuire, Kelly Marie Alvarez, and Laura Bassen! We will also have several make and takes. There will be a $1 clearance section in the store! We’d love to see you! Join us for loads of fun today, Friday, October 23rd. Even if you’re not registered for classes, there is a lot to do!

Store Hours: 10am to 7pm

Location: Nationwide Hotel and Conference Center at 100 Green Meadows Drive South, Lewis Center OH 43035

We hope to see you at the Simon Says Stamp Store today!

 

Good morning!  This is Jennifer Rzasa, and I am here today to share a holiday card and tag using Altenew stamps.  I am sometimes stumped when it comes to creating masculine cards, so I kept the color scheme pretty neutral here so that my projects would be perfect for any recipient!

I love using my watercolors, and I wanted to see if I could come up with a simple way to get a hand painted look without all the fuss. I have done faux watercolor in the past with ink, but I was curious to see how well I could stamp with actual watercolor paint…and I was thrilled with the results!  I started with cream colored letterpress paper – it’s difficult to do actual watercoloring on this type of paper, but I knew I wouldn’t be using too much water with this technique. Then, I selected stamps that have hand-drawn designs.  I chose Altenew’s Poinsettia and Pine, but you could use any artistic stamp!

I mounted the stamp onto my acrylic block, then used a brush to apply watercolor paint.  I kept the paint a bit on the thicker side, because a very watery consistency would not allow the detail of the stamp to be seen.  I crossed my fingers, then stamped each image onto the letterpress paper.  Such a cool effect!  To layer images (such as the leaves), allow the first one to dry before stamping the next one.

To finish the card, I stamped my sentiment onto a label die cut from the same letterpress paper, and adhered it over a piece of knotted hemp cording.  The card panel was then attached to the khaki colored card base with foam tape.  To complete the tag, I die cut the image, punched a hole at the top, and tied on the hemp cording.

Thank you so much for stopping by, and an extra big thanks to Simon Says Stamp for inviting me here today!

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This week on the  Wednesday Challenge, we are wrapping things up! Christmas will soon be here and maybe now is the time to start thinking of  gift boxes, wrapping paper, tags, or anything you choose to make something and wrap a ribbon or twine around it. There are plenty of options to choose from, and I am sure you will be able to think of many more!

We are showcasing May Arts 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.

Once you have made your creation just go ahead and upload it into the linky on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday 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! (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 Jenn Shurkus:

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Created by Lols Aquilina:

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Created by Virginia Lu:

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