Hello and happy Wednesday! We are excited to be featured once again on the Paper Crafter’s Library today, with a card created by Laura Bassen!

Here’s a sneak peek of the card she created:

You can see the full card on the Paper Crafter’s Library blog here, including detailed instructions on how they were made!

SUPPLIES:

Hi readers! Guess what day it is??? ;) We’d like to send out a big WELCOME to Amy Kolling as a guest designer on our blog today. She’s been crafting up a storm with some fun products from Taylored Expressions! I love this cheery design! What do you think? Read on for her inspiration and a bit of a how to! Enjoy!

With mild temperatures, it is not unusual to see hot air balloons flying overhead where I live. They are just fascinating to me and since we’ve moved here, we always attend the annual tradition called Huff ‘n Puff that is held. Now this hot air balloon rally is certainly not like Albuquerque (one day I’ll get to attend) but it is fun nonetheless.

I’ve used the new Sky High-Hot Air Balloons dies and sentiments. I can’t seem to put my Ranger/Tim Holtz Distress Inks away. I’ve blended Salty Ocean, Tumbled Glass, and Shabby Shutters Distress Inks on separate pieces of cardstock to begin building my scene. The inked Shabby Shutters cardstock was diecut with the Build a Scene-Rolling Hills dies. A few strips of Build a Scene-Clouds were cut and layered at the top of my Distress Inked panel.

My sentiment was stamped using the Misti tool onto the Shabby Shutters inked area. I diecut a hot air balloon out of the rainbow pattern paper from Doodlebug Design collection called Sunkissed, and embellished with the little “extras” from the die set. A few clear gems and a tiny diecut sun, from Little Bits Sun & Clouds, were added as last details.

Supplies:

This week the Monday Challenge Team has a challenge for you: Use a Simon Says Stamp brand product! From stamps to the monthly kit, stencils to ink – we want to see what you can do with our products this week! Be sure to join them with your version of this challenge over on the Monday Challenge Blog.

Below are three projects created by team members this week – so many different products used and in so many ways! Oh yes, and don’t forget that when you enter your projects into the challenge, you have a chance to win a $50 Gift Voucher to Simon Says Stamp!

Made by Anna-Karin:

made by Sandra

made by Ashli