Seeing all of the amazing cards and projects featuring the Simon Say Stamp brand that are created by you, our 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!

Today we are excited to introduce you to 5 designers who shared their work and caught our eye for the May 2015 ‘Spotted’ post!  We send each of them a little something special for being “spotted.”

April showers bring May flowers! These stunners are sure to bring a smile to everyone’s face :o)

Linda Beeson crafted this card in full bloom using a charming sentiment from our Expressions For You stamp and die set. Doesn’t just one look at this card put you in a cheery mood?! A springtime showstopper right here! This card was spotted in our Wednesday Anything Goes blog challenge and can also be found on her blog.

Kara Lynne used our Wishing wafer die and Watercolor Friendly Flowers stamp and die set to bring to life this splendor of violet blossoms.  We spotted this card in our Flickr group and it can also be found on her blog.

This next card is sure to be crowd pleaser made by Marcie Sharp and uses our Flower Garden stamp and die set. These embossed blooms are beaming around the sunlit yellow. We spotted this card on Instagram and it can also be found on her blog.

With Mother’s Day just around the corner, this exquisitely crafted card by Justin Fouche will surely touch a Mother’s heart! He created this charmer with both our Flowers On My Mind stamp and 2 Flowers and 2 Leaves wafer thin dies. We spotted his beautiful card in our Flickr group and you can also find it on his blog.

We love this tastefully simple card created by Tosha DelJanovan so much that it was impossible to not feature! Made with the April 2015 card kit called Celebrate; it perfectly showcases all of the elements this kit has to offer. We spotted this playful card in our Flickr group and in the April 2015 Card Kit gallery. You can also find it on her blog!

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!

We can’t wait to see what you are creating!!

Below are some of the products featured in this post:

Thanks for reading today!

Hi everyone, Welcome back to the Blog!! It’s Shari Carroll here to show you a couple quick techniques you can do with some Faber-Castell products.

I created a background using my Gelatos and Faber-Castell Glaze. The glaze acts as a resist to the Mango Gelato painted over top. The contrast is amazing!

If you look closely, you can see the brush marks of Gesso on my bird. The gesso helps the Artist Big Brush pens to become very blendable. These pens are India ink and very different from Copics or waterbase markers. While wet, you can blend using your finger. Once dry, they become permanent.

I’ve shot a video on how I created my background and colored the bird. You can view it below or on our YouTube channel.

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Thanks for stopping by, I hope I’ve given you some inspiration with Faber-Castell products. Enjoy!

This week on the Wednesday Challenge we are getting sentimental! There are so many fabulous sentiment stamps, die cuts, stencils, etc. that we thought it would be nice to let them be the center of attention.

We are showcasing Tim Holtz 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 our Designer in the Spotlight, Erin:

Erin used:

Created by Jo:

Jo used:

Created by Jenn:

Jenn used:

So now it’s your turn. Happy Crafting!

Do you use Instagram ?  If so please add  #ssswchallenge to your challenge entry uploads so we can see them on there too!

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