Hi readers! Happy Monday to you!  I’m so pleased to have the amazing Pamela Ho back as our guest today.  She’s using some fabulous new Mama Elephant stamps and dies that are sure to pull at your heart strings. Read on and enjoy!

When I was making this card, I was caught in the middle of a house renovation with half of my supplies moved out and half of my supplies packed up.  It was definitely interesting to see what I was able to create using some limited supplies.  Given this situation, I would definitely say that the Big Shot, craft knife, scissors, foam tape, and a score board is a must-have!

I started out by stamping Big bear and Little bear on a piece of cardstock and did some partial die-cutting for a frame.  I then coloured them with my copic markers.  I took out my watercolour cakes and my water brush and painted a sky background on a piece of watercolour paper which I then adhered to my cardbase.  I adhered the frame with some foam tape and finished off with a simple sentiment.

It was a fun challenge to see what I could create with some limited tools and goodies.

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Seeing all of the amazing cards and projects featuring the Simon Says 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 March 2015 ‘Spotted’ post! We send each of them a little something special for being “spotted.” Warmer weather is surely coming, so it’s only appropriate our theme for this month is spring fever!

We simply LOVE Deb Duty’s fun colors and design! The red roses from our Favorite Flowers stamp set make this card POP! This gem can be found on Deb’s Instagram feed and also on her blog.

Els Blige made this marvelous card. We love how organic it is! The wood veneer star embellishments and washi tape pair very well with the Fun Images and Sentiments stamp & die set. It’s quite lovely if you ask us! We spotted this beauty on her blog.

Stephen achieved a clean and simple design that truly makes this Potted Succulents stamp set come to life. His coloring is vibrant and luscious…AND LOOK! He has a matching envelope too! We spotted this lovely congratulatory card on Stephen’s Instagram feed.

Here’s another take of the same Potted Succulents stamp set, this time made by Lysa, and it is gorgeous! We love all the subtle muted shades of color. Besides, who wouldn’t love a coffee mug full of fabulous succulents! We spotted this lovely card on Lysa’s blog.

Last, but certainly not least, we adore these festive tags Francesca created for the upcoming Easter holiday! They are the cutest! What an inventive way to use the Party with Ugly Sweaters stamp & die set! We Spotted these darling tags in our Flickr group as well as 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!!

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Hi readers!  Happy Saturday to you! I’m always so excited to see what the genius Debby Hughes comes up with each month for our collaborative creative uses posts! Debby is really speaking to me with this creation, and I imagine I’m not alone on that!  It’s so tempting to look forward to Easter which also means SPRING! Read on for the details!

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Hi Debby here :D I’m going a little shaker card mad at the moment! Love all the interactivity, sparkly beads and just pure fun! Looking at the new Hop To It release there are a couple of dies intended for shaker cards – the Kite and the Umbrella. The latter die is not just great for Umbrellas but also makes a nifty basket for spring flowers :D

To start I loosely watercolored a panel for the background with Gansai Tambi paints. While that dried I stamped the flowers in Versamark on more watercolor card and white heat embossed. By adding a generous layer of water on each petal before dotting in the paint at the base of the petal, the water blends the paint out allowing beautiful graduated color. While the flowers dried I cut the Umbrella Shaker die from the background to create the negative space and again from more watercolor card to create the white basket. A piece of acetate and some foam adhesive created the well behind the basket to fill with delicious beads and sequins.

Once the flowers were dry I trimmed them out and gave them a dose of Wink Of Stella and Star Dust Stickles and then piled them into the basket keeping them in place with foam adhesive. Finally I cut the Easter die from white card and adhered overlapping the flowers :D

You should’ve heard the noise when I was making this card ….. shake …. shake …. shake! I couldn’t resist giving it a test run!

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