NEW Tim Holtz Palette Fabric Patriotic Stars by Nichol Spohr!
Hi friends! Happy Thursday! Have you seen the brand NEW Blue Palette from Tim Holtz Fabric? It’s so gorgeous! Our friend and special guest Nichol Spohr was SO inspired, she used this palette as the previously released Red Palette to make these gorgeous stars! Want to give them a go for yourself? Read on to hear more from Nichol as well as the patterns she used!
I used a couple of different star patterns for these. The patchwork stars were made with one of my favorite patterns from Fig Tree Quilts. The smaller stars were created using a free downloadable template I found online. Of course, you can always use any star template you have on hand, star-shaped dies work great too! I sewed Tim’s Idea-ology buttons in the center to extra embellishment. The stars were sew with right sides facing out, leaving the raw edges showing and then roughed up with some scissors for a rustic, primitive look.
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Thanks so much for stopping by, and thanks to Nichol for being our guest!
Friend Like You Blog Hop WINNERS!
Hello, friends! We hope you are loving our Friend Like You release!
To celebrate this incredible release, we hosted two amazing blog hops! The hops featured many talented designers and each one created wonderful projects to inspire you. If you missed either of the hops, you can find the direct links here: DAY ONE and DAY TWO.
A BIG thank you to all of YOU who joined us for the hops! We enjoy hearing from each of you, and your words of encouragement and appreciation to each of the designers mean so much to us here at Simon and to them. It’s our tradition to give away gift certificates to random commenters on each blog stop, and today we are revealing all of the winners! So without further ado, I present to you our winners!
from Simon Says Stamp’s blog: Carol Perry!
from Caly Person’s blog: Bridget N!
from Nichol Spohr’s blog: Tonya Olsen!
from Amy Rysavy’s blog: Ginger McDonald!
from Debby Hughes’s blog: Phyllis Freese!
from Emily Midgett’s blog: kidjrb!
from Lisa Addesa’s blog: Renee Bennett!
from Sandi MacIver’s blog: Marlene Eddy!
from Miriam Prantner’s blog: Jaime Wheat!
from Lorraine Aquilina’s blog: Monika/Buzsy!
from Kath Stewart’s blog: Janice Stovall!
from Barb Engler’s blog: Olivka!
from Carly Minner’s blog: Shawna!
from Hahn Nguyen’s blog: Miesje Flach!
from Mary Reiner’s blog: Mary-Anne V!
from Enza Gudor’s blog: Ana Lopez!
from Simon Says Stamp’s blog: Jade!
from Nina-Marie Trapani’s blog: Lynn Stevens!
from Laura Bassen’s blog: Charlene Kroells!
from Cathy Zielske’s blog: Jennifer Bailey!
from Barbara Tarayao’s blog: Kate O’Connor!
from Heather Hoffman’s blog: Cynthia Powell Cobb!
from Keisha Charles’s blog: Donna Moran!
from Mindy Eggen’s blog: Robin Mermer!
from Heather Ruwe’s blog: Wendy Nicola Jackson!
from Yana Smakula’s blog: Cindy Trowbridge!
from Caryn Davies’s blog: Jacki!
from Maura Hibbitts’s blog: Meghan Kennihan!
from Allison Frazier’s blog: Linda Price!
from Tracy Ware’s blog: Lisa Achilles!
from Revati Panickar’s blog: Veronica Hunt!
from Michelle Langley’s blog: Leslie Longoria!
If you see your name listed above, CONGRATULATIONS! Please email [email protected] and let him know that you are one of our Friend Like You release blog hop winners! You’ll receive a $25 Gift Card.
Thanks again for hopping along with us! We hope you enjoy our fantastic Friend Like You release and that it gives you creative enjoyment for months to come!
You’ll love browsing our Friend Like You gallery on our blog for loads of additional inspiration, and you can add your projects to these galleries as well!
Winning ROCKS, and so do you!
We hope you will join us on Instagram tomorrow, Thursday, July 3, for an Instagram Hop featuring our Friend Like You release! We are excited to share awesome ideas from several creative minds using these fantastic products.
Pastel Tone on Tone Floral Card with Heather Hoffman
Hi friends! Happy Wednesday! Please join me in welcoming back special guest Heather Hoffman to our blog! Read on to learn more about this gorgeous “just because” card idea!
Hello crafty friends! Today I thought it would be fun to share a card using a pretty floral set from the Friend Like You Release – and combine them with my Rainbow Splash inks! Just like their name suggests, the Rainbow Splash inks come in a perfect rainbow of colors, and do a great job of simply covering the basics. These 3 pastel tones (plus one more for the leaves!) worked together so well on my card!
I started off by stamping the large solid flower from Happy Day one time each in Ballet, Canary, and Lake inks, then die cut them with the coordinating die. I stamped a couple of the greenery options a couple times each in Lime, and cut those out with the coordinating die as well.
Next, I grabbed a panel of white cardstock sized 4” by 5 ¼”, and swiped the 3 inks I used on the flowers directly on that panel, starting at the outside and moving in towards the center. It gives the look of brushed paint that I loved! I then arranged the flowers over the top of those, using a tone on tone effect. I trimmed off the portions that went off the edge, then adhered them with foam adhesive. I tucked the greenery pieces underneath, adhering with liquid glue.
I stamped that lovely sentiment with Nocturne ink, die cut with the coordinating die, and adhered with more foam adhesive. Finally, I added some coordinating Dazzling Gems to the center of each flower, using Bubblegum, Butter, and Surf.
I think this design would be lovely in so many different color combos! Bright bold colors, deep jewel tones, or an ombre color scheme would all be fun! What would you choose?
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Thanks so much for stopping by, and thanks to Heather for being our guest!
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