Good Luck Charm Blog Hop WINNERS!
Hello, friends! Our Simon Says Stamp exclusive Good Luck Charm product lineup is full of lots of products that are sure to get you excited about SPRING! To begin with, we’re releasing 15 BRAND NEW COLORS of our Pawsitively Saturated Inks! In addition, we have two new colors of our popular mesh bags, and totally cute triangle trays with our signature Simon paw print! Also included in this release are spring flowers, St. Patrick’s Day icons, amazing layering stencils, and awesome sentiment dies and stamps to encourage and comfort! No matter your style, you’re sure to find an item or two (or way more!) that need to be in your craft arsenal. There are some wonderful new products from CZ Design, of course! We are so excited for you to play with all these awesome new products!
To celebrate this phenomenal 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!
DAY ONE HOP WINNERS:
from Simon Says Stamp’s blog: Nadia!
from Nina-Marie Trapani’s blog: Laura Budke!
from Caly Person’s blog: Laraine!
from Nichol Spohr’s blog: Lara Read!
from Jennifer McGuire’s blog: Tarenthea!
from Cathy Zielske’s blog: Melinda Kuglitsch!
from Suzy Plantamura’s blog: Dee Earnshaw!
from Sidnie Des Jardins’s blog: momsnoozy3!
from Lisa Addesa’s blog: Gayle!
from Keisha Charles’s blog: Hamutal Shafrir!
from Heather Ruwe’s blog: Scraporcraft!
from Anna-Karin Evaldsson’s blog: Joy Meadows!
from Yana Smakula’s blog: dpglasser!
from Mindy Eggen’s blog: Dayna Audirsch!
from Barb Engler’s blog: Kathy J in Ellicott City!
from Cheiron Brandon’s blog: Jennie A.!
from Norine Borys’s blog: Judy Inukai!
DAY TWO HOP WINNERS:
from Simon Says Stamp’s blog: Amy Solovay!
from Laura Bassen’s blog: Carol Scheevel!
from Debby Hughes’s blog: Linda Wood!
from Amanda Korotkova’s blog: Karenladd!
from Amy Rysavy’s blog: SSchmidt!
from Miriam Prantner’s blog: Dee Berman!
from Bibi Cameron’s blog: june from minnesota, usa!
from Barbara Tarayao’s blog: Cat!
from Emma Williams’s blog: junestengel1958!
from Heather Hoffman’s blog: Audja!
from Lea Lawson’s blog: Donna Griffin!
from Sandi MacIver’s blog: Debbie Frank!
from Tina Smith’s blog: Nancee56!
from Emily Midgett’s blog: Sharon Gullikson!
from Jennifer Kotas’s blog: Andrea Robert!
If you see your name listed above, CONGRATULATIONS! Please email [email protected] and let him know that you are one of our Good Luck Charm Blog Hop winners! You’ll receive a $25 Gift Card. ???
Thanks again for hopping along with us! We hope you enjoy our fantastic Good Luck Charm release and that it gives you creative enjoyment for months to come!
Winning ROCKS, and so do you!
Brutus Monroe: Foiled Mixed Medium Cards
Welcome, Friends! It’s Shari here with a few cards I’ve created using some fun Brutus Monroe products. I’ve been wanting to play with the Brutus Monroe Deco Foil Toner Mixables, they are A2 card fronts ready for foiling.
I foiled my card bases first, then did different treatments on them to change them up. My first card (above) has been foiled and the background is left white. It’s a bit hard to see, but I also used Brutus Monroe Alabaster Glitter Glaze through a stencil at the top of the card. This gives it a beautiful shine and texture.
My next card was Ombre ink blended after it was foiled. I also used the stencil with the Glitter Glaze. The glazed area becomes lighter where it reacts to the ink leaving a cool watermark look. I added some stenciling at the bottom for a bit of balance.
Then finally, there is my grand finale card where I did all the treatments. I love all the layers and textures. These cards were easier to make than they appear. You can see the process in my video below. Enjoy!!
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Yippee for Yana: Coloring on Colored Cardstock
Hi friends! Happy Tuesday! Please join me in welcoming back special guest Yana Smakula to our blog! Read on, and be sure to watch the video for all the details! Enjoy!
Hello, crafters, this is Yana Smakula for Simon Says Stamp! Welcome back for another Yippee For Yana video! In this video, we are talking about coloring on colored cardstock using Copic markers, colored pencils and adding heat embossing to the mix.
This card started on a sheet of light pink cardstock. Can you imagine? I used Hero Arts Peony color as my base and layered all other colors on top using embossing powder, Copic markers, and Polychromors colored pencils.
First, I heat embossed Daffodil Field background in Detail White embossing powder. You can try the technique with other stamps and on other colors of cardstock. I trimmed the background to a more manageable size, to 4 1/4 x 5 1/2”, this will make the front of my A2 card.
I’m going for pink daffodils, green leaves, and light blue, almost blue-gray background. You might be thinking – this is not going to work on this paper, but I promise you – it does.
Whatever color you want your flowers to be – use that color of paper for the background. I want the daffodils to be pink, so I am starting with pink. If you want yellow daffodils, start with yellow.
First, I color the daffodils. I flick the RV10 marker onto the base of the petals to add shading. And RV02 to add a touch darker pink. Next, I make the tips of the petals lighter pink, I achieve that by applying a white color pencil. It doesn’t make my paper white, like the embossing powder does, but it does lighten that pink color a bit.
Next, I use a light and a dark pink pencil to add detail to my petals. The darker pink is Light Purple Pink and the lighter pink is Pink Madder Lake, both Polychromos from Faber Castell.
I use YG03 to color leaves and stems green. In this instance, I am using the Copic marker to apply the initial layer of color. I am not using Copics to blend, and shade. I use my colored pencils for that instead – Earth Green Yellowish, Permanent Green, Permanent Green Olive, and Chromium Green Opaque. This works with other pencils and other colors.
Next, I color the background using a B000 marker and this completes my background.
You can go as detailed as you like when coloring flowers, or just add simple strokes of color. Either way – this is a beautiful stamp and these images already look gorgeous. The background cardstock color provides a stunning base for the flowers and that allows us to spend a lot less time coloring them. Of course, you can use white cardstock as a base, but that would require a lot more time and ink from your markers to color it.
From here you can use your favorite sentiments to complete the card. I used Simon’s pre-printed sentiment strips from the All Things Happy Remix and just added that onto the background with foam adhesive. Have fun stamping!
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Thanks so much for stopping by, and thanks to Yana for being our guest!
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