Holly Jolly Blog Hop WINNERS!
Hello, friends! Have you seen our Simon exclusive Holly Jolly release? Our Holly Jolly product lineup is full of products that are sure to bring you lots of creative options for the upcoming holidays! We are particularly excited to release some awesome designs from our new friend Lydia Diaz of Clever Girl Craftings and several awesome Simon exclusive embossing folders! Also included you’ll find of stamps, dies, and stencils for holiday crafting, and some gorgeous sequins, chunky glitter, heavyweight cardstock, and some pretty blending brushes, too! No matter your style, you’re sure to find an item or two (or fifteen!) that are must-haves. There are some wonderful new products from CZ Design and a brand new set of Suzy’s watercolor cards! We are so excited for you to play with all of these awesome new products!
To celebrate this phenomenal release, we hosted an amazing blog hop. The hop featured many talented designers and each one created wonderful projects to inspire you. If you missed the hop, you can find the direct link HERE.
A BIG thank you to all of YOU who joined us for the hop! 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!
WINNERS!
from Simon Says Stamp’s blog: Kandice J!
from Jennifer McGuire’s blog: Dawn Cooksley!
from Cathy Zielske’s blog: Kathy Roller!
from Nina-Marie Trapani’s blog: Anneleise Hampson!
from Laura Bassen’s blog: Hussena Calcuttawala!
from Debby Hughes’s blog: Giselaine Ellison!
from Caly Person’s blog: Talitha Wright!
from Nichol Spohr’s blog: Lisa Reber!
from Amy Rysavy’s blog: Cat Craig!
from Amanda Korotkova’s blog: berryblue!
from Yana Smakula’s blog: Denise Ward!
from Lisa Addesa’s blog: Rochelle!
from Yoonsun Hur’s blog: Jenni King!
from Heather Ruwe’s blog: Ashley Cortez!
from Suzy Plantamura’s blog: Viveca V.!
from Sidnie Des Jardins’s blog: Karla Bostic!
If you see your name listed above, CONGRATULATIONS! Please email [email protected] and let him know that you are one of our Holly Jolly Blog Hop winners! You’ll receive a $25 Gift Card. ???
Thanks again for hopping along with us! We hope you enjoy our fantastic Holly Jolly release and that it gives you creative enjoyment for months to come!
Winning ROCKS, and so do you!
Crafty with Caly: Watercoloring on 3D Embossing Folder Peony Bundle
Hi friends! Happy Wednesday, and welcome to the latest edition of Crafty with Caly with the awesome and talented Caly Person! Read on and be sure to watch the video to learn more about this beautiful card below! Enjoy!
Hi Friends! Do you like embossing folders? I’ll be honest – I get intimidated by them. I don’t know what to do with them to make them “me.” The new 3D embossing folders from the Simon Says Stamp Holly Jolly release are GORGEOUS and I made a point to use them for a project to share with you today.
I’m using Daniel Smith watercolors to watercolor my 3D image from the Peony Bundle embossing folder. After embossing a watercolor panel, I watercolored over the embossed image and painted on colors to give them depth. Be sure to check out the video to see the process!
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The embossed image naturally draws pigment into the crevices where darker shades should be so I felt like that was super helpful! However, I do need to say that I noticed the water moved differently over watercolor cardstock that has been pressed in an embossing folder.
When I was done watercoloring, I trimmed and splattered my panel with gold and white paint. Gives it more texture and interest. Since it dries quickly, I set it aside while I trimmed a sentiment from the Thinking of You Sentiment Strips.
To finish my card, I added some iridescent sequins and mounted my card over a card base using layer of craft foam for dimension. I hope you enjoyed this project! Thanks so much for stopping by today! ~Caly
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Doodling with Debby: From Sketch To Finished Card
Hi friends! Please join me in welcoming back the always inspiring Debby Hughes in the latest edition of our monthly blog series of Doodling with Debby! Be sure to watch the video and enjoy!
Hello, Debby Hughes here. In today’s video, I’m taking a very rough sketch, filling it out into a plan and taking it to a finished card using the Christmas Kitties set from Simon Says Stamp.
STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS
- Create a rough sketch in a notebook/on the corner of a piece of paper/whatever is to hand at the time.
- Cut a piece of scratch paper to size and expand the sketch. Planning out in pencil and a light ink the placement of elements.
- Cut a piece of watercolour card to size and pencil a border around the edges.
- Stack the plan on top of the card and place in a Misti.
- Align the cat stamp according to the sketch. Lift the sketch paper and stamp the cat in Antique Linen Distress Ink.
- Use a Nested Circle die to draw in pencil a crescent moon according to the placement planned out in the sketch.
- Tape the card to a board and fully cover the wide border.
- Watercolour. I used Daniel Smith paints.
- Lift the Painter’s Tape and place the card back in the Misti.
- Treat with Anti-Static Powder and stamp a greeting in Versamark ink before heat embossing Simon Says Stamp White Embossing Powder.
- If the edges of the paint have bled, trim the panel and attach to another piece of watercolour card with foam tape.
- Use a Faber Castell Polychromo pencil to deepen the shadows.
- Use white gouache and a paintbrush to add stars randomly over the background.
- Attach the panel to a card base cut and scored from Ivory card.
Well, that’s me for this month. I hope you enjoyed this tutorial. Thanks for joining me and I hope to see you next time for Doodling With Debby.
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Watch below or in HD on YouTube.
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