Simon Says Stamp Challenge... 2nd Anniversary Blog Hop....You're my inspiration!

This week the Simon Says Stamp Challenge blog is having a special anniversary blog hop to celebrate our 2nd year of fabulously fun challenges....whoo hoo! The challenge is Anything Goes and we would love for you to celebrate with us!!!! As you hop from blog to blog you will have the opportunity to win a $10 gift voucher to the Simon Says Stamp Superstore from each DT blog along the way, but you MUST have completed the hop by commenting on each and every DT blog stop in the hop and entered the challenge with a card or creation to win the prize! 

So if you have arrived from Mandy's gorgeous blog then you are in the right spot! If not then you will want to start at the beginning at the Simon Says Stamp Challenge blog. 

So for my card I have used this sweet Tilda with Butterfly Dress from the Magnolia Butterfly Dreams collection. I coloured Tilda with my Copic markers and cut them image out with my Nestibilities and then cut a mat with my Fiskars Circle cutter and distressed the edges with my Tim Holtz paper Distressing tool. I also inked with Pumice Stone Distress ink. I used Echo Park Paper Co. For the record papers. I inked all the edges of my papers with Powder Puff Amaretto ink.  I used some Twinery Twine and a BasicGrey button. I Added some Prima flowers with one WOC flowers. and some half pearls.  The sentiment is a Melissa Frances rub-on and I also used my My Favorite Things Die-namics Notebook Edge border die along the edge of the sentiment. I have also added Stickles to the image. 

Here is the inside...another Melissa France rub-on and more Prima flowers!

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you can join the challenge and blog hop! Please remember to comment on each and every stop along the way.

The next stop on the hop is the super talented and oh sweet, Dawny P!

to be entered into the random draw for the $10 gift voucher from my blog please link up with the little blue froggie....but remember you still have to comment on each blog stop and enter the Anything Goes 2nd Anniversary Challenge on the Simon Says Stamp Challenge blog!

Happy hoppin'!

Hugs,

Simon Says Stamp Challenge...Embossing + Belles 'N Whistles...Sending Sunshine!

Hey Stampin friends! WOW! Everyone made such beautiful cards for the kids in last week's challenge!  Well, it's that time again! Time for a new challenge over at the Simon Says Stamp Challenge blog! This week the challenge is EMBOSSING and the Simon Says DT are featuring Belles 'N Whistles stamps. We would love to see your BnW creations but it is not a requirement of the challenge. 

We have a very generous prize this week, as always, Heidi, has offered up at $50 dollar gift voucher to the Simon Says Stamp Superstore!!! I know you won't have any trouble spending the $50 dollars in the Superstore it is full to the brim with gorgeous stamps and crafty supplies. Please join us and you could be the lucky random winner of the $50 gift voucher!

For my card I have used the Belles 'N Whistles stamp called Bronzing Beauty...love her to bits I think she is my fave BnW image. I have coloured her with my Copics and cut the image out with my Oval Nesties. I left the image in the die and inked with Tumbled Glass Distress ink.  I have teamed the image up with BasicGrey Hopscotch 6x6 paper pad. I inked all the edges of my papers with my new favourite ink called Powder Puff chalk ink, Mocha Mama and Amaretto. The flowers are from my stash and I added BasicGrey Hopscotch painted brads to the centres. I also used my Die-namics Little Open Scallop border from My Favorite Things.  I love a crisp white sentiment and so I used Distress Embossing ink and American Crafts Zing White embossing powder to emboss the sentiment which is from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps, Kimmie's Mermaid Sentiments set. 

Well, thanks so much for stopping by and having a wee peek at my Simon Says Stamp Challenge card! I really hope you can join us this week! Please pay the Simon Says Stamp DT members a wee visit too and leave them some love! They have made such gorgeous and inspirational cards for you this week, as always!

Have a Stampin' Great Day!

hugs,

Kraftin Kimmie Stamps APRIL 2011 Release Krafty Hop....Fairy Sweet Friend!

Hey Krafty friends! Today Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps is releasing the new April stamps! As you've seen over the last few days in our Krafty Peeks, we have amazing stamps for you to play with this month! We  have some exquisite fairies, just in time for spring, by Annie Rodrigue! Some more adorable Dress Up Kids by Steven Leary and we have a super fun new set of Krafty Quotes as well!

You will get to see most of the new images while you sit back and enjoy this month's Krafty Hop! You'll see all the Krafty Girls, as well as some very special Krafty Guests along the way! If you want to start from the beginning just head on over the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Challenge blog, If you arrived here from the oh so talented and super sweet, Michele's blog then you are in the right spot.  As, you hop from blog to blog, be sure to leave a comment at each and every stop along the way because some lucky stampers will win packages of stamps from the new release. And when you're done hoppin', head on over to the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps on-line shop as all the new stamps will be in store!

For my card today I used sweet Isabelle, one of the 5 new FAIRIES from the Moonlight Whispers Collection illustrated by Annie Rodrigue! I coloured Isabelle when I was at ScrapFest last weekend...just love her to bits and I was hoping she would co-ordinate with my new favorite paper Hello Luscious and she matched up perfectly!!! Sorry, if you are getting sick of seeing so much Hello Luscious paper but I just can't get enough it! I discovered some new chalk ink, to ink all the edges of my papers, which I love to do, it is called Powder Puff and I just LOOOVVEE it...I have been using Amaretto and Mocha Mama and can't wait to try the other colours. 

So, I cut the image of Isabelle out with my Nesties, embossed and left the image in the die and inked with Spun Sugar Distress ink. I also cut a small mat with my Fiskars Finger Grip craft knife by cutting around the outer edge of the Nestibilies Die. I added lots of Glamor Dust to Isabelle's wings, antenna and her feathered friend. I embellished with some crinkled seam binding and I added a BG Hello Luscious Glazed brad to the centre of the floppy bow. I then cut several flowers from Kraft and patterned paper with my My Favorite Things Die-namics Upsy Daisy set and added BG Hello Luscious painted brads to the centres. The sentiment comes with Isabelle and I used my Kelly Panacci stitching stamps to make it look like a stitched to the image panel. 

well, thanks so much for stopping by and having a wee peek at my card for the April release of Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps, the new stamps are in the KKStamps on-line shop so make your way over there now to snatch 'em up....the next stop on the hop is to the sweet and talented Tracey at Tray's Spot! I know she is going to have a gorgeous creation to share with you so hop on over and make sure to comment at each and every stop so that you have a chance to win some gorgeous Krafty rubbah!

Happy Hoppin'!

Hugs,

Magnolia Down Under Challenges # 92 and BasicGrey Challenges # 42...Happy Easter!

Hey stampin' friends! I am so glad that it's the weekend aren't you? I know that the weather has been getting better and more spring like and Easter is just around the corner. I know everyone is so busy but I do hope you are able to get a little crafty time this weekend. If so, please join the new challenge that we have at Magnolia Down Under Challenges and BasicGrey Challenges....Easter/Spring! To join the BasicGrey Challenge remember that you need to use al least one BasicGrey product on your card and if you can mention the item you used in your post that helps the DT so much as there are so many products in the BG line, for the MDUC all we ask is that you have one Magnolia image or Doo Hickey Die on your card and that you coloured the image yourself.

At BasicGrey Challenges our wonderful sponsor Simon Says Stamp Superstore has once again offered up a very generous $25 voucher for the Simon Says Superstore. The superstore is just chalked full of gorgeous stamping and crafting goodies. I know you won't have any trouble spending your winnings... if you are the lucky random winner!

So for my card I used my fave BasicGrey Hello Luscious 6x6 paper pad again...sorry but I just cant get enough of this gorgeous paper...it is so luscious!!! I have been dying to ink up this adorable image, Tilda holding egg basket, from the Butterfly Dreams collection. I cut an egg shape on my Silhouette Digital Craft Cutter from Neenah card and a mat from American Crafts cardstock. I stamped Tilda on the paper cut into the egg shape with Memento ink and coloured her with my Copics. I finally used my Stempelglede Grunge collection stamps that I just had to have after admiring all of Inge's gorgeous cards for so long and how she uses the Grunge stamps. I stamped the grunge stamp with Memento Desert Sand ink around the image and I added some shading and grass with my Prismacolour pencils and odorless minerals spirits. To embellish I added Martha Stewart seam binding, Prima flowers with BasicGrey Hello Luscious painted brads and some Wild Orchid Crafts flowers. The sentiments are Melissa Frances rub-ons from the Spring Fling sheet and I added just a bit of bling here and there. 

Well, thanks so much for popping by and having a wee peek at my Easter card for the BasicGrey Challenge and Magnolia Down Under challenge. Please visit the MDUC DT and BG DT and see all their gorgeous Easter creations, leave them some love too and then join us!

Have a stampin' great day!

Hugs, 

Simon Says Stamp Challenge...Children's Challenge...Anything Goes!

Hey stampin' friends! We thought it would be fun to have a challenge for the kids over the Easter break at Simon Says Stamp Challenge. So the Simon Says DT had the kids in our lives make some fabulous cards and art projects. We would like to open the challenge up to any of the kids that you know who would like to make a card or art project for the challenge between the ages of 2-16! The Challenge is Anything Goes! The challenge will Start today Saturday April 16th and run to April 30th 6 pm CET (5 pm UK time), so the kids will have lots of time to get their arts and crafts projects made over the Easter break!

One lucky entrant will win a $50 gift voucher to the Simon Says Stamp Superstore.

The card on my blog today was made by my daughter, Hannah. She is 11 years old and loves to stamp, colour cute images and make cards with her Mom,smile. She has used a sweet Miss Anya image from the Miss Anya Lounge stamp set and coloured her with Copic markers. She has also used BasicGrey Urban Prairie 6x6 papers, Prima flowers and Create paper brads.    

Thanks for stopping by and having a wee peek at Hannah's card and we can't wait to see all the fabulous creations by the crafty kids out there!!!

Happy Stampin'!

Hugs,

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kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Challenge and April release Krafty Peeks...There's Magic in the Air!!!

Good morning Krafty friends! So are you ready for another fab day of Krafty peeks for the Kraftin Kimmie Stamps April release!? It's also Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps challenge day...whoohoo!!! Today the Krafty Girls and Krafty Guests are featuring Annie Rodrigue's new Fairy images and they are all absolutely STUNNING!!! I am so in love with all 5 new gorgeous faires and I know you are going to be gushing over all the gorgeous cards the Krafty Girls and Krafty Guests have made for today's challenge and preview! The new April release stamps will be available in on-line shop, tomorrow Sunday April 17th and we are having our traditional Krafty Hop too and Kimmie always has new stamps up for grabs, so you won't want to miss it!

This week I'm the hostess for the challenge and I thought it would be fun to have a little game of Krafty Bingo! The Krafty Bingo Grid is below, all you have to do is select a line either vertically, horizontally or diagonally and then use the items from that line anywhere you want on your card or creation. So, for instance, on my card I have picked one of the diagonal lines and used Die cuts, Twine and Gems or you could pick say the top horizontal line and use flowers, buttons and bling/gems. It is pretty easy and I think it is a fun challenge and provides so many different options. So, I hope you can join us this week!

Krafty Bingo Card

Remember, if you link up your creation to the challenge blog and use a Kraftin' Kimmie Stamp on your creation then you will be entered into the random draw to win your very own Rosabelle stamp from the new April release that is featured on my card today!

For my card I used BasicGrey Lemonade 6x6 papers and this super sweet and sassy Rosabelle Fairy stamp. I coloured her with my Copics and cut the image out with my Label Nesties and inked with Tumbled Glass Distress inks. As I said, I picked a diagonal line on the Bingo Grid and I added some die cut toadstools, cut with a QuicKutz 2x2 dies and some grass with my MFT Die-namics grass die. I also used some gorgeous Twinery twine and gems from my stash. One of the sentiments comes with Roseabelle and the "Birthday Wishes" sentiment is from Kimmie's Everyday Sentiment set.

Well, thanks so much for stopping by today and having a wee peek at my card. Please swing by the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Challenge blog and check out the gorgeous creations by the Krafty Girls and Krafty Guests and stop by again tomorrow for the release of the new April stamps and for the Krafty Hop!

Have a stampin' great day!

Hugs,

Simon Says Stamp Challenge...Card for a Child...All Girl!

Good morning stampin' friends!  Hope you are enjoying some sunny and spring like weather where you are. It is starting to look and feel like spring here and I hope this means winter is finally over.

Well, it is time for another fun challenge at Simon Says Stamp Challenge. We had a fabulous turn out for out spring colours/Easter challenge last week and I saw soooooo many beautiful entries. Thank you for joining us! This week the challenge is to make a card for a child. 

Remember if you join us you could be the lucky random winner of the generous $50 voucher to the Simon Says Stamp Super store that Heidi has so kindly offered up. The Superstore is just chalked full of the latest and greatest crafting and stamping goodies worth checking out!

So, for my card today I used the great sketch that they have at Sketch Saturday challenge this week and I thought I would use this Sweet Kiki Lu Rue stamp from C.C. Designs....I love Kiki and I was so glad to finally ink her up. I coloured her with my Copics and cut the image out with my Oval Nesties and inked with Antique Linen and Scattered Straw Distress ink. I also added Glossy Accents to her ice cream cone. I added some lace trim and crinkled seam binding and a BG button. The paper is my new Jillibean Soup Blossom Soup 6x6 paper pad and then I added a few half pearls here and there. The sentiment is from the Melissa Frances Little Girl rub-on sheet.

Well, thanks so much for popping by and having a wee peek at my Simon Says Stamp challenge card this week! I hope you can swing by and take a peek at the gorgeous cards the other Simon Says DT have made this week too...they are all so gorgeous...sure to inspire you to join us!

Have a stampin' great day!

My Favorite Things...WSC Challenge # 14...Go Team CHS!

I have a quick post this morning to share a card I made for the MFTWSC14 sketch Challenge. I thought I would ink up this sweet A La Mode All Star girlie and I thought I would make this card to cheer on the CHS Durham Quest team that will be involved in our fundraising and awareness event called CHS Quest on May 29th. I work for The Canadian Hearing Society as an American Sign Language/English interpreter. We are having a really cool event that is a smart phone based scavenger hunt. All the info for CHS Quest can be found here. 

For my card I coloured up this sweet All Star A La Mode Girl with my Copics and added some shading with my Prismacolor Pencils. I cut the image out with my circle Nesties and inked with Scattered Straw Distress ink. I added the letters CHS with small alphabet stamp set that I have had forever. I used my new Lily Bee This and That 6x6 paper pad that I picked up on the weekend at ScrapFest. I stamped the sentiment on kraft cardstock cut with the die that comes in the Die-namics Framed Greetings Stamp and Die set. I also added some cork butterflies with my Butterfly Die-namics and MS butterfly punch! The butterfly is a significant symbol at CHS as most butterflies are deaf! "CHS has adopted the butterfly to symbolize the work that we do. The miracle of transformation that every butterfly goes through parallels the experience of many culturally Deaf, oral deaf, deafened and hard of hearing people, who with the help of our programs and services, emerge ready to spread their wings."  

Here is the inside...pretty simple...I love stamping the shadow images on the inside and I used another one of the sentiments that comes in the All Star stamp set.

Well, thanks so much for stopping by today and having a wee peek at my MFTWSC # 14 sketch card! 

Have a stampin' great day!

Hugs,

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Challenge # 73...Michele's Fab Sketch...Happy BIRTH Day!

Hey Krafty friends! I am so excited that it is the weekend!!! Today Hannah and I are heading to Kitchener for ScrapFest to help out with the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps booth! I hope to see many of the local Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps fans there!!! If you are going to ScrapFest Please stop by booth # 220 and say hi!

It's also time for another fun Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Challenge! This week Michele has designed a beautiful sketch and she used the super sweet Lucy from the Moonlight Whispers collection on her gorgeous card! So, if you join us for this week's challenge and you use a Kraftin' Kimmie Stamp on you creation then you will be entered into the random draw to win your very own Lucy stamp! So what are you waiting for....get krafty!!!!

So, for my card I used this darling image called Diana from the Everyday Girls March release. I coloured her with my Copics and cut the image out leaving a small white border around the edge.  I used, what few scraps, I have left of the scrumptious Echo Park, Life is Good paper....I am so sad that this pretty paper is all gone! I added some Prima Flowers and American Crafts ribbon. The sentiment is a Melissa Frances rub-on. I also cut a few hearts using QuicKutz dies and added a wee button. 

Here is the inside....I stamped a shadow image with Memento Rich Coca ink and used one of the sentiments that comes with the Diana stamp as well as an accessory stamp. I used one of the dies from the My Favorite Things Sweet Stack Die-namics set and the Die from the Polka Dots Greeting Stamp and die set. 

Well, thanks for stopping by and having a wee peek at my card! I hope you get a chance to try Michele's fabulous sketch! Please swing by the Krafty Girls' and Krafty Guests' blogs and check out the gorgeous creations they have made to inspire you!

Hope to see you at Scrapfest!

Have a scrappy Day!!!

Hugs,

Simon Says Stamp Challenge...Spring Colours/Easter...You are my Sunshine!

 

Happy hump day, Stampin' friends! It's that time again...time for another fun challenge at Simon Says Stamp Challenge blog! This week the DT is featuring Magnolia Stamps and the challenge is Spring Colours/Easter. We would love to see your Magnolia creations but it is not a requirement of the challenge! Thanks to all that joined us for our challenge last week with Domi's gorgeous sketch! Once again we had absolutely fabulous entries.

And as always, Heidi has generously offered up a $50 gift voucher to the Simon Says Stamp Superstore...there are so many fabulous and gorgeous craft and stampin' supplies in the superstore!!! I know you will have no trouble spending the $50 in the superstore...so why not join us and see if you are the lucky random winner of the prize this week!

So for my card this week, I used this adorable stamp called Tilda with stuffed Animal she is my fave I think, from the Butterfly Dreams collection! I coloured her with my Copics and cut her out and I also stamped and coloured the Magnolia Floral background stamp, cut it out and matted it on AC cardstock and then I adhered Tilda to the image. I added lots of Stickles to really make it sparkle. I made my easel card from Kraft cardstock and used this gorgeous new Echo Park Co. Springtime paper that I got at Simon Says Stamp Superstore. I cut the scalloped borders with my MFT Simply Scalloped Die-namics Die. The ribbon is from my stash and I added some Pink Prima Painterly and Blue Prima Painterly flowers with BasicGrey Painted brads. To finish it off I added some pink gems here and there. The sentiment on the top of the card is from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps from Kimmie's Beachy Sentiment set. The bottom sentiment is from Magnolia and I used my new MFT Die-namics Sweet Stack set.... oh, I love,love, love the sweet stack die set. I added an extra circle by cutting some patterned paper with a circle punch.

Well, thanks so much for stopping by and having a wee peek at my Simon says Stamp Challenge card. The Simon Says DT have really out done themselves this week and have made absolutely stunning Maggie creations!!! Please pay them a visit and leave them some love and then I hope you can join the challenge this week!!!

Happy Stampin'!!!

Hugs,

Magnolia Down Under Challenge #90 - Metal Mania...Sweet Wonderful You!

Hey stampin' friends! I am back this afternoon to share the card I made for this week's Magnolia Down Under Challenge! The challenge is Metal Mania!!! I hope you can join us this week! The MDUC DT have gorgeous creations to inspire you this week so please stop by the MDU Challenge blog and have a peek and leave them some love!!!

I used more Hello Luscious paper and I coloured up this absolutely adorable Tilda with Flower Pot, from the Butterfly Dreams collection, with my Copics! I just love her to bits....sooooo cute!!!! I stamped a Magnolia sentiment on a tag cut with a QuicKutz die and I also used one of my CatsLife Press seal stamps, Officially Spring. I used two Making Memories metal butterflies to comply with this week's challenge to use some metal....I thought they were the perfect little embellishment too and I even bent up the wings a bit to add some dimension. To finish it off I add some gorgeous satin ribbon, green half pearls and some Stickles.  

Here is the inside...pretty simple, as always. I used a sentiment from the My Favorite Things More Essential Sentiments set and I used a MFT die-namics die. 

Well, thanks for stopping by again today to have a wee peek at my Magnolia Down Under Challenges card! Hope you can join the challenge!

Hugs,

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Challenge # 72...It's a Stripey Kind of Day...!!

Hey Krafty friends!!!! So We have some exciting things happening this month at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps....firstly, we have 5 fabulously Krafty, Guest Krafty Girls, joining us for the month of April, Amanda, Deborah, Jenny, Krista, and Tangii. If you pop over to the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps blog you can read their bios and get to know them....please visit their blogs and leave 'em some warm welcomes and some Krafty love!!!!!

Also, Kimmie wants all the local Krafty FANS out there to know that Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps will be at Scrapfest in Kitchener on April 8th and 9th! Are YOU going to Scrapfest? Make sure to visit us at booth # 220 and meet Kimmie and many of the Krafty Girls....for more info got to the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps website!!!!!

So are you ready for another fun Kraftin' Kimmie stamps challenge!? Well, the super sweet and super talented Krafty Girl, Donna from Down Under, is our hostess this week and she would like to Stripes on your card! Donna has made the cutest card this week with Tubing Miles and if you join the challenge and use a Kraftin' Kimmie Stamp on your creation then you will be entered into a random draw to win a Tubing Miles stamp of your very own!!! I hope you can join the challenge!!!

So, for my card this week I used some new BG Paper called Life of the Party and I teamed it up with this sweet Agnes, one of the Moonlight Whispers, Everyday Girls stamps from the March Release. I love Agnes...she is sooooo cute!!! I coloured her with my Copics, of course, and cut the image out with my rectangle Nesties, left the image in the die and inked with Old Paper Distress ink. I used some gorgeous Calcutta Prima Flowers from the Simon Says Stamp Superstore and I used a BG Hello Luscious Fabric Brad in the centre. I had this stripey brown and pink ribbon in my stash...perfect for this challenge! I stamped the sentiment that is from Kimmie's Fun Sentiments set. I also used an Autumn Leaves ticket stamp and cut it out with my ticket punch and inked it with Vintage Photo Distress ink. 

Here is the inside...pretty simple. The sentiment is from Kimmie's Everyday sentiments set.

Well, Thanks so much for stopping by and having a wee peek at my card! I hope you can join us this week at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Challenge! Make sure to swing my the KKSC blog and take a look at all the gorgeous creations by the Krafty Girls and Krafty Guests!

Happy Stampin'

Hugs,