Pretty Please... With a Cherry on Top? (Simon Says Stamp Summer Fruit Challenge)

Hi everyone,

Welcome back for this week's Simon Says Stamp Challenge!

This week's challenge is Summer Fruits and the design team is featuring product from American Crafts.

Here's my card card using American Crafts Bree Mist-able Thickers:

 

I love these alterable Thickers! You can leave them plain or use color mist, colored markers, or even a glitter mark like I did to change the look of them. I noticed after making my card and linking to these Thickers at Simon Says Stamp that they don't seem to have this particular font in the store at the moment so I'm including some other fonts in my supply list. ;)

Supplies:


I hope you'll join us for this week's challenge! Up for grabs is a $50 gift voucher for the Simon Says Stamp store thanks to sweet Heidi! For all the details and to see what the other designers have come up with please check out the Simon Says Stamp Challenge blog HERE.

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Sarah

Simon Says Stamp July Card Kit! (& GIVEAWAY)!

Hi everyone!

I hope you've had a wonderful day! Mine was a good day.... one of those days that you can look back on when you're having a rough one and be reminded that things will get better. :) Today the kids did their school work without complaint AND even got some extra work done all on their own. Yay! We're SO close to finishing up our schooling for the year. :) I also got some much needed weeding and other gardening work done. The best part was a 1 hr phone call with the sweetest, most encouraging friend. Angela, if you're reading this, *thank you*. You are a blessing. We really should get together sometime soon. :) Another fun part of the day was the arrival of my Simon Says Stamp July Card Kit! I've dived right in already and made a couple of things.

If you follow my blog you *may* have noticed that I try to make at least one card from the Simon Says Stamp Card Kit that kind of goes in a different direction than I feel the kit was intended for. This month's kit screams PARTIES and BIRTHDAYS...so of course I made an anniversary card. Hee hee!

Here it is:

 I was inspired by the sweet hearts in the background paper, pairing it with the scalloped edge border sticker, one of the word stickers (celebrate), and some Simon Says Stamp dies.

Here's what I used for today's card:


As always sweet Heidi, owner of Simon Says Stamp has provided a card kit from this month for me to give away on my blog! Thanks, Heidi! Just leave a comment on any or all of my 4 card kit posts in the next week and I'll announce a winner next Wednesday, June 26th.

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Sarah

New My Favorite Things!

Hi Everyone,

It's a crazy week over here so I only have a few minutes to stop in. ;) I just got an order in from My Favorite Things last week and have had some fun playing with it a bit but unfortunately don't have anything to share just yet. ;)

I just wanted to pop by and let you know that My Favorite Things has just released some yummy new goodies HERE!

Here are my favorites (I have to figure out why the images from the My Favorite Things website aren't working with my Inlinkz....but each broken image is the same as the one from Simon Says Stamp just before it.):


I've been looking for some triangle dies for a while so I'm really excited about that! I also love the washi tape dies and think they'll be a great way to use up patterned paper scraps. Paint strokes are so popular right now and I love that My Favorite Things has come up with coordinating paint brush dies!

Just a heads up (in case I was the only one who didn't know) that when you order directly from My Favorite Things you can take advantage of a couple of specials HERE. Yay!

Ok. Bedtime for me.
Have a good night!
Sarah

Simon Says Stamp Transportation Challenge!

Hi everyone,

Welcome back for this week's Simon Says Stamp Challenge!

This week's challenge is Transportation and the design team is featuring product from Basic Grey!

Here's my card using this fun rocket stamp from Basic Grey/ Hero Arts:

Supplies:



I hope you'll join us for this week's challenge! Up for grabs is a $50 gift voucher for the Simon Says Stamp store thanks to sweet Heidi! For all the details and to see what the other designers have come up with please check out the Simon Says Stamp Challenge blog HERE.

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Sarah

Simon Says Stamp Summer Release Blog Hop Winner... & a Card. :)

Hi everyone,

I'm popping in to announce the winner of the grab bag from the Simon Says Stamp Summer Release Blog Hop!

The winner from my blog is: Madeline Rains! Congrats, Madeline! Simon will be emailing you. The full list of winners has been announced HERE. Thanks to everyone for your sweet comments on the blog hop. I really do appreciate them!

I thought I'd also share another card I made using some of the new Simon Says Stamp Summer Release products. This is a card I originally made for my guest design position for the upcoming Online Card Classes Summer Card Camp 2 before deciding to go a different route. ;)

I used the new Simon Says Stamp Full Card Hexagon die and die cut a piece of Eclipse adhesive sheet. 

I then removed the backing and put it on a piece of white cardstock to create a mask. I used distress inks to color in the piece before removing the mask.

I used the the new Simon Says Stamp 2 Tier banner die and shortened it to make a 1 tier banner.

 

There you have it! :)

Supplies:

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Sarah

Simon Says Stamp Masculine/ Father's Day Challenge

Hi everyone!

Welcome back for another Simon Says Stamp Challenge!

This week's challenge is a Masculine/ Father's Day Challenge! The design team is featuring product from the one and only Tim Holtz!

I decided to make a masculine birthday card using three different Tim Holtz products (a stamp, embossing folder, and die):

Here's my full supply list:


I hope you'll join us in this week's challenge! Up for grabs is a $50 gift voucher for the Simon Says Stamp store thanks to sweet Heidi! For all the details and to see what the other designers have come up with please go HERE.

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Sarah

You're So Amazing Card: Cards for Maddy

Hi everyone!

I'm popping in real quick to let you know about a card drive going on for a special girl named Maddy (in case you haven't heard about it yet). You might remember that Simon Says Stamp had a card drive for her back in July of 2012. Here is a recent post about Maddy and her battle with cancer. You can find the details about the current card drive HERE and learn how you could win a $100 Simon Says Stamp gift voucher in the process of bringing Maddy some sunshine. I hope you`ll send a card to a sweet girl who could really use some encouragement right now.

Here's the card I plan on sending in this week:

Thanks so much for visiting. I hope you'll make a card for this special girl or go through your stash of cards and find something you could send.

Have a great week,
Sarah