Simon Says Anything Goes!

We wish you all a Very Happy New Year and hope that 2017 is a good one for everyone!

Welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge

Thank you for joining us for the Make It Sparkle Challenge and we hope you will all join us again this week too.

We will be back soon with the name of the lucky winner of the $50 Voucher

This week the challenge is

 Anything Goes

This week we are showcasing Lindy’s Stamp Gang Products.  You don’t have to use them for the challenge but if you have them we would love to see them used.

As always Simon Says Stamp will be giving away $50 voucher to shop at the fabulous Simon Says Stamp Store

I made a set of cards for the challenge using Mermaid Seashells Magicals set. I used the new Simon Says Stamp Kristina’s Love stamp set from Hey love collection and an older stencil also from Simon called Falling Hearts to make my cards.

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For the first card, I gold heat embossed the sentiment on the bottom of the Bristol panel using Simon’s gold embossing powder. On the second card, I heat embossed the sentiment using Simon’s Rose Gold embossing powder. 

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Then I used the Falling Hearts stencil to add embossing paste through out the panel. Once dry, I brushed water on the panels and then the Cockelbells Coral and Glory of Sea Gold pigments made into watercolour by adding water. I brushed two layers drying the first layer to add the second layer. The I trimmed the panel and adhered on Simon’s Slate card base. 

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The shimmer from the Lindy’s Gang pigment powder is gorgeous on the cards. I could not capture on my photos but in real the background is shimmery. Hope you like my cards.

So now it’s YOUR turn.  Happy Crafting

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There are fabulous Give Aways and inspiration from fabulous designers on a daily basis over on the Simon Says Stamp Blog , if you haven’t subscribed by email you may want to so you don’t miss out

You have until Wed  8am Ohio time. 1pm UK time, 2 pm CET to join in

No backlinking allowed, Only 5 new creations will be eligible in the prize draw

Card Supplies:

InLinkz.com

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Thanks for stopping by my blog today. I am on a holiday and will be away. I have a few posts scheduled. So wishing you all Happy and Healthy New Year 2017!

Advent Calendar Extravaganza with Taheerah Atchia

Hello and welcome! 

I am playing along Taheerah’s Advent Calendar Extravaganza 2016!

Advent Calendar Extravaganza is -the- festive event of the season! This ‘hop with a twist’ was dreamed up by Taheerah Atchia and features surprise destinations each day! Joining in the fun with Taheerah are ONE HUNDRED special guests – each serving up some fantastic Christmas inspiration! Just like an Advent Calendar, you’ll never know where you’re going to be visiting next until you ‘open the door’!

And that’s not all! With 25 *amazing* sponsors taking part as guests as well, your crafty wish list is bound to get a boost with a chance to win a prize EVERY SINGLE DAY!!

Join in the fun every day at taheerah-atchia.com to see what special surprises await behind the door!

I made a Christmas card using Clearly Besotted Stamps. This stamp set is called Joy to the World. This is an older stamp set but one of my favourite Christmas stamp set.

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I stamped the background of the card with the trees from the stamp set using Soft Leaf dye ink from Hero Arts. This is a beautiful muted green. Perfect for background. Soft and subtle.

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For the focal point, I stamped the wreath from the stamp set using green pigment ink and red details on the wreath using red pigment ink. The pigment inks are from Mama Elephant and Avery Elle. I similarly stamped the bow, die cut both of them out using the coordinating dies. I adhered them on a vellum panel using foam adhesive for dimension. I also edged the vellum with gold pigment ink. Then I adhered this vellum panel on the card front using foam adhesives hidden behind the wreath and bow. The sentiment is white heat embossed on black strip of cardstock and adhered again using foam adhesive. Then I added 4mm gold sequins on the wreath as embellishments. Thats all! Simple and easy to make.

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It’s not a party without a prize – and with prizes every day there are several chances to win! Today’s prize is generously supplied by Clearly Besotted so you’ll definitely want to win! Simply leave a comment on this post – then head back to taheerah-atchia.com and leave a comment there too! You must leave a comment on Taheerah’s blog as well as mine in order to be eligible to win! Don’t forget to grab the other surprise destinations from Taheerah’s blog and head over to them to leave comments there as well to improve your odds even more! You have until 23:59 EST on 31st December 2016 to enter.

Don’t forget Advent Calendar Extravaganza runs from 1st-25th December inclusive so make sure you visit taheerah-atchia.com every day for fabulous inspiration and amazing prizes every single time! Merry Christmas!

Thank you so much for stopping by today!

Merry Christmas to you all!

Simon Says Make it Sparkle!

Hi all and welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge

Thank you for joining us for the Gift It Challenge and we hope you will all join us again this week too.

We would like to wish you all a Very Merry Christmas and Best Wishes for a Happy and Prosperous 2017!

We will be back soon with the name of the lucky winner of the $50 Voucher

This week the challenge is

Make It Sparkle 

This week we are showcasing Hero Arts Products.  You don’t have to use them for the challenge but if you have them we would love to see them used.

As always Simon Says Stamp will be giving away $50 voucher to shop at the fabulous Simon Says Stamp Store

I used the beautiful Floral Border with Frame die from Hero Arts along with Flowing Vine Collage die from Simon Says Stamp to create a card.

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These two dies layer beautifully and go with each other. I die cut two white panels using the second and third rectangle die from Hero Arts infinity rectangle die set. Then on the largest panel I used Hero Arts Floral Border die to die cut and the SSS Flowing Vine Collage die on the second panel. I added acetate sheet behind both the panels and layered the panel using foam adhesives to add dimension. I brushed gold pigment ink on edges of top panel.

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For the background, I watercoloured rich purple to red watercolour on watercolour paper. I left it to air dry then trimmed the panel and added to the layered panels using foam adhesives. I adhered the completed panels to the white card base which is also brushed with gold pigment ink on the edges.

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For the sentiment I die cut Season’s Greetings using SSS Season’s Greetings die and gold mirror cardstock. I adhered the sentiment flush on the centre of the card front. Then embellished with gold sequins from Pretty Pink Posh.

So now it’s YOUR turn.  Happy Crafting

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Do you use Instagram ?  If so please add  #ssswchallenge to your challenge entry uploads so we can see them on there too !

There are fabulous Give Aways and inspiration from fabulous designers on a daily basis over on the Simon Says Stamp Blog , if you haven’t subscribed by email you may want to so you don’t miss out

You have until Wed  8am Ohio time. 1pm UK time, 2 pm CET to join in

No backlinking allowed, Only 5 new creations will be eligible in the prize draw

Card Supplies: 

InLinkz.com

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Thanks for stopping by my blog today!

Simon Says Gift It!

Hi all and welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge

Thank you for joining us for the Ice Inspiration Challenge and we hope you will all join us again this week too.

We will be back soon with the name of the lucky winner of the $50 Voucher

This week the challenge is

Gift It

You could choose to make a gift, a gift card, or add an image of a gift to your project. there are so many ways to interpret this challenge! We will be looking forward to seeing what you create!

This week we are showcasing Mama Elephant Products.  You don’t have to use them for the challenge but if you have them we would love to see them used.

As always Simon Says Stamp will be giving away $50 voucher to shop at the fabulous Simon Says Stamp Store.

I have used Mama Elephant’s Lucky Envelope Die to make a gift card holder.

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The technique I used to make this envelope is a CASE of Kristina’s Holiday Card Series 2016 Day 25. Her cards are my absolutely favourite in the the series. Love the technique. So I did exactly the same. I watercoloured my watercolour paper using Gansai Tambi watercolor blue hues. After the paper was dry. I die cut the panel using the envelope die. And then ran the die cut using a Next Level Wave embossing folder. Love the texture on the panel. It is difficult to show the texture on the envelope. But trust me it is there Lol!  Then I assembled the envelope. This envelope fits an gift card perfectly.

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To decorate it I used Simon Says Stamp’s Snowflakes for the Season die to die cut the leftovers of the watercoloured panel as well as a silver cardstock. I used the largest two of the die in the set. Then layered the glued them with the silver die cut in the middle. I added a clear droplet at the centre. I adhered this on the envelope with a vellum square die cut cut using the die from Lucy Envelope Die. I also die cut a rectangle panel using another of die from the envelope die set and the left over watercoloured panel. I stamped the sentiment from Arctic Christmas stamp set from Simon Says Stamp. I adhered this panel on the envelope using foam adhesives.

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So now it’s YOUR turn.  Happy Crafting

Follow Simon Says Stamp on Instagram

Do you use Instagram ?  If so please add  #ssswchallenge to your challenge entry uploads so we can see them on there too !

There are fabulous Give Aways and inspiration from fabulous designers on a daily basis over on the Simon Says Stamp Blog , if you haven’t subscribed by email you may want to so you don’t miss out.

You have until Wed  8am Ohio time. 1pm UK time, 2 pm CET to join in

No backlinking allowed, Only 5 new creations will be eligible in the prize draw.

Card Supplies:

InLinkz.com

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Thanks for stopping by my blog today!

Winnie & Walter – A Set of Noel Cards!

Hello everyone,

 I have a set two Christmas cards to share with your using Winnie & Walter’s new release stamp set and cutaways. I am also at Winnie & Walter Blog today. I have used Framed with Evelin T Designs stamp set, Typecast: Cary stamp set, Framed with Evelin T Design Cutaway and In a Word: Noel Cutaway.

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Both of my cards are similar yet different. They are similar in layout, the elements used but different in colours and the placement of the elements. Here is my first card.

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I used the alphabets and numbers from Typecast: Cary stamp set and stamped the sentiment saying 25th Merry Christmas using light grey ink on the card front at an angle. I did draw lines to keep the spacing even. I erased the pencil lines after stamping the images. Since the background is neutral, I wanted my focal elements to pop out of the neutral background.

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For the focal point I gold heat embossed the frame from Framed with Evelin T Design stamp set and die cut the frame out using the coordinating cutaway. I also stamped the leaves and berries from the stamp set, copic coloured and die cut using the coordinating cutaway. Then I also die cut In a Word: Noel cutaway using white cardstock, sponged Candied Apple distress ink in ombre and added details using white gelly roll pen. I adhered the frame offset on the lower right of the card front using foam adhesives, the NOEL flush on the frame and foam on the edges to the cardstock. Then adhered the leaves and berries to frame the sentiment. Finally embellished with rose gold sequins.

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Now for the second card, I did the background similar to the first one using Typecast: Cary stamp set. But I used red ink and a variety of christmas sentiment to create the background.

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I again drew pencil lines diagonally to get the spacing right and once stamped the background, I erased the pencil lines.  For the focal point, I used another frame from the Framed Evelin T Design which I gold heat embossed. Similar to the first card, I also stamped, copic coloured and die cut the leaves and berries from the stamp set using coordinating cutaway. The sentiment Noel is die cut using white cardstock, sponged Mowed Lawn distress inks in ombre and added details using white gelly roll pen.

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On this card, I clustered the elements on the top centre of the card front. The frame using the foam adhesives, the sentiment NOEL flush glued on the frame and foam on the hanging edges and the leaves falling from the frame with the berries in the centre. I used sparkly clear and gold sequins to embellished the card.

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You can change colours while the alphabets are arranged on MISTI to stamp a few card fronts. And also emboss a few more frames and elements to mass produce the design. Just vary the placement of the focal cluster and you get a variety of Christmas card.

I absolutely love the Typecast: Cary stamp set. Bold alphabets and numbers. It is a must have stamp set in my collection. The Framed stamp set is gorgeous to add layers and love the hand drawn images. Of course, the In a Word cutaways are fabulous. Big, bold and great focal point word dies. This release by Winnie & Walter is fabulous.

Hope you are inspired by my cards. Thanks for stopping by. 

Its the release day!

Oh Hello everyone, Today is the day you have been waiting for. Its the release day of Taylored Expressions December releases. Woohoo! All the new goodies you have been eyeing for past three day are now available for purchase. So Happy shopping!

I am showcasing three new products today. The first combines Brushed Heart background stamp with Stroke Of Genius Valentine.

I used the Brushed Heart background stamp as tone on tone for the background with Stroke of Genius Valentine as the focal point.

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I stamped the background of the Sugar Cube card front with the Brushed Heart background stamp using Versamark. Then I dusted Perfect Pearl iridescent powder on the stamped background and wiped the excess off with a swiffer cloth. LOVE the subtle iridescent shimmer. Perfect texture for the background.

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For the focal point, I stamped the brushed heart from Stroke of Genius Valentine stamp set over a strip of white cardstock using rainbow of TE dye inks. I used Cherry Pop, Candy Corn, Lemon Meringue, Granny Smith, Cookie Monster, Jelly Donut and Plum Punch. I over lapped the images when stamping. I adhered a strip of gold glitter cardstock on both edges of this panel and adhered on the card front. Sentiment is a combination of Sweet Script die and How Sweet It Is stamp set. I have stacked and glued three of Sweet Script die cut with black glitter die cut on the top. Finally embellished with sequins.

Second card just uses the Stroke of Genius Valentine stamp set. Since I love the rainbow stamping, I used another of the brush heart image from the stamp set to do exactly the same.

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On this card, I used various pigment inks to stamp rainbow of colours. Love this brushed heart image on the stamp set. It has a lots of solid portion on the stamp so it can ink up a lot of colour and stamp.

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Sentiment is a combination of Loved Script die cuts, stacked and glued with black glitter on the top for added interest and dimension. And the smaller sentiment from How Sweet It Is stamp set white heat embossed on Oreo strip of cardstock. Embellished with sequins and Nuvo crystal drops. All the supplies used to make this card is listed below.

Card Supplies

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The next product I am showcasing is the Conversation Hearts Embossing folder. I made a set of cards using this embossing folder and All You Need Is Love stamp set.

I again used TE inks to make this set of cards. I added inks to the embossing folder and ran a Sugar Cube panel through the embossing folder. This gives gorgeous colours to the background of the panel and the words on the hearts. The hearts are raised from the background to add texture. Just beautiful.

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Once the inks dry, they even out. I took photos before the ink dry. The background still looks gorgeous. I have used Lemon Meringue, Cookie Monster, Granny Smith, Mint Julep and Lollipop. Just make sure you wash off the embossing folder after every colour. Otherwise the previous colour will contaminate the newer one. I ran the embossing folder under my tap with a light rub using a sponge.
The sentiment is from All You Need Is Love stamp set white heat embossed on a stitched rectangle die cut using Stitched Rectangle Stacklets and Oreo cardstock. Here are the individual cards.

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Hope you like all my projects this release. All the new goodies from the release can be found at Taylored Expressions store.

Thanks for stopping by today. Happy Shopping!

Taylored Expression Sneak Peek #3

Hello and welcome back once again. This is my third post for the day. Here are my 1st and 2nd post.

Today is day #3 of Taylored Expressions December release sneak peek. I hope you have enjoying day #1 and #2 sneak peeks of the new goodies. Is there a shopping list by now? Lol!

Today I am showcasing two new products. One is a background stamp called Musical Background and second product is a die called Little Bits Record.

First up I have couple of cards using the Musical background stamp set. On the first card I have used Musical Background stamp as well as You Amaze Me stamp set.

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I did emboss resist technique on this card. I white heat embossed the Musical background stamp on Sugar Cube cardstock. Then I sponged Pink Champagne TE dye ink on the centre and Earl Grey TE dye ink on the edges. I die cut the centre of the panel using one of the Stitched Heart die from Stitched Hearts Stacklet. Then trimmed the edges to add a thin strip of red glitter cardstock before adhering to the card front using foam adhesive.

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For the focal point, I gold heat embossed the maze heart from You Amaze Me stamp set and sponged Cherry Pop dye ink. I also brushed with Wink of Stella. I adhered this heart inside the negative of the heart die cut on the emboss resist panel. Sentiment is also from You Amaze Me stamp set which is white heat embossed on Oreo cardstock. Finally embellished with sequins and Nuvo Carnation Pink Crystal drops.

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For the second card, I did tone on tone technique using the Musical Background stamp.

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I stamped the musical background stamp on Watermelon cardstock and sparkly clear embossed to get tone on tone background. I then sponged Cherry Pop TE dye ink on the edges to accentuate the embossed background a bit. For the focal point, I die cut a stitched rectangle die using TE vellum cardstock. The sentiment is from the new Love Script die and How Sweet It Is stamp set.  On the Love Script sentiment die cut I added Nuvo Pink Mousse to add the shimmer. I also accentuated the sentiment the musical background with Little Bits Love Notes dies die cut using red glitter cardstock.

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The second product I am showcasing is the Little Bits Record die. This record die is so cute.

Absolutely adorable with it score circle lines. I decided to highlight the black vinyl record with some colour on the background like a colour block.

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I started with a 4″ x 5.25″ Sugar Cube cardstock panel. Then I measured and drew pencil lines to create six squares. I masked around each squares and sponged TE dye inks – Candy Corn, Cookie Monster, Granny Smith, Lemon Meringue, Plum Punch and Lollipop. Then I removed the masks and erased the pencil lines to reveal the colour blocks. I then die cut six records out of the die and six inner circles as well. I sponged the inner circles with the same inks and adhered to the centre of the records. I randomly adhered the records at the centre of each block using foam adhesives making sure the colours on the record and background do not match. I adhered this panel on the Sugar Cube card base. Then the sentiment from All You Need Is Love stamp set is stamped using Oreo hybrid ink on to a strip of Sugar Cube cardstock and adhered on the card front as shown.

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All the supplies used to make this card is listed below.

Card Supplies:

InLinkz.com

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Taylored Expressions is celebrating Release Week with some fabulous giveaways! Visit Taylored Expressions Blog to answer Taylor’s Question of the Day for a chance to win a prize from the latest release!

While you are there, check out gorgeous inspirations from the rest of the designers using the sneak peek products. Tomorrow is the release day! See you with more TE projects.

Thanks for visiting my blog.

You’re a Deer Friend!

This is second post for today. HERE is my first post!

Hi all and welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge

Thank you for joining us for the Anything Goes Challenge and we hope you will all join us again this week too.

We will be back soon with the name of the lucky winner of the $50 Voucher

This week the challenge is

Ice Inspiration

and the lovely Jenn Shurkus has made us this gorgeous mood board to give us some inspiration!

This week we are showcasing My Favorite Things Products.  You don’t have to use them for the challenge but if you have them we would love to see them used.

As always Simon Says Stamp will be giving away $50 voucher to shop at the fabulous Simon Says Stamp Store

MFT is one of my favourite company. Wish I had all the budget to get everything they release every month 🙂 Anyway, it was hard choice to choose the stamp set to play with for this inspiration challenge. Finally I settled on Deer Friends stamp set to play with. 

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I stamped and coloured the deers and leaves from the stamp set using PrismaColour pencils. I then hand cut them all. Wish I had the coordinating dies. My eyes went out of focus like crazy trying to cut them out. One of the perks of being in 40s I guess. I will here on get the coordinating dies for sure Lol! 

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For the background, I used Simon Says Stamp Soft Snowfall die. I die cut using white cardstock and sponged the sky part of the die with Barely Blue Simon Says Stamp ink. Then the bottom part with Laurel Green Simon Says stamp ink. I then put the top and bottom of the die cut together and die cut using MFT’s Wonky Stitched Rectangle die set. I used the largest die in the set. I also die cut another panel using the same wonky stitched die and die cut a slope layer using SSS slopes and Hills die. 

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To assemble the card, I used kraft card base. Adhered the background panel using craft foam, the slope layer using foam adhesives. Then I adhered the deers and the glued the leaves. I added more snow dots on the background using Sakura gelly roll white and sparkle pens. For the sentiment, I black stamped the sentiment from Deer Friends stamp set on a strip of card stock sponged with Merlot SSS ink. In the hindsight I would have white heat embossed the sentiment to make it pop. Finally I embellished the card using PPP Sparkly Clear sequins.

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I absolutely LOVE the colour combination. Muted colours yet pretty. I love it. Hope you do too. All the supplies I used to make this card is listed below.

So now it’s YOUR turn.  Happy Crafting

Follow Simon Says Stamp on Instagram

Do you use Instagram ?  If so please add  #ssswchallenge to your challenge entry uploads so we can see them on there too !

There are fabulous Give Aways and inspiration from fabulous designers on a daily basis over on the Simon Says Stamp Blog , if you haven’t subscribed by email you may want to so you don’t miss out

You have until Wed  8am Ohio time. 1pm UK time, 2 pm CET to join in

No backlinking allowed, Only 5 new creations will be eligible in the prize draw

Card Supplies:

InLinkz.com

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Thanks for for stopping by blog.

Merry & Bright!

Hiya everyone,

My third project using Winnie & Walter’s November new release. Today I am showcasing Happy Owlidays with Evelin T Designs and coordinating cutaways.

Another adorable stamp set. I love the little elements in the stamp set like the ornaments that add more details to the card. 

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I stamped and coloured the images from the stamp set. Then die cut using coordinating cutaway. I die cut two panels. One smaller panel using the smaller rectangle cutaway from Essentials: Katherine Cutaway and white card stock. The larger panel using the largest scalloped cutaway using Essentials: Audrey Cutaway. I stamped the branch image on the white panel and coloured with copic markers. Then mounted the owls on the branch using foam adhesives, the banner and ornaments on top of the panel. I stamped the sentiment from Sentimental: Winter stamp set on the panel and the smaller sentiment on a strip of white cardstock.

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I added details to the owls and banner using white gel pen. Then adhered the white panel on the red scalloped panel using foam adhesive and then flush glued on the white card base. Absolutely love the cuteness overload of the owls and ornament details.

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These sets are available for purchase from Winnie & Walter store. Hope you are inspired and thanks for stopping by once again.

Taylored Expressions Sneak Peek Day #2

Hello everyone, Welcome back. Today is Day #2 of Taylored Expressions sneak peek of the December release. If you want to see my day #1 sneak peek projects, then click HERE.

I am showcasing two Stamp and Die combo sets. The first one is called If Hearts Could Talk stamp and die combo.

I love the Could Talk series of stamp sets. The all have different facial expressions to stamp making the same image look different. Simple yet cool idea. On this set, I love the wings and various sentiments as well. I made school style valentine treat bags. I used TE Tag Pocket die to make the treat holders.

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I die cut three of the tag pockets using Sugar Cube cardstock. Then sponged Pink Champagne TE dye ink on top of all three Tag Pockets including the top of the fold as well. On the bottom of the fold, I sponged Lavender Glaze, Mint Julep and Potato Chip. These inks even out and blend well once they dry. I stamped the sentiment from the stamp set using Oreo hybrid ink and mini MISTI. On a scrap piece of Sugar Cube cardstock, I stamped three heart and wings images. I coloured them with copic with the wings and socks coordinating with the colours sponged on the bottom of the tag pocket fold. Then I stamped different faces on each of the heart images, die cut them out using the coordinating dies. I adhered the wings on the back of the hearts and the entire heart on the assembled tag pocket using foam adhesives. Finally embellished with sequins and white Nuvo crystal drops on the centre. I added a bar of Cadbury chocolates on each of them and secured it using pink and white baker’s twine.

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All the supplies used to make this card are listed below.

Card Supplies:

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The second product I am showcasing is called Lookin’ Sharp stamp and die combo.

This is such a fun stamp and die combo. Particularly like the pun sentiments. I made two cards using the stamp set.

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On this card, I used the same cacti stamp for both background as well as focal point. On the Sugar Cube card front I stamped the cacti image using Earl Grey dye ink. Then I die cut a smaller stitched rectangle Sugar Cube panel using Stitched Rectangle Stacklet. On the middle of the panel, I stamped a pink brush stroke image from Stroke of Genius 2 stamp set and Strawberry Milkshake ink. I stamped the same cacti image on a scrap piece of Sugar Cube cardstock, coloured using copic markers and die cut using the coordinating die. I adhered this on the centre of the stitched panel using foam adhesive. The sentiment is white heat embossed on a strip of Oreo cardstock. Finally embellished with sequins. This panel is adhered on the card front using foam adhesives.

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My second card feature both the cacti images from the Lookin’ Sharp stamp and die combo.

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On  my second card I stamped both the cacti images randomly on a piece of Sugar Cube cardstock. Coloured them using copic markers. Then I masked all the coloured images using masks die cut using the coordinating dies. This gives a nice white edge to the coloured images. After masking the images, I used distress inks Tumbled Glass and Salty Ocean to sponge over. The centre of the panel has the lighter shade of blue and the edges have the darker shade of blue. I spattered clean water to the panel. This adds depth and texture to the panel. I removed all the masks and die cut the panel using Let’s Talk Edger 2 die.

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To assemble the card, I adhered the coloured die cut panel on Sugar Cube card base using foam adhesives. On the bottom of the card front I stamped the sentiment using Oreo hybrid ink. Finally embellishing with sequins and Nuvo crystal drops in the centre. All the supplies used to make these cards are listed below.

Card Supplies:

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