Loads of Fun!

Hello, all! It's time for another ANYTHING GOES Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge! This week, the design team is featuring Lawn Fawn products!!! YAY! Lawn Fawn or Lawn FUN?!

That was bad.

But oh, so good.

Okay...anyway... I'll get to my card now....



Umm... when did laundry get this FUN?! For reals, though. I had so much fun making this little shaker card! I used the stamps in the Loads of Fun stamp set both to set the scene and as little socks in my shaker! SO FUN!!!! I also added some marshmallow seed beads from Pretty Pink Posh to look sudsy.

That's a fun word. Sudsy. For reals.... say it out loud.

You're welcome.



Now it's your turn! It's anything goes week, so you can create whatever you want! It just has to be new and you have to link it up over on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge blog for your chance to win a $50 Gift Certificate to Simon Says Stamp! WOOT! WOOT!

SUDSY!

Yup. That happened.

Come play along! We can't wait to see what you create! 

Have a happy!

Because ANYTHING Goes!

If I can incorporate the words 'zap', 'pow', and 'boom' into a card, I pretty much count that as a win from the start. For reals, though. Yes, it's that time, again, folks! It is ANYTHING GOES week over on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge blog! The Design Team is featuring Avery Elle goodness this week! I am a big fan of Avery Elle stamps. I just love them. I used the Super stamps and dies for my card today.



I stamped the entire scene on the white panel and then stamped and die cut the city, colored with Copics to add some shadowing, and adhered that with foam tape for added dimension and visual interest. I also coated the message bubble with Wink of Stella clear glitter goodness!



Now it's YOUR turn! Create something AWESOME (it has to be NEW) and link it up to the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge blog for your chance to win a $50 Gift Voucher to Simon Says Stamp! Yup. For reals.

Have a Happy!

Because Puppies Make Me Smile

They really do. And I like to smile. And I REALLY love puppies. (And for the record, age does not define a puppy in my world. They are ALL PUPPIES!!!) Even though it makes me a little sad to pull out my puppy stamps, it reminds me of both of my sweet girlies and THAT makes me happy. I recently got these adorable Mama Elephant Playful Pups from Simon Says Stamp and I just love them. The puppies are just so sweet!



I colored that sweet little chubby puppy with my Spectrum Noir pens and stamped and colored the tennis ball, as well. I then added the line for the floor by hand. I really like doing this, as it is never perfectly straight and adds a touch of visual interest to the card whilst grounding the images quite well.



I used some fun washi tape in a few places to accent the card. I love this tape! It's super cuteness! It is made by Little B so it comes in a cute little dispenser thingy, too. I think you can find it at Michael's. A single Spellbinders® sequin finishes it off. Did you know Spellbinders even HAD sequins? They do. And they don't have holes in them. And I LOVE that. Also, the colors are amazing and they come in a wonderful little pot. Seriously. I love them. Lots.

I hope this little puppy has made you smile today! You can find my complete supply list below.

Have a Happy!

Supplies:

Stamps: Mama Elephant Playful Pups

Pens: Spectrum Noir, Sakura Fine Line Micron Pens

Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black

Sequins: Hip Hooray by Spellbinders®

Washi Tape: Little B Designs

It's DAY TWO! (Giveaway!)

Yes, that's right, today is DAY TWO of the CAS-ual Fridays Stamps release! And we have THREE, yup, count 'em, THREE more new products to show off today! Holy lotsa new fabulous goodies, Batman!!! No turkey string today, but I'm hoping you'll stick around, anyway. (If currently confused, you may want to check out yesterdays post. For reals, though.)



Gold and pastels, anyone? So, when CAS-ual Fridays Stamps comes out with these amazing bold sentiment stamps I just get a little super excited. I love them. I really and truly do. I loved this one so much I insisted on stamping it and embossing in GOLD three times. Because one just wasn't going to cut it, my friends. That, and seriously... wasn't that paper just BEGGING for this design? Totally, folks. Totally.



And now for a lesson  in white on white with a dash of color. You GUYS! These new Fun-fetti dies? Yeah, for REALS, they are super totally amazingly fantastic and I love them with all of my heart. No. Seriously, though.



Ummm... yup. Awesome.

So, here's the thing...

1. You need to head to the CAS-ual Fridays Stamps blog to check out the rest of the inspiration from the team. They ROCKED it!

2. You need to leave a comment here, as well as on the other blogs (which you can find on the CAS-ual Fridays Stamps Blog), for your chance to win a $25 Gift Certificate to CAS-ual Fridays Stamps.

3. You need to head over to the CAS-ual Fridays Stamps blog and see the FULL REVEAL of these stamp sets. Because they are awesome.

Noticing a theme here? Yes, you need to head over to the CAS-ual Fridays Stamps blog.

Like, nowish.

Have a Happy!

Wishing You...

It's our BIRTHDAY! That's right, we are celebrating SIX fabulous years on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge and we want you to party with us! Our theme for this week is BIRTHDAY, of course! We are featuring Simon Says Stamp exclusives and we would LOVE to see how you rock them if you have some, but they are not required to participate. We are, however, giving away SIX, yes, you read that correctly, SIX $50 Gift Certificates to Simon Says Stamp this week! WHAT?! Yup!



I created a quick grey scale floral card with some recent stamps, inks, and dies from Simon Says Stamp. I trimmed a short panel, stamped the flowers, and then cut them in half and adhered the panel in two pieces with foam tape, placing the sentiment in the gap. I have seen this look around a bit lately, and I love it!



You can enter up to five NEW creations based on the Birthday theme for your chance at one of the six $50 Gift Certificates we are giving away! No excuses, friends! Just do it! Head on over to the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge blog for lots of fabulous inspiration!

Supplies:

Stamps: Simon Says Stamp Artful Flowers, Simon Says Stamp Sending and Wishing 
Die: Simon Says Stamp Wishing
Ink: Simon Says Stamp Fossil and Slate

Unforgettable...That's What You Are

Yup. Totally just dropped that ear worm. HA! Sorry. It had to happen. No, for reals, though, it did. It's Monday and I need entertainment, what can I say? BUT, at least I have a couple of bits of awesome to share with you today!

First, I have a WINNER for the $20 Simon Says Stamp Gift Voucher Giveaway! And the Winner is...

MARCIE SHARP!

Congratulations, Marcie!

And I also have a super fun card to share with you today!



This one uses a couple of different background stamps along with the adorable new Unforgettable stamp set from WPlus9. Ummm, you guys, for reals, though...I love this stamp set. I actually created this one awhile ago right after I got it because I HAD to use it, I just haven't had the chance to post it yet, so, well, here it is, folks!



To create the banner, I stamped and embossed the Hero Arts Tiny Flags background stamp on watercolor paper with Matte Dull embossing powder. I then watercolored over the embossing and cut and embossed the banner using Spellbinders® Baby Buntings dies.  I stamped the background stripes on my card based and then accented with brads (yes, you can still use those), some May Arts string, and a few sequins.

This card was created purely for fun and I LOVE that about it! It was so much fun to pull together and it makes me smile!

Supplies:

Stamps: Hero Arts Tiny Flags, Simon Says Stamp Wide Stripes, WPlus9 Unforgettable
Die: Spellbinders® Baby Buntings
Ink: My Favorite Things Black Licorice Hybrid, Simon Says Stamp Fog, VersaMark
Watercolors: Zig Kuretake
Watercolor Paper: Tim Holtz
String: May Arts
Tools: Corner Chomper, Copic Markers, Milwaukee Heat Gun
Embossing Powder: Wow Clear Matte Dull, Ranger Liquid Platinum
Other: White Mini Brads, Blue Sequins

A Hippo Birdie To You!

Yup. That's adorable. And punny. And you know how much I enjoy a quality pun. Or a lesser quality pun, at that! HA! Over the weekend I pulled out this slightly older Avery Elle stamp set to play. You know... just for fun! WHAT?! Yup. I totally did that.



Oh, my LOU, this was fun to do, you guys! For reals, though! So, this is a whole lot of one layer stamping and inking. The very first thing I stamped? The hat. No. For reals. I stamped the hat and then masked it to stamp the hippo and then added the glasses with the hat mask still on. I then removed the hat mask and colored the image in all of it's adorableness. You GUYS! It's a little hipster hippo! WITH A BIRDIE! I can't even....



I used Wink of Stella over the Spectrum Noirs to add a bit of sparkle to the birdie and then used Glossy Accents on the glasses because, well, glasses. I then created a mask of the bottom of the hippo and layered that with a straight edged mask to ink the grass. I used a few colors of ink from Simon Says Stamp and Ranger Distress inks. Finally, I added some adorable die cut clouds from Spellbinders to finish off the fluffy cute sky! Yup. Fluffy cute. It's a thing. It's a thing now, anyway.

I am linking this fun little card up to the Avery Elle Masking Challenge!

Have a Happy!

A Birthday Shaker

I have a quick post for you today with another fun card for the Winnie & Walter Birthday Challenges! Today I am playing along with the Shaker Card Challenge. I LOVE shakers! I wasn't going to miss this one!



I used the frame from the Picture Perfect set and then hand cut the window for my shaker. I grabbed the flowers from the The Big, The Bold, and Extras set. I cut those out and simply adhered them near the shaker, layering the 'happy' die (layered, for depth) over the entire window.



I filled the shaker with mostly flat silver sequins (LOTS of them) and added just a few colored sequins for some pop. I really like the mix a lot!

And that's all for today!

Have a Happy!

Happy Birthday Candles

Today's card is a simple one that I just sort of love. The colors came together nicely and I love the softness of it. I used the candles4birthday stamp set from The Stamps of life along with a bit of tissue paper, some string, and some shinies for a pretty little birthday card.



I am loving the mint, audrey blue, and cotton candy color combination here! These are all from the Sweet Treats collection of inks from Simon Says Stamp. If you haven't tried their ink yet, you simply MUST! I love it so much!



I love that this card is so sweet, but still has a happy, festive feel to it. Yup. It's a happy one!

I am linking this up the CAS(E) this Sketch Challenge.

Have a Happy!

A Colorful Birthday

Crafter's Companion has a brand new Stamp It! Austarlia release coming today and it is AWESOME!  So many gorgeous designs!  I was pretty excited to play with them!  I pulled out two stamps from the Once In a Lifetime set.  I love this camera stamp and this amazing background!!!  LOVE them!



I used distress inks to color the background.  LOVE THE COLOR!  It's bright and happy!  YAY!!!  I fussy cut around the camera to make an accent out of it and then used a simple sentiment sticker.  A bit of polka dotted paper behind the image panel grounds it on the dark card base.



Be sure to check out the Crafter's Companion Facebook page, as there is always more inspiration to be had over there!

Have a Happy!!!

Star It! Blog Hop

The ever fabulous Nina Yang recently asked if I would like to showcase her latest stamps from Avery Elle.  Um.  Yes.  OF, COURSE!!!!!  I was super excited to play with these stamps and super excited to share them with you, too!  Today we have a blog hop featuring the Simply Tags:  Christmas stamps and coordinating dies AND you can WIN STUFF, too!!!!



I decided to create a fun birthday card.  Yes, they are Christmas stamps.  No, I don't like to do things the conventional way.  HA!  I dry embossed the background and die cut the star from it before adhering it to my card base.  I then stamped and die cut the large bow, adhered that with foam tape, and then adhered the tiny bow die cut from wood veneer.  I die cut the tiny hearts from wood veneer, as well.  Basically...I love this card.  For reals, you guys.  It's just so darned CUTE!



Now let's talk PRIZES!!!  Nina is generously giving away each of her knew products to FOUR different winners!  That means that four people who comment on the hop blogs today will win one of each of the goodies pictured below.

 To Enter:  Leave a comment on my blog for your first chance.  Be sure to leave a comment on each blog along the way for more chances to win!

For an EXTRA ENTRY:  Like my Facebook Page and SHARE the status mentioning this giveaway on your Timeline!  Leave a comment here with your Facebook name to let me know you shared!  You will need to click the SHARE button on MY post on my Just Jingle Facebook page in order for this one to count!

Here is the list of blogs participating in today's blog hop!  Next on the list is the super amazing Amy Kolling!  Woot!  Woot!

Nina Yang
Lorena Cantó
Ashley Marcu
Jennifer Ingle (that's me!)
Amy Kolling

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