A Little Girly

We are going GIRLY over on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge blog this week! We want to see you create a card or project with a feminine flair! The design team is using Doodlebug Designs products this week. If you love enamel shapes, you should totally check them out! You don't have to use them to play along, but we would love to see what you do with them if you have some!



I decided to create a clean and simple girly design. I cut and embossed the window using Spellbinders Pierced Squares. I used the piercing die on the inside to add some visual interest and texture to the window. A few enamel shapes from Doodlebug Design add a pop of color from inside the window.



One lucky participant is going to win a $50 Voucher to the Simon Says Stamp Store! You can enter up to five NEW designs! I can't wait to see your girly creations!

Supplies:

White Cardstock: Crafter's Companion Ultra Smooth White

Dies: Spellbinders Pierced Squares

Stamps: Simon Says Stamp Many Thanks

Enamel Shapes: Doodlebug Designs

Embossing Powder: Ranger Liquid Platinum

Heat Gun: Milwaukee

Have a Happy!

Simon Says Stamp Giveaway!

As you know, I am a big fan of Simon Says Stamp and I decided that today needs a GIVEAWAY! So, leave a comment telling me something happy and one lucky winner will get a $20 Gift Certificate to Simon Says Stamp!

*Giveaway open to anyone who can use a Simon gift card. I will keep this open through Sunday, Feb. 15th. Winner will be announced on the blog.*

That's all!

Have a Happy!

All Creatures Great and Small

Hell, friends! Well, last week's All Things Bright and Beautiful challenge was pretty awesome, but now we have to keep that fun going this week with a new challenge. It seems only natural to go with All Creatures Great and Small! Yup! We want to see you create something with a critter of some kind! The design team is featuring Paper Smooches products today, so you are going to see some super cute stuff over on the Simon Says Stamp Challenge blog today!



This card is one of those that just sort of came together by accident, but I do love it. It is sweet and colorful, and just makes me smile. I used the Paper Smooches Blossoming Buds and Paws for a Cause sets along with Chameleon pens for this one. I kept the design simple.



And now it is your turn! Create something NEW based on the All Creatures Great and Small theme and link it up to the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge blog! One lucky participant will win a $50 Gift Voucher to the Simon Says Stamp store! Woot! Woot!

Have a Happy!

All Things Bright And Beautiful

All Things Bright and Beautiful! That's the theme for the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge this week! Yup. We're pretty darned sick of winter and thought that this would be a great time to BRIGHTEN things up by using bright, happy, beautiful colors in our projects! The Design Team is featuring Hero Arts products this week. You don't have to use them to play along, but we would love to see you rock them if you have some on hand!

I figured with a challenge to use bright colors it just made sense to pull out the BRIGHTEST colors I have! I used my Hero Arts neon inks for this fun card, and... yup. It's BRIGHT! LOL! I stamped the background in pink by inking only part of the stamp and then used my favorite WPlus9 tag die to create a simple tag with more bright colors.


You can find my complete supply list below. Now it's YOUR turn! Create something BRIGHT and BEAUTIFUL (something NEW, please) for the challenge and link it up over on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge blog! You can enter up to five NEW projects and one lucky participant will win a $50 Voucher to the Simon Says Stamp Store! WHAT?! Yup. Totally, you guys. For reals.

Here are the supplies I used for my card. These are affiliate links and your support is, as always, appreciated!

Cardstock: Simon Says Stamp Black Cardstock, Crafter's Companion Ultra Smooth White
Ink: Hero Arts Neon Ink, VersaMark
Stamps: Hero Arts Tiny Flags Background Stamp, Hero Arts Shoot for the Moon
Die: WPlus9 Timeless Tags 2
String: May Arts Metallic String
Embossing Powder: Stampendous!
Foam Tape: Scotch (Giant Roll - totally worth it!)
Tool: Milwaukee Heat Gun (I love that thing. With all of my heart.)

You Were Meant To SHINE!

It is ANYTHING GOES week this week on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog! This week the Design Team is using Clearly Besotted and/or Lil' Inker Designs products on our projects. You don't have to use them to play along, but if you've got some we'd love to see them! I chose a super pretty stamp set from Clearly Besotted that I had in my studio just WAITING to be inked. I love it!



I combined the gorgeous flowers from the Celebrating You stamp set with the super cute Bella Rouge collection from Pink Paislee. This is one of my favorites right now! I absolutely LOVE it! Just look at that BOW!!! LOVE IT!



I colored the flowers with Spectrum Noir pens and die cut the Spellbinders tag to layer over free-hand cut papers. A bit of ribbon and string help to add accent color and then... THAT BOW! *sigh* I love that bow. You can find my complete supply list below.

Now it's YOUR TURN! Create a NEW project and link it up to the ANYTHING GOES challenge on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge blog for your chance to win a $50 Gift Voucher to the Simon Says Stamp Store! WHAT?! Yup. Totally.

Supply List (Note that links are affiliate links. Your support is always appreciated!)

White Cardstock: Crafter's Companion Ultra Smooth White

Patterned Paper: Pink Paislee Bella Rouge 6x6 Paper Pad

Stamp Set: Clearly Besotted Celebrating You

Sequin Bow: Pink Paislee Bella Rouge Sequin Butterflies

Die Cut Sentiment: Pink Paislee Bella Rouge Ephemera

Markers: Spectrum Noir

Die: Spellbinders Build A Tag Two Set

String: DMC Metallic Thread Trio

Stapler/Staples: Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher

Ink: My Favorite Things Hybrid Ink in Black Licorice

Have a Happy!!!

Happy Thanksgiving!

We are Giving THANKS with the Simon Says Stamp Challenge Team this week! That's right, the brand new challenge is to create a Thank you or a Thanksgiving themed project. The design team is using Simon Says Stamp exclusives this week. You don't have to use them to enter, but we would LOVE to see how you rock them if you've got them!



I have been absolutely LOVING these gorgeous new dies from Spellbinders and thought these tassels would be a fun thing to play with for a Thanksgiving card. I decided to cut several of them and turn them into a sort of floral medallion thingy. I kind of love that floral medallion thingy. For reals, though. It's kinda sorta awesome. I stamped the sentiment using the Simon Says Stamp Essential Greetings set, overlapping the words to create a unique look. This is super easy to do and offers a fun new way to play with your sentiment stamps.



Now it's YOUR turn! Create something AWESOME inspired by the Thank You/Thanksgiving theme and link it on up to the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog. For reals, you guys... you could win a $50 Gift Voucher to the Simon Says Stamp store. Just enter. Do it, dude.

You can find my complete supply list below. 

Have a Happy!

Stamps: Simon Says Stamp Essential Greetings

Dies: Spellbinders® Victorian Tassels Die Set

Cardstock: Crafter's Companion Ultra Smooth White

Enamel Dot: Studio Calico Gold Enamel Dots

String: May Arts Gold Metallic String

Ink: Momento Rich Cocoa, VersaMark Clear

Embossing Powder: Stampendous Detail Gold

Tool: Spellbinders Tool 'N One (P.S. If you don't own one of these yet, it's pretty much a TAKE MY MONEY kind of tool Seriously. I use it every time I craft now. I can't live without this thing. For reals. I wouldn't lie about something so very important. HA!)

I Can't WAIT!

This week for the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge we are getting KRAFTY! Yes, that's right, we want to see you use KRAFT in your projects in some way. The Design Team is using Hero Arts goodies generously provided by Hero Arts and Simon Says Stamp. If you have Hero Arts in your stash, we'd LOVE to see you rock their products, but if not, that's totally cool, it isn't required to play along.



I used this adorable Lil' Hoot Set from Hero Arts along with a new background stamp coming out soon! Eeek! Love sneak peeks! I embossed my background using both gold and white powders to create a unique pattern and colored that pair of cuties with Spectrum Noir pens. A couple of googly eyes were a perfect finish!

Now it's your turn! One lucky participant is going to win a $50 voucher to the Simon Says Stamp Store to do some shopping!!!! WHAT?! Yup. Totes, you guys. You can enter up to five times, but your projects must be NEW... no backlinking is allowed. Have fun creating! Simply link your project up to the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog!

Have a Happy!

Merry & Bright

Wow! World Card Making Day Weekend was a FUN one around here! If you weren't able to check it all out, over the weekend, there are a couple of posts you don't want to miss! I have a fun announcement, along with some giveaway information HERE and I have ANOTHER fun announcement, along with a challenge/giveaway option HERE! WHAT?! Yup. I told you it was fun!

Now, today I have TWO giveaway winners to announce!

The winner of three stamp sets from the Wanted. Bought. Love. post is Stephanie!!!

The winner of the Simon Says Stamp What's Brewing stamp set for National Coffee Day giveaway is Yukari Y!!!

Congratulations winners! Be sure to email me with your name and address so I can get your prizes out to you! A big thanks to ALL who entered! I always enjoy reading your comments! Thanks for reading Just Jingle!

And... now I'd like to share one of the cards I created on World Card Making Day!



Butterfly Reflections Ink had an AWESOME sketch challenge on the blog and I had SO much fun creating this card for it! I actually just got these great Bobunny papers from Butterfly Reflections Ink Saturday Morning, so I was super excited to use them! This is SUCH a cute holiday collection! I combined the papers with the Snow Day stamp set from Lawn Fawn for a super cute card.



I hope you had a fabulous World Card Making Day, folks!

Have a Happy!

Up, Up, & Away!

We have a brand new release set from The Stamps of Life and I am super excited to share this one with you! It is called hot4balloons (cutest name EVER!) and it is full of hot air balloon goodness! LOVE IT!



I created this fun card using this set and I love how you can add fun designs to the balloons! The sentiments in this one are really fabulous, too! For this card, I used one of the 'extra' little stamps in the set, along with a fabulous sentiment and didn't even use the hot air balloons! I love how TSOL sets offer that kind of versatility!



Be sure to head over to The Stamps of Life to check out the video for this set along with the gallery to see more inspiration!!!

Also, Just Jingle Giveaway week was AMAZING!  Thank you all so much for your participation! The giveaways will be closing on a staggered basis, two a day, just as they were posted. I will then compile the winners and post those next week! In case you missed some, here is the complete list for you to check out!

Day 1: Avery Elle
           Bossy Joscie

Day 2: Spectrum Noir
           Unity Stamp Company

Day 3: Reverse Confetti
           Lil' Inker Designs

Day 4: Lawn Fawn
          Crafter's Companion

Day 5: CAS-ual Fridays Stamps
          Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Day 6: Winnie & Walter
          Simon Says Stamp

Have a Happy!

It's COMING!!!!! Just Jingle GIVEAWAY WEEK!

That's right! My Just Jingle Facebook page has reached over 1200 likes and I think that is a reason to CELEBRATE!!!! This week is going to be FULL of giveaways! I have lined up some AMAZING sponsors and I can't WAIT for this week of celebration!

Here is how it's gonna fly:

A. Two giveaways will be posted per day beginning tomorrow and running through Saturday. Yup. Do that math, real quick. That is TWELVE awesome giveaways!!!

2. You will have two chances to enter each giveaway. Once by commenting on the blog post, and once by commenting on the coordinating Facebook post on my Just Jingle page. Yes, folks, that's TWO chances per giveaway.

III. It's going to ROCK!!!!

For reals, though. It is.

A HUGE shot out to Bossy Joscie for creating the amazing Just Jingle Giveaway Week graphic you see posted above! I just love.

AND...a HUGE thanks to the following sponsors... *hint* *hint*

(Yes, that hint was less than subtle. These folks are providing the prizes and they are amazing for celebrating with us. For reals, dudes. For. Reals.)

Avery Elle
Bossy Joscie
CAS-ual Fridays Stamps
Crafter's Companion
Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko
Lawn Fawn
Lil' Inker Designs
Reverse Confetti
Simon Says Stamp
Spectrum Noir
Unity Stamp Company
Winnie & Walter

So, basically, you will NOT want to miss out on posts this week! It's gonna be a PARTY!!! Someone get me a martini!

Have a Happy!

You Are the Best!

Yup.  YOU!  All of my readers.  You are the BEST!  And... we have a brand new Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge for you today! WHY?  Because we love to inspire you and to offer you a chance to win a $50 Voucher to the Simon Says Stamp Store!  Woot!

This week, our challenge is all about GIRLS!  We want to see you create a Mother's Day or Special Girl project and link it up!  Mother's Day is at the end of this month in the UK and, well, here in the US and Canada, I am quite sure Mom's wouldn't mind an extra card in the mail!  Or, perhaps you have a sister, grandmother, or close friend who could use a bit of happy!  Let's make it happen!

I decided to have some fun with some Simon Says Stamp exclusives for my card.  I also decided to work with florals.  And masking.  LOTS of masking.  LOL!  I used the new inks in Cotton Candy, Doll Pink, Mint, and Audrey Blue along with the super pretty Life is a Journey stamp set.  I masked the flowers as I stamped to create a fun layered look.  To stamp the border, which I actually did first, I laid down several of the flower stamps and then stamped the Cotton Candy strip.  I stamped the Doll pink strip, overlapping them, as the cotton candy was light enough to simply overstamp it.  I really like how it looks!

All participants are entered to win a $50 voucher to the Simon Says Stamp store!  Just make sure your creations is NEW and you include a link back to our challenge!  The winner is chosen randomly!  YAY!

Why are you still here?  Go make a girly card for a special girl in your life, dude.  Do it.  Link it.  Make it happen.

Have a Happy!!!

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