Hi again stamping friends. Second post today as this is very time sensitive. The Simon Says Stamp Easter 2020 Card Kit went live this morning. As you may know, this is a super popular kit and sells out very quickly. Hopefully spring is just around the corner and that means Easter is too. So Simon is EGGstra excited to share…
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Hey cardmaking friends, welcome back. Today’s share is Simon Says Stamp Lifting Hearts Bunny Card. It’s day 12 of the “The Daily Marker 30 Day Color Challenge” so I dug out this bunny again and gave him a little coloring love. I needed this card to be super bright and cheery so instead of a blue stenciled sky, I made…
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Hi cardmaking friends and welcome back. Today I’m sharing Simon Says Stamp Floral Mix Background. It’s a stamp I purchased a bit ago and haven’t really played with much. First, my apologies for being AWOL for a few days….TAXES, ugggg, we have to do taxes in both countries. It’s a pile extra work and I just had to keep my…
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Hello my card making friends. I have been busy updating the Crafty Sales page with all the awesome specials that are popping up and thought I would send out an updated e-mail so you don’t miss out on these great deals. Have fun shopping, there are lots of warehouse sales, additional discounts and NEW PRODUCT RELEASES too. There’s even a…
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Hello my wonderful cardmaking friends and welcome back. New Video up today – Learn How to Two Step Stamp and both cards are 10 Minutes to WOW. Toda,y we are stamping with the fabulous NEW stamp set LAYERED TULIPS from the Simon Says Stamp “LUCKY TO KNOW YOU” released this past Thursday. What a release – have you checked out…
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Hi cardmaking friends and welcome back. I have 7 New Cards for the Lucky to Know you Release from SImon Says Stamp. Oh my goodness you are going to fall in love over and over again with this Simon Says Stamp NEW release LUCKY TO KNOW YOU.…and there’s GNOMES. NEW Gnomes and I was doubly blessed that they sent…
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Happy March 1 and I hope you are having a fabulous weekend. I have a 30 Day Color Challenge and Sneak Peek to share with you today. First up: Kathyrac’s 30 Day Color Challenge starts today and runs through March. It’s the 15th such challenge and is a boatload of fun. The goal is to make time to color every…
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Hi cardmaking friends and welcome back. Today I have a New Video – Copic Markers and Heat Embossing. These two items don’t normal go together, but I’m going to show you how they can with the help of your Misti Stamping Tool. I also share a quick lesson on the Copic Flicking Technique for the coloring – so read and…
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Hi there crafty friends and welcome back. Today’s card making share includes two more cards made with the Stronger Together Stamp set from Simon Says Stamp. This stamp set is in the March Card Kit and I have really enjoyed creating with it. The floral images are simple and easy to color with any medium and the sentiments are strong…
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Hi cardmaking friends and welcome back. While hooting around in my stash looking at Valentine’s stamps earlier this month, I came across this Penny Black All My Love and decided to make an anniversary card with it. I love to color with my copics and small images like this are quick and satisfying to color. They don’t require a lot…
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Hello cardmaking friends and welcome back. Today I have three cards for you created with the Simon Says Stamp March Card Kit. This kit is fabulous, lots of florals and sentiments in the stamp set and the papers are predominantly Lavender and Mint so I went with it. The Simon Says Stamp March Card Kit also includes a packet of…
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Welcome back my papercrafting friends, today I’m cardmaking with Gina K Designs for the CRAFTY FRIENDS Blog Hop. I have long been a fan of Gina K and her amazing designs. She is an astute business woman and a wonderful human and her stamping/crafting products are all first class. SO – I’m super excited to announce Gina K Designs as…
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Hi cardmaking friends. I have a clean and simple Simon Says Stamp Botanical Heart card to share with you today. Who could resist this beautiful stamp when it came out in the recent Simon Says Stamp Hey Bestie Release? Not Me that’s for sure haha. I think this release was one of Simon’s finest and I wanted to push the…
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Hello cardmaking friends, hope you are enjoying a nice long weekend. Today it’s Distress Oxides Color Combos and Cards 4 up on the blog. This time I’m blending 4 colors for the project. On an A2 card 5 – 6 colors would be the max before it would start to get muddy and you will see in the video I…
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Hi again, I’m back with the JUST RELEASED – Simon Says Stamp March 2020 Card Kit Stronger Together . As you know these Card Kits are super popular and sell out quickly because of the awesome quality, the exclusive stamp sets and the great price point for all the products included in the kit. This kit has a beautiful SPRING…
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Hello my card making friends. A very Happy Valentines Day to you. Today I’m playing with Simon Says Stamp Lifting Hearts Stamp set along with a bunch of new dies. I had a total blast making this card. It probably took me over an hour and my die cutting machine got a work out. Read on and don’t forget to…
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Hello my card making friends. Let’s decorate the Cake today! a Beautiful Lemon Chiffon Cake on a Milk Glass Stand with absolutely NO CALORIES – YEAH! And a super easy Copic Coloring technique to boot. Read on and don’t forget to download the FREE PDF File for today’s card too. The start of a New Year and I’M OUT OF…
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Hi crafty friends and welcome back. Today’s cardmaking adventure is More Pawsome Love with Simon Says Stamp. I added the heart Frame overlay from the Window Frames February Card Kit. Like many of you, as far as “Valentine’s” go, I have one true love, my hubby Ian. However, Valentine’s can also be about your Pals and friends and telling them…
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Hello my crafty friends. It’s Sunday so that’s my Distress Oxide Series day and today I’m sharing how to label your Distress Oxide Ink Pads. It’s been a question I get asked a lot each week when I have been doing the Distress Oxide Videos, so I decided to do a quick video and share the PDF File that I…
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Hi card making friends and welcome back. Today I created a fun Valentine’s with MFT Stamps Let’s Stick Together. This adorable stamp set is so quick and easy to color, cut the images out with the coordinating dies and boom you have a card. To start my MFT Stamps Let’s Stick Together Card, I used my Misti…
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Hello my papercrafting friends. Today I’m sharing SSS Feb Cardmaking Kit and a very Special Simon Says Stamp Anniversary Sale. The Kit got hung up in the Christmas mail and just arrived last week, and then my life was crazy for a week and I just today got to sit down and create with it and it’s FABULOUS. The Window…
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Hi papercrafting friends and welcome back. As promised, I have cardmaking with Altenew Dot Botanical today for you. Two cards actually, one with more of the VersaFine Clair Ink I shared with you in last weeks video, and another, heat embossed with colored embossing powder on black…most striking. This Altenew Dot Botanical stamp set has so many possibilities, and I…
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whoo hoo, the Feb My Monthly Hero – Feb Kit just went live. You know these sell out quickly so if you need a FABULOUS Birthday Card Kit, don’t delay. It’s a good day for a birthday – or in our case, it’s a good day to create a stash of birthday cards! The February release will put you well…
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Hi crafty friends and welcome back to my Cardmaking Blog. Today I’m stamping with Zippy Zebras from My Favorite Things. Their stamp artwork is always adorable and uplifting and who can resist a zebra on a scooter? NOT ME! haha. I have another bright and cheery Distress Oxides Color combo for you too. I started by blending the background with…
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Welcome back . Today I have a NEW Cardmaking video: Distress Oxides Color Combos and Cards #3. Sorry I missed last weekend, we had a few life bumps last week and my video editing got knocked off the rails….Almost back on track, but playing catch up a bit around here, LOL….you know, Life gets in the way sometimes of having…
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Hi cardmaking friends and welcome back. Today I am sharing Simon Says Stamp Be Kind and I use the Misti in a special way for today’s card. I have some exciting news to share, I have joined the My Sweet Petunia Design Team . You may know them as the MISTI team and I’m on on their Blog today. As…
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Hi cardmaking friends and welcome back. Today I’m sharing a fun card created with the Pawsome Love stamp set from Simon Says Stamp. This adorable set is from the new LOVE YOU MORE collection at Simon, and I added a few other goodies too. The NEW Simon Says Stamp Bursting Hearts Large Stencil covers the background of my card front….
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Hi cardmaking friends and welcome back. I decided it was time to pull out my Gemini Hot Foilpress Machine again, (much to the chagrin of the corgis – they hate the beeping) and create a pretty card using the Gina K Peaceful Floral to embellish the card. I’m also foiling on Vellum, haven’t done that before, but it worked perfectly. …
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Hi crafty friends and welcome back to my cardmaking blog. Today I’m sharing Simon Says Stamp Heart Garland Gnome. The heart Garland is a new 6 x 6 background stamp from the Simon Says Stamp “Hey Bestie” release that went live January 9th. This release is all about friendship and as I don’t send too many Valentine’s cards, I decided…
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Hi crafty friends and welcome back to my cardmaking blog. This is a cross over post from yesterday as I’m sharing the Arteza Watercolor paint and paper and a video on creating the card I shared in yesterday’s post: ———————————————————————— I also have a discount code for Arteza products for you today A Great Organizing sale at Scrapbook.com and a…
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Now that you have been through today’s Crafty Friends Blog Hop, it’s time to check out the Picket Fence New Release and 20% OFF Coupon we are sharing for today and tomorrow (January 20 – 21) This is the NEW release from 2 days ago, full of all kinds of fun new products – Click the images for a…
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Hi crafty friends and welcome back to my cardmaking blog. It’s the 20th so that means it’s hop day with my Crafty Friends and I’m sharing a card created with the Picket Fence Lily Bouquet stamp set. This month, We are happy to announce our special Brand is PICKET FENCE Studios. I LOVE their products and so excited…
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Hello my cardmaking friends, I have a NEW VIDEO – Distress Oxides Color Combos and Cards #2 to share with you today and a Winter Wonderland. In my neck of the woods it’s been – 40 something all week and we have warmed up today to a balmy -27 whoo hoo….so I had snowflakes on the brain. And because I…
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Here’s ANOTHER card created with this NEW Stamp from Simon Says Stamp – Heart to Heart Rainbow! AND I Used another new Product that JUST ARRIVED HERE the A2 Thin Frame Dies. For that lovely thin inlaid white piece in the card. You are going to want these. I had to move away from Pink Valentine’s cards for a minute,…
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Hi Crafty friends and welcome back to my cardmaking blog. Today I am “Sending You Love” and it’s a 10 Minutes to WOW all in one card. So read on on how to create this quick and easy card and download the FREE PDF too. Isn’t it pretty? I added a few new dies to my last Simon Says Stamp…
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