Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Christmas Card using AALL & Create's Snowland Dies

Happy mid-December (yikes!!!) and welcome to another Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge!  The days are flying toward Christmas and that is this week's theme: Christmas.  I made a card using AALL & Create's Snowland die set.

I started by cutting out the Rolodex-type card, then painting it and doing some reverse-stenciling with dots.  This ends up getting covered up anyway, so...yeah.  I also added snowy white paint around the edges and threw on a piece of ledger paper.  I added green paint to the trees at the top of the die.

This die set comes with several elements, so I cut some of them out (not knowing which I would use for sure) and painted them.

I trimmed down some of the shapes at the top of the die and arranged the other elements on the card.  I scribbled a frame using Distress Watercolor pencils and splattered some Dina Wakley Media Gloss on at the end.  I finished it off with Tim Holtz's Christmas sentiment stickers.

Here are the supplies I used that you can find at Simon Says Stamp:

• AALL & Create Snowland Dies
• Dina Wakley Paint
• Tim Holtz Christmas Sticker Book
• Tim Holtz MM113 Stencil
• Dina Wakley Black Media Gloss
• Strathmore Mixed Media Paper
• Dina Wakley Ledger Paper, Set 1
• Distress Watercolor Pencils, Set 3

We're excited to see your Christmas projects!  Upload them to the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog for your chance to win a $25 voucher to the Simon Says Stamp store.

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Decorated Tin Box using Seth Apter's Twister Dies

Welcome to a new week and a new Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge!  Our theme is "wrap it up," so I decided to decorate a metal tin.

I started by tracing the lid on a piece of Strathmore Mixed Media paper, then I cut out the paper and painted it with acrylic paint and watercolors.  I also shook on some Infusions color stain and spritzed it with water.

While that was drying, I cut some shapes using Seth Apter's Twisters dies and painted those.  I stamped a star pattern on one of the wonky circles using Tim Holtz's Darling Christmas stamp set.

I sprinkled some drops of neon alcohol ink on my cover for another little pop of color. 

I glued the layers on top of each other, then I sanded the lid of the tin (to make things adhere to it better) and glued my cover to it using Dina Wakley's Ultra Thick Gel Medium.  I typed some words on my typewriter and glued them to the front.  My little tin box was done!

Here are the supplies I used that you can find at Simon Says Stamp:

• Seth Apter Twisters Die Set
• Tim Holtz Darling Christmas Stamp Set
• Neon Alcohol Ink: Atomic
• Dina Wakley Paint
• Dina Wakley Ultra Thick Gel Medium
• Paper Artsy Infusions: Lemoncello
• Watercolors
• Strathmore Mixed Media Paper

We're excited to see how you "wrap it up" this week!  Upload your boxes, tags, bags or whatever else you think of that fits the theme to the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog for your chance to win a $25 gift voucher to Simon Says Stamp.

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Simon Says Stamp Luggage Tag using Seth Apter's Cutz 1 Die Set

Happy, happy December to you and welcome to another Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge!  How is it that time flies so fast from mid-November through December and then stretches out for-e-ver in January and February?  Despite the warp speed at which time moves this time of year, we'll enjoy it for all it's worth!  One fun thing that comes along every December is Simon's Diecember die celebration.  In fact, this week's theme is to use dies in honor of that event.  I made a tag using dies from Simon and Seth Apter.

I started by cutting a tag using Simon's Luggage Tags die set.  I smeared acrylic paint on it, along with watercolors.  I added some Infusions and spritzed it with water.

As that dried, I cut out a panel from Seth Apter's Cutz 1 die set, ripped it into thirds, and painted the pieces.  I also stamped a grid image from Tim's Glitch 1 stamp set onto a piece of kraft cardstock

I put everything together like so:

Next I painted some paper and stamped some Tim Holtz stars onto it (Seasonal Scribbles) for the bottom of the tag.

I glued the star piece to the bottom and decided to add some rings that I cut with Simon's Thin Frames die set and painted.  I finished off my tag by stamping a sentiment from Tim's Just Thoughts stamp set.  I cut the words of this quote apart and arranged them in a different order than how they appear in the set, but the sentiment is fantastic!

Here are the supplies I used that you can find at Simon Says Stamp:

• Simon Says Stamp Luggage Tags Die Set
• Strathmore Mixed Media Paper
• Daniel Smith Watercolor: Indanthrone Blue
• Dina Wakley Paint
• Infusions Olive Tree
• Seth Apter Sizzix Paper Cutz #1
• Tim Holtz Glitch 1 Stamp Set
• Kraft Cardstock
• Tim Holtz Seasonal Scribbles Stamp Set
• Simon Says Stamp Thin Frames Die Set
• Tim Holtz Just Thoughts Stamp Set

Upload your die-cut creations to the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog for your chance to win a $25 voucher to the Simon Says Stamp store!

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Matching Set Earrings using Tim Holtz Supplies

Happy Thanksgiving week and welcome to another Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge!  This week's theme is "matching set."  I made a matching set of earrings using Tim Holtz supplies.

I started by pulling some pieces out of Tim Holtz's Junk Drawer Baseboards collection.  These pieces are all made of thick chipboard stuff.  I cut some of the pieces and painted them around the edges to give more color variety.

While the paint was drying, I got out some white beads and colored them with alcohol ink.  While the beads were drying, I cut some scraps of Tim Holtz's Red Collage fabric and stuck them on one of Tim's loop pins.  Then I added one of the alcohol-inked beads to each loop pin.

I got out my trusty Crop-A-Dile and made some holes in the chipboard pieces, then attached the pins and bead elements.  I found some flower-shaped metal bead caps and beads in my stash and attached them to the front of the earrings with wire pins going through the back.

I dangled one last long wire/bead pin from the middle.  I attached the earrings to some earring loops and these babies were done!

Here they are swinging away when I gave them a little nudge!

Here are the supplies I used that you can find at Simon Says Stamp:

• Alcohol Ink: Lettuce, Cloudy Blue
• Tim Holtz Junk Drawer Baseboards
• Tim Holtz Loop Pins
• Crop-A-Dile
• Tim Holtz Red Collage Fabric
• Dina Wakley Paint

Let's see how you interpret our matchy theme this week!  Upload your creations to the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog for your chance to win a $25 voucher to the Simon Says Stamp store!

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Thank You Card using AALL & Create's Letter Soup Dies

This week's challenge over at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog is "thank you."  I made a card using one of my favorite alphabet die sets from AALL & Create.

I started by cutting the letters out of a piece of kraft cardstock.  I added white paint and when that was dry, I smeared a layer of orange paint on top of that.  I also did some dot stenciling, then glued a piece of turquoise cardstock to the back of the kraft cardstock to help the letters stand out.

I scribbled some elongated dots onto navy blue cardstock with an embossing pen, then embossed the white marks.  I cut that into an oval frame shape and glued that on.  I also took one of Tim Holtz's stamp sets and added "love you to the moon and back" at the top.  With clear stamps, it's pretty easy to bend the words into certain text shapes, so I bent the words into an arch-shape to match the oval frame.  I also did some sewing-machine stitching around the edges.

I added some other paint colors and scribbles, then glued the whole thing to a piece of ledger paper.  I stamped some small circles onto it using Wendy Vecchi's Open Dots stamp.  I cut around the edges of the card with Tim Holtz's Deckle Torn Edge Trimmer and flicked on some Hyper Neon Alcohol Ink to finish it off.

Here are the supplies I used that you can find at Simon Says Stamp:

• AALL & Create's Letter Soup Dies
• Kraft Cardstock
• Dina Wakley: Dotted Tape Stencil
• Tim Holtz: Deckle Torn Edge Trimmer
• Embossing Pen
• White Embossing Powder
• Heat Tool
• Tim Holtz: THMM113 Stamp and Stencil Set
• Wendy Vecchi Open Dots Stamp
• Dina Wakley Paint
• Neon Alcohol Ink: Hyper

Share your thank-you-themed projects on the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog for your chance to win a $25 voucher to the Simon Says Stamp store.

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Happy Thoughts Tag using Kate Crane's KC015 Stamp Set

Welcome to another Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge!  It's hard to believe we're into November now and that the holiday season is right around the corner.  Yipes!  I don't know how time always moves so fast in  November and December!

This week's challenge theme is "thinking of you".  I utilized Kate Crane's KC015 stamp set to make my tag.

I started by cutting the tag shape using Poppy Stamps' Scalloped Pinpoint Tags.  I've got to be honest, though - these dies were a surprise in that they cut the scalloped frame part out separately from the tag.  So when you run it through your die-cutting machine, you end up with a rectangular straight-edged tag and then a second cut-out of the scalloped frame that goes around it.  You can see in the image below how the scallop frame cuts out separately and you have to tape the middle of the tag shape back inside the frame if you want a tag with a scalloped edge.  Anyway, I painted and stamped the tag using Tim Holtz's Big Number Blocks stamps in the background.  It's a number 8, which I just thought looked like a nice shape to glue things onto.  I also used Lindy's Industrial Magicals powder to give the tag some watercolor effects.  While that dried, I stamped, cut and painted this character from Kate Crane's KC015 stamp set. I altered the character by swapping out the horn it comes with for a crown I made.  I also added polka dots to the top.  I stamped some plus signs onto the tag from that stamp set and I tore a scrap piece of cut-out numbers I had from a previous project.

I assembled the elements like so and wanted an arch of some sort.  I got out Seth Apter's ESA34 stamp set and stamped on the raspberry-colored archway onto the background.

I glued my character to the front of the tag and then stamped "happy thoughts" from Tim's THMM182 stamp set and cut it out.  I glued that on and this tag was done.

Here are the supplies I used that you can find at Simon Says Stamp:

• Poppy Stamps Scalloped Pinpoint Tags Die Set
• Tim Holtz Big Number Blocks Stamp Set
• Kate Crane's KC015 Stamp Set
• Posca White Paint Pen
• Ranger Jet Black Archival Ink
• Lindy's Stamp Gang Industrial Magicals Set
• Picked Raspberry Archival Ink
• Seth Apter's ESA34 Stamp Set
• Tim Holtz's THMM182 Stamp and Stencil Set

Share your "thinking of you" projects over at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog for your chance to win a $25 voucher to the Simon Says Stamp store!