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Happy Birthday using exclusive Simon Says Stamp

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I was feeling a bit stressed out the other morning, Lily was sleeping so I went upstairs to my still unpacked craft room and made this card using some new Simon Says Stamp exclusive dies/stamps to unwind…. It helped!!  I paired the adorable images from the set with Copics and Hero Arts Shadow inks and love how it turned out. I didn’t have matching rhinestones so I took some clear ones and colored them with Copics to match! The bee is colored with a cool new glitter pen I picked up…. The panel is popped up on dimension…

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I had so much fun making this card! I hope you like it… :)

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by Laurel on May 19, 2013  •  Permalink
Posted in Challenges, COPICS, Crafts, Hero Arts, simon says stamp

Posted by Laurel on May 19, 2013

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Simon Says Stamp Challenge: Flower Power

Happy Wednesday everyone and welcome to another Simon Says Stamp challenge! This week’s theme is FLOWER Power and the Design team is using Prima and/or CASual Friday products!!!!

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I heat set the gorgeous floral background with white embossing powder and stamped the circle border and sentiment from CASual Friday with Hero Arts shadow inks! I didn’t have any good pearls so I made my own with Liquid Pearls!

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The wonderfully amazing and sweet Heidi is offering up a $50 gift certificate to the Simon Says Stamp online store!!!!!! HELLO!!!!!! That’s awesome!!!

Be sure to head on over the Simon Says Stamp challenge blog and take a look at the rest of the design team inspiration and play along with us!!! Be prepared to have your socks blown off because they are all amazing! I am so lucky to be a part of this team! Dream come true.

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Thanks so much for stopping by!!!! :)

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by Laurel on May 15, 2013  •  Permalink
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Posted by Laurel on May 15, 2013

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Pinspired Challenge using GELATOS: Sponsored by Avery Elle

Hello! I am so happy to be back with the Pinspired Challenges. I took some “maternity leave” and missed out on a lot of gorgeous inspirational badges… Have you played along with us? Why not? All you do is look at the inspiration badge at the end of this post and make something using the badge as inspiration. How easy is that. You can make whatever and use whatever!!!

Avery Elle is sponsoring today’s challenge and the winner will receive a $15 gift certificate to their online store!  Now what I didn’t know about Avery Elle is their entire collection of stamp sets has matching svg and pdf cut files for FREE with the purchase of the stamp set. HELLO! That’s friggin’ awesome!!!! They also have a line of free digital stamps here!!!! Here is a little bit of info about Avery Elle:

Avery Elle offers fun and fresh clear photopolymer stamps, premium heavy card stock and coordinating grosgrain ribbon.  Our entire collection of image stamp sets has matching free .svg and .pdf cut files. Yes, we did say free!  If you have an electronic cutting machine, you have the ability to cut shapes for our stamp sets for no added cost.  How great is that?  All of our products are proudly made in the USA.  For our complete line of high quality products, ideas and inspiration go to www.averyelle.com.

My inspiration for my card came from the color of the badge. Now I warn you, this is a grungy type card, far off from my style. I wanted to use my Faber Castell gelatos in a way I hadn’t used them before so I used them with a mask from Crafter’s Companion. All supplies are listed at the end of this post… (SIDE NOTE: I haven’t fully unpacked my craft room so I was unable to put my hands on my Avery Elle stamps for this challenge)…

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Let me explain how I made this card since it is far off from my usual style:

  1. Coated card base with Gesso
  2. Adhered the Chevron mask by Crafters Companion over the card panel and adhered with washi tape.
  3. Used two different shades of pink and colored over the mask and then blended with a combination of my finger and water
  4. Added red gelato the the edges of both the card base and the card panel with red and blended using water.
  5. Stamped sentiment from the Simon Says Stamp April card kit stamp set with Hero Arts neon pink ink. The set can also be purchased individually here.

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I hope you like the card! :) And I do hope you will play along with us! You’ve got 10 whole days to play!

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by Laurel on May 14, 2013  •  Permalink
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Posted by Laurel on May 14, 2013

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Simon Says Stamp Challenge: Anything with Wings

It’s Simon Says Stamp challenge day!!!!!  The theme is THINGS WITH WINGS! Butterflies, airplanes, etc……… The Design Team is using Studio Calico products this week! I paired the Studio Calico Borders stamp set with some watercolor crayons and this fun sentiment by Hero Arts…

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I love water coloring because I stink at Copic coloring, lol!

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The wonderfully amazing and sweet Heidi is offering up a $50 gift certificate to the Simon Says Stamp online store!!!!!! HELLO!!!!!! That’s awesome!!!

Be sure to head on over the Simon Says Stamp challenge blog and take a look at the rest of the design team inspiration and play along with us!!! Be prepared to have your socks blown off because they are all amazing! I am so lucky to be a part of this team! Dream come true.

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Thanks so much for stopping by!!!! :)

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by Laurel on May 8, 2013  •  Permalink
Posted in Challenges, Crafts, Hero Arts, simon says stamp, Water Coloring

Posted by Laurel on May 8, 2013

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Lawnscaping Challenge: BLING IT sponsored by Simon Says Stamp

Hello HELLO HELLO! I am so happy to be back with my Lawnscaping gals. It’s been about 3 months or so I think……. :) I dusted off my crafty supplies and tried to find some mojo!! We are sponsored by the fabulous Simon Says Stamp! The winner of this challenge will receive a $25 gift card to their online store… :)

Here is what I created inspired by the challenge:

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I masked the circle and applied the distress ink pad directly to the card stock. I sprayed the stars stamp with Perfect Pearls and stamped onto the distress ink panel. I colored the ice cream images with copics and popped them up with some dimension. I wanted to add some more bling so I dug out some glossy accents, rhinestones and liquid pearls…

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I hope that you will play along with us!!!! This is such a fun challenge and I can’t wait to visit your blogs and be inspired!!!

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by Laurel on May 6, 2013  •  Permalink
Posted in Challenges, COPICS, Crafts, Distress Inks, Hero Arts, Lawn Fawn, Lawnscaping Challenges

Posted by Laurel on May 6, 2013

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Simon Says Stamp Challenge: Happy Mail – Keep Calm and Eat Chocolate

Hello and welcome to another Simon Says Stamp challenge! This week’s theme is all about bringing happiness to a recipient!  Not a specific occasion or reason… Just something that would brighten someones day…. The Design Team is using Technique Tuesday products and I am using this stamp by Teri Anderson. HELLO! As soon as I saw the chocolate set, I knew I had to have it….

DSC_0006wtmkThis little mini set is adorable. I love the chocolate bar and the little Hersey kisses! I wanted to keep the color scheme dark because it reminded me of chocolate, so I pulled out my new and never used Distress Paints and came up with that marbleized looking background. If you would like to see a quick video on how I made this background, let me know….

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The wonderfully amazing and sweet Heidi is offering up a $50 gift certificate to the Simon Says Stamp online store!!!!!! HELLO!!!!!! That’s awesome!!!

Be sure to head on over the Simon Says Stamp challenge blog and take a look at the rest of the design team inspiration and play along with us!!! Be prepared to have your socks blown off because they are all amazing! I am so lucky to be a part of this team! Dream come true.

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Thanks so much for stopping by!!!! :)

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by Laurel on May 1, 2013  •  Permalink
Posted in Challenges, Crafts, Distress Inks, simon says stamp, Water Coloring

Posted by Laurel on May 1, 2013

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Simon Says Stamp: ANYTHING GOES

Howdy! And a happy Wednesday to you all. Today’s challenge is ANYTHING GOES, so no excuses not to play along! The Design Team is using Impression Obsession products and I have to say, I love them. I have 3 of their background stamps and managed to use all of them on my card today! They stamp to perfection and are big enough to cover your entire piece of card stock….. That’s always a plus for me…. I combined those stamps with my two other favorites, Lawn Fawn and Simon Says Stamp exclusives……. YUM!

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I inked up the brick background with Distress Paint, my first time using it. Pretty cool stuff… Need to play with them more to figure out other techniques to use with them! The speech bubble and text is from Simon Says Stamp… I love their stamps and dies. They are fantastic. I added a little liquid applique to the lion… Love the texture. I used two other Impression Obsession stamps for the hilltop and background panel….

This is the 2nd card I have made since my “maternity” leave…. About 3 months of no crafting took a toll on my creativity! I hope you all like this card. :)

The wonderfully amazing and sweet Heidi is offering up a $50 gift certificate to the Simon Says Stamp online store!!!!!! HELLO!!!!!! That’s awesome!!!

Be sure to head on over the Simon Says Stamp challenge blog and take a look at the rest of the design team inspiration and play along with us!!! Be prepared to have your socks blown off because they are all amazing! I am so lucky to be a part of this team! Dream come true.

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Thanks so much for stopping by!!!! :)

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by Laurel on April 24, 2013  •  Permalink
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Posted by Laurel on April 24, 2013

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Simon Says Stamp Challenge: Cityscapes and/or Travel

Hello! And welcome to another Simon Says Stamp challenge!!! Today’s challenge is all about Cityscapes or traveling…. I have the perfect cityscape stamp for this challenge!!!

DSC_0060wtmkI stamped the cityscape with this ink (my favorite white ink) and colored some of the windows with a yellow gel pen (it’s shiny in real life). The awesome sentiment is from this Simon Says Stamp set. And I finished off the card with some coordinating hemp by Lawn Fawn. A fairly simple card.. And super easy to mass produce. You could just leave it sentiment free and then customize it to whatever when the time comes…. Change out the card base and make a set for a friend. Whatever…. :)

The wonderfully amazing and sweet Heidi is offering up a $50 gift certificate to the Simon Says Stamp online store!!!!!! HELLO!!!!!! That’s awesome!!! I’ve got a wish list a MILE long!

Be sure to head on over the Simon Says Stamp challenge blog and take a look at the rest of the design team inspiration and play along with us!!! Be prepared to have your socks blown off because they are all amazing! I am so lucky to be a part of this team! Dream come true.

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Thanks so much for stopping by!!!! :)

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by Laurel on April 17, 2013  •  Permalink
Posted in Challenges, Crafts, Hero Arts, Lawn Fawn, simon says stamp

Posted by Laurel on April 17, 2013

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Lawnscaping Challenge: TEXTURE sponsored by Simon Says Stamp

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Welcome to today’s Lawnscaping challenge!!!!!!!! Do you like texture? I do! Texture can be anything really. Embossing, Glitter, textured paper, gesso, etc…. I opted to incorporate some dry embossing and watercoloring onto textured watercolor into my project. I had so much fun making this card. For starters, it uses some new Lawn Fawn goodies (stamps, paper)…. And another,  I incorporated a technique I learned from the Clean and Simple 2 online card class! See that rainbow strip? Jennifer showed us how to make that using a custom made ink pad. I opted to take the easy route, and use my inktense watercolor pencils to create a similar look.

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We are sponsored by the fabulous Simon Says Stamp! The winner will receive a $25 gift certificate to their online store!!!!

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Be sure to head on over to the blog and check out what the rest of the design team made!!!!!

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by Laurel on March 4, 2013  •  Permalink
Posted in Challenges, Crafts, Die Cutting, Lawn Fawn, Lawnscaping Challenges, Water Coloring
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Simon Says Stamp Challenge: Anything Goes

Hello everyone! Welcome to another Simon Says Stamp challenge!!!!! Today’s challenge is ANYTHING GOES, so get inky and play along with us!!!! The Design Team is using Tim Holtz products, and you guys know how I LOVE distress inks, so of course I had to use them for today’s card!!! :)

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I took some masking paper and masked off areas of the card and then blending in two different colors of distress inks. After applying the first shade, I moved the masking paper down a little and applied the second shade. Added a little water flicking to finish off the area. Loving the hearts from Simon Says Stamp exclusive line….

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I hope you like it and I hope that you will play along with us!!!!

The wonderfully amazing and sweet Heidi is offering up a $50 gift certificate to the Simon Says Stamp online store!!!!!! HELLO!!!!!! That’s awesome!!! I’ve got a wish list a MILE long!

Be sure to head on over the Simon Says Stamp challenge blog and take a look at the rest of the design team inspiration. Be prepared to have your socks blown off because they are all amazing! I am so lucky to be a part of this team! Dream come true.

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Thanks so much for stopping by!!!! :)

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by Laurel on February 27, 2013  •  Permalink
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Posted by Laurel on February 27, 2013

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