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Challenge: Winter Holiday with Simon Says Stamp, Part Two

Welcome to another post with inspiration for this month’s awesome Winter Holiday challenge theme! If it’s a Winter Holiday or event, it’s included. I know it’s a busy time of year, but take a little creative break and enter our challenge. There are prizes, and a bonus prize that is detailed at the bottom of this post!

Jess and I want to thank our wonderful 2017 Design Team. We have had so much fun working with these awesome ladies, and I know that you’ve enjoyed their inspiration. We are looking for our 2018 Design Team, so if you’re interested, we’d love to have you apply! We have some fun stuff in the works.

Now, some awesome inspiration for you, click on the pictures to go to the Design Team member’s blog for more details.

 


Bonus Giveaway:

Simon Says Stamp was generous enough to provide us goodies to work with this month for our collaboration. I wasn’t able to use mine as my travel schedule threw a wrench into my crafting plans. So, we are giving it away!

It’s the Sensational Snowflake Collage die, and it’s gorgeous. And it’s up for grabs. We will draw a random winner from our challenge entries, and it’s open worldwide.

 

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Simon Says Stamp
Ellen Hutson
Hero Arts

Rainbow snowflake

Hello! Michelle here to share a rainbowy Christmas card I made using a die from Simon Says Stamp and stamps from Hero Arts.  

I made a stencil by die cutting some scrap paper with the Bliss Snowflake Die from Simon Says Stamp, and adding a thin layer of Tombow Mono Multi glue to it and letting it dry – when dry, this glue becomes repositionable, so is great for creating masks. I then painted over the mask with a rainbow of Distress Ink colours, heat set the colours and removed the mask.

I used a sentiment from Hero Arts “Joy to the World”, but I mounted it in my MISTI on a curve to add a bit of movement to the design. I then mounted it onto a card base with two strips of glitter paper on either edge, and added a sprinkling of sequins.

Have you entered our December challenge?

There’s a prize up for grabs from our generous sponsor, Simon Says Stamp!

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Simon Says Stamp
Ellen Hutson
Hero Arts

Elf on a Shelf!

Hello! Michelle here today to share a cute Christmas card, using goodies from Neat and Tangled and from Hero Arts.

I CASEd a card by made by Donna back in September – you can check out her card HERE.  I used the layout of her card, but overall, this is a very different card to hers!

I used the “Elfs and their shelf” set from Neat and Tangled, along with a sentiment from “Santa’s Wonderland”. I made the background using my favourite technique – white embossing a background stamp (in this case, Highline Ironwork Background from Hero Arts – sadly, discontinued) onto watercolour cardstock, then scribbling with some Zig markers and spraying with water.

I coloured the little elf with Copic markers, before fussy cutting her out, tracing around the edge with a black marker, and adhering her so she looks like she’s perching on the edge of the white card panel.

Have you entered out November challenge yet?

There’s a prize up for grabs!

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Simon Says Stamp
Ellen Hutson
Hero Arts

Challenge: Copy a Designer with Neat & Tangled, Part One

Good morning and Happy November to you. Fall is definitely in the air here in the Northern Hemisphere, and I’ll just assume that Spring is in the air down in the Southern Hemisphere. I just hope the season suits you, Autumn is definitely my favorite. The leaves, the crisp air, the apples, they all just call my name.

This month we are lucky enough to be collaborating with Neat & Tangled and we are just thrilled. Not only are their designs just lovely, the owner, Danielle Walls, is a sweet woman, and we are so happy to call her our friend.

The theme for our challenge this month is Copy a Designer. What do we mean by that? Well, find a card design from one of the A Blog Name Hero Design Team members that speaks to you, and use it for inspiration. Easy, right? 

Here are some projects from our Design Team to help you get started. Click on the picture to go to their blog post and see what card inspired them.

Our challenge this month runs until November 29th, so make sure to join us. Up for grabs is a gift certificate to Neat & Tangled.


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Simon Says Stamp
Ellen Hutson
Hero Arts

Feel better soon

Hello! Michelle here today to share a clean and simple get well card, featuring a cute Lawn Fawn critter, and a fun surprise!

I created the background with the Rain Dance Pattern stencil from Hero Arts, and some Broken China Distress Oxide ink. The little tortoise is from Lawn Fawn‘s “On the Mend” stamp set, and I coloured him with Copics before fussy-cutting him out. The sentiment is a wood mount stamp from Hero Arts, which I white embossed onto black cardstock.

The surprise is that the cute little tortoise is popped up on an action wobbler, which gives lots of dimension and an interactive element to an otherwise simple card.

Have you entered our October challenge yet?

There’s a prize up for grabs!

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Simon Says Stamp
Ellen Hutson
Hero Arts