Simon Says...............Joy's Summer Inspiration board

This week, our challenge for you is   
a SUMMER Inspiration board 
put together by our very own Teamie, Joy!!!
Isn't it great?? LOTS of inspiration to choose from here!!!!  

 I have chosen the flower in the bottom right corner as my inspiration! When I saw this, I immediately thought of my Hero Arts Engraved Daisy  stamp. So I set off to find it, and COULDN'T!! I totally freaked out, but eventually found it in a spot where it shouldn't have been!  OY!!!!  It is a cling stamp from Hero Arts with Red rubber....they are amazing - and ink very nicely!!!!  

This week the DT are showcasing the INCREDIBLE selection of Hero Arts products that Simon Says Stamp sells....so be SURE To check them all out!!!!

 Anyway,Here is my card for this week:

The CS is So Saffron (SU) and the DP is Lily Bee - Double Dutch. I just got my 34 piece gelatos kit a couple weeks ago so I had a play (actually I played a lot until I finally found a technique that looked great with this flower!)   I coloured on the stamp with the gelatos, then spritzed with water, then stamped.  I think it is the most simple of techniques but I think it turned out really pretty!!!  I used yellow, red and a metallic orange, but unfortunately you can't really see the shimmer in the picture from the orange!!! GRRRRR!!!!!  I attached some shimmery orange ribbon and yellowish orange rhinestones to bling it up a bit!!! The sentiment is from an exclusive Simon Says Stamp sentiment set.

Now...... head to the Simon Says Stamp Challenge blog to check out all the gorgeous creations from our FANTABULOUS Design Team!!!!

As usual Heidi will be giving one lucky entrant a $50 voucher to her FANTASTIC Simon Says Stamp Superstore!! For fabulous tutorials, inspiration and candy you should keep an eye on the Simon Says Stamp Blog too!!

Keep an eye on the All New Just In Pages there are sure to be lots of fab new goodies arriving right now !!
Hugs,
Chris

Simon Says...who has a SWEET TOOTH???

This week, our challenge for you is  SWEET TOOTH!!!!

(so anything to do with cookies, cakes, cupcakes, candy, chocolate, etc.!!!!)

BRING OUT the inner SWEET TOOTH in your creations!!!!!

ALSO, this week, the DT are showcasing
FABER-CASTELL products from the store!  LOTS of amazing products to play with, so go take a peek!!!!

Here is my card for this week:

I have used the  Hero Arts Cupcake stamp set for my main image and sentiment but the GREATEST part about this card is the background paper.  For that I used  Faber Castell Gelatos - blue & green.  I had never used these before, and had NO idea how to use them or what to do with them! They look like little lipstick tubes...so cute!  SO I found some You Tube videos and watched them, read some blogs and set off to work at something for this challenge!  A challenge it WAS!!!

Basically what I did was take the green & blue gelato sticks and rubbed them onto white cardstock. I spritzed some water on it, then used my finger to smear it around to mix the colours together.  I did this a few more times until I got the effect I liked. Once it dried, I spritzed it with Glimmer Mist (Pixie Dust) to give it a shimmer.  I WISH you could see it in real life, it is really pretty!!!!

 IT was REALLY fun and really cool! I was sad that I only had 2 colours, but it was fun to play!  I immediately proceeded to Simon Says Stamp Superstore & ordered a BUNCH more Gelatos to play with!!!!!  Can't wait till they get here!!!! 

Now...... head to the Simon Says Stamp Challenge blog to check out all the gorgeous creations from our FANTABULOUS Design Team!!!!

As usual Heidi will be giving one lucky entrant a $50 voucher to her FANTASTIC Simon Says Stamp Superstore!! For fabulous tutorials, inspiration and candy you should keep an eye on the Simon Says Stamp Blog too!!

AND

Faber-Castel will also be giving a lucky entrant a lovely Mixed Media Sampler set and a 4 pack of Gelato's !! :-)

Keep an eye on the All New Just In Pages there are sure to be lots of fab new goodies arriving right now !!
Hugs,
Chris