My @simonsaysstamp flowers from my previous post on the finished card. Frame by @heroarts, background die by @ellenhutson. I'm entering this card in Simon's Flickr and Wednesday challenges.

Day 17 of #thedailymarker30day, #simonsaysstamp, #sssflickrchallenge, #ssswchallenge, #handmadecards, #cardmaking, #cardmakinghobby, #paperart, #snailmail, #stamping, #greetingcards, #papercrafting, #cardmaker, #tarjeteria.

For this card, I applied Cosmic Shimmer paste to an ink-blended background using the Stars and Dots Stencil by Simon Says Stamp. I'm entering this card into the latest SSS Flickr Challenge - Birthday Bash!

I was determined to get a card made for SSS Flickr Challenge 183 www.flickr.com/groups/simonsaysstamp/discuss/721577197372... using the larger die from SSS Etched Laurel Leaves. I die cut it from watercolor paper & a couple times from cardstock to make it sturdier. I brushed on color with 3 Altenew watercolor markers & spritzed with water to blend. After it dried, I added gold splatters & brushed on some more gold. SSS Painted Hugs was die cut, stacked & colored direct to paper with Delicata Golden Glitz. I also swiped the woodgrain embossed kraft panel with the Golden Glitz. Finished off with matte, gold sequins. I'm also entering Flickr Love Handmade Cards 68 www.flickr.com/groups/lovehandmadecards/discuss/721577197... & SSS Wed www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/simon-says-4/ as the Delicata ink does give a beautiful shimmery shine. TFL

I had fun with a technique using my gel press. The colors were a bit of a surprise, but I'm pleased with how it turned out. Entering this in the Simon Says Stamp challenge, Stencil It!, and the LOVE!-Handmade cards June Love challenge 89.

SSS Faceted Stripes stencil

Concord & 9th Fabulous Phrases die

SSS Mini Hearts die

Thanks for looking!

I always look for beautiful flowers I can paint, and this set blew me away! I also used some of my current favourites on this card - torn edges and a little stitching.

limedoodledesign.com/2022/09/stamptember-blog-party-water...

I have a video up today - a quick and simple vintage valentine card to get me started after being unwell. I used the Simon Says Stamp Feb Card Kit - it's beautifully coordinated and so easy to put everything together 😃 If you listen to the video, please excuse how bunged up I sound! It was quite something to record without coughing and spluttering my way through it and a good job germs don't travel through the web! 😳

limedoodledesign.com/2019/01/video-simple-vintage-valentine/

Thanks for looking!

Debby

My mornings begin with coffee and my evenings end with a cup, too. So, of course, that love needed to be illustrated in a card - with Coffee and Tea stamp set.

For more details: cardsea.blogspot.com/2018/02/gimme-coffee.html

Thank you for taking a look!

Simon Says Stamp mod window die. lifeona4x5.blogspot.com/Visit my blog:

Used Altenew Vintage Flowers, #SSSFAVE Wishing Sentiments, CB Fresh Flowers.

To see more please go at tatianacraftandart.wordpress.com/2015/04/23/mothers-day-c...

Day 3: Texture and Dimension

Here is a card I made for a baby shower in acouple of weeks.

I used white embossing paste and mixed with Distress Ink/Festive Berries. Much darker that I had hoped. Anyways, I used a stencil that I found from when my kids were very young, (my kids are now in their 20's LOL). Anyways, these are very thick and from Art Zart School. I used the footprint and reversed it for the other footprint. Let it dry overnight then stenciled some small hearts from a Simon Says Die. Added the banner-sentiment is from Lawn Fawn Plus One. Added a A2 card base from Stampin Up! CS.

STAMPtember is here and I got to create with the gorgeous Nature Mandala by Stephanie Low! For these two cards I used heat embossing. For the kraft card I simply stamped the image in VersaMark, applied some embossing powder in Enchanted Gold by Ranger and then heated. The panel was trimmed down on one side and adhered to a card base along with a strip of gold glitter cardstock. The sentiment is from the SSS Mom Flowers set. The top card uses the emboss/resist technique and distress oxide inks in Wild Honey and Spiced Marmalade. The sentiment is from the Take Heart set combined with the layered heart die set.

You can find the full release here:

www.simonsaysstamp.com/category/Shop-Simon-Releases-STAMP...

Adding this to the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge of anything goes.

www.simonsaysstampblog.com/blog/stamptember-party-2018/

www.allthesparkle.com/rainbowhello/

OK, I basically dropped off the face of the planet there for a while. I can't believe that the last time I shared anything was in June! On my blog today, I'm sharing two cards made with the same piece of inky paper and mentioning a bit about my stepping away.

limedoodledesign.com/2022/09/im-back-stamptember-autumn-s...

Designed by: Annette Allen

Using: Simon Says Stamp

for more info:

myclevercreations.blogspot.com/2015/07/missing-you.html

I have a video to share today using fun gouache painted striped backgrounds as the focal point with Simon Says Stamp stamps and dies and Tonic Studios Nuvo drops to accent 😃

limedoodledesign.com/2019/07/video-simple-paint-striped-b...

Thanks for looking!

Debby

Posting my first card in a while. I was enjoying cooler weather and seeing family in Oregon last month. I made this card for two challenges, Simon Says Stamp Flickr challenge and LOVE! - Handmade Cards August challenge.

Products I used:

SSS Gerbera Daisy BG stamp

SSS Painted Hello die

Thanks for looking!

Entering this card in two challenges, Simon Says Stamp Anything Goes and LOVE! - Handmade cards December challenge. I learn a fun technique watching this video on Jennifer McGuire's blog.

Stuff I used:

SSS Thinking of You Line die

SSS Etched Laurel Leaves die

HA Rain dance stencil

Oxide distress inks

Gel Press

Thanks for looking!

Friendship card featuring Stampendous and Simon Says Stamp snowflakes. I've added this card to the current SSS challenge: Wonderful Watercolors (or watercolours up here in Canada)! I used Distress Inks to watercolour the penguins and complemented them with the Kinley, Rylynn, and Kate (just the centre) snowflakes. mycraftyafternoon.blogspot.ca/2016/01/winter-friends_4.html

limedoodledesign.com/2014/05/congrats-3/

Thanks for looking!

Debby

Supplies: Stamps – Simon Says Stamp scribble flower; Dies – Simon Says Stamp scribble flowers, cake & congrats; Stencil – Simon Says Stamp balloon patterns; Card – Simon Says Stamp sea glass, fog, soft navy, Bazzill citrus slice, marshmallow; Ink – Distress Ink evergreen bough, dried marigold, pumice stone, Versamark; Embossing Powder – Hero Arts white; Embossing Paste – Wendy Vecchi white; Sequins – Lawn Fawn, Kelly Purkey; Enamel heart – Chickaniddy Crafts date night; Enamel dots – Doodlebug swimming pool; Zig wink of stella clear glitter pen

My entry to the Simon Says Stamp Flickr Challenge 35.

Supplies:

I See You, Big Scripty Greetings

Stitched Rectangles

I had great fun over the Christmas break creating watercoloured backgrounds. I really enjoyed making this multimedia muted lilac and grey background with lots of texture from Nuvo expanding mousse and it proved to be a great backdrop to new stamps and dies from the Simon Says Stamp I just got 😃 Leaves and tags - right up my street! 🌿 Check out all the details and close up photos on my blog post 😃

limedoodledesign.com/2020/01/multimedia-background-simon-...

Thanks for looking!

Debby

more details here: shurk.us/ssswed-38

I didn't want to post this until after Mother's Day. It was for my daughter who had her first one with little Samson. I got my inspiration from Cindy Norberg, she makes beautiful cards. I'm entering this in the SSS Flickr challenge, Flowers and the LOVE! - Handmade cards, LOVE challenge 64. I used alcohol inks with the SSS Fading Florals stencil.

Thanks for looking!

I made this card using the gorgeous Stephanie Low Creative for Simon Says Stamp Nature Mandala and the I Adore You die from the SSS Fresh Bloom release. I used the emboss/resist technique with one of Kristina Werner's distress oxide ink blends. The inspiration for the card came from the super talented Debby Hughes. Entering this in the current SSS flickr challenge.

www.flickr.com/photos/23852787@N08/33403387768/in/pool-si...

www.simonsaysstamp.com/category/Shop-Simon-Releases-Fresh...

Blogged at mustesormi.blogspot.fi/2015/09/aurinkoisia-kukkia-sunny-f...

Stencil by @simonsaysstamp sentiment by @neatandtangled

www.littlethings.su/2015/02/tag-card.html

Made with watercolor pencils on a printed card from SSS, designed by Suzy Plamentura. Love die is from Altenew.

I haven't been on Flickr for months! Things have changed I see.

Here I've used all products from Simon Says Stamp 😊

Transferred the original inked up and heat embossed piece with water and my die cutting machine.

Matched it with the Shimmer Wreath die and the words "Get Well Soon".

The rainbow mirror cardstock is just beautiful.

In my video today, I talk about powering through that ugly phase in a painting which is so common when watercolouring and is a point that a lot of people give up and yet by pushing through and working things out then the end result is something to be happy about. Do you ever find yourself in that ugly phase? What do you do?

limedoodledesign.com/2021/07/working-through-the-ugly-phase/

limedoodledesign.com/2013/11/case-study-167/

Thanks for looking!

Debby

Supplies: Stamps – Lawn Fawn into the woods, Clearly Besotted Stamps christmas cheer; Dies – Simon Says Stamp wrapped mailing label, a2 card curved edge, ashlynn snowflake, Clearly Besotted Stamps christmas cheer, Spellbinders large squares; Card – Bazzill marshmallow, Copic x-press it blending card; Paper – Echo Park bundle of joy girl; Inks – Memento tuxedo black, Hero Arts soft brown, cup o’ joe; Ranger white enamel accents; Ranger star dust stickles; Copics

I wanted to join in again on the Spots and Dots Challenge in Simon Says Stamp Flickr Group www.flickr.com/groups/simonsaysstamp/discuss/721576497929... and made this gift bag with Simon Says Stamp's Bundle of Stitched Shapes die set and Birthday Farm Animals stamp set. To make the bag I used the Goodie Bag die from Lawn Fawn. It's a brilliant die for making quick and easy gift bags in no time - love it!

More details are on my blog stampingandstitching.blogspot.ie/2015/01/dotty-gift-bag.html

In the crafting calendar, I always find December a bit of a strange time. Hopefully, the Christmas cards are made and being written and sent off, presents are being wrapped etc and there’s that buzz towards the ‘big day’. However, as far as getting creative with our card-making, our eyes are turning to the New Year, Valentine’s Day and Spring! I have to say, this year, of all years, I am so looking forward to the New Year, a fresh start and let’s just put 2020 behind us! So here is to bringing a bit of spring into our lives!

limedoodledesign.com/2020/12/quick-easy-valentines-card-n...

For this card I used the SimonSaysStamp January Kit of the Month.

Dies are also SSS:

"Bundle of Stitched Shapes" SSD111412

"Eliza Snowflake~SSSD111308"

Used Ranger " Liquid Platium" embossing powder for the sentiment and to cover the snowflake.

Water you up to? Flip flops waiting at the water's edge. Sharing a card I made for the current #simonsaysstamp challenge. I blended Faded Jeans, Broken China and Salty Ocean Distress Oxide inks for the "ocean" and was going to leave the kraft color of the Neenah cardstock be the "sand" but instead I blended Vintage Photo and Antique Linen to give the sand more texture. The waves and flip flop stamps are from older #sss stamp sets (I stamped the flip flops on patterned paper and fuzzy cut them), the sentiment is from the July 2017 card kit. Wish I could be at the beach right now! Do you?🏊‍♀️🏄‍♀️

#ssswchallenge, #simonsaysstamp, #distressoxideinks, #summercards, #handmadecards, #cardmaking.

Cute congratulations card using the new whale set from Clearly Besotted

For more please visit

limedoodledesign.com/2014/11/whale-done/

Thanks for looking!

Debby

Stamps – Clearly Besotted whale done; Dies – Clearly Besotted get whale soon, wave edge; Ink – Simon Says Stamp fog, sea glass, Versafine onyx black; Card – Neenah solar white 80b, 110b; Paper – Lawn Fawn hello sunshine; Accents – Ranger star dust stickles, Signo uni-ball white gel pen; Twine – Lawn Fawn orchid; Copics 0, W1, W3, W5, W7, B0000, B41, B52

The moment I saw this "singing in the rain" chick from the @simonsaysstamp March 2018 kit I wanted to color it, and I finally found the time. I masked off a roughly circular area, then stamped a plaid background using a Kaleidacolor ink pad. I stamped the chick on the masked off area and colored it with Copics, then embossed a dot pattern circle die around it. Rainy weather is part of spring in the southeastern US so this card fits the theme for both Simon's Wednesday and Flickr challenges.

#ssswchallenge, #sssflickrchallenge, #simonsaysstamp, #sssck, #springcards, #handmadecards, #cardmaking.

I used Melody's Easter, Baby Party Animals and Wavy Scallop Stiches dies! Happy 8th Birthday Simon Says Stamp!!!

SSS: Abby's Spring Showers

For more info visit: handmadebyyuki.blogspot.com/2015/04/simon-says-stamp-wedn...

This is a card I made for Simon Says Stamp's Flickr Challenge #17 www.flickr.com/groups/simonsaysstamp/discuss/721576516018... I went a bit bold with shades of the challenge colours so lol hopefully it won't hurt your eyes!

I used the funny cow from Simon Says Stamp's Birthday Farm Animals set and a die from WPlus9's Quilt Cuts 2 set. More details are on my blog stampingandstitching.blogspot.ie/2015/04/moo-tiful-birthd...

Simon Says Stamp (this is a new set I purchased recently)

Cute critters ‘hello’ card I made using Lawn Fawn's ‘Gleeful Gardens’ stamp set. I used Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass distress ink in the background and cut the circle and rectangle stitched background using Simon Says Stamp die sets. I coloured the cute critters in with copics and finished up the card with a ‘hello’ sentiment from the ‘For The Record’ stamp set from Simon says stamp embossed onto some black SSS cardstock. The black banner was cut using the “Sketchy Banner Greetings “die set also from Simon (it was too large so I cut off part of the right side).

#SSS #lawnfawn #copic #copics #copiccolouring #copiccoloring #handmadecard #handmadecards #timholtz

Distress oxide blended background splattered with Distress ink both in Speckled Egg. Chunky Love You die from SimonSaysStamp. Patterned Paper and stamps from SimonSaysStamp June 2020 card kit.

Bee Kind

Today I am playing along in the Anything Goes Challenge over at Simon Says Stamp.

www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/simon-says-...

I am also entering this in Simon Says Cut it Out. SSSFlickrchallenge#92

www.flickr.com/groups/simonsaysstamp/discuss/721576940396...

As I hone in further on the colour palette that speaks to me, I saw a peachy pink and dusky blue combo. I can't remember now where I saw it. I think it was on a colour chart on Pinterest. I spend a lot of time scrolling through colour palettes! However, wherever I saw it the combo stuck in my head and although it is not a traditional colour scheme for Christmas I think the soft peach works beautifully with the stunning snowflakes in the GinaK STAMPtember set.

limedoodledesign.com/2021/09/soft-dusky-christmas-hues-gi...

When I created a chalkboard card the other day, I made extras for all the Christmas foliage and snowflakes and rather than let them go to waste I created this card – two cards same supplies (more of less).

limedoodledesign.com/2019/11/christmas-garland/

Thanks for looking!

Debby

Created an ink smooshed background for these beautiful butterflies from Simon Says Stamp.

more details can be found here: shurk.us/ssswed-4

blogged:

rieslingmama.blogspot.de/2017/09/fractile-leaves.html