simon says... bit o' green

Good morning, friends! Are you ready for another challenge over at the Simon Says Stamp challenge blog? :)

This week's theme is A Bit o' Green. Hey, that kinda rhymes! :D Anyway, just use green some where on your project... easy peasy. The DT also featured Wplus9 products on our creations, so if you have any Wplus9, please use it, too! But if not, you can still play along with the challenge. Yay!

And now, for my card:

Can you tell where I used green? :) Kinda funky with a green woodgrain. I also used the fabulous Love Birds stamps (seen HERE) and dies (seen HERE). These images stamp perfectly, and the dies cut like buttah. There's no die for the branch I used, I just fussy cut that to match the bird. I then mounted them both with pop dots on to my card base strategically over the window in the card front. I say "strategically" because the branch is hiding a little something...

..that's why I didn't put the sentiment on the card front, which is unusual for me. But I like the way it looks. :)

And now it's your turn! Create your project using a bit o' green, and upload it HERE by 8am EST US next Wednesday (the 13th), and you might be the randomly-drawn winner of a generous gift voucher to spend at Simon Says Stamp!

And please be sure to go HERE to see what the rest of the team did with the bit o' green theme using Wplus9 goodies! :)

Thank you very much for reading and for your generous comments. More soon!

simon says... something new

Hi, peeps! Hope your 2013 is off to a great start! :) Time for a new Simon Says Stamp challenge...

..and as always, a generous gift voucher is up for grabs, just for playing along!

The theme this week is Something New, to coincide with the new year! :) So maybe a "New Job", "New Home", "New Baby" card... OR, a card with something new used on it! Mine kinda qualifies on both accounts:

I used a set that I bought recently but haven't inked up yet (so it was new to me).. the Damask Doilies set from Wplus9. So pretty and versatile! And I used the "Congratulations" sentiment on it, so I'm thinking it could be a, "Congratulations.. on your NEW job!" Or, "Congratulations.. on your NEW home!" card... whaddya think? ;)

Anyway, I used Hero's Punch chalk ink to ink up the largest doily, stamped off on a piece of scrap paper first, and then stamped on my panel with the ink that was left to get a lighter shade of the same color (generation stamping). I then inked and stamped a smaller doily on top of the larger one without stamping off first. I love how it almost looks like the doilies were made so that they could be used overlapped like this! The center is finished off with a gem-embellished button. Yes, I realize that this card is frighteningly similar to my last card... I think my mojo packed up and left with the Christmas holiday, haha!

So, make your Something New project, link it up HERE by 8am EST US next Wednesday (the 9th), and you could win that awesome voucher to spend at the store!

And don't forget to check out what the rest of the DT has made for the challenge... just go HERE!

That's it from me today.. thanks for reading! See you soon. :)