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02 October, 2025

Birthday Fishes


 The Critter Crazy challenge always features a creature.  We would like to see your work with the critter, check it out and join us, here: crittercrazy
 A whale of a tail... or was that a mermaid? Tropical waters and pearls.

A salute to tropical days recently spent in Samoa during our southern winter: the background die represents the frangipani flowers, the swirly, watery patterned paper in the background, pearls from the giant clams and a little ... well large ... something fishy.  The tail is diecut from iridescent card. 


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30 September, 2025

Trees Trees Trees

 

I have been invited to be in the Designer Spotlight on the  Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge.  
Thank you Simon Says Stamp for having me as your guest designer for STAMPtember, I have enjoyed my time with your team.  I will as always be joining in the challenges, so stop by and say hello.

This week the challenge is Trees!  Yay it's STAMPtember!  We get inspired when you get inspired.

As always Simon Says Stamp will be giving away $25 voucher to shop at the fabulous Simon Says Stamp Store


What is better than a tree?  Lots of them.  I made a forest using Tim Holtz Bottlebrush Trees and Distress Oxide inks.  
The background is smooshed Distress Inks misted with Perfect Pearls.  I used Simon Says Stamp "Squovals" die set stacked to frame the trees.  A sprig of pine needles from Tim Holtz "Festive Gatherings" tied to the frame with twine. The sentiment is Tim Holtz "Tiny Text" and I used Simon Says Stamp "Beautiful and Curious" over and over again for the dotty bits under the trees.  

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asyoulikeit-favourite-die-and-why  sprig die - able to use singly or in bunches, as border, with flowers etc


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This week the challenge is Trees!  Yay it's STAMPtember!  We get inspired when you get inspired.

As always Simon Says Stamp will be giving away $25 voucher to shop at the fabulous Simon Says Stamp Store



So now it's YOUR turn, Happy Crafting



Do you use Instagram ?  If so please add  #sssmchallenge so we can see your entries there too


You have until Monday 8am Ohio time. 1pm UK time, 2 pm CET to join in 
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27 September, 2025

Celebrate Cake

I made this to celebrate someone who is the same age as me.  I liked the feminine look and enjoyed making it.  I also like being able to use up bits that sit in a box on my desk (pattpapers & image).    It's a digital image, coloured with Copics (I think it's Scribbles, not sure).  I cut the papers to fit an angle and accentuated the angle with a gold peel-off strip.  The candles have Stickles for sparkle.


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23 September, 2025

Dude Birthday

 


Black'nwhite'n'colours!  The colours are stamped with a rainbow of small pads in one.  So the colour didn't compete, what better than a bold sentiment and a zebra?

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Sentimental Focus

 


I have been invited to be in the Designer Spotlight on the  Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge.   I am so glad it was this month too - STAMPtember - as I love stamping.

This week the challenge is Sentiment as the Focus!  We'll show you ours so you can show us yours.

As always Simon Says Stamp will be giving away $25 voucher to shop at the fabulous Simon Says Stamp Store

The sentiment is the focus and this is a bold one - Simon Says Stamp "XL Stacked Greetings", stamped on a bold orange colour with inked edges.  The background is Simon Says Stamp "Fresh Fruit" stamped in light green DIstress Ink on lemon coloured textured card. One fruit is coloured with blended Distress Ink, doodled and tied to the sentiment banner with a bow die from Tim Holtz "Funky Floral Wreath".  The border is Tim Holtz "Vault Edges".  Splatter is Distress Oxide Spray Uncharted Mariner.


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asyoulikeit-favourite-die-and-why This bow is so versatile , can be stacked to make a fluffier bow, is different to most other bows



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Bow,  tim holtz sizzix vault funky floral wreath.  Similar bow:  tim-holtz-sizzix-vault-foliage-wreath-thinlits-dies-666682

This week the challenge is Sentiment as the Focus!  We'll show you ours so you can show us yours.

As always Simon Says Stamp will be giving away $25 voucher to shop at the fabulous Simon Says Stamp Store



So now it's YOUR turn, Happy Crafting



Do you use Instagram ?  If so please add  #sssmchallenge so we can see your entries there too


You have until Monday 8am Ohio time. 1pm UK time, 2 pm CET to join in.

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22 September, 2025

Ferny

 


 Fresh & CAS.  Simply beautiful.

The fern leaf is diecut from previously smooshed DI's and Perfect Pearl misted card.  Card base is splattered with watercolour metallic paints, sentiment is stacked.


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asyoulikeit-favourite-die-and-why because it can be used on it's own, in a bunch, cut down in size and made to look different so many ways.


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17 September, 2025

Sympathy Blues

 


Monochrome with embossing, stamping, inking, pretty papers, vellum, diecuts, tags flowers and a brad..  I like how it came out with all those elements.  The flowers are stamped, inked.  The black ones are wet and scrunched and left to dry like that.


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Geo heart

 


CAS, colourful & geometric.  Simple.

Stamped panel, coloured with Copics, edge dry embossed.  Sentiment gold heat embossed, gold splatter.


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16 September, 2025

Add Metal

 


I have been invited to be in the Designer Spotlight on the  Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge.  I really enjoy metallics so this week was such fun.

This week the challenge is Add Metal!  come and show us how you were inspired!  details below.


I like this moody look. The background is Simon Says Stamp "Tucked Heart" stamped with Distress Oxide Ink Speckled Egg on black card, which looks like pewter, then misted with gold Sheer Shimmer spray.
Simon Says Stamp floral is "Sketched Flower" (one of my favourite stamps) heat embossed in silver and coloured with silver metallic watercolour paint.  It looks like a touch of frost.
For the sentiment I used silver foil tape onto black card and diecut with Simon Says Stamp "Boho Celebrate", plus various sized silver pearls.  Details below.


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This week the challenge is Add Metal!  come and show us how you were inspired!

As always Simon Says Stamp will be giving away $25 voucher to shop at the fabulous Simon Says Stamp Store



So now it's YOUR turn, Happy Crafting



Do you use Instagram ?  If so please add  #sssmchallenge so we can see your entries there too


You have until Monday 8am Ohio time. 1pm UK time, 2 pm CET to join in 
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10 September, 2025

Sweetest

 


Inspired by a challenge, keen to try these cool colours together... or should I say hot?

Using plain card for background and diecuts, two of them overlaid and offset.  Finger burnished with Artists Paintstik in gold highlights on fruit, leaf and edges.


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09 September, 2025

Inspired by Music

 


I have been invited to be in the Designer Spotlight on the  Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge.   Thank you Simon Says Stamp, I always enjoy a challenge.

This week the challenge is Inspired by Music!  come and show us how you were inspired!

I was inspired to insert music instead of text because of this composition, check it out: "The Typewriter" by American composer Leroy Anderson.  https://www.youtube.com/watch
This vintage typewriter stamp & sentiment is Tim Holtz "Curiosity Shop" stamp set.   
The background uses dotty & checky stamps from Tim Holtz "Mr Rabbit" set, along with Distress Inks, Distress Oxide Inks, Distress Oxide sprays.  Also a splatter of gold paint splatter, gold dots, various washi tapes and a torn scrap of real music.

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This week the challenge is Inspired by Music!  come and show us how you were inspired!

As always Simon Says Stamp will be giving away $25 voucher to shop at the fabulous Simon Says Stamp Store



So now it's YOUR turn, Happy Crafting



Do you use Instagram ?  If so please add  #sssmchallenge so we can see your entries there too


You have until Monday 8am Ohio time. 1pm UK time, 2 pm CET to join in 
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