Be Merry Deer

I am completely smitten with the Zig Kuretake watercolors. I love playing with them and wanted to use them for my Holiday cards too. They are so creamy and luscious! But, stamping with watercolors? I was hesitant. I applied the paint directly to the stamp. Voila! It worked! Not perfectly...but it worked. :) I must confess; it didn't work every time. I had to play around with getting the right consistency. But it was fun and it was worth it.

I used a stencil and embossing paste to get this wonderful texture. It too, was painted with watercolors.

 I love those metal stars. They have have some real heft to them.

What will you be making this year? Show us the Holiday cards that you've created. Link your project to the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog and your project could win a $50 gift voucher to Simon Says Stamp.  We draw a new winner each week. Your project could also be chosen to be featured in our weekly designer spotlight.

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I've got this...

I'm busy getting Christmas all wrapped up.

Check out the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge blog where I'll show you how to make some fun stamped gift picks.

Vintage Kitchen 'Favorite Recipe'

Good Morning!
It's time to dust off those cookbooks and pull out your family recipes for those upcoming holiday dinners.There's a new theme this month for the Art With Heart Challenge. This month's theme is Vintage Kitchen 'Favorite Recipe'. This could be a technique recipe, a recipe book, or anything that you can creatively tie to the theme.
As I've mentioned earlier, Eileen Hull has a new Vintage Kitchen line coming out soon. I used the cute little cookie jar shape to create this fun pincushion.

I used a vintage handkerchief and Wonder-Under fusible interface. Did you know that you can easy easily fuse fabric to matboard with your iron?

 It's a lot easier than I thought it would be.

The Art with Heart Challenge is a monthly celebration of creativity!  Each month the Inspiration Team will be showcasing our Art with Heart created with Eileen Hull’s innovative Sizzix dies. This month, the theme is Halloween! We invite you to play along with us and share YOUR art with heart!

We want this to be a place for everyone to create, inspire and share.  We would love to see what you can do with Eileen Hull’s fabulous products but this is not a requirement.  Use what ever products your artful “heart” desires.  Art is for everyone so come along and share your Art with Heart!

We want you all to create freely there are no rules here, just a few simple guidelines…

1.Create a new project following the Art with Heart Challenge Theme (however you interpret the theme) OR if you have created something that fits the theme previously create a new post with a photo and link to the original post.
 
2.Include a link to the current Art with Heart Challenge in your post so others can play along too!

3.When linking up your project please include a direct link to your post.

4.You are not required to use Eileen Hull Products in your projects.  However, those who do use Eileen Hull products will be given two entries into the prize draw.

What's your Favorite Recipe?

Celestial

This week, we've got stars in our eyes and are over the moon for Celestial projects at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge.

I love this old photograph. It has the beautifully soft, vintage colors that we try to replicate with filters.

Who can resist fluffy clouds? I love that steel dies cut felt too.  And that blue watercolor paper? It's a "B" side from the Basic Grey Evergreen Christmas line.

How are you inspired by the moon and the stars? Show us what Celestial project you've created with your stamps. Link your project to the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog and your project could win a $50 gift voucher to Simon Says Stamp.  We draw a new winner each week. Your project could also be chosen to be featured in our weekly designer spotlight.

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PicMonkey

I want to share a secret with you.
I don't photoshop. I hate all of those layers. Obviously, I do edit. I use PicMonkey. PicMonkey is completely free, but they do have PicMonkey Royale.

PicMonkey Royale gets you more effects, touch up tools, fonts, frames, overlays, textures, collage options, and absolutely positively forevermore not a single pesky advertisement. Still, some people ask us, “But is it really better?” The short answer is: I-mean-do-you-even-enjoy-having-a-lot-of-fun?-of-course.
Here are some more reasons:
It’s a steal. At 9¢ a day for the yearly subscription and 16¢ a day for the monthly one, PicMonkey Royale is a crazy good deal. It’s cheaper than coffee, cheaper than lunch, cheaper than water, than ladybugs, than asteroids, than most things, actually.
Touch Up. The Touch Up suite includes some of our most phenomenal features. They’re perfect for fine tuning portraits, virtual cosmetics, and fun transformations. Experienced users have attested to using Touch Up in surprisingly versatile ways, like food photography or even vintage photo restoration.
Not just more, but better. There are seriously powerful tools in the PicMonkey Royale collection. Look at Clone, which works like legit magic to remove unwanted elements by duplicating the background. Or Curves, for those who really wanna dig in and finely adjust lighting and saturation levels. These tools are about customization and enhancements that go beyond filters and effects (of which we have plenty, and yes, they are mighty).
No commitment. With PicMonkey Royale subscriptions, you can cancel your membership whenever you want and then voilà. It won’t renew. If you have a lot to edit, use it. You want it; you got it. You don’t want it; the end.

Just thought you should know. :)

Hang Ups

Is it Monday already? That means there's another challenge for the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge. (And another week closer to Christmas!)

I like to create gift tags that can be kept and hung on the tree the following year. My sons have become men, so I'm always trying to come up with ideas that are more masculine. When you add a photo to these die cut luggage tags, it becomes a family heirloom that's guy-approved. Simple, yet fun!

I created these with a luggage tag die. I chose to make a "front" and a "back" and sandwiched the photo between. And the little buckle really works! So cute! Now the ornament will look good from all angles when it is hung.

Show us your ornaments. It could be something that you hang on a tree, or maybe a card featuring a stamped ornament image. Link your project to the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog and your project could win a $50 gift voucher to Simon Says Stamp.  We draw a new winner each week. Your project could also be chosen to be featured in our weekly designer spotlight.

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