Simon Says - Emboss It

Hi everyone,

I'm feeling incredibly excited today, as I can finally reveal what I have been bursting tell everyone for the past few weeks - that I have been asked to be the Guest Designer for March on the wonderful  Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge! I'm absolutely thrilled to have the opportunity to showcase some cards for the next 4 weeks alongside the immensely talented regular members of the Design Team, and just hope I can rise to the challenge and do it justice!

This week the theme is

Emboss It

As it’s the first Monday of the month we are showcasing a brand/company. and this week it is Simon Says Stamp's very own products. You don’t have to use them to join in with the challenge but if you have them we would love to see them on your creation.

The lovely folks over at Simon Says Stamp are generously giving away a FABULOUS $25 voucher to shop at the  Simon Says Stamp Store! All you have to do is take out your crafty supplies, make something following this week’s prompt, and add a link in the Inlinkz  on the challenge blog post!  You can enter 5 times so that's 5 possible chances to win! All winners are chosen randomly, so everyone has an equal chance - good luck everyone!

Here's my first Guest Designer card (links to my supplies are below the description)

I chose the gorgeous Simon Says Stamp “Floral Harmony”  embossing folder and dies as the focus for today's card. First I smooshed Distress Oxide inks in Broken China, Tumbled Glass and Bundled Sage over the debossed surface of the embossing folder then embossed onto a piece of white card stock. I die cut and embossed the matching floral dies, then added some subtle colour highlights using Distress watercolor pencils set 1 (Picked Raspberry, Mustard Seed and Salvaged Patina), and added some sparkle with a Spectrum Noir clear sparkle pen, before attaching them to the embossed panel. I distressed the edges of the panel with my Tim Holtz Paper distresser and matted onto a larger piece of co-ordinating cardstock that also had the edges distressed. Finally I added the Simon Says Stamp “Script Thanks” shadow wafer die sentiment.

Here is angled picture to show the shine of the sentiment and sparkly flowers ... I find sparkle never shows up well on camera!

... and a closeup of the fabulous detail on the cut and embossed flowers.

Here are links to what I used: 

Media: Tim Holtz Distress Oxide inks (Broken China, Tumbled Glass, Bundled Sage); Tim Holtz Distress Watercolor Pencils Set 1; Spectrum Noir clear sparkle pen;

Tools: Simon Says Stamp "Floral Harmony" Embossing Folder and Dies; Simon Says Stamp “Script Thanks” shadow wafer die; Tim Holtz Tonic Paper Distresser

Don’t forget to visit the challenge blog to see the amazing inspiration from the rest of the Design Team.

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

Challenges I would like to enter:

Daisy Chain #72 - Flowers

Flower Challenge #78 - Die Cuts or Stencils

Shopping Our Stash #491 - Flowers, Flowers Everywhere (3rd entry)

Time Out #233 - Elegant

Word Art Wednesday #585/586 - Anything Goes (2nd entry)

Take care, and thanks for visiting my blog today.

Hugs,