{Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge} Thanks/Thanksgiving with Hero Arts

Welcome to the second Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge in November! This week's challenge is all about Thanks/Thanksgiving and the design team is featuring Hero Arts products. You don't need to use Hero Arts products but we'd love to see them if you have them! Just make sure your projects have a Thanks/Thanksgiving theme. My card features two Hero Arts stamps, plus a Hero Arts cut file.

I used one of the leaves from this Autumn Leaves cut file and my Silhouette Cameo to create the front of the card. The sentiment is from Thanks A Bunch and I masked it off before stamping the Simple Leaf Background and resist embossing with several distress inks. This is what the second layer looked like before I adhered the top piece with foam tape.

The tilted panel features patterned paper from the Classic Calico, Vol 3 paper pad and my embellishments include brown burlap string and a woodgrain sequin. I love putting rhinestones or pearls inside sequins and this time I used a pearl which I coloured with Copic marker B06 to coordinate with the card base. (Copic markers and refills are 25% off right now!!!)

One winner will be chosen at random to win a $50 gift voucher to the awesome Simon Says Stamp Store!

It could be you!

I hope you will play along with us this week!

Thanks for stopping by today! Have a wonderful Wednesday. :)

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{Newton's Nook Designs} September Release: Magical Dreams

Welcome to Day 2 of the Newton's Nook Designs September Release! Today, the Design Team is featuring Magical Dreams. In the fantasy world, there are a lot of castles so it's what I thought of when I saw this stamp set. I decided to make a boy's birthday card using the owl and one of the sentiments.

As soon as my son saw this card, he asked me if he could have it. ;) I cut the card base using a castle card cut file and my Cameo. Then I stamped, coloured and fussy cut the owl and perched it on one of the turrets. I masked off the sentiment and stamped each line separately on to silk ribbon. The ink didn't bleed until the next day so I would probably experiment with different inks for future stamping on silk ribbon.

Would you like to win Magical Dreams?
This set will be given away to two lucky winners!

Here's how to win:

1. Comment on Newton's Nook Blog. One Winner will be randomly chosen from the comments on the September Release posts.
2. Comment on the Design Team Member blogs (see list below)! One winner will be chosen at random from the collective blogs in the September Release blog hop. Make sure to check out each of their blogs and comment for your chance to win. You will not know which blog has been chosen so the more you comment on the better your chances are of winning! You have until Thursday, September 12th at 9:00 p.m. CST to comment. Winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, September 13th. But wait… there's more.

Make sure you check out all the blogs participating in the September Release below to enter:

Tessa Wise
Jocelyn Olson
Samantha Mann
Emily Leiphart
Jennifer Ingle

Thanks so much for joining us for the release of Magical Dreams today. It will be available for purchase at 12:00 a.m. EST on Friday, September 13th!

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