Using Mixed Media to Create a Vintage Valentine!
Hi friends! Happy Friday!! We’re delighted to welcome back special guest Tina Smith with this GORGEOUS Mixed Media Valentine using TONS of components from our February 2025 card kit! Be sure to watch the video for all the details and enjoy!
Today we’re getting inky with the Simon Says Stamp Feb 2025 Card Kit – Distressed Vintage Notes! We’re putting together a distressed triple layer Vintage Valentine using just what’s in the kit, I am calling it a 4-3-2 collage card. You just need some twine, scissors, and a few goodies you probably have lying around in your craft stash. With all those cool vintage layers and textures, you’d swear it took ages, but trust me, it’s way easier than you think and it’s super fun! Hope this gives you some inspiration!
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NEW for 2025!! Give Envelope Journaling a Try with Shari Carroll
Welcome everyone!!! It’s Shari here with an art journal installment that’s a bit different than the ones I’ve done in the past. This is a combination of a card and a journal.
I’ve put together regular envelopes to create several pages to use as a gift idea for Valentines or other special occasion.
Beautiful Tim Holtz Ephemera was carefully arranged to compliment each page. The unique pockets are ready to hold sweet hand written messages and even gift cards!
I’ve done some simple stamping with the new Distressed Vintage Love Notes using soft tones of brown. Neutral colored papers were used with the Dancing Floral embossing folder and lightly sanded to expose the white core of the design.
A simple ribbon placed under an ephemera panel can be used to tie the booklet together.
Sewing is an option that I love but not a necessity. To see how everything came together, check out my video below. Enjoy!
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To Love and To Be Loved Blog Hop WINNERS!
Hello, friends! We hope you are loving our To Love and To Be Loved releases!
To celebrate this phenomenal release, we hosted two amazing blog hops! The hops featured many talented designers and each one created wonderful projects to inspire you. If you missed either of the hops, you can find the direct links here: DAY ONE and DAY TWO.
A BIG thank you to all of YOU who joined us for the hops! We enjoy hearing from each of you, and your words of encouragement and appreciation to each of the designers mean so much to us here at Simon and to them. It’s our tradition to give away gift certificates to random commenters on each blog stop, and today we are revealing all of the winners! So without further ado, I present to you our winners!
from Simon Says Stamp’s blog: Sara Emily Barker!
from Caly Person’s blog: Maria Giselle B.!
from Cathy Zielske’s blog: Tammy Lynne Davis!
from Jennifer McGuire’s blog: Debra J Lovell!
from Barbara Tarayao’s blog: Linda Mazzola!
from Emily Midgett’s blog: Sandra Mullinex!
from Amy Rysavy’s blog: Dottie!
from Debby Hughes’s blog: Nancy Dempsey!
from Keisha Charles’s blog: Jill Rauenhorst!
from Alberto Gava’s blog: Lynn Stevens!
from Miriam Prantner’s blog: Lisa Whiting!
from Heather Ruwe’s blog: Marcy Schneider!
from Tina Smith’s blog: bzptmom28!
from Jean Doeringsfeld’s blog: Valerie Hayden!
from Tracy Ware’s blog: raffe33!
from Natasha Vacca’s blog: Melissa Leftrick!
from Simon Says Stamp’s blog: Robin Mermer!
from Nina-Marie Trapani’s blog: Leslie Longoria!
from Laura Bassen’s blog: Annie Cinanciolo!
from Nichol Spohr’s blog: Mary W!
from Suzy Plantamura’s blog: Ellen Robinson!
from Mindy Eggen’s blog: Jill Hennessy!
from Heather Hoffman’s blog: Janice Stovall!
from Lisa Addesa’s blog: Patty!
from Lea Lawson’s blog: Kathryn remold!
from Lorraine Aquilina’s blog: Beth Spore!
from Karin Åkesdotter’s blog: Holly Mahoney!
from Nicki Baxley’s blog: Kelley Clarke!
from Anne Fiene’s blog: Janeen Thompson!
from Barb Engler’s blog: Scrap-A-Doodle Designs!
from Maggie Haas’s blog: JustCallMeElle!
If you see your name listed above, CONGRATULATIONS! Please email [email protected] and let him know that you are one of our To Love and To Be Loved release blog hop winners! You’ll receive a $25 Gift Card.
Thanks again for hopping along with us! We hope you enjoy our fantastic To Love and To Be Loved releases and that they give you creative enjoyment for months to come!
You’ll love browsing our To Love and To Be Loved galleries on our blog for loads of additional inspiration, and you can add your projects to these galleries as well!
Winning ROCKS, and so do you!
We hope you will join us on Instagram on Friday, January 17, for an Instagram Hop featuring our To Love and To Be Loved releases! We are excited to share awesome ideas from several creative minds using these fantastic products.
