Sparkly Medallions

 

 Hello Monday, my friends! And welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge. Thank you for joining us for the  DieCember  Challenge and we hope you will all join us again this week too.

 

This week the challenge is: WRAP IT UP

Join us this week and making any type of gift wrap embellishments anything to help you wrap things up. I've made some sparkly medallions to add to packages as toppers. 

 

Start with five sheets of pattern paper 3" x 3"

 

Fold in half diagonally with the pattern out. 

 

Now open and full day in the opposite direction. Use a bone folder to get a good crease especially if it's a heavier paper

 

Open up and go to the inside and fold in half hotdog style. Open again and fold in hot style in the opposite direction. 

No go back to your pattern side and pinch together at the center and it will create a star shape like this. 

Now you're going to flatten it out and take the top triangles and fold them into the center so it kinda looks like a jet airplane. 

Glue those flaps down that you just folded on the bottom and on the inside. Press it with a bone folder to get a nice flat crisp edge. 

Now on the fifth piece start laying your triangles on top matching the corners. Glue them down 

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Continue to add your pieces until all four of the folded pieces are glued down on the backPiece. 

Here are some sketches and written directions to help you out with your folding. Have fun making these! 

 

Here's what the finish medallion will look like.

You can add a button or a bra or a sequin to the center 

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Add some glitz to yours , you can spray it with a shiny spray like the hickory smoke. Then add some sparkly glitter around the edge and you'll have a lovely holiday topper.

 

Here are my three samples ready to be used on a package or a bag to add some fancy decorations.

Detail

You could easily turn Mason into ornaments or a garland to hang on your tree. However you would like to wrap things up have fun and enjoy the process.

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

Supplies:

Tim Holtz Christmas Background papers 

Tim Holtz distressHickory Smoke Distress Spritz

Ranger Glossy Accents

Simon Says Stamp Everyday Scissors

Simon Says stamp Chunky Flitter

Simon Says stamp Bone Folder

Bearly Art Precision Glue

Buttons

 

So now it's YOUR turn, Happy Crafting! Maura

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DieCember!

 

 Hello Monday, my friends! And welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge. Thank you for joining us for the  Matching Set Challenge and we hope you will all join us again this week too.

Please join me in welcoming Carrie Swift as our guest designer for the month of December! Welcome Carrie! 

This week the challenge is: USE DIES/DIECEMBER

It's that time of the year - December at Simon Says stamp! Time to pull out your dies and use them this month with us.

 JUST A NOTE

Gathering all the parts...stamped images, die cuts, card... 

I colored my snowman image with colored pencils. 

Then, I added shimmer paint to the snow and snowman's cap. 

Details...

 

A few more details with the baker's twine and plaque, and I am happy with this.

HAPPY DIECEMBER! 

 

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

Supplies: 

 

Simon Says Stam Starburst plate die 

Simon Says Stamp Plaquesa lidess dies

Simon Says Stamp Warm Thoughts stamps

Simon Says Stamp slidesPlaque Slides Chrishtmas

Simon Says Stamp Nocturne ink

Simon Says Stamp Ocean and White cardstock

Simon Says Stamp Everyday Scissors

Simon Says Stamp Foam Squares

Dylusions White Shimmer paint

Bearly Art Precision Glue

Blue and White Bakers Twine

Colored Pencils

Big Shot

 

 

So now it's YOUR turn, Happy Crafting! Maura

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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 .

Matching Set

 

 Hello Monday, my friends! And welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge. Thank you for joining us for the  THANK YOU  Challenge and we hope you will all join us again this week too.

It's been wonderful having Pauline with us this month sharing her amazing creativity. 

This week the challenge is: MATCHED SET

I thought I had pulled out a plain sheet of watercolor paper to make my tag dies with, but when I turned them over, I discovered I had used a sheet I'd added watercolor to. Happy accident! I decided I liked the look and just went with it. I pulled out ephemera I had made earlier with the Tim Holtz Stamptember kit to embellish my tags.

 

Loving the watercolor look you get with Distress Watercolor Crayons and some glitter.

Each one is unique...

I layered a plant leave and flower on to of the tag after I stamped a word on each one.

Gift tags are ready!

Crafting made easy when you create multiple pieces at once so you can just pull from your stash to create. 

After all, Tis the BUSY season!

 

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

Supplies:

Simon Says Stamp Tim Holtz Stamptember Kit

Simon Says Stamp Festive Watercolor

Simon Says Stamp Festive Sentiments

Simon Says Stamp Festive Tags dies

Simon Says Stamp Festive Watercolor dies

Simon Says Stamp Nocturne ink

watercolor paper

watercolors

Tim Holtz Distress Watercolor pencils

Tim Holtz Rock Candy  Glitter

Big Shot

Simon says stamp from squares 

White Plastic Art Tray

So now it's YOUR turn, Happy Crafting! Maura

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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 .