Simon Says Let's Have a Blog Hop!

Hello and welcome!  If you arrived here from the lovely and incredibly talented Jo's blog then you are going in the right direction otherwise you need to start at the beginning on the Simon Says Stamp Challenge.

For the second year in a row, Simon Says Stamp and Show & The Simon Says Stamp Challenge are joining forces to bring you a SUPER hop and treasure hunt to celebrate the approaching fall and winter holidays.

To help celebrate, they will be giving a BIG BASKET OF CRAFTING GOODIES to the winner of this hop PLUS three $25 VOUCHERS to the Simon Says Stamp Store ! (whoo hoo - good stuff there!!) The vouchers will be the hidden treasure on three DT blogs and you have to find them.

The Blog Hop will start on August 31st on the Simon Says Challenge Blog and will finish September 5th on the Simon Says Stamp and Show Blog.

The theme for both challenges this week will be ANYTHING GOES. You can make anything you like … a card, an ATC, a scrapbook layout … the possibilities are endless! You will need to hop through each blog, find the little parcel of goodies and make a note on which designer’s blog you found them.  The last stop on the hop is the Simon Says Stamp and Show Challenge Blog.  You will need to leave a comment there with the names of the three blogs with the hidden treasure.  The last stop on the hop is the Simon Says Stamp and Show Challenge Blog.  You will need to leave a comment there with the names of the three blogs with the hidden treasure.  The comments will be moderated so you will not be able to see the answers.   You MUST enter the challenge and link your creations with the Inlinkz on the Stamp and Show Challenge to be able to win the Grand Prize or any of the $25 vouchers.  You do not HAVE to comment on all the DT blogs but we would appreciate any comments you would like to leave.

If you loose your way at any time, a full list of all the participating blogs with links will be available on Simon Says Stamp Challenge and the Stamp and Show Challenge blogs. For more details please refer to the Simon Says Stamp Challenge or the Simon Says Stamp and Show Challenge blogs.

For my project, I made a Christmas tag triptych using many Tim Holtz techniques.  I went through his blog and looked at the past 12 Tags of Christmas for inspiration.  Drawing from his work and techniques, I designed my tags using his new Christmas set Mini Holidays 3 and an older set Mini Holidays.  I also used lots of his products including distress inks and the On the Edge Snow Flurries and Tag and Bookplates dies. Even though I drew inspiration from Tim, I feel that the work is entirely my own - it has a very Funkie Junkie spin to it.  In fact, I have decided to create my own 12 tags, adding another nine to this piece over the next couple of months.  Sound like fun?  Maybe you'd like to join in with me  - stay tuned for details.

I would appreciate a comment if you would like to leave one  and just a note to my regular readers - I left out all the details of the techniques and materials used here.  I know that blog hoppers really want to grab the essence of the post and move on so I didn't want to hold hoppers up with the myriad of deets.  For inquiring minds that want to know, see my post below dated August 31st.

That wraps up my part of the hop.  Thanks for stopping by.  From here you need to go to the amazingly talented Marcea's blog for more inspiration.