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December Card Kit GIVEAWAY

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Hello Friends, How are you? Are you celebrating Thanksgiving today? If your not from the USA let’s celebrate any way! I have Simon Says Stamp December Card Kit to GIVEAWAY. More on that soon 🙂

Creating this celebratory flag banner was super easy and so fun.It’s easy as 1..2..3. Draw two overlapping lines, stamp with your embossing ink, sprinkle with powder and heat set. I overlapped two different embossing powders from the kit on the bottom banner. (using one color at a time) The top one I used Platinum only.

Did you see my current video? (lot’s of embossing.. click here to see it in HD)

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I was so excited to create a fun cororful banner card & if time permitted I would have make many more. Simple, fun and a good way to put your ink stash to work. (inks used in the product list are at the bottom of my my post)

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Just draw a simple line to guide you where to put your banners. You could use a pencil and erase it but, I like a black line. Add some simmer with wink of stella brush before you embellish your banners.

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If your the doodling type thicken your line, trace the banners and add some white dots. Trace your dots of you want to crisp them up.

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I even added a second line on my card with a fine tip Sharpie.

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The December Card Kit is a pretty special kit chock full of gifts!! I call them gifts because this kit has 2 full size embossing powders and a special mini Tim Holtz ink cube made just for the kit!! This doesn’t even count the awesome stamp set or the papers, sequins etc. Talk about a value! WOW WOW WOW!

To subscribe to the card kit it’s only $19.95! Click here if interested and you can opt out at any time.

GIVEAWAY : Leave me a comment .. if you want tell me if you like to doodle. I will announce a random winner December 1st. (if you subscribe and win you will be credited for the amount of your card kit!)

THANK YOU FOR YOUR VISIT!! I AM GRATEFUL FOR YOU. Enjoy this Thanksgiving Holiday and blessing to you and your family. Hugs, Kathy

P.S. CHECK OUT THIS AMAZING SALE…hurry!!

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  1. Carla Hundley says

    Wonderful banners! I
    like doodles, but I can’t
    do them very well. I
    do like to use stamps
    made to look like
    doodles!
    Carla from Utah

  6. Katie B. says

    Great cards!! Happy Thanksgiving. Yes, I will be with my sister and parents this year and will get to see my sisters babies (twins), they are almost 2 years old. And I love to zentangle… Thanks for sharing.

    Katie B.

  7. Tricia B says

    Great inspiration! I am always scared to doodle on my cards. Much better off with a stamp then pen!,,

  8. theCook says

    Love your colorful banners on the second card! Yes I like to doodle, although it rarely becomes cards… I’ve doodled an entire background once and really loved the result, but it took ages to make!

  11. Milka says

    Beautiful cards Kathy 😀 Like them both.
    I doodle sometimes, but not on my cards.
    Thank you for sharing your lovely creations, happy Thanksgiving 😀

  16. TracyM #6773 says

    HAPPY Thanksgiving 🙂
    FABULOUS cards Kathy – LOVE the banners!!!
    I’m a doodler but not with crafting, I just make scribbles when I am on hold on the phone … dreaming of one day trying to Zentangle.
    THANK YOU for the chance to win!!!

  17. Adele says

    Love the crossed banners, and I especially like the way you outlined them on the 2nd card and even added another fine line. It’s little details like that and the dots that turn “nice” into “special”.

  18. Lori B says

    Wow…your doodles really added a special touch to your banner! I’m not a doodler, but I was I was Love this month’s SSS kit. Thanks for the chance to win-

  19. Carol (HB) says

    Adorable card! I love how you added so much just by adding the lines/dots! I’m not so much of a doodler (word?) but I do love to “frame” images with a doodle type line.

  20. bernice j says

    I doodle all.the.time. There are always curlicues, flowers etc. on my business meeting agendas, handouts etc.!

  21. Dawn D says

    Love both of your cards! I doodle on everything from cards to meeting notes. I just can’t help myself 🙂 Thanks for the chance to win. Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family!

  23. CONNIE BROOKS says

    Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family Kathy. yes, I doodle sometimes…I dont think Im good at it but, when I think about it there is no mistakes in doodling is there? I did doodle in classes in High School. Many , many years ago. Sometimes, when I watch TV. But I think I would be scared to put it on a card I worked hours on. However, you did it and it turned out well.

  24. Shelley says

    Great cards! I LOVE to doodle and now I have more ideas on how to combine doodling and stamping! Thanks for sharing your ideas.

  25. Sheri says

    Love this kit! And your projects are fabulous! I love to doodle but it looks like scribbles. Not very good at freehand. Give me a stamp any day! LOL

  26. Tami B says

    It’s amazing what a few little lines can add! I can’t doodle worth a flip, but you obviously can. Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family.

  27. Barb C says

    I love your cards and I’ve used the techniques you shared in the online card classes. I love to doodle, in fact, in my last Stamp Club meeting one of the girls did a presentation on doodling and we did an exercise using outline fonts and our names. There is so much out there and I love the way you have brought together the stamping and doodling worlds. Thanks, Kathy. You are doing a great job on the videos, too.

  28. Lisa Geraty says

    I love to doodle! All of my note taking papers at work have scallops running down the side, series of overlapping circles, little flowers & trees, etc. I don’t even realize I’m doing it sometimes. Took me a long time to realize I could transition that to doodling on my cards & scrapbook pages. I still don’t do it as much on projects (silly b/c I think I’m gonna mess it up). Love the doodling on your card.

  29. Crystal Coppock Muirhead says

    I’ve taken up doodling on my cards recently. I was bored with my mass produced Christmas cards so starting individualising them with a few doodles here and there. A smile face on a star, any curlique after a sentiment. Just changing it up a bit!

  30. Maggie says

    I’ve never considered myself the doodling kind, but when I review my class notes, there are doodles everywhere! I guess I should try doodling on my craft projects, too.

  31. Beatrice Lawson says

    Oh you are so talented! My doodles are horrible. I need to practice otherwise I will ruin whiter I work on. I would love to win this set, I almost started crying a bit earlier when it vanished from my SSS card! Still bought a ton of stuff but no card kit:-(
    Happy Thanksgiving!

  32. Sherri says

    I like to doodle but could use more practice. I really love the effect of the overlapping banner pieces.

  34. Jeanie Lai says

    Can’t say I doodle a lot because I am a little OCD about everything being precise… Stamping gives me that satisfaction, whereas I wouldn’t be able to stop ‘fixing’ my doodling to get it ‘just so’ 🙂

  35. Judy says

    I love to doodle but my doodles are very simple! The card is amazing, I love the way you overlapped the banners and added a hand drawn touch to the banner flags.

  36. Lori Jeanne Cheney says

    Happy Doodle Day! This kit is going to make this doodler a happy doodlebug! Will be ordering this kit for sure!!! Thanks for the wonderful savings and doodleStampcraft special!!!!

  39. Nandini says

    Cute cards, both! I love to doodle and do add touches to cards sometimes. I think this card design will work very well for birthday party invitations too.

  40. Monica Maier says

    OH yeah I doodle. My friend came over to have a little breakfast with me while the mover where packing up her stuff and decorated a paper towel! Couldn’t help it I was done eating, the paper towel was there and there happen to be a pen in reach… whats a girl to do! 🙂
    Happy Thanksgiving!

  42. marylouh says

    I usually doodle when I’m on hold on the telephone (or waiting out a long-winded explanation). It usually starts as a house and goes from there.
    Great card. thanks for the chance to win.
    Happy Thanksgiving.

  43. Suzana says

    Great card. I haven’t done any doodling but I’m going to give it a try. Thanks for the chance to win the SSS card kit.

  45. Vicki says

    Clever and easy cards. I love the December card kit. I followed the SSS blog hop and the projects were amazing. Would love to win it. I like to doodle but it never turns out to be anything I can use. Thanks!

  46. Colleen Balija says

    I love the SSS coral colors you used in your card. I just ordered the December kit, I would love to get it free and be credited if I subscribe. All worth it! A happy thanksgiving to you and your loved ones.

  48. Ruth G says

    I love how you put the “let’s celebrate” along the banner strings on the first card and the color combinations on the second one are really wonderful! I’ve done Zentangle and really find it therapeutic, but just don’t do it enough, so, yes, I like to doodle I just don’t take the time to do it very often.
    I hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving! I’m thankful for all the inspiration you share!

  49. andreea says

    I love doodles but I have no talent in making fun drawings, so for now I just enjoy what others make, there’s a lot of inspiration out there 🙂 You did a great job with the banners, I adore the way you stamped them and the colors you used! That’s such a great kit and thank you for the chance to win one. Happy Thanksgiving and a hug from Rome!

  50. Carolyn Steele says

    That is a really cute card! I am really not a doodler. I am a little too structured for that sadly

  51. Heather Doran says

    Wonderful cards, Kathy! Love your designs and the gorgeous colour combinations! Thanks for the great photo tutorial! Love the way you add so much to your cards with your doodling! I do a bit of doodling but haven’t really tried it on my cards yet.

  52. Sheri K says

    I like to doodle, don’t do it too often in the digital age, but I’ve done some in my Pazzles cutter software, I can use a pen tool. My niece is into zentangle, so I see her today and hope to pick up some tips! Beautiful cards!

  53. Amy Donohue says

    I haven’t really “doodled-up” my cards….but this project you did gave me lots of ideas! Thanks! And Happy Holidays!

  54. Bonnie Thrasher says

    The banner card is really sweet. I don’t really doodle, maybe that is because I couldn’t draw a straight line to save my life.

  57. Janet Sisk says

    Yes, I love to add borders and doodles to my cards. Thanks for a chance to win this great card kit! Happy Thanksgiving, too!

  58. Renee VanEpps says

    Wow Kathy!!! I just LOVE what you did with the banners! Outlining with black and then the white dots…. so creative and beautiful! I wish I could say I like doodling, but I usually don’t do a good job of it so it’s never worth my time!

  61. barb macaskill says

    I am a doodler from way back when doodling wasn’t cool! LOL LOVELOVELOVE this amazing kit and would be singing from the rooftops if I was to find out it was on it’s way to me!! Thanks for the chance to win such a fabulous prize! Happy Thanksgiving!

  63. Jamie Vanskiver says

    This kit looks amazing and so are your cards! I love your doodling on the banners! Great idea:) Thanks so much for the chance to win this kit, the embossing powders looks so yummy and the stamp set with the polka dots is right up my alley! I just love polka dots:)

  64. Vicki Smith says

    HAPPY THANKSGIVING to everyone!
    Great job on the banners and love your cards.
    I don’t doodle but maybe I should give it a try.

  69. Michelle Simone says

    I love to doodle!! I just need to do it more and feel comfortable with it. I love the color combo in the second card! So glad I took advantage of the huge sale at SSS and placed an order early this morning!!! Thanks for sharing!!

  70. Marianne says

    Fun cards, Kathy. I used to doodle when I was young(er), but I have never tried it on my cards. Thanks for the chance to win a kit. I was thinking about adding the stamp set to my card this afternoon (taking advantage of the awesome sale SSS are having today), but the stamp set already sold out.
    Happy Thanksgiving!
    Marianne x

  74. JanetB says

    I am a doodler, and a card maker. Love to look at your blog and your videos for inspiration.
    Happy Thanksgiving!

  75. Angela Bowie says

    Love your card Kathy! I love to doodle, so much so that even my phone is covered in coloured markers! I’m in Australia so not celebrating Thanksgiving, however I hope you have a lovely day with loved ones 🙂

  77. Melissa friedrich says

    I’m not a very good doodler but I’m drawn to stamps that look doodle-y and sketchy! Love your banner cards, thanks for showing variations!

  78. September Whisenant says

    I love to doodle! Unfortunately, I rarely put my doodling to use, more like random things while I’m on the phone etc. However, your post is a good reminder that doodling can be fun and productive.

  79. Jean Bullock says

    The doodling you did looks excellent. I doodle during staff meetings but I haven’t doodled on cards yet.

  83. Amy Cooley says

    I really love the icy, wintery colors in this new kit. Thanks for the giveaway and Happy Thanksgiving!

  84. Torrie says

    I do like to doodle it just never occurred to me that I should be incorporating that in my card design. I am missing out on something special.

  86. Crystal says

    I love to doodle and need to do it more! Need to think outside the stamp!! Thank you for the great ideas…

  87. Teresa MacKenzie says

    I love doodling, I do it all the time, while on the phone, in the doctors office, waiting for my daughter to come out of her tanning appointment. I am a doodling fool. Thanks for chance to wine an awesome kit.

  89. Carolee McCaslin says

    LOVE your ideas and inspiration with this new card kit!! Would be thrilled to win one:)

  90. Tona says

    Love your cards! I do like to doodle but I’m afraid to doodle on a card in case I “mess it up”.

  91. Memoriesbymanda says

    No, I don’t doodle on my cards or layouts but I do doodle on note pads when I’m on the phone. I do fill in missing parts of stamping with the matching pen – does that count LOL?
    Thanks for the giveaway.

  92. Star says

    Hi, thanks for the opportunity to win this sweet giveaway. I like to doodle but struggle with perfection and I am always unsure if it looks good. However I can see someone else do a quick doodle and love the result.

  93. Connie Chang says

    I love the banners! It’s so cute! I like to doodle, sometimes I would be doodling and not taking notes in class lol 😛

  95. SLOWEN says

    What a steady hand you have… outlining the banners and adding that extra stripe. Love to see your creativity and skill.

  97. Donna R says

    Cute card! Love your doodles. I am not a very good doodler. I don’t have a very steady hand. Thanks for the chance to win the kit. I love the embossing potential from this one. Hope you and your family have a happy Thanksgiving!

  98. Suzi Metcalfe says

    I do like to doodle! And I’ve been using it more lately. Sometimes a card or scrap layout just needs a little more. A doodle can be the perfect fill! Happy Thanksgiving!

  101. karenladd says

    Another wonderful card kit from Simon Says Stamp!! Thanks for the chance to win…and yes, I do like to doodle on my projects! It’s an easy way to add detail to a design.

  105. BunnyD says

    I like to doodle sometimes on my scrapbook pages. I usually do it lightly in pencil as a guide for where I want it to head, then just go for it with marker and keep my fingers crossed! Happy Thanksgiving from Canada.

  109. Diana Evensen says

    I’m not much of a doodler. I can do zentangles if I try, but just random doodling isn’t my strength. My husband on the other hand has a regular “series” of cute doodles that he does called “signs of the time” with a picket sign, a worm, a paintbrush and paint can, and some observation of his that day.

  110. Patt H. says

    Wonderful card! I don’t doodle too often but sometimes a little doodling really brings a card to life. Love your blog!

  114. Carol Mc says

    Great cards, love the banners. I doodle all the time.
    Thanks for the chance to win such a great kit.

  115. Helen Gullett says

    Amazing kit! Love the embossing on your card and yes of course your doodling is awesome, too!!!! I used to doodle when I was at Junior High School… it’s been a looooooooooong time since then I have not yet tried it again 🙂 Maybe soon! LOL!

  118. Heather P says

    Your cards are great, and such different looks with similar designs! I do like to doodle, even though I’m not too good at it.

  120. Linda Tupper says

    Lovely cards. I just love the little banners. Like the colors and and the white dots you added. Looks so sweet. Yes I love to doodle, it’s so much fun. I just love the new SSS December card kit. I just love the embossing colors. Would be so fun to use. Thank you so much for a chance to win.

  121. Brithzi says

    Used to doodle when I was young, but now I see that you can add doodles to your stamped images. That’s great!! Thanks for the tip.

  124. Gail A says

    Thanks for the tip on how to overlap the banners! So cute! I do like to doodle but don’t think I’m very good at it!

  125. Lisa l. says

    Oh love the way you did the banner! I don’t doodle anymore but in high school I use to doodle all of the time for years I never knew what kinda of art I was doing until recently I learned about zen tangle and it was exactly what I had been doing!

  126. Caroline B. says

    Love the double-swagged banners! In platinum and those yummy pinks and oranges. You are a doodle queen (I loved your video for the Online Copics class…). I like to doodle too, although more for fun; I haven’t tried it on a card before…

  127. Tracey Magner says

    Hi Kathy, Great card, love the banner !! Yes, I love to doodle, especially when I am talking on the phone, a habit I have always had. But now I doodle in my scrapbooking also thanks to you, you introduced me to zentangles, I am hooked I LOVE doing them, I just made a prima paper doll girl the same one you zentangled her skirt, I put her on a big tag and colored, zentangled like you did, embellished with some goodies stamped some words and put some ribbon thru the top and gave it to my mom’s friend who is in a nursing home so she could hang it on the outside of her doorknob . She loved it, my mom took a picture of it and it looks so cute hanging on her doorknob. Thank you so much for introducing us all to that, we learn so much from you and we all appreciate you so much. Thanks Kathy!!

  128. Ann B says

    Lovely card Kathy! No,I’m not really a doodler at all though I had a go at Zentangling once;-) Thanks for the opportunity to win a lovely prize-are these giveaways open to other countries or is it USA only? (I live in NZ)

  132. Michele Clay says

    Of course I love to doodle! Especially while I’m talking on the phone! I love thus SSS December Card Kit & all the cards you have made with it! Great ideas & designs!

  135. Sandra Schroeder says

    First off.. love the cards and this card kit! Yes I doodle, like to doodle, think we all should do more doodling….YES….we need more doodling!

  136. Bobbie says

    I love the doodling I do a lot of that myself it’s called zentangle’s and wow you can really get a lot of design out of doodling. Love the stamp set and examples.

  137. Kristina Beagle says

    Oh I doodle, but not in a craft way. More in an obsessive run all the ink out of my pen signing my name and or tracing the same thing over and over on a piece of paper while im on the phone at work kinda way 🙂

  139. Cheryl W says

    I love YOUR doodling…not sure I’d like my own on a card. I doodle in church (don’t tell anyone) and other times when I’m not sure what to do with my hands. It’s not pretty, though. I guess I really should step out of my comfort zone, however, and try it on some cards.

  141. Flo says

    I have always loved to doodle. I doodled years and years before it became popular. Who knew. Thanks.

  142. Gerrina says

    I love the flag-card! The lines are that much better with the lines!
    I just doodle while waiting on the phone or at the dentist or so…tend to forget I can use them on cards aswell! Think that has something to do with the situation in wich I normaly doodle 🙂 Enjoy your weekend, Gerrina

  143. Victoria H. says

    Love your banner card and all the doodles. I love to do but nothing I can use on my cards, they aren’t pretty like yours. 🙂

  145. Teresa says

    Your card is so CUTE! I DO like to doodle although I am not great at drawing but I love to doodle shapes and swirls…

  147. Celeste Goff says

    I do doodle but usually only while I’m hold on the phone at work. LOL. I did do a strictly doodled and watercolored card once but didn’t feel comfortable repeating it even though it turned out pretty nice.

  149. sherry butcher says

    Wonderful project, I’d love to make one for New Years in bright colors and sparkle. I do doodle but not much on my cards. I like plain lines better on cards of mine. TFS.

  150. Michele F says

    I do love to doodle, but enjoy watching someone else doodle even more =]
    Funny thing is, I just signed up for the Monthly Kits yesterday!! Would love to get that $20 back…
    =] Michele

  154. Yvette says

    Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family Kathy! I’m a doodler but not with crafting, I just make scribbles when I am on hold on the phone 🙂

  155. Lucy Schmidt says

    I like both cards, but especially like the colorful red one with the doodles. It’s amazing what a little doodling and thickening of lines can do to enhance a card. I’ve always doodled, but not on cards…yet. I’m seriously considering that after seeing your card. Thanks for the nudge.

  158. barbara lassiter says

    Love your cards and this is a neat kit. I’ve tried doodling on some of my cards and since I’m still a “recovering perfectionist” I don’t always use those cards. I’m working on “embracing imperfection” as Tim Holtz talks about. Thanks for all the inspiration and great ideas on this blog.

  160. Julie says

    Not a doodler, but i love to paint/color to relax. I love your liquid platinum banner–so striking.

  161. Dianne says

    I love to doodle and my 16 year old daughter has recently gotten me into zentangle, which she adds to her cards. Awesome.

  165. Karen Rice says

    OH I do like to doodle and I am in love with this card kit! You cards are fabulous–I liked seeing the flag images in those red colors–and fabulous doodling!

  169. jen p says

    Thanks for the doodling reminder, bought all kinds of markers and there they sit. So lonely. Time to show them some lovin’

  171. Kari V. says

    Beautiful ideas here. I like to doodle but rarely add doodles to my cards. I have now been inspired!! 🙂

  172. Julie B. says

    If I have something to write with and something to write on I am doodling. Love your banner card. Thank you for sharing.

  175. Dima Taji says

    Love the cards, especially the one with the outlined banners. I suck at doodling, but I don’t let this stop me 😛 whenever I am at work or in class I always have a pen and paper and I go at it! 😀

  176. Judy Wood says

    I am learning doodling and enjoying the freedom of it. Thank you for your tips and encouragement. What a neat card idea.

  177. Ina Good says

    I am a doodler especially swirls and zentangle doodling flowers and birds all the time and loved your banner card,The dec. kit from sss looks like snow much fun too!

  180. marybeth i says

    I mainly doodle shapes and flowers. I did recently doodle stenciled gelli prints using the same technique you just showed. One I found that I outlined two thick. I like a medium width line best. Cute card!

  183. Monica P says

    I wish I knew how to doodle like you, your work is wonderful. Thanks for sharing your amazing ideas. Hope you had a lovely thanksgiving.

  184. Shona Chambers says

    I think I need to start doing banners more often! You’ve certainly inspired me with your designs (as you often do….) and love the layout of these cards. Genius design!!

  185. Helen K says

    I came to your blog by way of the Operation Write Home bloghop. I love your cards and I love the doodling you do on top of your stamping, so clever!
    Thanks for the inspiration!

  190. Sandra ltb says

    yes but I am not a good doodler ….. personal use only!
    love the tips – thank you!

    Sandra ltb

  191. Jessica H. says

    Such a cute card!! Absolutely LOVE the SSS card kit this month! Think it’s great that the theme focused on a technique! I’m not a big doodler because I am a TERRIBLE artist. Your banner doodling looked great!

  192. Kim Potts says

    I’m not a doodler, but I would be if it looked like yours! I think it would take a lot of practice for me to get anywhere close though 🙂

  195. Neesey Gebalski says

    Yes I doodle….bit I’m not very good at it. I am astigmatism impaired! So sometimes my doodles awe wonky……so I wonkey doodle!

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