Trees

 

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

It's been wonderful having Anita Rao with us this month as our guest designer!  I've loved her inspiration.

This week the challenge is: TREES

Me, I am a huge fan of trees! My childhood memories seem to always include trees...walking through the woods, climbing them, crating with their twigs, nuts and leaves, getting covered in sticky sap...I was always at home in the woods. I even started my career as a forester! So, when I saw this Tim Holtz stamp set, it spoke to me.

 No process photos this time, I got caught up in making the card. Below you can see most of the supplies I used (listed below)

Lots of layers with cardstock, watercolor paper and tags... 

Isn't this the perfect Christmas tag? 

The tree stamps so beautifully! The image is crisp in rustic wilderness ink. 

 I had a lot of good tree memories while creating this card, and I am as teamie Cheiron would say, "cracking on Christmas!"

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

Supplies:

Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous Winter Woodland stamp set 

Simon Says Stamp Black Dye ink

Simon Says Stamp Black cardstock

Simon Says Stamp Ivory cardstock

Canson Watercolor paper

Shipping Tags

Tim Holtz Distress Oxide inks - rustic wilderness, ground espresso, wild honey, rusty hinge, mustard seed

Tim Holtz Mini Round Blending Tool

Simon Says Stamp Fine Detail Scissors

Foam Tape

3M Tape Glider

Tim Holtz Paper Trimmer

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

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Rainbow Tag Book

 

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

This week the challenge is: TAG IT!

I had fun creating a rainbow tag book full of bright colors and bold designs. I've used a number of Darkroom Door stamps in honor of Rachel Greig,who sadly passed away this August...she is deeply missed in our creative community.  

I used my lovely Pawsitively Saturated Inks from Simon Says Stamp in a rainbow of colors.

I love these funky tags from Studio Light, and ink smooshed each side with a color.

Then, I stamped the background of each tag in the same color to get a tone on tone design.

For my cover tag, I inked the stamp up with cool colors, then warm colors and stamped it onto the natural tag.

I cut some additional tiny tags, colored them with ink smooshing, and stamped the background in black ink.

Meanwhile, I stamped flowers on watercolor paper and blended the inks over the stamped image. These small blending brushes are a favorite of mine, as well as this cool holder fro them, all from Simon Says Stamp.

Add a bit of gold with a pen...then fussy cut them out.

On the cover, I put cool tags on the warm color background and added a matching flower.

And warm tags on the cool background...

I added some Big Chat words from Tim Holtz, so my cover would read " create dreams from your heart."

My rainbow tag book filled with inspiring quotes and tied together with some hand dyed ribbons.

I've flipped through each of the tags so you can see them individually.

I hope I've inspired you with my tag book! Make some tags of your own and share them with us this week!

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

Supplies:

Studio Light Tags - Funny, Funky, Fantasy,Tab 

Carabelle Studio Dans Mon Art Journal

Carabelle Studio Mixed Media Flowers #1

Darkroom Door Quote stamps like Creative People and Shoot for the Moon

Katzelkraft Be Brave stamp

Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Saturated Inks - Orchid, Surf, Fairway, Sweets,Grapefruit, Citrine, 

Simon Says Stamp Small Blending Brushes

Simon Says Stamp Multi Purpose Tool Holder

Simon Says Stamp Black Dye ink

Simon Says Stamp Fine Detail Scissors

Tim Holtz Distress Mister

Tim Holtz Big Chat Stickers

Tim Holtz Paper trimmer

Tim Holtz Glass Media Mat

Dina Wakley Scribble Sticks 1

Neenah Solar White

Heat It tool

Foam Tape

Gold Pen

Hand dyed ribbon

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

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Thankful

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

This week the challenge is: THANKS/THANKSGIVING

The fall colors this year inspired me to created this art journal page. I am thankful for autumn and fall and my time to enjoy it even more now that I am retired. I love watching the trees change from greens to yellows, oranges, reds, and rust. There is a distinctive odor in fall that just makes me stop and take it in. I am thankful for my time to enjoy fall.

I began by laying the stencil on the page and going around it with the inks to create a frame. Once I had the general dimensions, I took the stencil away and blended some more to get a soft edge. I used the Tim Holtz mini round ink blender for this step.

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Next, I laid the Autumn Cascade stencil (one with the large openings) onto the page and blended a variety of fall colored inks into the design. I would lift it carefully to check underneath, trying to make sure I covered the entire design. I also decided to blend a bit more ink into the frame corners for a round effect.

I matched the second stencil in the set over the first layer, and added detail with the purple ink. It's surprising how much purple you can see in the fall when you look for it.

To frame the design a bit more, I stamped stitching into two corners with purple and the Stitches stamps.

Here is where we are at so far...

Next, I used a set of alphabet stamps to add the word thankful. I wanted to follow the curve of the design, but I think it reads a bit wonky.

I dug through some older paper dolls I had in my stash and found these two cuties. I rubbed a bit of purple ink onto them. For me, they represent my sisters and my girlfriends who I am very thankful for.

Closeup detail of the stenciling...

THANKFUL

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  Autumn Cascade stencils

Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous Stitches stamps

Ranger Dylusions 8x8 Creative Journal

Tim Holtz Paper Dolls (similar)

Tim Holtz Mini Round Ink Blender Tool

Simon Says Stamp Small Blending Brushes

Tim Holtzr Distress Sprayer

Bearly Art Precision Glue

Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Inks - spiced marmalade, seedless preserves, fired brick, crushed olive, mustard seed, wild honey

Alphabet stamp set

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

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