Simon Says: Be Square!

Hello Friends! Yes, it's Monday and that means we have a new challenge at Simon Says Stamp! Our challenge theme this week is "Be Square", so pull out your square stuff and please join in with us this week. 

My project is full of inspiration from Seth Apter. I had the wonderful opportunity to take some classes with him and wanted to play with some of his cool products, like the Robo Square die which is what jumpstarted my creative process. 

Sometimes, I just wonder if I am a "Square Peg in a Round Hole?"

(little gift box photo prop is from a friend, but since it was square I wanted to use it) 

So, it really all starts with a piece of junk mail which I liked the way it folded out, so I cut it into two pieces.

Then I used black gesso on all sides.

Next step using a piece of canvas and a brayer, I began to layer on the paint.

Sometimes it's hard to figure out what colors I want to use, but once I started working on the black background, I started thinking night sky and headed into mostly blues and purples.

I used a number of Seth Apter stencils and sponged different paints to work on creating layers. After the stenciling was finished, I went in with my Seth Apter stamps to build the design. 

The die cuts are all from the Robo Square die. I not only used the die cut, but all the pieces in-between also. Hey, there were all squares!

Next step was to add some detail with permanent black and white pens.

Final step - sew in some fun detail on several pages and sew the small section into the larger one.

A new year means I have to try new things, right? So, I've tried making a video to show my book rather than a ton of photos.

   

And a few close ups of some of the squares in action...

On the cover, I used my label maker to add my title.

squares within squares...

a bit of checkerboard doodling...

Now it's your turn to "be square"! I do wonder how you will interpret our challenge this week, so be sure to share with us. 

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Wondering how our design team is expressing themselves in squares? So am I, so let's head over there and check it out!