Take Flight!

Hello Monday, my friends! We are back with a new challenge for you at Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - TAKE FLIGHT. I sure let my imagination take flight this week!

This is Tenia's last week with us as our guest designer, and it's been a pleasure having her with us! She makes some of the jazziest cards around, and I will be looking forward to more of her creations. Be sure to stop by Jazzy Paper Designs and say hi if you haven't already.

Have you ever wanted to just fly away to the moon?

I started my card with a distressed background.

Then I stenciled in the face to represent the moon. 

I stamped the flying bird and girl onto some gel prints I had made and had in my stash. After I glued the bird down, I wrote "fly" all around it. 

Then, I have the bird flying the person to the moon, and added some tiny moonshine sequins. 

Since it is rather cold in space, a scarf would be a nice touch!

And there we have it - flying to the moon on the back of the bird...I told you my imagination went a little wild!

Think about all of the wonderful flying things and create something special to share this week - I'm looking forward to it! One person will be drawn at random for a $50 voucher to shop at Simon Says Stamp, thanks to our generous friends there!

SUPPLIES:

                                        

                                                    

 

Dina Wakley Silhouetted Women

 

Ranger Dina Wakley Woodcuts stamps

 

Dina Wakley Moon Faces stencil

 

Impression Obsession Seth Apter Journal Jargon 4

 

Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad STORMY SKY Ranger

 

Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Hickory Smoke

 

Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Mermaid Lagoon

 

Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad SALTY OCEAN

 

Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad FADED JEANS

 

Dusty Concord - Distress Ink

 

Ranger Archival Jet Black Ink Pad

 

Simon Says Stamp CRAFT TACKY GLUE

 

simon says stamp 120lb white card stock

 

3M Scotch DOUBLE-SIDED FOAM TAPE Permanent

 

ranger mister bottle

 

Faber-Castell BLACK ESSENTIAL PITT Artist Pens 770075

 

Craft Scissors - Tim Holtz

 

Tim Holtz Tonic Craft Stamp Platform

 

Ranger HEAT IT CRAFT TOOL

 

simon says stamp moonshine sequins

                                        

A great place to shop!!

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The design team is taking creative flight this week, so be sure to head on over to see what they are sharing. 

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N*Studio Creative Squad: True Blue

I'm over on Nathalie Kalbach's N*Studio Creative Squad today, sharing my True Blue holiday cards HERE. I'd love for you to pop over and see how I created them!

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In case you missed it, here is my September project. 

Never Stop Dreaming

When I looked at this month’s theme, I began to think about all the dreams we women have in our lives…family, friends, career, health, financial, pets…so many things touch our lives. I know my mother encouraged me to become the person I am today, and I am thinking her mother did the same for her. It could be our relatives cheering us on, or friends, but just think of the many generations of women behind each of us who have believed in the next generation.

I headed to my art journal, and scraped a layer of Diarylide Yellow and Quinacridone Gold down my page with a key card. Before the paint dried, I stamped in “Actually I can” a number of times. 

I added my next layer using the Mesa Verde stencil and some Pyrrole Red, using a light touch.I worked in a random fashion and left some areas open. 

Then, I shifted the stencil down slightly and sponged in a layer of gold. Now I have a shadow effect. 

Time to add a border to my page with Nathalie’s new Downtown stencil. As you can see, I just used part of it to make my border with black.

Now comes the fun part - stamping and coloring these two lovely ladies, Maiko and Millie. I wanted to tie in some of the same colors in both of their outfits to help link them together. 

Time to put it all together! I put Maiko, in traditional dress behind Millie, to represent the previous generations of women. I stamped “Actually, I can” with black ink, and outlined it a bit with a white pen, and added my own thoughts. I also used the Mesa Verde stencil with the black pen to create the word box, by outlining one side, and moving it to “stretch” it. Finally, a shadow under the ladies to create a bit of depth with a graphite pencil and water brush. 

Think of the many generations behind each one us, and Never Stop Dreaming!