Thanksgiving

 

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

This week the challenge is: THANKS/THANKSGIVING 

I've gone for a rustic traditional approach to my Thanksgiving card, with a mixed media twist. 

It all began with a sheet of watercolor and some leaf printing. I gathered leaves on some of my foliage trips with hubby, painted the back with watercolor, and then printed onto the watercolor paper. Since it is cold press, it has a lot of texture, so the leaves are more abstract.  

 I stamped a couple of images from the Prima set. Once the ink was dry, I went back in with watercolor. 

I also distressed the edges with ink and a paper distressed. 

I added some foliage ephemera to the stamped images. 

Final step after constructing the card layers was to splatter with gold gouache.  

Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours! 

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

Supplies:

Prima Redesign Fall Sweet Fall stamps

Prima Nature Academia Ephemera

Simon Says Stamp Intense black ink

Simon Says Stamp Fine Detail Scissors

Tim Holtz Ground Espresso ink

watercolors

Waterbrush

TIm Holtz Splatter brush 

Simon Says Stamp Cream and Burnt Orange cardstock

watercolor paper

Simon Says Stamp Foam Squares

Bearly Art Precision Glue

gold gouache 

Tim Holtz Paper Distresser

Tim Holtz Paper Trimmer

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

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DecoArt DT Mixed Media: Maize

Hello friends! I'm over at the DecoArt Mixed Media blog today HERE , sharing my Maize blessings. I love to upcycle, so if you would like to learn how I use bubblewrap and mailing envelopes in my project, stop by. I would love to hear what you think! 

Happy Thanksgiving/Autumn to you all! Maura

Thanksgiving Place Cards

Happy Monday my friends! We have a new challenge for you this week at Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Thanks/Thanksgiving. I took advantage of this week's theme to make some place cards for the dinner table at Thanksgiving. 

I started with a layer of Rusty Hinge. I swiped the pad onto the craft sheet and spritzed it, then lay the card into it.

Repeat with Wild Honey...

...and Ground Espresso.

I also stamped the inside of each card with this lovely saying from Simon's Thanks & Leaves set (November card kit) with Coffee ink. 

I added more to the background with Simon's Ornate Leaves set too. 

I decided I wanted a bit of texture and dabbed on some Rock Crystal crackle with my finger. 

I chose these images from Photo Play's Fall Breeze paper pad and fussy cut them, popped them out after I added a strip of paper to my background. 

I hope you are inspired to create something for Thanksgiving or Thanks and will share it with us on the challenge blog! 

I am thankful for all of you who stop by to visit!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Maura

Our fabulous friends at Simon Says Stamp generously offer a  $50 shopping voucher to one lucky participant drawn at random each week! We also choose our favorites to highlight, so come share in the fun! 

SUPPLIES:

                                        

                                                    

 

Simon Says Stamp November 2018 Card Kit

 

Photo Play FALL BREEZE 6x6 paper pad

 

Simon Says Stamp Ornate Leaves

 

Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ground Espresso

 

Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad WILD HONEY

 

Tim Holtz Distress Oxide ink RUSTY HINGE Ranger

 

Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad GROUND ESPRESSO Ranger TIM43270

 

Ranger Archival Ink in Coffee

 

Tim Holtz 4 Oz Crackle Paint ROCK CANDY Distress Clear Ranger

 

ranger mister bottle

 

Ranger HEAT IT CRAFT TOOL

 

Ranger Inkssentials Non Stick CRAFT SHEET 15 X 18 Reusable NSC20677

 

Fiskars SURECUT CARD MAKING Paper Trimmer

 

Tim Holtz Tonic Craft Stamp Platform

 

3M Scotch PINK ATG ADVANCED TAPE GLIDER

 

3M Scotch DOUBLE-SIDED FOAM TAPE Permanent

 

Craft Scissors - Tim Holtz

                                        

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