Fall Mood Board: Books and Botanicals

 

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

Use this fabulous mood board, created by Macarena to inspire you this week! 

 

This week the challenge is: FALL MOOD BOARD

I've pulled out some color elements, books, glasses, cup, leaves.... 

I stamped , colored, and fussy cut a few images to use

I've been collecting leaves this fall and making watercolor prints with them. Apply a light (not watery) layer of watercolor onto the back of the leaf and press onto the paper. Some leaves give more detail if they have good ridges. 

I began layering my images onto the leaf print background.

I worked on watercolor paper, but wanted to put it into one of my many art journals. I decided to stencil a border around the page to help it blend better with my collage.

I decided to add Autumn Mood flowing out of the pen image. 

I had fun combining images of cups (c coffee for me please), books and botanicals.  The cool, cozy days are perfect for curling up with a good book. 

I had to add in the wire rim glasses like Macarena put into the mood board. I also decided to add a pen, because this started to remind me of a writer's Victorian study. 

Botanicals and bell jars...

BOOKS AND BOTANICALS

 

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

Supplies:

AALL and Create  Hot Drinks stamps

AALL and Create The Story Never Ends

Prima Nature Academia Ephemera

Simon Says Stamp Floating Leaves stencil

Simon Says Stamp Intense Black ink

Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Saturated Paprika and Royal inks

Simon Says Stamp Small Blending Brushes

Simon Says Stamp Fine Detail Scissors

Tim Holtz Ground Espresso ink

Ranger Dylusions 8x8 journal

Canson watercolor paper

Daniel Smith Watercolors - Sap Green, Quinacridone Purple,  Yellow Ochre,  Quinacridone Red,  Permanent Orange, Phthalo Turquoise

Watercolor brush

Bearly Art Precision Glue 

Colored pencils 

Black Archival pen

Simon Says Stamp Foam Squares

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

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Sweet Wishes Blog Hop

Sweet Wishes Release

Be sure to use code on the graphic above to get your free gift! Follow directions above. Offer until 10/13/24 while supplies last. 

Welcome to the Sweet Wishes Blog Hop 2!

I am using the brand new SPARKLE STRANDS stamp from the release. When my eye saw this stamp, I saw a landscape, and that is what my project today reflects. 

I began by stamping the image onto watercolor paper, then painted the scene with watercolor paint. This shot shows the transition from land to sky. I can't decide if the purple are distant mountains or the sky.

I tried to follow the strands as I painted to get some lovely color variation. 

I added some gold stars to the night sky...

I turned bits of the design into tiny doodled tress...

Beautiful green fields and sky...I did go in with colored pencils to add more depth to the color.

A few words... A Beautiful World...

I softened the edges of the stamped image and love how the colors represent land and sky, near and far.

This has turned out to be a very versatile stamp. I do have cards that I shared that use it in a more traditional way, and more adventurous approaches. 

I thought I would also share the cards I made for the release...you may have seen these on the reveal...

You can definitely make the strands sparkle and turn into a beautiful holiday card, or look at it like a flowing ocean, or make it retro. (see my cards from the release)

Leave a comment on this post and be eligible for a $25 gift certificate from Simon Says Stamp! Be sure to comment on each blog for more chances to win!! Winners will be posted on Simon's blog on Weds. October 16.

Check out all the amazing creations on each blog on the hop!!

Simon Says Stamp Blog 
Nina-Marie Trapani
Caly Person
Suzy Plantamura
Emily Midgett
Amy Rysavy
Debby Hughes
Lisa Addesa
Alberto Gava
Kulbir Kirkland
Heather Hoffman
Allison Frazier
Maura Hibbitts
Misty Elam
Mary Reiner
Anne Fiene

Be sure to also check out yesterday's blog hop for more inspiration!

If you create with the new Sweet Wishes release, be sure to add your creation link to the gallery HERE. 

You can add a link to any of the Simon Says Stamp galleries and share your work

SUPPLIES:

Simon Says Stamp Sparkle Strands stamp 

Simon Says Stamp Intense Black ink

Watercolors

Watercolor brush

Canson Watercolor Paper

Black Archival Pen

Gold Pen

Colored Pencils

Tim Holtz Big Chat stickers

Ranger Dylusions 8x8 Black Journal (similar)

Sassy Pants

 

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

We are showcasing STAMPERIA this week, since it is the beginning of the month. Stamperia has quickly become one of my favorite companies with their beautiful designs.

Please join me in welcoming Alison Bomber back as our guest designer for the month of October. If you have not yet seen Alison's amazing creativity, you are in for a treat! 

This week the challenge is: USE PATTERNED PAPER

Put on your SASSY PANTS and seize the day!! 

When I have paint leftover from projects, I will often swipe it onto some pages in an art journal to use later. Well, later has come for these pages. This practice helps when you have the "blank page syndrome" , you know when that page stares at you and you have no idea where to begin. 

I added peacock paint using the Simon Says Stamp Grid stencil.

Next, I used gold gouache with the dot stencil.

Now, it's time to collage on some of Stamperia's Klimt collection. I tore strips and added circles.

I scribbled around the circles with a Sharpie, and doodled circles. 

Now, to pull this together, I added some "whitewash". Add white paint and rub it over the page and wipe back if it covers too much. Once that dried, I stamped some shapes with ink using React Scott's mark making stamps.

I hand lettered my phrase "Put on your sassy pants and seize the day"

I fussy cut the women, glued then down and added a shadow with a Stabilo pencil and water brush. 

I doodled a bit on her dress to bring out some of the pattern.

I doodled a bit on the flowers and stars here...

I also took the black ink pad and swiped around the pages to create a border.

Quite the transformation thanks to the Stamperia papers! Get out your patterned papers and create along 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:

Stamperia Klimt Background papers

Stamperia Klimt collection papers

Simon Says Stamp Grid stencil

Simon Says Stamp In The Round stencil

Paper Artsy Tracy Scott TS085 stamps

Simon Says Stamp Intense Black ink

Simon Says Stamp Everyday Scissors

Simon Says Stamp Small Blending Brush

Dina Wakley Peacock and White Acrylic Paint

Bearly Art Precision Glue

water brush

Gold Pen

Black Sharpie

Stabilo Aquarelle pencil

Dylusions Large Creative Journal (similar)

Acrylic Paint Markkers

Gold Gouache

 

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

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Christmas Card

 

 

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

It's been fabulous having Kerry B with us for the month of September! Kerry, I have loved all your wonderful creative projects, and look forward to more.  

This week the challenge is: CHRISTMAS/WINTER CARD

Christmas on the farm is a very colorful time of the year. As you can see, the farm animals deck themselves out in their most colorful coats. This year, Horatio the Horse gets to play Santa. 

UPDATE: HONORED TO HAVE THIS CHOSEN AS A FAVORITE OF THE WEEK AT SPLITCOASTSTAMPERS!

I stamped a big Merry Christmas on the lavender paper...it really was because I messed up my stamping on the card. But, as you can see, it is a simple thing to stamp it again on cardstock and cover over the mistake.  

I stamped snowflakes to create a wallpaper effect.  

Stamped, watercolored and fussy cut the Santa hat... 

Here's Horation proudly wearing the Santa hat. He is thrilled to be the one to hand our the gifta this year! 

Mimi the Moo Cow is thrilled to see Santa, and is just tickled pink and purple.. 

 

Details... 

Let's celebrate Christmas on the farm this year with Mimi and Horatio! This is definitely not your traditional Christmas card! 

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 Funny Farm stamps

Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous Crazy Things stamps 

Simon Says Stamp Making Spirits Bright stamps

Simon Says Stamp Intense Black ink

Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Saturated inks - Lilac and Marine

Simon Says Stamp White, Cream and Lavender cardstock

Simon Says Stamp Dazzling Gems Clear

Simon Says Stamp Fine Detail Scissors

Paper Trimmer

watercolor paper

Watercolors

Bearly Art Precision Glue 

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

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Do you use Instagram ?  If so please add  #sssmchallenge so we can see your entries there too

You have until Monday 8am Ohio time. 1pm UK time, 2 pm CET to join in .