Books, I love them!

 

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

This week the challenge is: MAKE A BOOKMARK/BASED ON BOOKS

I LOVE to read! As far back as my memories go, there were books in my life. I remember taking them outside with me and reading under a tree. I took them camping, traveling...wherever I as there were books, usually a stack of them. I didn't have as much time to read for myself when i was teaching, so summers were my time to catch up.  Now, with my vision problems, I listen to books and read them on my Kindle.  Yes, I LOVE to read!!

 

I rounded the edges of my watercolor paper bookmark. Then, I brushed on a wet layer of colors. I let it dry a bit. 
 

Time for some "subtractive" stenciling, or where I remove color. I laid the stencil on some areas and wiped back the color with a baby wipe (wet cloth woks too). I love the pattern that emerges. 

I doodles a stack of books with waterproof black ink. Boy, was it hard to just choose a few of my favorites: Chronicles of Narnia by C.C. Lewis, Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells, and The Chronicles of St Mary's by Jodi Taylor are just a few. 

I stamped the wise owl, because reading makes you wise, right? I colored him with watercolor, fussy cut him out, and one completely dry, I added highlights with a gold pen.  

I think Gus loves books too! 

I stamped READ across the top, went around the letter boxes with gold pen, and tied on some twine. 

I added watercolor to the stack of books and fussy cut this before glueing to the bookmark. 

Read a few of your favorite books, and make a bookmark to keep your place. Or create a make based on a book you love.

Get set, read, and create!

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

Supplies:

Lavinia Stamps Gus

Simon Says Stamp Game Tile Letters

Simon Says Stamp Square Dance stencil

Simon Says Stamp Intense Black ink

Canson Watercolor paper

Daniel Smith Watercolors - Quinacridone Pink, Hansa Yellow Light, Permanent Orange, Sap Green, Quinacridone Purple,  Phthalo Turquoise

Watercolor brush

Watercolor palette

Water containers

Spellbinders Corner Rounder

Bearly Art Precision Glue

Simon Says Stamp Fine Detail Scissors

Twine

Gold Pen

Black Archival Pen

 

 

 

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

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Spritz and Splatter

 

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

This week the challenge is: SPRITZ AND SPLATTER

Who doesn't enjoy a good spritzing? or splattering? I channelled Spring with my colors and design. 

Why not make a tag for Valentine's Day? Or a birthday or anniversary? If you can't get out to pick up real flowers, here is the next best thing.

LOVE YOU TAG

I selected a mix of sprays to work with on my tag. 

 

I sprayed through the stencil with three colors and splattered on the Fuchsia. I used too much orange and it went under the stencil, leaving blobs that I wasn't happy with.  

I laid paper over the stencil with the spray on it, and printed a reverse image. I cut and ripped that to go over part of the tag.  

Fussy cutting the stamped and colored flowers... 

Figuring out how I wanted to lay everything out... 

I stamped Love You and colored butterflies to add. I popped those up.  

I wanted to echo the stenciled colors in the flowers, so went with yellow, orange and pink. I used watercolor for the flowers and butterflies. 

I tied off the tag with hand dyed ribbon. Final step was to splatter some gold gouache with the splatter brush. 

 LOVE YOU TAG

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

Supplies:

Dina Wakley Media Gloss Spray - Fuchsia and Lemon 

Tim Holtz Carved Pumpkin Distress Spray Stain

Tim Holtz Winterberry Distress Mica Stain

Gold Gouache

Tim Holtz Splatter Brush

TIm Holtz Abstract Florals stamps

AALL and Create Aerial Beauties

Simon Says Stamp Intense Black Ink

Simon Says Stamp Floating Leaves stencil

Simon Says Stamp Everyday Scissors

Simon Says Stamp Fine Detail Scissors

Canson Watercolor paper

Simon Says Stamp White cardstock

Dina Wakley Media Tag

 Daniel Smith watercolors - Quinacridone Pink,  Hansa Yellow Light, Permanent Orange, and Sap Green

Watercolor Brush 

Bearly Art Precision Glue

Simon Says Stamp Foam Squares

hand dyed ribbon

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

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Lucky Charm

 

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

It's the first challenge of the month and our company to showcase is our very own Simon Says Stamp!  Be sure to check out the amazing array of creative products they have to offer crafters. 

Please join me in welcoming back Cassie Lynch, aka  mk_knits as our guest designer for the month of February!  She is an amazing mixed media artist, and I know you will be inspired by her creative talent.  

This week the challenge is: BRIGHT AND CHEERFUL

What is more cheerful than a rainbow? It's the bright end to the storm, fit's where the leprechauns hide their pot of gold,  It's a cheerful array of color, and I chose to make mine with shamrocks. 

LUCKY CHARM

A neat little hack to hold your tag in place with the stencil is to hold it with a bit of wash tape. This worked really well since I was using many colors. 

Oh yes, a rainbow array of inks and blending brushes... 

A rainbow of color using the Floating Leaves stencil on the tag... 

I stamped and fussy cut close in a variety of colors.  

Popping the clovers and laying them out on the tag... 

I added a clear gem to the center of each clover. 

You're my lucky charm...hmm, these colors remind me of the Lucky Charms marshmallows. 

BRIGHT AND CHEERFUL

LUCKY CHARM 

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 Sketched Clovers stamps set 

Simon Says Stamp Floating Leaves stencil

Simon Says Stamp Intense Black ink

Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Saturated inks - Citrine, Sweets, Mandarin, Field, Pearfection, Ocean, Amethyst 

Simon Says Stamp Small Blending Brushes

Simon Says Stamp Fien Detail Scissors

Simon Says Stamp Heavy White cardstock

Simon Says Stamp Dazzling Clear Gems 

Simon Says Stamp Foam Squares

Dine Wakley Media Tag

Acrylic Block

hand dyed ribbon

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 .