Back to school

 

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

We welcome Rox, aka Red Dirt Crafter as our guest designer for July. Welcome Rix!

This  week we are spotlighting the array of products from 49 and Market.  

This week the challenge is: BACK TO SCHOOL

School was my everyday story for many years. I taught science, from grade 6 through college. One of my traditions was to alter my plan book and enjoy a bit of art every time i pulled it out. Notebooks are the same - why not "art it up" and enjoy having your own unique notebook? I love to keep learning, and a good notebook is great to have on hand. 

 

I began with a coat of gesso over the composition book. Once that dried, I stenciled letters, using black ink.

 Then, I stenciled in some numbers.

Since I associate going back to school as a fall season, I used orange, red and brown paint. I rubbed it on with a baby wipe, and swiped some back to create lighter areas. 

Detail... 

49 and Market have these fun washi sheets. They really make it easy to add collage elements - no mess1 

front

Back

They also have some fun chipboard elements, and I chose these for my notebook. 

So much fun detail in the swashi sheets.

Well, I am ready for fall...even if I am not going back to school, LOL! 

EVERYDAY STORIES NOTEBOOK 

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

Supplies:

49 and Market  Vintage Orchard Washi Tape Sheets

49 and Market Artful Moments chipboard

49 and Market Faded Memory lane chipboard

composition notebook

white gesso

Simon Says Stamp ABC stencil

Simon Says Stamp Bold Numbers stencil

Simon Says Stamp Nocturne ink

Simon Says Stamp small blending brush

Simon Says Stamp Everyday Scissors

Dina wakeley acrylic paint - Sedona, Cocoa, and Cheddar

Bearly Art Precision Glue

baby wipe

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

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Stars and Stripes

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

It's been wonderful having Ann Chuang with us again as our guest designer. I am sure you have enjoyed her gorgeous makes as much as I have! 

This week the challenge is:     Stars and Stripes

I began with some ink smooshing with one of my favorite ink colors - Citrine. 

I made some star patterns and drew them on the watercolor paper, then cut them out.  

Meanwhile, I did some blue stripes in the art journal with watercolor. 

More prep included stamping the crazy birds, adding watercolor, and cutting these out too. 

I decided to add some more pizzaz to the pages with sparkler stamps and gold leaf. 

Page details... 

 

 

 

 

Stars and Stripes, Stars and Sparklers, and Crazy Birds, oh my!

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

Supplies:

 Stamperia watercolor journal

Tim Holtz Bird Crazy stamps

Simon Says Stamp Having Fun Stamps

Simon Says Stamp Citrine and Nocturne inks

Simon Says Stamp Everyday Scissors

Watercolor paper

Watercolors

Waterbrush

Bearly Art Glue

Gold LFlakes

black pen

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

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Shine On Blog Hop

SHINE ON release here!

BEACH GIRL PAPERDOLL

I began by stamping the bathing suit onto the watercolor paper. Next, I sketch in a body to fit the suit. Accessories were stamped, and eyes and hair drawn. The feet are a problem that I came back to resolve. 

I ended up cutting a small piec of paper to cover the awkward foot, then cut the flip flops down so it would look like she was wearing them. Finally, I fussy cut my girl out.

I colored her using Tombow Markers and a waterbrush.

Beach Girl Paperdoll

Here are a couple more projects I made with the new stamp set.

ATC's

BOOKMARK

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Bearly Art Glue

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Treasure From the Beach

 

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

 

This week the challenge is: AT THE BEACH

You never know what treasure you may find washed up on the beach. One day a bottle shaped like a lighthouse and encrusted in barnacles, shells and treasures washed up. 

 

My son gave me a wine bottle shaped like a lighthouse to alter. I mixed paint and vollage medium and poured it insiede to give the bottle a turquoise hu like the ocean. This took quite awhile to dry, but once done, I applied molding paste onto the bottle and embedded all the treasures - ubbles, gears, shells, beads, pebbles, etc. Again, I let that dry completely. I went over evrything with white gesso, then added paints and waxes. Final step was adding in some tiny beads glues in place with Glossy Accents. 

I was inspired by the beauttiful works that Finnabair crates.

Video of the bottle showing all sides... 

Photos capturing all angles of the bottle... 

Details... 

Lighthouse Treasure from the deep

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

Supplies:

Molding Paste 

glass Bead Gel Medium

Ranger Glossy Accents

Tim Holtz Bubbles

Tim Holtz Gears 

Tim Holtz Industrial Gears

White Gesso

Dina Walkley Acrylic Paint - Turquoise and Cocoa

Tim Holtz Metallic Paints

Finnabair Honey Metallique Wax

Finnabair Bronze Metallique Wax

Tim Holtz Collage Medium

shells, pebbles, beads, lighthouse wine bottle

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

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