Monday, June 29

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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Saturday, June 27

Shine On Blog Hop






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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    Monday, June 22

    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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    Monday, June 15

    Food and Drink


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

    This week the challenge is: FOOD AND DRINK

    I am always up for a cup of coffee with a friend! 

     


    I did a  bit of ink smooshing, and stamped my coffee cup and message.

     I used watercolor to color the coffee cup.


    I decided I wanted more texture in the background, so went in with this fun bubble stamp. 


     I stamped and colored this cute bird. Do you think those eyes will get my message across, or does it just look over caffeinated?

    I added some white dots to the cup, as well as the bird.

     

    I am ready to grab a cup of coffee with you, so let's make plans! 



    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 Coffee Friend

    TIm Holtz Bird Crazy

    Paper Artsy Alison Bomber EAB55

    Simon Says Stamp Nocturne ink

    TIm Holtz Salty Ocean Distress Oxide ink

    Canson Watercolor paper

    Watercolors

    Water Brush

    Simon Says Stamp Everyday Scissors

    Silicon Mat

    Ranger Mister bottle

    Simon Says Stamp Foam Squares

    White Pen 



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

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