Simon Says: Things with Wheels

Hello my lovely creative friends! We are back again this week with a new challenge for you at Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - THINGS WITH WHEELS. I had a lot of different ideas for this week, but I knew I wanted to use my teamie Andrea's color wheel stamp for the challenge. Somewhere along the way as I was stamping images I came up with a whole new idea. I was looking at the color wheel and thought, "Could I make this into a flower"? So off I went...

AND AWAY SHE WENT...

I've been admiring the Prima oil pastels for awhile, and decided to get some to try. I do love the rich colors and how smoothly they blend.

I worked on the tag while the images were drying, starting with a layer of transparent paints that I spread on with a silicone brush. I pressed the excess onto a sheet of paper which created some texture.

Next, I used opaque paints with the stencil, and randomly added the design. (Note: in my links I added Sargasso Sea instead of the Magic Moss, very similar)

detail

I used some of the tiny mark making stamps to add another design layer. When I have stamps this small, I find it easiest to stick them on my finger and stamp.

I wanted to share the steps to make the color wheel flowers.

1 - cut out the wheel

2 - cut around each "petal" and be sure to cut down towards the words. Then cut a slit between two of them to the center.

3 - Now bring the two flaps next to the slit together, push up the center, overlap them and staple.

Closeup to show what I mean for the slit and stapling. 

Here you can see how 3D they turned out. These just made me happy!

I added some sequins, stamped the flower stems, and some doodles. Then, I stapled three paint tubes together for my leaves, and adhered the "leaves" and flowers with foam tape. 

Detail

I spritzed the images a bit, and the words before I cut them out and added them to the tag. It makes me happy when my muse takes me off in unexpected directions and I create something I love! 

So, you might have been expecting something else with wheels, like a car or bicycle, but my wheels are color wheels. I hope I've inspired you to make something this week and join us! Our very generous friends at Simon Says Stamp are offering a $50 shopping voucher to one lucky participant.

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Inky Antics Color Wheel stamp set

 

Inky Antics Long Hair Flair Clear Stamps

 

Inky Antics Muse News Clear Stamps

 

Inky Antics The Queen′s Quips Clear Stamps

 

Darkroom Door Paint Tubes stamp

 

Simon Says Stamp Square Dance stencil

 

Ranger Dylusions Mixed Media Journaling Tags #10

 

Prima Flowers ARTIST QUALITY OIL PASTEL CRAYONS

 

Dylusions Ink Sprays - Squeezed Orange

 

Dylusions Ink Sprays - Fresh Lime

 

Ranger Dylusions Ink Spray BUBBLEGUM PINK Dyan Reaveley

 

Paper Artsy Fresco Chalk acrylic paint SOUTH PACIFIC

 

Simon Says Stamp Premium Dye Ink Black

 

Tim Holtz Grid Acrylic Blocks

 

3M Scotch DOUBLE-SIDED FOAM TAPE Permanent

 

Tim Holtz Idea-ology TINY ATTACHER Stapler Tool Mini Staples

 

Paper Artsy Yellow Submarine Chalk Acrylic

 

Paper Artsy Limelight Chalk Acrylic

 

Paper Artsy Fresco Finish SARGASSO chalk acrylic paint

 

Craft Scissors - Tim Holtz

 

Tim Holtz Tonic Craft Stamp Platform

 

Simon Says Stamp CRAFT TACKY GLUE

 

Simon Says Stamp Treasure Chest Sequins

 

Prima Marketing MIXED MEDIA 1 INCH SILICONE BRUSH Art Basics

 

Canson XL WATERCOLOR PAPER

 

Medium WATERCOLOR BRUSH Pen

 

POSCA extra fine White Paint Marker

                                        

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The designers have their wheels out this week, so head on over to see how they interpreted this week's challenge.