Simon Says: Touchy Feely

Hello Monday my friends! Welcome back to this week's challenge at Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - TOUCHY FEELY. It's all about the texture this week!

This is Susanne's last week with us as our amazingly talented guest designer. It's been great having you with us Susanne, and I look forward to more of your creative makes!

My husband and I recently went to see the American Watercolor Show in the Adirondacks. We have enjoyed doing this off and on for many years, and take the long way through the mountains to check on the fall color too. I was inspired by a painting  in the show of pumpkin orange fungi, to create my art journal page

FALL FUNGI

I started the tag off with some  ink smooshing and then lifted up water droplets. I blended in a bit more of the yellow.

Meanwhile, I used the leaves stencil with texture paste and set that aside to dry. 

Once dry, I blended distress oxides over the page.

Then, I spritzed on some Holly Branch Mica Stain, let that dry and spritzed with water. I used a paper towel to blot the page and lift the ink.

I smudged a bit of ink on the facing page, and stamped with Simon's Old Letter stamp (BTW, this is a favorite of mine!) and a few toadstools. I added washi tape, hand dyed ribbon, and some faux vintage papers. I was trying to make this look like a naturalist's journal with notes tucked in. 

 The tag has two layers of Vintage Beeswax to give it a faux encaustic look. 

....a little specimen tag

...the notes tucked in behind the image

...textures from the texture paste and layers of color

Bright orange fungi on a fall inspired background...

Now it's your turn to create with texture and share with us! We love to pick out our favorites and spotlight them, and our generous friends at Simon Says Stamp are offering a $25 shopping voucher to one of you.

SUPPLIES:

AALL & Create BASIC VEGGIES A4 Clear Stamp Set	Simon Says Stamp Cling Stamp OLD LETTER Stamptember	Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous TINY TOADSTOOLS stamps	Simon Says Stamp Stencil FLOATING LEAVES SLIMLINE	Ranger Dylusions SMALL CREATIVE FLIP JOURNAL Dyan Reavely
Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad CANDIED APPLE Ranger	Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad ABANDONED CORAL Ranger TDO55778	Tim-Holtz-Distress-Oxide-Ink-Pad-MUSTARD-SEED	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide ink Crushed Olive	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ripe Persimmon
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Ranger Tim Holtz Distress HEAVYSTOCK Tag	ranger mini round ink blender	ranger mister bottle	Tim Holtz DISTRESS SPRAYER Ranger	Craft Scissors - Tim Holtz
Ranger HEAT IT CRAFT TOOL	Tim-Holtz-Tonic-GLASS-MEDIA-MAT	3M Scotch PINK ATG ADVANCED TAPE GLIDER	3M Scotch DOUBLE-SIDED FOAM TAPE Permanent	Tim-Holtz-DISTRESS-PALETTE-KNIFE-2-PACK-Ranger

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