Add Some Texture

 

 

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

Please join me in giving a warm welcome to Gitta Roolf as our guest designer for the month of October! 

We are showcasing the amazing products of Katzelkraft this week! 

This week the challenge is: ADD SOME TEXTURE

A WALK IN THE FOREST 

Fantastic Fungi are all around us! Take a walk in the woods, check along the stream banks, look in your yard after the rains, and I bet you can spot some mushrooms in all their myriad of colors, shapes and sizes. The world of fungus is amazing, and if you are interested in learning more, there is a great documentary on Netflix called "Fantastic Fungi." 

Isn't this a fabulous stamp set from Katzelkraft? I love the beautiful details on the mushrooms and the variety of them to work with. 

I headed to my 8x8 journal and began with a layer of transparent texture paste. Apply with a palette knife through a stencil and let dry. I'm using leaves in my background for the nature theme of this page.

Once the texture page is fully dry, apply inks. I applied the ink with the round mini blender tool, beginning with warm colors and leaving open space for more color.

Next up, a bit of purple...

...then blue...

Rusty Hinge next...

And finally, I blended ground espresso over the page, wiping back over the leaves. 

I was aiming for a fall feel with the color. I like how hints of the underlying colors come through.

I stamped lots of images onto watercolor paper with Simon's Black dye ink and let it dry thoroughly before using the watercolors.

Once dry, it's time to fussy cut all the images out.

Believe it or not, one of the hardest steps is figuring out the layout. When you have so many wonderful images to work with, it's a challenge getting it all to balance. I popped the fungi up and glued the words on.

Details...

Texture and dimension are achieved with texture paste, color layering and 3D foam.

On your next walk in the forest, keep your eyes open for some fantastic fungi!

A WALK IN THE FOREST

 Now it's your turn to create with texture! If you have any Katzelkraft, we would love to see it!

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

Supplies:

Katzelkraft Mushpignons stamp set

Ranger Ink Transparent Texture Paste

Dylusions Creative Journal 8x8

Dylusions Large Leaf It Out stencil

Tim Holtz Distress Oxide inks - Fossilized Amber, Wild Honey, Ripe Persimmon, Villainous Potion, Mermaid Lagoon, Rusty Hinge

Tim Holtz Distress Ground Espresso ink

Simon Says Stamp Black dye ink

Canson Watercolor Paper

Watercolors

Watercolor Brushes 

Simon Says Stamp Fine Detail Scissors

Scrapbook Adhesives foam tape

Palette knife

Bearly Art Precision Glue

Ranger Mini Blender Tool and Domed Ink Blending Foam

 

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

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