Feminine Mystique

 

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

It's been wonderful having Estelle Palumbo aka atouscrap with us this month! Thanks for sharing your awesome inspiration with us, Estelle! 

This week the challenge is: FEMININE

Ah, the feminine mystique... 

Graphic 45's Imagine paper is perfect to create a bit of feminine mystery. I began by fussy cutting a lot of the paper elements I wanted to use on my tag. Graphic 45 is one of my favorite papers to use in projects.

To create a bit more depth, I edged the floral pieces with Simon Says Stamp's new Pawsitively Saturated Terracotta ink, using a small blending brush.

The burlap flower I had in my stash was beige, so I added color by blending Simon's Cheeky ink and using a small blending brush.

  

I was inspired by the paper design and gears to add layers of metal cogs and gears to my tag. I also added some scattered Dazzling gems. Beacon's 3 in  1 glue works really well for heavier pieces.  

I popped up multiple flowers over her head to create dimension. 

Lots of dimension...

I was going to add ribbon to the top, but while digging through my stash, I came across this burlap flower and shell stick pin, so added those to the top instead. A gear and dazzling gem rounds it off. 

Feminine and Steampunk all rolled into one...

 

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

Supplies:

Graphic 45 Imagine 8x8 paper pack

Dylusions #10 Black tag 

Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Saturated inks - Terracotta, Cheeky

Simon Says Stamp Fine Detail Scissors

Simon Says Stamp Small Blending Brushes

Simon Says Stamp Foam Tape

Simon Says Stamp Dazzling Clear Gems

Beacon 3 in 1 glue

Ranger Glossy Accents

Tim Holtz Mini gears sprockets and Sprocket gears with watch parts

Burlap flower from stash

Jewelry stick pin from stash 

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

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