Trees

 

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

It's been great having Teresa with us this month sharing her wonderful creative mojo!  Looking forward to seeing more fabulous makes, Teresa!

This week the challenge is: TREES

Honored to be chosen as a favorite of the week at Splitcoaststampers!! 

The fallen leaves return to the earth to decay and bring forth new growth in the Spring.  I thought this quote from teamie Andrea Ockey Parr fit this idea perfectly for my art journal page.  

ALWAYS HOPE 

For my stamping, I inked up a couple of colors on the background stamps, spritzed them with water, then stamped. I wanted a blend of colors and a watercolor effect.  

I stamped the different leaf backgrounds for an all over print.  

Next step is to over stamp with the leaf outlines.  

I worked on the large piece, then cut it into 4's to place on my background paper, creating a bit of a window effect.  

 I stamped the words and some dots onto the center piece, mounted it, and tilted it.

AND ALWAYS THERE WAS HOPE 

I made mine into an art journal page, but on a smaller scale, this would make a lovely card too. 

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 2 Step Simple Leaves stamp set

Inky Antics Tiny Houses stamps

Simon Says Stamp Intense Black ink

Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Saturated inks - Apple, Rhubarb, Citrine, Terracotta, Mandarine,  Fairway and Field

Canson watercolor paper 

Simon Says Stamp Green Leaf  and Midnight Green cardstock

Distress Mister

Ranger Dylusions 8x8 journal

Paper Trimmer

Adhesive

Acrylic Blocks

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

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