Mushroom Magic

 

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

This week the challenge is: SPRITZ AND SPLATTER 

Mushroom Magic 

I am drawn to mushrooms for some reason. They grow in so many forms, sizes and colors, and are connected to each other underground. This seemed the perfect subject matter for this week's challenge. 

 

I began with a piece of scrap white, and stenciled mushrooms onto it with spray stains and stencil. 

While that dried, I cut out patterned papers to collage onto the mushroom pieces with collage medium. 

I added another layer with the printed tissue.  

I used a file to get the edges trimmed, and like the distressed look it gives also. Then, I added splatters of the glossy mediums.  

I debated with different ideas on how I wanted to use my mushrooms. I finally decided on a black canvas board  that I stenciled with the grid stencil and mica stain.  

I stamped a few butterflies to add... 

These words seemed perfect, and I stamped them on a kraft tag. 

 An odd number of elements in always a good choice, so I added three butterflies. 

I echoed the twine I added to the tag, by tying a bit around one mushroom. 

Lots of spritzing and splattering, even on the grasses. 

 

MUSHROOM MAGIC!

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Supplies: 

Simple Stories Vintage Woodlands paper

Simple Stories Vintage Woodlands stamps

Stamperia crafty shapes Hidden Grove mushrooms

Paper Artsy printed tissue hot picks

Simon Says stamp white cardstock

Stencil Girl Mushroom stencil

Simon Says S\amp grid stencil

#8 Kraft tag

Simon Says Stamp versa fine  clair nocturne Ink

Tim Holtz ground espresso distress ink

simon Says Stamp small blending brush

Tim Holtz Matte collage medium

palette knife

Tim Holtz Harvest Moon Distress Stain

Tim Holtz Pumpkin Spray Stain

Dina Wakley Glossy acrylic medium - Gnarly and Radical

Beacon 3 in 1 glue

Simon Says Stamp Fine Detail and Everyday scissors

black canvas board

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

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