Hello Monday, my friends! And welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge. Thank you for joining us for the SUMMER SUN Challenge and we hope you will all join us again this week too.
This week the challenge is: LOTS OF LAYERS
I created a little folio book to keep track of your summer reads, or to keep track of the books you want to read. I thought it would make a fun gift for an avid reader.
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I began with a collage layer using Tim Holtz Archives tissue paper. Next up, some ink smooshing with Simon's Ocean ink.
I added a second layer of ink smooshing with Simon's Mocha ink.
Next up, a painty layer....I used Simon Says Stamp's In the Round stencil with the Tangerine paint. Then, I smudged white paint over some areas. I am always inspired by teamie Andrea's excellent use of white paint on her makes.
Then, it was a matter of placing the accordion book and holder with some tags into place.
I added a tiny clothespin and the word KNOW to the accordion book section.
An assortment of tags for more jotting space...
The accordion fold book for lots of notes...
Back cover...
Front cover...
I added the chipboard words and letters for READ, some washi tape and a hand dyed ribbon all nicely grunged up..
As always Simon Says Stamp will be giving away a $25 voucher to shop at the fabulous Simon Says Stamp Store
Hello Monday, my friends! And welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge. Thank you for joining us for the Have a Heart Challenge and we hope you will all join us again this week too.
Please join me in welcoming back our guest designer for the month - Cassie Lynch aka mk_knits! You've seen her gorgeous work before, so get ready for lots more inspiration from Cassie.
At the beginning of each month we showcase a company, and this month it is STAMPERIA, a favorite of mine!
This week the challenge is: FUN WITH STENCILS
I came across an old kit from River City Rubber Works in my stash and thought it was perfect for this week's challenge.This is what happens when you finally clean out your craft space (well, mostly...) - you find some forgotten treasures to work with.
Also, when I saw the Coffee and Chocolate paper from Stamperia, I knew I had to get it. I do so love my coffee and chocolate!
I'VE ADDED A VIDEO AT THE BOTTOM, SO BE SURE TO CHECK IT OUT!
Starting off by scoring and folding the tags and cutting out snippets with my Simon scissors. The light tag becomes a holder for the pencil.
Stamperia has stencils that match their papers. I'm using Simon's Pawsitively Saturated Mocha ink, and one of their small blending brushes for my stenciling.
I added papers from Stamperia's Coffee and Chocolate line to the tag books, along with stenciled buts.
Outside papers...
Stenciling a tag for the front ...
....adding some hand dyed ribbon ( using the Mocha ink and seam binding), and creating a focal point for the cover. Add a stack of sticky notes inside the tag book.
Thread through more hand dyed ribbon to close the sticky note tag book.
For the second tag book, you cut a section of the tag off and into two pieces. Roll these and attach on opposite sides for the pencil.
I decided to do lots of stenciling on this one, and used both the Chocolate and Coffee stencils from Stamperia.
I added a few paper cut out embellishments from the line.
Also, I've distressed the edges of all papers and tags with the Mocha ink/
Inside with another "Latte tag" Adhere the sticky notes to the right hand side.
I added a bit of the hand dyed ribbon to the cover, and this one is held closed by the pencil.
The third book I made is a matchbook sticky note holder. I had to stencil doppio on the back, since that is my husband's favorite coffee.
Here are the backs of each of the three tag books.
Covers...
COFFEE AND CHOCOLATE TIME!
and...I've even put together a little video to take you through the tag books!
As always Simon Says Stamp will be giving away a $25 voucher to shop at the fabulous Simon Says Stamp Store
Hello Monday my friends! And welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge. Thank you for joining us for the Get Lucky Challenge and we hope you will all join us again this week too.
This week the challenge is: RAINBOW
I knew when I saw Simon's new mushroom die that I wanted to make a mushroom rainbow. I decided to make a little mini book of folders, all about mushrooms.
I began by die cutting the mushrooms and coloring them with distress watercolor pencils.
I die cut several folders and goodies to make this little book with Tim's dies and papers.
Fun details...
Mushroom clusters with a little tag...
A rainbow of mushrooms...
More details...
A little folder book with a rainbow mushroom theme...easy peasy!
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As always Simon Says Stamp will be giving away a $25 voucher to shop at the fabulous Simon Says Stamp Store
