Wedding/Anniversary

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

It's been wonderful having Estelle with us this month! Thanks for sharing your amazing creativity! 

This week the challenge is: WEDDING/ANNIVERSARY

Follow Your Heart 

I started the background with the grunge stamp and gray ink for a neutral layer. 

I stamped the flower and cut it out. 

I laid out the images for the bottom layer, and finally came up with a pleasing arrangement. 

Adding details like a rub on butterfly... 

Happy pups stamped on a tag... 

Follow your heart on a thin strip of watercolor paper... 

Put it all together, and voila! I think this will be perfect as a wedding or anniversary card for dog lovers. 

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

Supplies:

Tracy Evans Beauty surrounds Us stamps

Watercolor paper

Simple Stories Vintage Junk Drawer papers

Simon Says Stamp Nocturne ink

Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Whale ink

Tim Holtz Ground Espresso ink

Simple Stories Vintage Junk Drawer rub ons

Tracy Evans Grunge stencil

Simon Says Stamp Gray Small Blending Brush

Simon Says Stamp Everyday Scissors

Simon Says Stamp Foam Squares

adhesive 

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

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Simon Says: Let's Art Journal

 

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

 

This week the challenge is: LET'S ART JOURANL

Art journaling is always interesting. You start with an idea and have a plan, then in the midst of creating, you take a whole new direction. That's what happened to me this week. I was all set to create a very colorful background over the black and white. Instead, once I added in the grid stencil, it pulled it together so well, I decided to stay with black and white and add colorful stamped images instead. 

HOW DOES YOUR GARDEN GROW? 

 I began by collaging printed tissue onto the journal pages. Next, I went in with the grid stencil and black ink. The stenciling really pulled the pages together with some unity.

While those pages dried, I stamped flowers and ferns on book paper I had painted in bright colors from my stash. Then, I cut out the images to layer onto my pages. 

 I layered my bright flowers and ferns onto both pages.

Here you can see the text coming through.

 I added more detail with white, and added a few dimensional butterflies. It's always a beautiful sight to see butterflies in the garden! 

Details...

My final step was to hand letter "How does your garden grow?", then add it across the pages. I have art journals of all shapes and sizes, and it was fun to work in a long landscape format here. 

 How does your garden grow?

Personally, mine is having a hard time emerging from all the winter snow.

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

Supplies:

Tracy Evans Beauty Surrounds Us stamps

Simple Stories Simple Vintage Woodlands stamps 

Paper Artsu Printed Tissue PT01

Simon Says Stamp Grid Stencil

Prima Cherry Sweet Ephemera

Dina Wakley Scribble Sticke

Dylusions Flip Journal

Stash paper - painted book paper

watercolor paper

Tim Holtz Collage Medium

Bearly Art Precision Glue

Simon Says Stamp Nocturne ink

Simon Says Stamp Small Blending Brush

Simon Says Stamp Fine Detail Scissors

Fine Detailer with white paint

Black Pen

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

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Simon Says: Make Your Own Background

 

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

Since this is the beginning of the month, we are showcasing the beautiful products from Tracy Evans. I love her focus on nature. 

Please join me in welcoming our guest artist this month - Simona Rebecchi. You might also recognize her as "Ginny and the Sheep". Welcome back Simona!

This week the challenge is:MAKE YOUR OWN BACKGROUND

I made two bookmark tags this week. I just finished listening to the book "Beware of Chicken" which was recommended by a friend, then I in turn recommended it to my son. It was such a fun book to listen to! One of the main characters is a chicken, well, rooster, actually. And yes, there is a kitten in it too. This is where some stamps from Tracy Evans sparked my imagination! 

 

I began by wiping on some brown paint with a baby wipe, then spritzing with water and lifting some.

Next up, a stencil layer with turquoise paint.

Let's build another layerewith a stamp.

Then, I toned down some stash paper with ground espresso ink. I stamped my words, and added the cat peering over them.

Time for some white splatter!

I stamped the chicken, spritzed with distress micas sprays, added a bit of orange with a scribble stick, then fussy cut them out. Once glues on, I went around them with a black pen and more orange. Final step was to do the hearts in white. Maybe the chickens would stand out more if I had left them in black, but the book talks about his beautiful, glossy feathers.

                                       

I took apart a bit of string and tied it on to the tag/bookmars.

Closeup detail of my own background...

Two lovely bookmark tags to give away. I love when I find art inspo in books!

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

Supplies:

Tracy evans Grunge Stencil

Tracy Evans Feathered Friend stamps

Tracy Evans Creative Spark stamps

Tracy Evans Numerical Cats stamps

Inky Antics Andrea's  Alphabet stamps

Dina Wakley Media Tag

Dina Wakley Scribble Sticks

Tim Holtz Distress Spritz

Simon Says Stamp Nocturne ink

TIm Holtz Ground Espresso ink

Simon Says Stamp White Splatter

Dina Wakley Acrylic Paints -Turquoise, Cocoa, and Umber

Bearly Art Precision Glue

Tim Holtz Collage Medium

Simon Says Stamp Fine Detail Scissors

Stash papers

Watercolor paper

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

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