Love You All the Way to The Moon

Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge this week challenges us to the moon.  I knew that I was going to scrap a page with with my youngest.  One of our favorite nighttime stories is the book "Guess How Much I love you?"   This started a nightly tradition of saying how much we loved each other.

We always tried to top each other and I loved that she came up with all the way to baby Jesus star and back.

I had a fantastic time creating this layout and loved how the page turned out even before I put the words and the photo into my moon.

The background was started with a mix of embossing paste applied over a star stencil.  I let that dry and then came back in with a shimmery gold mist sprayed over the entire surface.  I cut out a large circle to use to trace my moon in with watercolor pencil. I used a waterbrush to soften the edges.

I also cut a series of stars using a variety of dies which I then stamped with script.  I popped some of the stars up and left some layered under.   I added a touch of shadows with a blue watercolor pencil.  I added a mix of sequins in the background.

I printed out the words and cut them up to frame the circle. along with the image which worked in hanging off the edge of the moon.

Products:  Heidi Swapp Gold Lame, Stampers Anonymous Tiny Words,  Wendy Vecchi Embossing Paste, Memory Box Star Dust Stencil, Simon Says Stamp Sequins, Simon Says Stamp Star Dies, Sizzix Stacked Stars, Ranger Archival Ink - Black, Waterbrush

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Suzz

Folded Up

The challenge at  Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge  is all about the big stamp. Whether it is a background, large image, pattern, or maybe just a big stamp pad.  I have a great fondness for big stamps and love to use them in the background to add texture. 

To show off many of my big stamps I decided to try out this folded up card.  This is the back of the card which actually could be mailed with an address.  When you flip it over the other side looks like this:

and here is it opened up:

On the other side:

Partially opened which explains the funny angles on the previous picture:

And finally in the process of being opened:

Want to see how to fold this up? 

I actually created two of these and I am going to show you some of the folds with my second version of the project.

1. Measure out your paper into thirds.  I used 12 x 12 for this to make it easier. :) I knew my thirds would be every 4".

2.  Turn the paper 45 degrees and repeat the score at 4" from the edge.  Do this for each side of the paper.

3.  Next we are going to fold each corner into the center. Take the corner and pull it to the center and using a bone folder score the edge.  Repeat this again on each corner.

To make mine more flexible I flipped my paper over and repeated the scoring.   The next step is a little trickier.

4.  Fold the paper in a diagonal over so that the opposite corners touch.  But don't score across and don't fold completely.  Score only the corner to the middle square.  See the diagram below.

Repeat this in both directions.  This will leave you the square with no crease for your front.  After you complete this you will have completed your scoring and you know can fold it up. 

5.  The first step is to pull the sides up all around.  Push in the centers on the side to start the folding in to the center.  You can see I have pushed in the triangles which has the large triangle flaps starting to form.

This is how the flaps should fold in together.  I had a really hard time getting this to work and had to have my older daughter help me. :)  So don't give up. Keep trying until you get the folds to work.

This is how it looks when it all folds together.  This view is from my second project. 

6.  To tuck in the folds to the center start with one flap and fold it to the center.

Take the second flap and fold it over and tuck it under the first flap:

Take the third flap and tuck it under the second flap.

The fourth flap tucks in under the third flap:

And the finished product.  The front on this one:

Here is the inside and out of this project:

I used a variety of big stamps and small to create my projects.  I will list them all in the products section.  I spritzed the front and back of my white cardstock with a spray and let it dry before I started any stamping.

I made a model from white cardstock and marked it up to determine where to stamp to coordinate.  I masked off the sections with post it notes to stamp the sections.

Products:

Heidi Swapp - Color Shine - Primrose,  Ranger Archival Ink - Magenta Hue, 
  Impression Obsession - Splatter,  Hero Arts Classic Fabric Design,   Hero Arts Large Fabric Design,
  Stampers Anonymous - Bird Feather,     Botanical Remnant Rubs,   Visual Artistry - French Connection,       Heidi Swapp - Color Shine - Citron,   Hero Arts Music Background,     Stampers Anonymous - Spring Sprung,       Stampers Anonymous - Tiny Things,    Visual Artistry - Lost & Found,    Simon Says Exclusive - Stars Dies ,   Simon Says Exclusive - Amazing Birthday,  Memento - Pear Tart,  Ranger Distress Ink - Picked Raspberry    The Crafters Workshop - Star Stencil,     Hero Arts - Life of the Party Dots  Impression Obsession Swirls & Stars

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Thanks for stopping by!

Suzz

Wings

This week the challenge at  Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge is all about winged things. 
 Of course you know I started thinking about butterflies and birds right away but you can be inspired by airplanes, fairy wings or dragonflies.

I started playing with a brand new stencil from Memory Box called Happy Days.  I laid it onto white cardstock and started misting away.

These are just two of the pieces I created.  I added a bit of tulle with a little tag and a sweet little sentiment and a swarm of baby butterflies.

Products:

Memory Box - Happy Day, Heidi Swapp - Color Shine - Primrose, Memory Box - Dancing Butterflies Die, Memory Box - Wishing You, Crinoline,  Versafine Toffee Ink, Dylusions Sprays, Memory Box - Jingle Bells, Ranger Archival Ink - Magenta Hue, 
  StazOn - Teal Blue

Come play along with us  for an opportunity for a chance  to win a   Simon Says Stamp $50 Gift Voucher.

Happy Monday!

Suzz

Art Creations Friday Challenge # 2

This friday's challenge from Art Creations http://artcreationsfriday.blogspot.com/ was to use a background painted by Vintage Wil. This is her background:

It is very pretty because there are other tints of colors in the background and I happen to have a fondness for grey although I don't use it alot in my cards. I consider it another great neutral.

Here is my card made from the background:

Recipe:

1. I started with a mask that I just purchased from Tim Holtz that I have been wanting to use. I laid it along the side of the paper. I sponged over it with the teal ink.
2. Ink the bird in the branches stamp with versamark and stamp next to the masked border and the bottom left corner. Heat emboss with copper metallic embossing powder.
3. Stamp the flourish on the top right and left side with versamark. Heat emboss using green embossing powder.
4. I also purchased a mask from Heidi Grace at the same time. I placed a portion of that in the top left corner and sponged over it with the same teal ink.
5. I placed the same floral mask on the bottom and inked over that. Sponge teal around the outside edges.
6. Stamp the sentiment in the middle on the bottom half of the card using teal ink.
7. Tie twine around and use button in the knot. Add two more buttons on either side.

Products:

• Ranger Distress Ink - Pine Needle
• Penny Black - Natures Dance
• Verses Rubber Stamps - Apache Blessing
• Tim Holtz - Borderline Mask
• Heidi Swapp - Mask Floral
• Judikins Metallic Copper Embossing Powder
• Ranger Embossing Powder - Lettuce
• Versmark Watermark Ink
  

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