Showing posts with label Simon Says Stamp Monday. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Simon Says Stamp Monday. Show all posts

Monday, November 16, 2015

Thankful

Time to be thankful at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge. This week the challenge is to use thanks or thankful as your inspiration.

I am both thankful and giving thanks for our family and friends.  This Thanksgiving we are going to my SIL for dinner which makes the day a nice restful day for us.  We only have to bring a dish to pass and my hubby has already volunteered to create it! 

I decided to show my appreciation to my SIL and create a card for her.

 The background is stamped with a mix of Tea-Dye and Antique Linen dye inks with the Peeled Paint stamp.

I then die cut a mix of the  Sizzix Autumn Gatherings and used the Ranger Distress Stain Sprays (Fired Brick, Spiced Marmalade, Crushed Olive) along with the Heidi Swapp Color Shine - Mustard
  to color the leaves.

I traced a circle on my background to keep my wreath in shape and then layered the leaves into a wreath.  I added a touch of seed beads to the leaves and voila a wreath.

Products:  Darkroom Door - Peeled Paint, Ranger Distress Ink - Antique Linen, Tea-Dye, Brown Cardstock, Simon Says Stamp Thanksgiving Table

As always Simon Says Stamp will be giving away $50 voucher to shop at the fabulous Simon Says Stamp Store
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So now it's YOUR turn, come play along and show us what you are thankful for. This challenge will run for two weeks on Monday 8am Ohio time. 1pm UK time, 2 pm CET to join in

Suzz

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Monday, October 12, 2015

Watercolor

If you asked me what my favorite medium is I would have to say that watercolor and sprays are probably at the top of the list.
and guess what?
 
it's a watercolor challenge at  Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge.

 

I have to say this is one of my favorite projects I have created in a while.  The background just came together and then the butterfly is always on the top of my list to stamp.

I started with a nice heavy watercolor paper in the background and then I used some pretty sprays on a project which I pooled up the color on the water color paper and let them dry.  After that it was a matter of creating circles in various sizes by outlining them with watercolor pencils and adding shading with water color pencils on the circles.

I stamped the butterfly onto the background and it didn't get stamped as dark as I wanted it to so I quick threw on black embossing powder and heat set it.  This did a couple of things it helped make the image pop and it filled in where the stamping was a touch uneven. 

TIP:  The sentiment was stamped on tissue paper and decoupaged to the surface. This helps in a couple of ways:  some of us (namely me) like to stamp our sentiments at the end and oops it ends up crooked.  With stamping it on the tissue paper you get a chance to place it on and visually see where  you want it and align it.  The second thing it fixes is if you don't get enough ink or pressure and your sentiment doesn't get a good enough image. By doing it first on the tissue paper you can repeat as needed until you get your image you desire.

Products:  Ranger Distress Stain Spray - Fossilized Amber, Barn Door, Beacon Fast Finish Decoupage, Simon Says Stamp Nested Wafer Circle DiesBlack Embossing Powder, Ranger Archival Ink - BlackStrathmore Watercolor Paper, watercolor pencil,   fine tipped waterbrush,   Stampers Anonymous Perspective, Impression Obsession

As always Simon Says Stamp will be giving away $50 voucher to shop at the fabulous Simon Says Stamp Store
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So now it's YOUR turn, come play along and show us your stamp and punch combination. You have until Monday 8am Ohio time. 1pm UK time, 2 pm CET to join in

Suzz

If you use instagram add  #sssmchallenge to your challenge entry uploads so we can see them on there too!

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Monday, September 21, 2015

STAMPtember Blog Hop


You should have arrived here from the wonderfully creative Sandra.  If not then you will need to go to the Simon Says Stamp Store Blog to start from the beginning. 

Use A Stamp And Blog Hop

You must create a project using a rubber or clear stamp, no digi images allowed, add your creation to the linky AND hop around the designers blogs leaving comments along the way.

We are showcasing the new STAMPtember® products that have just been released. CLICK HERE to see them all. It is a HUGE release with loads of fabulous stamps, dies, stencils and much more!

I was happy to receive the Simon Says Stamp Tim Holtz Exclusive stamps.

I created a card inspired by the sentiment with the hand.  I stamped over the background with a map stamp.  Layered in a leftover scrap of a map.  I added in the compass with a touch of watercolor and finished it with the sentiment. 


I also was lucky enough to receive these sweet Simon Says Stamp Stitched Pumpkin Dies and decided to create a Thanksgiving inspired card as well.

I had the Simon Says Stamp Thanksgiving Table set which was a cute backdrop to the pumpkins. I added a bit of stenciling in a strip along the bottom to ground my grouping.  

Products: Simon Says Stamp Exclusive: Tim Holtz Stamps, Stitched Pumpkin Dies, Thanksgiving Table, Ranger Distress Ink - Spiced Marmalade, Vintage Photo, Fossilized Amber, Peeled Paint, Stampers Anonymous - World Map, Classics Watercolor Pencils, Waterbrush, Black Twine, Ranger Archival Ink - Black, Black Cardstock, Tim Holtz Layering Stencil - Lattice, Ranger Distress Stain Spray - Fossilized Amber,  Ranger Archival Ink - Coffee

I am the last person on the hop go back to the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge and join in on all the fun!


As always Simon Says Stamp will be giving away $50 voucher to shop at the fabulous Simon Says Stamp Store
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Each DT member also has a Simon's Goody Bag to give away too! All you need to do is leave me a comment on this post AND enter the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge 

Suzz



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There are fabulous Give Aways and inspiration from fabulous designers on a daily basis over on the Simon Says Stamp Blog , if you haven't subscribed by email you may want to so you don't miss out

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You have until Monday  8am Ohio time. 1pm UK time, 2 pm CET to join in


Sunday, August 9, 2015

Homegrown

How is your garden growing?  This summer we have had a cooler summer with lots of rain which means our garden is just flourishing!  My hubby really has the garden and does all the work.  The only garden I create is in my art.  The challenge this week at  Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge is Homegrown. 

I decided to focus on creating my own garden without the weeds!  I created a journal page celebrating the flowers of summer.
I started with placing a bunch of brightly colored paints in my journal after I gessoed the pages.  I poured the paint in the middle and closed the pages.  When I opened them I had lovely mix of colors.  I just laid a stencil in the puddles of paint and placed it around the edges to pick up the burlap effect from the stencil.
After that dried I decided to create my butterfly on a scrap paper. I cut it out and stamped it again on the journal page. 

I added my flowers with a hint of watercolor pencils in the flower.  I added shading around the flowers.  I then applied a touch of black embossing paste in the background along with some chicken wire stamped. 

I added some highlights to the flowers with a touch of white gel pen to make the flowers pop.

The butterfly received his own highlights as well.   This garden is a lot less work than the outside one!

Products: Stampers Anonymous Perspective, Ranger Dabber - Twisted Citron, Ranger Distress Dabber - Mustard Seed Ranger Dabber Paint - Ripe Persimmon, Signo - Uni-Ball White Gel Pen, Tim Holtz Layering Stencil - Burlap, Wendy Vecchi - Black Embossing Paste, Gesso, Darkroom Door Chicken Wire Stamp, Stampers Anonymous 2015 - Flowers, Stampers Anonymous - Live your Dream, Watercolor Pencils, Waterbrush,

Come join in and show off what you are planning this week  for a chance to win a Simon Says Stamp  $50 gift voucher!


Have a wonderful week!

Suzz

Sunday, June 7, 2015

April Showers

April Showers brings May flowers. We have been in the midst of a shower of flowers.  With two girls having two graduations and having multiple awards nights we have been bringing flowers to a variety of events.  The Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge challenge this week is plants and I decided to use this as an opportunity to create some paper flowers to present to my daughter.  


Here is the finished picture with a few gift cards attached.  Saved on the flowers and bought her a few gift cards which she was thrilled with.
I have to admit that this was a bit addictive and I ended up with two bouquets of flowers in a variety of sizes.

You start with tissue paper and fold it into an accordion fold.  The most important thing is to have enough sheets of tissue paper so you get a nice full flower.  The rest can be varied (Length, Edges, Colors)

After you have folded it you will die the tissue paper and then wait, wait and wait some more to dry. I did use the heat gun to speed along the process but I let part of it dry overnight.

Once that is done you will need to add a tie in the middle. I used a light wire to tie the middle.

You will trim the edges.  On his one I chose to cut a rounded scallop on the edges and then cut out a little divot

You pull up each layer of the tissue paper up to the center from each side. This flower ended up not having enough folds and tissue paper so it didn't make it into the bouquet.

Here are a few other samples of flowers;


This was one of my favorites and ended up being quite large but a great focal flower for the center of the bouquet.

This flower I cut the ends into a point :
Less petals with a scalloped edge on the petals:
A fuller version:

To finish off the flowers I attached flowers stems by using the leftover wire on the center.  I sprayed some tissue paper to create my wrapping on the bottom of the bouquet.  I stamped on the gift card holder with some sentiments telling her how proud we were of her accomplishments.

Products: Ranger Archival Ink - Black  Ranger Distress Stain Spray -Fired BrickMustard Seed, Barn Door,  Spiced MarmaladeCracked PistachioFlower stems , Simon Says Stamp - More Sketchy  Banner Simon Says Stamp - Tilted Banner Sayings


Simon Says Stamp is offering a $50 gift voucher to a randomly selected participant in the challenge, come play along!

Thanks for stopping by!


Suzz