Journey

How about a trip or a few different trips to exciting destinations?  This week the challenge at  Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge is about journeys.  You can interpret that in a variety of ways. I decided to create a few different tags inspired by placing I have either visited or want to visit. .  

My first tag is Parisian.  I have never been to France at all but it is definitely on my list to visit.

This tag came together quickly with the inspiration from the Eiffel Tower die cut and the harlequin pattern background.  I added a dusting of glimmer mist over the background. I sponged in the pattern using a stencil.  I then found the postmark form Paris to stamp in the top.  The Eiffel tower was embossed and sponged with brown dye ink.

My next tag takes us to London. . I visited my sister there when I was 18 and have been back to England a few more times for work.  London has so many beautiful sights to see and I thoroughly enjoyed my visit and would love to return.

I used a mix of London stamps over a background created with embossing paste and glimmer mist.  The flag was stamped on muslin using two different watercolor markers.  The images were stamped on tissue paper and decoupaged to the tag.

My last tag is inspired by New York City.  We took a family roadtrip a few summers ago to the East Coast and New York City was a highlight on our trip. 

I turned the tag sideways and added a repeating pattern of the New York Buildings and added a background stamp for texture. I then took a layer of tissue paper stamped with words reflecting ravel and layered it along the bottom and tore off the top edge.

Indigo Blue - Live, Laugh, Love,  

Sizzix Tim Holtz Die - Fleur De Lis & Eiffel Tower, Sizzix - Weathered Clock, Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist, The Crafters Workshop Stencil - Harlequin, Visual Artistry - Stampers Anonymous - French Connection, Spellbinders Heart Die, Stampers Anonymous - Wish Text, Darkroom Door - Background Stamp - Corrugated Iron, DarkRoom Door - New York Vol 2, Darkroom Door - Wordblock - Journey, Ranger Archival Ink - Jet Black, Versafine - Smokey Gray, Artistic Outpost - Loverly London, Wendy Vecchi - Embossing Paste, Flowers, Burlap,  Ranger Distress Inks - Vintage Photo,  Ranger Distressing Tool,

Come join in the fun for a chance  to win a   Simon Says Stamp $50 Gift Voucher.

Happy Monday!

Suzz

Live, Laugh, Love

It is time for an anything goes challenge at  Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge.   Which means link up your projects and you will have an opportunity to win the 50$ Gift Voucher!

I recently received the Indigo Blue Live Laugh Love and it was the inspiration for my card

I stamped the background with a scattering of tiny leaves.  I then stamped the flowers multiple times onto white cardstock and cut them out to create a layer of flowers.

The dragonfly got a second layer of wings from tissue paper.  The center of the flowers were textured with a touch of crushed glass glitter.


Indigo Blue - Live, Laugh, Love, Impression Obsession - Cover a Card - Greenery, Stampendous Crushed Glass Glitter, Memento - Pear Tart, Ranger Archival - Vermillion, Potting Soil, Ranger Distressing Tool, Glittery Embossing Powder

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

Happy Monday!

Suzz

Birds in Spring

I love how the first real sign of spring for me is the birds in the early morning.  When I see the first robin I know the weather is starting to change.  Even though we still had some snow this week I have seen the robins and know it is only a matter of time that we will start to get warmer weather.

This was a quick card created with a background I had stamped previously using paint.  I stamped up the images from the new Indigo Blue set.

I colored my bird and leaves with STAEDTLER Karat Aquarell Watercolor Pencils

The background is Artistic Outpost - Janes Countryside.

Have a lovely day!

Suzz

Christmas Gifts

I have been shopping and wrapping this weekend. That fits right into my project this week for the
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge  to use tissue paper.   I love using tissue paper on my projects. Tissue paper is a great way to apply a stamped image on a variety of surfaces.  I always save the tissue paper from gifts to use for my projects.

I decided to use a pencil case to create a box that can be used to store pens/pencils and a great gift box for a teacher's gift.

Here is an angled shot showing  how the box opens up:

I started with the chipboard pencil case which I covered in white and yellow paint. I then added a touch of tissue tap around the edged of the box.

To cover the top I stamped the image on tissue paper with black water resistant ink.

I colored the image with watercolor pencils and waterbrush.  I partially colored this image to show you how the images look colored on the tissue paper.

I then painted the backside of the tissue paper to make the colors pop.  If I wanted them to be translucent and pick up the color behind the image I would have left off the paint.

I then applied them to the box with a decoupage medium on the box and over the tissue paper after I applied it to the box.

After the image dried I added a touch of white paint around the edges.  I then stamped the numbers around the edges using black ink. I am using this to wrap up a gift card.

Products: 
Paper Artsy Fresco Finish - Haystack, Snowflake, Crackle Glaze,  Indigo Blue - Dancing Children, Decoupage, Stampers Anonymous - Stuff to Say, TIm Holtz - Idea-ology Tissue Tape, Ranger Archival Ink - Black, Signo Uni-Ball White Gel Pen, Seam Binding Ribbon, Glimmer Mist - Blue, Pink, Waterbrush,

The ever generous  Simon Says Stamp. is offering a $50 Gift Voucher for one randomly selected participant in the challenge.   Come show your favorite way to use tissue paper.

Happy that you stopped over!

Suzz