Monday, April 11, 2016

April Showers Bring May Flowers...

Hi Everyone...I'm back in the cubbyhole and just in time for another week on the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog...thank you for joining us for last week's "Try To Resist" challenge...we hope you can join us this week too because

and the theme for this week is...
APRIL SHOWERS BRING MAY FLOWERS
and in my neck of the woods we've certainly been having plenty of showers...playing havoc with my weekend plans for a garden tidy up...
I decided to make another page for my 2016 Art Journal using one of my favourite Tim Holtz stamps...the beautiful Lady Rose. I'm not sure if roses bloom in May or not but hey us crafters are allowed a little bit of artistic licence from time to time...
I started off by adding some texture to the pages using Ranger Transparent Matte Texture Paste with the Tim Holtz Bubble Layering Stencil and stamped some floral images from Stampers Anonymous Wildflowers with Versamark Ink...sprinkled with Ranger Clear Embossing Powder and heat set. I coloured the pages with Hickory Smoke and Fossilized Amber Distress Paints applied with a baby wipe. Once the paint was dry I used Cut 'n Dry Foam to create a stippled blended effect and used the baby wipe to remove the paint from the Bubble Texture and stamped images.
I stamped the Lady Rose and flower images on to Tim Holtz Idea-ology Plain Tissue Wrap with Archival Black Ink and coloured the roses on the back with Distress Markers.
I die cut the doily from white cardstock and inked the edge with Hickory Smoke Distress Ink. I roughly cut out the Lady Rose and rose images and fixed everything in place with Distress Collage Medium. I love how the Tissue Wrap becomes transparent when wet and the images blend perfectly into the background so no need to stress over fussy cutting.
I added Idea-ology Film Strip Ribbon...an Adage Ticket and Design Tape...
more Design Tape and alphabet stickers from my stash...

and Small Talk stickers...
and applied some watered down gesso with the splatter brush...


You can find all the products I used over at the fabulous Simon Says Stamp online store...just click on the links below...


Why don't you pop over to the Monday Challenge Blog and check out the amazing creations from my very talented Design Team mates and as always you all have the chance to win a $50 gift voucher to spend at Simon Says StampYou have until Monday 8am Ohio time...1pm UK time...2 pm CET to join in...

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Thanks for popping by...
I can't wait to see what you all create for the challenge...have fun and happy crafting
Hugs Kath xxx