Monday, March 27, 2017

Simon Says...Things With Wings

Hi Everyone...welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog...thank you for joining us for last week's challenge...we hope you can join us this week too because...

and the theme for this week is...
THINGS WITH WINGS
I decorated a canvas to celebrate the official arrival of Spring and for once the weather seems to be playing ball...after a beautiful sunshine weekend...I have my fingers crossed that the sun will decide to stay for a while.
I started off by creating the background with Distress Oxide inks...smooshed Cracked Pistachio on to my small non stick craft mat, spritzed with water, picked the mat up and pounced the ink on to my canvas....easier than picking the canvas up...don't you think.  I then repeated the process with Walnut Stain and continued layering, spritzing and drying until I was happy with the coverage...
I applied Ranger Crackle Texture Paste through the Ornate Layering Stencil and left it to dry...
replaced the stencil and applied more Crackle Texture coloured with the smallest drop of Fossilized Amber Distress Re-inker in small areas...
I fixed down torn strips of  Melange Tissue Wrap and Aristocrat Design Tape with Ranger Collage Medium Matte...

and added images from Idea-ology Botanical Layers...
and Thinlits Garden Greens cut from white and black cardstock

I coloured the Idea-ology Paper Dolls with Distress Markers...a coat of Collage Medium Matte before applying the colour will ensure it doesn't smear and rub off.
and die cut the Mini Detailed Butterflies from Distress Oxide backgrounds I had sitting on my workdesk from a previous playtime...
layered them up and added Glossy Accents to the body section. I added a Quote Chip...
and Alpha Transparent Tiles...I cut around the Ampersand Tile to make it less prominent and added Idea-ology Letterpress coloured with Cracked Pistachio and Fossilized Amber Distress Paint sanded slightly to create a distress look.

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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I look forward to seeing what you create this week...
Have Fun and Happy Crafting
Hugs Kath xxx