Simon Says - Use More Than One Stencil

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

and the theme for this week is...

MORE THAN ONE STENCIL

I created a page in my Dylusions Small Creative Journal using 4 of my favourite Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous Layering Stencils -  Splotches, Mosaic, Digits and Bubble, Simon Says Stamp Wild Rose stamp set, Tim Holtz/Idea-ology Yellow Palette Collection Papers and Tim Holtz/Sizzix Handwritten Vacation and Journey Thinlits.

I began by smooshing Broken China Distress Oxide ink on to my glass media mat, spritzed with water, transferred to the pages using a piece of plastic, added splatters and dried.

I added a collage of Tim Holtz/Idea-ology Yellow Palette Collection papers.

I applied Wild Honey and Broken China Distress Oxide inks through the Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous Splotches and Mosaic Layering Stencils using Mini Round Blending Tools.

Stamping on a journal page can be a hit and miss affair. So I stamped the floral image from Simon Says Stamp Wild Rose on to Dina Wakley Blank Media Tissue paper, inked with Versafine Clair Nocturne ink, drew around the images with a wet paintbrush, teased the paper away around the image with my finger and fixed the stamped images in place with Distress Collage Medium and my new best friend, the silicone brush featured by Tim on his last Live.

I applied Distress Black Texture Paste through the Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous Digits Layering Stencil.

I applied Distress Texture Paste Opaque through the Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous Bubble Layering Stencil.

Once the paste had dried, I scribbled around the edges of the collage pieces with a Walnut Stain Distress Crayon and smudged it out with my finger. (I know, I should have done this step before stencilling with the Texture Paste, but hey ho). I die-cut the Tim Holtz/Sizzix Handwritten Vacation and Journey Thinlits 3 times from Distress Watercolor card and fixed in place with Distress Collage Medium to create a dimensional page title.

I fussy cut the butterflies from the Tim Holtz/Ideaology Yellow Palette Collection paper and fixed in place with Simon Says Stamp 3D Thin Foam Squares and Distress Collage Medium.

You can find all the products I used over at Simon Says Stamp, 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 have until Monday 8am Ohio time...1pm UK time...2pm CET to join in with the chance to win a $25 voucher to spend online at Simon Says Stamp

You can also follow Simon Says Stamp on Instagram

and if you use Instagram...

please add #sssmchallenge to your entry uploads so we can see them on there too

I look forward to seeing what you create this week...

Have Fun and Happy Crafting

Hugs Kath xxx

Hold Fast To Who You Are

Hello my friends, I'm back to share a modern contemporary card using Simon Says Stamp Artsy Butterflies 6" x 8" stamp set, an add on to the April Card Kit and Stay True 4" x 6" stamp set from the recent In My Heart release, on a simple Distress Paint background.

I trimmed Distress Watercolor card to 4" x 51/4" and added vertical stripes of Spun Sugar, Scattered Straw, Wild Honey, Old Paper, Shabby Shutters and Shaded Lilac Distress Paints using a small flat paintbrush.

I added splatters using Black Soot Distress Paint.

I stamped the sentiment from the Stay True stamp set and the butterflies from Artsy Butterflies, inked with Versafine Clair Nocturne ink.

I added Gina K Black Mini Pearls, matted the panel on to Distress Black HeavyStock trimmed to be 1/8" larger and fixed to a top-folding A2 white card blank.

Have fun with whatever  you are creating.

Hugs Kath xxx

Simon Says - Bright and Cheerful

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

and the theme for this week is...

BRIGHT AND CHEERFUL

I created 2 cards with neutral backgrounds using Simon Says Stamp Big Basket Weave Stencil, added bright and cheerful coloured butterflies using Simon Says Stamp Artsy Butterflies stamp set and the co-ordinating Stencils/Masks and Tim Holtz/Ideaology Thoughts Label Stickers for the sentiments.

I trimmed 1/8" off  2- A2 panels of Distress Watercolor card and applied Hickory Smoke and Bundled Sage Distress Oxide inks through Simon Says Stamp Big Basket Weave Stencil to create neutral backgrounds.

I stamped 3 butterlies from Simon Says Stamp Artsy Butterflies on to each panel, inked with Versafine Clair Nocturne Ink to save fussy cutting the delicate antennae and stamped again on to Distress Watercolor card.

I stamped the script, splatters and circle images from Simon Says Stamp A Little Artsy, inked with Versafine Clair Nocturne Ink, Peacock Feathers, Spiced Marmalade, Picked Raspberry and Wilted Violet Distress Oxide inks.

I inked around the edges of the panel with Picked Raspberry and Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide inks. I coloured the butterflies using Simon Says Stamp Artsy Butterflies Stencils/Masks, Simon Says Detail Round Blending Brushes with the same 4 colours of Distress Oxide inks and added Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Perfect Black Splatter.

I fussy cut around the butterflies leaving a white border and cutting off the antennae (there are dies available, linked below) and fixed to the panels with Simon Says Stamp 3D Thin Foam Squares to create lift and dimension.

I added 49andMarket Fresh Start Rub-Ons to add more interest to the backgrounds.

To finish I added Tim Holtz/Idea-ology Thoughts Label Stickers popped up on Simon Says Stamp 3D Thin Foam Squares for the sentiments and matted the panels on to A2 white card blanks.

You can find all the products I used over at Simon Says Stamp, 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 have until Monday 8am Ohio time...1pm UK time...2pm CET to join in with the chance to win a $25 voucher to spend online at Simon Says Stamp

You can also follow Simon Says Stamp on Instagram

and if you use Instagram...

please add #sssmchallenge to your entry uploads so we can see them on there too

I look forward to seeing what you create this week...

Have Fun and Happy Crafting

Hugs Kath xxx

Woohoo, They're Back

Hello my friends, if you tuned into the Tim Holtz Distress Paint Asked + Answered Live, you'll know that Ranger have brought 28 iconic colours of Distress Paint back into the collection and now would be a good time to restock any of the colours you may be missing. If you missed the Live, you can check it out HERE.

After adding dots of each colour to panels of Distress Watercolor card, I decided to add a little stamping and die-cut sentiments to turn them into a set of cards to gift to a friend.

I divided the paints into 7 sets of 4, roughly in colour families and trimmed Distress Watercolor card to create 7 - 4.1/4" square panels. I added a drop of each paint colour on to my Glass Media Mat and added 4 dots of each of the 4 colours to each panel using Distress Tiny Blending Tools. I stamped the floral images from Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous Embroidery on to the panels inked with Versafine Clair Nocturne Ink.

I fixed Sizzix Adhesive Sheet to the backside of Distress Black HeavyStock and Distress Watercolor card, die-cut the words using Tim Holtz/Sizzix Handwritten Celebrate, Love and Journey Thinlits and fixed to the panels.

I completed the sentiments using Simon Says Stamp Reverse Friends, Reverse All The Love Sentiment Strips and Journaling Strips.

I matted the panels on to 4.1/2" square white card blanks.

Enjoy your weekend whatever you have planned and I'll be back on Monday to share my DT project for Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge.

Hugs Kath xxx