Monday, August 1, 2016

Celebrate...

Hi Everyone...welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog...thank you for joining us for last week's "Add Some Texture" challenge and we hope you can join in the fun this week too...

and the theme for this week is...
CELEBRATE
We are celebrating our 6th Anniversary on the Monday Challenge so we thought we should do it in style and use Simon Says Stamp products this week. Obviously an anniversary is an extra special occasion so this week Simon Says Stamp will be giving away not one but TWO $50 gift vouchers to shop at the fabulous Simon Says Stamp Store...yes there will be 2 winners this week!


I decided to make a card using Simon Says Stamp Premium Dye Inks...Duckling and Cloudy Sky and the Moroccan Stencil to create the background. I masked off the bottom section and coloured with Catkin
but couldn't resist including SIMON himself from Tim Holtz Crazy Dog Stamps along with his lead and a pile of bones as an anniversary treat. I used the Molotow Masking Liquid Marker to mask off the white areas on his body and coloured the rest with Vintage Photo and Walnut Stain Distress Markers using the Ranger Detailer Water Brush.
I die cut Star Parade from white cardstock and also from card coloured with Simon Says Stamp Duckling and Cloudy Sky ink pads using the direct to paper technique. I inked the edges with Walnut Stain Distress Ink and fixed them back in place.
I coloured the circle from the Bundle of Stitched Shapes the same way and used Tim Holtz Numbers Layering Stencil from Set 7 and Walnut Stain Distress Ink to add the all important number along with a Cloudy Sky star and stamped "Celebrate" from Tim Holtz Crazy Talk around the edges using Ranger Archival Black ink...
and finished off giving all the stars a little touch of Wink of Stella Clear Glitter sparkle...

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 Design Team mates and our Guest Designer for August...the talented Christine BedfordYou have until Monday 8am Ohio time...1pm UK time...2 pm CET to join in the fun.

You can also follow Simon Says Stamp on Instagram


I'm looking forward to seeing what you all make this week
Happy Crafting 
and I'll be back in a little while to share what last week's cubbyhole crafty guests made for an extra special fun challenge.
Hugs Kath xxx