Simon Says - Thinking Of You

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...

THINKING OF YOU

I created a set of Thinking Of You Notecards using Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous Ticking and Grain, Dearly Departed, Sketchy Leaves stamped on Vellum and Simon Says Thinking Of You Heart die for the sentiments.

I trimmed Distress Watercolor card to create 3 - 4" x 5.1/4" panels. I stamped one of the backgrounds from Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous Ticking and Grain, inked with Crushed Olive, Frayed Burlap and Wild Honey Distress Archival on to the panels. 

I inked the leaf image from Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous Sketchy Leaves with a mix of Distress Inks, Rusty Hinge, Peeled Paint, Forest Moss and Spiced Marmalade Distress inks, spritzed the stamp with water and stamped randomly on the panel to create a faded watercolor effect.

I inked the script stamp from Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous Dearly Departed with Rusty Hinge Distress Oxide ink and stamped randomly on the panels.

I stamped the Sketchy Leaves on to vellum, inked with Forest Moss Distress Oxide and Ground Espresso Distress Archival inks, sprinkled with Clear embossing powder, heat set and trimmed to leave a small border around the edge.

I fixed the leaves to the panels using a fine tip applicator to apply small dots of Distress Collage Medium to the centre veins and stems. I used Frayed Burlap and Ground Espresso Distress Oxides to shade the edges of the panels using mini round blending tools.

I added splatters of Fallen Acorn Distress Mica Stain

I die-cut Simon Says Thinking Of You Heart from black cardstock, trimmed off the heart section to leave just the words and fixed to the panels using Distress Collage Medium and a fine tip applicator.

To finish, I fixed the panels to A2 white card blanks and added Black Enamel dots to tie in with the black sentiments and some cut heart stickers I found in my stash.

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

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

Have Fun and Happy Crafting

Hugs Kath xxx