Simon Says - 4 Legged Friends

 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...

4 LEGGED FRIENDS

I created cards for cat lovers  using Tim Holtz/Sizzix Mischievous Thinlits, Stampers Anonymous French Garden and Deco Floral Layering Stencil, Simon Says Divine Peony Wafer Dies and Simon Says Graceful Flowers and co-ordinating dies for the sentiment.

I created 2 backgrounds on 4" x 5.1/4" panels of Distress Watercolor card using Stormy Sky and Blueprint Sketch Distress Oxide inks.

I inked the leaf branch stamp from Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous French Garden with Black Soot Distress Archival ink and stamped at the top of the panels.

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

Once the paste was dry, I sprayed the panel lightly with Twisted Citron Distress Spritz.

I die-cut the Simon Says Divine Peony stem from Distress Watercolor card, coloured with Twisted Citron Distress Oxide ink using a Simon Says Round Detail Blending Brush and fixed to the bottom of the panels with Distress Collage Medium.

I die-cut Tim Holtz/Sizzix Mischievous Thinlits from Distress White and Black HeavyStock, layered slightly offset to create a shadow and fixed to the panel with foam squares to create dimension.

I coloured Distress Watercolor card lightly with Dusty Concord Distress Oxide ink, spritzed with water and die-cut using the smallest petal die from Simon Says Divine Peony and fixed on the panels with 3D foam squares. I added the flower centres die-cut from Distress Black HeavyStock.

I stamped the sentiments from Simon Says Graceful Flowers, inked with Versamark, on to scraps of Distress Black HeavyStock, sprinkled with white embossing powder, heat set and die-cut using the co-ordinating Graceful Flowers sentiment dies.

I fixed the sentiments in place with 3D foam pads and added Trinity Stamps Creamy Vanilla Heart Sprinkles.

To finish I 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

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

Have Fun and Happy Crafting

Hugs Kath xxx