Simon Says - Use Ephemera/Layer It Up

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...

USE EPHEMERA/LAYER IT UP

I had great fun layering up ephemera in my Dina Wakley Media Ledger Journal using Tim Holtz/Idea-ology Collage Strips Large, Serendipity Collage Paper, Layer Frames Montage, Transparent Wings, Mini Marquee Letters and Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous Dot Gradient Mini Layering Stencil from Set 39 with Distress Grit Paste Opaque to add some texture.

I began by applying a skimpy coat of White Gesso over the journal pages using a Small Distress Brayer. I fixed Tim Holtz/Idea-ology Collage Strips Large in place using Distress Collage Medium. I applied water with a paintbrush around the edge of the floral image from Tim Holtz/Idea-ology Serendipity Collage Paper and teased away the excess with my finger. I then fixed the pieces of collage paper to the pages using Distress Collage Medium and applied Distress Collage Medium over the pages using a Distress Collage Brush.

I applied Walnut Stain Distress Crayon on the edges of the Collage Strips to create shadows, Mustard Seed Distress Crayon to the flowers on the collage paper and blended the crayons using a damp finger. I added a Tim Holtz/Idea-ology Layering Frame, butterfly from Idea-ology Transparent Wings and Idea-ology Mini Marquee Letters and Numbers, all fixed in place with Distress Collage Medium.

I added extra pieces of Serendipity Collage Paper to fill in some of the blanks and applied Distress Grit Paste Opague through Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous Gradient Dots Mini Layering Stencil from Set 39.

To finish I added splatters of Distress Black Soot Paint.

You can find all the products I used over at Simon Says Stamp, just click on the links below

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

Have Fun and Happy Crafting

Hugs Kath xxx