Simon Says - Whatever The Weather

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...

WHATEVER THE WEATHER

The theme this week at Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge is Whatever The Weather. I was inspired by the saying "April Showers bring May Flowers" and created a card using Tim Holtz/Sizzix Flower Field, The Gent, Funky Floral 1 Thinlits and Simon Says Stamp Duck Trio Wafer Dies. I added detail to the umbrella using Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous Perfect Plaids and used Note Quotes for the sentiment.

I trimmed Distress Watercolor card to 4" x 5.1/4" and coloured using a Custom Blend Distress Ink Pad with re-inkers listed below.

I die-cut Tim Holtz/Sizzix Flower Field Thinlits, the umbrella from The Gent Thinlits and Simon Says Stamp Duck Trio from Distress Watercolor card.

I smooshed Scattered Straw and Bundled Sage Distress Oxide ink pads on to the craft mat on my Glass Media Mat, spritzed with water and dragged the Flower Field die-cut through the inks, dried and tapped back in repeatedly until I was happy with the coverage.

I coloured the base of the umbrella with Vintage Photo Distress Oxide ink, the upper sections of the umbrella and the beak and feet sections of the ducks with Scattered Straw Distress Oxide and shaded with Wild Honey Distress Oxide using Simon Says Round Detail Blending Brushes.

I fixed the Flower Field die-cut in place with Distress Collage Medium and shaded around the edge of the panel with Vintage Photo Distress Oxide ink using a Tiny Blending Tool. I inked one of the backgrounds from Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous Perfect Plaids with Vintage Photo Distress Oxide ink, stamped on the umbrella, assembled and fixed in place with Distress Collage Medium.

I die-cut the flowers and leaf stems from Distress Watercolor card using Tim Holtz/Sizzix Funky Flower 1 Thinlits and coloured with the same colour palette of Distress Oxide inks.

I inked a scrap of Distress Watercolor card with Scattered Straw and Wild Honey Distress Oxide inks, stamped the circle and sentiment from Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous Note Quotes, inked with Vintage Photo Distress Archival ink and fussy cut.

I fixed the ducks and foliage in place with Distress Collage Medium, added the sentiment circle and flowers popped up on Simon Says Thin Foam Squares to create dimension and added a Tim Holtz/Idea-ology Clippings Sticker.

To finish I added splatters of Dina Wakley White Gloss Spray and fixed the panel to an A2 white card blank.

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