Simon Says - Things With Wings

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...

THINGS WITH WINGS

I'm looking forward to Summer, the garden bursting into bloom and the return of the busy Bumble Bees collecting pollen from dawn to dusk. I used Tim Holtz/Sizzix Vault Floristry Sidekick Side Order, Vault Edges Thinlits and Stampers Anonymous Entomology stamp set and matching Sizzix Entomology Framelits to create my card.

I trimmed Distress Watercolor card to 4" x 5.1/4", smooshed Wild Honey Distress Oxide ink on to the craft mat on my Glass Media Mat, spritzed with water, dragged the panel through the ink and dried. I tapped the panel into the ink to pick up the remaining droplets. I dragged the Ground Espresso Distress Archival ink pad over the Texture Fade included with Tim Holtz/Sizzix Vault Floristry Sidekick Side Order Thinlits and ran through my die-cutting machine.

I die-cut the flowers and foliage from Vault Floristry Sidekick Side-Order from Distress Watercolor card, placed on my Simon Says Pawsitively Perfect Craft Tacky Mat and coloured with Abandoned Coral, Wild Honey, Frayed Burlap, Evergreen Bough and Rustic Wilderness Distress Oxide inks using Simon Says Small Blending Brushes.

I fixed the foliage in place with Distress Collage Medium and popped the flowers up with Simon Says Thin Foam Squares to create dimension.

I fixed Tim Holtz/Sizzix Adhesive Sheet to Distress Black HeavyStock and die-cut using the alphabet from Tim Holtz/Sizzix Vault Edges Thinlits.

I stamped the bumble bee from Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous Entomology on to a scrap of Distress Watercolor card, inked with Versafine Nocturne ink, coloured with Distress Oxide inks using a Detailer Waterbrush and die-cut using the Tim Holtz/Sizzix Entomology Framelits die.

I added splatters of Dina Wakley White Gloss Spray, matted the panel on to Distress Black HeavyStock, trimmed 1/8" larger and fixed 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

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

Have Fun and Happy Crafting

Hugs Kath xxx