Simon Says Stamp Wed Challenge--Add a Sentiment

The current Wednesday Challenge over at Simon Says Stamp is to ADD A 

SENTIMENT. Using Hero Arts products is encouraged if you have them, and I 

happened to have some that I'm using for the very first time.

Hero Arts Garden Fancy Die was centered and cut through a white panel.

Hero Arts Reactive Inks were inked on a watercolor panel and spattered with 

water. When the panel was dried, I layered the frame over the inked piece, then

stamped the sentiment through the opening.

Patterned paper was adhered to a card base and the die cut panel was adhered

over it. Black enamel dots and a dot for the bird's eye finished off the card.

I'm glad that I could use a sentiment that was part of a totally different set

that was perfect for my card and the challenge.

Thanks for stopping by!

SSS Wednesday Challenge--Use a STENCIL

I'm joining the latest Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge to use a STENCIL. 
Since I just received some Altenew goodies, I thought I'd break them in for the new year.

I used Altenew's City Scene Stencil and inked the skyscraper side in rainbow
order. I stamped the sentiment, then ran the card through my Big Shot with the
Dotted Swirls Debossing Cover Die for a bit of texture.

I added a strip of striped patterned paper and called it done. Thanks for
stopping by and I hope you have a great week!

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge--ANYTHING GOES

(Note: For my My Favorite Things Wed Sketch Challenge post, please click here or scroll down.)

 It's my last week in the Designer Spotlight over at Simon Says Stamp 
Wednesday Challenge.

This week the challenge theme is the ever popular ANYTHING GOES. The sponsor
is Art Impressions and by now you know that you don't have to use Art Impressions
products, but if you have them, then feel free to use them!

 For my project, I decided to work with products from previous weeks' sponsors:
Hero Arts, Concord & 9th, and Clearly Besotted.

I began by coloring the koi with Copic markers, after seeing this koi (by dobie256)
in the Flickr gallery. Watercolor card stock was ink distressed and I stamped the tree
ring with water, then spattered water over the inking.

The koi was adhered to the card and I pulled up the head, fins, and tail to give it
some dimension. I finished off the card with the sentiment and some sequins.

Visit today's post at the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge blog for all
the details and deadlines for this week's challenge and link up your projects.

The random winner will win a $50 gift voucher to the Simon Says Stamp Store!

Ginormous thanks to Lols for the Designer Spotlight invitation. I had such a wonderful
time and can't thank you enough, and the rest of the team, for your gracious hospitality ♥

 

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge--LAYER IT UP

It's time for a new Wednesday Challenge at Simon Says Stamp! This week the

challenge theme is to LAYER IT UP, and the featured company is Concord & 9th.

You don't have to use Concord & 9th products to enter the challenge, but if you

already own them, then feel free to use them on your projects.

For this week's project, I layered Concord & 9th stamps and dies, beginning with

the tree ring that was white embossed on a gray card base. The "thanks" was cut 

three times and layered to form a thick sentiment, and ink distressed in pink ombré.

The leaf was cut once each from white card stock and vellum and adhered

to the card. I trimmed the second part of the sentiment and white embossed

it on dark gray card stock, then adhered it below the "thanks". One corner of 

the card was rounded off and finished with sequins.

 Visit today's post over at Simon Says Stamp Wed Challenge for all the details

and deadlines for this week's challenge.

The prize is a $50 gift voucher to the Simon Says Stamp Store. Come and join

the challenge, and we hope to see you in the gallery!

 

 

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge--ADD A SENTIMENT

Welcome back to a new Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge! This week,

the challenge is to ADD A SENTIMENT and the featured company is Clearly Besotted.

You don't have to use Clearly Besotted products to enter the challenge, but if 

you have them, we'd love to see them on your projects!

I chose Clearly Besotted's Tickle My Fancy stamp set and white embossed

different feathers on watercolor card stock. I ink distressed over the feathers in

green and blue distress inks then spattered water and white paint.

The panel was trimmed and adhered to a gray card base. I added a strip of 

black and white diagonal striped paper and white embossed the sentiment on

a piece of black card stock. I rounded off the corners of the sentiment strip

and popped it up on the card. Clear sequins finished off the card.

Visit today's post at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge blog for more

inspiration from the design team,

The prize is a $50 gift voucher to the Simon Says Stamp store.

Come and join the challenge and we hope to see you in the gallery!

 

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge--USE PATTERNED PAPER

(Note: For my MFT Wed Sketch Challenge post, please click here or scroll down)

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Are you ready for a new Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge? 

This week the challenge is to use PATTERNED PAPER and the featured company 

is Doodlebug Designs. You don't have to use Doodlebug papers to enter, but if 

you own them, then feel free to use them!

For my card, I used Doodlebug's Gingham-Linen Rainbow Petite Prints, and paired it

with Paper Smooches' Cozy Coffee cup. I created a 4x6 card base since I wanted to 

use three cups on the card. The cup pieces were cut and ink distressed and I used 

patterned papers for the cozy portion of the cups.

The sentiment from What's Brewing was white embossed and adhered to the card. 

The card was finished off with a few enamel dots.

Visit Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge blog for all the details and deadlines

on this week's challenge. Grab your patterned papers and join us and you could 

be the random winner of a $50 Simon Says Stamp gift voucher!

 

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge January Designer Spotlight

(Note: For my MFT Wed Sketch Challenge post, please click here or scroll down.

Thank you!)

 Happy New Year!
I'm super excited to be invited back in Simon Says Stamp's Wednesday Challenge
Designer Spotlight for January. It's such a great way to start the New Year!

 

This week the challenge theme is SOMETHING NEW and we are using Hero Arts

products on our projects. You don't have to use Hero Arts on your projects, but if you

have some, then feel free to use them in the challenge.

For my project, I did the inlay die cutting technique with the gorgeous

Hero Arts koi. After stamping the sentiment on a Bristol card base, I die cut

the koi through the panel. I used a combination of Zig markers and gold

watercolors to color the koi.

Three more koi were cut from white card stock and adhered together with the

colored koi on the top. The panel was adhered to a black card base and the koi

was popped into the negative space. Gold spatters and dots from a black

Gelly roll pen finished off the card.

Visit today's post over at Simon Says Stamp's Wednesday Challenge blog for

all the details and deadlines and link your "Something New" project!

 

The prize is a $50 Gift Voucher to the Simon Says Stamp store.

Hope to see you in the gallery! 

 

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge--ANYTHING GOES

(Note: For my MFT Wednesday Sketch Challenge post, please scroll down or click here.)

Welcome back to a new Wednesday Challenge at Simon Says Stamp, and the theme

is the ever popular ANYTHING GOES. We are showcasing Technique Tuesday 

products and you don't have to use them to join the challenge, but feel free to 

 if you have them.

For my project, I decided to go "cute" with Technique Tuesday's Bird Friends.

Since the images are small, I chose to create an A1 sized card. I inked a
woodgrain card with Distress inks and flicked water and white paint over it,
then cut it with a stitched rectangle die after it was dried.

The birds were stamped and colored with Copics and I fussy cut them out.

Gasp! I know, right? Scissors challenged me! I promise that no birds were

harmed during the process.

I adhered the panel to a top folding cream card base, then added a strip of 

green striped paper to ground the birds. The sentiment was white embossed

and both birds and the sentiment were popped up with dimensional adhesive.

The card was finished off with enamel dots.

Link up your new projects for the challenge, and remember that the prize

is a $50 gift voucher to the Simon Says Stamp store!

 

This is my last post in the Designer Spotlight, and I'd like to thank Lols and
the rest of the Wednesday Challenge DT for having me. It's been a fun ride!

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