Simon Says - Light and Airy

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

The first challenge of the month is when the team showcase one particular brand/company and this month we are all using fabulous products from Studio Light. You don't have to use their products to join in the challenge, but if you have them in your stash, we would love to see what you make with them.

We are also welcoming the lovely and talented Wanda Hentges as our May Designer In The Spotlight. If you haven't visited on Instagram before, please pop by, you are in for a real treat.

The theme for this week is...

LIGHT AND  AIRY

I created a card for a gardening friend inspired by the poppies in my garden, nodding their delicate heads in the gentle Spring breeze. 

I used Studio Light Wildflower Basket stamp set coloured with Tim Holtz/Ranger Ink Distress Watercolor Pencils, Studio Light Sentiments Essentials Sticker Book and Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous Spots Layering Stencil.

I trimmed Distress Watercolor card to 4.3/4" x 6.3/4" and fixed the self adhesive alphabet stickers from Studio Light Sentiments Essentials Sticker Book in place.

I smooshed Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide ink on to a piece of clear acetate, spritzed with water and pressed on to the panel repeatedly until happy with the coverage.

I placed Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous Spots Layering Stencil on the panel and scribbled around the dots with Mustard Seed Distress Watercolor Pencil and used the Distress Detailer Brush to pull the colour into the circles.

I stamped the Studio Light Wildflower Basket on to the panel, inked with Black Soot Distress Archival and coloured with Distress Watercolor Pencils - Mustard Seed, Spiced Marmalade, Salvaged Patina, Pine Needles, Vintage Photo and Walnut Stain. I smooshed the Mustard Seed Distress Oxide ink pad on to my Glass Media Mat, spritzed with water and added splatters to the background.

I added flowers stickers from the Sentiment Essentials Sticker book, tattered the edges using Tim Holtz Paper Distresser and matted the panel on to a 5.1/2" x 7.1/2" white card blank, covered with Black cardstock.

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

You can also follow Simon Says Stamp on Instagram

and if you use Instagram...

please add #sssmchallenge to your entry uploads so we can see them on there too

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

Have Fun and Happy Crafting

Hugs Kath xxx

Simon Says - Hello Sunshine

Hello my friends, well here we are at the last day of April already and I'm sharing another card made with the Celestial Wishes stamp set included in the Simon Says May Card Kit. The kit is still available to buy at time of writing or if you wish you can purchase individual items from the kit HERE. In a way this is a wishful thinking kind of a card because after weeks of non stop rain, wind, hail and even snow, I'm definitely ready to say hello to some sunshine.

I smooshed the Iced Spruce Distress Oxide ink pad on to my craft mat on my Glass Media Mat and spritzed with water to create a light neutral background. I inked the leaves from the Celestial Wishes stamp set with the same ink pad, spritzed with water and stamped along the bottom of the panel.

I stamped the circle and sunburst from the stamp set, inked with the Zest Mini Pawsitively Saturated Ink cube included in the kit.

I tapped Zest, Terracotta and Mocha Pawsitively Saturated inks on to the dragonfly stamp from the card kit using Simon Says Round Detail Blending Brushes and stamped on to Distress Watercolor card.

I fussy cut the image and fixed to the panel with Distress Collage Medium, applying the adhesive to the body only and pulled up the wings to create dimension.

I die-cut the word Hello from Distress Watercolor card using Simon Says C Designs Hello wafer die and coloured as before with Zest and Terracotta Pawsitively Saturated ink cubes.

I die-cut the word twice more and layered to create dimension. I die-cut the shadow from Simon Says Vellum and fixed the die-cut word in place with Distress Collage Medium.

I decided that the circle sun didn't stand out on the panel so I re-stamped it on to a scrap of Distress Watercolor card, inked with Zest Pawsitively Saturated ink and shaded one side with Terracotta.

I die-cut the circle using Tim Holtz/Sizzix Stacked Circle Thinlits.

I fixed the circle and word die-cuts to the panel using Distress Collage Medium and added splatters of the Terracota Pawsitively Saturated ink.

To finish I trimmed the panel to 4" x 5.1/4", matted on to an A2 white card blank and added a word sticker from my stash and Simon Says Pawsitively Dazzling Gems, also included in the kit.

Have fun with whatever you're making

Hugs Kath xxx

Simon Says - Feminine

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...

FEMININE

I created cards with a feminine theme using 49andMarket Spectrum Gardenia Classic papers for the backgrounds, Sizzix/49andMarket Painted Pencil Butterflies stamps and dies and Hello You Sentiments, decorated with Tim Holtz/Sizzix Vault Boutique Thinlits and Idea-ology Snapshots Vol 2.

I trimmed papers from 49andMarket Spectrum Gardenia Classic Collection to 3.1/2" x 6" and fixed to white card blanks covered with Distress Black HeavyStock.

I stamped the splatter and dots image from Sizzix/49andMarket Hello You Sentiments stamp set, inked with Peeled Paint and Dusty Concord Distress Oxide inks and Black Soot Distress Archival ink.

I die-cut the doily 3 times from Distress Watercolor card using Tim Holtz/Sizzix Vault Boutique Thinlits.

I die-cut the frame using the Vault Boutique Thinlits from Distress Black HeavyStock and the photos from Ideaology Snapshots Vol 2 to fit the frames.

I fixed the doilies to the card panels with Distress Collage Medium and added the frames and photos.  I die-cut the frames again from Distress Grey Two Tone Woodgrain card and fixed on to the original frames slightly offset to create a shadow.

I stamped the sentiments from Sizzix/49andMarket Hello You Sentiments stamp set, inked with Black Soot Distress Archival ink on to the card panels. I also stamped the sentiments on to Distress Black HeavyStock, inked with Distress Embossing ink, sprinkled with Simon Says White Detail Embossing Powder, heat set, trimmed and fixed to the panels with Distress Collage Medium.

To create the butterflies, I spritzed the solid image butterfly from Sizzix/49andMarket Painted Butterflies stamp set with water, dipped the Peeled Paint Distress Watercolor Pencil in water, scribbled the colour over the stamp, stamped on to Distress Watercolor card and dried. I repeated with the second layering image also coloured with the Peeled Paint Distress Watercolor Pencil. I stamped the third layering stamp, coloured with the Wilted Violet Distress Watercolor Pencil and dried. To finish I stamped the outline image on top, inked with Black Soot Distress Archival ink. I played around with a combination of the two colours to create 3 butterflies.

I die-cut the butterflies with the die that is included with the stamps and fixed to the panel with Simon Says Black foam squares to create dimension.

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

You can also follow Simon Says Stamp on Instagram

and if you use Instagram...

please add #sssmchallenge to your entry uploads so we can see them on there too

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

Have Fun and Happy Crafting

Hugs Kath xxx

Sizzix + 49andMarket

Hello my friends, Sizziz and 49andMarket have come together and released a fabulous collection of stamps and dies which are right up my mixed media street and combined with 49andMarket Spectrum Gardenia Classic papers as ready made backgrounds, I had a fun time creating a trio of easy peasy, quick to make, encouragement cards.

I used 49andMarket Spectrum Gardenia Classic 6" x 8" papers trimmed to 3.3/4" x 5.1/4" and stamped the images from Painted Pencil Butterflies 666634, die-cut with the dies included with the stamp set and stamped the sentiments from the Hello Sentiments stamp set 666630

I'll be back soon to share more makes with other products from the release. Have fun with whatever you're making.

Hugs Kath xxx