My Other Creations: Notebook Using Tim Holtz Cityscape Dies

This week's Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge theme is to make a rainbow!  I made a fat little notebook with a city scene under a rainbow.

I really like the new Tim Holtz Cityscape dies, which I used on my notebook cover and inside the pages.  I gave the buildings some texture by using Washi tape and paint.  I started by covering white cardstock with random strips of Washi.

Next I ran the Washi-taped cardstock through my Sizzix Big Shot to cut out the city shapes, then I painted over the buildings with acrylic paint.  I inked around their edges with black and brown ink to give them a more weathered look and outlined the buildings with a Sharpie.

I used a scallop tag by Pretty Pink Posh for the cover, which I cut out of Strathmore Mixed Media paper.  I decorated it with star stencils and acrylic paint and framed it out with some faux woodgrain paper from Simple Stories.  I made the notebook itself with the Cinch tool and I stuck buildings and the rainbow into different sections of the notebook pages to make it look dimensional.  I stamped on the rainbow and the cloud with Tim Holtz stamps. Here's a view from the top with the pages spread out a bit.

I finished this project off with a Tim Holtz Big Chat sticker.

Here are the supplies I used that you can find at Simon Says Stamp:

Tim Holtz Citcyscape Suburbia die set	Tim Holtz Cityscape Metropolis die set	Pretty Pink Posh Scalloped Square Tags die set	Sizzix Big Shot	Tim Holtz Collection Stencil in Stars
Simple Stories Basics Snap Color Vibe 12x12 Paper	Tim Holtz Cling Rubber Stamps 2016 SIDESHOW	Tim Holtz Documented Stamp Set	Tim Holtz Idea-ology VINTAGE Design Tape	Echo Park Popsicles Washi Tape
Dina Wakley Printed Media Tape	Doodlebug Dainty Dots Spring Garden Washi Tape	Doodlebug Deck The Halls Washi Tape	Tim Holtz Big Chat Stickers	Dina Wakley Ranger WHITE Media Heavy Body Acrylic Paints
Dina Wakley LIME Heavy Body Acrylic Paints	Dina Wakley MAGENTA Heavy Body Acrylic Paints	Dina Wakley LEMON Heavy Body Acrylic Paints	Cinch - We R Memory Keepers	Ranger Archival Jet Black Ink Pad
Walnut Stain - Distress Ink	Timber Brown StazOn	Ranger Non Stick Craft Sheet	Fiskars Acrylic Blocks

I'm excited to see how you interpret our rainbow theme!  Upload your creations to the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog for your chance to win a $50 voucher to the Simon Says Stamp store!