My Cards and Tags: Beet Tag using Spellbinders' "Beets Me" die

"Food and/or Drink" is this week's theme at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog.  I decided to go in a beet-y direction by making this tag:

The beet came from an adorable die set and stamp combo from Spellbinders called, "Beets Me."  I started with a tag cut from Strathmore Mixed Media paper, which I glued some patterned-paper scraps to.  After the scraps were added, I covered the whole thing with smears of acrylic paint.  I also cut out my beet and colored it with Distress Ink.

I am loving this Trellis die by Tim Holtz, so I used that as a background element.  Again, I toned down the overly-bright colors with a thin coating of white paint.

I liked the idea of replicating the dirt that the beet was pulled out of, so I made a little splatter of dirt out of Brusho crystals.  I also added some text stamping at the bottom.

I glued my beet on the top, added some embroidery floss through the hole, stuck on some enamel dots and this tag was done!

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

Spellbinders Beats Me Stamp and Die Set	Sizzix Big Shot	Tim Holtz Sizzix Tag Collection	Strathmore Mixed Media Paper	Simple Stories Reset Girl 12 x12 Paper
Simple Stories Wood and Gingham 12x12 Paper	Tim Holtz Trellis Frameworks Die	Happiness is Homemade 12 x 12 paper by Echo Park	Simon Says Stamp Tiny Alphabet Background Stamp	Dina Wakley Lime Acrylic Paint
Dina Wakley TURQUOISE Heavy Body Acrylic Paints	Dina Wakley Ranger WHITE Media Heavy Body Acrylic Paints	Ranger Archival Jet Black Ink Pad	Brusho Crystal Watercolors	Doodlebug Limeade Sprinkles
Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad LUCKY CLOVER Ranger	Tim Holtz Distress Twisted Citron Ink Pad	Festive Berries - Distress Ink	Picked Raspberry - Distress Ink

I'm excited to see how you're inspired by food and/or drink this week!  Upload your yummy creations to the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog for your chance to win $50 to the Simon Says Stamp store.

My Cards and Tags: Grateful Girl

This week's Simon Says Stamp Challenge is all about edges!  I made an edge using flowers and stitching to add a bit more oomph to my Grateful Girl card.

I started by drawing a girl's face and torso, which I colored with black and white stripes.  I set her aside and worked on the background.  I stamped a piece of Strathmore Mixed Media paper with Tim Holtz's Halftone and Rings set and colored the circles with different shades of Distress Ink.  I blended the colors together with white acrylic paint and cut out a trellis shape and a ring to add more dimension.

I assembled my components and added some number stamping to the background.  I cut some flowers out of a Simon Says Stamp hydrangea die and added them to my girl's hair and to the edge of my card.

I finished it off by adhering it to a piece of polka dot patterned paper and creating an edge with stitching, flowers, a bit of washi tape and some diagonal stripe paper.

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

Strathmore Mixed Media Paper	Tim Holtz Cling Rubber Stamps 2016 HALFTONE AND RINGS CMS260	Tim Holtz Cling Rubber Stamps 2016 SIDESHOW	Seth Apter Spellbinders Coffe Ring die	Simon Says Stamp Hydrangea Petals die
Tim Holtz Trellis Frameworks Die	Reverse Confetti Grateful, Thankful, Blessed die	Sizzix Big Shot	Dina Wakley Ranger WHITE Media Heavy Body Acrylic Paints	American Crafts Shimelle 12 x 12 Starshine Paper
Heidi Swapp Memory Planner 12x12 Paper	Tim Holtz 12 x 12 Correspondence Paper Pack	Tim Holtz Idea-ology JOURNEY Design Tape	Picked Raspberry - Distress Ink	Peacock Feathers - Distress Ink
Ripe Persimmon - Distress Ink	Festive Berries - Distress Ink	Mustard Seed - Distress Ink	Tim Holtz Distress Twisted Citron Ink Pad

How will you get edgy this week?  Be sure to 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.