My Cards and Tags: Bird Cards using Stampendous's Winter Tweets Dies

"Time Out" is this week's theme at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog.  I decided to pay homage to morning and nighttime with these two little bird cards.

I started with two squares of Strathmore Mixed Media paper smeared with acrylic paint.  Then I stenciled some polka dots on with more acrylic paint.

Next I dripped and drizzled some Jane Davenport Inkredible ink onto the surfaces and spritzed the ink with water.

When the ink dried, I added more stenciling and some paint in different colors.  I also smeared on some Distress Ink and Hero Arts ink for some different tones.

I added some circle-center frames made with patterned paper and blended them in a bit with more acrylic paint.

I cut the birds out of some collaged paper scraps from my stash and outlined them with a black marker.  I colored and smeared around the edges with Marabu Watercolor Art Crayons.

I made a crown for my pink and yellow bird and put everything together, including the stamped "Early Bird" sentiment.  I also used a Seth Apter Splatter Proof die to add some more oomph to the background.

I made a party hat for my nighttime bird and put all the elements together.

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

Strathmore Mixed Media Paper	Winter Tweets Die Cut Set	Sizzix Big Shot	Hero Arts Kelly′s Good Morning stamps	Hero Arts Kelly′s Good Night stamps
Tim Holtz Dotted Stencil	My Favorite Things Circle Burst Stencil	My Favorite Things Sunrise Radiating Rays Stencil	Simple Stories Hello Summer 12x12 Paper	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Paper Stash Correspondence
Seth Apter Spellbinders Splatter Proof dies	Marabu Jungle Watercolor Art Crayons	Marabu Ocean Watercolor Art Crayons	Jane Davenport Hydrangea Inkredible Scented Ink	Jane Davenport Blueberry Inkredible Scented Ink
Jane Davenport Watermelon Inkredible Scented Ink	Dina Wakley Ranger WHITE Media Heavy Body Acrylic Paints	Dina Wakley Black Heavy Body Acrylic Paint	Dina Wakley heavy body acrylic Blushing	Dina Wakley SKY Heavy Body Acrylic Paints
Dina Wakley Lime Acrylic Paint	Dina Wakley Eggplant Acrylic Paint	Prima Impasto paint, Crimson	Ranger Dylusions Paint After Midnight	Ranger Dylusions Paint LEMON ZEST
Hero Arts Neon Pink Ink Pad	Peacock Feathers - Distress Ink	Mustard Seed - Distress Ink	Fiskars Acrylic Blocks	Ranger Non Stick Craft Sheet

I'm excited to see how you interpret our theme this week!  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.

My Other Creations: Scrap Tag Notebooks

Flower Power is this week's theme at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog.  A few months ago, I enjoyed making some scrap tag notebooks so much that I decided to make some more.  Can you spot Tim Holtz's wildflower shapes in the background?

I started by cutting six tags of various sizes out of Strathmore Mixed Media paper.  I used my favorite go-to tag die set: the Sizzix/Tim Holtz Tag Collection.  I folded each tag in half using a scoring board and glued on some patterned paper scraps.  The reason I made a fold line was so that I could see what the cover area would end up being when they were folded in half.

Next I added white paint through stencils for some background texture.

I smeared on various colors of acrylic paint and also added some stamping once the paint dried.

I toned it down with white paint.  I stenciled more white dots on top of the paint with Altenew's Halftone stencil and smeared some more white paint onto different areas.

Next I cut die shapes to use on the covers.  I cut lots of circles and loops and some flowers and outlined the flowers with a black pen.

Here are close-up's of some of the flower elements in place:

I sewed scrap paper inside of each tag using a sewing machine.  I added some words to the front as well as some stamped scraps. I edged out my notebook covers with black paint and black oil pastel crayons smeared a bit.  A paper clip keeps each one closed up nicely.

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

Tim Holtz Sizzix Wildflowers	Tim Holtz Sizzix Framelits Tag Collection dies	Reverse Confetti Swirlies die cuts	Seth Apter Spellbinders Coffe Ring die	Simon Says Stamp Circle Loops Die Set
Sizzix Big Shot	Scor-Pal Scoring Board	Strathmore Mixed Media Paper	Crate Paper Carousel 12x12 Paper	Happiness is Homemade 12 x 12 paper by Echo Park
Heidi Swapp Hawthorne 12x12 Paper	Simon Says Stamp Stencil LARGE MOROCCAN ssst121345 Pure Sunshine	Altenew Halftone Stencil	Darkroom Door Large Mesh Stencil	Tim Holtz Mixed Media 2 Cling Stamps
Tim Holtz Cling Rubber Stamps 2018 THEORIES	Tim Holtz Cling Rubber Stamps 2016 HALFTONE AND RINGS CMS260	Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous REMNANTS	Fiskars Acrylic Blocks	Prima Flowers ARTIST QUALITY OIL PASTEL CRAYONS
Ranger Archival Jet Black Ink Pad	Dina Wakley TURQUOISE Heavy Body Acrylic Paints	Dina Wakley Ranger WHITE Media Heavy Body Acrylic Paints	Dina Wakley Olive Acrylic paint	Dina Wakley Marine Acrylic Paint
Dina Wakley LAPIS Heavy Body Acrylic Paints	Dina Wakley TANGERINE Heavy Body Acrylic Paints	Dina Wakley LEMON Heavy Body Acrylic Paints	Dina Wakley LIME Heavy Body Acrylic Paints	Prima Impasto paint, Crimson
Prima Impasto paint, Pumpkin	Ranger HEAT IT CRAFT TOOL	Ranger Non Stick Craft Sheet	Ranger Fude Ball 1.5 Pen In Black

Be sure to upload your flower power projects to the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog for your chance to win a $50 voucher to the Simon Says Stamp store.