My Other Creations: Dylusions Journal Page using Dina Wakley's Branched Stencil

This week's theme at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog is "inspired by music."  My parents raised me to have an appreciation of musicals and one of my favorites has always been Les Miserables.  I made a journal page with the song lyrics "On My Own" as a tribute.

There are no process shots this time because this went through a dizzying amount of revisions that I would not recommend to anyone in their right mind!  The whole page was dripping wet with an ink spray/water disaster at one point, so we'll take it as a win that this page is dry and still has some recognizable elements!

To make the leaves stand out, I traced around a branch stencil (from Dina Wakley) and fussy-cut the leaves from all sorts of different patterned paper scraps, then glued them onto the page.  There is some polka-dot stenciling in the background and some stamped elements on top.  I also used some Prima Water Soluble Oil Pastels to add some color here and there.

Dina Wakley Branched Mask and Stencil	Dina Wakley Spaced Dots Stencil	Dyan Reaveley SMALL CREATIVE JOURNAL Ranger Dylusions	tim holtz idea-ology chitchat stickers	Altenew Essential Black and White 6x6 Paper Pack
Brutus Monroe Rustic Florals 6x6 Paper	LDRS Creative Sweet Sensations 6x6 Paper	Polkadoodles Little Monsters 6x6 Paper Pack	Polkadoodles Vintage Candy 6x6 Paper	Tim Holtz 12 x 12 Correspondence Paper Pack
Inky Antics Library Love stamp set	Dina Wakley For the Love of Circles stamp set	Simon Says Clear Stamps SCRIBBLE FLOWERS	Paper Artsy SLEIGHT BLUE Infusions Colored Stain CS13	Paper Artsy SLIME Infusions Colored Stain
Prima Water Soluble Oil Pastels, Rustic	Prima Water Soluble Oil Pastels, Basics	Dina Wakley Ranger WHITE acrylic paint	Dina Wakley Olive Acrylic paint	Dina Wakley Ranger Blushing acrylic paint
Dina Wakley UMBER Heavy Body Acrylic Paints	Dina Wakley TURQUOISE Heavy Body Acrylic Paints	Dina Wakley OCEAN heavy body acrylic paints	Dylusions Ink Spray, London Blue	Dylusions Ink Sprays - Black Marble
Dina Wakley Palette Knife	Black Permanent Sharpie Marker

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

We're excited to see how you're inspired by music this week!  Upload your creations to the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog for your chance to win $50 to the Simon Says Stamp store!

My Other Creations: Scrap Tag Book using Inky Antics' Circles and Frames

"Frame It" is this week's Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog theme.  I decided to stack up circles to create the frame opening in the center of this scrap tag book.

I started by cutting a tag out of Strathmore Mixed Media paper and stamping/cutting out a circle and a frame.

I added acrylic paint and cut the circle down smaller.

I stuck some Tim Holtz Washi tape on the background, then glued the text frame and circle frame on top.

I stenciled on some white paint using Simon Says Stamps' Falling Snow stencil, then I cut some scraps out of Dina Wakley's Collage Collective book. I added more white paint back on and also added some bright pink paint and some teals/blues.

I glued on the scraps from the Dina Wakley collage book.

I wanted this to be a small booklet, so I needed to cut some pages.  Using the same tag die, I cut some pages out of Strathmore Mixed Media paper (black and white), Tim Holtz patterned paper, and a book page.  Once my pages were cut, I lined them up and punched holes in them with my Crop-A-Dile.

I used wax thread to bind my book together and it was done!

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

Inky Antics Circles and Frames stamp set	Dina Wakley For the Love of Circles stamp set	Dina Wakley Collage Collective	Tim Holtz Merchant Design Tape	Tim Holtz Stacked Tags Thinlits Die
Sizzix Big Shot	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Paper Stash Correspondence	Tim Holtz Idea-ology 12 x 12 Paper Stash WALLFLOWER Cardstock Pack	Tim Holtz Idea-ology 8 x 8 Paper Stash ABANDONED Paperie	Simon Says Stamp Falling Snow Stencil
Strathmore Mixed Media Black Paper, 9x12	Strathmore Mixed Media Paper	Crop A Dile	Dina Wakley Small Journal Clips	UHU Glue Stick
Dina Wakley Fuchsia Acrylic Paint	Dina Wakley Ranger WHITE acrylic paint	Dina Wakley Lime Acrylic Paint	Dina Wakley OCEAN heavy body acrylic paints	Dina Wakley Olive Acrylic paint
Dina Wakley Ranger SEDONA 1OZ Media Acrylic Paints mdq59844	Dina Wakley UMBER Heavy Body Acrylic Paints	Dina Wakley TURQUOISE Heavy Body Acrylic Paints	Dina Wakley Marine Acrylic Paint

How will you frame it out this week?  Upload your creations to the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog for your chance to win a $50 voucher to Simon Says Stamp!