My Other Creations: Tag Notebook using Elizabeth Craft Design's Bubbles Die and Dina Wakley's Collage Collective

This week's Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge theme is Going Around in Circles.  If you have seen any of my projects, you can probably tell that I am in the pro-circle camp!  I love rings and dots and circles of all kinds and decided to make a tag notebook with some circle elements on the cover.

This is a tag that I cut and folded in half and filled with scrap paper.  The fun white circle shapes are from Elizabeth Craft Designs' Bubbles die and I also got an assist from Dina Wakley's Collage Collective book.  The black circles are from a Paper Artsy stamp.

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

Elizabeth Craft Designs Bubbles die	Dina Wakley Collage Collective	Tim Holtz Sizzix Framelits Tag Collection dies	Sizzix Big Shot	Strathmore Mixed Media Paper
Altenew Essential Black and White 6x6 Paper Pack	Tim Holtz Idea-ology 8 x 8 Paper Stash ABANDONED Paperie	Paper Artsy Eclectica EM60 Stamp	Dina Wakley Ranger WHITE acrylic paint	Dina Wakley Ranger NIGHT acrylic paint
Dina Wakley Peacock Acrylic Paint	Dina Wakley Turquoise paint	Dylusions Tropical Sangria	Dylusions Pure Sunshine paint	Dylusions London Blue paint
Paper Artsy SLEIGHT BLUE Infusions Colored Stain CS13

If you're feeling the love of circles this week, upload your creations to the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog for your chance to win a $25 gift voucher to the Simon Says Stamp store!

Video tutorials: Four Ways to use Water Soluble Oil Pastels

I've kind of gotten addicted to using Water Soluble Oil Pastels.  I made this tag using them and employed four different techniques along the way.  If you're wanting to add them to your artistic arsenal but have no clue of what they are or how to use them, then maybe this tutorial video I made would be helpful.

My Other Creations: Journal Page using Dina Wakley's 6x6 White Media Journal and Tim Holtz's Glitch 2 Stamp Set

This week's Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog theme is "all a-buzz."  Since the crafting community has been buzzing about the new Distress color being released this month, I used only Distress products to color my journal page. 

I started out with my Dina Wakley 6x6 white media journal.  The pages are very thick and textural-- almost like a flexible canvas/paper combo.  I used Tim Holtz's Dotted stencil and sprayed on Distress Stain Spray (Picked Raspberry, Mustard Seed, and Worn Lipstick).  I didn't want the whole entire background covered with stenciled dots, so I cut a circle out of a piece of paper and laid it on my page before I sprayed.  Then, after I sprayed, I removed the circle and it left a nice big circular area of white on the background. 

I added some more stenciling, this time using Tim Holtz's Haftone stencil and some white paint.  When that was dry, I did some stamping with Tim Holtz's Glitch 2 stamp set.

And as always, I had to get my teals, blues and greens in, which I did with Distress Paint.  I also added some brown tones around the edges using Ground Espresso.

The colors were a little too bold for the look I was going for on this one, so I toned some areas down with another layer of white paint.  Then I added some more stamping (still using the Glitch 2 set) and added some tiny little plus signs (Altenew's Positivity Washi tape).

Last but not least was the sentiment.  I got this from Inky Antics' Paint Love stamp set.  I re-arranged the words, cut them out and glued them on.

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

Dina Wakley 6x6 White Media Journal	Tim-Holtz-Cling-Rubber-Stamps-2020-GLITCH-2-CMS404	Inky Antics Paint Love stamp set	Altenew Positivity Washi Tape	Tim Holtz Dotted Stencil
Tim-Holtz-Layering-Stencil-HALFTONE-THS144	Tim Holtz Distress Spray Stain PICKED RASPBERRY Ranger	Tim Holtz Distress Spray Stain MUSTARD SEED	Distress spray Worn lipstick	Tim Holtz Distress Paint In Peeled Paint
Tim Holtz Distress Paint In Broken China	Tumbled Glass Flip Top Distress Paint	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad GROUND ESPRESSO Ranger TIM43270	Ranger Archival Jet Black Ink Pad	Ranger Non Stick Craft Sheet

Anything you're buzzing about this week?  Upload your creations to the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog for your chance to win a $25 gift voucher to the Simon Says Stamp store!