Monday, August 31, 2020

My Cards and Tags: Using Jane Davenport's Fluent Fantastic and Dina Wakley's Just Words

"Oodles of Doodles" is this week's theme for our Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge.  I turned to two Doodling Divas for help with this project: Jane Davenport and Dina Wakley.


I started with Strathmore Mixed Media paper, some Tim Holtz Washi tape, and some scraps of Dina Wakley's Just Words collage paper.

Next I stenciled in some circles using My Favorite Things' Wonky Dots stencil and acrylic paint.

I smeared on more colors using both acrylic paint and my Prima Water Soluble Oil Pastels.  once my background was colored, I stamped on this gorgeous girl using Jane Davenport's Fluent Fantastic stamp set.  I made my girl a crown and finished the tag off by stamping the words "we rise" a few times.  Such a great message from Dina Wakley's Everyone is Welcome stamp set.

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

What delightful doodles will you come up with this week?  Upload your creation to the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog for your chance to win a $25 voucher to the Simon Says Stamp store.

Monday, August 24, 2020

My Cards and Tags: Botanical Tags using Paper Rose's Wildflowers 2 and Baby Blue Leaf Small Dies

This week's Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog theme is Beautiful Botanicals.  I used some fabulous floral dies from Paper Rose and Sizzix to make these cards.


I started by cutting these floral shapes and finger-painting them with acrylic paint.  I also cut some rectangular cards out of some patterned paper (Reminiscence).

While the paint was drying on the flowers, I did some stenciling and splattering on the patterned paper.  I used Seth Apter's Izink Glaze with the stencils and splattered some Dina Wakley Gloss Spray onto each card.

All that was left was the assembly part!  I glued the floral cuts onto the cards using my trusty UHU glue stick.  The die below is Wildflowers 2, which I think is stunning and which has been very versatile.

For the flower on the card below, I combined Paper Rose's Baby Blue Leaf Small die with a die from Sizzix's Stackable Florals set.

One thing that I like to do is outline my die cuts with black Sharpie to make them stand out better.  That's what I did on each of these floral elements.

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

We're anxious to see your beautiful botanical creations this week!  Upload your project to the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog for your chance to win a $25 voucher to the Simon Says Stamp store.