Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Glimmer and Sparkle using Impression Obsession's She Was Tired Stamp and Altenew's Mid-Century Frame Die

One of my all time favorite quote stamps (and I do mean ALL TIME FAVORITE) is Impression Obsession's "She Was Tired."  You have got to read the whole thing!  It talks about being our bold sparkly selves.  I took just a few of the words from the quote stamp and rearranged them for my project since this week's Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge theme is Glimmer and Sparkle.

I started with Strathmore Mixed Media black paper, though I don't know why I bothered when I ended up covering the whole thing anyway.  Sometimes I make my crafty life a lot more difficult than it needs to be!  Regardless, I covered the black paper with lots of white dots from Tim Holtz's Splotches stencil and white acrylic paint.

Fast forward through a lot of indecision and experimentation and I outlined some of the circles with Distress Crayons (Black Soot, Chipped Sapphire, Salty Ocean and Peeled Paint), then smudged the colors around.  I added some more acrylic paint to the circles (Dina Wakley's Olive and Distress Paint in Salvaged Patina).  I then glued down a swath of Bingo-looking paper from Simple Stories' Family Fun collection.

It was crying out for more color variety, so I added some Dina Wakley Blush, Fuchsia and Lemon paint as well as Distress Paint (Kitsch Flamingo).  I also heat-embossed some quote words from Impression Obsessions' "She was Tired" stamp set onto black paper.  I cut out a cool sunburst frame using Altenew's Mid-Century Frame die and then punched a hole out of some scrap collage paper from a previous project.  I used a girl photo from Tim Holtz's Photo Booth set and added a crown and a dress to her.

All that was left was to put it all together!

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

She Was Tired stamp by Impression Obsession	Altenew Mid-Century Frame Die	Tim Holtz idea-ology Photobooth	Simple Stories Family Fun 12x12 Paper Pack	Tim Holtz Layering Stencil SPLOTCHES	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Crayon CHIPPED SAPPHIRE	Tim Holtz Distress Crayon PEELED PAINT
Tim Holtz Distress Crayon SALTY OCEAN	Tim Holtz Distress Crayons SET 3	Dina Wakley Ranger WHITE acrylic paint	Dina Wakley Olive Acrylic paint	Dina Wakley LEMON Media Acrylic Paint	Dina Wakley Fuchsia Acrylic Paint	Dina Wakley Ranger Blushing acrylic paint
Tim Holtz Flip Top DIstress Paint 2021 SALVAGED PATINA APRIL COLOR	Tim-Holtz-Flip-Top-Distress-Paint-2021 Kitsch Flamingo	Strathmore Mixed Media Black Paper, 9x12	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Embossing Ink	Hero Arts EMBOSS WHITE EMBOSSING POWDER	Ranger HEAT IT CRAFT TOOL	Inkadinkado Extra Large Acrylic Block
UHU Glue Stick

If you are feeling the need to go glimmery or sparkly this week, we would love for you to 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!