Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Stitch It using Studio Light's "Art By Marlene" Layered Tag Journal Kit

Happy Monday (is that possible?) and we are going strong with another Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge!  This week's theme is Stitch It (real or faux).  You don't have to tell me twice to throw some paper onto the ol' sewing machine! 

I used a great little tag kit as the base of this booklet: Studio Light's "Art by Marlene" Layered Tag Journal Kit.  It comes with white pre-cut tags, binder rings, and four edge dies.  I started by cutting some of the tags in half, then using the edge dies on the bottoms of some of them.  The paper is thick and white and held up nicely to water and paint.  I hit these with Infusions, then spritzed that with water, then added paint.

The beauty about Infusions color powder/stain is that when you smear white paint over it, the color still shows through in softer pastel tones, which is what I did here.

Do you have certain stamps or stencils that you use when you feel unsure about where to go next with a project?  Yep!  That is me and I always reach for Tim Holtz's Halftone and Rings stamp set to get the creative juices flowing.  I stamped circles onto my pages, then filled them in with different colors of paint.

I wanted to get stitchy at this point, so I thumbed through Dina Wakley's Collage Collective book and tore out some of her artsy scraps.  I also stamped some text paper using Tim Holtz's Documented stamp set and tore that up as well.  I then sewed the scraps to the pages.

I added more paint and scrappy elements, including Tim Holtz's Fabric Tape, and punched a hole in each card using the mighty Crop-A-Dile.  I added a ring to bind them together.  The quote on the front is from Tim Holtz's Theories stamp set and I've always liked it.

I sewed a little cluster of fabric together and added it to the binder ring for a little more stitchy oomph.

Here are some pics of how the inside pages turned out:

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

Studio Light Art By Marlene Layered Tag Journal Kit	Dina Wakley Collage Collective	Stamper′s Anonymous Tim Holtz Stamp Set in Theories	Tim Holtz Documented Stamp Set	Tim Holtz Halftone and Rings Stamp Set	Tim Holtz Ideaology Fabric Tape	Crop-A-Dile Eyelet and Snap Punch
Paper Artsy Are You Cerise Infusions Colored Stain	Paper Arrtsy Emerald Isle Infusions Colored Stain	Paper Artsy VIOLET STORMS Infusions Colored Stain	Infusions Royal Blood Colored Stain	Paper Artsy GREEN MAN Infusions Colored Stain CS18	Peeled Paint Flip Top Distress Paint	Tim Holtz Flip Top DIstress Paint 2021 SALVAGED PATINA APRIL COLOR
Tim Holtz Flip Top Distress Paint MUSTARD SEED Ranger	Picked Raspberry Distress Paint	Salty Ocean Distress Paint	Dina Wakley Ranger WHITE acrylic paint	Dina Wakley Peacock Acrylic Paint	Dina Wakley Olive Acrylic paint	Dina Wakley Fuchsia Acrylic Paint
Dina Wakley Tangerine paint	Dina Wakley LEMON Media Acrylic Paint	Dina Wakley Umber acrylic paint	Dina Wakley Ranger NIGHT acrylic paint	Dina Wakley Black Acrylic Paint	Dylusions Periwinkle Blue paint	Dylusions Lemon Drop paint
Dylusions Tropical Sangria	Hero Arts EMBOSS WHITE EMBOSSING POWDER	Ranger HEAT IT CRAFT TOOL

I can't wait to see your stitchiness this week, so upload your projects to the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog for your chance to win a $25 voucher to the Simon Says Stamp store.  Also, don't forget to check out the Stamptember happenings!