Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Make Your Mark Journal Page using a Dylusions Creative Journal and Dina Wakley's Sparks 2 Collection

"Make your mark" is this week's theme for our Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge.  There are all sorts of ways you could interpret this theme, but I think that making your mark means you created marks -- scribbles, sketches, circles or dots -- free-handed style.  The marks are uniquely yours because you drew them yourself.

I started with my Dylusions Creative Journal and glued down some patterned paper from Simple Stories' Flea Market collection.  I also added some AALL & Create's Mix and Match washi tape.  I don't know why I include early photos of my projects, though, because this will all get covered up anyway.  Even so, sticking something on the page helps to get the creative juices flowing, so I guess it's a worthwhile part of the project.  And spoiler alert: the end project looks NOTHING like it did during these next few steps.

I smeared on some white acrylic paint and then added colored acrylic paint.

Some other steps happened next that involved a big mess of purple that I didn't like, so I tried to wipe all of it off.  The whole color palette ended up going a little haywire after that and not at all like I had first envisioned, but it was good to have myself be pushed out of my color comfort zone a bit more than usual.  I also stamped some circles onto my project's background using Darkroom Door's Open Circles stamp.  Then I grabbed Dina Wakley's Sparks 2 patterned paper, tore off a chunk and glued that to my page.

After that, I glued on some other scraps and started making my own marks with paint dots and scribbly circles.  I added even more splotches and scribbles as I went along.

I added more things here and there and tweaked this and that.  I used Dina Wakley's Scribble Sticks to scribble around the edges of the page.  I also used Dina's Ledger 2 paper to cut out the sentiment, which I glued to the middle of my page.  I added some more washi tape on, since most of it had gotten covered up, and this page was done!

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

• Dylusions Small Creative Journal
• Dina Wakley Collage Sparks, Set 2
• Darkroom Door Stamp: Open Circles
• AALL & Create Mix and Match Washi Tape
• Dina Wakley Scribble Sticks, Set 1
• Simple Stories Flea Market 12x12 Paper
• Dina Wakley Ledger Paper, Set 2
• Dina Wakley Acrylic Paint: White, Turquoise, Olive, Lemon, Peacock, Night
• Dylusions Acrylic Paint: Pure Sunshine, Tropical Sangria
• Ranger Jet Black Archival Ink

How will you make your mark this week?  Upload your creations to the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog for your chance to win a $25 voucher to the Simon Says Stamp store!