For this week's Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge, we're invited to use our favorite technique. I like to make scribbly painted pages, then tear them into scraps and collage them back together. That's what I did to create this notebook cover:
Because I know that I'm going to be adding more colors back on top of these colors, my next step is to add some white over the colored paint. When I add white, I can add another color on top of the white and have it be bright again and not just muddy.
After the paint dries, I doodle around with Scribble Sticks, Distress Crayons and colored pencils. At this point, it looks like a crazy chaotic mess, but I remember that I'm going to tear this up anyway. It may look too busy as one whole piece, but when it's ripped up, I want there to be marks on each smaller piece.
For more patterned paper to rip up, I stenciled a bunch of dots onto deli paper and white cardstock using Tim Holtz's Bubble Wrap stencil and Dylusions spray.
Lastly, I made a third piece of scribbly paper using another stencil, watercolor pencils, paint and newsprint. I even did some stamping on this one.
With all my background scribbly papers done, I started tearing them up and gluing them to the cover of a small notebook. If there were edges I didn't like between where the different collage sheets were overlapping, I blended them in a bit with white paint.
For the focal point, I cut out a slide shape using a Tim Holtz die set and I also cut a scalloped-border piece. I stamped and cut out a sentiment, also from Tim Holtz.
I assembled all my elements together and sewed the notebook cover collage onto the notebook. My notebook revamp was complete!
Here are the supplies I used that you can find at Simon Says Stamp:
- Tim Holtz Theories Stamp Set
- Dina Wakley Scribble Sticks, Set 1
- Stencilgirl Grate Full Stencil (by Seth Apter)
- Simon Says Stamp Scattered Stars Stencil
- Distress Crayons: Set 2, Set 12
- Tim Holtz Distress Watercolor Pencils: Set 3
- Dylusions Spray: Vibrant Turquoise, London Blue
- Dina Wakley Paint: Night, Sky, White, Turquoise, Olive
- Dylusions Paint: Cherry Pie, Mushy Peas, Pure Sunshine
- Tim Holtz Specimen Die Set
- Ranger Jet Black Archival Ink
We're anxious to see what some of your favorite techniques are! 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!
