This week's Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge theme is MONOCHROME! This is always a tricky one for me, since I usually throw every color at everything. But I stuck with shades of teal (which I adore) and created this tag:
I added a plaid scallop border to the bottom (courtesy of Simple Stories' Snow Pine Lodge paper collection) and outlined the tag with more teal paint. I also drew stripes onto some light teal paper and heat-embossed them with white embossing powder. I tore it up and glued it to my tag, then hand-stitched around the edges with turquoise embroidery floss.
I did not like how the hand-stitching turned out! So I pulled it all out and left the holes and added some white paint around the edges and through a Simon Says Stamp star stencil.
I drew a striped border with Distress Watercolor Pencils and stamped, cut out and colored the bird image. I added some black outlines and made a hat for the bird. I glued the bird to the tag and was done!
Here are the supplies I used that you can find at Simon Says Stamp:
- Tracy Evans Quirky Birds Stamp Set
- Simple Stories Color Palette Designer Tag Kit Paper
- Simple Stories Snow Pine Lodge Paper
- Craft Consortium Grunge Light Paper
- Simon Says Stamp Scattered Stars Stencil
- American Crafts Embossing Pens
- White Embossing Powder
- Distress Watercolor Pencils, Sets 1 and 3
- Dina Wakley Dotted Tape Stencil
- Dina Wakley Paint: White, Malachite, Peacock
- Distress Paint: Salvaged Patina
Feeling monochromatic? 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.
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