Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Eat the Cake Journal Spread using AALL & Create's Sugar Roll and Momentous Morsels Washi Tape

This week's scrumptious Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge theme is "Sweet Treats."  I made a journal spread using some of AALL & Create's mouthwatering dessert washi tape.

I made this journal spread in my Studio Light Creative Journal.  It's approximately 4x4", so the small size isn't too intimidating when you have empty pages to fill.  I started by painting a scribbly collage on a separate piece of paper with acrylic paint and watercolors.

When it dried, I tore it up and glued the pieces into my journal.

Next I got out two rolls of AALL & Create food washi tape (Sugar Roll and Momentous Morsels) and added that to my background.

Since I was in collage mode, I stamped and painted a piece of newsprint paper, which I wanted to add to my pages.  I used Tim Holtz stamps and various colors of ink.

I tore some strips of my stamped collage and glued them to my journal pages.

At this point, I thought the page on the right was looking a little too crazy-pants and disjointed, so I added paint and actually tore off the bottom macaroon plate strip of washi tape I'd stuck on there and turned it back into a single piece of cake.  I toned everything down with white paint and added some dark gray paint around the edges of the pages.  Then I cut out some red letter stickers to say "Eat the Cake."  These letter stickers were round (like typewriter keys), but I cut them square-shaped.

For the other half of the journal spread, I stuck on a "3...2...1" as if I were counting down to cake time!  The numbers came from another roll of AALL & Create washi tape called Mix and Match.

I did some doodling and scribbling around and this journal spread was done.  And it made me really hungry for some cake!

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

• Studio Light White Creative Journal
• AALL & Create Washi Tape: Sugar Roll, Momentous Morsels, and Mix and Match
• Tim Holtz Stamp Sets: Mixed Media 2, Forgotten Garden, and Halftone and Rings
• Simple Stories Letters and Labels Sticker Book
• Distress Watercolor Pencils, Set 1
• Dina Wakley Paint: White, Watery, Malachite
• Distress Archival Ink: Fossilized Amber
• Distress Ink: Tumbled Glass, Blueprint Sketch
• Ranger Jet Black Archival Ink

We're excited to see how you interpret this weeks "Sweet Treats" theme.  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.