Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Postage Stamps using Elizabeth Craft Designs' Postage Stamp Strips Dies

This week's Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge theme is "Vacation".  As I thought about vacations, I remembered how I used to send postcards to my friends when I was travelling (before the days of instant technology).  That got me thinking about postage stamps, so I decided to make a couple of strips of faux stamps.

These stamps were a lot of fun to make - just little tiny spaces that you can fill with anything you want.  And it all started with white paper cut with Elizabeth Craft Designs' Postage Stamp Strips.

I started filling some of the spaces in with washi tape.

Next I did some stamping in some of the squares and glued pieces of patterned paper in other squares.  To make them look more "postage-y," I stamped some circles and numbers onto the strips.  Here's a list of what I used for the different images:

I'm looking forward to tearing these apart and using them in future projects!

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

• Elizabeth Craft Designs Postage Stamp Strip Dies
• Sizzix Big Shot
• Strathmore Mixed Media Paper
• AALL & Create Washi Tape: Fly Away and Sugar Roll
• 49th and Market Washi Tape: Kaleidoscope
• Tim Holtz Remnants Stamp Set
• Tim Holtz Media Marks 1 Stamp Set
• Tim Holtz Mini Glitch Stamp Set
• 49th and Market Toddler Time Patterned Paper
• Paper Play Patterned Paper
• AALL & Create Stamps: 1158 and 1156
• Ranger Jet Black Archival Ink
• Dylusions Mini Archival Ink Pads (Dirty Martini)

We're excited to see your vacation-themed projects!  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.