We are officially into August which means school's right around the corner, the temperatures here in toasty Utah should start to come down from the triple digits, and we've got another new Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge! This week's theme is "Happy Birthday" in honor of Simon's 15-year-anniversary. We are also featuring products from AALL & Create, which I adore and literally use all the time. Here's the birthday tag I came up with:
I added some different colors by painting parts of the circles blue and then gluing a purple panel on top of the tag that's from AALL & Create's Rose Reverie ephemera pack. I cut some ring shapes using Seth Apter's Twisters die set and AALL & Create's Heartnook die set and painted those as well.
Next I narrowed down the pieces I wanted to use and cut a quirky scalloped border piece using AALL & Create's Tear it Out die set. I added white paint to my tag, including some petal shapes.
I painted the white petal shapes with a dark navy color. When that dried, I outlined them with a white Posca pen and drew in some white dots.
After the white paint dried, I glued the circle and ring elements onto my tag as well as the border piece. This added some nice pops of pink. I blended the border into my tag using paint. Next I cut out a face from Tim Holtz's photobooth images and made a hat. I found a clip from AALL & Create's Clipped Mailers ephemera pack and cut the letters Y-O-U from AALL & Create's Letter Soup die set.
It was time to bring it all together! I glued all of the components onto my tag and finished it off by typing the rest of the sentiment on a typewriter.
Here are the supplies I used that you can find at Simon Says Stamp:
- AALL & Create: Faded Memories Ephemera Pack
- AALL & Create: Clipped Mailers Ephemera Pack
- AALL & Create: Rose Reverie Ephemera Pack
- AALL & Create: Tear it Out Die Set
- AALL & Create: Letter Soup Die Set
- AALL & Create: Heartnook Die Set
- Seth Apter Twisters Die Set
- Dina Wakley Paint
- Tim Holtz Photobooth
- Sizzix Big Shot
- White Posca Paint Pen
We're excited to see your birthday 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.
