Welcome to Monday and to another Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge! Our theme this week is to use a sentiment as a focal point. As I looked through my stamp sets, the perfect sentiment from AALL & Create's Free Broom Rides set was the clear winner: "beware of hitchhiking cats." Yes, it was tied into a Halloween theme, but I think that's a wise life lesson for any time of the year!
When that all dried, I tore it up and glued one section of it onto a tag cut out of Kraft Distress Heavystock. I also tore some patterned paper out of Amy Tan's Paper Play Create 1 book and glued that to the bottom of the tag. I wanted to add some lines, so I used Tim Holtz's Media Marks 2 stamp set and stamped a grid-type of pattern onto my tag background. I used paint to blend around the edges.
I stamped a cat from Dina Wakley's Furbabies set and cut around it. I also made a circle frame out of Dina's Ledger 2 paper. I stamped the hitchhiking cat sentiment from AALL & Create and cut that out and grabbed one more scrap (the black and white polka dots) from the Paper Play Create book.
I glued everything together and then used my sewing machine to stitch around the edges of my tag with bright neon thread. I added some black pen outline marks around the tag and it was done!
Here are the supplies I used that you can find at Simon Says Stamp:
- AALL & Create: Free Broom Rides Stamp Set
- Dina Wakley: Circle Furbabies Stamp Set
- Waffle Flower Nested Tags Die Set
- Kraft Distress Heavystock
- Dylusions Intense Colour Caykes and Sticks
- Dina Wakley Paint
- Neon Hyper Alcohol Ink
- Paper Play Create Book 1
- Tim Holtz Media Marks 2 Stamp Set
- Distress Ink: Mermaid Lagoon
- Ranger Jet Black Archival Ink
- Dina Wakley Ledger 2 Paper
We're eager to see what sentiments you choose to focus on this week. 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!
