Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Bit o' Green Tag using Elizabeth Crafts' Bloom File Folder

Welcome to another Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge!  This week's theme is to add a bit of green.  I even found a four-leaf clover that I added to the front of my tag, which should ensure some good luck as St. Patrick's Day rolls around!

I started by cutting out my tag shape using Elizabeth Crafts' Bloom File Folder die set.  I smooshed some blue acrylic paint on it and cut some pieces of fabric from Tim Holtz's Multi Collage Eclectic Elements Palette.  I used a circle punch to cut circles out of a piece of kraft cardstock and added white paint to it.

I glued the fabric to the tag and added color around the edges with watercolors and Distress Crayons.  I also used Distress Crayons on the kraft paper piece.  I cut a tab shape using Elizabeth Crafts' Floral Slots File Folder and colored that as well.

Next I glued the circle piece on top of the fabric background and added the tab to the top of the tag, outlining it with black pen to make it stand out.

I wanted another layer, so I cut a piece of Dina Wakley's Typed Quotes transparency paper.

I used Tim Holtz's Tiny Attacher to staple the transparency to the front of the tag.  Then I found this green-related sentiment in my stash.  I also found a four-leaf clover that I glued to the front of the tag, along with the sentiment.  This tag was done!  Here is a shot of it from a different angle to show the sentiment and clover more clearly.

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

• Elizabeth Crafts Bloom File Folder Die Set
• Elizabeth Crafts Floral Slots File Folder Die Set
• 3/4" Circle Punch
• Kraft Cardstock
• Distress Crayons: Lucky Clover, Twisted Citron, Peeled Paint, Rustic Wilderness, and Walnut Stain
• Tim Holtz's Multi Collage Eclectic Elements Palette Fabric
• Dina Wakley's Typed Quotes Transparencies
• Tim Holtz's Tiny Attacher
• Dina Wakley Paint
• Watercolors
• Dina Wakley Round Brush Set

We're looking forward to your green creations!  Upload them to the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog for your chance to win a $25 voucher to the Simon Says Stamp store!

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Make Your Own Background Tag using Tracy Evans' Quirky Birds Stamp Set

Welcome to March and another Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge!  This week our theme is to make your own background.  We're also featuring products from Tracy Evans.  I used the Tracy Evans Quirky Birds stamp set for my tag.

I created my own background by painting, stamping and scribbling.  I used Tim Holtz's Floral Elements and Halftone and Rings stamp sets.  I added some scribbles with Distress Watercolor Pencils.

While that dried, I stamped and cut out the bird and the hearts, both from Tracy Evans' Quirky Birds stamp set.  I colored them with Distress Watercolor Pencils and paint.

I cut my collaged paper into a tag shape using AALL & Create's Tag It Yourself die set and glued on the bird and the hearts.  I made a crown for my bird and cut out the words "The Great" (if this is the bird king, after all) and glued them to the bird.  I finished the tag off by flicking on some black Dina Wakley Media Gloss.

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

• Tracy Evans Stamp Set: Quirky Birds
• Tim Holtz Stamp Sets: Floral Elements, Halftone & Rings
• Distress Watercolor Pencils, Set 1
• AALL & Create Die Set: Tag It Yourself
• Dina Wakley Media Gloss: Black
• Ranger Archival Ink: Jet Black and Crushed Olive

We are excited to see the backgrounds you create!  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!

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Sunray Card using AALL & Create's Voltage Stars Die

 A quick glance at the calendar reveals we are quickly wrapping up February!  Where did this month go?  We've arrived at the start of a new week again and with it comes a new Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge theme.  This time, it's "Whatever the Weather."  That seems appropriate as my neck of the woods received a good few inches of snow a couple of days ago.  I decided to make a card with a sunshine theme using AALL & Create's Voltage Stars die.

I started by painting and scribbling around on a piece of paper using watercolors, acrylic paint, alcohol ink, Distress Watercolor Pencils and Dina Wakley's Scribble Sticks.

I used this paper and the AALL and Create Voltage Stars die to cut out a unique tattered sun ray type of shape.  The bonus is that you can use either the positive image (what you cut out) or the negative image (what's leftover from the shape you cut out).  For my card, I ended up using the lower set of shapes, which were the negative shapes left after I cut out the block of sun rays.

I needed a background for my card, so I used kraft cardstock and another die from AALL & Create called Retro Numbers that has a filmstrip type of edge.  Then I painted it with white and yellow acrylic paint and added some more scribbles.

I trimmed down my sun shape and glued it to the background.  To make the rays stand out better, I outlined them with a black pen.  I also did some black squiggles around the ball of the sun.

I decided I wanted to make the center of the sun stand out from its rays a little more, so I covered it with graph paper, white paint, and some ledger scraps.

I wanted the color on the rays to be even brighter, so I painted over some the darker parts with white paint, then added bright pink and yellow, which always creates a bright orange color.  I added a Tim Holtz "light" sticker (which I created by cutting the "de" off the word "delight"), circled it, and this card was done.

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

• AALL & Create: Voltage Stars Die
• AALL & Create: Retro Numbers Die
• Alcohol Ink: Atomic
• Dina Wakley Paint
• Distress Watercolor Pencils: Set 4 and Set 6
• Dina Wakley Round Brushes
• Kraft Cardstock
• Tim Holtz Chitchat Stickers
• Dina Wakley Scribble Sticks 5
• Watercolors

We're looking forward to what weather-inspired creations you upload to the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog!  When you submit a project, you have a chance to earn a $25 voucher to the Simon Says Stamp Store!

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Color Wheel Card using Tim Holtz's Picture Show Vault Die Set

 Hello and welcome to another Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge!  This week's theme is "things with wheels."  I decided to utilize the picture wheel die from Tim Holtz to make a color-wheel inspired card.

I started by cutting the wheel shape, stamping some text on the wheel (thanks to Seth Apter's ESA34 stamp set), and coloring the squares from the picture wheel.

Next I used watercolor paint to color the wheel itself.

I cut a tag shape out of Distress Kraft Heavystock and attached the wheel to the folded-in-half tag using a mini brad.  Then I found some scraps from former projects: an oval of embossed white marks on brown paper, some dots stenciled on deli paper and some scribbly collage paper.  I added white paint to the wheel to tone it down a bit.

While the white paint was drying, I amped up the color on my little squares with some paint, then used Tim Holtz's Tiny Attacher to staple them to some tabs I punched.

I glued the tabs around my color wheel.

I added some other scraps to create layers and finished the front of the card off with a "Start" label sticker.  I like the word and the concept of starting; doing something -- anything --  creatively despite doubts and excuses.

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

• Tim Holtz Picture Show Vault Die Set
• Strathmore Mixed Media Paper: White and Black
• Seth Apter ESA34 Stamp Set
• Watercolors
• Kraft Heavystock
• Tim Holtz Mini Brads
• Simon Says Stamp Luggage Tags Die Set
• EK Success Large Tab Punch
• Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher
• Tim Holtz Label Stickers, Thoughts
• Ranger Jet Black Archival Ink

Submit your wheel projects to the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog.  You could win a $25 voucher to the Simon Says Stamp store!

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Capture Magic Tag using a Teabag Background

Another new week means another new Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge!  This week we are getting messy with "spritz and splatter" as our theme.  I made a tag that I used plenty of water on and includes a colored teabag in the background.

I started by cutting my tag using a Simon Says Stamp die and Strathmore Mixed Media paper.  Next I sprinkled some Infusions color stain onto a tea bag and spritzed it with water.  I also splattered on some Dina Wakley Media Gloss Spray in white.

While that was drying, I inked up a Tim Holtz stamp (from his Remnants set) with Distress Ink and spritzed it with water, then I stamped the tag with the watery ink.  I added more Infusions and spritzed it with more water.

Next I opened up the tea bag, spread it out, and glued it to the tag.  I added some blue watercolor and some green/yellow paint.  This caused me to seriously doubt my color palette choices!  This tag was two seconds from being tossed in the trash.

I decided to give it one more try and did some doodling on the tag with a white Posca paint pen.  Then I made a circle collage piece (with AALL & Create washi tape, Dina's ledger paper and Scribble Sticks) that I planned to glue on top of the tag.

I needed something else to lighten it up, so I stamped some stars (from Tim Holtz's Seasonal Scribbles set) on a piece of paper that I'd painted a light teal.

I assembled everything together, added a bit more paint, and glued on the words "capture magic" from Tim Holtz's Chit Chat sticker set.  I distressed the words a bit and added a little white paint around the tag's edges to finish it off.

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

• Infusions Color Stain: Royal Blood and Violet Storms
• Dina Wakley Media Gloss Spray: White
• Simon Says Stamp Luggage Tags Dies
• Strathmore Mixed Media Paper
• Tim Holtz Remnants Stamp Set
• Distress Ink: Festive Berries and Picked Raspberry
• Watercolors
• White Posca Pen
• Dina Wakley Ledger Paper
• AALL & Create Mix and Match Washi Tape
• Dina Wakley Scribble Sticks 2
• Dina Wakley Paint
• Tim Holtz Chit Chat Stickers
• Tim Holtz Seasonal Scribbles Stamp Set

We're excited to see your spritzed and splattered projects!  Upload them to the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog for your chance to win a $25 voucher to the Simon Says Stamp Store.