Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Bright and Cheerful Card using AALL & Create's Film Drip and Retro Numbers Dies

What great joy was mine when I learned about this week's Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog theme: Bright and Cheerful!  I made a card for the occasion using some bold Odile Bailloeul Festival fabric and dies from AALL & Create.

I started by cutting some shapes with AALL & Create's Film Drip and Retro Numbers die sets.  I always like to explore the negative shapes (what's left behind after you cut the intended shapes) in addition to the intended shapes.  I painted the shapes not knowing for sure which I would use in this project.

While the paint dried, I tore up some scraps of fabric.  This is a great collection: Odile Bailloeul Festival.

All that was left to do was play with the layout and glue down the painted paper shapes and the fabric.

To finish it off, I painted white around the edges and added some stamped sentiments from Tim Holtz's Seasonal Scribbles stamp set.

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

• AALL & Create: Film Drip Die Set
• AALL & Create: Retro Numbers
• Odile Bailloeul Festival Fat Quarter Fabric Bundle
• Dina Wakley Paint
• Ranger Kraft Heavystock
• Strathmore Mixed Media Paper
• Tim Holtz Seasonal Scribbles Stamp Set
• Ranger Jet Black Archival Ink

If you'd like to participate in this week's challenge, upload your creation to the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog and you'll have a chance at winning a $25 voucher to the Simon Says Stamp store!