My Other Creations: Notebooks Using Inky Antics' Branching Out Stamp Set

This week's theme over at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog is "Feminine/Girly."  It's been a while since I played with mini notebooks, so I made two of them featuring fun female sentiments.

As I usually do, I started with Strathmore Mixed Media paper, which holds up nicely to paint and water.  I cut pieces in the shape of my notebooks, then added some Tim Holtz Merchant Washi tape.

I stamped on some circles from Dina Wakley's "Weird is Good" stamp set and toned down the Washi with white acrylic paint.

And now for the COLOR!  I whipped out my Jane Davenport Mermaid Markers and painted around the edges, then spritzed them with some water from a spray bottle to move and blend the color even more.

From this part of the process, it's always a string of adding things, painting over things, changing my mind and ripping things off, then sticking things back on....it makes it tricky to take process shots when it's such a twisty path from A to B.  Be that as it may, here is how the blue one turned out:

I ended up adding a lot of white to the second notebook.  The branches on each of these are from Inky Antics' Branching Out stamp set.  The sentiment on this one is from Crafty Comments.

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

Inky Antics Crafty Comments stamp set	Inky Antics Branching Out stamp set	Inky Antics The Queen′s Quips Clear Stamps	Dina Wakley Weird is Good Cling Stamps	Tim Holtz Merchant Design Tape
Strathmore Mixed Media Paper	Jane Davenport Mermaid Markers	Dina Wakley Ranger WHITE Media Heavy Body Acrylic Paints	Dylusions Paint - London Blue	Dina Wakley LIME Heavy Body Acrylic Paints
Dina Wakley UMBER Heavy Body Acrylic Paints	Dina Wakley Black Heavy Body Acrylic Paint	Ranger Archival Jet Black Ink Pad	Tim-Holtz-Tonic-Craft-TRAVEL-STAMP-PLATFORM

I'm excited to see how you go girly this week!  Upload your creations to the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog for your chance to win a $50 voucher to Simon Says Stamp.

My Cards and Tags: Snow Tag using Tim Holtz's Voltage Die

"Weather" is this week's theme over at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog and we are also highlighting Tim Holtz products.  I decided to go with snow (since it's MARCH and I'm still seeing it fall-- eye roll).  I do love how beautiful everything looks, though, under a fresh coat of white fluff.

I made this tag with the new Tim Holtz Voltage die in the background.  It seems so versatile!  Then I had to go with some of his Paper Dolls (I must be on a paper doll kick) and added some accessories to keep these dapper dudes dry.  I colored them just a bit with Distress Crayons.  The snow was made by using white paint through two different stencils: Simon Says Stamp's Falling Snow and My Favorite Thing's Confetti Stencil Set.

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

Tim Holt Voltage Bigz Die	Tim Holtz Stacked Tags Thinlits Die	Idea-ology Paper Dolls	Simon Says Stamp Falling Snow Stencil	MFT Card Sized Confetti Stencil Set
Tim Holtz Distress Crayons set 4	Tim Holtz Distress Crayons SET 3	Tim Holtz Distress Crayons SET 1	Tim Holtz Distress Crayons SET 2	Tim Holtz 12 x 12 Correspondence Paper Pack
COLLECTOR Design Tape	Prima Impasto Acrylic paint, Mint	Prima Impasto Paint Mediterranean	Prima Impasto paint, Crimson	Dylusions Paint - London Blue
Dina Wakley Ranger WHITE Media Heavy Body Acrylic Paints	Dina Wakley TURQUOISE Heavy Body Acrylic Paints	Sizzix Big Shot	Strathmore Mixed Media Paper	Sunny Studio Polka Dot Parade 6x6 Paper
We R Memory Keepers Mint Typewriter

I'm excited to see which type of weather you choose to focus your projects on!  Be sure to upload your clever creations to the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog for your chance to win a $50 voucher to the Simon Says Stamp store.