Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Tree tag using Waffle Flower's Slimline Christmas Tree Dies and Tim Holtz's Groups Paper Dolls

TREES is this week's Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge theme.  I combined a Christmas tree and some potential rascals to make a fun and festive tag.

This tag was kind of all over the place, so there aren't many process pics (unless you want to see the process started, then painted over like fifty-five times).  Here's the basic gist of the tag.  I cut the tag out of Kraft paper, painted a lot of it white, then glued on some text scraps that I stamped.  The tree was a die (Waffle Flower's Slimline Christmas Tree dies) that I cut out of Strathmore Mixed Media paper and then painted.

Once I had my tree and my tag, I decided to add these three guys as the focal point.  I made a hat for one and a halo for the other.  I like using these paper dolls when you need a quick and easy tag or card.  

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

Waffle Flower Slimline Christmas Tree Dies	Tim Holtz Sizzix Framelits Tag Collection dies	Tim Holtz Seasonal Scribbles Stamp Set	Tim-Holtz-Idea-ology-GROUPS-PAPER-DOLLS-th94137	Tim-Holtz-85-X-11-DISTRESS-KRAFT-HEAVYSTOCK-Ranger	Dina Wakley Ranger WHITE acrylic paint	Tim Holtz Flip Top DIstress Paint 2021 SALVAGED PATINA APRIL COLOR
Dylusions Sour Appletini paint	Dylusions Mushy Peas paint	Dylusions Lemon Drop paint	Dylusions Rose Quartz paint	Dylusions Periwinkle Blue paint	Dylusions Tropical Sangria	Dylusions Pure Sunshine paint
UHU Glue Stick	Strathmore Mixed Media 6x8 Paper

How will you show your tree love 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!

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Thanks/Thanksgiving Blessings Book using Waffle Flower's A7 Disc Bound Dies

We are rolling right into November and Thanksgiving and pie and gratitude (I guess not necessary in that order, but you get the idea).  It's a wonderful time of year to reflect on our blessings.  That's why for this week's Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge, the theme being thanks or Thanksgiving, I made a fat little gratitude book.

I started by using Waffle Flower's A7 Disc Bound die set to cut about a million pages out of Kraft paper and white cardstock.  Most any die that offers me a chance to make a book or a folder or a tab or a page has my support and this is a great little set.

Next I cracked out a brand new stamp set from Dina Wakley (I Am) and stamped the flower design onto my cover page.  I started gluing little bits of paper onto my flower petals, which, as usual, I ended up mostly covering with paint later on.  It's all part of the process, right?

Quite a transformation here as I smeared and smooshed some paint around and finished off the flower.  I also stamped a "blessings" sentiment onto the page using Sweet n' Sassy's So Grateful stamp set.

With my cover done, I assembled all of the pages onto the two binding discs (also from Waffle Flower).  I cut some numbers from a piece of patterned paper (Family Fun from Simple Stories), touched them up with paint, and glued them into my notebook as tabs.  I also sprayed the edges of the pages with Ground Espresso Distress Spray to make them look a little grungy and weathered.  I added paint to the page edges as well, but you've got to be careful when you smear paint onto a wad of pages (when held closed) because there's a high chance you'll glue the pages together with the paint.  Been there, done that.  But if you just smear a little paint along the book's pages (again, while holding them all tightly together), then go back and open every page and leave the pages spread out until the paint dries, you'll be alright.

While the inside is not very exciting yet, you can see that it's all ready to fill in with one or two gratitude thoughts or lists of blessings per page.

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

Waffle Flower A7 Disc Bound Dies	Waffle Flower Binding Discs, Red	Dina Wakley Cling Stamps, I Am	Sweet ′N Sassy Stamps, So Grateful	Simple Stories Family Fun 12x12 Paper Pack	Dina-Wakley-Ranger-KRAFT-PAPER-PACK	Neenah Solar White Cardstock
Dina Wakley Ranger NIGHT acrylic paint	Dina Wakley Olive Acrylic paint	Dina Wakley Turquoise paint	Dina Wakley Umber acrylic paint	Dylusions Lemon Drop paint	Dylusions Mango Punch paint	Dylusions Tropical Sangria
ranger archival jet black ink pad	Tim Holtz Distress Spray Stain GROUND ESPRESSO

What project will you make this week to honor thanks/Thanksgiving?  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.