My Cards and Tags: Altered Snow Globe Tags using Paper Smooches' Super 2 and Reverse Confetti's See Through Tag Dies

"Cityscape" is our theme this week over at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog.  I made my version of a snow globe scene on these two tags:

I started with one of my favorite techniques, which is creating a panel out of random strips of washi tape.  All I did was stick the tape to white cardstock.

Next I got out the city dies, laid them on the washi tape panel, and ran it through my Sizzix Big Shot.

It looked a little like Crazy Town, so I toned down some of the blaring parts with white acrylic paint.  I outlined the buildings and some of the windows with a black Sharpie.

These were TOO white now (I know-- it is silly), so I added some color back in with acrylic paint.

Next I started working on the tags.  These tags came from a Reverse Confetti die called, "See Through Tag."  I used Strathmore Mixed Media paper.  Once they were cut, I stamped them with some text on the background.  The text is from an Inky Antics stamp set (designed by yours truly) called, "Encouraging Words."

I cut some circles out of black cardstock using Simon Says Stamp's Circle Loops dies and glued them around the hole opening.  Then I colored the tag backgrounds using more acrylic paint and Infusions color stain.

Next I glued the citcyscapes to the tag backgrounds.  

I added some paper behind the cityscapes to show through the hole openings, added some white paint through a snow stencil, and outlined some parts of the buildings again (as well as the edges of the tags) with a black Sharpie.  I added some eyelets and twine to the top and finished them off with some Small Talk- Occasions sticker sentiments.

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

Paper Smooches Super 2 die	Reverse Confetti See Through Tag die	Inky Antics Encouraging Words stamp set	Simon Says Stamp Circle Loops Die Set	Simon Says Stamp Stencil FALLING SNOW SSST121324
Dylusions Dyary Tape Strips	Dina Wakley Washi Tape 3	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Salvaged Design Tape	Sizzix Big Shot	Strathmore Mixed Media Paper
Paper Artsy Are You Cerise Infusions Colored Stain	Paper Artsy VIOLET STORMS Infusions Colored Stain	Paper Artsy RUSTY CAR Infusions Colored Stain CS17	Paper Artsy A BIT JADED Infusions Colored Stain	Dina Wakley Ranger WHITE acrylic paint
Dina Wakley Lime Acrylic Paint	Dina Wakley TURQUOISE Heavy Body Acrylic Paints	Dina Wakley OCEAN heavy body acrylic paints	Dina Wakley Olive Acrylic paint	Dina Wakley TANGERINE Heavy Body Acrylic Paints
Dina Wakley LEMON Media Acrylic Paint	Tim Holtz DISTRESS SPRAYER	Craft Consortium Grunge Light Tones 6x6 Paper	Craft Consortium Grunge Dark Tones 6x6 paper	Black Permanent Sharpie Marker
Crop A Dile	We R Memories Eyelets	Ranger Non Stick Craft Sheet	Tim Holtz Occasions Small Talk Stickers	LDRS Creative Sweet Sensations 6x6 Paper

How will you incorporate a cityscape this week?  Upload your creations to the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog for your chance to win a $50 voucher to the Simon Says Stamp store!

My Cards and Tags: Paper Badges using the Ink Road's Adulting Gold Stars Stamp Set

"Stars" is the theme of the week over at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog.  It was the perfect opportunity for me to use The Ink Road's Adulting Gold Stars stamp set, which is pretty clever.  It definitely celebrates the small victories!

I started by stamping the sentiments into the star frame, then cutting out the stars.

Next I stamped some circles from Dina Wakley's "For the Love of Circles" stamp set. 

I painted the inside of the circles with acrylic paint.

I stamped some funky text on the circles using Tim Holtz's Sideshow stamp set.  Then I cut some patterned paper into squares to be the base of my paper badges.  I covered some parts of the patterned paper with white acrylic paint, then stamped some loopy text on (with Dina Wakley's aforementioned "For the Love of Circles" stamp set).  I smeared on a bit of colored acrylic paint and glued the stars onto my painted circles.

I assembled everything together and outlined the edges with a black Sharpie.

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

The Ink Road: Adulting Gold Stars stamp set
Dina Wakley: For the Love of Circles stamp set
Tim Holtz: Sideshow stamp set
Sweet Sensations 6x6 patterned paper
Dylusions paint: London Blue
Dylusions paint: Cherry Pie
Dina Wakley paint: White
Dina Wakley paint: Ocean
Dina Wakley paint: Olive
Dina Wakley paint: Turquoise
Dina Wakley paint: Eggplant
Dina Wakley paint: Blushing
Dina Wakley paint: Fuchsia
Dina Wakley paint: Lapis
Dina Wakley paint: Tangerine
Dina Wakley paint: Lemon
Strathmore Mixed Media paper
Ranger Jet Black Archival ink
Black Sharpie marker

If you feel inspired by stars, we'd love to see your creations!  Upload them to the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog for your chance to win a $50 voucher to the Simon Says Stamp store.

My Cards and Tags: Christmas Tags using Simon Says Stamp's Clean Line Christmas Stamps

Another week has come and gone and we find ourselves in December!  I decided to go with some tree tags to fulfill this week's Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog theme of adding some sparkle.  We're also using Brutus Monroe products.

I started by cutting some tags out of Strathmore Mixed Media paper and adding some acrylic paint to them.

Next I added some snow using white acrylic paint and the Simon Says Stamp Falling Snow stencil.

I drizzled on some Neon Pink Aqua Pigment and spritzed it with water.

I added more white paint onto the tags to tone down the background in preparation of adding my trees.

I cut triangles out of patterned paper, outlined them with a Sharpie, and glued them to the tags.  I heat-embossed silver around the edges.  All that was left was to stamp on the sentiments and add some die-cut snowflakes.  Done!

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

Simon Says Stamp Clean Line Christmas	Simon Says Stamp Falling Snow Stencil	Tim Holtz Sizzix Framelits Tag Collection dies	Reverse Confetti Triangle Trees Die	Sunny Studio Snowflake Circle Frame Die
Brutus Monroe STERLING SPARKLE Embossing Powder	Brutus Monroe Neon Pink Aqua Pigment	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Embossing Ink	Ranger HEAT IT CRAFT TOOL	Sizzix Big Shot
Altenew Essential Black and White 6x6 Paper Pack	Craft Consortium Grunge Light Tones 6x6 Paper	LDRS Creative Sweet Sensations 6x6 Paper	ranger archival jet black ink pad	Dina Wakley Ranger WHITE acrylic paint
Dina Wakley Ranger NIGHT acrylic paint	Dina Wakley TURQUOISE Heavy Body Acrylic Paints	Dina Wakley LEMON Media Acrylic Paint	Dina Wakley Lime Acrylic Paint	Dylusions Periwinkle Paint
Dylusions Paint Polished Jade	Ranger Dylusions Paint PURE SUNSHINE DYP52746	Dylusions Paint, Mushy Peas

How will you get your sparkly this week?  Upload your creations to the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog for your chance to win a $50 voucher to the Simon Says Stamp store!