Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: House on Wheels using Tim Holtz's Sizzix Village Collection and Theories Stamp Set

"Transport It" is this week's Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge theme, so I thought to myself, why not make a house on wheels?  I always love a good quirky house!

I started this project with Strathmore Mixed Media paper (nice and sturdy), my Sizzix Big Shot, and Tim Holtz's Village Collection die set from Sizzix.  The village set is a costly investment as far as dies go, but there are about a billion dies in the set, so it justifies the price in my opinion.  I also liked how you could get the whole village (towers, add-on's -- everything) in one big hurrah.  That saved me from having to obsess about if/when subsequent village sets would be made available.

Once I had the pieces cut (I did trim down the side wall pieces and my roof so my house would be narrow enough to fit on my thread spool wheels), I painted over all the pieces with a layer of white acrylic paint.  Then I stamped images onto the pieces using Dina Wakley's You are the Universe stamp set and also glued on some patterned paper scraps.

And then, you know how I do!  Paint, paint, paint.

I assembled the house and found myself at this point:

I decided it needed a scallop overhanging part, so I cut out a scallop edge and painted it.  I stuck it onto my house with foam dots for a little more dimension.  Next I painted a piece of cardboard for my house to sit on.  I threaded a thick wire through the base and stuck it all the way through the inside of my house with the wire poking up through the roof.  I also made my little flag banner that would fly from the wire.

I assembled everything (added some yarny bits to my wire) and wah-la!  This house was ready to roll!  Here's a side view:

And this is what the back looks like:

The shift key image was cut from a fabric scrap I've had in my stash forever.

And here's that fabulous sentiment that flies above my house (from Tim Holtz's Theories stamp set):

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

tim-holtz-sizzix-village-collection-thinlits-dies-665564	Stamper′s Anonymous Tim Holtz Stamp Set in Theories	Dina Wakley You are the Universe Stamp Set	Honey Bee Harvest Festival 6x6 Paper Pad	Reverse Confetti 6X6 Free Spirit Paper	Craft Consortium Wood Textures 6x6 Paper	Best Creation Big Circles 3D Foam Tape Adhesive
Dina Wakley Ranger WHITE acrylic paint	Dina Wakley Fuchsia Acrylic Paint	Dina Wakley Ranger BLACKBERRY 1OZ Media Acrylic Paints MDQ53958	Dina Wakley Ranger NIGHT acrylic paint	Dina Wakley Ocean Paint	Dina Wakley Olive Acrylic paint	Dina Wakley LEMON Media Acrylic Paint
Dina Wakley Carnation Heavy Body Acrylic Paints	Dylusions Tropical Sangria	ranger archival jet black ink pad	Strathmore Mixed Media 6x8 Paper

We are excited to see how you interpret our "transport it" theme 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: Tag Trio using Carabelle Studio's Fairy Town and Little People Stamp Sets

Hello, hello and happy 2022!  It's January 3rd and so far, so good!  We are jumping right into the new year with a challenge theme of Something NEW over at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog.  It seemed like the perfect excuse to buy some new stamps from Carabelle Studio, which we're also featuring, and which I was only too glad to do.  I then proceeded to make a tag trio with these fantastically quirky stamp images.

I started by stamping the images on white cardstock with Ranger Jet Black Archival ink, fussy-cutting them out, and decorating them with washi tape and paint.  The stamp sets I used are called Fairy Town and Little People.  Once the paint dries, I like to go back in and outline the black stamp lines with a black pen or marker if they got too faded out under all that paint.

And what, oh what, to attach the tags to?  I went with these adorable mini tags from Studio Light (Art by Marlene: So-fish-ticated).  I used Ranger Kraft paper and Strathmore Mixed Media white paper for the double-layers here.

I don't know why I bothered to use Kraft paper, because I ended up covering all that lovely cardboardy brown with different layers of acrylic paint (eyeroll to myself).  It is the endless cycle of painting colors, then painting white over it to tone it down, then painting more colors, then more white...it would drive you nuts to watch in live action, but there you have it.  Once I had the color on, I wanted to add some faint black-and-white line imagery, so I stamped more images onto my painted tags.

I laid my fussy-cut images on top of the tags and that's when I realized that the square tag looked a little sparse with just the mushroom on it, so I stamped, cut, and decorated another image to add to the tag.

With all of my forefront pieces done and the backgrounds ready, I glued everything together and was done!  Here's a close-up of each:

These little tags were fun to make and the images were fantastic from the get-go!

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

Carabelle Studio Fairy Town Stamps	Carabelle Studio Little People Stamp Set	Studio Light Mini Tags, So-Fish-Ticated	AALL & Create Inspire Washi Tape	AALL & Create BE A REBEL LIGHT 34 Washi Tape aalwt34	Tim-Holtz-85-X-11-DISTRESS-KRAFT-HEAVYSTOCK-Ranger	Strathmore Mixed Media 6x8 Paper
Dina Wakley Ranger WHITE acrylic paint	Dina Wakley Turquoise paint	Dina Wakley Umber acrylic paint	Dina Wakley Black Acrylic Paint	Dina Wakley Ranger BLACKBERRY 1OZ Media Acrylic Paints MDQ53958	Dina Wakley Ranger NIGHT acrylic paint	Dina Wakley Lime paint
Dina Wakley Peacock Acrylic Paint	Dina Wakley Carnation Heavy Body Acrylic Paints	Dina Wakley Olive Acrylic paint	Dina Wakley LEMON Media Acrylic Paint	Dina Wakley Fuchsia Acrylic Paint	Dylusions Lemon Drop paint	Dylusions Pure Sunshine paint
Dylusions Strawberry Daquiri Paint	Dylusions Tropical Sangria	Dylusions Periwinkle Blue paint	Dylusions Polished Jade paint	Dylusions Cherry Pie acrylic paint	Dylusions Calypso Teal Paint	ranger archival jet black ink pad
Ranger Inkssentials Non Stick CRAFT SHEET Reusable 15 X 18 Stamp Paint Ink	UHU Glue Stick

How will you celebrate NEW 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.