Trio of color explosion

Hi everyone,

It's Monday and that means a new Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge. This week it's all about a trio of colors. Choose your medium and use it in three colors.

I chose the primary colors of Distress Stains: Picked Raspberry (magenta), Mustard Seed (yellow) and Peacock Feathers (cyan). I was in the mood for a color explosion and the Splash technique with Distress Stains makes it into a real color explosion. For this technique, it's recommended to put on old clothes and to clear your working area. It's really an explosion of Distress Stains and the spletters will go far! I speak from personal experience...



Before I did this technique I first made some texture with Texture Paste and the Harlequin stencil. This creates more depth.



What is very important if you want to get those beautiful splashes, is to get the dabber full with ink. Press firmly on your craft mat. But not too hard, else the ink will run out of the bottle. Okay now it's time to make some color explosions! Hit with the Stain onto the surface. How much pressure is something you need to experiment with.



To join in all you need to do is make a project that fits this weeks challenge and you can be the winner of the $50 gift voucher that our amazing sponsor Simon Says Stamp offers. This prize will go to a random entry. So go over to the Stamp and Show Monday Challenge blog, let the DT members inspire you and join in the fun!

Thank you for stopping by! Love to see you next time!

Hugs,
Sandra

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12 tags of 2015 - August

Hi everyone,

What a cool tag Tim has made for the August one of the 12 tags of 2015! I like the grungy colors. For my tag I wanted happy bright colors, because of the theme of my tag. But also because it's still summer, and want to hold on to it as long as possible...

The picture of the girl with her doll I found on tumblr. Unfortunately I didn't save the link, else I could have shared this picture. The inspiration for this tag is looking back on great memories.
I only have the Christmas word blocks, so I made my own words with the Alpha Thinlits. I was surprised I could make all the words that I wanted in one go. Wow!



The new design tape is perfect for keeping thinlits together. The adhesive isn't too strong and it leaves no residue.I printed the girl with the laser printer on white cardstock. After a layer of Multi Medium Matte, I did some photo tinting.

 

For the rest, I followed Tim's instruction as far as I had the supplies.










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Hugs,
Sandra

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Movie night! with video tutorial

Hi everyone,

It's Monday and that means it's time for a new Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge. I came up with the challenge for this week: "Ticket, please!". From airline tickets to bus tickets, from movie tickets to concert tickets and from die cuts tickets to stamp tickets. Let's see your tickets, please!




Almost every week I go to the movies (I have a membership for 5 years now) and if I had kept all the tickets, I could cover up a large portion of a wall, for sure. This gave me an idea for my tag this week.
In this video (my first one ever!) you can see the whole process. Well, almost the whole process. Something went wrong in the end with recording and the last part didn't record...



The Walnut Stain Distess Ink pad was just re-inked early that day. That caused for the strange blending while I was making the background. With the ticket stamp from the Curiosity possibilty I stamped a random pattern. With the Numbered stencil and Pistachio Cracked Paint Distress I added a lighter color. I needed a touch of bright color against the dark background.
 
 

Before I die cut the letters I applied some dots with Cracked Pistachio Distress Paint and the Dot Fade stencil. I wanted to give them the marquee look. I went over the dots with a White Sharpie pen and with the Wink of Stella Glitter Brush I went over the whole letters.



I wanted more film ribbon at the top of the tag. So I stamped with StazOn the Bo Bunny Film Ribbon onto a piece of transparency. When I had cut it out I heated it with a heattool till it became soft (it kind of melts). You must be very careful, because when it's soft, it's also very hot! Using tweezers, I managed to get it through the hole of the tag and I played with it till I was pleased with the shape.



To join in all you need to do is make a project that fits this weeks challenge and you can be the winner of the $50 gift voucher that our amazing sponsor Simon Says Stamp offers. This prize will go to a random entry. So go over to the Stamp and Show Monday Challenge blog, let the DT members inspire you and join in the fun!

Thank you for stopping by! Love to see you next time!

Hugs,
Sandra

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Tag with a Twist of Citron

Hi everyone,

This Monday and it's time for a new Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge! This week's challenge: "Citrus with a twist." Based on Twisted Citron Tim Holtz Distress Ink color:
Twisted Citron has me thinking about all things citrus, neon and fresh! This week from oranges to bright fresh color we want to see how you'll use citrus ... with your own twist.



I wanted to play with Twisted Citron for this tag. I really like this color and it's a great addition to the existing palette. I didn't only play with Twisted Citron, I used Hickory Smoke and Mermaid Lagoon too of the new 2015 colors. Amazing how well these go and blend together.



After the background, I made with Black Marble my trusty splashes. And this time I chose a different background stamp, Numbers of Kaisercraft. Since the tag was a bit dark, I wanted to add some lighter color. I mixed a little Twisted Citron with some Crackle Paste and used the Mini Brick stencil. I applied a medium layer, so I got nice crackle on this bricks. When the crackle was dry, I applied Walnut Stain Distress Ink with Ink Blending Tool, to accentuate the crackle effect. The ink stains it.





To join in all you need to do is make a project that fits this weeks challenge and you can be the winner of the $50 gift voucher that our amazing sponsor Simon Says Stamp offers. This prize will go to a random entry. So go over to the Stamp and Show Monday Challenge blog, let the DT members inspire you and join in the fun!

Thank you for stopping by! Love to see you next time!

Hugs,
Sandra

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Mason Jar Flowers

Hi everyone,

It's Monday and it brings a new Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge along with it. This week, team mate Michelle wanted to see on our homegrown summer inspired projects. So let's show it to her.


As childern my siblings and I had our own part of the garden that we were allowed to maintain. We were free to decide what we wanted to grow there. I tried to grow vegetables (I failed, I don't have a green thumb), but also poppies, sunflowers and other wild flowers. The wild flowers were easy to grow ... Not only from my own garden, but also where ever I could find other beautiful wild flowers I picked them for my mother. She loved them and put them in a jar or a vase.

 

This was my inspiration for my card. First I stamped the jar and flowers. I masked off the jar with masking tape and flowers with Liquid Frisket. I also masked off the top and bottom of the card. After the liquid masking was dry I started with the background. I've inked the Petites Floral Stencil with Squeezed Lemonade and Shabby Shutters and stamped with the inkup stencil like a stamp.

 

After I've made several layers, such as the Typo stencil with Broken China and stamping what the Messy stamp, it was time to take all the masking off. The flowers I colored in with Distress Markers and left a white border around the edges. And the jar I gave a shade and a bit of blue glow hoping it gives it the illusion that there is water inside. To make the jar shinny like it's made from glass, I've applied a thick layer of Glossy Accents.

 

Despite the card was inspired by picking flowers for my mother, it was created for a male colleague. To still give a little masculinity I've adhered two male Potty People.



To join in all you need to do is make a project that fits this weeks challenge and you can be the winner of the $50 gift voucher that our amazing sponsor Simon Says Stamp offers. This prize will go to a random entry. So go over to the Stamp and Show Monday Challenge blog, let the DT members inspire you and join in the fun!

Thank you for stopping by! Love to see you next time!

Hugs,
Sandra

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Making a memory book

Hi everyone,

Monday means a new Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge! This week's theme is: "Make a plan." Do you have a planner where you're creative in? Or maybe a project in which you share your plans. Join in and share it with us.



I made an art journal spread to motivate myself to make a memory planner. It's basicly a diary but then with pictures and embellished. It already worked! I'll show you a few pictures of my memory planner at the end of this post.



Personally, I don't take pictures at all, only on trips or something. It's so easy to take them with our smartphones these days (I sound just plain old saying this, haha) and yet I don't take the time often enough to make one. It's something I need to work on. That's why I took a selfie for the occasion.



First I started with the background, stamping actually. For this I used some planner-ish stamps, like Captured from Bo Bunny and DIY Date from Simple Stories. I've stamped with Jet Black Archival Ink twice, so the first one is black and the second one is the lighter one, the ghost image. This gives it a playful effect. To bring a little color in I chose Neon Pink and Picked Raspberry. I'm so happy with the new Hickory Smoke color. This actually goes with anything, love it!





Here are some pages of my new planner. It's actually a notebook I bought and made it into my own memory planner. It holds 160 pages, so just a good 5 months. It got me to January 1st! Need to think of something for next year... I embellished the whole planner in advance, so I only have to write what happed that day and add a picture.










To join in all you need to do is make a project that fits this weeks challenge and you can be the winner of the $50 gift voucher that our amazing sponsor Simon Says Stamp offers. This prize will go to a random entry. So go over to the Stamp and Show Monday Challenge blog, let the DT members inspire you and join in the fun!

Thank you for stopping by! Love to see you next time!

Hugs,
Sandra

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