Sister Love card with video tutorial

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It's Monday and that means a new Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge! This week it's all about "Love is in the Air".

Do you already feel love in the air? We are approaching Valentine's Day. But I chose  for my card another kind of love. I now have all the colors of Nuvo Shimmer Powder and I wanted to work with some warm colors. But first I applied some texture with the Mosaic stencil and Texture Paste. When that was dry I used some of the newer Opal Magic Yellow Pink paint. After some random stamping with the Read to Me stamp, it was finally time for the Nuvo Shimmer Powders.

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Alcohol Party card with video tutorial

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It's Monday and that means a new Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge! This week it's all about "Alcohol" Inks  or Drinks...

I rarely use Alcohol Inks for my projects, but I have quite a few. So this Alcohol challenge is perfect to break them out again. I notice that I often grab the same colors and this time is no different. I started with a sheet of Yupo and different colors Alcohol Inks. I applied them with a blending tool with Felt, but I find the hard lines with the small ones really cool, so I used a heat tool to stop the process of the Alcohol Inks wicking.

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Recycle art journal spread with video tutorial

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It's Monday and that means a new Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge! This week it's all about "Recycle Something".

I had fun making an art journal spread last week, that I've decided to make another one. I started with the background stamp from Simon Says Stamp, called Deco Diamonds. I gave it a coat of Clear Gesso. When it was dry I applied the first layer of color with Distress Oxides. Because the Oxides are on top of Gesso it reacts water really well. So with a spray bottle I created a drippage effect on the top and bottom of the page.

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A Bug's Love art journal spread with video tutorial

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It's Monday and that means a new Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge! This week it's all about "Use Something New".

It has been some time since I made an art journal spread and I thought this perfect to start with that as the beginning of the new year. First I stamped randomly with the background stamp of the Entomology set. On top of that I used  a brand new product Nuvo Expanding Mousse (thanks, Marzena!). I used it first with the Tiles stencil. I hadn't read the instructions on the package properly, and thought it would expand on its own as it dried, but it really needs heat. So when I heated it, it didn't work, so I thought I was too late. Then I used it with the Numbered stencil and immediately used the heat tool. Then I found out that it just takes a very long time before it expands, it has to be really, really, really hot. It's really cool that it becomes completely puffy as if it were foam or something.

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