Stars and Stripes card with video tutorial

Hi everyone,

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

Since it is almost 4th of July and the theme is stars and stripes, I went for it. For the background I've used the Crate stencil and Crackle Texture Paste. Don't know what happened, but the last few projects I use Crackle mediums in I get nice crackles... strange, I normally have such ugly crackles! Okay, lets move on...While the Crackle was drying, I gave the resin parts a layer of Gesso.


 

This time I wanted to use subtle colors and not go too far with red and blue, because those are such strong colors. I started coloring the wings blue with Opal Magic Blue-Gold. And I wanted to make the weird mechanical part in a light red, and I used Nuvo Shimmer Powder for that mixed with Soft Matte Gel, but that looked not that great. Blotted most of it off and went over it with Nuvo Mousse Persian Red, and wow, I loved that result lots more.

 

Back to the background, it was finally dry, I used Opal Magic Blue-Gold, Metallique Steampunk Copper and Distress Paint Fired Brick to give it some color. All very light and in stripes. To add a little extra red I used Nuvo Shimmer Powder Catherine Wheel, and here it was exactly what I wanted :).
The construction bit is always my favorite part, but I also find it the most difficult. Often I've thought about it a bit beforehand, this way I know in advance which colors I want where. With Heavy Body Gel I adhered the larger pieces and with Soft Matte Gel the smaller pieces.

VIDEO:

SUPPLIES:

Prima Flowers HEAVY BODY GEL Art Basics	Prima Marketing Soft Matte Gel	Ranger Texture Paste OPAQUE CRACKLE	Prima Marketing CLEAR GESSO 8.5 OZ. Art Basics 961466	Prima Marketing METALLIQUE RUSTIC BROWN Art Alchemy Acrylic Paint	Prima Marketing METALLIQUE STEAMPUNK COPPER Art Alchemy Acrylic Paint
Prima Flowers OPAL MAGIC BLUE GOLD Art Alchemy Acrylic Paint	Prima Marketing OLD DENIM Art Alchemy Metallique Wax 966768	Prima-Marketing-FIREBIRD-Art-Alchemy-Metallique-Wax	/Prima-Marketing-WHITE-GOLD-Art-Alchemy-Metallique-Wax	Tonic PERSIAN RED Nuvo Embellishment Mousse 818N	Prima Marketing READ TO ME Finnabair Clear Stamp
Prima Flowers JAGGED LINES Finnabair Clear Stamp	Tim Holtz Idea-ology SPROCKET GEARS Watch Parts Hardware	Tim Holtz Idea-ology MINI GEARS Sprockets	Pretty Pink Posh 4MM CLEAR DROPLETS	Pretty Pink Posh 6MM CLEAR DROPLETS	Prima - Melange Art Pebbles
Zig Wink of Stella Clear Glitter Marker	Sakura-CLASSIC-WHITE-Gelly-Roll	Tim Holtz Layering Stencil CRATE THS089	Prima - Art Stones	Prima Marketing MINI ART STONES Art Ingredients 963712	Tim Holtz Distress Paint In Fired Brick
Tonic CATHERINE WHEEL Nuvo Shimmer Powder 1215n	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad GROUND ESPRESSO Ranger TIM43270	Archival Ink - Coffee	Prima Marketing COGS AND WINGS Mould 966614	Prima Marketing MECHANICA Mould	Prima Marketing STARS AND MOONS Mould 966638
Ranger - Dina Wakley - White Gesso

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 Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge blog, let the DT members inspire you and join in the fun!

You have until Monday 8am Ohio time. 1pm UK time, 2 pm CET to join in.

Follow Simon Says Stamp on Instagram

If you use instagram add #sssmchallenge to your challenge entry uploads so we can see them on there too!



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

Hugs,
Sandra