Scenic Route art journal spread with video tutorial

Hi everyone,

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

I was in the mood for an art journal spread, that's perfect to create a scene. I was inspired by a few live shows for this project, as there are so many at the moment, and I'm loving it. The art journal was inspired on Finnabair Youtube live and on Tim Holtz Facebook live. I placed a big order after seeing those.

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Spring Butterfly 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 "Spring Mood Board". The lovely Macarena has made this gorgeous mood board for our inspiration!

Spring has finally arrived, my favorite season of the year. It is a pity that due to the circumstances we can't enjoy it as usual, but our health and safety is much more important. For this card I was inspired by Tim Holtz's Distress Crayons Facebook Live and used the brightest colors of Distress Crayons I have.

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All Loved Up 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 "All Loved up".

It is almost Valentine's Day, so it's about love this week. I chose for a grungy card with a masculine feel. First I used Heavystock with the Crackle 3D Embossing Folder. What are those embossing folders amazing. With 3 different shades of Distress Inks I colored the background. I made the edges darker with Distress Crayon Black Soot and I also added foil to the edges in Pale Gold and Pewter. After I applied the washi tape, I put it through the Vagabond again with the Crackle embossing folder.

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Christmas City 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 "Cityscape".

This is my last Christmas card of the season and. As I already told last time, I made them in the same colors and in the same style as the others. As a kind of serie. For the cityscape I used the City Scene stencil, a pretty cool and unique stencil, which gives you many options to use. They should also make a die of it. That would be amazing! 

 

Anyway, back to my Christmas card, first I applied a layer of Nuvo Expanding Mousse Worn Linen (thanks Marzena!) as with the other cards. Then with the Degrade the Points stencil applied some sparkle with the Glitter Glaze Fallen Snow. When that was dry, I started with my serie colors, Nuvo Shimmer Powder Storm Cloud, Infusion In The Navy and Black Knight. This time I also used Distress Ink Black Soot to give the Texture Paste some color, but I went over it with Infusions for a more intense color using a brush.

 

The word "City" is not in the Holiday Word die set, so I used Merry and Christmas with the Metallic-3 Cardstock and had all the letters I needed. I also used this Cardstock with the Alpha Lower dies and the Simon Says Stamp Stacked Stars. To make them into stickers, I use double-sided tape, which I stick to the back of the cardstock before I run it through the die-cutting machine. Super handy, especially with small pieces.

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SUPPLIES:

Brutus Monroe FALLEN SNOW glitter glaze	Ranger Archival Jet Black Ink Pad	Tonic WORN LINEN Nuvo Expanding Mousse 1700n	Tonic STORM CLOUD Nuvo Shimmer Powder 1211n	Paper Artsy IN THE NAVY Infusions Colored Stain	Paper Artsy BLACK KNIGHT Infusions Colored Stain CS12
Prima Marketing READ TO ME Finnabair Clear Stamp	Simon Says Stamp CRAFT TACKY GLUE	Tim Holtz Sizzix ALPHANUMERIC CLASSIC LOWER Thinlits Dies 664224	Tim Holtz Sizzix HOLIDAY WORDS 2 THIN Thinlits Die 661601	Tim Holtz Idea-ology 8 x 8 Paper Stash BLACKOUT KRAFT STOCK th94020	Tim Holtz Idea-ology 8 x 8 Paper Stash METALLIC 3 KRAFT STOCK th94021
Altenew CITY SCENE Stencil ALT2384	Ranger TEXTURE PASTE Opaque Matte 4oz	Dylusions Ink Sprays - Black Marble	Ranger - Tim Holtz - Distress Ink Black Soot	Carabelle Studio DEGRADE DE POINTS Stencil TE60054	Simon Says Stamp STACKED STARS Wafer Dies SSSD111599 Among The Stars
Tonic EBONY BLACK Nuvo Crystal Drops	Elizabeth Craft Designs DOUBLE SIDED TAPE ROLL 2.5 Inches Clear Adhesive

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

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Halloween Fall 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 "Autumn/Fall". And as it's the first Monday of the month, we're showcasing Tim Holtz products. So if you have any, we'd love to see them used in your project(s)!

What is more fall than Halloween? And I'm still in the Halloween mood and apparently also in the color orange, LOL! Although orange is also really an autumn color, so perfect for this challenge. I started with Distress Oxide Spiced Marmalade and Distress Inks Ripe Persimmon and Ground Espresso. Then I also added Distress Ink Black Soot. With a blending tool I gave the lighter areas some color with Distress Ink Spiced Marmalade and Ripe Persimmon and made the edges a bit darker with Ground Espresso.

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Tim Holtz Halloween stamp set released for STAMPtember

Hi everyone,

Just a quick post to let you know that Tim Holtz has just released a super cool and fun Halloween stamp set with star stencil at Simon Says Stamp for STAMPtember! It's a unique set and I totally love these creepy and fun creatures. Check out this unique and limited stamp set quick before it's sold out!

I colored this dapper dracula bat with Distress Ink Hickory Smoke, Black Soot, Tattered Rose and Barn Door. I masked it of and used the stars stencil that comes with the stamp set with Texture Paste and Metallique Paint Flame.

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Animal Magic 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 "Animal Magic". This month Tim Holz is the featured brand of the month over on the Simon Says Stamp Store Blog and we are all showcasing some of his fabulous products this week!

For this challenge I've channeled my inner grungy vibes. I wanted to make a masculine card but with butterflies. Therefor I used darker colors. I started with the background, using the Mixed Media # 6 dies to cut out the letters. Then place it back with Texture Paste letters with the Schoolhouse stencil. While that was drying I continued with some stamp work. The large butterfly from Perspective stamp set and some bugs from the Entomology stamp set. I cut out the bug with the coordinating die set.

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Glittering in the Sun 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 "Whatever the Weather". But that's not all, we're also showcasing the amazing Mr. Tim Holtz products!

Last week it was already wonderful spring weather, and I enjoyed it very much, and so I wanted to make this spring-like card. I started with the Tim Holtz Mixed Media die and cut out the honeycomb. For even more texture I chose the Tim Holtz Rays stencil together with Crackle Texture Paste. After it was dry I applied a layer of Clear Gesso.

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Flora card

Hi everyone,

It's been a while making a project to participate into other challenges! Unfortunately no video of the process, because it's so time consuming and I made this one at night, and I need daylight to film. It was also fun to not film the process for once and just go.

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Krafty Christmas card Blog Hop with video tutorial

Hi everyone,

It's Monday and that means a new Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge!
This week we are having a:

Christmas In July Blog Hop!

And the theme is making a Christmas project using Kraft and Tim Holtz products.

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Walk on the Dark Side Halloween card

Hi everyone,

It's Monday and that means a new Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge! This week it's all about "Walk on the Dark Side". And we're also showcasing Tim Holtz products for this challenge. If you have any we love the see them in action!


What a fantasic combo, Halloween and Tim Holtz! I think I've never made a Halloween card without at least using a few of Tim Holtz's products. What a party this week! I've turned on of the Time Travelers into a vampire. This idea came to me later, I actually wanted to make him a creepy count, but then I realized that the most creepy count I know is Count Dracula. In contrast to the dark background and the creepy guy, I gave him a red suit with black accents instead of a black suit with red accents. I've all done this with different Distress Oxides and Distress Inks.

 

I've used two different masking methods, the MicroGlaze first. With this method there is no way that ink can get underneath, like with some other methods might happen. But this has the disadvantage that if it gets heated it soakes into the paper and it doesn't resist the ink very well. For stamping I've  used Post-It tape as masking. I think that is the easiest method in combination with stamping. The Droplets I've colored With Red Pepper Alcohol Ink. It was a bit of a fight to get them out of the griplock bag, it got a bit messy... But fortunately Alchohol Ink is very fast drying ink.

 

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SUPPLIES:

Ranger Tim Holtz Distress HEAVYSTOCK 8.5 x 11,	Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad CANDIED APPLE Ranger	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide ANTIQUE LINEN	Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad BLACK SOOT Ranger TDO55815	Tim Holtz Distress oxide FIRED BRICK	Tim Holtz Distress Oxide WALNUT STAIN
Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad CANDIED APPLE Ranger TIM43287	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad GROUND ESPRESSO Ranger	Aged Mahogany - Distress Ink	Worn Lipstick Distress Ink Pad	Tattered Rose - Distress Ink	Walnut Stain - Distress Ink
Tim Holtz DISTRESS SPRAYER Ranger	Simon Says Stamp Pigment Ink Pad WHITE INK039	Simon Says Stamp - Intense Black Premium Ink	MicroGlaze - All Purpose Paper Protector	Red Pepper - Alcohol Ink	Zig Watercolor brush
Zig Wink of Stella Clear Glitter Marker	Faber-Castell BLACK Essential PITT Artist Pens	Sakura WHITE GELLY ROLL Medium Point Pens Set	Mini Halloween 3 - Tim Holtz Stamps	Tim Holtz Cling Rubber Stamps 2015 UNDERTAKER	Tim Holtz Time Travelers Stamp Set
Tim Holtz Refill Distress Ink AGED MAHOGANY Reinker Ranger

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

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