Beautiful Blooms 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 "Beautiful Blooms".

For this card I chose the yarrow from the Wildflowers die set. That is my favorite flower of all the flower stamps, stencils and dies I have by far. I wanted to use soft colors for this card. First I made a background with Typeset Collage Paper, old book paper and washi tape. I gave this with two coats of White Gesso and a coat of Clear Gesso.

 

After the Gesso dried, I used Distress Paint Speckled Egg and White Gesso the build up the main color. After the Speckled Egg, I applied Metallic Paint Rustic Brown, also with plenty of water. The water breaks the paint about from the mica and that gives it a super cool effect.

I kept the flowers simple, they are white by themselves and I only colored the stem with Distress Oxide Peeled Paint and the edges with Distress Oxide Walnut Stain.

 

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SUPPLIES:

Ranger Distress Mixed Media Heavystock	Archival Ink - Jet Black	Prima Marketing FINNABAIR 6 Clear Stamp 967000	Tim Holtz Sizzix Wildflowers	Idea-ology Clippings Stickers	Altenew Positivity Washi Tape
Prima Marketing CLEAR GESSO 8.5 OZ. Art Basics 961466	Tim Holtz Idea-ology TYPESET Collage Paper th94046	Ranger - Tim Holtz Ground Espresso Distress Crayon	Zig Wink of Stella Clear Glitter Marker	Tim-Holtz-Flip-Top-Distress-Paint-Speckled egg	Prima Marketing Soft Matte Gel
Ranger - Dina Wakley - White Gesso	Tim Holtz Distress Oxide WALNUT STAIN	Tim Holtz Distress Oxide PEELED PAINT	May Arts Natural Burlap Twine

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 $25 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.

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

Hugs,
Sandra

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Mixed Media Dina 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 "Mixed Media".

As it’s the first Monday of the month we are showcasing a brand/company. This week we are all using some fabulous products from Dina Wakley. You don’t have to use them to join in with the challenge but if you have them we would love to see them used.

When I think of Dina's style, I think of bright colors and wild color combo's. I was inspired by that thought, but also by my favorite Gloss Sprays Lemon and Magenta. When these two colors mix, it gives the coolest color, a kind of coral neon like color. You have to take my word for it, as the pictures aren't showing it properly. 

So I started with these colors on this card. When the sprays were dry I used Heavy Body paint Lime. I still have the tubes, and it has become a bit chunky and funky, but for this scraping technique they are still fine.

 

I love the Collaged Girls stamp set, and so cool the Lonely Girls has made her return in this set!  It's hard stamping with large stamps on the Gloss Sprays, but in this case I really love it and it's perfect for this style!  For some extra colors I used Distress Oxide Spray Speckled Egg. As expected, it didn't like the Gloss Spray base. Should have used the paint for the splashes... Lesson for next time! As a final color element I used the Spaced Dots stencil with Texture Paste and Heavy Body Paint Blueberry. This one has also become a bit chunky and funky, but blends well with the Texture Paste.

 

VIDEO:

SUPPLIES:

Dina Wakley Collaged Girls Stamp Set	Dina Wakley For the Love of Circles stamp set	Dina Wakley Ranger COLLAGE WORDS Media	Dina Wakley Spaced Dots Stencil	Dina Wakley Ranger MAGENTA Media Gloss Spray mdo68518	Dina Wakley Ranger LEMON Gloss Spray
Dina Wakley Lime paint	Dina Wakley Ranger BLACKBERRY 1OZ Media Acrylic Paints MDQ53958	Ranger Distress Mixed Media Heavystock	Ranger TEXTURE PASTE Opaque Matte 4oz	Zig Wink of Stella Clear Glitter Marker	Sakura-CLASSIC-WHITE-Gelly-Roll
Tim Holtz Distress Crayons SET 3	Dylusions Ink Sprays - Black Marble	Prima Marketing Soft Matte Gel	Tim Holtz Distress Black Soot Paint	Tim-Holtz-Distress-Oxide-Spray-COLOR-Speckled-Egg- Ranger	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad GROUND ESPRESSO Ranger
Archival Ink - Jet Black	Prima Marketing FINNABAIR 6 Clear Stamp 967000

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 $25 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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