Little Miss Tag

Hi everyone,

Time flies by so fast, it's Monday allready. Hopefully you've had a wonderful weekend. I'm in London now, enjoying a few days away. Although I'm abroad this minute, Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge has a real fun challenge this week. A die cut challenge! So take out your favorite dies or the die cuts that you've layering around for ages. It's time to have some fun with lots and lots die cuts! Well only if you want to of course!



I don't very often make girly things, but when I went through my paperpads for inspiration, I saw the Bo Bunny Little Miss 6x6 paper pad and I knew that I wanted to make something with it. And make a tag with it. The tag is just slightly longer than 6 inches, so I cut the lower edge off, so now it fits.



I always have the most fun to dress up the dress form of the Sewing Room. This time I painted the top and base dark brown and covered with Rock Candy Distress Crackle Paint. Such a cool effect those crackles. On top of that I made a layer with sticky back canvas, so it looks like it's a real dress form. From the H&M catalog I got my inspiration for the dress. First I traced the dress form and then sketched the dress.





The hearts are die cut from the Little Miss paperpad, the dies are exclusive of Simon Says Stamp! I've sewn them on with my sewing machine.




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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Traveling Notebook

Hi everyone,

It's Monday and Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge has another fun challenge for you. The theme of this week is "You've got airmail". When I think of airmail, I think of airplanes,  when I think of airplanes I think of traveling. So I made this travel notebook I will take it with me on my trips. I can't wait to see what you come up with for this challenge!


I wanted something where I can store my receipts, brochures and other things that I gather during my trips in. I also wanted to have room to write my adventures down. I used the stunning Fly Away paper line by Teresa Collins, together with the matching stamps and washi tape. To cover the spine I used Bazzil Kraft card stock.


The cover I kept as flat as possible so that it's convenient to travel with and not everything falls off or gets damaged. The wooden camera and potty girl will probably be okay... I hope...



On the left I made three compartments to store my gathered stuff in. There is room for small receipts to larger brochures or maps.
On the right I made room for journaling. Here I can write my adventures. I have a transparency sheet and decorated with washitape to ensure that the paper will stay nice and not curl or get dirty.






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 2013 - July

Hi everyone,

It's time for Tim's July tag, and I'm again just at the last minute with my entry. Tim has made another beautiful tag ​​full with great techniques. So cool to make a background with a brayer and stains. I never thought of doing that on my own. When I saw the tag in the beginning of the month, I knew I wanted to use my new London stamps for this tag.



To fade the stamps a bit into the background, I tapped the stamp on the inkpad first, and then wiped it with the ink path. This leaves a small amount of ink on the stamp, and a bit more ink remains into the notches and that creates more dimension.



The pocket watch I first painted black and then coated it with Rock Candy. And I stamped the pocket watch on top with the gold Paint Dabber.



The "thank you" I have taken over from the original tag of Tim, because that theme is independence day.





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

Hugs,
Sandra

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Hello Sunshine

Hi everyone,

The sun has had us waiting for a long time here in Holland, but the last few weeks he has made up for it. As a special treat we have had a heat wave. The last one was in 2006. All this talk about the weather has something to do with the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge. This week's challenge is Ode to Sunshine. Whether you use a stamp or sun like colors. As long as it is something sunny!


I made ​​a card for my best friends birthday. She uses the phrase "Hello Sunshine" a lot and thought it was perfect for this challenge and for her.

When I thought of sunshine, I immediately thought of the Rays Embossing Folder by Tim Holtz. I really love that embossing folder, and I wanted to use it as a stamp but also do embossing with it. Because I wanted a Kraft background, I needed something that was opaque. So there came the Distress Paints into play.


I applied the Distress Paints from dark to light onto the raised areas of the embossing folder.


Then stamped with it by hand.


After I cleaned the embossing folder I aligned it and passed it through the vagabond.


If you look closely you can see that the sun's rays are debossed, but to make it look like that they are embossed, I carefully stamped with the She Art Print stamp on top op de raised areas.


Before I die cut the "hello" I covered the cardboard with Washi tape. Simple way to make your own patterns.



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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Take the cake

Hi everyone,

Today I'm sharing a celebratory tutorial on the Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge blog. I'm so happy to do this special tutorial for this special challenge. It's all about celebrating this week. Because our challenge blog is been posting fun and exciting challenges for three years now! To make you even a bit curious about what I've made, here's another sneak peak.

Make sure to check the Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge blog to see my whole project.


To join in all you need to do is make a project that fits this weeks celebratory 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, and take a look at my tutorial.

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

Hugs,
Sandra

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Celebrating

Hi everyone,

 

It's Monday and it's a really special one, because this week it's three years ago that our challenge blog is posting fun and fabulous challenges. And to make it even more special we also have a brand new blog and it's called the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge. It really looks amazing.
Normally I would have posted my project for this weeks challenge, which is 'Celebrate'. But not this time. Nope,  I'm only sharing this little sneak peak of the project I made, to make you a bit curious and keep you in suspense!



Why, you ask? Well, it's because I'm doing a tutorial over at our new challenge blog this Wednesday. So make sure to check the Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge blog to see my whole project then.


Don't forget to join in the fun. All you need to do is make a project that fits this weeks celebratory 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, and be inspired by the amazing projects my fellow DT members have made for you.

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

Hugs,
Sandra

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Green birthday tag

Hi everyone,

Yep, it's Monday once again and Simon Says Stamp and Show has a new challenge for you. A fun one, because this week it's all about Good to be Green. Whether you recycle, upcycle something or get messy with green ink or paint, everything is possible and everything is allowed as long as it's green.



I've done a bit of both. Personally, I generally use packaging for example from cereal boxes for die cutting. Obviously it's good for the environment to recycle, but it's also free. Last but not least I think it's great quality cardboard for die cutting, as long as you paint it of course. I have a big pile with cut up cereal boxes and other boxes ready to go when I need it.

 

This tag I made for the little boy of a friend of mine. His name is Tiemo. His name makes me think of time. So I used the mini Pocket Watch die with a Timepiece. For the background I did what I call the Metallic Marbled Stain Technique and used three colors of Distress Stains, Evergreen Bough, Shabby Shutters and Brushed Pewter. I think it's such a cool technique because every time it's different, but also because it's so magical how the metallic Distress Stain reacts with other mediums and with water. In this video Tim Holtz himself demonstrates the technique perfectly.



A cool property of the Metallic Stains is that everything you stamp with dye based inks seems to disappear into the background. The metallic comes right through it. You probably already guessed that Tiemo turned 3 with all the numbers 3 stamped in the back. He really is a little rascal, haha. The letters and pocket watch I cut out of packaging and painted it black with the Pitch Black Paint Dabber. To give the pocket watch some more volume I cut it out several times and glued it together. Of course I also glued some wooden stars down as I do in almost every project I make.





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 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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