Category: Monday Challenge

Ticket, Please

Before I share my project for this week’s Monday challenge with you, I first want to tell you that this will be my final entry as the leader of the Monday Challenge blog for Simon Says Stamp. A new leader will take over there beginning next week, and their challenges will continue. It has been my honor to lead that team since June 2012 (time flies!!!), but if one thing is constant that would be change. Thank you to Simon for the opportunity, and to the AMAZING design team that I was so very happy to lead.

Ah, but time flies and change must happen. I am very excited about some of the new adventures coming my way – I can’t share more just yet but I will share my project for this week’s challenge with you!

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Our challenge this week is “tickets” inspired and I got to thinking about a song…

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I first applied two of my favorite tickets to the tag, then paste, paint, some brown ink… and things took off! I love the bits and pieces, and how this all came together. How will I use this tag in particular? Well this one will eventually top a birthday gift for a special person who will really appreciate the song reference.

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Now it is your turn- grab your crafty ticket and join us! Simon is offering a generous $50 voucher that will be randomly drawn from the eligible entries each week. Join the fun by creating a project this week – and for your chance to win a $50 voucher you should hop on over and join in the challenge here.

Citrus with a Twist

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This week’s challenge was citrus – so I grabbed my orange, yellow, and of course “twisted citron” distress. I sprayed my tag down, then added paste and misted again! Loving the texture I got here in the background.

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Then for my bird it was all about the watercolor paper and fluid colors (same with leaves)  and what a good time I had getting crazy with a color palette I don’t normally use. Now I’m hungry for a good orange, tangerine, or maybe some lemon lime soda!

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Now it is your turn! Simon is offering a generous $50 voucher that will be randomly drawn from the eligible entries each week. Join the fun by creating a project this week – and for your chance to win a $50 voucher you should hop on over and join in the challenge here.

This week’s challenge…

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When I think of homegrown summer (this week’s challenge) I got to wondering if I could make an apple or other fruit tree out of the new Hero Arts tree stamps. Some distress ink (and waterproof dye ink for the trunk) later… and the answer is yes! I’ve got an apple tree ready to harvest!

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I did the apples in Lobster dye ink – LOVING this red! Want to see a tutorial how I’ve been playing with layering ink colors on this stamp? I have a YouTube video up (link) sharing more.

Here’s my finished card-

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Now it is your turn! Simon is offering a generous $50 voucher that will be randomly drawn from the eligible entries each week. Join the fun by creating a project this week – and for your chance to win a $50 voucher you should hop on over and join in the challenge here.

Challenge: Make a Plan!

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This week our challenge is to “make a plan” which is both hilarious and oddly fitting as I type out this blog post. You see, I had dates mixed up and didn’t realize THIS week was this challenge. AH, but it’s ok! Here’s a fun fact: I often “clean up” scraps off my desk by creating cards and small projects. Then whenever I’m photographing projects I will shoot pictures of them and here’s the secret…

I have emergency blog content should I have a crazy busy week or whatnot, a card if I need to send one or a tag to pop onto a last minute gift. Ahhhh yes… and a little something should I forget to make a plan and craft something for the challenge!

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I only have two links today – because the paper + bits I used were WAY OLD! Which is good – always good to use up stash! Also, that really was my plan!

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Now it is your turn! Simon is offering a generous $50 voucher that will be randomly drawn from the eligible entries each week. Join the fun by creating a project this week – and for your chance to win a $50 voucher you should hop on over and join in the challenge here.

no ordinary paper…

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The challenge this week? “No ordinary paper”… so I colored watercolor paper. I also inked, stenciled (with glossy gel), and inked again some manila cardstock.

Manila cardstock is totally fantastic for stenciling, gel and paste mediums, and it takes distress ink so well. It doesn’t ball up as quick as plain average weight cardstock either.

Watercolor paper is so absorbent, and I always love playing with blending colors. In this case coral and mermaid were the only two colors used! Then I stamped onto it for more depth, and I sprayed with beloved perfect pearls. All of this and it never warped because I use the super heavy kind!

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As you can see from the results – these “not ordinary paper” papers really helped me create a fun tag!

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Simon is offering a generous $50 voucher that will be randomly drawn from the eligible entries each week. Join the fun by creating a project this week – and for your chance to win a $50 voucher you should hop on over and join in the challenge here.