Monday, July 31, 2017

My Cards and Tags: Beet Tag using Spellbinders' "Beets Me" die

"Food and/or Drink" is this week's theme at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog.  I decided to go in a beet-y direction by making this tag:



The beet came from an adorable die set and stamp combo from Spellbinders called, "Beets Me."  I started with a tag cut from Strathmore Mixed Media paper, which I glued some patterned-paper scraps to.  After the scraps were added, I covered the whole thing with smears of acrylic paint.  I also cut out my beet and colored it with Distress Ink.


I am loving this Trellis die by Tim Holtz, so I used that as a background element.  Again, I toned down the overly-bright colors with a thin coating of white paint.


I liked the idea of replicating the dirt that the beet was pulled out of, so I made a little splatter of dirt out of Brusho crystals.  I also added some text stamping at the bottom.



I glued my beet on the top, added some embroidery floss through the hole, stuck on some enamel dots and this tag was done!



These are the supplies I used that you can find at Simon Says Stamp:


I'm excited to see how you're inspired by food and/or drink this week!  Upload your yummy creations to the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog for your chance to win $50 to the Simon Says Stamp store.



Monday, July 24, 2017

My Cards and Tags: Grateful Girl

This week's Simon Says Stamp Challenge is all about edges!  I made an edge using flowers and stitching to add a bit more oomph to my Grateful Girl card.



I started by drawing a girl's face and torso, which I colored with black and white stripes.  I set her aside and worked on the background.  I stamped a piece of Strathmore Mixed Media paper with Tim Holtz's Halftone and Rings set and colored the circles with different shades of Distress Ink.  I blended the colors together with white acrylic paint and cut out a trellis shape and a ring to add more dimension.


I assembled my components and added some number stamping to the background.  I cut some flowers out of a Simon Says Stamp hydrangea die and added them to my girl's hair and to the edge of my card.


I finished it off by adhering it to a piece of polka dot patterned paper and creating an edge with stitching, flowers, a bit of washi tape and some diagonal stripe paper.

Here are the supplies I used that you can find at Simon Says Stamp:

How will you get edgy this week?  Be sure to upload your creations to the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog for your chance to win a $50 voucher to the Simon Says Stamp store.