SIMON SAYS STAMP MONDAY CHALLENGE GUEST DESIGNER - HALLOWEEN/SPOOKY

I'm delighted to be sharing my card with you for this weeks challenge at Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge with the theme of Hallowe'en/Spooky.  I don't really celebrate Hallowe'en here in Wales as they do in the USA.  For me it's a time of remembering my family members who have gone before.  The original idea of leaving food out was for deceased family members to come and eat with us once again and over the years in the US that was changed into Trick or Treat.  I still remember the old ways so my card is a muted card hopefully spooky in nature.

I recently purchased from Simon Says Stamp the fabulous moon masks from Tim Holtz and this was the starting point for my card.  I used the solid circle first and used Distress Inks to create the night sky.  I added the moon part of the mask and used Distress Ink Pumice Stone.  I added some yellow sparkle around the outside of the moon to give a glow.

My creatures come from Lavinia Stamps. I used the fabulous owl looking down on the magical Ashfoot hare.  He was actually facing the wrong way for my project so I stamped him on some acetate and then added that to the card stock so he's facing the way I want.  I've also seen people do this with a brayer tool but I haven't tried that method yet.

I added some Lavinia foliage to the sides and lots of sparkle with some sparkle pens adding a touch of shooting stars with a white gel pen. 

The quotes come from Tim Holtz Clippings Sticker Book and were just perfect for the time of card I was going for.

These are the products I used for my card:

Distress Inks

Chipped Sapphire

Wilted Violet

Black Soot

Weathered Wood

Twisted Citron

Peeled Paint

Stamps from Lavinia

Owl

Ashfoot

Foliage

Tim Holtz Products

Moon Masks

Clippings Sticker Book 

Other

Sparkle Pens

I look forward to seeing what you all create for this theme - and don't forget the very generous $25 voucher one lucky person will win.  A great way to treat yourself to some new goodies. 

ADDICTED TO STAMPS AND MORE - #528 BIRTHDAYS

Birthday time here again at ATSM and I've gone back to basics with this card.  It's so long since I did a card which is a lot more CAS than my usual mixed media style.  I've not played with the Tim Holtz snarky cats in a while so thought I would give them an inking.

The background is a great old background stamp by Stampin Up called Drybrush and I use it quite a lot for backgrounds.  Here it's been simply stamped in Versafine Morning Mist. 

I used an old embossing folder which I thought looked like tangled yarn for the cat.  I stamped and cut it out and coloured it in Rusty Hinge and Dried Marigold.  I still have some of these googly eyes from years ago so they got used also.  

SIMON SAYS STAMP - THINK PINK

I am back again this week as Guest Designer with Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge supporting Breast Cancer Awareness with a Think Pink challenge.  I just had to use the lovely new stamps by Alison Bomber - Rose Edition AB059.

I used water colour paper and did a light water colour wash of Iced Spruce  and Spun Sugar Distress Oxide ink to give a soft background.  I used Tim Holtz water colour pencils to colour in the rose using a watercolor brush to add the paint.  I used Worn Lipstick, from set 5 and Picked Raspberry from Set 1.  Twisted Citron from set 2 and Peeled Paint from set 1 were used for the leaves. I added some background stamping from another of Alison's sets Fodder Berry Edition EABF I used the tiny word stamp and Pressed Grasses EAB40 I used the dots stamp. 

I also added some stamping with Tim Holtz Flower Jar CMS297 and coloured the water in Speckled Egg Distress Oxide. 

The sentiment comes from Tracy Evans set The Miracle of a Flower  TE59.

Don't forget too that one lucky entrant will win a $25 gift voucher to spend in store at Simon Says Stamp - you have to be in it to win it!  Good luck everyone. 

Here's my list of supplies:

STAMPS

Alison Bomber - Rose Edition AB059

Alison Bomber - Fodder Edition EABF

Alison Bomber - Pressed Grasses EAB40

Tim Holtz - Flower Jar CMS297

Tracy Evans - The Miracle of a Flower TE59

DISTRESS OXIDE INKS:

Iced Spruce

Spun Sugar

Twisted Citron

WATERCOLOR PENCILS

Worn Lipstick

Picked Raspberry 

Peeled Paint 

Extras:

watercolor brush

I'm also adding this into the following

 

Inkspirational - CAS 

Ellibelles Garden - AG 

SIMON SAYS STAMP GUEST DESIGNER - TAG IT TIM HOLTZ

I'm delighted to have been asked to be Guest Designer again over at Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge.  It's always a pleasure to be part of this fabulous challenge group and the first challenge this month is Tag It - Tim Holtz.  This is right up my street.  Who doesn't love Tim Holtz?  The hardest thing is to choose which of Tim's products to use.

At the same time as being asked to be the Guest Designer I was very lucky to also have won the Wednesday Birthday challenge which offered me a $50 coupon to spend with Simon Says Stamp.  This was a great chance to get some new Tim products some of which I've used in my tags below.

I created two tags and decided to show both as I couldn't decide which one to show.  This is how the tags started out.....

..... And this is how the tags finished.  

Do join in with the challenge - don't forget you also get the chance to win a $25 voucher to spend in store.

Here is a list of the supplies I used to make my tags:

For the Blue Tag :

Stamp Sets 

 

Botanical Collage 

Field Notes CMS396 - which was my new set from my winnings 

Stencil

Plus and Focus from the Botanical Collage set 

Texture Paste

Distress Powder in Pumice Stone

Crackling Campfire Embossing Glaze

Distress Oxides : 

Salvaged Patina 

Unchartered Mariner 

Pumice Stone

Wild Honey

Tim Holtz Ideaology

Collage Paper - Photographic

Paper dolls Mini 

Hitch Fasteners 

Clippings Sticker Book 

For the brown tag:

Stamp Sets

Flower Shop CMS401

Field Notes CMS396

Distress Oxides:

Peeled Paint

Forest Moss

Crackling Campfire 

Crackling Campfire Embossing Glaze

Ideaology

Paper Dolls Mini 

Transparent Wings 

Ticket Book 

Clippings Sticker Book 

 I'm adding these into the following challenges also:

Creative inspirations - AG 

Paper Rock Scissors - AG 

Lets Craft and Create - AG 

CRAFT challenge - AG 

INSPIRATION STATION #90

Welcome back to Inspiration Station #90 and our visual prompt for you this month should get you thinking.  I've created a tag for my project.  

The background is a gel print of a leaf that my 3 year old grandson did with me.  He loves playing with the gel press and now when we go on walks he's always picking up leaves and saying here you are Grandma this is for your paint!  Precious times! You can see the image of the leaf on the left hand side of the tag.

I used the cute little set from Waffle Flower called Fall Greetings.  The leaves are the top say Hello and have been embossed with Copper Embossing powder.  The pumpkin image doesn't have a cat but does have birds and I've coloured the image in with Tim Holtz Marker Pens.  I still have some that work. 

I've added some naturally hand dyed wool to the top - this was dyed with iron modifier.  It gives a lovely autumnal brown.

I'm adding this into the following challenges:

Tag Along - all things Autumn 

Lets Craft and Create - Autumn 

Try it on Tuesday - Autumn's Beauty

Unicorn Challenge - Autumn 

We love stamping - Autumn

CREATIVE ARTISTE MIXED MEDIA #131

Welcome back to another challenge at Creative Artiste Mixed Media challenge.  I have a canvas for you today inspired by the image of the cottage you can see.  It had been something I had seen in a magazine some time last year and I cut it out wanting to use it on some sort of project.   My daughter had been talking about how when she's older and her kids are grown, they are 3 and 7 lol!, she and her hubby would love to move from the farm to a little place by the sea.  This was probably in my mind when I created this canvas.  

I covered it first in white gesso and then played with some old stencils and some texture paste and Distress Ink in Black Soot.  I really need to buy myself some black gesso - I thought I had some but can't find it!  I added extra stamping with some stamps by Studio Light and Waffle Flower.  A company I have purchased garden things from wraps them in this gorgeous tissue paper with the bird on - I've saved lots of it and use it in my collages.  The Imagine sentiment is from Visible Image.  

PEARLY SPARKLES - #124 TRICK OR TREAT

Welcome back to another challenge at Pearly Sparkles - our theme for you this month is Trick or Treat.  But don't panic if you are not into Hallowe'en - you could choose something that is a treat for you to use - maybe a favourite technique or stamp set or even colour.  

I've recently purchased the Moon Masks from Tim Holtz and am having great fun using them on projects.  I've created a tag here which has a nod to Hallowee'n especially as I added the words BOO to it!  This was a very old old Stampin Up stamp from a tiny set I have still kept.  My grandkids love to play with the spooky images. 

I used a variety of Distress Oxide inks for my background including Wilted Violet,  Chipped Sapphire, Black Soot and a touch of Wild Honey. I added the moon to the far edge of the tag just for effect and added some bird stamps from Waffle Flower.  I also added some grass stamps by Alison Bomber from her EAB40 set.  I attached an old Tim Holtz Ideaology potion token and some netting which I inked in purple ink.

I'm adding this into the following:

Craft Rocket - Halloween 

Creative Inspiration - AG 

Crafts Galore Encore - AG 

Halloween Crafts - AG 

Give a crafter a cookie - Round moon and spooky Boo

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - AG 

Inkspirational - halloween cookie inspiration 

Tag Along - Halloween 

MOVING ALONG WITH THE TIMES - EASEL CARD

Our challenge for you this month at Moving Along with the Times is an easel card.  It's been years since I made one of these as my style has definitely changed in the last few years and I find myself making less cards so this was also a challenge for me!

I created my base for my card out of a piece of 12" x 6" old scrapbook cardstock. I simply folded it in half and then half again on the one side.   I have these gorgeous papers by Craft O Clock that are just so lovely I don't want to cut them but I decided today was the day.  I used some of them for the background and the co-ordinating piece for the base.  I cut a tag out of the same paper and added a co-ordinating moth.

Of course I had to add some stamping and I used the grasses from Alison Bomber's set EAB40.  I also added a stamped image of the bird from a Tim Holtz set.  

To help the easel part stand I added a chipboard quote also from Craft O Clock and added a sentiment to the tag so it could be used as a birthday card.  I love the colours of these papers and thought they were so perfect for an October card.  

I'm adding this into the following challenges:

Cardz 4 Galz - also Easel Card 

Crafty Catz - AG 

Simon Says Stamp Wed - use patterned paper 

Birds, Butterflies, Blooms, I've used all 3 

Daisy Chain Challenge - Autumn 

The Paper Players - Landscapes 

ADDICTED TO STAMPS AND MORE #527 - CHRISTMAS

It's time for another Christmas challenge here at ATSM and this week I've chosen to create a tag.  I can never have enough tags at Christmas and I've kept all the ones I've used on family gifts over the years. I grab them off them quick once they've opened their presents and save them! 

I do love Mr Frostie from Tim Holtz and here I've given him a slightly more vintage feel.  I used water colour paper to get the effect I wanted.  I used Distress Ink in Speckled Egg, Weathered Wood and Brushed Corduroy as my colours drying each layer with my heat tool before I added another one.  I then added just a tiny spritz of Broken China to the glass mat before adding it to the tag just to add a touch of brighter blue.

I stamped Mr Frostie in Versafine Nocturne and added some White Picket Fence Distress Crayon to the inside of his body and the tiniest bit of Kitsch Flamingo distress crayon for his cheek.  I added some background stamping from the same set of the music and the snowflakes and added Broken China Distress Spritz to the snowflakes. I used a paint marker pen to add some white splatters over the tag.  Finally I found an old Tim Holtz metal tag which I added some white paint to and fixed to the top with some hand dyed thread. 

I'm adding this into the following:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday  AG 

ABC Christmas - S is for Snowman 

Rudolph Day Challenge - AG 

Aud Sentiments - Tag 

NEW LEDGER - JOURNAL PAGE

I've recently purchased the Dina Wakley Ledger journal and am having fun working on such a bigger substrate than I normally do.  My journals are normally either hand made or made from old books and this is the first time I've purchased one.  The pages are a bit too bright and yellow for me so I do tend to use a lot of gesso or paint just to tone them down a bit.

This is my first page in the book - lots of paint, and stamping with a new set by Tracy Evans called Explore Nature.  I really bought it for the wonderful imagery of the Nigella which I have loads of in the garden but I also love the little notes stamps she has included.  I've also added some Tim Holtz stencils and papers and ephemera and, of course, his Leaf Fragments die cuts.  I've made loads of these recently and they are finding their way into lots of projects. 

I thought the sentiment was just perfect for the start of a new journal. 

I'm adding this into the following:

Simon Says Stamp Monday - make your own background 

Allsorts - anything Autumn 

Girlz and the art of letters - J is for Journal 

Inkspirational - leaves 

Snarky Stampers - L is for Leaves 

Creative Fingers - AG 

ADDICTED TO STAMPS AND MORE #526 MAKE YOUR MARK

Welcome back to another challenge at ATSM - Make Your Mark.  I'm sharing a tag with a definite Autumn feel. I started off my tag as below using Tim Holtz leaf stencil.  This is a new addition to my stash and I'm loving using it.  I used two Distress Oxide inks for the leaves Rusty Hinge and Ground Espresso and then covered it in Antique Linen.  

I added some of the Tim Holtz leaf fragments dies I've been playing with recently and then decided to do a mini tag with a stamp from Waffle Flower called Fall Greetings.  I love that little pumpkin.  I added some extra ephemera stamping and the sentiment is from an old Tracy Evans set. I added a brad to the top of the tag and some hand dyed thread.  Yes I still have brads!