Recycling

We are RECYCLING this week 

over Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge!

As always you can win a $50 voucher and spend it

at Simon Says Stamp Store. Just join us with your work!

There were so many ideas of items I could recycle and finally I decided

to use clothes labels and make a gift for my crafty friend: a notes + a card, 

very textured and mixed media. 

I hope she likes it...

I took several clothes' labels which I collect, especially the ones from solid 

cardboard cause they can work as a background themselves. 

I undid the notes taking off the covers and applied a thin layer of white gesso.I glued all the labels with gel medium and covered them again with gesso.

I applied random numbers through the stencil using the Nuvo Expanding mousse. I really love the texture it gets while heated. I put a bit of the mousse

on random places on the edges of the labels. FInally I sprayed heavily with

several brown mists, gave a touch of white spray, too. 

When the surface was dry, I started to place white gesso and waxes over it.

I wanted the surface much more washed-out so I placed several very thin layers of white gesso using my finger or dry brush. 

I added some touches of yellow and green oil pastels, too. 

Products used:

Ranger - Dina Wakley - White Gesso	Dina Wakley Gel Matte Medium	Ranger-BONE-Mixed-Media-Powder	Prima Flowers METALLIQUE BRASS HARDWARE Art Alchemy Acrylic Paint	Prima Flowers OPAL MAGIC VIOLET GOLD Art Alchemy Acrylic Paint	Prima Marketing LUCKY EMERALD Art Alchemy Brilliance Wax 964344
Tonic MISTED MAUVE Nuvo Expanding Mousse	Emboss it Dabber	Tim Holtz Distress Spray Stain GROUND ESPRESSO	Tim Holtz - Distress Spray Stain - Gathered Twigs	Tim Holtz Distress Spray Stain PICKET FENCE	tim holtz distress tarnished brass spray stain
Prima Flowers ARTIST QUALITY OIL PASTEL CRAYONS	Prima Marketing PATINA EFFECT PASTE	Viva Decor PALETTE KNIFE SET	Heat it Craft Tool	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Life Quotes Remnant Rubs	Tim-Holtz-Idea-ology-BOTANICAL-Layers
simon says stamp craft tacky glue	Tim Holtz Sizzix MINI FOAM ADHESIVE	Prima Marketing ART BASICS BRUSH SET Finnabair	Tim Holtz Idea-ology SNARKY Small Talk Stickers

Something New

Welcome in the NEW YEAR everyone.

Here we come with the first Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge 

this year and the theme of course is 

SOMETHING NEW!

This week we showcase the Simon Says Stamp products 

Remember you can be a winner of a $50 voucher 

and spend it at Simon Says Stamp Store

I have made this card for my crafty friend's Birthday.

She is a quite hard music lover and this Marylin Manson saying

was just perfect for this occasion. 

I went into a black and white project with a touch of a vibrant red.

I used two of my new stamp sets: SSS Damask Background 

and AALL&Create Musical Gears 59

I stamped a lot of times the background stamp with three shades o

f Distress Oxide Inks and then I heated it to can manage my base 

cause it was really wet.

I stamped the guitar stamp using Distress Oxide Black Soot Ink 

and SSS Clear Embossing Powder - the mix which gives me 

always the best and the most detailed effects. 

Then I only sewed the edges and gave a touch of grey and black. 

Then I stamped the flowers with Distress Oxide Candied Apple Ink 

and used the same SSS Clear Embossing Powder.

Then I fussy-cut them and made a composition behind the main panel. 

Products used:

Simon Says Cling Rubber Stamp DAMASK BACKGROUND	Simon Says Clear Stamps SO LOVED	AALL & Create MUSICAL GEARS 59	Simon Says Stamp VELLUM	simon says stamp clear embossing powder	Tim Holtz Tonic Craft Stamp Platform
Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad CANDIED APPLE Ranger	Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Hickory Smoke	Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad BLACK SOOT Ranger TDO55815	Tim-Holtz-Distress-Oxide-Ink-Pad-PUMICE-STONE	Heat it Craft Tool	3D Foam Dots