Thank You

Hello everyone who was waiting for Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge.

This week there is a THANKSGIVING theme up here!

As always you can be a random winner of $50 voucher

and spend it at Simon Says Stamp Store. 

I hadn't have a tiniest idea of what my card would be look like.

This was one of those black hole moments when you sit and need to

make something, without ideas, plans, overall scheme.

So here it is my spontaneous Thank You card.

One day I played a lot making backgrounds with a mix of several Distress 

Oxide inks. I made like 8-10 of them and already almost used them out!

For this card I took 2 of them, the yellowish as my base and the

brownish as my background. 

I really recommend to make them in advance one of those days you feel 

no mojo for any new project, it's a really great thing for 'future". 

Then I cut out the Sizzix Globe from the center of my background

and the "frame" made with Sizzix Stripes die. 

 Then... I made a great mistake! I confused jars.

I wanted to use Distress Clear Rock Candy and I actually used

Distress Collage Medium matte :-( Well, shit happens. 

I thought no big deal I can still use the Rock Candy over it, right?

Well, not really! No single cracle appeared on the surface! 

Now I know... But I left it as it was and only added some 

coloring with Prima oil Pastel crayons. 

Products used:

Sizzix Tim holtz Globe	Tim Holtz Sizzix SHAPE STRIPS Thinlits Die 660226	Tim Holtz Sizzix WILDFLOWERS 2 Thinlits Die	Tim Holtz Sizzix Heartfelt	Tim Holtz Sizzix Die TORN NOTEBOOK On The Edge 658555	Prima Flowers ARTIST QUALITY OIL PASTEL CRAYONS
Tim Holtz Cling Rubber Stamps 2018 ENTOMOLOGY CMS328	Simon Says Stamp Brush Stroke Messages	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide in Squeezed Lemonade	Tim Holtz Distress Oxide FOSSILIZED AMBER	Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad OLD PAPER Ranger tdo56096	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide ANTIQUE LINEN
Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad FRAYED BURLAP Ranger TDO55990	Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad BUNDLED SAGE	Tim Holtz Distress Oxide PEELED PAINT	Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad TWISTED CITRON Ranger TDO56294	Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Hickory Smoke	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ground Espresso
Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad BLACK SOOT Ranger TDO55815	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad GROUND ESPRESSO Ranger TIM43270	Tim Holtz Distress Spray Stain GROUND ESPRESSO	Tim Holtz Distress Spray Stain PUMICE STONE	Distress Spray Stain Candied Apple	Tonic PURE PLATINUM Nuvo Embellishment Mousse
The Crafter′s Workshop MODELING PASTE	Ranger - Dina Wakley - White Gesso	Ranger Texture Paste OPAQUE CRACKLE	Tim Holtz 4 Oz Crackle Paint ROCK CANDY Distress Clear Ranger	Ranger Tim Holtz Collage Medium Matte	simon says stamp clear embossing powder
Prima Flowers MINI STARS Finnabair Mechanicals	Sizzix BIG SHOT EXPRESS Gray and White	Tim Holtz Tonic Craft Stamp Platform	3D Foam Dots	simon says stamp craft tacky glue	Heat it Craft Tool

 

Background

If it's Monday, it's also time for Simon Says Stamp Challenge!

This week we challenge you to

MAKE YOUR OWN BACKGROUND!

This week we are showcasing CARABELLE STUDIO products!

You don't have to use them in your projects 

but we'd really love to see them used if you have any. 

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

at Simon Says Stamp Store!

I'm staying in an Autumn mood longer than I expected

and this year the season keep inspiring me more then ever. 

This is a B-day card with textures, embossing, rust - everything I love.

I got addicted to this Carabelle Studio Texte Grunge Embossing Folder 

from the first moment I received it and I really use it a lot, like any other!

So I embossed those fabulous letters on a watercolor paper

and started to bleding distress oxide inks over the surface.

Love how the letters got highlighted with darker shades. 

I stamped the salient parts with distress oxide ink and clear embossed it.

The main element is a leftover (yes! as always!) of the Sizzix Scroll die.

I first covered it with Distress Grit paste and then started to coloring.

I used the Prima Pattina Effect pastes, Ground Espresso spray

and one of my fave Lucky Emerald wax. Love the rusty look of it. 

There is a mix of green inks behind the scroll

and a mix of browns as my base background.

The base was stamped using Ground Espresso Oxide ink 

and Simon Clear Embossing powder. 

I also added some writings from Inventor stamp sets 

as a kind of labels to the scroll panel. 

The sentiment is in Polish and means "it's your B-day today" 

Products used:

Tim Holtz Sizzix SCROLL Bigz Die	Carabelle Studio TEXTE GRUNGE Embossing Folder	Simon Says Cling Rubber Stamp GOOD READING BACKGROUND	Carabelle Studio FRISES DELIRANTES PAR AZOLINE Cling Stamp	Tim Holtz Cling Rubber Stamps 2018 ENTOMOLOGY CMS328	Tim Holtz Inventor 3
Prima Marketing PATINA EFFECT PASTE	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress GRit Paste	Tim Holtz 4 Oz Crackle Paint ROCK CANDY Distress Clear Ranger	Viva Decor Rusty Paper paint	simon says stamp clear embossing powder	Prima Marketing LUCKY EMERALD Art Alchemy Brilliance Wax 964344
Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad OLD PAPER Ranger tdo56096	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide ANTIQUE LINEN	Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad FRAYED BURLAP Ranger TDO55990	Tim Holtz Distress Oxide WALNUT STAIN	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ground Espresso	Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad BUNDLED SAGE
Tim Holtz Distress Oxide PEELED PAINT	Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad TWISTED CITRON Ranger TDO56294	Tim Holtz Distress Oxide CRACKED PISTACHIO	Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Hickory Smoke	Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad BLACK SOOT Ranger TDO55815	Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad WILD HONEY
Forest Moss - Distress Ink	Peeled Paint - Distress Ink	Tim Holtz Sizzix LUMBER 3D Texture Fades Embossing Folder	Tim Holtz Distress Spray Stain GROUND ESPRESSO	MINI ROUND INK BLENDING TOOLS	simon says stamp craft tacky glue
Tim Holtz Tonic Craft Stamp Platform	Sizzix BIG SHOT EXPRESS Gray and White	3D Foam Dots	Heat it Craft Tool