Pink

Hello crafters!

As October is breast cancer awareness month we are asking you to check yourself and if necessary make an apointment to see your doctor and to

CREATE SOMETHING WITH PINK

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

and spend it at Simon Says Stamp Store. 

 I made a embossed background card with lots of pink shades.

It's made thinking of all my friends struggling with this desease.

Be strong, girls, you are stronger than this!  

Products used:

Carabelle Studio COMPOSITION FLORALE Embossing Folder	Tim-Holtz-Idea-ology-LACE-Baseboard-Frames	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Found Relatives	Simon Says Stamp - Blossoming	RESERVE Tim Holtz Sizzix GARDEN GREENS Thinlits Die	Tim Holtz Occasions Small Talk Stickers
Prima Marketing SPRING FARMHOUSE 3 X 4 Journaling Cards Pad	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ground Espresso	Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad PICKED RASPBERRY	Tim Holtz Distress Oxide PEELED PAINT	Tim-Holtz-Distress-Oxide-Ink-Pad-SPUN-SUGAR	Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad TWISTED CITRON Ranger TDO56294
tim holtz picked raspberry distress ink pad	Peeled Paint - Distress Ink	Ranger - Tim Holtz - Distress Ink Black Soot	simon says stamp clear embossing powder	Ranger - Dina Wakley - White Gesso	simon says stamp craft tacky glue

  

Take Risks

Let's face it, sometimes we just have to take risks and act.

It's all in our heads what's stopping us. Let's risk...

I made this creepy night scene using the amazing technique by Stacy,

some sprays, embossing powders and fabulous Visible Image stamps:

Mr. Bone Jangles, Organics and Just Be Happy.

Gnomes

Aren't these GNOMES just adorable?

It's not exactly my style but I am so in love with them that I just 

can't stop assembling them. So much fun and such a lovely effect. 

Be sure to check the newest Simon Says Stamp collection

CHEER AND JOY

and pick the stamps, dies and stencils you love.

I used the Gnome die and the Snowflakes stencil. 

Fall

Hello crafters!

This week we invite you to join our challenge themed 

AUTUMN / FALL

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

and spend it at Simon Says Stamp Store. 

 I really love all the Fall colors we have here in Poland.

Usually the Autumn time is very pleasant and the days are still quite nice 

with lovely sunny weather and thousands of leaves colors on the trees.

It's a very short time though just before all the leaves fall down 

and all the landscape turns into brownish grey. 

So let's catch all the beauty of Autumn.

My card contains Fall shades and lots of embossing techniques.

If you'd like to know how I made it, see pics of step by step process. 

1.  On a watercolor or mixed media cardstock play with a mix of Distress Inks, Distress Oxide Inks and water building layers of colors. Heat dry each layer before applying another one.

2.  Take an embossing folder of your choice and dry emboss the coloured base. I work on 15x15 cm cardstocks so I need to move most of the embossing folders to cover all the surface.

3.  Use the Emboss It Dabber to cover the peaked parts of the embossed cardstock. Do it carefully by touching them very lightly. Embossing Ink pads would work well too.

4.  Apply the embossing powder, brush away all the remain chips and heat emboss what stuck to the base. Since the enamels contain black tiny powder, it will stick first not allowing the colour chips to stick. Use Emboss It pen on the parts not covered and apply the powder again.

1.  Use Distress Oxide Black Soot ink with clear embossing powder for stamping on a black cardstock. Heat dry the stamped pattern until all the details are glossy.

2.  Prepare a really small amount of white gesso and a semi soft brush. Do not add water. Take a minimal amount of gesso on the brush and wipe it several times on your mat before touching the embossed black surface. The brush needs to be really dry.

3.  Keep wiping the white gesso on your black surface in different directions making the pattern look visible and salient. The clue is to make it with a very small amount of gesso and repeat it several times building layers until the white film is quite even. 

1.   Cover the die cut clock with white gesso  and colour it with sprays or inks. Dry well. Use again the Emboss It Dabber to apply the ink randomly. Dust the element with clear embossing powder to get a glossy finish. 

1.  Colour the die cut element with a metallic acrylic paint and a liquid acrylic paint, heat dry the surface. Use embossing dabber or ink pad or pen to leave some sticky ink randomly on the edges of the chipboard. Sprinkle the embossing enamel.

2.  Cut a heart from a watercolour cardstock, colour it with a mixture of red and orange sprays and dry well. Using the embossing pen, place the ink on the edges of the heart and apply the embossing enamel or powder.

3.  For the final touch, cover the focal point of the card, splash the sides with Distress Resist Spray and sprinkle some white powder or enamel. This will brighten a bit the project. 

Products used:

Tim-Holtz-Sizzix-LARGE-STEMS-Bigz-L-Die	Tim Holtz Sizzix TIMEKEEPER Bigz Die	Tim-Holtz-Sizzix-FACETED-HEART-Thinlits-Die	Tim Holtz - Distress Spray Stain - Vintage Photo	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Spray Stain in Aged Mahogany	Distress Spray Stain Candied Apple
Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Spray stain Fired brick	Tim Holtz Distress RESIST SPRAY Ranger	Dylusions Ink Sprays - Squeezed Orange	Tim-Holtz-Distress-Oxide-Ink-Pad-BRUSHED-CORDUROY-Ranger	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad GROUND ESPRESSO Ranger TIM43270	Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad CANDIED APPLE Ranger
tim holtz distressed festive berries ink pad	Vintage Photo - Distress ink	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ground Espresso	Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad FRAYED BURLAP Ranger TDO55990	Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad BLACK SOOT Ranger TDO55815	Brushed corduroy - Distress ink
Carabelle Studio CHIFFRES GRUNGE Embossing Folder	Simon Says Stamp Card Stock 100# BLACK Black8	Stampendous FRANTAGE EMBOSSING ENAMELING KIT	Stampendous chunky white embossing enamel	simon says stamp clear embossing powder	Ranger - Dina Wakley - White Gesso
Ranger′s Inkssentials Emboss It Pens	Emboss it Dabber	Prima Marketing METALLIQUE DRAGONFLY Art Alchemy Acrylic Paint	Prima Marketing EMERALD Art Alchemy Liquid Acrylic Paint	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Crayon BLACK SOOT	Sizzix BIG SHOT EXPRESS Gray and White