Just got some PTI polka dot stamps that I have been wanting for a LONG time. Decided to use them to make a card for the Simon Says Stamp and Show challenge which ends tonight at midnight. Seems I'm always bringing up the rear for most challenges!! Just been extra busy this past week and the upcoming one promises to be even more so. Here is the card I made:
Sorry for the poor quality of this photo - the light was quickly fading.
With walnut stain distress ink, I stamped large polka dots on a torn book page and layered it to kraft cardstock along with a strip of old sheet music. Then I stamped a Tim Holtz image in pumice stone along the right side of the card and overstamped the sentiment with walnut stain. A Tim Holtz butterfly and some medium and small polka dots were heat embossed in gold. The tiny rickrack was stained with the walnut stain ink. I then layered the panel to dark brown cardstock and a kraft card.
Truth be told, this is my very favorite kind of card to create. Just don't have the time to play as much as I would like, I guess.
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Simon Says Stamp has two challenge blogs - one challenge is more mainstream and one is vintage. This week on SIMON SAYS STAMP AND SHOW the challenge is "anything goes". As you probably know, when either challenge blog has this theme, there are SCADS of entries.
But, it is always worth a try and I wanted to use some new BoBunny decaf vintage double dot paper that my friend, Lin, picked up for me while she was in Florida. Here is my card:
The sentiment was stamped with walnut stain distress ink on a reverse section of this paper and then diecut. The doily die cut that is peeking out from behind the labels shape was given to me by another friend, Carol. The hydrangea was stamped on the dotted side of the paper and a white Prismacolor pencil was used to add some white touches here and there. A Martha Stewart punched border and some Hero Arts lace were adhered and then I sparkled it all up with some Platinum Stickles (my favorite). The champagne colored gems are from BoBunny, too.
Thanks, Lin and Carol, for enabling and inspiring me to make this card!
Hero Arts K5376 Hydrangea Hero Arts CL380 Truly Appreciated
This week's challenge for Simon Says Stamp and Show is anything goes. Since the overall theme for this challenge blog is to use Tim Holtz/Wendy Vecchi type designs, all the stamps I used on this tag are from Stampers Anonymous/Tim Holtz.
The tag was distressed with tea dye, aged mahogany and walnut stain Distress inks. The background images were stamped using iced spruce, walnut stain and aged mahogany. I stamped the flowers and butterflies with barn door distress ink on another tag and edged with walnut stain. Then I cut them out and popped them up on the tag, adding some barn door Distress Stickles. A strip of raw silk was tied through the hole of the tag.
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