STAMPtember! with Simon Says Stamp

Hi Everyone...So much fun stuff going on this week! New Christmas idea-ology product was announced on Wednesday.  Then the new Distress color of the month, Wilted Violet was announced yesterday.  And today we're celebrating STAMPtember with Simon Says Stamp!  If you haven't heard of STAMPtember, it is an event intended to inspire, educate, and celebrate the greatness of rubber stamping!  I couldn't be happier!

Today Simon is introducing a Tim Holtz exclusive stamp set! Blueprint stamps with built in sentiments! 

Maybe I should have titled my post 1 stamp 3 ways since I decided to show three different takes using the birthday hat image. 

I used the Distress Watercolor paper + Snowflakes Texture Fade to create the textured background.   Super easy to color the heavy Watercolor paper using Distress Spray Stain + water.  Once dry, I cut out the center using the Sizes Ovals to create a frame.
The image was stamped and embossed twice with Ranger gold embossing powder.  The second embossed image was cut out and colored with Distress Markers and a Ranger Detailer Waterbrush.

 I used foam squares to pop up the image.

The second card is a simple to make, yet it has great impact because of the bright color, including the NEW Wilted Violet! 

I used the Wrinkle Free Distress technique to color the Distress Watercolor cardstock using Ripe Persimmon, Wilted Violet (yep, that's the real thing!), and Twisted Citron.  Wilted Violet is a great color combo with Twisted Citron!

I added a couple wishbones to a jump ring and a flag.  The word friend came from the Remnant Rubs.

 For the third card, I decided to change it up by stamping on a transparency with Staz-On ink.

Then I used Alcohol Ink in Raspberry and Lemonade to color the image, giving it a watercolor effect.  To prevent smearing the black ink, I used a slender paintbrush to do the coloring.  If you want to avoid that, then just color the backside of the image.  I wanted the pooling of the ink to give it that watercolor look though. (btw, you can clean your brush with old fashion rubbing alcohol).

I created a card with Fossilized Amber, Mermaid Lagoon and Worn Lipstick, then stamped it with my favorite polka dot background stamp.

Both the card and the transparency were slipped into a Cabinet Card, then a strip of Industrious stickers was added across the bottom.

I made a colorful bow with Abandoned Coral (seriously have I used every color of the rainbow on this card?) and added it to the top of a #8 tag, which I slipped into the back Cabinet Card for a handwritten sentiment.  The Typed Token tops it off.

I sure hope you have enjoyed, "one stamp, three ways"!  There are 5 other great images on this set to work with, so I can only imaging the amount of great ideas we will be seeing today! 

 

now carry on,
paula

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