Autumn Leaves

Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.
Albert Camus

Anything Goes this week at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge blog, so I took this opportunity to create a miniature leaf installation.  I love walking outside in the Autumn as the leaves swirl around in the wind.  But I don't like the blisters that come with the arduous task of raking them out of the yard.
Watercolor paper was stamped and stenciled with distress inks and paints, and then formed into a box using the Martha Stewart scoreboard. 

The board comes with instructions to create boxes and lids of all sizes.  (Which will be handy for the upcoming holidays!) My faux leaves were die cut, inked, and then hung from the box top.  The leaf variations were created with household plastic wrap. The bottom of the box is covered with inked tissue paper cut into shreds with my fringe scissors.  Simple, but colorful!

Anything Goes this week, so be sure to upload your latest project to the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge and you could be our latest weekly winner of a $50 gift voucher to the Simon Says Stamp store.  Your project could also be chosen as one of our weekly featured designs.  Cool, huh? 

Happy Stamping!

 

 

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Another Wednesday Wee Work

It's Wednesday!  I have another wee, little project to share.  I've been calling them a Wee Work.   Just a little project to hold me over until the weekend when I can have more time to stamp.  Today is a tag using some VERY old stamps by Claudine Hellmuth for Stampington.  Isn't it fun to use an old stamp?  It's like visiting an old friend.

I'm hoping to get a lot of stamping done this week.  I've been dealing with some health issues lately and I am scheduled to have surgery next Wednesday. :(  Ugh. 

Until then, Happy Stamping!

Spooky!

This week, the Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge blog is celebrating the SPOOKY!  For my project, I used some Glitz papers from the Raven line to create some fun paper puzzle blocks.

The blocks were easily constructed from cereal box cardboard.  I created some cubes and secured them with hot glue. Yes, using the glue gun can be SCARY. Don't let the construction FRIGHTEN you off. Remember 10th grade geometry? Yeah....me neither. How EERIE! But if someone had told me that I'd be making cool paper cubes someday, I bet that I would've paid more attention in class.

I created a cube "pattern" and then cut the cereal boxes down to size and ran the cardboard through the printer. (I used 6 pieces of cardboard or three cereal boxes. (YAY~!  Recycling!) Running them through the printer was much easier than tracing. I cut out the cube printed cardboard with scissors. The score board was really helpful in creating tight creases for folding. I secured the blocks with hot glue and then I gave them a base coat of black paint. I stamped and sprayed some Glitz patterned papers and cut them to size for the cubes.  (I used 6 different patterns)  The papers were glued down with a glue stick. Below is a photo of the SAME set of blocks.  The Owl mysteriously disappeared!

Upload your SPOOKY project to the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge blog for a random chance to win a $50.00 gift voucher to Simon Says Stamp! Your project could also be chosen to be featured in our designer spotlight.

HAPPY STAMPING!

  

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Scrapling Wee Work

Last week I mentioned that I would post a Wee Work on Wednesdays.  Just a little project to hold me over until the weekend. Last weeks project was a tag.  Today I have a scrapling to share.  What's a scrapling?  Good question!  A scrapling is a mini, skinny card that is traditionally made from the scraps of other projects.  This particular scrapling is 1 1/4 x 4".  Yes, it's a very Wee Work.

Although they've been around for ages, I just learned about Scraplings this past week.  They are celebrating Stamptoberfest at Two Peas in a Bucket, and SOF13 Challenge: Scrapling is one of the stamping challenges.  Isn't the Fox Girl stamp the cutest image?  She came from 100 Proof Press recently and I LOVE her! She has a sweet, little bushy tail that didn't fit on the card.  The tiny envelope is from a Simon Says Stamp exclusive set, Card Exchanging Friends.  Thanks for letting me share. 

Happy Stamping!

Nautical Nonsense

Ships at a distance have every man's wish on board.

~Zora Neale Hurston

This week's theme for the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge is Nautical Nonsense.  How fun is that?  To build my ship, I used a variety of patterned papers from Crate Paper.  I don't like calling them "Scrapbook Papers", because to me, they can be used for so much more!

I cut pieces from the cardboard and covered them in patterned paper.  The ballast, or center pole of the boat was made by wrapping a pencil in washi tape.  The boat seams were also covered in washi.  (This also helped hide some of the hot glue globs)

Upload a photo of your Nautical project to the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge blog and you could win a $50.00 gift voucher to use at the Simon Says Stamp store.  Your project could also be chosen to be featured in our Designer Spotlight.