I Can See Clearly Now
Hello and welcome to a brand new week here on the Simon Says Stamp blog! Hoping everyone had an enjoyable weekend with lots of creative time! Speaking of creative time, have you seen the new challenge up on the Monday Challenge blog this week?
They’re challenging us to be completely transparent this week with our craft supplies and incorporate an element into our designs that we can see through. So grab your acetate, vellum, frost film or anything else that clearly fits in with this week’s theme, and let’s get creative!
Below are three projects created by the design team. The rest can be found on the Monday Challenge team blog here and if you click on each designers name, you’ll be taken directly to their blog where you’ll get more details about their project! ;)
Also, don’t forget that when you enter your projects into the challenge, you can win a $50 GC to Simon Says Stamp!
Designed by Meihsia Liu:
Meihsia had this to say:
Most toy and gift packaging is recyclable. This week, I decided to use the toy packaging as the card base, and create this simple and fun card. The packaging was cut into a standard card size (4.25? X 11? and folded in half using bone folder) and decorated with Prima Flowers, American Crafts Chipboard Stickers, Vintage Trinkets and Say It in Crystals.
Designed by Tracy Evans:
Tracy had this to say:
Wendy Vecchi’s Clear Clearly For Art seemed the perfect starting point for my Canvas used to create a wonderful dimensional transparent bloom combined with the Tattered Floral Die, colored around the edges with Aquamarine Reinker. My whole design was based around this flower and things slowly developed from there into an artsy canvas filled with many less transparent additions!
Designed by May Flaum:
May had this to say:
The spring set of Tim Holtz Blueprint stamps are among my all time favorites! To really make this colorful I went transparent with my stamping with embossing powder and then colored them with abandon using Dylusions sprays. I love how the original tag color shows through and the translucent sprays blend and layer to create this spring confection that will top a special present.
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Fabulous mixed-media projects!
All of the projects are beautiful but that clear card really caught my eye.
Beautiful mixed-media projects!!!
Wow that clear card is amazing
Spring always inspires me to pull out bright, fresh colors- so much fun!
The gals are very creative and I appreciate them sharing their talents with me.
Looking forward to joining in this challenge, gorgeous DT inspiration! x
Gorgeous projects. Love the flowers on that canvas.
Wow! Great details on the projects, love them all
Great projects.
Great use of transparencies in all of the projects.
Wow…I love the ideas!!!
Beautiful projects for this challenge!
Great inspiration for the challenge :)
Great inspiration for the challenge :)
Wow, these projects are beautiful! Thanks for sharing.
I really love the Easter tag. It is very elegant looking.
Wow great projects! Love the colors!
Wow! Awesome projects!TFS
This is a good challenge! Great projects.
love the easter tag! Thanks for the inspiration!
Clear card – it’s a brilliant idea.
Fabulous projects, TFS!
These are clearly wonderful projects! All are fabulous! xx
Love the clear card – the clip is ideal for reinforcing the top fold. The colours on the tag are great too.
Wonderful projects. Love the variety of styles and colours.
Fabulous projects with great techniques!
Beautiful projects!
Love the yellow flowers
WOW – this challenge adds an exciting element to all the projects today!!!
… I have used vellum to create dimensional roses but never as a layer on a project, so I hope to join the challenge :)
Wow – gorgeous projects! Great challenge! Will have to put on my thinking cap!
Gorgeous clear card! I never thought to reuse plastic packaging for cards, now I’ll be on the lookout! Thanks for sharing these amazing projects.
I’m always looking for new ideas to inspire me. These projects are amazing!
Fabulous projects! Love the clear card :)
Lovely tags and cards! Love the bright colors!
I think I will have to give a clear card a go. I love how that looks.
Great inspiration here. I need to try some of these ideas.
WAUW sooo many gorgeous creations here again from these talented girls. I just love the first one to bits, sooo gorgeous, but they´re all amazing and beautiful.
Love the Monday and Wednesday challenge blogs, and the sampling of home-decor items show here. How fun to use paper-crafting supplies to beautify our homes or to make as gifts. Some CLEARLY good ideas!
The projects are all great! Love getting all of this inspiration!!
I never thought to use toy packaging! How clever!
what a fun challenge. I’ve been wanting to make a half clear card I saw online somewhere. will have to find some time this week to do it.
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Loving the new challenge and the DT projects are gorgeous!
Clearly a fun challenge, :)
The clear card is amazing. Haven’t tried using any clear elements yet. These may get be going.
Fantastic creations. I love the different takes on the see through theme.
Fun challenge…thanks for the inspiration!
That Easter tag is my hands down favorite! Very cool!
I love those Easter egg stamps. It looks so beautiful against the background.
Lovely projects, albeit intimidating. Cheers!