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Trains, planes, automobiles, and even a boat – how are you getting around these days? Whether inspired by the metal and gears, intrigued and wanting to create a steampunk jalopy, or perhaps wishing someone a bon voyage – this week team member Anna-Karin challenges you to be inspired by transportation!<\/p>\n

Mona<\/a> was inspired to give an old truck a new look.<\/p>\n

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I love anything vintage and shabby so I gave a plain black metal decorative truck a new Patina like paint job using various Distress Paints<\/a>. For a touch more vintage vibe, I applied Vintage Photo Distress Ink<\/a>. Since I’m in the holiday spirit, I embellished the truck with a few Christmas Remnant Rubs<\/a>, a Woodland Tree and Wreath<\/a> along with a variety of other items.<\/em><\/p>\n

Anna-Karin<\/a> is moving and made a folio for documents, mementos and photos.<\/p>\n

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I worked in Tim Holtz large Collection Folio <\/a>and covered it with patterned papers from Destinations <\/a>and French Industrial<\/a>. The papers were stamped with various transportation stamps<\/a>. For embellishments, I used the Vintage Globe <\/a>die, Artful Arrows <\/a>and Prima wooden planes and suitcases<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Sandra Mouwen<\/a> loves to go on a hot air balloon ride someday<\/p>\n

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Well I’m a little bit afraid of heights, but I think if I got the chance I sure would love to go. I chose a bit of a colorful steampunk theme for this card. That’s the vibe the hot air balloon<\/a> gives me. So I used the Cogs<\/a> stamp around the corners, and for some color in the background I chose Peacock Feathers <\/a>and Seedless Preserves<\/a>. To give it some shimmer I stamped the sentiment in Versamark<\/a> and applied Heirloom Gold Perfect Pearls<\/a> to it.<\/em><\/p>\n

Andrea<\/a> thought it would be wonderful to travel in a whimsical manner.<\/p>\n

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What absolute fun I have had with all the various characters in Tim Holtz’s Found Relatives<\/a> set! Today we find our two adventurers cruising along in a cart with an umbrella that I suspect must be magical. We can thank the wonderful J.R.R. Tolkien for the fine quote included in this piece and we can thank the Away We Go<\/a> stamp set for making the quote look so great.<\/em><\/p>\n

Emma<\/a> has transported you to a time gone by with her wintery scene.<\/p>\n

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With Christmas preparation in full swing, I wanted to create this winter’s scene on a burlap panel<\/a> using the wonderful Sleigh Ride<\/a> stamp from Tim Holtz. To embellish my panel, I added dimensional snowflakes<\/a>, Christmas ephemera<\/a> and a decorated tree<\/a> as the finishing touch.<\/em><\/p>\n

Suzz<\/a> decided to pack up all her Christmas Memories into a crocodile valise mini book.<\/p>\n

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I have hardly pulled out the fun Vintage Valise Sizzix die<\/a> and when I saw the transportation theme I thought it would be fun to create a Christmas mini-book using the TIm Holtz Layering Crocodile Stencil<\/a> and the new Prima Gold Crackle Texture Paste<\/a>. I had fun putting together a variety of pages and can’t wait to fill them up with special memories after the holidays.<\/em><\/p>\n

Michelle<\/a> took the phrase, “Merry & Bright” literally this week.<\/p>\n

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Look closely at the shape. Do you see my bright idea for our Transportation theme? The Hero Arts “Merry and Bright” <\/a>stamp set is a companion to the BasicGrey Evergreen line of papers and embellishments. I was inspired by the non-traditional colors in this line when creating my vintage inspired hot-air balloon. I used the Tim Holtz Framed Silhouettes Stamp and Die set<\/a> to create the balloon’s floral print. The little basket is trimmed with Maggie Holmes paper tape.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Meihsia<\/a> was inspired to create a Road Trip canvas.<\/p>\n

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Our family loves road trips so I created this mixed media canvas to display with the souvenirs that we got during our trips. I embossed the tag with Tim Holtz Embossing Folders<\/a> and distressed it with Distress Inks<\/a>. The image was stamped using Simon Says Stamp Road Trip<\/a> and Memento Tuxedo Black Ink<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Ashli<\/a> was inspired by a stamp this week…<\/p>\n

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This week, I wanted to play with an enlarged image, so I stamped the bike from the Dear Lizzy Daydreamer Stamp Set<\/a> and then enlarged it on my scanner. This gave me the perfect foundation for layering bits of Studio Calico papers<\/a>, Maggie Holmes Embellishments<\/a>, and plenty of watercolors. To finish things off, my journaling about my little one’s sense of adventure is tucked behind the photo using a Simply Stories Tag<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

I (May<\/a>) am traveling via wings this week.<\/p>\n

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I do not use this wing embossing folder<\/a> nearly enough, and I love how it looks paired with some distress spray stains<\/a> and gears<\/a> for a steam punk journey on this tag. After all – transportation doesn’t have to be a plain or ordinary thing!<\/p>\n

For more inspiration click on our design team’s blog links so you can see more photos (and full supply lists) for their projects. Leave them a little comment love while you’re there so they know how they’ve inspired you too, if you’re so inclined.<\/p>\n

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As always, Simon Says Stamp<\/a> is giving away a $50 gift voucher that will go to a random entry chosen by random generator. To qualify all you need to do is create a new project that ties in (in any way!) with our theme and post it, along with a link back to this challenge, and add a link here. This challenge will end at 11:59pm on Sunday December 14th Eastern time. We will also be choosing some of our entries to put in the spotlight – a special honor where we talk about why we loved that entry in particular and award a special badge too! For the full rules, read the “challenge rules” posted in the side-bar here on our blog.<\/p>\n

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