Beautiful Journey Tag

Hi there! Happy Sunday and Happy Father’s Day! Don’t forget to wish Dad a very happy day! Please welcome Richele Christensen back as a guest today, and continue reading for a super cool tag inspiration focusing on a variety of fun Tim Holtz branded items! Please enjoy!

Hello friends! It’s Richele and I’m so happy to be back on the Simon Says Blog! Today I’m sharing a mixed-media piece with lots of texture and grungy goodness! Don’t you just love the warm vintage look that was created just by using Distress Collage Medium in Vintage.

Spray Woodgrain Cardstock with water then spray with Antique Linen and Vintage Photo Distress Spray Stain. Dry with a heat tool.
Apply Archival Ink directly to surface and dry with heat tool.
Adhere Woodgrain to Etcetera Tag with Distress Collage Medium.
Tear a few pieces of cardstock from the Etcetera Paper Stash and adhere to Tag with Distress Collage Medium.

Sand around edges in a downward motion using a Sanding Grip to clean up the edges.
Die cut Globe from Watercolor Cardstock. Color Globe with Distress Markers, blend colors with Water Brush and dry with a heat tool. Repeat as desired.
Apply a layer of Vintage Distress Collage Medium over entire surface. Adhere Globe adding a layer of Vintage Collage Medium on top. Let dry.
Apply Distress Crayons to create a shadow around Globe and edges working in small areas and smudging out color with fingers.

9.Choose Typography letters and place in baggie, add Alcohol Ink and squish letters around to color.
10.Dump letters on to Craft Sheet and let dry.
11.Apply Gold Metallic Mixative to Blending Tool with felt and a few drops of Blending Solution then ponce on to Typography letters, Arrow and Stars.
12.Cut Ruler to approximately 4”, mist with water, color with Distress Spray Stain and let dry.

Adhere Metallic Kraftstock to a piece of chipboard with Distress Collage Medium.
Die cut Industrial gears, randomly add Grit-Paste with finger tip to gears and set aside to dry.
Apply Alcohol Ink and a few drops of Blending Solution to felt and color gears.
Apply Pitch Black Alcohol Ink to a cotton swab and randomly color gears and adhere with Distress Collage Medium.

Color Paper Doll with Distress Marker and blend out with cotton swab.
Apply Distress Crayons to the center of the gears and blend out with Water Brush.
Add Small Talk Stickers, apply a coat of Vintage Collage Medium over stickers, let dry, apply Distress Crayon around stickers and blend with Water Brush.
Tie Craft Thread around Arrow attaching Compass charm. Add Index Clips to both ends of Ruler. Adhere Typography, Arrow and Ruler with Distress Collage Medium. Adhere Paper Doll with foam tape.

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Sassy Sayings with a Splash of Color

Hi friends! Happy Saturday! Please welcome back special guest blogger Teri Anderson today! She’s made 3 bright and sassy cards to inspire! Read on and enjoy!

Hi Simon friends! So good to see you again! I’m excited to share with you a card trio I created with some of Technique Tuesday’s sassy sentiment stamps. Technique Tuesday periodically started releasing some sassy themed sentiment stamp sets. These sentiment stamps are super witty and super duper fun!

I love the sassy nature of these stamps so I really wanted the phrases to stand out on these cards. I created simple backgrounds by brushing on watercolors onto watercolor paper and splattering dots of water on top.

This first card is a simple birthday card created with the Sassy Birthday stamp set. The phrase sure makes me chuckle. To add a little extra visual interest to the sentiment, I stamped three stamps around it and then added a little color.

This second card (created with the Sassy Family stamp set) was made with a mom in mind. Can anyone out there relate these words?

I’m just a dog mom, but I know I can relate! Wink!

Finally, this last card features one of my favorite phrases from the Sassy Expensive stamp set. I wanted to kick things up a notch for this card so I added die-cut gems and crystal dots to the background.

Thanks for having me today all! It’s always a treat to stop by!

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Amore Laura Fadora: So Happy You’re My Dad!

Hi friends! Welcome to the latest edition of Amore Laura Fadora where Laura Bassen puts her focus on DAD! Father’s Day is June 18th, so don’t forget to spoil the awesome Dad(‘s) in your life!! Laura used the Big Perfect Shapes stamp set along with some of her favorite Simon Says Stamp exclusive inks and the Big Dad diess to complete the card. Please be sure to watch the video and enjoy!