Life On The Ocean Waves!
Summer is here and this week on the Monday Challenge we are heading down to the water with a Nautical/By The Sea theme. I am lucky enough to live on a small island surrounded by the crystal clear waters of the Mediterranean sea, and like nothing more than snorkeling and admiring the bright colors of the fish and corals. I also enjoy a nice day out on a boat, bobbing along in the waves and enjoying the sea breeze while sipping a long cool glass of something sparkly and refreshing. We will be looking forward to seeing which option you choose for your project!
Once you have made your creation just go ahead and upload it into the linky on the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge blog!
As always, we’re offering a chance to win a $50 Gift Voucher to Simon Says Stamp! All YOU need to do is join in with the challenge!
Below are three projects created by the design team, that showcase this weeks theme! You can visit the challenge blog to get all the details and see the amazing cards and projects that the design team has created this week. If you click on each designers name, you’ll be taken directly to their blog where you’ll get more details about their project! Be sure to give these talented ladies some comments!
Cathie Cowles created a fabulous sailing plaque:
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Kath Stewart made this lovely holiday travel journal:
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Meihsia Liu made this gorgeous tag:
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So now it’s your turn to get out your inks, stamps and papers and have fun!
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Masterpiece Box – Blog Hop – Winners!
On Saturday, we had a really fabulous and awesome Blog Hop to celebrate the newest product release from Simon Says Stamp called The Masterpiece Box! This Limited Edition release is jam packed with new stamps and dies from several of our favorite paper crafting companies. In the blog hop, 20 designers showed you lots of ideas for using the new collection. This truly was an amazing launch! There is a Simon Gallery that has all the Masterpiece Box projects in one place – CLICK HERE! If you haven’t had a chance to visit the hop, click here to view the first post. I know you will find lots of tips, tricks and inspiration! CLICK HERE for all the details about the Masterpiece Box!
BIG Congratulations to all of the blog hop winners! Thank you for hopping along with us and taking the time to leave feedback for the designers in the form of comments along the way. We really really enjoy hearing from you! Each winner will receive a $25 gift certificate to the Simon Says Stamp Store! YAHOOO!
Winners list by blog!:
CONGRATULATIONS WINNERS! Please check your inboxes for an email from us asking for your shipping address so we can send you the Simon Prize Pack! If for some reason we couldn’t access your email, please email [email protected] and let us know you are one of our Blog Hop winners for the Simon Super Surprise pack and provide your mailing address. Thank you again for hopping along with us!
Studio Monday with Nina-Marie: Watercolor Die Cut Details
Hi Friends! It’s Nina-Marie here with you again for a brand new Studio Monday feature!
Today I am going to be sharing a super fun (and oh-so-tropical!) scene card featuring Taylored Expression dies. I’ll walk you through the creation of the scene, as well as sharing tips and tricks on how to add fun details to your cards using watercolors; or in this case, the Zig Clean Color brush markers!
For my card I’ve paired the Taylored Expressions On the Line Beach die set, as well as the Happy Summer Banner dies together; these dies work so well together and I love how they create such a fun and happy scene! Because I wanted to add extra details to these dies, I used the Zig markers to color everything in. However, keep in mind that you can create a stunning scene with these dies using a variety of techniques! Here are a few more ideas:
- die cutting from white cardstock and blending ink over the die cuts
- cut from colored cardstock and add shading ink blending
- cut from white cardstock and color with Copics, colored pencils, etc.
In the video below, I’ll walk you through how I created this card from start to finish! If you enjoy, please give the video a “thumbs up” and subscribe to our YouTube channel for more weekly inspiration!
For those of you interested in the Zig Clean Color marker combinations I used in today’s card, I have them broken down for you below:
- palm trees: Light Green (041), Dark Oatmeal (066), Mustard (067)
- surf boards: Carmine Red (022), Turquoise Green (042), Yellow (050), Scarlet Red (023)
- sand: Flesh Colour (071), Beige (072), Oatmeal (064)
- seashells: Flesh Colour (071), Dark Oatmeal (066)
- seagulls: Light Gray (091), Dark Oatmeal (066), Yellow (050)
- ocean: Light Blue (036), Turquoise Green (042)
- banners: Turquoise Green (042), Scarlet Red (023), Carmine Red (022), Yellow (050)
- string lights: Yellow (050), Beige (072)
- sky: Yellow (050)
- crab: Yellow (050), Scarlet Red (023)
WATCH THE VIDEO:
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