Hi readers! Happy Wednesday to you! Please join me in welcoming guest designer Vicki Boutin to the blog today! She has a really fun scrapbook layout featuring some brand spankin’ NEW Simple Stories product and Ranger product! Enjoy!

Hi there!  It’s Vicki and I am beyond excited to be sharing this project on the blog today!

Simple Stories new line “I Am” is probably one of my all time FAVORITE releases.  I dig the color palette and the whole idea of including your story in your paper crafting.  I also have a real love for Tim Holtz’s Distress paints and inks.  So I combined the two in this “traditional scrapbooking meets mixed media in a contained encountered”.

The “contained” part refers to the peek-a-boo circles on the page.  All of the “inky” goodness is on the bottom page and is confined to the cut outs.  This technique works well when mixing papers or products with a more linear design with free flowing mixed media techniques.

Here are a few steps to follow to get the look.

• Add Distress Paint to an acrylic stamping block
• Press the “polka dot” pattern on to your patterned paper.  I like a tone on tone color palette for this.
• Add Distress Ink with an Ink Blending Tool.  The paint will resist the ink.
• Ink a background stamp with Distress Ink and stamp a pattern on the paper
• Buff the ink off of the painted areas with a paper towel
• For the wood veneer title: dab two shades of Distress Paint on the wood
• While the paint is wet sprinkle the word with clear embossing powder and heat set

Go ahead and put the pieces together to create a fun layout with a twist.  Or adapt the ideas to make a card.

A big thank you to Simon Says Stamp for letting me join in the fun today!  Have a great day!

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Thanks for reading today and thanks to Vicki for being our guest!

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From clover to cracked pistachio our Monday Challenge Team is inspired by all things green this week! Clover and the upcoming holiday (St. Patrick’s Day) were the original inspiration but that soon spiraled into thoughts about luck, shades of green, and spring being in the air. Be sure to join them with your version of this challenge over on the Monday Challenge Blog.

Below are three projects created by team members this week – love the variety and inspiring ideas! And don’t forget that when you enter your projects into the challenge, you can win a $50 Gift Voucher to Simon Says Stamp!

Mona

Suzz

Michelle

Hi readers! Happy Monday to you! I’m so happy to be back with you today with the very talented Andrea Walford of Paper Crafter’s Library! This pretty card features embossing, die cutting, faux wood coloring, and more! Be sure to watch the video for the full tutorial. Some highlighted Simon Exclusive products featured are: Hand Lettered Encouragement clear stamps,  Praying for You wafer thin dies, and Crosses wafer thin dies.

Enjoy!

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