Stamp It...

Hi Everyone...it's Monday and welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog...thank you for joining us for last week's "It's A Stitch Up" challenge...we hope you can join us this week too because...

and the theme for this week is...

STAMP IT

I'm sure you all know that STAMPtember® is a very special month in the Simon Says Stamp Store calendar and this week the Design Team are showcasing the latest STAMPtember® products.

I fell in love with the Henna Patterns Stamp Set

and decided to make an art journal page in my Dylusions Journal. I love hot and spicy colours in my flower garden...very reminiscent of the glorious vibrant colours of exotic eastern spices...

I started off by applying Pumice Stone Distress Paint directly on to the pages and swirling it around with a slightly moist baby wipe...then I used Distress Collage Medium Matte to fix down torn scraps of Prima Salvage District papers left over from another project...it was just a co-incidence that the papers I used tone in with the background but it doesn't matter because only faint impressions of the papers will show on the finished project. I then gave the pages an all over coat of Distress Collage Medium Matte which seals everything down and makes the surface slick...ready for some Distress Crayon colouring...

I scribbled all over with Rusty Hinge...Peeled Paint and Fossilized Amber Distress Crayons from Set and swiped gently with a moist baby wipe to move them around and blend...OK I know at this moment in time it looks like a right dog's dinner but bear with me...

it's amazing how a light coat of Gesso applied with a scraper tones everything down a notch...remember I'm just laying down a background at this stage and there are going to be lots of stamped layers on top so I'm not hitting the panic button just yet...

I applied Rusty Hinge Distress Crayon through the Lattice Work Mini Layering Stencil from Set 4 and stamped one of the images from the Henna Patterns Stamp Set in Leaf Green and Black Archival...

I stamped the small circle and leaf with Versamark and heat embossed using White and Gold Detail Embossing Powders...

added Design Tape...splattered with Tarnished Brass Distress Spray Stain...Dylusions White Linen and a very fine mist of Distress Antique Bronze Mica Spray and voila...it's beginning to look like I imagined...

I stamped the flowers and leaves with Potting Soil Archival Ink...heat embossed with Clear Detail embossing powder and cut out...

coloured with the same Distress Crayons I used on the background and added white highlights with my new favourite...the fabulous white paint pen from Dylusions...

finishing off with some alphabet stickers from my stash...

You can find all the products I used over at the fabulous Simon Says Stamp online store...

just click on the links below...

Why don't you pop over to the Monday Challenge Blog and check out the amazing creations from my very talented Design Team mates and as always you all have the chance to win a $50 gift voucher to spend at Simon Says Stamp. You have until Monday 8am Ohio time...1pm UK time...2 pm CET to join in...

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Have fun and happy crafting

Hugs Kath xxx

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