Simon Says...Ombre

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

and the theme for this week is...

OMBRE

Definition: Ombre is a French Word for a colour with shaded or varying tones,

e.g. fading from dark to light purple.

The first challenge of a new month is when the Design Team showcase a particular designer or brand and this month, it's the turn of the fabulous Dina Wakley, you don't need to used Dina's products to enter the challenge but if you have them, we would love to see what you create with them.

We are also welcoming the lovely and very talented Alison Bomber aka Words and Pictures back into the Designer Spotlight. If you haven't visited Alison's blog before then you are in for a real treat! Please pop by to say 'Hi'.

I decided to create a "Words Of Inspiration" wall panel for my craft room which I have to admit, was a little bit of a "making it up as I went along" adventure...

I began by scribbling circles with the Purple Scribble Stick on to Dina Wakley Media Cotton Watercolor Paper, spreading the colour to make larger lighter circles with a wet brush.

I wiped the Scribble Stick on to a damp baby wipe and pounced colour randomly on to the panel

and added Dina Wakley Media and Washi Tape.

I coloured the bottom rim of a Distress Spray Stain bottle with the purple Scribble Stick, spritzed lightly with water to create random circles.

At this stage I decided to extend the colour further out to the edges of the Watercolor Paper by scribbling the Scribble Stick generously on to my glass mat and picking the colour up with a wet brush.

I applied torn strips of Dina Wakley Collage Paper using Soft Gel Matte Medium and added more circles by applying White Gesso with my finger to the rim of a bottle cap.

I scribbled the purple and black Scribble Sticks generously on to my glass mat, spritzed with water and created splatters on the background.

I added Collage Words to strips of the Cotton Watercolor Paper using Soft Gel Matte Medium and fixed to the panel.

I picked up colour from the Black Scribble Stick with a Detailer Water Brush and created shadows around the Collage Words. I stitched around the edges of the panel to create a little bit of interest and fixed the panel to Simon Says Stamp Black Cardstock cut slightly larger. I then fixed the panel to heavyweight chipboard.

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...

You can also follow Simon Says Stamp on Instagram

and if you use Instagram...

please add #sssmchallenge to your entry uploads so we can see them on there too

I look forward to seeing what you create this week...

Have Fun and Happy Crafting

Hugs Kath xxx