A Bit of Texture

Hello, folks! We have another fabulous new challenge for you today on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog! This week we are ADDING A LITTLE TEXTURE to our projects! Yes, that's right, we want to see you add texture in some way to your creations this week. The design team is showcasing Simon Says Stamp Exclusives on our projects this week. If you have some, we'd LOVE to see how you use them for the challenge, but they aren't required to enter.



I pulled out some favorites for this one! I used the Grid Background stamp along with the Dots and Lines stencil to create my physically AND visually textured background. I then added a bit more texture by gold embossing the flower from Friendly Florals and layering that over some gold thread. The sentiment is die cut from Bazzill Gold cardstock and layered a few times to give it depth and dimension. I super duper love how this card turned out.



As I was beginning the design work on this card, I wasn't sure if I wanted to go with the white grid background or something darker. Soooo...instead of actually MAKING a decision (who wants to do that, anyway), I just went ahead and made BOTH! Here is another take on this design.



For this one, the background is left a bit more plain, but the dark color fills that space beautifully. I used the same techniques for the rest of the design and even used the same colors. I love how they are both so pretty, and yet, pretty different.



You can find the complete list of products I used for my two cards below, along with links (they are affiliate links) to find the items in the Simon Says Stamp Store.

OH! And Speaking of the Simon Says Stamp store, one lucky participant in this week's challenge will win a $50 Gift Voucher to Simon Says Stamp! TOTALLY worth entering, you guys. For reals, though. Just do it. Go make something fabulous!

Supplies:

Stamps: Simon Says Stamp Friendly Flowers, Simon Says Stamp Grid Background (love these SO MUCH!)

Stencil: Simon Says Stamp Dots & Lines

Gold Cardstock: Bazzill Gold Metallic (DUDE... you need it.)

Thread: DMC Metallic Trio

Embossing Paste: Wendy Vecchi White Embossing Paste

Ink: Simon Says Stamp Fossil, Slate and Versamark

White cardstock: Crafter's Companion Ultra Smooth White

Gold Sequins: Studio Calico

Embossing Powder: Stampendous (Gold detail)

Tools: Milwaukee Heat Gun, Fiskars Stamp Press, Teflon Bone Folder

Die Cut Machine: Spellbinders Artisan Explorer

Have a Happy!

Because Creamsicles are Delicious

Mmmmmm! Yes. They. Are. I'm a big fan. Which is funny, because I'm not actually a huge fan of oranges, I mean, they are okay, but not something I reach for often. And the orange flavored jelly beans really aren't my favorite, either, but for some reason, the minute you mix an oragey flavor with creamy goodness, I am in heaven, my friends! HEAVEN! I do so love creamsicles. And creamsicle flavored drinks with alcohol in them. For reals, though... those are awesome. Just sayin'.

ANYWAY, when my August kit from Simon Says Stamp arrived at my door, I saw creamsicles as soon as I this stamp set fell into my  hands! And what better way to create that refreshing, creamy look, than with watercolors?! Yup. I'm in love. With creamsicles. All over again.



The new Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge, yes, afterall, that is the reason we have gathered together today (Nope, not MAAAWAIGE this time, folks.... or for this thing called life... nope, not that one today, either. Although, now I do really want to listen to Prince all day and watch the Princess Bride. K. Tangent done. Moving forward.). Right. New challenge. It's EMBOSS IT! Yup! We want to see you emboss! You can heat emboss, dry emboss, use embossing paste, WHATEVS, folks! Just EMBOSS IT!



I used the super awesome matt dull embossing powder from Wow for my image and then watercolored over it to create a resist. For the textured background, I mixed embossing paste with glitter, because glitter, and then spread it over a stencil to create the dotted background. I kind of love it. Lots. For reals, though.



And now it's YOUR TURN! One lucky participant will win a $50 Voucher to the Simon Says Stamp Store! Yup. Dudes. You know you want that. SO, all you need to do is create a NEW project (up to FIVE) with the EMBOSS IT! theme and link it up to the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge blog! Happy Crafting, folks!

You can find the links to the goodies I used to create my card below! 

Have a Happy!

Simon Says Stamp August Card Kit Simon Says Stamp Ice Cream Dream Stamp Set Bo Bunny Lemonade Stand 6x6 Paper Pad *Sakura KOI WATERCOLORS SKETCH BOX 24 Colors with Waterbrush Kuretake Gansai Tambi 24 Color Watercolors Set *ZIG Wink of Stella ELEGANT Set Glitter Black Silver Clear Brush Tip Markers 025375 *Versamark WATERMARK Rubber Stamp Emboss Chalk Resist INK PAD *WOW Embossing Powder CLEAR MATTE DULL LARGE Jar Regular WC02-L Matt *Ranger EMBOSSING POWDER LIQUID PLATINUM Rubber Stamp Ink *The Crafter's Workshop MINI CIRCLE GRID 6 x 6 Template *Wendy Vecchi WHITE EMBOSSING PASTE Studio 490 *Martha Stewart CRYSTAL Fine Glitter White M111022 *May Arts IRRIDESCENT WHITE Metallic String *Pretty Pink Posh 6MM SPARKLING CLEAR Cupped Sequins *Sakura KOI MEDIUM WATERBRUSH Water Brush Watercolor #6 *EK Success POWDER TOOL Applicator EKT001 *Precision Heat Embossing Emboss Tool Gun Hero Arts PW200 *EK Success CUTTER BEE Scissors EKCB01 *Simon Says Stamp Card Stock 100# GREEN LEAF GL11 *Crafter's Companion 50 PACK ULTRA SMOOTH PREMIUM WHITE CARDSTOCK 752252 *SSS White WATERCOLOR PAPER 6 x 9

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