Happy Striped Anniversary!!!

It's a brand new week, and time for a new challenge at Simon Says Stamp & Show. From thick to thin, multi-colored, or monochromatic, stripes are all over the place in most crafter’s supply stashes. Show us yours by making stripes out of strips of cardstock, buying striped papers, or even using a background striped stamp. And, if you’re feeling really adventurous, you could cross your stripes and create a plaid. What ever your choice for using them, we want to see "Stripes" this week. 
The format is also changing a little bit for winning. There will still be one randomly picked winner for the $50 voucher, but instead of having a 'Top Three' there will now be "Spotlight Artists". This means there is a chance for multiple winners based on whatever we like from your project, be it color, technique, product, even post write up. The DT is now looking for different exceptional qualities, and not just the best looking project. Doesn't that sound wonderful???

Although I have several striped papers lingering about in my cave, I wanted to use one of the many striped stamps I have laying around. I went with one from Wendy Vecchi's Quality Art set on this postcard made for a 50th anniversary for a friend's parents.

I just love all the Kaiser Craft wood products. These postcards are so much fun. I used lots of Wendy stamps and Ranger Archival to stamp on the front and back.

 

I used the striped image from Wendy's Quality Art Set, and heat embossed it.

I cut a heart from chipboard, and stained it and more Kaiser wooden pieces and then stamped over them.

I also stained the postcard in Barn Door, and gave it some water splotches.

I inked the edges of everything using Black Soot Distress, and added stained lace and Tim's Idea-ology Numerals.

I color washed some Prima flowers and added a little sheen to them as well with Perfect Pearls Mist.

 

Are you feeling stripey this week? If so, create a project with stripes on it, and then enter it into our challenge. You just might be the lucky winner of a $50 voucher to Simon Says Stamp. You can also be named as one of the many  "Spotlight Artists" for this challenge. Good luck, and don't forget to check out the other Design Team member's blogs to see how they have striped up their project!

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I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!

A Krafty Manly Layout

Happy happy happy Monday "KRAFTERS"!!! Simon Says Stamp & Show DT member Sandra wants to see some "Kraft" this week! From paper to stickers or even chipboard, any loose interpretation of kraft is welcome here. This would be a great challenge to break out the Ranger Inkssentials Kraft Tags, or some of Tim’s Chit-Chat Stickers, or even some plain chipboard or corrugated cardboard. Even a grocery bag made of kraft brown paper would be awesome! The krafty field is wide open, and it is up to you to decide how and what you’ll make this week.

Are you shocked to see a scrapbook page? I was shocked to make one..actually two...but since Father's Day just rolled around and I was asked to design a layout for a few classes, I thought this challenge would be perfect to combine with it. 

Besides the regular kraft paper, there is corrugated kraft paper here too, which makes the best texture ever! I just love all of these Tim and Wendy manly stamps with Wendy's sentiment.

 

 

This is another variation I did in all metallics.

If you are like me, and love vintage style Art and crafting, then I know you have Kraft paper items lying around. Make a project with them, and then enter it into our challenge. You just might be the lucky winner of a $50 voucher to Simon Says Stamp. You can also be named as one of the "Top Three Picks" for this challenge. Good luck, and don't forget to check out the other Design Team member's blogs and see what KRAFT they've made this week. There are some absolute beautiful makes!

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I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!