Hi all and welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge
Thank you for joining us for the Make Your Own Background Challenge and we hope you will all join us again this week too.
We will be back soon with the name of the lucky winner of the $50 Voucher
This week the challenge is
CLEAN AND SIMPLE
We are showcasing HERO ARTS PRODUCTS this week. You don’t have to use them to join in but if you have some we would love to see them used
As always Simon Says Stamp will be giving away $50 voucher to shop at the fabulous Simon Says Stamp Store
I recently picked up the Hero Arts Stamp Your Own Cactus stamp set and couldn’t wait to play! I love the images and little cacti arrangements seem to be everywhere right now! At the moment I’m pretty obsessed with Spectrum Noir Aqua Markers. I have just added to my collection with a third set, the Florals one. To colour my image on today’s card I used pens from the Primaries and Essentials sets.
I started by stamping the first cactus (the larger one) in India black Versafine ink (a great ink for using with watercolour techniques) onto water colour card and then masked it and stamped the round cactus as well as the pots. I coloured the images in using the pens as water colours (scribbling on a mat then adding water and painting with a brush). I added a very diluted wash of the aqua colour around the image and a grey wash for the shadow. Although you can’t see it, there is a little Wink of Stella on the cacti too – well why not?!
So now it’s YOUR turn. Happy Crafting
Do you use Instagram ? If so please add #ssswchallenge to your challenge entry uploads so we can see them on there too !
There are fabulous Give Aways and inspiration from fabulous designers on a daily basis over on the Simon Says Stamp Blog , if you haven’t subscribed by email you may want to so you don’t miss out
You have until Wed 8am Ohio time. 1pm UK time, 2 pm CET to join in
No backlinking allowed, Only 5 new creations will be eligible in the prize draw
