Monday 17 March 2014

Thank Your Lucky Stars ~ Simon Says Monday Challenge

Hello friends and Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Hope you all had a wonderful weekend and you're ready for the week ahead! Because today is St Patrick's Day, the fun new challenge over on the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge blog is called...Just My Luck!! So how will you interpret this challenge? Have you found a lucky rainbow and a pot of gold? Do you feel that today is your lucky day? Or like me, do you just thank your lucky stars for all the good things that happen?

As always, I hope you love what I've made...
...and here's how I made it!!
To begin with, I used the fabulous Sizzix Stacked Stars die from Tim Holtz to die cut my stars from card which I then covered with Tissue Wrap before painting them with Peacock Feathers Distress Paint. But for the largest star, the one that shines above all others, I used Peacock Feathers Distress Glitter to cover the surface. 
All the stars were then edged with gold paint to give them a distressed look. The next part was the fun part, I wanted to make a cluster of these stars and so, I got to work to make them dimensional by attaching them to sticks. Some of them, I made 3D and others I left as flat stars but they were all clustered together and tied with a shabby bow, hand dyed using Mustard Seed and Squeezed Lemonade Distress Stains. Once that was completed, I set about making my background...
I started by die cutting a piece of Manila card using the On The Edge Torn Notebook die to create the decorative top. I then inked the card by "swooshing" it through some Brushed Corduroy, Vintage Photo and Antiqued Bronze Distress Stains, spritzed with water on my craft sheet. Once I was happy with the colour, I added a small amount of Peacock Feathers and then inked through the Dot Fade Layering Stencil and randomly stamped some text with Potting Soil Archival Ink.

I set that aside before creating my tag. I chose a size 8 Manila tag, stained with Mustard Seed and Wild Honey Distress Stains and then stamped the text background from the Papillon stamp set over the top, before embossing it with clear powder. I then inked the edges with Walnut Stain, popped a Clock Key through the top of the tag and attached the tag to my background.
I attached a piece of Film Ribbon and then added the cluster of stars across the centre. The next part was to create the little stack of stars with the pointy finger and for this, I used the Stacked Stars die to die cut more stars and covered some as I had previously and then painted them with Mustard Seed and Peacock Feathers Distress Paint and for the others, I used Metal Foil tape over Grungeboard and then inked these with Alcohol Ink. 
I grouped the stars together with the die cut pointy finger, painted with Distress Paints and then placed a Mirrored Star on the finger before adding my Thank Your Lucky Stars text made up from Chit Chat stickers and stamps from the Hashtag set. Finally I painted the Seven from the Alpha Parts set using Peacock Feathers and Picket Fence Distress Paint and added this to my background.

I really hope you loved my cluster of stars and for more great ideas and inspiration, then look no further than the blog to see all the wonderful creations from my very talented Design Team members. Every week, one lucky random participant has the chance to win a $50 gift voucher from Simon Says Stamp. Good luck....
Products used:

Distress Inks ~ Walnut Stain, Peacock Feathers
Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous Rubber Stamp ~ Papillon, Hashtags and Going Somewhere
Tim Holtz Layering Stencil ~ Dot Fade
Distress Glitter ~ Peacock Feathers
Ranger Metal Foil Tape Sheets


Thank you so much for all your visits today and I'll see you all very soon!!
Bye for now...love Emma xx

44 comments:

  1. Morning Emma, love ♥ it. Your stars are fabulous. x

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  2. Fantastic dimension x. And the colour combos is perfect x.

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  3. Lovely Emma and I really like the colour scheme! x

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  4. Great challenge card Emma. Love, love, love all the grouping of stars. All the dimension is fantastic! Thanks for your sweet comment you left on my blog:)

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  5. Delicious colours Emma, love all the textures and the little key! Fab stars too! Have a great week, hugs Gez xx

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  6. Fantastic! Love the color combo and how you varied the stars! Love everything about it!

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  7. I am a huge star fan and this is startastic! Love the stars dimension and the sticks. Beauteous!

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  8. This is such a fun and fabulous project, Emma. I love those beautiful stars on the sticks. :)

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  9. Emma,
    WOW! this is amazing, all the creative goodness from the key to the placement of the finger and everything in the middle..

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  10. Truly brilliant piece Emma! Absolutely love your novel 3D star cluster. Gorgeous inking etc throughout. Nicola x

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  11. Happy St. Patrick's Day, Emma!
    My stars! :) What a wonderful project. I love all of the details. Especially the glittered star. Brilliant in blue. Love it!

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  12. Hi Emma, Happy St Patrick's Day and what a way to celebrate . Gorgeous dimensional piece, the stars are so eye catching as is your background. A wonderful piece of art. Tracy x

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  13. happy st patrick's day to you emma. love this as always. you are one special lady when it comes to craft xx

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  14. Love this and I was looking at that die and wondered what it was like..another add to my list.

    I love your work...you know that :)

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  15. Stunning project, Emma! Love the kraft with the blue and yellow! The stars are so beautiful. Happy St. Patricks Day! Hugs, Sandra

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  16. Beautiful stars!! I love the dimension to this project :)

    *mwah*
    Steph
    Simon Says Stamp!

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  17. That is wonderful, I love the stars.

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  18. This is stunning! I love how you combined so many "lucky" elements into one piece. The dimension is fantastic and the color palette is gorgeous. I really like the rumpled yellow ribbon and the different patterns you used on the stars. Beautiful!

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  19. Oh my stars Emma! What a fantastic project! I love the dimensional stars and pretty yellow bow!

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  20. Lot of dimension going on...fabulous love the stars...

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  21. Love those 3D stars, Emma, and your gorgeous colors!

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  22. Every work is a masterpiece! I love the stars and the colors, everything in this project, really fantastic! BArbarayaya

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  23. This is stunning Emma! What a great idea. I love those dimensional stars on the sticks! And the background and details are perfect.

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  24. I LOVE 7!!! This just screams EXCITEDNESS!!! It would be awesome as a birthday card too for a little guy!!!

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  25. Emma...this is a really cute project! Love your color combinations and all of the layers of things you've put together. The little blue dimensional stars stretched out on sticks across the front of the piece are so cute! Love Tim's notebook edge die cut that you've distressed and incorporated, too. <3 Candy

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  26. loving all these stars! Gorgeous!!!

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  27. This is such a beautiful project Emma and worthy of today's special mention. Congratulations on your Tim Blogworthy link.
    hugs Brenda xx

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  28. Emma....Huge congrats on being name among Tim's Spring Blogworthy Links for this very creative and beautiful stars piece. I remember seeing it when you first posted it for Simon Says Stamp. Really a lovely piece and very deserving of this high honor! <3 Candy

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  29. And thank our lucky stars we get to see wonderful inspiration like this Emma. You are a very talented and lovely lady indeed. Huge congratulations on your Blogworthy link! Jenny x

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  30. The colors and dimension are AMAZING!! Well done!

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  31. Your work is always stunning and very beautiful!! You are AMAZING!!

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  32. CONGRATULATIONS Emma on making Tim's Blog worthy list. great stars! Karen.x

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  33. Huge congratulations on being one of Tim's Blogworthy Links Emma with this beautiful project. Anne x

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  34. Fabulous project Emma and congrats on your blog worthy mention, so pleased for you! xx

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  35. Congrats on receiving a well deserved shout out on tim's blogworthy links 2014-04-25

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  36. Emma, just hopped over via Tim's Blogworthy links. So glad I did, I love your stuff. Thanks for sharing. Jean.x

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  37. This is a wonderful project - love the stars and all your special touches! Thanks for sharing!!!

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  38. Oh, your stars are lovely - love how they jump off the paper. Thanks for sharing.

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  39. Congrats on Tim Holtz blogworthy Emma! It's such fun to see your art and I appreciate the time you take to share it :) Beautiful!

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  40. An absolute stunner, Emma - so sorry I missed at the time, but doubly delighted that Tim made you a blogworthy link, giving me the chance to catch this fabulous make!
    Alison xx

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  41. Emma I am very late but I wanted the same congratulate you for being chosen by Tim in his springtime blogworthy links! Absolutely deserved! BArbarayaya

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  42. Congrats on making Blgworthy ! I love what you did with the stars so very creative, love the fun textures and how you dimensionalized ( is there such a word ?) the stars !

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Thank you for all your comments and messages, they are all appreciated and I hope you'll come back and visit again soon...
Emma ~xx

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