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Monday, 1 June 2026

The Artist...

Hello friends and followers...

Hope you've all had a wonderful weekend and you're ready for a week of creativity and fun. This week, on the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog, we are challenging you to ADD A RAINBOW OF COLOUR to your projects and we hope you'll join us and play along. The DT are showcasing Dylusions products within their makes...

For my project, I created a double page journal layout and used the Dylusions Journal and I told the story of the artist, surround by a rainbow of colour swatches.

So let's get started and let's begin journalling....

TO BEGIN...

I started by covering the page on the right hand side using the Palette Collage paper. Each page measures 8" x 5'.

The depth of the paper won't cover the page completely, so I used two panels that I pieced together to cover the entire page and adhered them into the book with Matte Collage Medium, applying a coat over the top to seal the paper and adding some machine stitching around the edges of the page on the right.

I then ran the Walnut Stain Distress Crayon around the edges, blending it with my fingertip and dragging the colour towards the centre of the page.

Even though my intention was to leave "white space" on the left hand side, I also wanted for the two pages to come together as one. So to do this and create continuity, I added strips of Design Tape, placing the first strip of Tape Trim down the join of the journal. I continued adding torn strips of the design tape on the left hand page.

At this stage, I also cut one of the quotes from the Dina Wakley Typed Ledgers 2 and I added this down the central spine of the book, using Matte Collage Medium to adhere it into position.

Using a palette knife, I added lines of white gesso over the surface of the taped area, followed by scribbling some Walnut Stain Distress Crayon over the top which helps to blend away the harsh edges of the collage paper and tape.

To complete the surface of the book, I applied some Distress Paint, Old Paper and Pumice Stone to the left hand page, using a dry paint brush to add the colour and blending it out with a baby wipe.

I attached a little group of idea-ology in the bottom right of the left hand page including a cello sticker tape piece, a Labelled Remnant Rub and a Postmarked stamp before adding some stencil work.

For this I used the stencil from Set 48 of Tim's Mini Layering Stencil set and blended Speckled Egg through the stencil directly onto the page.

Finally, I flicked some Black Spot Distress Paint across the pages.

PHOTO ARRANGEMENT

For the central focal point, and beginning with the Photomatic Vintage Photo, I applied a coat of clear gesso onto the photo, allowed this to dry and then colour tinted the image with Distress Crayons and a water brush.

I distressed the edges of the photo and inked them with Walnut Stain Distress Ink before matting the photo onto two layers of cotton calico fabric. I stained the calico with Frayed Burlap and Brushed Corduroy Distress Spray Stains and after a light mist of water, I allowed the fabric to dry. I then attached the photo using Matte Collage Medium and machine stitched around the edges.

I completed the photo with a Labeled Remnant Rub, cello sticker tape and some white pen work doodling.

Finally, I added a Mini Pin in the top right of the photo before attaching the image to my page. I didn't apply adhesive to the edges, so this will allow me to easily tuck my ephemera pieces and foliage behind the photo.

LEAVES

For the leafy arrangement that sits around the outside of the photo, I used a combination of some leaves from the idea-ology Organic Layers pack and some die cut leaves that I cut with the Sizzix/Tim Holtz Floristry Thinlits Die set. I began by adhering the Organic Layers leaves to my page, placing them directly onto the surface. Then after cutting a selection of leaves with the die set, I inked them with Forest Moss and Peeled Paint Distress Inks, and used a black pen to add veins, followed by a white pen to add highlights. I then tucked these pieces behind the photo, some in the top right corner and some in the bottom left corner.

EPHEMERA

The ephemera pieces are from Tim's Keepsakes ephemera pack, the Numbers Ephemera pack and another Postmarked stamp. All the pieces, are arranged around the photo and I also added some more of the Cello Stickers.

To complete the right hand page, I used the Pumice Stone Crayon around the edges of the pieces, blending out any harsh lines.

THE ARTIST

Finally, I added my wording which I cut from black cardstock using the alpha dies form the Vault World Travel die set. I cut each letter from the card, which I backed with self adhesive sheet and then placed them on the left hand page, with an arrow underneath, also cut using the same die set.

So that's my project completed and I hope you love this page and all the techniques I've used to make it.

Don't forget that every week, one lucky random participant has the chance to win a $25 gift voucher from Simon Says Stamp and you can join in up to 5 times, which means you could have 5 chances to win. You have until next Monday at 8am Ohio time. 1pm UK time, 2 pm CET to join in and good luck....

Thank you so much for taking the time to stop by today!

Love Emma xxx

Recipe for project:

Sizzix by Tim Holtz: Vault World Travel, Vault Floristry

Stampers Anonymous/Tim Holtz: Set 48 Mini Layering Stencils

Distress Paints: Black Soot, Old Paper, Pumice Stone

Distress Crayons: Walnut Stain, Pumice Stone and colours of choice for photo

Distress Spray Stains: Frayed Burlap, Brushed Corduroy

Distress Inks: Forest Moss, Peeled Paint, Speckled Egg

Tim Holtz Idea-ology: Palette Collage Paper, Remnants Design Tape, Organic Layers, Photomatic, Mini Pins, Postmarked, Cello Sticker Tape, Keepsakes Ephemera, Labeled Remnant Rubs

Mediums: Matte Collage Medium, Gesso

Surfaces: Dylusions Creative Journal, Mixed Media Heavystock,

Dina Wakley Typed Ledgers 2

Glass Media Mat

Blending Tool

Tim Holtz Paper Trimmer

Heat Gun

Big Shot

Black and white Pen and cotton calico fabric from my stash

Monday, 4 May 2026

More Than A Woman...

Happy Monday and for all those Star Wars fans out there ~ Happy Star Wars Day and May the 4th be with you!

So, as we begin a brand new week, it's time for the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge and this week, our theme is called Mother's Day/Feminine and we would love for you to join us and play along. The DT are also showcasing some of the amazing products from our very own Simon Says Stamp...

Now I'm not really a pink girl which is the first thing you might associate with Mother's Day and feminine projects but I do love all things blue...so, for this make, I chose to use soft pastel blues and combined this with yellow, which was perfect for my background that uses a SSS stencil in readiness for the layers of Tim Holtz goodness to be added.

So, let's get started and it's time to share all the details of how I made this week's project!

TAG

To begin with I used a Size 8 Mixed Media Heavystock tag and began by creating my background jusign the Friendly Blossoms Stencil. This stencil is a layering stencil and comes in three parts and for my background, and because I'm using a tag which is slightly smaller in size than the stencil design, I used parts of the stencil.

I began by laying one of the larger blossoms over the top right hand corner. I then inked through the stencil using Speckled Egg and Stormy Sky Oxide Inks.

After flipping the stencil, I repeated the design in the bottom left hand corner using the same inks.

I then added another of the blossoms, one of the smaller sizes to the bottom right hand corner.

I went on to stencil the leaves into the spaces between the blossoms using Bundled Sage and Rustic Wilderness Oxide Inks.

Finally, I added the centres of the blossoms using Wild Honey and Fossilised Amber Oxides and the veins to the leaves were stencilled in Peeled Paint.

With the background complete, I inked the edges of the tag with a combination of Old Paper, Frayed Burlap and Walnut Stain Distress Inks, starting with the lightest colour and blending towards the centre and then reducing the ink each time, and applying the darkest colour to the edges.

I flicked some Walnut Stain Distress Ink across the surface of the tag, heat dried the ink and then flicked some white acrylic paint to add a few splatters and then added some stamped text in Black Soot Archival ink, using the script stamp from Tiny Toadstools.

Across the bottom of the tag, I added a border strip, which I think is from the Halloween Wallpaper pack that I had in my stash but don't quote me on that one, lol!

I added a machine stitched border around the edge and a cello sticker to the bottom right corner before mounting my tag onto a piece of burlap cardstock from my stash.

PHOTO BOOTH

We're now ready to embellish the tag and tell the story...

I chose this Photo Booth image because I thought it worked so well with the background and after trimming the photo down, I then added some rips and tears before colour tinting the image with Distress Crayons.

I added the date from the Specimen Remnant Rub Pack and then machine stitched the photo onto a piece of felt that I cut with pinking shears before placing a small piece of a Cello Sticker to the photo.

I matted the layered image onto some kraft cardstock and then mounted this onto the left hand side of my tag using foam pads,

I attached a ticket ephemera stub to the right of the photo and added the Handle With Care label, a stamp from the Stampers Anonymous Eccentric Stamp Set by Tim. I stamped this using Fired Brick Archival Ink and then fussy cut around the border before adhering to my tag.

I finally added the little roll of fabric. This is a Stitched Scrap that I rolled around a skewer and then secured the ends at the back. I then attached this to my tag with a Mini Pin and clipped a Tiny Clip to the top right of the image.

Finally, I added a small Specimen Remnant Rub No.1411 to just beneath the photo.

FLORALS

The florals are all die cut using a combination of dies. The leaves are from Brushstrokes 2 and the flowers from the Vault Side Order Floristry Die.

Both are cut from card inked with the following Distress Inks:

Leaves: Peeled Paint, Bundled Sage and Rustic Wilderness

Flowers: Fossilised Amber, Wild Honey

With my pieces die cut, I then arranged them onto the tag, placing them on either side of the photograph and shaping the leaves and petals to add some dimension.

FINISHING DETAILS

We're nearly there and all that's left are those all important finishing details....

I added some gold die cut stars that I had on my desk, which were left over from a previous project. I placed 3 of these around the focal point and then added some gold gems in the centres.

Finally, I attached a Clippings Sticker, 'her mother's heart' to the tag, placing it beneath the foliage on the right hand side...

...and completed the tag with some ribbon that I dyed with Scattered Straw and Antique Linen Distress Spray Stain and then threaded through the hole at the top of the tag.

That's my tag complete and my project for this week finished....

As always, if you make anything, or if you've been inspired by anything that you've seen here on my blog ~ then please, let me know by tagging me on social media or leaving a comment here and I will be right over to take a look!

Thank you so much for taking the time to stop by today...

Love Emma xxx

Recipe for project:

Simon Says Stamp: Friendly Blossoms Stencil

Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous: Eccentric, Tiny Toadstools

Sizzix: Tim Holtz Big Shot Foldaway, Brushstroke Flowers 2, Vault Side Order Floristry

Distress Ink: Walnut Stain, Frayed Burlap, Old Paper

Oxide Ink: Wild Honey, Fossilised Amber, Speckled Egg, Stormy Sky, Bundled Sage, Peeled Paint, Rustic Wilderness

Distress Spray Stain: Scattered Straw, Antique Linen

Distress Crayon: Colours of your choice for the vintage photo

Tim Holtz Idea-ology: Cello Sticker Tape, Specimen Remnant Rub, Photo Booth, Stitched Scraps 2, Clippings Sticker book

Mediums: Matte Collage Medium, Foam Pads,

Surfaces: Mixed Media Heavystock Tag

Glass Media Mat

Waterbrush

Heat Gun

Burlap from my own stash

Monday, 2 February 2026

Let's Fall In Love....

Hello everyone...

Hope you all had a good weekend and you're ready for the week ahead, and a brand new Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge! This week our theme is all about ADDING SOME TEXTURE and the DT are showcasing the products of AALL & Create. If you'd like to join us, then all the details are at the end of this post and we would love to see how you interpret this week's fun challenge...

With Valentine's Day just around the corner, I couldn't help but feel that love is in the air and for my make, I chose to create a tag using AALL & Create Papers that add plenty of texture to the background, together with many layers of Tim Holtz products.

So, let's get started because it's time to share how I created my tag...

TAG

To begin with I used two separate designs from the AAll & Create Distressed Dreams Timber Tints paper pack and began by covering a Mini Etcetera Tag using one of the designs from the pack. I did add some stamping using one of Tim's stamps to some areas of the paper before machine stitching a border around the edge, and also added some stitching and texture to the patchwork design of the paper itself. After inking the edges, I adhered the paper to my Etcetera Tag using Matte Collage Medium, adding a coat of the medium over the top to seal the paper.

Using a second design from the paper pack, I created a size 8 tag. Once again, I machine stitched a border around the outside before inking the edges, and mounting it onto the centre of my larger Etcetera Tag using foam pads to add dimension.

CENTRAL FOCAL POINT

Now to start building a focal point to this piece and for this, I used Tim Holtz idea-ology products and built them up to create more texture and of course, create the focal point to this make.

I began with the metal pieces and chose to use a Photo Frame and the corner pieces from the Flourish Adornments pack. You will need two packs of these Flourishes to create this piece but with three pieces in each pack, it means you will have plenty of extras for future projects.

To alter all the metal pieces, I began by applying some Foundry Wax, and applied a layer of Statue Wax before heat setting it with a heat tool. I then applied a very thin layer of Sterling over the top, using my fingertip, or you can use a brush but just touching the raised areas, making sure that I didn't go too heavy with the medium. Once I'd heat set this layer, I then used Distress Paints directly onto the surface to add a little more colour and create the tarnished, rusty effect I wanted. I used the following colours:

Black Soot, Antiqued Bronze, Crackling Campfire and Vintage Photo

Build up the layers of paint, drying each layer before adding the next and always add the Black Soot sparingly.

Once I was happy with the finish, I allowed the paint to dry before applying Lisa Horton waxes with my fingertip, As with the paints, I build up the layers to achieve the finish I want.

To create the frame, I attached a piece of scrap paper from a Tim Holtz paper pack behind the aperture and then attached the flourishes at the top and the bottom, attaching them with Matte collage Medium. Set this to one side to dry completely whilst working on the remaining layers.

Behind the frame, I added some cotton calico which I have in my stash. After cutting two separate pieces that are slightly larger in size than my frame, I used Distress Spray Stains, Vintage Photo and Frayed Burlap, to dye them. Spritz the fabric with water and heat dry the cotton before fraying the edges.

I machine stitched the two pieces together before adhering them to a mica tile from my stash and then mounting the layers onto the centre of tag, placing it onto the smaller tag. Attach the frame over the top of the fabric. In the photo below, you can see the dimension that I've created by building up these layers.

In the centre of the frame I chose one of the vintage images of a couple from the Photo Booth pack and distressed the edges of the photo, adding small tears to the corner. I then cut a piece of felt using pinking shears and machine stitched the image onto the felt. Once I'd attached the photo in the centre of the frame arrangement, I added a Labeled Remnant Rub in the top left and a piece of cello sticker tape over the top.

To add some detail and even more texture to the fabric, I ruffled it and then pinned it on either side using Mini Pins

Beneath the frame, I added a Theories Quote Chip. I wrapped red cotton around each end of the chip and then mounted this onto my tag using foam pads,

To complete the tag, I added some screwheads, altered with the same paints and waxes that I used on the frame.

CLIP

On this piece, I used one of Tim's Vintage clips, and created a rusty finish to the metal. This is so easy to achieve and you can see a tutorial on how I do this by clicking HERE.

To alter this clip, I used exactly the same process as I used in my earlier post, but I omitted the Salvaged Patina Paint on this particular piece.

In the centre of the clip, I attached a Heart Adornment that I altered with more of the same colours of Distress Paint as I've used throughout and painting the tiny heart with Lumberjack Plaid. I then added some twine around the clip before clipping it onto my tag.

To complete this project, I attached a swivel clasp to the clip and hung an idea-ology lock and key to the chain, again altered for a more rusty, vintage appearance.