simon says stamp monday challenge: use at least one stencil

Hi all and welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge. Thank you for playing along with us last week in the Art Journal challenge and we hope you will join us again this week too 🙂 This week we are challenging you to USE ONE STENCIL…and I have used one of my favorite stencils, the Floral layering stencil from Tim Holtz.

To start my tag, I added a piece of Typeset collage paper, then gessoed over the tag.  I used texture paste through my stencil and when it was dry, I put the cleaned stencil back over the paste and painted on the flowers and leaves using Saltwater Taffy and Rustic Wilderness Distress paints. I love this combo over my gessoed and distressed background. 

To finish my tag, I added some Ephemera and some stitching around the edges. Then I added a Photobooth image and a small talk sticker, and a piece of Mummy Cloth colored with Saltwater Taffy DIstress Spray Stain. 

See full supply list at the bottom of this post 🙂  

The lovely folks over at Simon Says Stamp are generously giving away a FABULOUS $25 voucher to shop at the Simon Says Stamp Store! All you have to do is take out your crafty supplies, make something following this week’s prompt, and add a link in the Inlinkz at the bottom of this post! You can join up to 5 times so you could have 5 chances to win! How AWESOME is that!! All winners are chosen randomly, so everyone has an equal chance to win! Woo Hoo!! Good Luck to everyone! The Design Team is looking forward to seeing your crafty makes and will pop around to visit you ASAP!

You can find links to the supplies I’ve used below; click on the picture of shop icon (the little Simon dog) to get taken directly to the product. I use affiliate links which means if you use them to make a purchase I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you 🙂 I truly appreciate your support. 

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