Hello Friends
I am hugely honoured and delighted to have been asked, again, to be in the designer spotlight for the month of August, for Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge!
This week the theme is
Happy Birthday! It is a very special one, Simon Says Stamp Challenge Blog is
10 years old! Happy Birthday! The design team is also featuring
Stampers Anonymous Products this week.
I have chosen to celebrate the birthday by using 10 different sets of my beloved Tim Holtz stamp sets, by Stampers Anonymous, to create my accordion book project.
I started by creating the covers, using mount board measuring 5.1/2" x 4.1/4". I used Tim Holtz's wrinkle free technique to colour the front and back, using Antique Linen, Speckled Egg and Gathered Twigs Distress Inks. Once dried I stamped the beautiful Baroque stamp set by Tim Holtz, using a Ranger Distress Embossing Dabber and applying Rusty Hinge Embossing Glaze. I heat set the covers and set them aside.
The accordion element is 24" x 5.3/8 and scored at 4" intervals along the long side. I cut this from plain white card and used Gathered Twigs Distress Oxide to darken all of the edges. I attached this to the front and back covers. This gave me 10 separate surfaces to work on. I then cut 10 pieces of Mixed Media card to 5.1/4" x 3.3/4" for my mats. I used the Tim Holtz wrinkle free technique on all of the mats, using a variety of Distress Ink and Oxides, with the intention of creating a vintage look background.
I turned my attention to the images for the mats. I stamped the script images from Tim's Faded Type stamp set, using Coffee Archival Ink. The butterfly was stamped separately onto white card, again in Potting Soil and embossed with clear embossing powder. The butterfly (stamp set Perspective) was coloured with Speckled Egg Distress Ink. I fussy cut the butterfly, cut it in half and added it across the two pages.
For the next set of pages I stamped the insects from Tim's Entomology stamp set, coloured with Distress Ink, fussy cut and attached this to the mat. Likewise, the camera from Tim's Inventor 8 stamp set was coloured, fussy cut and applied. I added some Idea-ology filmstrip to the pages to add another layer of texture.
For the next two pages I stamped images from Tim's Flower Shop stamp set, and simply coloured with Distress Ink.
The next two pages use stamps from Tim's Inventor 9 stamp set. I stamped the images onto Mixed Media card, coloured them with Distress Ink, fussy cut them and added them to the pages. I added a couple of Idea-ology arrows, for interest.
My last pages (but by no means least!) feature two stamp sets, Tim's Glitch 1 and my favourite Professor stamp set, (The Professor 2) again coloured with Distress Ink. I added the Idea-ology Optical Lens to add some detail.
To complete my accordion book I used Rusty Hinge Distress Glaze to coat an Idea-ology Hinge Clip and attached an Idea-ology Swivel Clasp and Monocle with numbers from my stash, to represent the special birthday and also my use of 10 stamp sets. To complete the look I dyed some ribbon with Rusty Hinge Distress Stain and wrapped the book as my closure.
Here is a view of the finished pages in situ.
A final view of the front and back. I added a sentiment from Tim's Perspective stamp set, attaching it with an Idea-ology Label Frame. I also added an Idea-ology Salvaged tag to the back, to hold the ribbon in place.
I hope you will join the challenge this - Happy Birthday is the theme.
To celebrate the special birthday, if you enter the challenge you will have the opportunity to win a $50 voucher to spend!
All of the products I have used that are listed below are available from:
I am looking forward to next week's project already. I hope you will join me! As always, thanks so much for your visit.
Keep safe and well. Hugs, Anne xxx
List of products used:
Antique Linen, Speckled Egg, Broken China, Tea Dye, Gathered Twigs, Rusty Hinge,
Chipped Sapphire
Speckled Egg, Antique Linen, Rusty Hinge
