Be Yourself

From soft buttery yellow to electric neon, this week the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge would like you to be inspired by yellow.

To be honest I rarely use yellow in my creative pieces and I don't know why but I think there are always colours that we tend to not be drawn towards and for me it's yellow. However, after making this piece I have a new found love for yellow! I painted a chunky ATC with Mustard Seed Distress Paint and decided to combine yellow with touches of blue in my design.

I die cut two ATC's using the ATC and Corners die, applied Mustard Seed Distress Ink to a non-stick craft sheet, spritzed with water and then mopped up the beads of ink with the die cut ATC. I dried the ink and then added Salty Ocean Distress Ink, repeated the same process to add touches of blue to the ATC. I repeated this process for both ATC's, one for the front and one for the back. I added stencilled numbers to the backdrop of each ATC using the Cargo Layering Stencil and Saffron Archival Ink to add a further layer of interest in the backdrop.

I stamped the winged girl from Tim Holtz Winged Things 1 stamp set onto white card using Potting Soil Archival Ink and then coloured with Mustard Seed and Salty Ocean Distress Inks, once again adding the inks to a non-stick craft sheet. I then cut out the image and fixed to the ATC. I added dimension to the wings, adding two layers to add further dimension and movement.

I added a Bitty Blossom to the bottom of the ATC, die cut from white card, colouring with Mustard Seed Distress Ink and then adding Saffron to the edges of the petals. I added an Alpha Parts Numeric piece to both sides of the ATC, colouring each number with a touch of Mustard Seed Distress Paint. For added interest I also included a Numbered Brad attached to a Memo Pin.

The numbered theme continues on all sides of the ATC.

I have added spools as feet for the ATC and also added a further spool to the top of the ATC, all painted with Distress Paint. 'be yourself' has been added to the spool from the Winged Things stamp, coloured with Salty Ocean Distress Ink. A further Numbered Alpha Part has been added to the top along with a Bitty Blossom, Numbered Brad and Memo Pin.

On the reverse I have added the number two, stamped onto white card using the Tim Holtz Numeric stamp set and Saffron and touches of Potting Soil Archival Inks. I cut out the number two and then added to the ATC. I repeated the number two's using Numbered Alpha Parts and a Numbered Brad added to a Memo Pin. To complete I have added a further Bitty Blossom.

For more great ideas please pop over to the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge blog and take a look at my fellow team members artwork, they have created some inspirational projects. Remember there is also the chance to win a $50 prize from Simon Says Stamp.  I always look forward to seeing your creations each week.

Thanks so much for stopping by and leaving a comment, much appreciated. Tracy x x

 

Products Used:

Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous Winged Things 1 Stamp Set

Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous Numeric Stamp Set CMS 161

Tim Holtz Cargo Layering Stencil

Tim Holtz Alterations - ATC and Corners Die

Tim Holtz Idea-ology - Alpha Parts Numeric, Numbered Brads, Memo Pins

Distress Paints - Mustard Seed

Distress Inks - Mustard Seed, Salty Ocean

Archival Inks - Potting Soil, Saffron

Spellbinders Shapeabilities Bitty Blossoms

Cut 'n' Dry Foam

Non-Stick Craft Sheet