Stay Strong, Mixed Media Cards

Hey everyone! Welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge! Thank you to everyone who joined us for our challenge last week and we hope you will all join us again this week too. This week the challenge is New Somethings! 

We are featuring Simon Says Stamp Exclusive Products this week. You don’t have to use them to join in with the challenge, but if you have them we would love to see them used! As always Simon Says Stamp will be giving away $50 voucher to shop at the fabulous Simon Says Stamp Store! YAY!

Stay Strong, Mixed Media Cards, Simon Says Stamp

I got the Stay Strong Wafer Dies from Simon Says Stamp for DieCember, and haven’t had a chance to play with them yet. I thought I would make some bright and cheery artsy fartsy encouragement cards for the new year!

I started with a sheet of Distress Mixed Media Cardstock, cut to 4″ x 5.25″. I spread Ranger Texture Paste through the Rays Mini Distress Stencil (this is one of my faves in both sizes!).

Once the paste was dry I spritzed the whole background with water. While still wet I spray Fossilized Amber and Rusty Hinge Distress Spray Stains. The water on the paper first helps the colors blend together. I just love how the stains look in the crevices of the Texture Paste. As I dried the background with a heat tool I dribbled some water droplets on it with the Distress Sprayer.

Once dry I used a stencil with letters all over it, mini ink blending tool and Ground Espresso Distress Ink to stencil in some texture on the background.

For the sentiment I ink blended Mustard Seed, Rusty Hinge and Vintage Photo on a 4″ x 1.25″ piece of Distress Mixed Media Cardstock. I then diecut out “Stay Strong” It’s much easier to do your ink blending first, then die cut so you don’t accidentally rip the paper while ink blending. I layered a piece of cardstock inked with Ground Espresso Distress Ink behind the knocked out letters.

I assembled the card with foam tape for dimension. I had so much fun getting all inky and making this card, I made another with the same steps just some different stencils!

Ok- so now it’s time for YOU to enter the challenge. Remember, New Somethings! Just by playing along and linking up your project to the SSS Wednesday Challenge post you can qualify to enter a $50 shopping voucher to the Simon Says Stamp store.

 Also if you are on instagram tag your photo with #ssswchallenge 🙂 There will be ONE lucky winner that will be chosen at random, it could be you!

I really hope to see some of my blog readers join in on all the fun and play along with the challenge. I can’t wait to stop by some of your blogs and take a peek at what you have made. Have a wicked fun time creating!

Supplies Used

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Simon Says Stamp STAY STRONG Wafer Die	Ranger MIXED MEDIA CARDSTOCK ISD44628	Ranger TEXTURE PASTE 4oz INK44444	Tim Holtz DISTRESS SPRAYER Ranger 4 Ounces TDA47414	RESERVE Tim Holtz MINI STENCIL SET 8 MST008	Tim Holtz MINI STENCIL SET 5 MST005
Tim Holtz MINI STENCIL SET 3 MST003	RESERVE Tim Holtz MINI STENCIL SET 7 MST007	RESERVE Tim Holtz Distress Mini Spray Stain FOSSILIZED AMBER Ranger TSM50261	Tim Holtz Distress Spray Stain RUSTY HINGE Ranger TSS42440	Ranger MINI ROUND INK BLENDING TOOLS IBT40965	Ranger MINI ROUND FOAM REFILLS for Mini Round Ink Blending Tools IBT40972
Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad MUSTARD SEED Ranger TDP40040	Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad RUSTY HINGE Ranger TDP40125	Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad VINTAGE PHOTO Ranger TDP40262	RESERVE Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad GROUND ESPRESSO Ranger TDP47353	Ranger Inkssentials US HEAT IT CRAFT TOOL HIT00471 United States Use	*Tim Holtz Sizzix VAGABOND MACHINE Die Cutting Embossing Alterations 656850
Dina Wakley Ranger PALETTE KNIFE Media MDA41771	Ranger Inkssentials Non Stick CRAFT SHEET 15 X 18 Reusable NSC20677	Ranger Inkssentials MINI GLOSSY ACCENTS Glue Adhesive .5oz GAC27898	3M Scotch DOUBLE-SIDED FOAM TAPE Permanent

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