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Ordinary is Extraordinary, Ranger Tutorial

03/30/2016

Time for a NEW Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge

Hey everyone! Welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge!

Thank you to everyone who joined us for our Come Rain Or Shine challenge last week and we hope you will all join us again this week too.

This week the challenge is Anything Goes! Remember you can enter up to 5 times! 🙂 We are showcasing Ranger Products this week. You don’t have to use them to join in but if you have some 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!

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes Featuring Ranger Products | shurkus.com

It’s no secret that I love getting messy! I love being artsy fartsy and I LOVE all things Ranger! I decided for today’s challenge card I would share with you a photo tutorial. If you want to see me create this card in person be sure to scroll to the bottom to read about my next Periscope broadcast!

Ok, onto the card. I pretty much squealed out loud when I saw that there was going to be Distress Woodgrain Cardstock. I couldn’t wait to get my hands on it and ink it up so that was the starting inspiration for this card. I also couldn’t wait to play with Tim Holtz’s mini stencils, Distress Crayons and the Crazy Cats stamp set so I masterfully combined it all onto this card!

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes Featuring Ranger Products | shurkus.com

Note all the supplies I used are linked below

Step 1: Gather a sheet of Distress Woodgrain Cardstock, a water mister and 3 Distress Spray Stains. I used Picked Raspberry, Mustard Seed and Mermaid Lagoon

Step 2: Spritz the cardstock with water. The starting with Picked Raspberry Spritz the cardstock with the Distress Spray Stains. After Picked Raspberry I did Mustard Seed then Mermaid Lagoon. To help the color blend a bit more gently spritz more water in between the 2 colors if needed.

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes Featuring Ranger Products | shurkus.com

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes Featuring Ranger Products | shurkus.com

Step 3: Heat set your background.

Step 4: Gather some Ranger Texture Paste, a palette knife and stencil. I used Tim Holtz’s Mini Rays which is in set 5.

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes Featuring Ranger Products | shurkus.com

Step 5: spread the Texture Paste through the stencil and set aside to dry or be impatient like me and heat set it 😉

Step 6: Clean off your stencil and dry it.

Step 7: Gather a few colors of Distress Crayons. I used Picked Raspberry, Mustard Seed and Hickory Smoke

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes Featuring Ranger Products | shurkus.com

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes Featuring Ranger Products | shurkus.com

Step 8: Lay the stencil over the texture paste in the same manner you did to spread the paste. Scribble some Mustard Seed Distress Crayon over the paste.

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes Featuring Ranger Products | shurkus.com

Step 9: Smudge the crayon with your finger

Step 10: Scribble some Picked Raspberry Distress Crayon over the rays. I only covered part of them as seen in the photo

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes Featuring Ranger Products | shurkus.com

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes Featuring Ranger Products | shurkus.com

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes Featuring Ranger Products | shurkus.com

Step 11: Smudge the Picked Raspberry with your finger.

Step 12: Scribble some Hickory Smoke Distress Crayon on the rays. I concentrated along one edge.

Step 13: Smudge with finger

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes Featuring Ranger Products | shurkus.com

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes Featuring Ranger Products | shurkus.com

Step 14: Gather another stencil. I used the mini Ringer stencil that is in set 7. Also get some white gesso and a round mini ink blending tool.

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes Featuring Ranger Products | shurkus.com

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes Featuring Ranger Products | shurkus.com

Step 15: Blend through the stencil with white gesso. I like how translucent the gesso is.

Step 16: Pool some water in your hand by spritzing it from the mister bottle. Flick water droplets onto your background. Almost everything you have used so far is a Distress product so it will react with the water and give you some more texture

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes Featuring Ranger Products | shurkus.com

Step 17: Gather one more stencil. I used the mini Schoolhouse that is in set 8. Also get a Distress Paint, I used Hickory Smoke and an Ink Blending Tool.

Step 18: Blend some paint through the stencil adding some texture on the tops and bottom of your background.

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes Featuring Ranger Products | shurkus.com

Step 19 (not pictured): Water down some Night Dina Wakley Media Hard Body Acrylic Paint and flick droplets all over your background

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes Featuring Ranger Products | shurkus.com

Step 20 (not pictured): Stamp one of the Crazy Cats in Pumice Stone Distress Ink on Distress Watercolor Cardstock and watercolor it with various purple Distress Inks ( Seedless Preserves, Dusty Concord, Milled Lavender). Add detail to your cat with a white gel pen. Add glossy accents to the eyes.

Step 21 (not pictured): Assemble your card by adding a bit of washi tape and a sentiment from Small Talk stickers.

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes Featuring Ranger Products | shurkus.com

Want to see in person how I created this card?

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I shared on periscope but you can still catch the replay below! I’ll be back next week (if not before) with another scope so be sure to follow me so you will be notified!

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Ok- so now it’s time for YOU to enter the challenge. Remember, Anything Goes! is the theme so have fun! 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.

#ssswchallenge on Instagram

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!

Simon Says Stamp PrizeI 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!

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog

Supplies I used are linked below. Click on the picture and you will be taken to the product. I use affiliate links when available which means if you make a purchase I get a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you for your support!

Supplies Used:

RESERVE Tim Holtz DISTRESS WOODGRAIN CARDSTOCK Ranger Ink TDA51022
Ranger Large 2 oz MISTER BOTTLE Inkssentials MIS30676
Tim Holtz Distress Spray Stain PICKED RASPBERRY Ranger TSS42396
Tim Holtz Distress Spray Stain MUSTARD SEED Ranger TSS42358
Tim Holtz Distress Spray Stain MERMAID LAGOON Ranger TSS44147
Ranger Inkssentials US HEAT IT CRAFT TOOL HIT00471 United States Use
Ranger TEXTURE PASTE 4oz INK44444
Dina Wakley Ranger PALETTE KNIFE Media MDA41771
Tim Holtz MINI STENCIL SET 5 MST005
RESERVE Tim Holtz Distress Crayons SET 1 TDBK47902
RESERVE Tim Holtz Distress Crayons SET 3 TDBK47926
RESERVE Tim Holtz MINI STENCIL SET 7 MST007
Dina Wakley Ranger WHITE GESSO 2 OZ. TUBE Media MDM41672
Ranger MINI ROUND INK BLENDING TOOLS IBT40965
Ranger MINI ROUND FOAM REFILLS for Mini Round Ink Blending Tools IBT40972
RESERVE Tim Holtz MINI STENCIL SET 8 MST008
RESERVE Tim Holtz Flip Top Distress Paint HICKORY SMOKE Ranger TDF50223
https://www.simonsaysstamp.com/product.aspx?id=343826
RESERVE Tim Holtz Sizzix CRAZY CATS Thinlits Die 661209
Tim Holtz Cling Rubber Stamps 2016 CRAZY CATS CMS251
Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad PUMICE STONE Ranger TDP40101
Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad SEEDLESS PRESERVES Ranger TDP40156
Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad DUSTY CONCORD Ranger TDP39938
Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad MILLED LAVENDER Ranger TDP40026
Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad MUSTARD SEED Ranger TDP40040
*Tim Holtz Sizzix VAGABOND MACHINE Die Cutting Embossing Alterations 656850
Uni-Ball Pen Signo Gel WHITE UM-153
Ranger Inkssentials MINI GLOSSY ACCENTS Glue Adhesive .5oz GAC27898
Tim Holtz Idea-ology 2015 OCCASIONS Small Talk Stickers TH93245
Tim Holtz Idea-ology 2015 SMALL TALK Stickers TH93193
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  1. kirsty vittetoe says

    March 31, 2016 at 5:01 pm

    Great beautiful colorful card and awesome texture!

    Reply
  2. Drue says

    March 30, 2016 at 6:48 pm

    What s super colorful creation. I love it. I am new to this art journaling and creative fun! I am so inspired and love leaning these techniques.

    Reply
  3. Stephanie says

    March 30, 2016 at 5:46 pm

    SHAZAM! That’s a blast of rainbow on a card! I love the happy colors and the sentiment goes perfectly!!

    *mwah*
    Steph
    Simon Says Stamp!

    Reply
  4. Becca Cruger says

    March 30, 2016 at 5:45 pm

    So thaaaaaaat’s what happened to that amazing background – it got made into an even more amazing card! WOWZAS! Looooooove the texture on this! Absolutely brilliant in all the right ways!

    Reply
  5. Jeanne Jordan says

    March 30, 2016 at 5:38 pm

    Talk about WICKED!!! This card is tops on the list. I’ll try to catch you live tonight.

    Reply

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