ANYTHING GOES

Good Monday morning everybody!  I hope you had a nice weekend!  It's MONDAY and time for another Simon Says Stamp and Show Challenge!  This week....."ANYTHING GOES".  Stop by the Simon Says Stamp and Show blog and check out the amazing creations the Design Team has for you this week.  I just love the unique and wonderful ideas they come up with each week!  

This time, three of us decided to use some of the most lovely and uber talented Dyan Reaveley's stamps in our projects.  You would think that our projects would look a lot alike.  But they don't!  Ellen used Paint Dabbers, Tracy used Distress Stains and I used Distress Inks in conjunction with Dyan's stamps.  I think this is a wonderful testament to how versatile Ranger's products And Dyan's stamps are.  We used the same style of stamps yet we all attained amazingly different results by using the different mediums. 

I've been a fan of Dyan Reaveley's work for a long time.  But again...the old "fear factor" kept me from dipping my toes into the Dylusional waters.  But this year, I'm all about getting out of my comfort zone (as I've done in a couple of my latest Design Team pieces).  So, here is my first attempt at getting Dylusional.

The tag is a #8 manila tag that I lightly misted with water and then sprayed with Butterscotch, Sunset Orange, Stream and Red Pepper Color Wash.  Although it's hard to see, I also added some random honeycomb texture using a stencil and Haystack Fresco Paint. To further enhance the background, I used Dyan's ghosting technique to add some shimmer.  

It's hard to see in the picture but the technique is really cool.  I laid a stencil with letters over the tag and then spritzed it with Sunflower Sparkle Perfect Pearls Mist.  Then I removed the stencil and dried the mist with my Heat It Craft Tool.  It's called "GHOSTING" because it's just a subtle effect.  When you turn the tag, you can see the images of the letters glisten.  Really cool technique.  

After adding the ghostly letters, I stamped those lovely leaves from Dyan's Further Round The Edge stamp set.  Aren't they fantastic?  Next I painted in the leaves using my Small Sakura Water Brush and a mixture of Peeled Paint and Shabby Shutters Distress Reinkers for my color.  Just a dab of color will go a LONG way when using it as a "paint" to fill in the spaces.  Just like coloring!  It's so fun!!  Then I used my Inkessentials Opaque White Pen to add some highlights to the leaves.  Finally, I used a black cats eye ink pad to swipe the edges of my tag and the background was finished!

My colorful girl was put together from a couple of Dyan's stamp sets.  She is stamped on white cardstock using Jet Black Archival Ink.  Her body is from Doolally Dorris and her head is from Pondering Petunia.  That is one of the wonderful things about Dyan's stamp sets.  So many of the images are interchangeable and not to mention complete FUN!  I again used Distress Reinkers to "paint" my character using my Sakura Small Water Brush.  I used Spiced Marmalade, Broken China and Mustard Seed for her clothes.  Her light brunette hair was achieved using Tea Dye.  Her face has that fleshy tone thanks to Tattered Rose.  Her eyes are a Tumbled Glass blue and her lips are courtesy of Worn Lipstick.  I gave her "goggles" using Glossy Accents.    The mushrooms are from Doolally Dorris and were colored in using Mustard Seed, Spiced Marmalade and Broken China Reinkers.  It only takes a drop of each color on a Non Stick Craft Sheet to fill in everything!  And when you're finished with each color, just swipe the water brush a few times to clear the color from the brush and move on to the next color.  When you're finished coloring, just wipe the remnants of color with a paper towel and the mess is gone. It's that simple of a clean up!  After everything was dry, I cut out each of the pieces, leaving just a hint of a white border and glued them in place.

Dyan has some wonderful sentiments on her stamp sets.  I chose this one from The Right Words.  It was stamped onto white cardstock using Jet Black Archival Ink.  I cut out each word, leaving a bit of white cardstock for border and glued them in place.  HOW FUN!

Now it's your turn to cut loose and create!  ANYTHING GOES!  Post your creation to our challenge and you could be the lucky winner of our generous sponsor's ...

You may also be selected as one of the TOP THREE artistic entries for the week and receive special recognition.  So, remember ANYTHING GOES!!