Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Use Some Lucky Stars

Hi Everyone! Another week, another amazing challenge over on the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge blog. This week we're asking you to add some lucky starts to your creations. Head on over and check out all the details.

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For my project, I wanted to create something magical like a colorful, faraway galaxy with zooming stars. (Or something like that.) Here is what I came up with:

I cut a 5-1/2" x 12" piece of white chipboard and stenciled Prima's Bubble Stencil by Finnabair on the surface with modeling paste. An alternate stencil that would also work is the Donna Downey Bubbles Signature Stencil and an alternate molding paste can be found here.

After that was dry, I stenciled some stars on the chipboard using Tim Holtz Stars Stencil.

I added colors throughout the piece starting with the top left corner. Here, I applied Tumbled Glass, Broken China, Salty Ocean and Stormy Sky Distress Ink. I work from the lightest color to the darkest, extending the lightest color out the farthest. As I work through the colors going from lightest to darkest, I make sure to decrease the extension of the colors so the darkest color stays closest to the edge. On the top right, I applied Peeled Paint, Shabby Shutters and Mowed Lawn Distress Ink and on the bottom I applied Squeezed Lemonade, Mustard Seed, Spiced Marmalade and Candied Apple Distress Ink. I also added some stamping using the scribble stamp from Dina Wakley's Textures Media set.

Next, I cut out some stars from Dina Wakley's Grungy Stars stamp set to add to the piece.

Before adding the grungy stars, I added some distress ink to each and applied each star in it's contrasting color area. (Green star on blue background, orange star on green background and blue star over yellow background.) I also added some doodling over some of the circles and colored some of the stars and circles with a white acrylic paint pen to make them pop.

Next, I added some lines for interest with a black Stabilo pencil.

I created my sentiment on black cardstock using a Signo Uni-ball White gel pen in my own handwriting and applied it with Ranger Black Adhesive Foam Tape to give it dimension.

I wanted some of the areas to really pop with bright color, so I added some Distress Crayons.

The last step was to add some Tim Holtz Dot Fade stenciling with Ranger Archival Jet Black ink  and to distress the edges with Black Soot Distress Ink and a blending tool. This will draw the eye inward, and my piece was done!

Here again, is my finished "Lucky Stars" art piece.

I can't wait to see how you interpret our "Use Some Lucky Stars" theme on your project. This was a really fun project for me mainly because I had no idea what I was going to do. I find when I overthink something I hit a roadblock, so I completely emptied my mind and grabbed some supplies and let my hands fly. Have fun and have an awesome week!

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You can find all the following supplies I used to create this project at Simon Says Stamp:

You will see some alternatives on this list just in case some of the items are out of stock.

Prima Flowers MODELING PASTE 8 OZ. Art Basics 961411	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad TUMBLED GLASS Ranger TIM27188	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad BROKEN CHINA Ranger TIM21414	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad SALTY OCEAN Ranger Summer TIM35015	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad STORMY SKY Ranger TIM27171
Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad PEELED PAINT	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad SHABBY SHUTTERS	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad MOWED LAWN	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad SQUEEZED LEMONADE Ranger TIM34940	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad MUSTARD SEED Ranger TIM20226
Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad SPICED MARMALADE Ranger TIM21506	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad CANDIED APPLE Ranger TIM43287	Donna Downey BUBBLES Signature Stencil DD061	Dina Wakley GRUNGY STARS Media Cling Stamp Set MDR47612	*Dina Wakley TEXTURES Media Cling Rubber Stamp MDR41344
Tim Holtz Layering Stencil STARS THS008	Tim Holtz Layering Stencil DOT FADE THS006	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Crayons SET 1	RESERVE Tim Holtz Distress Crayons SET 2 TDBK47919	RESERVE Tim Holtz Distress Crayons SET 3 TDBK47926
Simon Says Stamp Card Stock 100# BLACK Black8	Ranger Dylusions PAINT PENS 2 Pack DYD50902	Scor-Tape 1/2 Inch Crafting Tape	Ranger ADHESIVE FOAM BLACK IWT40507	Tim Holtz Tonic Craft SCISSORS Micro Serrated Non Stick
Ranger MINI ROUND INK BLENDING TOOLS	Dina Wakley Ranger PALETTE KNIFE Media

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