Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - At The Movies featuring Spellbinders Products

Hi Everyone! Are you ready for another amazing challenge on the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge. This week we're featuring Spellbinder's products and our theme is, At The Movies. Spellbinder's has amazing dies, embossing folders, and so much more. There are so many possibilities with their many and varied products and you can find them all here.

Also, this month we have guest designer Larisa Vereshagina aka Riliska with us. Please send her some love and visit her blog Riliska's Home.



I created a 1940's movie house inspired by the movie "Casablanca". I hope you enjoy some seeing how I created some of the elements for my mixed media panel. Thanks for stopping by!

Do you remember the old movie house theater wallpaper? I don't either, but I've seen pictures and I always thought the red wallpaper with velvet embossed patterns was so pretty. That's the look I was going for and used a few Spellbinders products to recreate this pretty wallpaper background. I'll show you how I did it below along with some of the other fun elements on my panel.

To create my wallpaper background I cut four panels of Neenah Solar White 110 lb cardstock and embossed them with the Spellbinders Butterfly Kisses Embossing Folder.

I used a Ranger Mini Ink Blending Tool to color all four panels with Fired Brick Distress Ink. 

I gently went over the embossed design with a Black Soot Distress Crayon. (Be careful to use very light pressure because you don't want the pigment to get beyond the embossed pattern and on to the flat ares of the paper. You just want to leave some texture on top of the pattern to mimic velvet.)

To complete the look, I went over the entire panel, very gently, with Black Soot Distress Ink being very careful to stay on the top of the embossed pattern. I now have four beautiful "velvet wallpaper" panels to create my background.

Can you guess what die I used to create my movie reel? I used the Tim Holtz Sizzix Picture Wheel die. There are a few cuts and snips you need to make to create the movie reel and I've created a picture step-by-step tutorial below. 

First, cut two picture wheels. I cut mine out of Neenah Solar White 110 lb cardstock. It's a nice heavy weight cardstock that you can still manipulate and bend which is important to create the center of the movie reel which you will see in another step below.

Begin removing some of the pieces that connect to the center wheel. (It's important to mark the sections with a pencil that need to be cut to make sure the right pieces are removed, otherwise the wheel will have one small rectangle left behind as you can see on some of the pieces that connect to the center of the wheel resulting in a non-symmetrical wheel.)

Cut two pieces and then leave one piece attached. Here, you can see as I move around the wheel and remove pieces.

As I continue removing pieces, you can see the movie reel beginning to form.

After all the correct pieces are removed I now have one base piece for my movie reel. 

You will need to create two of these to make a complete 3 dimensional movie reel.

To create the center of the movie reel, there are a few steps that need to be done. First, you will need to cut another Picture Wheel, because you will need the center portion to create the center of the movie reel. (This step can be deleted if you have a 3/4" circle punch that can reach to the center of your wheel. Unfortunately, I don't have one, so I had to complete the following steps to create the center of the movie reel.)

After you have removed the center of the Picture Wheel, use a 3/4"circle punch to create a perfect circle. Trace four of these circles on the center piece of the picture wheel and make sure they are spaced evenly around the center.

Once your circles are traced onto the center piece, you can now line up your 3/4" circle punch and punch out the four circles for the center of the movie reel. You will use this piece for creating the movie reel as well as using it as a template for the next step.

Place the center template created in the step above over one of the picture wheels that was completed in step 5. Line up the template to the center of the solid center on the movie reel and trace the circles. Use an exacto knife or craft knife to cut out the circles you traced. (Notice these are not perfect circles, which is why we will now use the template to cover those circles leaving behind perfect circles. You will see this in the photo below.)

Here, is a completed movie reel. You will need to create another one to create a three dimensional movie reel. (DO NOT attach these pieces together yet because they need to be painted first. I found if you attach them and paint it as one piece it doesn't look cohesive as when the pieces are attached after they are painted.)

Next, cut a strip 7-1/4" long by 3/8" wide for the center piece that connects the two movie reels together. This is where the Tim Holtz Film Strip Ribbon will be wound.

Paint all 5 pieces with Brushed Pewter Distress Paint. I used the dauber top because by pouncing the dauber on the pieces, it left behind some nice texture that is found on old movie reels.

Here are the painted pieces for the wheels of the movie reel. (You will need to paint both sides as this is 3 dimensional.)

When the pieces of the wheel for the movie reel are dry, attach them together as shown above. You will also need to paint the connecting strip for the movie reel on both sides as shown above.

To complete the 3 dimensional movie reel, bend the strip of painted cardstock to create a circle and make sure this circle is big enough to go around the outside of the four wheels in the middle of the movie reel.

Place the second movie reel on top of the circle in the middle and viola, you have a 3 dimensional movie reel!

To create the popcorn for my panel, I tore small pieces of Neenah Solar White 110 lb. cardstock from left over scraps and wet them with water crumpling them in my hand as I formed them. (Video below.)

Here are my formed and dried popcorn pieces.

Here, is a closeup of the popcorn pieces after they have been inked with Scattered Straw Distress Ink and attached to my final project.

Here again is my final project:

I cut decorative strips from the Spellbinders Timeless Rectangles and Deckled Rectangles die sets for the top and bottom of my background to add some framing. I used the Tim Holtz Mini Tickets and Big Ticket die sets to create some fun pieces where I added free images from the internet and attached them with Ranger Distress Vintage Collage Medium. I made a 3 dimensional popcorn box by hand and stamped and inked it to look like an old time popcorn box where I placed my popcorn. The Film Strip Ribbon was wound around the movie wheel and around some of the elements on my panel. I added one of the famous quotes from the movie handwritten on a Deckled Rectangle and called my piece finished.

I hoped you enjoyed seeing the process I used to create my 1940's Casablanca mixed media project representing our At The Movies theme. Please join us in all the fun and add your project to Simon Says Stamp's Monday Challenge Blog for your chance to win a $50 gift voucher to their amazing store.

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Simon Says Stamp STAMPtember - Day 11

Hi Everyone! It's Day 11 of Simon Says Stamp STAMPtember. Today, I went in an entirely different direction to show you the versatility of these stamp sets. I paired the Autumn Greetings and Secret Garden stamp sets together to create this pretty thank you card. I'm so thrilled with these stamp sets because there is so much you can do with them and they really allow you to stretch the limits on your existing stamp supplies.

I embossed my card panel with the Tim Holtz Damask Texture Fades Embossing Folder. I created a thin banner out of black card stock and embossed the "thank you" stamp to one side of the strip with Versamark Emboss Ink and Hero Arts White Embossing Powder. I stamped three flower bunches from the Secret Garden stamp set and colored them with Copic Markers After cutting them out, I adhered them to my banner. I added the scalloped border frame from the  Mama Elephant Basic Set and adhered the entire panel to my teal top folding card base.

Thank you for taking the time to stop by each day and see how I'm using the amazing new products from this year's Simon Says Stamp STAMPtember release.  See you tomorrow!

Simon Says Stamp STAMPtember - Day 10

Hi Everyone! It's day 10 of Simon Says Stamp STAMPtember. Today I created a card using another sentiment stamp from the Autumn Greetings set. I can't tell you how much fun this set is to work with because it goes so well with products you may already have on hand. Simple yet fun, this stamp set is a must have!

I created my card panel by cutting three different patterned papers from Lawn Fawn's Perfectly Plaid Fall card stock collection and adhered them to the bottom. I added a scalloped border using Lawn Fawn's Stitched Scallop Border die and wrapped the top edge with twine. I then added some fall leaves from the Tim Holtz Fall Foliage die set that comes with three different sizes and shapes of fall leaves. The leaves are colored with distress inks: Spiced Marmalade, Fossilized Amber, Peeled Paint and Forest Moss.  My pumpkins were created with Lawn Fawn's So Thankful stamp set. I used my Misti stamping tool to stamp the images next to each other using the masking technique. At the top of my card I stamped the Happy Thanksgiving sentiment stamp from the Autumn Greetings STAMPtember stamp set and adhered my card panel onto a white A2 card base.

Stop by tomorrow where I will have another fun card created with Simon Says Stamp STAMPtember products! The possibilities are endless.

Simon Says Stamp STAMPtember - Day 9

Hi Everyone! It's day 9 and I'm still using the Simon Says Stamp Autumn Greetings stamp set. Why? Because it's amazing and there is so much you can do with this set. Today I created a beautiful Thankful For You card with bright and cheerful sunflowers from an old retired My Favorite Things Sunflower die set. The font for this sentiment goes perfectly with the sunflowers and I just love how this card turned out. I started by blending Orange Blossom and Fern Green Archival Ink. I then stamped my sentiment to one side of the card panel so I could place my sunflowers on the other side. I added a scalloped border from Lawn Fawn's Stitched Scallop Borders and mounted it on a top folding card base.

Tune in tomorrow for another card created from more of the products from the STAMPtember release. Have a wonderful Friday night!!

Simon Says Stamp STAMPtember - Day 8

Hi Everyone! As promised, I'm back again today with another sweet card using the Simon Says Stamp Autumn Greetings stamp set. This time I used the Happy Halloween sentiment to create an adorable Halloween card. I started by doing some light watercoloring in the center of my card panel and then surrounded the edges in Black Soot Distress Ink. I then stamped my sentiment in the center of the card and sponged on a few clouds with Paper Artsy Snowflake Fresco Finish Acrylic Paint. I then added a couple adorable bats from Lawn Fawn's Heebie Jeebies stamp set.  It's so much fun to be able to pull out sets from my stash and use these amazing sentiments with images I already own. I know I've mentioned how much I love the cute and playful font from this set but believe me, the possibilities are really endless.

Tune in tomorrow to see how I created a beautiful Thankful For You card (yep, you guessed it) from this same amazing stamp set. As always, thanks for stopping by!

Simon Says Stamp STAMPtember - Day 7

Hi Everyone! I'm back again today with another fun card created with the Simon Says Stamp Autumn Greetings stamp set. I've been using this set over the last few days to show you how versatile it is. There is so much you can do with all the sentiments in this collection. I can't seem to stop using the Hello Fall stamp. It's wonderful font is so playful and I wanted to try some watercoloring for my next couple of cards.

I started by watercoloring my background with Kuretake Zig Clean Color Markers in fall colors. I stamped the tree from Lawn Fawn's Sweater Weather stamp set and stamped leaves on the tree from the same set in various fall colors. I then stamped on my sentiment and attached my card panel onto dark brown card stock leaving 1/8" border around the edges. I then placed that panel onto one of the papers from Lawn Fawn's Perfectly Plaid Fall card stock collection.

Tune in tomorrow and see how I created a simple, fun and really cute Halloween card using another sentiment stamp from the Autumn Greetings stamp set.