Just like that............Aesthetics in Art and Design : Stitch it Up

Tuesday, November 14, 2017

Simon Says : It's a Stitch Up (stitching real/or faux)

Hello Friends

Today I am sharing my second post as the Spotlight Designer for the Simon Says Monday Challenge. The theme is It's a Stitch Up ( incorporate stitching real or faux )

I will be posting special Spotlight Designer posts every Monday this month for the Simon says Monday Challenge, if you want to see my earlier post you can see here

The theme for this week is It's a Stitch Up and I created an Art Journal page titled 'Imagine the Possibility' in my Journal.

1. I started with a mixed media card stock and added a coat of matte medium.

2. I added texture with Tim holtz flourish stencil and Crafters workshop Art is stencil

3.also added some random die cuts and circle cut outs on the background using matte medium

After the modeling paste dried, I started adding colors straight with the mini distress ink pads in Picked Raspberry, Evergreen Bough and Mustard Seed. I blended the colors a bit with the water brush and a wet tissue.

I then die cut and embossed the butterflies using the Tim Holtz butterfly duo die and embossing folder. I colored the butterflies with the same colors of Distress inks and stamped with a text stamp by Bo Bunny and Archival ink in Black, edged the cut butterflies with black archival ink

I added some stamping on the background too, also dry brushed white gesso in some areas to tone down colors and also to create some movement in design

I stitched the butterflies with a black thread on my page,added micro beads in black with Gel medium and the sentiment ' Imagine the Possibility' using the Tim Holtz chit chat stickers

Added black paint splatters and some Gold metallic wax on the butterflies and black beads.......

I hope you liked seeing the details of my project , do not forget to participate in the Simon Says Monday Challenge. This week the challenge is It's a Stitch Up ( stitching faux or real ).

as always Simon Says Stamp will be giving away a $50 voucher to use in their shop.

supplies used :

Sizzix BIG SHOT EXPRESS Gray and White 660540 Shop at : SSS	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad PICKED RASPBERRY Ranger TIM34995 Shop at : SSS	Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad EVERGREEN BOUGH Ranger TDP39945 Shop at : SSS	Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad MUSTARD SEED Ranger TDP40040 Shop at : SSS
Ranger Archival Ink Pad JET BLACK AIP31468 Shop at : SSS	Tim Holtz Layering Stencil FLOURISH THS032 Shop at : SSS	Couture Creations SPONGE DAUBERS CO723623 Shop at : SSS	Tim Holtz Sizzix Die BUTTERFLY DUO Bigz And Texture Treads 660236 Shop at : SSS
Tim Holtz Layering Stencil SPLOTCHES THS037 Shop at : SSS	The Crafter's Workshop MINI ART IS 6x6 Template TCW261S Shop at : SSS	Ranger 4 ounce MULTI MEDIUM MATTE Paint Glue INK41535 Shop at : SSS	Ranger TEXTURE PASTE ASSORTMENT PACK INK48084 Shop at : SSS
Tim Holtz Idea-ology SMALL TALK Stickers TH93193 Shop at : SSS	Prima Marketing MIXED MEDIA ESSENTIALS 3 PACK Art Basics 963279 Shop at : SSS