Hello Crafty friends I am super excited to be back today joining the team over at Simon Says Stamp for their Monday Challenge! This week the theme is Architecture and Buildings! I apologize I am a couple days late to share my card for this week’s challenge as a guest designer (I was out of town traveling). I am excited for this week’s challenge! So let’s get started!

I was very excited about this week’s theme and used the Cobblestone 2 embossing folder for my architecture theme for this week. I dry embossed the background using a background from my stash! I love having pre-made backgrounds on hand and being able to use them for card backgrounds! Once the panel was dry embossed I added more color and texture using distress crayons and Picket Fence Glaze. Once the panel was completely dry, I trimmed the panel down using my Tim Holtz Deckle trimmer. I inked up the edges using distress ink and set it aside.

Next I created the layers for my card front using the Mushroom Stems die and Tim Holtz Idea-Ology. I LOVE the mushroom die and had created these mushrooms a little while back when I was working on another project. I saved them for a future project! I was excited to use them today and they were the perfect pop of color on top of the green/brown background. I created the mushrooms tops a while back using background scraps from my stash. The stems were die cut using kraft card stock and then inked with oxide ink, and spritzed with water droplets for added texture. I also added white splatters for my mushrooms as well for added texture. I encourage you to make multiple die cuts of sets you love, it truly saves time on future projects.

Once I had my mushrooms, I looked through my stash of ephemera and chose the elements for my card. I did add distressing to the pieces as well using my deckle trimmer and distress inks. Once I had all the elements, I adhered all the card layers together using foam tape and liquid glue.

I completed my card with some moss and a sentiment strip from the Small Talk sticker book. I had so much fun creating this card!!!!! I hope you like it too!

Thank you so much to the Simon Says Stamp team for having me guest this month on the Monday Challenge blog! I am super excited to be here and for this month’s amazing theme’s and projects!

Don’t forget that every week, one lucky random participant has the chance to win a $25 gift voucher from Simon Says Stamp and you can join in up to 5 times, which means you could have 5 chances to win. You have until next Monday at 8am Ohio time. 1pm UK time, 2 pm CET to join in and good luck….

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Simon Says Stamp Supplies Used:

• Cobblestone 2 Embossing Folder (Sizzix/Tim Holtz)
• Distress Crayons
• Picket Fence Paper Glaze
• Distress Ink (Ground Espresso)
• Mushroom Stems die
• Art Glitter Glue
• Small Talk Sticker Book
• Ranger Blending Tool
• Tim Holtz Idea-Ology

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