Sunday, September 7, 2014

Love you

Hi there! I hope you had a great weekend! Stamptember is in full swing over at Simon Says Stamp and I really hope you'll join us for a month long stamp party full of inspiration and celebrations.It's time for an all new Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge! This week we are having a blog hop starting with Andrea's blog and the challenge theme is: to use a Simon Says Stamp exclusive product (s): 


For my projects, I made a couple tags featuring a variety of Simon Says Stamp Exclusive products. The background texture on the tag shown below, was created using the DIAMOND CIRCLES stencil: 
Including the following: beautiful stamped butterflies from Butterfly Friends and coordinating dies:
a delicate DANVILLE WREATH:
Next up is another tag featuring even more Simon Says Stamp Exclusive products!
The textured background was created using the BLOCKED CIRCLES stencil:
I embellished with a stamped butterfly from Butterfly Friends along with a LARGE HEART DOILY:
Here's how I created the backgrounds:

Step 1: Apply Texture Paste using the DIAMOND CIRCLES and BLOCKED CIRCLES stencils:
Step 2: Allow to dry then add colors of choice using Distress Stains and water:


Simon Says Stamp was founded in 2002 with an interest in exclusively selling rubber stamps. It didn’t take long until we realized we couldn’t stop there. For more than 10 years we have celebrated rubber stamping and its glory. We work to bring companies from around the world together in a one stop shopping environment. Rubber stamps still remain the heart of our business and we are celebrating by hosting a “STAMPtember®" event intended to inspire, educate, and celebrate the delight of rubber stamping. Part of the enticement of rubber stamping is that stamps can be used in creating or complementing ANYTHING! From stamping dates on bank documents and postage parcels in the early 18th century, rubber stamping has dramatically expanded to include card making, scrapbooking, mixed media and many forms of altering and expressing art.

Many thanks for stopping by! If you are hopping along, please be sure to visit Sandra as well as the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge blog to begin the hop. 

Be Sweet ;)

71 comments:

  1. This is really fun and lively!
    I like the mix of colors and the butterflies are beautiful to look at.
    Thanks for sharing your creative talents with all of us.
    Have a great week, Mona!

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  2. These are beautiful, Mona!!! Love the colours!! TFS.


    Have a great week!!

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  3. Love the backgrounds, i am so inspired to get my texture paste into action.

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  4. This is beautiful and I love the fresh colours! xxx

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  5. Charming tags! The stencil with the hints of different pretty colors is sweet! Elegant designs!

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  6. Oooh! My favourite colours!! What a beautiful tag!! Love the layers

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  7. Soooo stunning Mona!!! LOVING those beautiful watery coloured backgrounds... perfect colours together. And the butterflies... they are gorgeous! FABULOUS tags!

    Hope you had a lovely weekend..
    Christine x

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  8. Gorgeous tags! Love the colors and the SSS products you have featured, Mona.

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  9. Like the Butterflies. Like how you used the stencils.
    Melissa
    "Sunshine HoneyBee"

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  10. Love the dreamy colors on your beautiful tag!

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  11. Beautiful, I love your colors and textures!

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  12. These are absolutely gorgeous, Mona!! I love the beautiful colors!! The dies you used are so pretty!! Stunning tags!! I love them both!! Have a great day :)

    Lisa
    A Mermaid's Crafts

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  13. Two beautiful backgrounds on your pretty tags Mona!

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  14. Love the beautiful colors and of course the butterflies. Great tutorial on creating the background. Thank you for the inspiration.

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  15. Lovely tags. Great background texture and colours

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  16. This tag is stunning! Love the beautiful colors you chose! The background is amazing! Hugs, Sandra

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  17. Sweet tag Mona! Love the colors and design :) !!! Hugs ~S~

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  18. Oh my, what beautiful tags! I love the soft pastel backgrounds and the stunning bows.

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  19. Amazing tag! Just lovely - love those butterflies! TFS Thanks for the hop enjoy your day!

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  20. Absolutely stunning! Great use of the stencils and I love the texture and colors and the embellishing.
    Have a nice week!

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  21. What gorgeous tags, Mona! I always get excited to see tags as they are my most favorite paper craft. Love the pretty colors, texture and diecuts you used to create them.

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  22. Your tags are so pretty and dainty! Just love the swirls and hearts and butterflies!

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  23. These are both just lovely Mona! I like the colors and the fluttery butterflies!

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  24. Thanks for showing how you did the stenciling--so gorgeous! Love everything about these gorgeous tags, Mona!

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  25. SO beautiful! Love seeing how you create such gorgeous things! Thanks so much!

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  26. Stunning tags, Mona! Love the colors and those gorgeous butterflies!

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  27. I love the colors together you r tags are awesome. I just became your newest follower I hope you will come follow me.
    Thank you for joining my DL.ART Thankful Thursday Anything Goes September Linky Party. Have a blessed day
    DIANA L.
    http://dianamlarson.blogspot.com http://dianamlarson.ctmh.com

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  28. Wow, Mona, it's amazing how much detail there is in this tag! I love everything! The colours are so fresh and unique and the stitching on the butterflies is wonderful!

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  29. Gorgeous, soft and pretty tag! Love your water colour background.

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  30. Beautiful tags, Mona! Wonderful stencil detail and love those fluttering butterflies!

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  31. Beautiful tag Mona! Love the background, butterflies and pretty colours.

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  32. Beautiful! Love the colors that you chose.

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  33. Absolutely gorgeous tags, Mona! I just love the tutorial and the colors you blended together are so fab!

    *mwah*
    Steph
    Simon Says Stamp!

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  34. Gorgeous Mona, wonderfull delicacy of colours and design and I adore that heart in the background too. Tracy x

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  35. Love the soft blending of colours and the textures on your tags. They are so sweet and gentle.
    Thank you for sharing the great tutorial! :)

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  36. Love your tutorial and this color palette is totally stunning! I love so much the purple butterfly! Stunnig project! Both your tags are amazing and bright! BArbarayaya

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  37. Love your beautiful and soft color scheme on this tag, Mona. Such a gorgeous piece. :)

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  38. So gorgeous, Mona! Lovely colors and gorgeous details! Always inspiring!

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  39. OMG !! YUMMY color combo... and those stenciling details just so cool ( I've come to enjoy texture paste/stencils) !!

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  40. Stunning! Love your work Mona! Thanks for the tutorial!

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  41. Oh my Mona! I loves it! Such lovely and gorgeous colours which is why I love it as I'm not really a brown distressed female I'm quite feminine and love feminine that has been distressed a little and you have achieved that perfectly here. Thank you for sharing and for the blog hop Karen x

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  42. Such gorgeous tags Mona!! I love the soft watery colors, texturing and embossing with the die cuts!!

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  43. Oh girl....gorgeous!! Fabulous backgrounds and butterflies...fleurs...everything!!

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  44. Well it's all been said Mona! I agree, the tags are sooo pretty with the water colour, texture and dies. Thanks for the inspiration :D

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  45. Stunning tags! Thanks for your wonderful tutorial! Your use of colour is incredible!

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  46. Love all the butterflies. So pretty!

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  47. Beautiful tag, I enjoyed the tutorial too! ~Diane

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  48. beautiful colors...lovely techniques. yummy

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  49. You got such a great background with the texture paste and Distress stains on each tag! Love the colors and all the dimension from the die cuts. Tfs!

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  50. Gorgeous!!! I am always in awe of the color you achieve! Gorgeous die cuts and such pretty ribbon!

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  51. Oh my! These tags are SO beautiful ... Thanks for the inspiration :)

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  52. Beautiful tag! Thanks for sharing : )

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  53. My favorite colour combination. Stunning texture and beautiful little tags.

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  54. Gorgeous tag, Mona! The colour palette is exquisite and I love the texture you've incorporated into it...just wonderful! :)

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  55. BEAUTIFUL tags, Mona! LOVE the bright colors and your pretty diecuts!

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  56. Fabulous tags, Mona! I adore these colors! WOW!

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  57. Amazing colour and beautiful background. Your stenciling looks gorgeous!

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  58. Mona, Mona! You are like the dream combo of an artist and someone with good ideas and common sense! This technique is so gorgeous, yet it's completely within reason to accomplish and I adore the final look. Thanks for such a great tip and inspirational pictures!

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