A handmade background.....

Howdy Peeps!
......it's time for another challenge at
Simon Says Stamp and Show!!

This week it's......a Handmade Background!

For the background I used:
Dyan Reavely Stamps ~ Around the Edge
White and Clear ~ UTEE

Perfect Pearls ~ Forever Green

and LOTS of Canvas Corp Kraft Paper!!

To create the flowers, I used various Distress Stains
Spiced Marmalade
Dusty Concord

Fired Brick

Weathered Wood

Mustard Seed
Tattered Rose

and

Various Perfect Pearl Mists

Forever Red

Sunflower Sparkle

Bronze

Forever Violet

Sooooo.......what comes to your mind when
a Handmade Background is mentioned??
Put on those thinkin' caps...
Pull out some creative goodies
And have fun!!

Link your creation to the Simon Says Stamp and Show Blog
who know you could be next weeks winner of.....

PS...if you would like to see how I created this tag....check this out!!
Also can be seen at WIP Monday!

Canvas Corp Goodness!!!

Can I just say........I LOVE the Black and Kraft paper by Canvas Corp. As soon as I got my hot little hands on them I knew exactly
what I wanted to do.

Being from the North Country.....the flowers are all gone.....the leaves have fallen and it looks rather barren. Sooooo to help get through this time I wanted to create a
floral wreath to bring life into my home!

To create all this floral goodness.....I gathered up a sundry different Sizzix dies including
Tim's Tattered Floral die, some Distress Stains and Perfect Pearl Mists.

I diecut flowers from the amazing Black and Kraft papers.

I cut into the smallest flower to create little petals.

Using Distress Stains, I colored both sides of the diecut flowers.

I then crumpled the flowers.

I layered and adhered the flowers together.
Then spritzed them with Perfect Pearls Mist.

I also used a bit of burlap around the grapevine wreath and some fabby white cording.....
more Canvas Corp goodies!!!
Hope you've enjoyed this tutorial as much as I did creating it!!!