Chilly Ghost Tag Tutorial

Hello friends! Today I have a fun Halloween tag to share with cute ghosts who are a little cold and need hats.

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STAMPtember® continues at Simon Says Stamp and here I used one of the STAMPtember® exclusive sets, namely the Swirling Ghosts die set.

The Simon Says Stamp Swirling Ghosts die set contains four different ghosts and four different types of hats. I die cut the hats from different kinds of paper and also from glitter cardstock. The background was done with watercolors and cling wrap.

I had a piece of gessoed paper, which had been painted with leftover Antique Linen and Pumice Stone. I decided to die cut the Swirling Ghosts from that paper. The heats were die cut from left over inky and watercolored papers, from patterned paper and from Simon Says Stamp glitter cardstock in orange and black.

Cut tags from watercolor paper and paint with watercolors. Scrunch up cling wrap and leave on top until the tags are dry.  It will form interesting textures. 

I added the Tim Holtz Batground with dark blue and black ink.

For some bling, I misted Peacock Feathers Distress Spritz through Tim Holtz Bubble stencil.

Ink the edges with Scorched Timber.

Shape the ghosts a little and adhere with Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Perfect Foam Tape. Give each ghost a unique hat and mat on a glitter version, off-setting slightly.

I added a piece of black cardstock behind the eyes of each ghost.

The stamped sentiment comes from Tim Holtz Spooky Spirits.

The sentiments were stamped on inky paper. This one also comes from Tim Holtz Spooky Spirits. I also added Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Dazzling Black Gems.

I had added a pattern into the gesso with a palette knife, giving the ghosts just enough texture.

These hats will be great for winter projects too. 

This sentiment is from Tim Holtz Tiny Text Halloween. 

Don't miss all the inspiration during STAMPtember®!

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

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Inky Floral Tag Tutorial

 Hello friends! I hope all is well with you and that you had time to craft over the weekend. 

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It is Monday and this week we have a Make a Background theme at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog. I hope you will join us! Don't miss the wonderful project by our September guest designer Debbie Emmons.

I love to make my own backgrounds and there are so many techniques that can be used for backgrounds, and combined too. Here I made a stamped and inky background, using embossed resist in different colors. The background is also the main focus of the tag.

Start by white embossing the leaves and stems from Simon Says Stamp To Friendship. The set is from the STAMPtember® release.

Stamp one of the flower stamps with Saltwater Taffy Distress Oxide Ink and clear emboss.

Repeat with Spiced Marmalade Distress Oxide. I also stamped both flower stamps again with embossing ink and embossed with clear powder one more time. 

White emboss the sentiments from Simon Says Stamp To Friendship.

Smear Distress Ink on a non-stick craft sheet and mist with water. Press the tag into the ink. Let dry.

Repeat until you are happy with the look. I added ink at least two more times after taking this photo. Finally, use Distress Oxide Ink as the last layer, but only in a few places. I used Mermaid Lagoon and Twisted Citron (but forgot to take a photo of that step).

I used a mix of organza and Wrinkled Faux Silk Ribbon to tie the tag. The latter was dyed with Distress Ink.

Here you can see the effect of all those layers of ink, with the final layer being Distress Oxide Mermaid Lagoon. 

Since I embossed the flower one extra time with clear ink and powder, they are very shiny and stand out from the background.

Here the clear ink stamping was accidentally placed a bit to the left, but that created a cool layered effect instead.

This is such a great sentiment! I added some Mermaid Lagoon Distress Oxide ink also in the green areas, so that the green and the blue part of the tag would connect better, and to add texture.

Add Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Dazzling Peachy Gems to the tag.

Join us this week in our Make a Background challenge! You have a chance to win a $25 gift voucher to do some fun shopping at Simon Says Stamp. You have until Monday 8am Ohio time. 1pm UK time, 2 pm CET to join in.

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Thank you so much for visiting today! 

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

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Vintage Road Trip

 Hello crafters! I hope you are well and that you had a good weekend with lots of crafty time. 

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This week we have a Transport It theme at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog. I hope you will join us!! And don't miss the stunning project by our September guest designer Debbie Emmons.

I thought that the new Simon Says Stamp A7 Notched Rectangles, from the STAMPtember® release, look like tickets and decided to make a ticket shaped card. The theme of the card is taking a road trip in a vintage car. Almost everything on the card was stamped.

Start by die cutting a Simon Says Stamp A7 Notched Rectangle from heavystock cardstock. I really like this die cutting set. 

I also die cut the smallest rectangle. Smear Distress Ink on a non-stick craft sheet and mist with water. Press the paper into the ink. Let dry and repeat.

Stamp one of the Tim Holtz Vintage Autos on the paper.

Add more stamping. I stamped the sentiments with Archival Ink Red Geranium. Turn the small rectangle into a ticket. The sentiment stamps are from: Tiny Text, Curiosity Shop and Road Trip. The compass comes from Tim's Warehouse District and the small stamps are from Correspondence.

Stamp some script with the ledger stamp from Tim Holtz Etcetera and gold emboss the grid pattern from Tim's Ultimate Grunge set.

Die cut A7 Notched Rectangles from gold kraft stock and from red cardstock. Die cut the cardbase by folding the cardstock and placing the cutting edge of the die just above the fold.

Staple the small ticket to the card. I also added some Simon Says Stamp Mini Stars.

I bit of gold embossing folder got stuck to the car. I like stray embossing powder, so I melted it as it was.

Adding a few embossed elements with metallic powders adds a nice finishing touch and an additional texture.

Don't miss all the STAMPtember® inspiration and surprises at Simon Says Stamp!

Join us this week in our Transport It challenge! You have a chance to win a $25 gift voucher to do some fun shopping at Simon Says Stamp. You have until Monday 8am Ohio time. 1pm UK time, 2 pm CET to join in.

Do you use Instagram? If so please add #sssmchallenge so we can see your entries there too.

Thank you so much for visiting today! 

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

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