Shimmer Star Tag Tutorial

Hi friends! I hope you had a good weekend! Here is is a little too warm for my taste. But the evenings are very nice.

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This week we have a Stars and/or Stripes theme at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog. Don't miss the last project by our June guest designer Ann Chuang.

I made a tag with a star background, a large 'star' sentiment and small sequin stars. The background shimmers, which the photos don't give justice to. I had fun adding some buttons and a bunch of stamped sentiments. 

I used the stunning Simon Says Stamp Crystal Stars embossing folder. Ink the folder with embossing ink. Emboss a watercolor tag and then sprinkle white embossing powder all over. Remove the excess and melt. Always be careful when melting embossing powder and do not touch the melted powder until it has cooled down completely.

Mist the tag with Distress Spray Stains and Saltwater Taffy Distress Spritz. The embossing will resist the ink.

The letters were die cut with Tim Holtz Sizzix Alphanumeric Bulletin, from Simon Says Stamp holographic cardstock and from a piece of watercolor paper that I had painted with watercolors and covered with plastic wrap.

Die cut the second sentiment with Tim Holtz Handwritten Journey, using the same two papers.

I stitched matching buttons to the tag with blue DMC floss.

The stars are Simon Says Stamp North Star embellishments. The sentiments is a part of a sentiment stamp from Simon Says Stamp Plaque Slides Love and Friendship. 

Glue the letters to the tag and add the silver frames. I also stapled a ribbon to the tag, as a base for the letters. I really like these large letters.

Off set the handwritten word a little, with the holographic word at the top.

The rest of the sentiments are from Simon Says Stamp Sunburst and Stay True stamp sets, and from Tim Holtz Tiny Text.

The stars are very shimmery and since the embossing powder did not give a complete cover, there is a lovely speckled texture in the white areas. 

Join us this week in our Stars and/or Stripes 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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Glitter Heart Background

Hi friends! Today I have a very glittery and glitzy card to share, which will dazzle any recipient. 

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I made a card with an entire glitter background, die cut with Simon Says Stamp Drawn Hearts from the fantastic Luxe Glitter Cardstock. I used the Champagne version of the glitter cardstock and you might have noticed the little glitter hearts used on my last two projects. They were from this die cutting session and I knew I wanted to use the entire sheet on a background too. 

For the dimensional flowers, start by die cutting Simon Says Stamp Rustic Layering Flower and Wildflower Bucket from heavystock cardstock, white glitter cardstock, white cardstock and Tim Holtz backdrops cardstock.

Ink the flowers with neutral shades of Distress Ink and shape the flowers with Tim Holtz Shaping Tool Kit.

Die cut Simon Says Stamp Drawn Hearts from champagne Luxe Glitter Cardstock. I also cut a panel from Simon Says Stamp Silver Vellum. 

Layer the flowers together. I added a paper center to some of them and a Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Dazzling Peachy Gem to some of them. The sentiment was stamped with brown Archival Ink using Simon Says Stamp Be Your Beautiful Self set and die cut with the coordinating die.

The flowers have quite a lot of dimension.

At the bottom there is a larger cluster of flowers and a smaller sentiment, from the same stamp set.

It is hart to capture the glimmer in all its might. The silver vellum also glimmers and the Luxe Cardstock has a disco ball look which changes depending on how the light falls.

The same part of the card, but from a different angle.

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial. For another card using Simon Says Stamp Drawn Hearts for the background, check out my Mouse Card.

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

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Forget-me-not card tutorial

Hello crafters! Today I am happy to share a card made with Simon Says Stamp brand new Shine On release.

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The Shine On release is filled with a great variety of products, perfect for summer crafting. You can see them all here.

I made a card today, of a summer meadow filled with forget-me-not flowers, greenery and three sparkly pink flowers. It was inspired by forget-me-nots that I photographed on a recent walk. All the flowers and greenery were die cut with a single die, the versatile Dancing Meadows. The background was done with a fun resist technique using the Simon Says Stamp Leafy Greens stencil. Sentiments were stamped with the Chill Vibes set.

Start by die cutting a bunch of flowers and greenery with Simon Says Stamp Dancing Meadows, from watercolor paper.

I colored most of them with Distress Watercolor Pencils (although not the yellow flowers that you see to the right). The small branches were made more textured than the rest.

I added a dot to the center of each forget-me-not.

The small yellow flowers and the larger flowers were misted with a combination of Distress Spray Stain and Distress Spritz.

Mist the greenery a little too, with Distress Spritz for glimmer.

Shape all the flowers with Tim Holtz Shaping Kit.

The background was done by first preparing watercolor paper with several layers of Distress Ink. Let dry in between layers.

Apply embossing ink through Simon Says Stamp Leafy Greens. Sprinkle with clear embossing powder and melt with a heat tool. Always be careful when using a heat tool.

Apply white paint over the paper. When the paint is almost dry, wipe it off from the embossed areas and the leaves will appear. Repeat if you want a more opaque white.

The sentiments were also heat embossed. This Simon Says Stamp Chill Vibes set is so cool. 'Summertime' was first stamped with the outline word and white embossed. Stamp the solid word and off-set slightly. Emboss with clear powder. The clear powder will give the Simon Says Stamp Apricot cardstock a darker shade of pink and thus look like a shadow. 

Mount on white cardstock and then adhere with Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Perfect Foam Tape.

The background has a nice chalky look and the leaves have just the right amount of texture.

The shimmery pink flowers were layered with a yellow center and a Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Dazzling Peachy Gem.

The flowers are much more shimmery in real life than what they appear here.

Most of the meadow consists of forget-me-nots and greenery.

The second sentiment was first white embossed and then embossed with clear power, again off-setting slightly.

Don't aim for perfection when coloring the flowers. 

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

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