Pumpkin Window Tag

Hello friends! We had a lovely weekend here with a nice outing in beautiful autumn weather. And then some crafting yesterday. 

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Our theme is Halloween/Spooky this week at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog. Don't miss the project by our October guest designer Fiona Whitehead.

I made a tag with a group of spooky pumpkins sitting on a window sill. The background is clear embossed and then inked, for a resist effect. There is acetate in the window instead of glass. 

Stamp Tim Holtz Pumpkinhead on watercolor paper.

Smear Distress Ink on a non-stick craft sheet and mist with water. Pick up with a paint brush and watercolor the pumpkins. Leave some of the white paper showing for highlights.

I used a Tim Holtz Halloween Baseboard for the window, combined with a piece of acetate. Color the acetate with alcohol ink and add lace trim for a curtain.

The background was clear embossed with Tim Holtz Skulls & Cobwebs.

Ink with Distress Ink and then spritz with Wilted Violent Distress Spritz.

Here you can see the effect of the Distress Spritz. The ribbons were dyed with Distress Ink to match the tag. I also found a Tim Holtz acetate bat. The gems are Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Dazzling Rainbow Gems. The stamped sentiments are from Tim Holtz Spooky Spirits.

Sand and ink the edges of the window. The background looks like wallpaper through the window, but with the added touch of the alcohol ink.

Cut out the pumpkins or use the Simon Says Stamp coordinating Pumpkinhead dies. Shape with Tim Holtz Shaping Tool kit and adhere with several layers of Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Perfect Foam Tape. I also used orange leaves due cut with Simon Says Stamp Lively Leaf Corner. 

There is also a piece of mummy cloth under the pumpkins, and gems tucked in here and there. 

The project can easily be turned into a card instead, if you don't want to make a tag.

Join us this week in our Halloween/Spooky 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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Pumpkin Stack Tag

Hello friends! Today I have a tag to share with Simon Says Stamp new Holiday Cheer release. 

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It is a great release for holiday crafting!

I really like pumpkins. They have fun shapes and you can make them in many different colors. It is okay if not all of them are natural looking. Pumpkins also have great textures. Here I decided to create a whole bunch and stack them on a tag.

I used Simon Says Stamp Autumn Cornucopia from the Holiday Cheer release. Die cut many pumpkins from various inky or watercolored papers. 

Shape with Tim Holtz Shaping Tools.

Glue the stems to the pumpkins. I cut off parts of the stems for the smallest pumpkins.

Clear emboss Tim Holtz Nordic background on a heavystock tag.

Ink with Distress Ink. The embossing will resist the ink. 

I dyed May Arts Faux Wrinkled Silk Ribbon in three shades of Distress Ink and also added some twine. The sentiment comes from Tim Holtz Tiny Text.

Start stacking the pumpkins from the bottom, with the largest pumpkins first. Adhere with Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Perfect Foam Tape. I added lace and twine at the bottom, as a table cloth. 

Continue with the next size, tucking them under the tops of the first layers. Later, I die cut more of the smallest pumpkins and added them here and there.

Finish the stack with the smallest pumpkins. 

Thank you for stopping by here today! More holiday crafting will follow soon.

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

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Pink Wreath Card

Hello crafters! Today I have a card to share, which could also be a Christmas card, if you just use a different sentiment. 

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Our theme is Think Pink this week at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog, since it is Breast Cancer Awareness month. Don't miss the project by our October guest designer Fiona Whitehead.

I made a pink Thinking of You card, which can work for many occasions. I used the Simon Says Stamp Detail Leafy Wreath from the new Sending Cheer release, combined with lots of pink inky papers and white glitter cardstock. 

I started out with a piece of inky watercolor paper. Sponge Saltwater Taffy through Simon Says Stamp Bubbles stencil.

Die cut Simon Says Stamp Detail Leafy Wreath from white glitter cardstock.

Die cut the Simon Says Stamp Detail Leafy Wreath three more times, from various pink inky papers. Glue the glitter outline to the background and add the leaves, varying the placement. 

I added Simon Says Stamp Mermaid Tail sequins to the wreath. 

As you can see, both the background paper and the inky papers had elements of Saltwater Taffy Distress Spritz, giving shimmer.

The sentiment comes from Simon Says Stamp Wild & Free Flowers and were stamped with Red Geranium Archival Ink.

I also added two pieces of ribbon and distressed the edges of the background. Mount on Simon Says Stamp Apricot cardstock and then on folded Doll Pink cardstock. The second sentiment was stamped with Simon Says Stamp Loving Thoughts.  

Join us this week in our Think Pink 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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Transparent Shaker Autumn Tag

Hello crafters! We had beautiful autumn weather this weekend, with sun and blue skies. Today it is not as nice though.

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Our theme is Tag It this week at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog. It is the first Monday of a new month, which means that the team is showcasing products by a specific company/designer and this week it is Tim Holtz. You can see Tim's fantastic range of products here.

We also have a new guest designer and during October Fiona Whitehead will be joining us. Visit her blog Crafty Stamping to see the gorgeous project she has created for the challenge. 

I made an acetate shaker tag, with two layers of acetate och glitter and sequins sandwiched between them. The top layer is dry embossed. Both layers are colored with alcohol ink, for a rich autumn feeling. I used gold and copper metallic paper, glitter papers and a sunflower for the front. 

Start by cutting two tags from Simon Says Stamp Acetate. Emboss one of them in Simon Says Stamp Flower Puff folder.

Color the tags with alcohol ink. I used blending solution to add texture to the embossed one. Color at the back. I used: Butterscotch, Valencia, Sunset Orange and Cranberry. The back piece was swiped with Butterscotch and I added Gold Mixative around the edges.

Add a pile of Simon Says Stamp Mini Stars, Rose Gold sequins and Tim Holtz Chunky Rock Candy Glitter to the middle of the tag.

Carefully sandwich the glitter and stitch around the edges with a sewing machine.

Die cut Simon Says Stamp Lively Leaf Corner from Gold and Bronze glitter cardstock and from Tim Holtz copper metallic kraft stock. Use the latter paper to die cut larger leaves with Simon Says Stamp Rustic Layering Flower.

Die cut Simon Says Stamp Tattered Leaves from Tim Holtz gold metallic kraft stock.

Die cut Simon Says Stamp Little Sunflower Bloom from a inky yellow paper and from a patterned paper scrap. Shape with Tim Holtz Shaping Kit.

Add Champagne Stickles to the flower center and a little on the petals.

I used Tim Holtz Metallic Stickers as sentiments. The tag was tied with organza, twine a ribbon with a touch of gold and dyed May Arts Wrinkled Faux Silk Ribbon.

Tuck the leaves under the sunflower and glue. The sunflower was assembled with Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Perfect Foam Tape between all layers, and underneath. 

I like the mix of metallic, glitter and acetate for autumn projects. I added Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Dazzling Gold Gems here and there for extra sparkle. 

The title was die cut with Tim Holtz Handwritten Love dies, from gold metallic and Bronze glitter cardstock.

The sequins and glitter in the shaker are a little hard to photograph. 

At the back of the tag, you see the glitter and sequins better.

The leaves and flower have a lot of dimension.

I hope you enjoyed this post. Acetate backgrounds are fun!

Join us this week in our Tag 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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