Snowmen Meeting Tag Tutorial

Hello friends! It is Monday and I hope you had a good weekend! We went to the movies and I spent Sunday at a Christmas market. We have gotten even more snow. 

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This week we have a Winter Blues theme at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog. Since it is the first Monday of a new month, the team is showcasing a specific designer/company. This week it is Tim Holtz. You can find Tim's fantastic range of products here. You don't have to use his products to join in the challenge, but it is always fun if you do. 

We also have a new guest designer and during December Rox aka Red Dirt Crafter will be joining us again. Don't miss looking at her wonderful project.

I had this idea of a whole crowd of snow people and decided to fill a tag with snowmen. This tag was fun to do! They are all wearing scarfs and hats and the bodies are made from homemade glitter paper. The snowmen were die cut with Tim's Twig & Stump set.

Start by coating watercolor paper with Sparkle Texture Paste. Let dry.

Die cut the snowmen from the sparkly paper and also from Slate Gray Simon Says Stamp cardstock.

Die cut scarfs, hats and carrots from scrap pieces of watercolored or inked papers, as well as from Simon Says Stamp glitter, velvet and Holographic paper.

Coat a tag with gesso and when dry, add Ranger Crackle Paste to the sky. The cracks appear as the paste dries.

Paint with watered-down Distress Paint.

The bottom layer of snowmen were glued to the tag.

Move them around first until you are happy with the placement. 

I also die cut some snowflakes from Simon Says Stamp Holographic cardstock.

The mix of sparkly, velvet, glitter and inky papers give interest to the snowmen.

This little snowman is looking up at the others.

The sentiments were stamped with Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Saturated Surf ink using the Simon Says Stamp Holiday Greeting's set.

The ribbons were dyed with Distress Ink to coordinate with the tag.

Adhere the front snowmen with Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Perfect Foam Tape.

Aren't they a happy bunch of snow people? 

I hope you will join us this week in our Winter Blues. 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 stopping by here today! 

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

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Advent Calendar Countdown Tags

Hi crafters! December is starting tomorrow and I am happy to have finished my Advent calendar countdown tags just in time. 

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The base for the calendar was made in 2015. I make new tags every year and reuse the base. You can make a similar base or perhaps hang the tags in your tree or on the wall. The tags later go into my December Daily, as dates for the journaling pages. In earlier years, I have made larger tags, which I have written the journaling on, but this year I made a different kind of December Daily journal, which you can see to the left.

 

Here are all the finished tags. I made 26 since Christmas is celebrated until Boxing Day here and I like to include that whole weekend in my journal.

Start by smearing Distress Ink on a non-stick craft sheet, mist with water and press watercolor paper into the ink. When dry, die cut 26 tags using Simon Says Stamp Label Tags. 

I used Tim Holtz Worn Text for the numbers. They were all stamped with shades of green Distress Ink. Mist with water before stamping.

Next, I stamped a small sentiment on each tag. The sentiments come from Simon Says Stamp Season's Greetings and from various Tim Holtz sets.

I used traditional Christmas colors, since my December Journal was made with traditional colors. Mist each stamp with water before stamping, for a watercolor look. The stamps are from different Tim Holtz Christmas sets.

I think I might have used 'Hello December' on a countdown tag before, usually on the very first tag of the month.

A few of my sentiments went a bit off the edge, but I was fine with that. 

Its a lot of fun stamping in this way and I love being surrounded by a whole pile of stamps.

Some of the sentiments fit perfectly, as if they were made for this label tag die. The star stamp is from Jolly Holiday.

The Simon Says Stamp Label Tags come in a set of three sizes.  This is the mid-sized tag. I really like the shape of them. You can find another example, where I used both the smaller and the larger tag here.

I really like how the Lucky Clover ink the the left almost shines.

This is how I plan to use them as dates in my December Journal. You can find the journal and its tutorial here. 

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial! The tags can also be made as gift tags. Just skip the number and write the person's name there instead. 

You can find the previous years' countdown tags here: 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022.

Thank you for visiting my blog! 

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

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Snowy Winter Landscape Canvas

Hello friends! We have gotten a whole lot of snow and the world is beautiful outdoors. I made a mixed media canvas with a winter landscape.

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I wanted the landscape to look a bit like a hill from the side, with the trees climbing higher towards the right-hand edge. I always add words to my projects, but in this case I decided to skip it, in order to only get that frosty and glittery feel. The project is very glittery, which you might not see on the photos since it was overcast when I took them. The canvas is 5.5x8 in.

Coat the canvas with gesso and then die cut Tim Holtz Forest Shadows from watercolor paper and coat with gesso.

Apply Ranger Crackle Paste to the canvas and press trees into the paste. The crackles will appear as the paste dries. The thicker the paste, the larger the crackles. You need to add a little matte medium behind the trees where they overlap.

Paint with blue and grey shades of Distress Paint. Mist with water to blend and so that the paint seeps into the crackles.

Paint the trees and mist with water.

Glue the trees to the canvas with matte medium. Apply a little Texture Paste to the branches and sprinkle with Rock Candy Glitter.

Apply a thick layer of texture paste as a snowy hill. Place a few drops of Salvaged Patina paint into the paste. Cover with Rock Candy glitter.

Apply a little Sizzix Luster Wax in Silver and Ivory, for extra shine.

Die cut the stars from Forest Shadows from Simon Says Stamp White Glittery cardstock.

The texture paste and Rock Candy combo looks like cold snow.

I painted the trees darker on one side as a shadow.

I like the combination of larger and smaller trees in the Forest Shadows set.

More tree details. You could also make these trees for a card.

It was hard to capture just how much the snow glitters since the day was so grey (and it was snowing). I added a little Silver Wax to the snow too.

The mix of larger and smaller crackles makes for an interesting textured background.

This is about how our forest looks right now, although with even more snow.

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial. The canvas will make a great gift and you can easily adapt it to a smaller or larger size.

Thank you for visiting my blog! 

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

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