Mouse Card Tutorial

Hi crafters! Today I have a cute card to share with you, with an acetate cardbase and see-through elements.

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The background has a whole lot of small die cut hearts and was placed on folded acetate, so that you can see through the hearts. Cards with clear elements are such fun to make and a surprise to receive. I used a mix of products by Simon Says Stamp, such as the Drawn Hearts and the very cute Fable Mouse. 

White emboss Simon Says Stamp Nature in Bloom on an inky piece of watercolor paper. The paper had been inked with a mix of Distress Ink and Distress Oxide Ink, by first smearing the inks on a non-stick craft sheet, misting with water and pressing the paper into the ink. 

Die cut Simon Says Stamp Drawn Hearts from the background.

Ink the edges with two shades of brown Distress Ink.

Adhere to a folded piece of Simon Says Stamp Acetate Sheet. 

Die cut the Drawn Hearts again, but this time from Simon Says Stamp Champagne Luxe Glitter Cardstock. Keep the small hearts in the die and glue some of them on the background. It is easier to pick the right heart if you leave them in the die, since the hearts are different from each other.

Die cut a frame using Simon Says Stamp Frames from Simon Says Stamp Shimmer Vellum and from heavystock cardstock. Ink the thin frame with brown Distress Ink.

Die cut Simon Says Stamp Fable Mouse from white Neenah cardstock and from Simon Says Stamp Cotton Candy and black cardstock. Ink the white pieces with Distress Ink.

Glue the mouse together and die cut again from black cardstock. Add a dot to the eyes with a white gel pen.

Adhere to the background with foam tape and add a little cheese cloth underneath.

The sentiments were stamped with Hickory Smoke Archival Ink using Simon Says Stamp Be Your Beautiful Self stamp set. Die cut with the coordinating die and then one more time from grey cardstock. The sequins are from Simon Says Stamp Opal Rainbow.

The Luxe Glitter hearts are very pretty and shiny. You might have noticed that I used them on Monday's At the Beach Mixed Media piece too. 

I also added two pieces of ribbon to the card, with mini staples. 

Acetate cards are always a challenge to photograph. Here you can see that the hearts shine through the vellum if the light hits the card in a certain way.

On a white background, the card will get a different look. 

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

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At the Beach Mini Canvas

Hello friends! I hope you had a great weekend! In Sweden we had Midsummer celebrations this weekend. 

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We have a At the Beach theme this week at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge blog. I hope you will join us and celebrate summer. Don't miss the project by our June guest designer Ann Chuang.

I felt like a mini project this week since it is fun to work on different sizes. This little canvas is only 2.5 x 3.5 inches, the same size as an Artist Trading Card. I made a mixed media beach scene with a simple sentiment. You can also work on watercolor paper.

Start by coating the canvas with gesso. I formed the beach and added some texture to the sky and sea.

Glue cheese cloth to the beach with matte medium. I later added a little more.

Paint the canvas with Distress Paints. 

Apply gesso to watercolor paper and add texture with the palette knife.

When dry, die cut clouds with Simon Says Stamp Heart Showers Embossing Folder and Cutting Die and emboss in the coordinating folder.

Add some paint to the clouds.

When dry, I added Stickles Star Dust to the clouds. The little hearts were die cut with Simon Says Stamp Drawn Hearts, from a Simon Says Stamp Champagne Luxe Glitter sheet.

The sentiment comes from Simon Says Stamp Be Your Beautiful Self stamp set with Hickory Smoke Archival Ink. There are coordinating dies, but I decided to cut the sentiment into strips instead, so that the background would show through in between the strips.

I glued shells and a small piece of sea glass to the beach and sprinkled with Ranger Mica Flakes and Rock Candy glitter.

I also added more luxe glitter hearts and splattered a little white paint.

The little canvas has quite a lot of dimension. 

The smaller cloud was adhered with Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Perfect Foam Tape. 

Join us this week in our At the Beach 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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Blackberries Tag Tutorial

Hello crafters! I hope you are well and healthy. It is Monday again and we are back with a new Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog theme. 

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This week our theme is 'Food and/or Drink'. I hope you will join us! 

Don't miss the project by our June guest designer Ann Chuang will be joining us. 

I am very fond of berries: strawberries, currants, blueberries, blackberries and more. This tag is all about blackberries. I used the Fodder Berry Edition stamp set by Paper Artsy / Alison Bomber for the berries and colored them with watercolors.

I started with a piece of watercolor paper that had been colored with Distress Ink and Distress Oxide Ink (it was leftover from another project).

Stamp Paper Artsy Alison Bomber Fodder Berry Edition twice with Jet Black Archival Ink.

Paint with watercolors, dropping in other shades while the first layer is still wet. I used Daniel Smith watercolors.

Splatter paint over the berries. Stamp the background with the dot stamp from Tim Holtz Tiny Textures, using Antique Linen and Speckled Egg Distress Oxide. Mist with water before stamping.

The sentiments from Simon Says Stamp Be Your Beautiful Self was white embossed on paper where I tested the watercolors used for the berries. Die cut with the coordinating dies, or with scissors.

Stamp textures from Fodder Berry Edition here and there.

Add highlights with a white gel pen.

Ink the edges with Distress Ink.

I tied a mix of fibers, lace and organza to the tag.

I die cut the sentiments from Simon Says Stamp Shimmery Vellum too and off set slightly. 

I also stitched a few purple buttons to the tag and distressed the edges.

With a white gel pen, it is easy to add highlights to the berries.

I stamped the sentiments with black ink first, but decided to use white embossing instead, for a lighter look.

I stamped the background with an alphabet stamp from Paper Artsy Alison Bomber Crocus Edition.

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial!

Join us this week in our Food and/or Drink 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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