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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Stamped pumpkins on kraft

 Hi friends! It is Monday again and a new month. September is here and with it comes autumn. 

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This week we are celebrating STAMPtember® at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog. Our theme is Stamp It! Since it is the first Monday of a new month, the team is showcasing products by a specific company, and this week it is of course Simon Says Stamp Exclusive products. You can find the fantastic range of stamps, dies, stencils, inks, embellishments, tools and paper products here. 

You don't have to use Simon Says Stamp Exclusive Products to join, but it is fun if you do.

Since it is a new month, we also have a new guest designer joining us and this month Debbie Emmons is joining us. Don't miss checking out Debbie's Instagram account where she has posted her project.

I made a pumpkin card this week, focusing on stamping. I decided to stamp the entire cardfront with pumpkins, acorns and sentiments. I used different colors and inks. The new Simon Says Stamp A7 Notched Rectangles is a great set of 13 rectangles, making it easy to create layers. 

Start by die cutting a Notched Rectangle from kraft cardstock.

Stamp the large pumpkin from Simon Says Stamp Harvest Blessings with Distress Oxide Spiced Marmalade and the sentiment with Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Saturated Sprout ink. The stem was stamped with Cappuccino ink.

Continue filling the paper with stamps, but leave some space for the sentiments.

Next, I stamped sentiments from Simon Says Stamp To Friendship with black ink.

I die cut two more Notched Rectangles as mats. The cardbase is folded brown cardstock. Place the fold just outside the die when die cutting. 

I also added Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Dazzling Gold Gems. 

This is such a great sentiment. I used it on my project for the STAMPtember® blog party too.

I really like the look of the Spiced Marmalade Distress Oxide on the kraft paper. And the acorns from Simon Says Stamp Harvest Blessings.

And another great friendship quote.

Join us this week in our Stamp 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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