Tropical Beach Tag Tutorial

Hi and welcome! The summer holiday is coming to an end and this past week has been busy since I tried to do a lot of fun things with the kids. We spent as much time outdoors as possible, and went to an big outdoor museum, to the pool, to a lake and to different playgrounds. Anton and I also went to see the Big Friendly Giant, which he loved.

It is Monday and this week at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge we are having a Summer Fun challenge. I hope you can join us!

I was thinking of tropical beaches, palm trees and turquoise oceans and made a colourful tag. It is fun to think out different ways of making sand, and for this tag I made a glittery mix, which looks very sparkly in real life. I used Tim Holtz new Tropical set by Sizzix for most of the shapes on this tag, and was happy to see that it had a Delicious Monster leaf, not only do I like the shape of that leaf, it is also quite a common site in South Africa, and the name is just the best. 

First I mixed Antique Linen and a little Ground Espresso paint into white Texture Paste, until I was happy with the colour. Next, I mixed quite a lot of Distress Glitter Dust into the paste, which is just perfect for sparkly sand. The paste was smeared on a tag die cut from watercolour paper. 28 Lilac Lane sequins by May Flaum were pressed into the sand and I added more glitter at the bottom of the tag. Finally, I sprinkled micro beads beads in a few areas. Let dry.

Die cut the palm tree twice from watercolour paper and once from burlap. Die cut three leaves, also from watercolour paper. Apply just a little Distress Micro Glaze to the shapes with your finger.

I also die cut flowers, but didn't add glaze to them. Paint all the shapes with Distress Inks, by smearing the inks on a craft sheet, misting with water and picking up with a paint brush. Pine Needles is one of my least used Distress Inks, but it is a lovely green and a great base for both the palm tree and the leaves, with the addition of some other shades of green.

Smear a little Distress Micro Glaze on the top part of tag, and then paint it.

Glue the burlap to the one watercolour tree and cut the top off the other palm tree. It was adhered with foam dots for dimension, shaping the leaves a little. I also added some sequins, as coconuts. The Distress Micro Glaze adds a great texture to the palm tree.

 The words were die cut with the Vacation Words Script set and painted yellow.

I wish you could see the cool glittery texture of this beach in real life. The tiny flowers from the Tropical set are so cute, and very useful for many different projects. I added a dot of Champagne Stickles to each one.

The leaves and flowers were given some shape and then layered with foam dots in between.

One of my favourite parts of this tag is the sequins. It is a great neutral mix and they give such wonderful shine. I have an old love of sequins, and still have a little bag of sequins that I collected as a child and didn't have the heart to use up.

I hope you will join us in our Summer Fun challenge. A random participant will win a $50 gift voucher from Simon Says Stamp. You have until Monday 8am Ohio time. 1pm UK time, 2 pm CET to join in.

If you want to, follow Simon Says Stamp on Instagram, they post great stuff daily. 

Do you use Instagram ? If so please add#sssmchallenge so we can see your entries there too.

Thank you so much for stopping by today!

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

Supplies:

Tim Holtz Sizzix TROPICAL Thinlits	Tim Holtz Sizzix VACATION WORDS SCRIPT	Tim Holtz Sizzix Die TAG & BOOKPLATES	Ranger WATERCOLOR PAPER	Tim Holtz TEXTURED SURFACES
28 Lilac Lane NEUTRALS Sequin Tin	Tim Holtz Distress Glitter Dust VINTAGE PLATINUM	Ranger TEXTURE PASTE 4oz	Prima Flowers POLLEN Micro Beads	Tim Holtz DISTRESS MICRO GLAZE
Ranger Stickles CHAMPAGNE Glitter Glue	Tim Holtz Distress Paint ANTIQUE LINEN	Tim Holtz Distress Paint GROUND ESPRESSO	Tim Holtz PINE NEEDLES	Tim Holtz Distress Ink MERMAID LAGOON
Tim Holtz PEACOCK FEATHERS	Tim Holtz Distress Ink ABANDONED CORAL	Tim Holtz DISTRESS INK PICKED RASPBERRY	Tim Holtz DISTRESS INK FOREST MOSS	Tim Holtz DISTRESS INK MUSTARD SEED
Tim Holtz DISTRESS INK PEELED PAINT	Tim Holtz Distress INK SHABBY SHUTTERS	Tim Holtz Idea-ology LINEN RIBBON	Ranger ADHESIVE FOAM WHITE	Sizzix BIG SHOT MACHINE Gray And White
Sizzix MAGNETIC PLATFORM	Sizzix MINT Standard Cutting Pads	Ranger Inkssentials Non Stick CRAFT SHEET	Dina Wakley Ranger PALETTE KNIFE	Ranger Inkssentials GLOSSY ACCENTS
Tim Holtz DISTRESS SPRAYER Ranger

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