Distress Oxide Resist Background

Hello everyone! September is almost over and it seems to have just flown by. I have another STAMPtember project to share with you today, with a fun Distress Oxide resist background.

I made this tag for Leo, since his one and only favourite soft toy is a panda bear, which he calls 'Annie' or sometimes 'Annia'. The name comes from us calling his bear 'pandie'. The panda bear was made with the Picture Book Panda die, which is so cute. For the background, I used the STAMPtember Ornate Background stamp and Distress Oxides.

STAMPtember has been a month full of inspiration and new products. Simon Says Stamp has released a big collection for STAMPtember®, with stamps, dies, stencils, envelopes, cardstock and sequins. 

Start by white embossing the gorgeous Ornate Background on a heavystock tag.

Ink with Distress Oxides and mist with water. Dry in between and repeat. I also smeared some of the oxides on my craft sheet, misted with water and pressed the tag into the ink. Continue until you are happy with the result. Using light colors as these gives a subtle pastel background, for more of a punch, try using darker shades.

I also stamped the background here and there with the SSS Tiny Alphabet background stamp. The hearts were die cut from watercolor paper, pressed onto the Oxides ink pads and then misted with water. I really like this sentiment, from the Small Talk stickers.

The panda bear was die cut from Sizzix black and white paper leather and pieced together. I added a white highlight to the eyes with a white gel pen and coated them with Glossy Accents.

The sentiments come from the Amazing Messages set and were stamped on watercolor paper and watercolored with Distress Inks. I added Glossy Accents to the title.

Some cheese cloth, a piece of design tape and Label Letter stickers finished the tag.

I have also made a card with the panda, which you can find here, and I also used STAMPtember products on this autumn journal page.

Thank you so much for taking the time to visit my blog today! Have a lovely weekend!

Happy stamping!

Anna-Karin

Supplies:

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Totally Embossed Tag Tutorial

Hello friends! It is Monday again and I hope you had a good weekend. We had a fun soccer tournament which was a big success. Anton also managed to win five raffle prizes, so he was really pleased.

STAMPtember continues at Simon Says Stamp, with tons of inspiration and lots of new products, such as the big collection for STAMPtember®, with stamps, dies, stencils, envelopes, cardstock and sequins. 

This week at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog we have a Heavy Metal theme. Lots of options for this theme - metallic embellishments, faux metal looks, metallic embossing powder and more. Or music.

I had such fun making this tag, which started out with not much of a plan, just some stamps, inks and embossing powders. Actually, a lot of embossing powder. It's a Halloween tag, but the background technique works for any theme. I also used metallic embellishments, metallic paint and metallic alcohol ink on the tag.

NOTE: As always, when working with embossing powder and heat tools, you need to be very careful not to burn yourself. Never ever touch the melted powder. Always make sure that you wait until it has cooled down completely. 

Start by stamping three Ravens with Black Tie pigment ink. Emboss with Liquid Platinum.

Stamp a script stamp here and there with embossing ink and sprinkle Verdigris powder on top. Emboss. This great script stamp comes from the Tim Holtz Apothecary set.

Ink the whole tag with Distress Ink and cover completely with embossing powder. Melt with a heat tool. Be careful!

Ink the whole tag with Ground Espresso. The ink will get into some areas not embossed in the previous step and increase texture. Emboss the entire tag again with clear powder. If you want to, you can emboss the tag one additional time with clear powder, using embossing ink, such as Ranger's Emboss It Dabber in between.

When the powder is completely cool, stamp the splatter stamp from the Haunted House set here and there with embossing ink. Sprinkle gold powder on top. The powder will stick in some non-stamped areas too, just leave it as it is since it adds to the effect. Melt the powder carefully.

Apply ink with an Emboss It dabber at the bottom of the tag and sprinkle with gold powder. Melt and then repeat with Liquid Platinum powder.

I wish you could see the effect of all the layers of stamping, ink and embossing powder in real life. It is really pretty cool and adds such depth to the tag. You might see it a little better here, with the Platinum shimmer of the birds showing through well.

The verdigris text adds a subtle text layer and repeats the turquoise color of the ink.

The brown ink almost gives a fine crackle effect in some areas. I also added a little bit of black paint around the edges of the tag.

There are a bunch of other metallic elements on the tag. These bones were colored with Silver Mixative Alcohol ink and distressed with a tiny bit of gold metallic paint.

The word band was distressed with black and gold paint. I dropped Gold Mixative onto the black Heirloom Roses.

The star was coloured with gold and silver mixative, as well as some black paint.

I also used Typed Tokens distressed with the gold and black paints.

Here's another look of the shine of the last layer in the embossed background, the gold.

I hope you will join us this week in our Heavy Metal challenge. As always, you have a chance to win a $50 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.

Don't forget 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 for stopping by today!

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

Supplies: 

Tim Holtz Cling Rubber Stamps 2017... [ SSS ] Tim Holtz Cling Rubber Stamps... [ SSS ] Tim Holtz Cling Rubber Stamps 2017... [ SSS ] Ranger Tim Holtz Distress MIXED MEDIA... [ SSS ] Tim Holtz Idea-ology HEIRLOOM ROSES... [ SSS ] Tim Holtz Idea-ology STARS ADORNMENTS [ SSS ] Tim Holtz Idea-ology STAR FASTENERS [ SSS ] Tim Holtz Idea-ology HALLOWEEN... [ SSS ] Tim Holtz Idea-ology PAPER STRING... [ SSS ] Tim Holtz Idea-ology HALLOWEEN Typed... [ SSS ] Ranger Embossing Powder CLEAR 1.5 Oz Jar [ SSS ] Ranger Embossing Powder GOLD [ SSS ] Ranger Embossing Antiquities Powder... [ SSS ] Ranger Embossing Powder SUPER FINE CLEAR [ SSS ] Ranger Embossing Powder LIQUID PLATINUM [ SSS ] Tim Holtz Idea-ology INCANTATION [ SSS ] Tim Holtz Idea-ology LOOP PINS [ SSS ] Tim Holtz Idea-ology 8 x 8 Mini Paper... [ SSS ] Ranger Pigment Ink Pad BLACK TIE [ SSS ] Ranger CLEAR EMBOSS IT DABBER [ SSS ] Tsukineko Versamark EMBOSS INK PAD [ SSS ] Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad MERMAID... [ SSS ] Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad SPICED... [ SSS ] Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad GROUND... [ SSS ] Tim Holtz Distress Collage Medium MATTE [ SSS ] Tim Holtz Tonic Craft MINI SNIPS [ SSS ] Ranger US HEAT IT CRAFT TOOL United... [ SSS ] Ranger EUROPEAN VOLTAGE HEAT IT CRAFT... [ SSS ] Hero Arts Rubber Stamp CLEAR ACRYLIC... [ SSS ] Ranger MINI ROUND FOAM REFILLS [ SSS ] Ranger MINI ROUND INK BLENDING TOOLS [ SSS ] Tim Holtz Alcohol Ink GOLD Metallic... [ SSS ] Tim Holtz Alcohol Ink SILVER Metallic... [ SSS ] Tim Holtz Flip Top Distress Paint... [ SSS ] Ranger Paint Dabber GOLD METALLIC [ SSS ] Tim Holtz Idea-ology TINY ATTACHER [ SSS ]

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