White and Cream Textured Card

Hi everyone! I hope you have had a nice weekend! We went to a beautiful wedding and had a really good time together with family and friends.

This week at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog we have an In My Garden theme. I am looking forward to seeing what everyone will create. Don't miss the last project by our February guest designer Stacy Hutchinson.

I needed a wedding card and decided to do a shaker card with white and cream tones. For my base, I used the same Sizzix Bohemian Heart Impresslits Cut and Emboss folder that I used about a month ago, for a Valentines shaker card. This card is different from that one though, since that was a very colorful card. The folder embosses and die cuts the heart in one go, so it is perfect for shaker cards.

The flowers are Prima's Isle Marina St Tropez flowers and I white-washed them with paint to tone down the original colors. They were also shaped quite a bit.

Under the flowers, I layered Tim Holtz Garden Greens die cut branches.


The shaker itself has several layers, and there is white script stamping on the acetate used for the window. Inside, you will find, mica flakes, silver micro beads, and a mix of SSS Moonshine sequins.



The hearts were die cut from white wool felt.

The die cut word is also from the Bohemian Heart set. I die cut it once from white cardstock and once from cream and layered them.

I hope you will join us this week in our In My Garden 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 next 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 taking the time to stop by my blog today!  

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

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Photo Storage Box Tutorial

Hi everyone! As you might know, I like to make my own storage boxes and today I have a photo storage tutorial to share with you. It can be used for other things too, such as stickers, clear stamps, tags and various smaller sized papers. 

This month the Eileen Hull Inspiration Team is sharing projects made with some of their favourite Sizzix dies by Eileen. I have way too many favorites, and decided to use one of the new Book Club dies, the Stamp & Photo Storage die, which is very versatile. Versatile dies are often my favourites, since they can be used in so many different ways. 

I always have a pile of photos on my desk, some of them are newly printed and others are photos I feel inspired to use or work with soon. This storage box with five compartments will keep them organized and protect them at the same time. You can easily add even more compartments and the box can be stored on its side too. The box is a perfect fit for 4 x 6 in photos, and is 3 in tall.

Start by die cutting the Stamp & Photo Storage from mat board. You need two to make one box/compartment.

Cut off the closure flap on one of the die cuts, since you only need to close the box on one side.

Assemble using a strong adhesive. I used Ranger's Wonder Tape.

Make as many boxes as you need.

Glue the boxes together and place them under a book until the glue is dry.

Coat with gesso.

I used Dina Wakley's acrylic paints to paint my box and decided to make color-coded stripes for the sides. The top and bottom were painted orange, pink and grey.

When dry, sand the edges and use a black marker to add definition to the joints.

I stamped the edges with Darkroom Door stamps, from the Photography set. You can of course use any stamps that fit the purpose of your box.

To embellish the box, I die cut words, flowers, labels and a pocket using Eileen's Bookmark, Tag & Pocket, Bookplate, Hinges & Labels, and Floral Arch and Words sets.

I also stamped a camera from Darkroom Door on inky paper and cut it out. The patterned papers come from Kaisercraft Documented Paper Pad. All the edges were distressed and inked.

One the one side of the box, I used alphabet stamps to write some labels for the compartments. One each for the kids, and compartments for nature, South Africa and mixed photos. I needed a vintage one too, so I should actually add a compartment later.

I love the look of this vintage camera stamp. There are also some Clippings stickers.

The label and flowers were die cut from a paper colored with Paper Artsy's Infusions.

I placed a piece of the Infusions paper behind the star too.

You can add a center to the flowers if you want too.

The little tag in the pocket holds this great sentiment from the Darkroom Door Photography set.

On the other side of the box, I added some Clippings stickers.

Here's a look from the front, there is plenty of space for more photos.

If you want to, you can also store the box like this, or on one of the longer sides.

Thank you so much for stopping by here today!

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

Supplies:

* Please note: the links are affiliate links, for which I receive a small percentage of sales generated by the link, at no extra cost to you.

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Stamps: Darkroom Door: Photography

Grunge It Up Tag Tutorial

Hello friends! I hope you are well and had a good weekend! We had a birthday party for Anton which was a big success and lots of fun. 

 

This week at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog we have a Grunge It Up challenge. Lots of fun! Don't miss the stunning project by our February guest designer Stacy Hutchinson.

I made a really grungy tag this week, with lots of layers and techniques. There is quite a bit of embossing powders, as you can see, and I also used Tim Holtz's Ultimate Grunge set a lot. It is an older set of his and it is one of my favorite and most used stamp sets. The tag also has left-over bits and pieces that I found on my desk. 

I started by smearing Distress Paints on a craft sheet and misting them with water. Dip and press the tag into the paint. I colored more than one tag, and this is the second one, the one I used on the project has somewhat darker colors.

Heat emboss various designs from Ultimate Grunge on the tag using Gunmetal and Verdigris powders. Stamp the number stamp repeatedly with black ink. I also stamped the grid stamp with Broken China Distress Oxide, which gives a nice extra layer to the tag. The edges were distressed and inked black and finally I applied some glue stick to the tag and pressed a gold foil sheet on top. Rub and remove the sheet.

The little tag is a grey tag from the Ranger Letter It Ivory & Grey Assorted Tags. I embossed the grid stamp with Gunmetal, inked the tag with Broken China Distress Oxide and then embossed it with several layers of clear powder. In the final layer, I sprinkled in some Verdigris powder. Do NOT touch the melted powder until it is completely cool, since it is very hot. You can also use UTEE, but I used ordinary clear powder.

Die cut gears from grungeboard and paint with Cracked Pistachio, Mermaid Lagoon and a little Ground Espresso. When dry, stamp with the Checkered stamp and emboss with Rose Gold powder.

The hearts were die cut from dark blue wool felt using the SSS Clipping Hearts die.

I also used a SSS Cottage Stems die cut and inked that I found on my desk. The little butterfly was die cut from packaging and painted with Cracked Pistachio.

I had some flowers left-over from my Wildflower Mason Jar tutorial and glued them to the small tag. Under the tag there is a small piece of cheese cloth.

Here's a better look at all the layers of embossing powders, ink and stamping on the small tag.

Another look at the layers of embossing powders.

The sentiments come from the SSS You Matter background stamp. I really like this stamp and it works great both as a background and for individual sentiments.

Here's a close up of the details and textures created by the embossing and stamping.

I also found a butterfly on my desk, which was stamped on Wendy Vecchi's Clearly for Art Modeling Film and colored with alcohol inks.

The Distress Oxide stamping shows really well on top of all the layers. All the shiny bits are gold foil.

I hope you will join us this week in our Grunge It Up 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 next 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 taking the time to stop by my blog today!  

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

Supplies: 

* Please note: the links are affiliate links, for which I receive a small percentage of sales generated by the link, at no extra cost to you.

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