All things made new

Hello friends! I hope you are well and had a good weekend. Our winter weather continues and we got even more snow on Friday. We had a fun weekend of sledding and soccer tournaments. 

This week at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog we have an Easter Inspired theme, combined with a photo inspiration. 

Make sure you don't miss the project by our March guest designer Nox.

I was inspired by the theme and by the gold and flowers in the photos to make a golden yellow Easter/spring tag. It is more spring than Easter, but works for both themes. The background was done with Distress Oxides, and I had fun colouring the flowers.

Start by smearing Distress Oxides on a non-stick craft sheet. Mist them with water and press a tag into the ink. Dry the tag with a heat tool and repeat until you are happy with the result. You can also mist the tag with water to create even more texture.

When the tag is dry, stamp the background with borders from Tim Holtz's new Ornate Trims set. I used shades of brown and yellow Archival Ink. I also stamped the background with the script stamp from the Entomology set, using Buttercup ink.

The flowers come from Tim's Mini Bouquet and Flower Garden sets and were white embossed on watercolor paper. As you might know, I really like Dina Wakley's Scribble Sticks and I was happy to get her new second set. Here I used crayons from both the new and the old sets. Dissolve with a paint brush and water to create a watercolor effect. The flowers were die cut with the coordinating Sizzix dies.

I distressed the edges of the tag and dyed a piece of Crinkle Ribbon to tie it with.

Change the color of the flowers for a different look.

The coordinating dies are handy when it comes to cutting detailed stamps such as these.

The girl was colored with Distress Markers.

I really like the different borders on the Ornate Trims set and I think this is going to be a well-used set.

I used a piece of dyed lace, twine and Dresden German scraps as a border, and to give the girl something to stand on.

I also stamped a ladybird from the new Entomology set and coated it with Glossy Accents.

I hope you will join us this week in our Easter Inspired 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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