Monday, April 23, 2018

Flower Power Tag Tutorial

Hi friends! We had a lovely weekend here with beautiful weather. I went to an antique and vintage market and had a great time. We also had time for soccer, a bike ride, a walk, and trips to the play ground. I hope your weekend was good too.




This week at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog we have a Flower Power theme. Flowers are one of my favorite things to include in projects, almost any time of the year. I am looking forward to seeing all the creations for this challenge. Don't miss the gorgeous project by our April guest designer Paula Roomer aka PaNaRoo.

Layers of ink - Flower Power Tag Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson with Tim Holtz Sizzix Funky Floral

I made a tag filled with colorful flowers and enjoyed combining flowers in different shapes, colors, and patters. For the flowers, I only used scrap papers from my colorful scrap folder. I have one folder for neutral scrap papers, one for papers that I have colored with various mediums, one for colored cardstock and one for patterned paper scraps. It was the second of these folders that I dug into this week.

Layers of ink - Flower Power Tag Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson with Tim Holtz Sizzix Funky Floral

I used Tim Holtz Funky Floral 1 and Funky Floral 2 to die cut all the shapes. The papers are a mix of watercolored, stamped, Distress Inked, and acrylic paint scraps. I picked a variety of colors and patterns and die cut lots of flowers and leaves.

Layers of ink - Flower Power Tag Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson with Tim Holtz Sizzix Funky Floral

Here you can see the two die sets, Funky Floral 1 and Funky Floral 2. There is so much potential in these sets and such a variety of flowers, leaves and stems. You don't need to assemble the flowers as they are in the example on the packaging, instead you can make up you own combinations.

Layers of ink - Flower Power Tag Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson with Tim Holtz Sizzix Funky Floral

I used the Tonic Craft set to give the flowers some shape and dimension and then layered and glued them together. Don't they look happy?

Layers of ink - Flower Power Tag Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson

For the background, I coated a tag with gesso and when dry added some white Texture Paste at the bottom.

Layers of ink - Flower Power Tag Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson

When the paste was dry, I painted the tag with Distress Paints and misted heavily with water.

Layers of ink - Flower Power Tag Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson

After it dried, the background was stamped with the script stamp from Tim's Entomology set. Later, I also dry brushed the tag with Ground Espresso and Black Soot paint.

Layers of ink - Flower Power Tag Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson with Tim Holtz Sizzix Funky Floral

The flowers were layered on the tag, tucking leaves and branches in among them. The crinkle ribbon was dyed with Mermaid Lagoon Distress Ink.

Layers of ink - Flower Power Tag Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson with Tim Holtz Sizzix Funky Floral

I used label letters for my title, and Small Talk stickers for my sentiments.

Layers of ink - Flower Power Tag Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson with Tim Holtz Sizzix Funky Floral

If you look closely at the flowers, you'll see that there is a big mix of colors and patterns. I also really like the tiny blue flowers.

Layers of ink - Flower Power Tag Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson with Tim Holtz Sizzix Funky Floral

If you have colored backgrounds that didn't turn out as planned, this is a perfect use for them. The Distress Ink reinker background that this flower is die cut from, wasn't a favorite of mine, but as a flower, it looks really nice.

Layers of ink - Flower Power Tag Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson with Tim Holtz Sizzix Funky Floral

Tuck some of the flowers in among the grass, to give the tag even more dimension.

Layers of ink - Flower Power Tag Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson with Tim Holtz Sizzix Funky Floral

Here's a better look at the texture paste ground. The dry brushing makes a big difference.

Layers of ink - Flower Power Tag Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson with Tim Holtz Sizzix Funky Floral

And a look of the happy flowers from the side. This tag is now hanging on my idea-ology Clip Carousel, which is pretty full and always makes me happy to look at. There is a photo of it in this Mixed Media Envelopes post, but it is much fuller now.

I hope you will join us this week in our Flower Power 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.







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Thank you for taking the time to stop by my blog today!  

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

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16 comments:

  1. Gorgeous tag Anna-Karin :-) the background is fabulous and I love the colours and designs of the flowers, such a pretty arrangement :-)

    luv
    Lols x x x

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  2. beautiful Anna-Karin! Love all the colorful flowers!!

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  3. Wow! This is flower power! LOve all of them and all the layers and colors, they are so sweet. Especially on this contrasting great earth tones background. Love the messy way you made it, great result. Hugs, Marzena

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  4. WHOA!! This tag could knock me over with a feather! :D SOOOOO Gorgeous.. bright, bold, beautiful!!! Love it so much!

    *mwah*
    Steph
    Simon Says Stamp!

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  5. Wow! Amazing tag Anna-Karin! love your tutorial, background is stunning! i adore the contrast of its neutral tones with these colorful flowers! fabulous!

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  6. Your tag is just bursting with flower power, Anna-Karin! Love all the blooms and colors, it really feels like Spring! Your background is awesome - dark and grungy and the perfect backdrop for all that color! Wonderful words too! Maura

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  7. So much fun with the bright florals and vintage background...love!

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  8. I managed to see this but couldn't get a connection for long enough to comment! I wasn't sure about those TH flowers by you have convinced me to put
    them on my list!!This is beyond beautiful! Chris

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  9. Gorgeous tag, love the mix of colours and textures, Cathy x

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  10. These blooms are just incredible! I especially like the way you incorporated patterns like stripes! I also think your textured "dirt" background is brilliant!

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  11. what an amazing tag Anna-Karin, I just love all those funky funky funky florals, hugs kath xxx

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  12. Fabulous tag Anna-Karin, packed full of wonderful details and those gorgeous, bright flowers look amazing...this is gorgeous! :)

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  13. This is such a gorgeous tag, Anna-Karin. Love the beautiful vintage background. Those flowers embellishments are stunning. :)

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  14. What a gorgeous tag, Anna-Karin! Love the funky flowers, they're so colorful and fun. Hugs, Sandra

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