Hello friends! We had a fun weekend here. My dad visited and we did some outings, such as going to a lake to swim. Because of the unusually warm May weather, the water is already pretty warm. We also had a whole bunch of soccer related activities.
This week at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog we have a Masculine theme. Don't miss the last project by our May guest designer Alison Bomber.
![Layers of ink - Sea Journey Etcetera Tag Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson Layers of ink - Sea Journey Etcetera Tag Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4Gb3UxI13R0PTtMfzuyFrBgtnfw385_kLN2og3HjL7pW40IpVhlw7V4pqIoP1y0vm85tMRIMqzonXVXzixLtnNvMiwa2zD6A2_2YUPU3Gw8ABTUdx5NxgIJMTUtZhPFICuPoPuis4CiL1/s1600/journey_tag_tutorial-Layers-of-ink.jpg)
I told the story of one of my relative's adventures at sea on a tag, using stamps, dies and words. The base is a Tim Holtz Medium Etcetera tag, which is very sturdy, almost like wood, and bigger than you might think (12 x 6.5 in). I don't always check the size of things when I order products and I was happily surprised to see how big the tags are. Lots of space!
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After giving the tag a coat of gesso, I painted it with Distress Paint, aiming for the look of an old painted and worn wood plank.
![Layers of ink - Sea Journey Etcetera Tag Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson with Tim Holtz stamps](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyE7GSr7-V9VzCkyUb63WCizP08Ki9yt2QS5tx-QlyEp-dRP0KIKPg9YBNRQvwem0vB-iGif4CT4Mu6a12w_u-yT3Cy2OlEesMrX4RBLMmdxblg4EMXKhXjMD0tjRSR_4S2VQNa92HXCdS/s1600/journey2.jpg)
Some of the stamps were stamped on tissue paper and then adhered to the background - with one layer of glossy multi-medium below the tissue paper, and one on top. These were the images where I wanted the stamping to be as good as possible (the ship, map and journey word), while I wanted a more distressed look to the rest of the stamping and stamped directly on the background. All the stamps are by Tim Holtz.
![Layers of ink - Sea Journey Etcetera Tag Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil5dIDZ5YJlET2DpxRLvfnQanxh7DD7wRwrXkrE3bpxWLXk1NYqqdSsrKdeIuTXWyqePdKmpo812d_v9FwnkDpuGjehzbYpVEXBbuvF2I-1-HU7V1z6nGpwCAsa4QUvQ9ov6myI_9Jrdnw/s1600/journey3.jpg)
A little Faded Jeans paint was mixed into embossing paste and applied through a stencil. I also used black paint and paste through a word stencil, and smeared the left over blue paste under the ship as waves. I smeared the left-over black paste around the edges of the board, also giving the edges a rough feel.
![Layers of ink - Sea Journey Etcetera Tag Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson with Tim HOltz stencils](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxVOJRy0FYvNQ4ooZqzMrv-GwhEwdmIUMZuZifBvTF7hDhCluxhRWJqsQ1vda_aPVRloc8kFvTDqldreCUdOd5Xi11Pl7-U0O3_lXMbDCQ7jcIq4poDMEXoFvRNhbc7d7_YBIksRpPnFFE/s1600/journey4.jpg)
When the paste was dry, I stamped it randomly with a grid stamp.
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I painted the boat with Distress Paint, darkened the edges and dry brushed brown, white and silver paint on the paste areas. The background needed a little more red, and I stamped dots with Candied Apple paint.
![Layers of ink - Sea Journey Mixed Media Etcetera Tag Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7NyyoNnSagv5rc6uMJRURY2o5RbMJtu221njKSnar96iUyzPnBDHwvkXO6j0YEdJNcfS4Xonq-zFXGwnGpOuksJcyM-HTJ47sO-CbJvDd0H2SrlTFhKapGWZ30LXMSHDbro6bDotmRtBE/s1600/journey6.jpg)
The tag was embellished with some idea-ology pieces and ephemera papers. Here you can see the silver dry brushing on top of the word.
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Alcohol ink was used to color the Gumdrop Hearts. I also used a whole bunch of die cut gears. They were die cut from a paper that had been misted with various Distress Spray Stains, also including metallic sprays.
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A big metallic gear was glued to the circle and I tied the tag with Linen Ribbon.
![Layers of ink - Sea Journey Etcetera Tag Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson with Tim Holtz Sizzix dies](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho_ElNLeO5mUX8pPjRBPYJjv-O5DHubBeJ81MShW1_yT8PS-JnZjN37L1X-_rYPZ6Xv5aHpov3OCQvm7nmg17T2-uucQNMM5sJdv9TsmMF5iddtrgb1KMY1zlYPTkvObTDzwxl1tbkE_EV/s1600/journey9.jpg)
The relative in question was an electrician, which is why I stamped the bulbs here and there.
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The gears have a cool texture and some of them are very metallic looking. The ephemera tag was sanded, torn and inked.
![Layers of ink - Sea Journey Etcetera Tag Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQTskuvqSWL36fRFKzCJQ2kRkaLAaKexWmkCsi-09hEPad0pSoUhV4AXyHn3FXJth0p6RZaMQYvfHuuHox538XnmFMqfqUt_xMI-pK1nPEwbIRKX4pAocPHrXodkaojV7HoiCQJOwdQuuO/s1600/journey11.jpg)
This stamp comes from the Traveling Friends set.
![Layers of ink - Sea Journey Etcetera Tag Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBVhBV5LAx29VjKPsWpp6WuAfK9Yb1mFadfHkfw8zegRF15i7harEaeax2vUMJ0DBWLjets2GdLUWDvACj4VFMlUdL9HEfCl8t8bQTGH8dT9nqAdHDB_A6FCcerE4B_P5F9Zi-Cp3r9sai/s1600/journey12.jpg)
By dry brushing on top of paste areas, you can easily increase the texture and make the paste look even more interesting.
![Layers of ink - Sea Journey Etcetera Tag Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjdxSgyz-_szw2eN3gwOOW_6PIXcL1cuODRzi1msduiA1kCReEOm5WjJAVXjDBzEukkAIZ3q9GrN3eYK4o45BBFv-MU27dDHZbyNC50KAs08LxVnigB3XNfjcaLuE4nLH1c2QINDif0aB-/s1600/journey13.jpg)
I like these metallic idea-ology numbers.
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This ship stamp is a favorite of mine and I have used it quite many times before. I really like the perspective of the stamp and how the boat almost comes into the project.
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Here's a closer look at the texture of the waves under the boat.
I hope you will join us this week in our Masuline 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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