Smile and Laughter Tag

Hello friends! Today I have an tag to share, with some inking, stamping and heat embossing. It can easily be turned into a card or an art journal page instead. 

I hope you had a fun weekend! We had a mix of activities: ice skating, soccer and a friend's birthday party. Everybody enjoyed it, and we now have two week's with birthday celebrations coming up.

This week at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog we have a Frame It challenge. Lots of options here! I hope you will join us. Don't miss the beautiful project by our February guest designer Christina, with her blog Rosso Papavero. 

I made a tag using one of my favorite frame stamps, and I also framed some words with circle die cuts. The background was done by inking through a stencil and then stamping on top, plus a tiny bit of water misting. It is a quick and simple background and can be varied in so many ways, by using different colors and patterns.

I first stamped the frame from Tim Holtz Mini Ornates with Jet Black Archival Ink. Ink the whole tag with Antique Linen. Place the Ornate stencil over the tag and ink with Mermaid Lagoon. Avoid inking inside the frame.

Ink with Vintage Photo, particularly around the edges. Mist and splatter with water for extra texture.

Stamp the background with a dot stamp and brown ink.

I die cut Simon Says Stamp Daisy Stem and Circle Loops from heavystock paper. Heat emboss with Ranger's Mixed Media powders: Scarlet and Lime. Always be careful when you heat emboss and never touch the melted powder until it is completely cool.

The Circle Loop set is one of my all time favorite dies, and here I embossed them with both Lime and Scarlet powder. Use the circles to frame rub-on words. The words I used are from Tim Holtz Tiny Text.

Stamp a sentiment in the frame with Red Geranium ink. The sentiment comes from the Paper Artsy The Happiness Edition by Alison Bomber. It is such a great quote. I also added a metallic number.

Frame additional words with two more circle loops. For a fun touch, I also added some sequins, from the Simon Says Stamp Sunken Treasure.

This is a simple, but effective, background, and even though it is just one layer, it has the appearance of depth.

I hope you will join us this week in our Frame It 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 so much for taking the time to visit my blog today!  

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

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