Forest Tag Tutorial

Hello friends! I hope you had a good weekend! This week we have a 'Fun with Stencils' theme at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog. 

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I hope you will join us in the challenge and don't miss the project by our September guest designer. Susanne with her blog Susanne's Blog.

I had a fun day yesterday where I went on something of a fact-finding mission about long-lost relatives, visited an old church and got some great local information which helped me identify at least one of the houses that they used to live in over 100 years ago.

For today, I made a tag with a background that almost looks like a space scene, but that was a coincidence. I think it would look nice in shades of blue, as a winter scene.

I started out with a watercolor tag that had been colored with (I believe) Antique Linen and Pumice Stone. It was in a scrap box.

Ink through the Simon Says Stamp Mix and Match Circles Stencil with two shades of Distress Ink.

Mist and splatter with water to create texture.

Place the stencil back on the design and adhere temporarily with masking tape. Stamp through the stencil with the Simon Says Stamp Crackle Background, misting the inked stamp lightly with water first.

When dry, stamp three of the pine trees from the Simon Says Stamp Forest Scenery set using two shades of brown Distress Ink. Mist with water after inking the stamp.

The deer was stamped with Potting Soil Archival Ink.

The crackled circles almost looked like planets. The sentiments were stamped with black ink so that they would stand out.

I stamped the crackles with both brown and purple ink.

Dye some cheese cloth and sand and ink a Theories Quote Chip.

I hope you will join us this week in our Fun With Stencils challenge. You have a chance to win a $25 gift voucher to do some fun shopping at Simon Says Stamp. You have until Monday 8am Ohio time. 1pm UK time, 2 pm CET to join in.

Do you use Instagram? If so please add #sssmchallenge so we can see your entries there too.

Also, don't miss all the STAMPtember® inspiration, surprises and exclusive products during the month. There has also been a huge Simon Says Stamp release for STAMPtember®, with stamps, dies, stencils, inks and paper products.

Thank you so much for taking the time to stop by here today! 

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

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