Simon Says Stamp STAMPtember® Blog Party

Hello and welcome to my blog! I am happy to take part in the blog party to celebrate the start of STAMPtember® at Simon Says Stamp and their new big exclusive STAMPtember® release.

STAMPtember® is a month-long celebration of stamping at Simon Says Stamp, with inspiration, new products and lots of surprises. You can find the start of the blog part on the Simon Says Stamp Store Blog.

Please note: this post has affiliate links, for which I receive a small percentage of sales generated by the link, at no extra cost to you.

The STAMPtember® release is full of fantastic new stamps, dies, stencils, inks and paper products. So much! You can find it all here.

I also have a free gift for you. You will get the Picnic Floral Sentiments stamp set free with a purchase of $30 or more, if you use the code LXDTT2FX. It is valid while supplies last. There are a whole bunch of codes that you can find among the party participants.

I made a cheerful tag, featuring a whole lot of colorful birds chatting to each other. It was made with the new Printmaking Birds stamp set and coordinating dies, as well as the pretty Sparkling Facets embossing folder. You can easily turn the design into a card or an art journaling page instead.

The Simon Says Stamp printmaking sets are so fun to use and can be used in different ways. You don't have to use all the four stamps, but could, for example, exclude the outline stamp. I decided to use it and started with stamping the outline of the Printmaking Birds.

Next stamp, the main body color of the birds. 

And then add a second color for their tummies.

And a third one for the wings and legs.

I had fun playing with color combos. All the stamping was done with Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Saturated inks on Neenah Solar White. I decided to stick with the black outlines for this project and saved the ones stamped in grey ink for later.

Die cut with the coordinating Printmaking Birds dies. I used Simon Says Stamp Very Very Low Tack Tape to keep the dies in place when die cutting.

Ink the inside of the Simon Says Stamp Sparkling Facets folder with Distress Ink. Mist the tag with water on both sides and emboss.

When dry, ink with an ink-blending tool to make the pattern more visible.

Finally, add a little Sizzix Gold Luster Wax around the edges.

The birds were mounted with the STAMPtember® Pawsitively Perfect White Foam Tape.

The birds are such fun to stamp using different color combos.

For the sentiments, I inked a piece of heavystock cardstock with Cracked Pistachio Distress Ink and stamped the sentiments with Marine Pawsitively Saturated ink. This happens to be one of my favorite sentiments. 

Don't worry if you don't get a perfect stamped impression, a bit of overstamping here and there just adds to the fun feel of the birds.

I arranged the birds so that it looks like they are talking to or looking at each other.

The tiny bit of Gold Luster Wax adds interest to the embossing.

Don't miss all the inspiration along the blog party. All the links are available at the Simon Says Stamp Store blog. Throughout the month there will be surprises and scavenger hunts. Don't miss it!

There is also a s special STAMPtember® Gallery where you can find inspiration and add your own projects.

Here is a list of all the 90 stops participating in the party:

1. Adelle Emery
2. Aheba Tomlinson
3. Alberto Gava
4. Allison Frazier
5. Amanda Korotkova
6. Amy Rysavy
7. Andy Granick
8. Anna-Karin Evaldsson (you are here)
9. Barb Engler
10. Barbara Tarayao
11. Beth Opel
12. Bibi Cameron
13. Bobbi Lemanski
14. Bonnie Crane
15. Caly Person
16. Carol Hintermeier
17. Carrie Rhoades
18. Cathie Cowles
19. Cathy Zielske
20. Cheiron Brandon
21. Cheryl Espie
22. Cindy Norberg
23. Daniel West
24. Debby Hughes
25. Diane Morales
26. Dilay Nacar
27. Emily Midgett
28. Emma Williams
29. Erin Johnson
30. Hannelie Bester
31. Heather Hoffman
32. Heather Ruwe
33. Ilda Dias
34. Jana Millen
35. Jean Doeringsfeld
36. Jenn Shurkus
37. Jennifer Kotas
38. Jennifer McGuire
39. Jessica Vasher
40. Joe Sysavath
41. Joy Ott
42. Kailash Naidoo
43. Karen Boyce
44. Karen Downs
45. Kath Stewart
46. Kathy Racoosin
47. Keisha Charles
48. Kelly Fusco
49. Kim Hamilton
50. Kulbir Kirkland
51. Laura Bassen
52. Lea Lawson
53. Lin Brandyberry
54. Lisa Addesa
55. Lorraine Aquilina
56. Lydia Fiedler
57. Mandy Stacey
58. Mary Reiner
59. Maura Hibbitts
60. Megin Brooks
61. Michelle Peckham
62. Michelle Short
63. Mindy Eggen
64. Miriam Prantner
65. Misty Elam
66. Natasha Vacca
67. Nichol Spohr
68. Nicki Baxley
69. Nina-Marie Trapani
70. Pam Sparks
71. Pam Torkelson
72. Raquel Arribas
73. Revati Panickar
74. Rosemary Dennis
75. Sandhya Iyer
76. Sandi MacIver
77. Seeka Yang
78. Shari Carroll
79. Sidnie Des Jardins
80. Susan Babcock
81. Susan Opel
82. Suzy Heinz
83. Suzy Plantamura
84. Tracy Ware
85. Vera Yates
86. Veronica Zalis
87. Vicky Papaioannou
88. Virginia Lu
89. Yana Smakula
90. Zoey Scarpelli

Thank you so much for stopping by here today!

Happy stamping!

Anna-Karin

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