Simon Says Stamp Out Of This World Blog Hop

Hi and welcome to my blog! I am so happy to take part in the Simon Says Stamp Blog Hop to celebrate the new Out of this World release. If you are following along in the hop, you should have come here from the creative Keisha Charles.

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The Out of this World release is full of wonderful new and versatile stamps, stencils, dies, ink and sequins. You can find the entire Out of this World release here. If you use the code GALAXY you can get Free Tim Holtz Distress Crayons with purchase, until 25 June or while supplies last.

I made a tag, but you can also use the techniques on other types of projects.

We have had warm and sunny weather for several weeks now, and rain would be welcome. But the sunny weather also inspired this tag, using a mix of yellow, orange and apricot, with just a tad of brown. I used the Simon Says Stamp Little Sunflower Bloom for the flowers and the Vintage Mosaic stamp set for the background.

Start by white embossing the pretty Vintage Mosaic squares on heavystock paper. I die cut my squares with Tim Holtz Stacked Squares, but you can also cut them by hand. Always be careful when using a heat gun and never touch the melted powder until it has cooled down completely.

The Out Of This World release has two sets of Pawsitively Saturated inks and I used the Yellow Sunset set for this card. Ink the squares with all the shades in the set, using ink-blending brushes.

Cover a heavystock tag with Be Creative adhesive. If you have a thicker tape or a sheet, use that instead. 

Place the squares onto the tape and then sprinkle with white embossing powder. The embossing powder will act as grout. Carefully emboss.

Die cut the Little Sunflower Bloom six times from heavystock paper and ink with Cantaloupe, Sunbeam and Cappuccino.

Shape using Tim Holtz Shaping Kit. 

Layer the flowers together using Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Perfect Foam tape in between the yellow flower and the disk floret. I layered two disk florets together, with a darker shade of brown at the bottom. Off-set slightly to create a shadow.

It is easy to dye ribbon with Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Saturated ink and a great way to match your ribbon to the project. I used May Arts Wrinkled Faux Silk Ribbon.

The Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Place and Score Embellishment Wand works so well when placing out sequins.

The Vintage Mosaic squares have such nice patterns. 

There might be specks of white embossing powder here and there, but don't worry about it since it just adds to the look. I didn't wait long enough after inking before doing the grout/embossing powder step and my squares were covered with embossing powder. I removed it with a soft paint brush, but some specks till remained. Use a Simon Says Stamp Antistatic brush if you want to avoid this.

Sunflowers are such happy flowers. We have a bunch growing in the garden, but no flowers yet.

The sentiment comes from Simon Says Stamp Birthday Shenanigans and was stamped with Melon ink.

Adhere the sunflowers with two layers of Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Perfect Foam Tape, for even more dimension.

Don't miss all the inspiration along the hop. There are of course prizes to be won too, and at each stop on the hop SSS is giving away a $25 coupon, randomly drawn from those who leave a comment. The winners will be posted post on the Simon Says Stamp store blog on Wednesday the 28th of June.

Your next stop on the hop is Heather Ruwe. Don't miss to see the wonderful project she has created. If you get lost along the way, here are all the stops:

Simon Says Stamp Blog

Caly Person

Cathy Zielske

Jennifer McGuire

Debby Hughes

Barbara Tarayao

Amy Rysavy

Keisha Charles

Anna-Karin Evaldsson (you are here)

Heather Ruwe

Cheiron Brandon

Emily Midgett

Miriam Prantner

Kulbir Kirkland

Natasha Vacca

Jessica Vasher

For more inspiration, remember to check out the Out Of This World gallery at Simon Says Stamp, and if you make something with products from the range, it is fun if you post it in the galleries too. There are galleries for all releases, and for the card kits, full of inspiration.

This is the second Out Of This World blog hop, don't miss blog hop number day number 2, which is tomorrow.

Thank you so much for stopping by here today! 

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

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