Simon Says Stamp Season of Wonder 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 Season of Wonder release. If you are following along in the hop, you should have come here from my friend Cheiron Brandon.

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The Season of Wonder release is full of wonderful new and versatile stamps, stencils, dies, ink and sequins, perfect for fall, winter and holiday crafting. You can find the entire Season of Wonder release here. If you use the code HOLLY you can get the Graceful Holly 3D embossing folder with any $25 or more purchase until 10/8 at 11:59 pm EDT. While supplies last.

I made a tag inspired by autumn.

I made a tag inspired by the beautiful autumn weather we are having at the moment. It was fun to combine the Wheat Stems embossing folder with the Tall Mushrooms die set and to use a mix of neutral and brighter colors. Mushrooms are such fun shapes and you can color them in almost any way. 

I used watercolor paper for the tag. Start by smearing Distress Ink on a craft sheet and mist with water. Press the tag into the ink and immediately emboss it in the Wheat Stems folder.

When the tag is dry, add more ink with an ink-blending tool. 

Next, I wanted more texture and smeared some Ground Espresso ink on my non-stick craft sheet. Mist with water and press the tag into the ink, but only here and there.

When dry, add Sizzix Gold Luster Wax to the embossed parts with your finger.

The Simon Says Stamp Tall Mushrooms die set includes three mushrooms. Die cut twice from watercolor paper. Smear Distress Inks on a non-stick craft sheet and press the pieces into the ink. Let dry and repeat until you are happy with the look.

I used a white paint pen to add dots to the mushrooms. Shape them with an Tim Holtz Shaping Kit and adhere the hat with Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Perfect Foam tape.

The ribbon was dyed with Distress Ink to coordinate with the mushrooms.

I have liked sequins ever since I was a child and often add them to my projects. They give a touch of color, bling and interest. This is my set up for adding them: Simon Says Stamp glue and the Place and Score Wand, which picks up sequins like nothing I have every tried before. When working, I pour the sequins into the Triangle Trays and it is very easy to just pour them back into the plastic bags when you are finished.

Stamp sentiments on Tim Holtz Halloween Backdrops paper. The stamps come from Simon Says Stamp Season's Greetings.

The combination of inky, inky dots and gold works well together,

You can see the gold effect on the wheat better here.

I enjoy seeing mushrooms out in nature, but it is even more fun to create mushrooms from paper.

I placed the stems the other way around compared to the images on the die packaging. They work well both ways depending on if you want to the top or bottom of the stem to be narrow.

The golden stems of the wheat creates a backdrop for the mushrooms. 

I dyed some cheese cloth as a base for the tag and the mushrooms. The sentiment comes from Simon Says Stamp All Seaons Tree.

Colorful ribbon is always fun.

The mushrooms were adhered with Simon Says Stamp foam tape, for 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 11th of October.

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

Nichol Spohr

Cathy Zielske

Laura Bassen

Barbara Tarayao

Keisha Charles

Mindy Eggen

Cheiron Brandon

Anna-Karin Evaldsson (you are here)

Heather Ruwe

Barb Engler

Natasha Vacca

Jessica Vasher

Nicki Baxley

For more inspiration, remember to check out the Season of Wonder 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 Season of Wonder blog hop, don't miss blog hop number day number 1, which was yesterday.

Thank you so much for stopping by here today! 

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

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