Many Hearts Tag Tutorial

Hello friends! I hope you are well and that you had a good weekend. On Saturday the sun was shining and I went for a long walk along a lake. Yesterday we had a fun outing to town.

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This week our theme at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog is Hearts. I hope you will join us! And don't miss the last project by our January guest designer Rox.

I made a tag with many hearts: crackle paste hearts in the background and dimensional hearts fluttering across the tag, almost like butterflies. I also found some very old heart beads on my desk, which I added to the tag. If you don't want to make a tag, the techniques work just as well for cardmaking. If you make the hearts less dimensional, they will also fit into an art journal or on a scrapbooking page.

Start by applying gesso to a tag. When dry, apply Opaque Crackle Paste through Tim Holtz Hearts stencil with a palette knife. Let dry and crackles will appear.

Paint the tag with Dried Marigold, Abandoned Coral and a tiny bit of Candied Apple. Mist heavily with water to blend and let dry.

Apply white Distress Crayon to the hearts and rub into the hearts with your finger. For a more distressed look, use a brown or gray crayon instead.

Die cut three hearts from Clearly For Art Modeling Film. You might need to use a pair of scissors to cut all the way through the hearts, since the film is quite thick. I used Simon Says Stamp Exclusive Folding Heart and Window.

I had a piece of already prepared text paper from another project. Glue old book paper to watercolor paper. Add a layer of matte medium on top of the paper too and let dry. Cover partly with gesso. These papers make for great background elements, with just enough texture. Die cut three hearts.

Color the Modeling Film hearts on the back with Distress Ink. Pounce with alcohol ink blending solution to add texture.

Stamp the front of the hearts with Simon Says Stamp Not Quite a Dot.

Shape the paper hearts. Gently apply heat to the Modeling Film hearts and shape them. The film will keep its shape perfectly. Be careful so that you don't burn yourself.

I die cut the You Matter word from Simon Says Stamp White Glossy Cardstock and inked it with Melon and Cantaloupe Pawsitively Saturated inks. The mat was die cut from the text collage paper.

Staple the hearts to the background. 

As you can see, the hearts are quite dimensional.

The text show through without taking over.

I added ribbons and lace trim under the sentiment and adhered it with Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Perfect Foam Tape.

The white crayon adds texture to the crackle hearts. I glued some sequins to the tag to, using Simon Says Stamp Place and Score Wand.

You can do the same Modeling Film technique with other dies or stamped images too: butterflies, flowers, birds and more.

I hope you will join us this week in our Hearts 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.

Thank you so much for stopping by here today! 

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

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