New Year's Tag

Happy New Year!! We are starting the year with a new Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge! What better way to start the year than with crafting. 

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Our theme this week is A New Start. Since it is the first Monday of a new month, the team is showcasing products by a specific company/designer and this week it is Brutus Monroe. You can find their great range of products here. You don't have to use their products to join, but it is fun if you do. Rox is joining us as guest designer this week too and don't miss her dreamy project.

A new year offers something of a new start and new adventures, which is the theme of my tag. The tag has a lot of gold and glitter elements and a textured background made with Brutus Monroe Lots of Lines Slimline stencil.

Start by coating a tag with gesso. When dry, add texture paste with a palette knife through the Lots of Lines Slimline stencil.

When the paste is dry, paint with Distress Paint. Mist with water to blend.

Apply Sizzix Gold Luster Wax on the lines.

To create a home of the numbers, I stamped a Simon Says Stamp Mixed Label on Tim Holtz Christmas Backdrops paper. 

I die cut foliage using Simon Says Stamp Berry Stems and Tim Holtz Festive Gatherings. I used two shades of metallic gold paper, two shades of gold glitter paper, dark brown cardstock and inky leftovers.

The gold wax adds a great shiny texture to the paste lines. 

The year was die cut with Tim Holtz Alphanumeric Emporium numbers from gold kraft stock paper. The label was adhered with Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Perfect Foam Tape.

I also added sequins and pearls to the foliage using Simon Says Stamp craft glue and the Place and Score Embellishment Wand.

I hope you will join us this week in our A New Start 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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