Yellow spring flowers tag

Hello stampers! I hope you are well and had a good weekend. I enjoyed walks in the city and some crafty time.

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This week we have an A Bit O’ Green theme at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog. Don't miss the project by our March guest designer Ann Chuang.

Almost at the same time as the snowdrops, winter aconites appear in the garden. The small yellow flowers look cheerful and almost out of place in the still cold March weather. On this tag, I wanted to capture the flowers appearing here and there in the grass. The grass is not nearly this green yet, but I wanted green grass instead of the fairly pale grass we have now. 

The background is covered in tiny flowers and leaves, white embossed with Tim Holtz Tiny Prints background. I used Simon Says Stamp embossing ink and white embossing powder.

Ink with plenty of green Distress Ink. The embossing will resist the ink. I used Scorched Timber around the edges. While I had the inks out, I also dyed some Faux Wrinkled Silk Ribbon for the tag.

Some of the flowers from Simon Says Stamp Blooming Meadow had similar shapes as winter aconites, in particular the smaller flowers used here. Stamp with black ink. I used watercolor paper. I wanted the stems a little longer and extended them with a black pen.

Color the flowers with colored pencils. I used Prismacolors. 

Add highlights and details with a white gel pen and a white paint pen.

Cut the flowers out and glue to the background. I forgot to take a photo of the step with the leaves. Use left-over inky green papers or make green papers by smearing various green Distress Inks on a non-stick craft sheet, mist with water and press watercolor paper into the ink. Let dry and repeat. Die cut flowers with Simon Says Stamp Budding Branches and cut into leaves. The leaves aren't exactly the right shapes, but they would have to do.

The sentiments were stamped on the same green inky paper that I used for the leaves, with Simon Says Stamp Forest Scenery stamp set. Cut into strips.

The most amazing thing with spring is all the shades of green which start to appear. We are not there yet, but the winter aconite show that it is on the way.

I also added a few sequins, for some bling.

I tied my dyed ribbons and a piece of organza ribbon to the tag.

I hope you will join us this week in our A Bit O’ Green 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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