Sparkly Snowflake Tag

Hi crafters! I hope you have had a good weekend! It is December and although we had an unusually warm weekend, Christmas is in the air.

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This week we have a Make it Sparkle theme at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog. Since it is the first Monday of a new month, the team is also showcasing products by a specific company/designer and this week it is Paper Artsy. You can find Paper Artsy's versatile range of products here. You don't have to use their products to join in the challenge, but it is fun if you do. 

We also have a new guest designer and this week Anita Rao will be joining us. I hope you will step by her blog to see the art journal page that she has created for the challenge.

I am waiting for a parcel with new stamps by Paper Artsy and it might very well arrive tomorrow, but for this tag I used Paper Artsy's Infusions Colored Stains instead, which is one of my favorite products by them. You can do so many fun things with the Infusions and they are great for texture. 

I have a whole bunch of watercolor papers which have already been colored with Infusions. Mist the paper with water and add a tiny bit of Infusions Colored Stains, mist with more water to blend. You can dabb off the walnut crystals if you want a less distressed look. 

I used Simon Says Stamp EZ Strips Rectangles die, from the brand new DieCember® release to die cut the stripes from the papers. It cuts strips in different sizes.

Glue the stripes to a tag. I also die cut thin stripes from silver glitter cardstock. 

Die cut the snowflake from Tim Holtz Vault Winter Wishes from Simon Says Stamp Holographic paper and from Teal and White glitter paper. I ended up not using the silver version.

Stamp sentiments on some of the stripes.

I also glued Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Dazzling Gems to the tag, for even more sparkle.

Layer the three snowflakes together and add a sentiment in the center. The snowflake is very sparkly.

You can use any colors you want and it is easy to line all the stripes up since the die cutting makes sure they are the same width. 

Join us this week in our Make it Sparkle 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 visiting my blog today! 

Happy Christmas crafting!

Anna-Karin

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