Simon Says Stamp Rain or Shine Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to my blog! I am so happy to take part in the Simon Says Stamp Blog Hop to celebrate the new Rain or Shine release. If you are following along in the hop, you should have come here from Tina Smith.

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The Rain or Shine release is full of wonderful new and versatile stamps, embossing folders, stencils, dies, ink and gems, perfect for spring-time crafting. You can find the entire Rain or Shine release here.

The exclusive Balloon Bouquet die will be automatically added to your cart that contains $23 or more of Rain or Shine release products! This gift with purchase will expire 3/31 at 11:59 pm EDT or while supplies last. 

I made thank you tag with lots of words and lots of little ducks. The sentiments from the new Simon Says Stamp Thank You Basics are the perfect length for a tag and I always did enjoy covering an entire background with words. The little ducks from Farm Life were watercolored with Distress Ink. 

I started out by planning where to place the sentiment stamps from the Thank You Basics set. This set is filled with very useful thank you sentiments. Snap a photo so that you will remember. 

White emboss the sentiments on the background, working one or two sentiments at a time. 

Smear Distress Ink on a non-stick craft sheet and mist with water. Press the tag into the ink. I liked this first background, but wanted more color and texture. Let dry and repeat.

After having repeated the process above three times, I did a layer with only a tiny bit of Uncharted Mariner. 

And finally, the background was finished with Mermaid Lagoon and Mustard Seed Distress Oxide Ink. Smear on the non-stick craft sheet, mist with water and just lightly touch the tag to the ink here and there.

The Simon Says Stamp Farm Life set is adorable! I stamped the ducks on watercolor paper.

Smear Distress Ink on a non-stick craft sheet, mist with water and pick up with a paint brush. I forgot to include the orange ink in the photo.

Cut the ducks out. There are coordinating Farm Life dies, but I don't have them yet, so I used scissors instead.

The May Arts Faux Wrinkled Ribbon was dyed with Distress Ink. 

I also stamped a few hearts from the Hoppy Birthday set, cut out an glued to the tag. Glue all the ducks. 

Place the ducks here and there so that it looks like they are walking towards each other, for a meeting somewhere in the middle of the tag.

The background works great on its own too, you don't really have to add anything on top. 

I also glued Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Dazzling Sunbeam Gems to the tag. Don't worry about covering some of the text up. 

The final sentiment perfectly fit across the tag.

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 26 March.

Your next stop on the hop is my friend Karin Åkesdotter. Don't miss to the wonderful project she has created. If you get lost along the way, here are all the stops:

Simon Says Stamp Blog

Caly Person

Nichol Spohr

Suzy Plantamura

Jennifer McGuire

Debby Hughes

Emily Midgett

Lisa Addesa

Tina Smith

Anna-Karin Evaldsson (you are here)

Karin Åkesdotter

Sandi MacIver

Tracy Ware

Barb Engler

Michelle Short

Charlene Madrid

For more inspiration, remember to check out the Rain or Shine 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 first Rain or Shine blog hop, don't miss blog hop number day number 2, which is tomorrow.

Thank you so much for stopping by here today! 

Anna-Karin

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