Watercolor Pencils Vintage Tag

Hello friends! I hope you are well! Today I have a vintage tag to share colored, with a combination of Distress Watercolor Pencils and Ink.

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I wanted to use this sweet collage stamp from Tim Holtz The Girls stamp set, together with some sentiments, gems and pretty ribbons.

Start by stamping the image from The Girls on a heavystock tag, using Jet Black Archival Ink.

Color the image with Distress Watercolor Pencils. Dip the pencil in water and pick up the pigment with a paint brush.

Ink with Distress Ink.

Stamp around the design with different grunge and texture stamps. Distress the edges and tie the tag with some pretty ribbons and twine. 

I also splattered the tag with a dark pencil by flicking a paint brush against the tip of the pencil. The gems are Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Dazzling Dusk and Bubblegum Gems.

I added stamped sentiment and Clippings Stickers to the tag. 

I have found some of my old ribbons and fibers and it is fun to use them on projects.

I hope you enjoyed this post. Enjoy summer! Or winter, if you are in the southern hemisphere.

Thank you for visiting! 

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

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Fresh Cut Floral Card

Hi friends! I hope you are enjoying summer (or winter if you are in the southern hemisphere). 

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It is Monday and we have a new Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge. This week our theme is Make Your Own Background. I made my own backgrounds almost all the time, it is one of my favorite things to do. Don't miss the project by our July guest designer Thom Santilla.

I made a background with several layers: watercolor, stencil-stamping with mist, heat embossing and script stamping. It was paired with two bright flowers and stamped sentiments. 

I started out with this piece of paper which had been watercolored for another project - my Blue Shark Card, which you can find here.

Using Tim Holtz Latticework, I misted through it with Distress Spritz Peacock Feathers and Tumbled Glass and then some Distress Spray Stain Salty Ocean. Turn the stencil around and stamp it on the watercolored background.

I was doing the previous step outdoors and got a surprise visit by a curious dog, making my stamped impression not exactly as planned. I continued by misting through Tim's Linen stencil using Antique Linen Distress Spritz.

The Simon Says Stamp Fresh Cut Floral Stem was die cut from various backgrounds in my scrap pile, most of these had been inked with Distress Ink, some were watercolored.

I cut off the edges of the background and then white embossed Simon Says Stamp Outline Hearts on the sky part.

Stamp in a few places with Simon Says Stamp Old Letter and black ink.

The heart from Simon Says Stamp Retro Hearts was stamped with Pawsitively Saturated Guava ink. The sentiment comes from Simon Says Stamp Love Letter. 

Shape the petals before gluing them to the background. I also added Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Dazzling Dusk Gems.

The sentiments come from Simon Says Stamp Retro Hearts and were stamped with black and Guava ink. I also added a piece of lace trim and organza ribbon.

The background had layers, depth and textures, without overwhelming the flowers.

Join us this week in our Make Your Own Background 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 today! 

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

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Blue and Gold tag

Hello crafters! Today I have a tag to share with a resist effect combined with a dark blue background and metallic gold elements.

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I was in the mood for a project with a dark background, but also wanted to use these fine leafy stamps from Simon Says Stamp Wildflower Cuttings. I decided to go with two resist techniques: heat embossing and colored pencils. 

Start by white embossing several of the detailed leafy designs from Simon Says Stamp Wildflower Cuttings. This stamp set comes from the new Friend Like You release.

Color the leaves with Prismacolor pencils.

Ink the tag with plenty of Distress Ink. The embossing and the colored pencil will resist the ink.

Apply Tim Holtz Gold Foundry Wax around the edges with a paint brush. Heat to activate.

Add dots of wax around the edges with a tooth pick.

Stamp with Simon Says Stamp Crackle Background.

Die cut Simon Says Stamp Giggle Thank You from gold metallic kraft stock and from black cardstock.

Add sticker sentiments using Tim Holtz Metallic Sticker Book. 

I glued a few Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Dazzling Gunmetal Gems to the tag.

Layer the sentiments together to form dimensional words. 

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial!

Thank you for visiting! 

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

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File Folder Ephemera Card

Hi crafters! It is a new week and we have a new Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge for you you.

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This week our theme at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog is Stitch It. Fun! Stitching adds such a nice tactile feel to projects and can be used instead of adhesive too. Don't miss the gorgeous project by our July guest designer Thom Santilla.

I made a card this week with three file folders and four double-sided tags. The folders were handstitched. I used lots of words, ephemera, fibers, stamping and stencilling. 

Start by die cutting the file folders from Ranger Heavystock cardstock using Tim Holtz Sizzix Vault Noteworthy set. 

Ink them with Distress Ink and then use stencils to add a pattern to the front of each folder. I also stamped them partially with stamps from Tim Holtz School Desk and Ultimate Grunge, using black and Red Geranium Archival Ink.

For the background I used a piece of Tim Holtz Backdrops paper and stamped it with the same stamps as the folders, as well as Simon Says Stamp Crackle Background. 

Pierce holes down the sides of the folders and stitch with DMC floss. 

Cut labels from various Backdrops papers. Add a tag circle and punch a whole. Stamp sentiments, sand and ink the edges. Then add ephemera and stickers. 

Embellish the back of the tags too.

I stamped a sentiment from Tim Holtz Warehouse District on the most visible folder.

Round the corners with a We R Memory Keepers Corner Chomper. Mount the background on cardstock and then again on folded brown cardstock. Adhere the three folders. As you can see, I also stamped sentiments on the label part of the folders. Most of them come from Simon Says Stamp Mixed Labels.

I added words from AALL & Create Mindful Moments to the folders and to the tags.

A few Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Dazzling Gunmetal Gems were added to the tag.

I tied a fibers and twine to the tags. These are the fronts of the four tags (except for the first one).

I had fun picking out ephemera pieces that fit together. 

All the tags have postage stamps on them from Tim Holtz Postmarked. The stamped sentiment comes from Simon Says Stamp Mixed Labels.

This sentiment comes from Stamper's Anonymous Classics #5.

More details.

The backs of the four tags look like this, more words, ephemera and stamps.

I sanded the edges of all the tags and left some almost without ink, so that the white paper shows.

This tag was cut so that the word 'colour' would be visible.

I found a couple of Swedish stamps on Tim's Postmarked set and used them.

An interesting background paper.

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial! 

Join us this week in our Stitch It 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 today! 

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

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* Please note: the links are affiliate links, for which I receive a small percentage of sales generated by the link, at no extra cost to you.