Colorful Mushroom Tag Tutorial

Hello friends! It is Monday again and I have a tag with textured and colorful mushrooms to share with you.

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It is time for a new Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog and this week our theme is Add Texture. Adding texture with different techniques is one of my favorite things to do. During October Alison Bomber is our guest designer. I hope you will visit her blog and look at the beautiful project she has created for the challenge.

I made a tag with a textured inky background, textured mushrooms made from collage paper and additional texture in the shape of cheese cloth and gems.

This collage paper is a favorite of mine. Adhere piece of old book paper to watercolor paper with Matte Medium. Add a layer of medium on top too.

Coat with gesso, but let the text show through.

When dry, die cut Simon Says Stamp Tall Mushrooms, Pocket Full of Mushrooms and Mushroom Stems from the collage paper.

Paint the pieces with Distress Paint, adding water to make it less opaque.

Shape the mushrooms with Tim Holtz Shaping Kit and adhere the hats with Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Perfect Foam Tape.

White emboss the grasses from Tim Holtz Nature's Discovery on a tag.

Smear Distress Inks on a non-stick craft sheet, mist with water and press the tag into the ink. Let dry and repeat until you are happy with the look. I forgot to take photos of this step. As a final layer, I added a little Distress Oxide Ink.

Stamp Simon Says Stamp Old Letter here and there and the Crackle Background at the bottom of the tag, for even more texture.

Here you can see all the layers of Distress Ink, Distress Oxide Ink and stamping. The sentiment strips are AALL & Create Mindful Moments.

Most of the mushrooms were adhered with foam tape. I like that you can spot words through the gesso and paint. The large mushroom has the word 'London' in the background.

Vary the angle and overlap some of the mushrooms.

I also added some cheese cloth dyed with Frayed Burlap Distress Ink and Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Dazzling Sprout Gems. The sentiment comes from Simon Says Stamp Forest Scenery.

Here you can see the dimension better.

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial!

Join us this week in our Add Texture 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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