Valentine's Tag Tutorial

 Hi friends! I hope you are well. The sun is shining here today, which is a nice change.

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This week we have a Have a Heart theme at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog. I hope you will join us! Don't miss the last project by our January guest designer Cassie Lynch aka mk_knits.

To have a heart is an important message always, but maybe especially at the moment. I made a heart-themed tag for today's challenge, with shades of pink and red. The background was done with white embossing, Distress Ink and a little bit of glitter. You can of course use the techniques for a card too.

White emboss the heart from Simon Says Stamp Lined Heart three times on a tag. Also white emboss some of the hearts from Retro Hearts. 

Ink the tag with Distress Ink. Then mist water on a non-stick craft sheet and press the tag into the water droplets.

I added Diamond Stickles inside the hearts.

Outline the lined hearts with a white gel pen.

White emboss 'hugs' from Simon Says Stamp Love Letter on glossy cardstock and then die cut with the coordinating die.

Ink with two shades of Distress Ink for an ombre effect. Distress Ink looks fantastic on gloss paper.

I decided that I wanted some flowers on the tag too and die cut Simon Says Stamp Poised Primula from left-over pink papers.

Shape the petals and glue the flowers together. The hearts, words and arrows come from the Love Letter and the Retro Hearts set and were stamped with Archival Ink Red Geranium and Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Saturated Sweets ink. They were die cut with the coordinating dies.

I added Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Dazzling Peachy Gems to the flower centers.

Glue the flowers in clusters.

I normally mist water directly onto the tag, but I liked the look of misting on the craft sheet instead and dabbing the tag into the water. 

I die cut Hugs from Simon Says Stamp Gold Glitter Cardstock too and off-set it slightly. Adhere with Pawsitively Perfect Foam Tape.

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial!

Join us this week in our Have a Heart 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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