Little Blue Flower Tag

Hello crafters! It is Monday, the sun is shining, and of course we have a new Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge for you. 

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It is time for a new Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog and this week our theme is Make Your Own Background. I hope you will join us! Since it is the first Monday of a new month, the team is showcasing products from a specific company/designer and this week it is Tracy Evans Boutique Designs. You can find Tracy's beautiful products here. 

We also have a new guest designer and during March Simona Rebecchi will be joining us. Head over to hear Instagram account Ginny and the Sheep to see what she has created for you.

My Tracy Evans stamps are still making their way here, so instead I used one of her older designs, when she still designed for AALL & Create. It is called Flower Press and is a very sweet floral design on a text background. The background of the tag was made with the Simon Says Stamp Scattered Leaves stencil set, from the new Beautiful Moments release.

Stamp Tracy's Flower Press on heavy stock cardstock. 

Watercolor the flowers and leaves.

Ink the edges and add highlights to the flower with a white gel pen. I also cut the panel a little narrower.

Smear Distress Ink on a non-stick craft sheet, mist with water and press a tag into the ink. Repeat until you are happy.

When dry, ink through the solid stencil from Simon Says Stamp Scattered Leaves.

Next, use a dark green ink to add the veins, with the second stencil in the set.

Stamp Simon Says Stamp Old Letter Background here and there.

I distressed the edges and used left-over inky paper under the floral panel, for an additional layer. 

I also added Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Dazzling Royal Gems to the tag, and a Tim Holtz Small Talk sentiment.

The bottom panel is left-over Paper Arts Infusions Colored Stain paper. I used Design tape to hide the edge.

The main sentiment comes from Simon Says Stamp Printmaking Clovers and was stamped on Simon Says Stamp Silver Vellum paper.

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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