Seahorse tag

Hello crafters! I hope all is well! School starts again this week, but we still hope for a bit more of summer.

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At the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog we have an On/Under the Sea theme this week. Fun! Don't miss the project by our August guest designer Cassie Lynch!

I went with Under the Sea and created a shiny and shimmery shaker tag using a stencil, texture paste, Stickles, acetate, alcohol ink, stamping, sequins and gems. The focal image is a Tim Holtz Nautical Blueprint image.

Start by cutting a tag from Simon Says Stamp acetate and stamp the Tim Holtz Nautical Blueprint seahorse with Stazon ink. I wanted the right-hand line to be closer to the edge of the tag and didn't stamp the entire image.

Turn the acetate around and color the seahorse with Valencia and Butterscotch alcohol ink. 

Color the background with alcohol ink too. I used Limeade, Pool and Turquoise. To create bubbles, use Alcohol Blending Solution on felt and dot on the background.

Turn the tag around and stamp sentiments with Stazon ink. I also stamped dots with Tim Holtz Psychedelic Grunge.

Coat a tag with gesso and let dry. Apply texture paste through Simon Says Stamp Bubbles stencil, from the new Every Happiness release. Paint the edges with watered-down Pumice Stone.

Apply Unicorn Stickles all over the tag. Let dry.

I placed a strip of paper at the bottom of the tag since the sentiment on the acetate didn't read well otherwise. Sprinkle Simon Says Stamp Mist and Cottontail embellishments in the center of the tag.

Stitch around the edges with a sewing machine.

I glued Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Dazzling Mandarin Gems in three places, to add more orange.

The texture paste dots are visible through the acetate, as is the glitter.

This saying is a favorite of mine, from Tim Holtz Nature's Wonder.

The orange seahorse contrasts nicely with the blue and green shades. You can also see the glitter in the background.

Here you can see how the paper strip in the background helps the sentiment be more readable. The sentiment is from Tim Holtz Tiny Text.

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial and tag!

Join us this week in our On/Under the Sea 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.

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Thank you so much for visiting today! 

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

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Gel Printed Dragonfly Page

Hello friends! It is Monday again and I hope you had a great weekend. I had fun crafting and walking this weekend.

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This week we have a Play with Paint theme at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog. Fun! Any paint will do: acrylic, watercolor, and so on. Don't miss the project by our July guest Rox aka Red Dirt Crafter.

It has been a very long time since I did gel printing so I decided to play with acrylic paint and made a whole lot of gel printed backgrounds. I had fun and created lots of papers for future projects. It is hard to stop! I used three of the printed papers for this art journal page, done in my Dylusions Small Creative Journal.

I used Gelli Arts 5x7 Gel Printing Plate and Ranger's Inkssentials Brayer.

Before printing, I embossed watercolor paper with various Simon Says Stamp Embossing Folders, since that is one of my favorite techniques of adding texture and patterns while gel printing. I forgot to include some of the papers here.

Brayer acrylic paint on the plate, and press the embossed papers into the paint. Repeat with different colors and combine different folders. I used a couple of stencils too namely: Simon Says Stamp Mix and Match Circles and Dot Petal Pattern. 

These are just some of the papers, I made a lot more. 

I had a hard time picking which papers to use and ended up with these two and later an additional paper. Embossing folders used here were Simon Says Stamp Stitching Sampler, Swirled Ridges, Butterfly Burst, Bubble Rings and Everlasting Flowers.

I stamped the dragonfly from Stamper's Anonymous Classics #1 on another gel printed paper, where you can for example see the Simon Says Stamp Star Lattice folder in the background. A small dragonfly from Simon Says Stamp Loving Thoughts was also stamped on the paper.

The title was die cut from the paper with the butterflies and the rings, using Sizzix Tim Holtz Alphanumeric Bulletin letters. I also die cut them from Simon Says Stamp Holographic cardstock. As you can see, the wrong die set ended up in this photo: Tim Holtz Sizzix Picture Show, which was used to die cut the film strip.

The background was stamped with sentiments from Stamper's Anonymous Classics #5 and Tim Holtz Simple Sayings, as well as with my favorite alphabet stamp from Tim Holtz School Desk.

I die cut the film strip from Simon Says Stamp Acetate and colored with alcohol ink: Teakwood and Pitch Black. Paper Hugs comes from Simon Says Stamp Love Letter.

One of my favorite sentiments.

The Bulletin Letters are large and with a thin outline, which gives them so many possible uses. You can also use the outline on its own. 

I stamped small words and numbers from Simon Says Stamp Big Botanicals and Tim Holtz Correspondence in the openings of the film strip. The sequins are Simon Says Stamp Cream Puffs.

I added a little Stickles Star Dust to the dragonflies.

Join us this week in our Play with Paint 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.

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Thank you so much for visiting today! 

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

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Neon Ledger Page

Hello friends! Today I have a neon page to share, where I used my new Ranger Neon Alcohol ink.

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I got three neon alcohol ink and they really are neon! It is like the page is almost too bright to look at at times. The colors reminded me of a pair of shorts that I sewed as a teenager (I made a lot of my own clothes). My school had a project with after hours courses that we could attend. I did courses in photography and sewing. These photos are from that photography course. We took the photos and developed them in a dark room. I worked in my Dina Wakley Ledger Journal.

I used Yupo paper and applied Atomic, Ignite and Fluorescent Neon Alcohol inks with an ink-blending tool and felt applicators. I also used some alcohol ink blending solution. Finish by dropping ink and blending solution onto the background. Let dry.

Stamp the sentiment from Tim Holtz Good Thoughts. 

White emboss Tim Holtz rings on the background of a page in the Ledger Journal. I picked a page without text. Stamp sentiments too.

Stamp the alphabet from Tim Holtz School Desk here and there, additional sentiment and some fun items. 

The title was die cut from Simon Says Stamp Luxe Glitter Cardstock. I really like this glitter paper and it made me think of disco balls. I used Tim Holtz Emporium Alphanumeric dies to die cut the words.

I added Film Strip Ribbons here and there, to fit with the photography theme.

I also added Simon Says Stamp Summer Sunset and Conversation Hearts sequins.

There are a few strips of Design Tape Trims.

I stamped more items from Tim Holtz Crazy Things on the background, since they fit with my interests. 

And of course a pair of scissors, from Tim Holtz Tiny Things 2, for the sewing theme. 

The word strips come from AALL & Create Mindful Moments.

This sentiment comes from Tim Holtz Perspective set.

Thank you so much for visiting today! 

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

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