Butterfly Artist Trading Cards

Hello friends! I hope you are well! There is a chill in the air here, but I hope summer will remain a little longer. 

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This week we have a Play with ATCs theme at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog. I hope you will join us! Artist Trading Cards are such a fun format to work on (3.5x2.5 in). Don't miss the beautiful project by our August guest designer Ann Chuang.

I made two ATCs with a butterfly theme. The cards were stamped so that they can fit together on both sides. I only stamped each butterfly once. The butterflies were colored with Prismacolor pencils, which also acts as a resist, protecting them from the inking, so you do not need to do any masking. 

This is how they fit together from the other sides.

I started by cutting a two ATCs from heavystock paper. They are 3.5 x 2.5 in. Place them together and stamp Tim Holtz Perspective Butterfly. Make sure to place the stamp so that the entire body is on one of the cards. 

Switch the cards around and repeat with a butterfly from Tim Holtz Flutter set. Stamp the body on the card that only has wings.

Color them with Prismacolor pencils. I aimed for strong, contrasting colors.

Ink with Distress Inks using an ink-blending tool.

Add dots and highlights with a white gel pen and darken some of the details with a black pen.

Stamp the sentiment with Simon Says Stamp Beautiful Butterflies. Stamp here and there with Tim Holtz Craze & Planks stamp, using Archival Ink Potting Soil.

Splatter with a little Winsor & Newton Permanent White gouache.

Butterflies are always fun to color! The card with the large butterfly can easily be on its own too.

I found some tiny butterfly charms in an old box and stitched them to the card. 

This sentiment was stamped with Tim Holtz Tiny Text.

On the second card, the focus is on the smaller butterfly and the sentiment.

I distressed the edges slightly and added Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Dazzling Mandarin Gems to the cards.

Try not to get too much crackle stamping on the butterflies, but if you do, it doesn't matter.

White gel pens are great for adding highlights. 

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial!

Don't miss the Kid's Summer Vacation Challenge, which goes on until 29 August. There are three great surprise parcels to be won! For kids 2-16 years. Read more here.

Join us this week in our Play with ATCs 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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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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Travel Adventure Tag Tutorial

 Hi stampers! It is a new week and I hope you had a fun weekend.

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This week we have a Vacation theme at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog. Remember to check out the project by our June guest designer Wanda Hentges.

I made a tag in memory of last year's vacation, using, stamps, ink and colored pencils. I really enjoy searching for and then using a bunch of different stamps that fit the theme of a project. Colored pencils were used for coloring and at the same time also give a resist effect.

Start by stamping the city from Tim Holtz Rockstar and the plane from Warehouse District with black ink.

Color the plane and the city with pencils. I used Prismacolor pencils. Continue by stamping a compass, a word stamp and numbers.

Color the numbers with a white pencil and use the white pencils in the uncolored areas of the city too. It will protect the background from ink.

Ink the background with Distress Ink.

Stamp here and there with Simon Says Stamp Crackle Background.

Stamp tickets from Tim Holtz Odds & Ends on an inky paper and cut out. Ink the edges. Stamp sentiments from Curiosity Shop.

Stamp stars and numbers using Tim's Correspondence set using Red Geranium Archival Ink.

Add Glossy Accents to the numbers and to the center of the compasses.

When stamping compasses, I try to make sure to stamp them the right way around.

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

I used a white gel pen to add some highlights to the plane, since it was looking a little dark and needed to stand out better from the background.

The sentiments fit well on the lines of the ticket.

Here you can maybe see the effect of the Glossy Accents on the numbers.

The touches of red work well on the tag.

I used a white gel pen for highlights on the city too. The ticket was folded around the bottom edge of the tag.

Join us this week in our Vacation 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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