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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Blue and Gold tag

Hello crafters! Today I have a tag to share with a resist effect combined with a dark blue background and metallic gold elements.

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I was in the mood for a project with a dark background, but also wanted to use these fine leafy stamps from Simon Says Stamp Wildflower Cuttings. I decided to go with two resist techniques: heat embossing and colored pencils. 

Start by white embossing several of the detailed leafy designs from Simon Says Stamp Wildflower Cuttings. This stamp set comes from the new Friend Like You release.

Color the leaves with Prismacolor pencils.

Ink the tag with plenty of Distress Ink. The embossing and the colored pencil will resist the ink.

Apply Tim Holtz Gold Foundry Wax around the edges with a paint brush. Heat to activate.

Add dots of wax around the edges with a tooth pick.

Stamp with Simon Says Stamp Crackle Background.

Die cut Simon Says Stamp Giggle Thank You from gold metallic kraft stock and from black cardstock.

Add sticker sentiments using Tim Holtz Metallic Sticker Book. 

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

Layer the sentiments together to form dimensional words. 

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial!

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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