Scalloped Edge Card

Hi crafters! Today I have a card to share made with the brand new Simon Says Stamp Happy Camper release. 

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Happy Camper was released today and is filled with a great mix of stamps, dies, stencils, inks and other products. You can find them all here. 

I made a scalloped card, with layers of scalloped papers and flowers in the center. I used left-over papers for the scalloped, dry embossed, inky and watercolored. From the Happy Camper release, I used: Chunky Scallop Circles, Fantasy Bouquet and LOL.

I started by looking for papers to use for the scalloped circles. These two were part of my experimenting with Zig Kuretake Gansai Tambi Granulating Colors and Simon Says Stamp Dot Spiral embossing folder. 

I die cut the scalloped circles from the dry embossed papers above and the rest from various watercolored or inky papers. The Chunky Scallop Circles set contains eight circles. Make the cardbase by folding a piece of cardbase and place the cutting pads just inside the die at the top.

The Simon Says Stamp Fantasy Bouquet flowers were die cut from left-over collage papers. 

Ink the flowers with Distress Ink.

Layer the scalloped circles on the cardbase. Some of them were adhered with Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Perfect Foam Tape.

I used some foam tape also for the flowers. The petals were shaped a little before adhering them to the card. 

The sentiment comes from Simon Says Stamp LOL stamp set, also from the Happy Camper release.

Use papers with different textures for an interesting difference between the layers.

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial! I will be back again on Saturday with more Happy Camper inspiration.

Thank you for visiting! 

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

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Fresh Cut Floral Card

Hi friends! I hope you are enjoying summer (or winter if you are in the southern hemisphere). 

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It is Monday and we have a new Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge. This week our theme is Make Your Own Background. I made my own backgrounds almost all the time, it is one of my favorite things to do. Don't miss the project by our July guest designer Thom Santilla.

I made a background with several layers: watercolor, stencil-stamping with mist, heat embossing and script stamping. It was paired with two bright flowers and stamped sentiments. 

I started out with this piece of paper which had been watercolored for another project - my Blue Shark Card, which you can find here.

Using Tim Holtz Latticework, I misted through it with Distress Spritz Peacock Feathers and Tumbled Glass and then some Distress Spray Stain Salty Ocean. Turn the stencil around and stamp it on the watercolored background.

I was doing the previous step outdoors and got a surprise visit by a curious dog, making my stamped impression not exactly as planned. I continued by misting through Tim's Linen stencil using Antique Linen Distress Spritz.

The Simon Says Stamp Fresh Cut Floral Stem was die cut from various backgrounds in my scrap pile, most of these had been inked with Distress Ink, some were watercolored.

I cut off the edges of the background and then white embossed Simon Says Stamp Outline Hearts on the sky part.

Stamp in a few places with Simon Says Stamp Old Letter and black ink.

The heart from Simon Says Stamp Retro Hearts was stamped with Pawsitively Saturated Guava ink. The sentiment comes from Simon Says Stamp Love Letter. 

Shape the petals before gluing them to the background. I also added Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Dazzling Dusk Gems.

The sentiments come from Simon Says Stamp Retro Hearts and were stamped with black and Guava ink. I also added a piece of lace trim and organza ribbon.

The background had layers, depth and textures, without overwhelming the flowers.

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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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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Colorful Granulating Backgrounds

Hi crafters! I have a tutorial on the Simon Says Stamp store blog today. I made a card and a tag, using granulating watercolor paint and combined with resist techniques.

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I made a whole bunch of backgrounds with fun granulating watercolor paint (Zig Kuretake Gansai Tambi Granulating Colors), combined with stencil resist techniques. This watercolor paint is so fun. The paint separates into different colors and gives a great granulating texture at the same time. It is easy and a lot of fun. You will get a different result every time.

I made a whole bunch of backgrounds for the tutorial and couldn’t pick just one for my main project, so I made a card and a tag. Below is a sneak peek of the tag.

To see the full tutorial and all the steps, head over to the Simon Says Stamp Store Blog.

Thank you for visiting! See you again tomorrow!

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

Red Flowers Tag

Hi crafters! I hope you had a fun weekend! We did an outing to a little island yesterday.

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This week we have a Red, Blue and/or White theme at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog. I hope you will join us! Don't miss the lovely project by our June guest designer Wanda Hentges.

I made a tag with red flowers on a textured blue background, using products from Simon Says Stamp brand new Friend Like You release. It is a fantastic release filled with products perfect for summer-time crafting.

Start by die cutting Simon Says Stamp Delicate Wildflowers from left-over inky red paper. I die cut the stems from paper that I made with old book papers, stamps and gesso. It gives instant texture without being overwhelming.

Shape the flowers with Tim Holtz Shaping Tool Kit.

For the tag, I used watercolor paper that had earlier been painted with watercolor paint to test out a color. Emboss in Simon Says Stamp Dot Spiral folder and then sand the dots slightly.

The sentiment from Simon Says Stamp Wildflower Cuttings was stamped on a labels stamped with Simon Says Stamp Mixed Labels and die cut with the coordinating die. Fold over the edge and staple.

I added Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Dazzling Lilac Gems to the flowers, instead of the flower center that was a part of the die set.

You can also die cut the stems from old book paper. I really like the circular pattern of the Dot Spiral embossing folder. Check out my Blue Shark card for another tutorial using this embossing folder.

The stems were glued at slightly different heights, hiding the bottom of the stems behind the sentiment strip. 

The second sentiment also comes from the Wildflower Cuttings set and was stamped with Cobalt Archival Ink. I also added some ribbons and twine.

Join us this week in our Red, Blue and/or White 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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