Postage Stamp Notebook

Hello crafters! Today I am happy to have a tutorial on the Simon Says Stamp store blog.

Ever since I was a small child, I liked notebooks, sketchbooks and journals. Big ones, small ones, pretty ones, interesting ones and almost any type of notebook. I still like notebooks just as much and often make my own. Today, I am going to share an easy notebook/sketchbook with a stitched spine.

When I saw Tim Holtz Postmarked Sticker Book, I thought it would look great to cover an entire notebook front cover with the colorful stamps. The stamps are so pretty that all you need to add is a title and some sentiments. If you don’t want to make a notebook, you can use the cover design on a card instead.

To see the tutorial and all the details, head over to the Simon Says Stamp Store blog. 

Thank you so much for stopping by here today! 

Anna-Karin

Vintage Watch Tag Tutorial

Hi friends! I hope you are well and that you had a good weekend with some crafty time. I can't believe that it is already June!

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This week we have a Masculine theme at the  Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog. I hope you will join us. Since it is the first Monday of a new month, the team is showcasing products by a specific company/designer and this week it is Tim Holtz. You can find Tim's fantastic range of products here. 

We also have a new guest designer and during June Thom Santilla will be joining us. I hope you will visit him on Instagram to see the project he has created this week.

I made a tag this week with a grungy gear background and a vintage watch. It was made mainly with Tim Holtz Vault Watch Gears set and lots of Distress Paint. I really like the big watch that comes in the set and used embossing powder, foil tape and Clearly For Art Modeling Film to create it.

Apply gesso to a tag and let dry. The apply Distress Paint to the tag with a palette knife. If you scrape/press relatively hard with the palette knife, you get interesting textures and blends of colors.

Adhere foil tape to cardstock and die cut a die cut a whole lot of gears from it.

Let dry and cover the whole tag with Distress Matte Medium. Place the gears into the medium. 

When dry paint with slightly watered-down Distress Paint. 

Let the black paint dry for a short while and then wipe some of it off. Add more black paint and Salvaged Patina to the gears.

Die cut the watch from Tim Holtz Vault Watch Gears from heavystock paper.

Die cut the watch from Clearly For Art Modeling Film (I cut off the top part to make it easier to glue together the two paper clocks), Backdrops paper and heavystock paper.

Ink with shades of grey.

Apply embossing ink to the watch and emboss with several layers of silver powder. Add darker powders into the silver in the last layer. Be very careful when using a heat gun and do not touch the melted powder until it has cooled down completely.

Die cut the clock numbers from the foil tape sheet and glue to the clock.

Color the Modeling Film with alcohol ink, to give it an aged look.

Die cut watch arms and add gears to the clock. Gently shape the Modeling Film slightly by warming it with a heat tool.

I stamped sentiments on inky paper and cut into strips. This stamp is from Simon Says Stamp Mixed Labels.

The layers of embossing powder and last layer of two additional darker powders give an interesting and dimensional look to the watch.

Sandwich the Modeling Film between the Backdrops clock and the embossed clock. It is meant to look like the glass of the watch. The sentiment comes from Tim's Tiny Text.

The title was die cut with Tim Holtz Vault World Travel set from Simon Says Stamp Teal Glitter cardstock. I also added some Design Tape to the tag.

This sentiment also comes from Simon Says Stamp Mixed Labels.

The combination of gesso, paint and the gears gives a lot of texture to the background.

Join us this week in our Masculine 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 stopping by here today! 

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

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Rosette Tag Tutorial

Hello crafters! Today I have a rosette tag to share, using the newest shade of Distress Ink and some fun techniques.

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I made a tag, but you can of course make a card instead. It was fun to make a rosette since it has been a while and also to use the newest member of the Distress family, Scorched Timber. Such a great shade of brown! I also added some gold details and a little bit of turquoise.

Start by inking a tag with brown shades of Distress Ink, in an ombre manner.

Stamp here and there with Simon Says Stamp Old Letter and black ink.

Emboss in Simon Says Stamp Woven folder.

Add more Scorched Timber to the tag, especially at the bottom, but also around the edges. It will accentuate the texture.

Die cut the rosette from Tim Holtz Vault Rosette three times from Tim's Backdrops vol. 4 paper.

Stamp with Simon Says Stamp Not Quite a Dot and turquoise ink.

Ink the edges with Salvaged Patina and Mermaid Lagoon.

Glue the flaps together to form a strip. Ink with Scorched Timber.

Fold into an accordion. Use a bone folder for a crisp edge.

Glue the last flap to form a circle.

Press in the center.

Die cut two of the deckle-edged circles from Vault Rosette. Ink one of them with Scorched Timber. Glue one to the bottom and one to the top of the rosette.

Die cut the star from gold kraft stock paper. Fold and sand the edges. Ink with Scorched Timber.

Glue the star to the rosette. Ink the folded edges of the rosette.

Apply Sizzix Gold Luster Wax around the edges and on the folded edges.

Die May Arts Wrinkled Faux Silk ribbon with Distress Ink.

This star design is great and I really like the size of the star.

The gold wax adds a nice touch to the tag.

I also applied wax around the edges of the tag. Die cut Simon Says Stamp Scripty Hello from Tim's Gold Metallic Kraft Stock and from heavystock paper. Ink the latter with Scorched Timber.

I also added some sequins to the tag, for a little extra turquoise.

The smaller sentiments comes from Tim's Clippings Stickers.

Both the rosette and the sentiment are adhered with Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Perfect White Foam tape.

Thank you so much for stopping by here today! 

Anna-Karin

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