Paper Board Tag Tutorial

 Hi friends! It is the last day of April and I have a tag to share with fun techniques.

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I always liked these boards that hold paper in place and wanted to make one with dimension, for a tag with a 'take note' theme. The background was stamped and then inked with Distress Ink för a resist effect. I also used embossing powder to create a faux metal look to some of the details.

Cut pieces of thin notebook paper and die cut the edges with Tim Holtz Sizzix Vault Edges die set.

Stamp the papers with Simon Says Stamp Ledger Paper stamp and Cobalt blue ink.

Die cut boards and clips using Tim Holtz Vault Noteworthy set. Die cut quite a lot of boards from kraft paper and then glue them together.

When you glue the kraft paper boards together the board becomes thick and sturdy, almost like wood. Ink the edges. Emboss the metallic parts with several layers of silver powder. Be very careful and do not touch the melted powder until it has cooled down completely. Stamp a sentiment. 

White emboss Tim Holtz Tiny Textures on a tag.

Ink with Distress Inks.

Die cut the globe from Simon Says Stamp Color-Blend cardstock.

Stamp a sentiment on the top papers and shape the others a bit, for dimension.

Stamp sentiments and arrows and glue Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Dazzling Gems to the tag. The arrow comes from Simon Says Stamp Love Letter.

The paperclip was also embossed with silver powder.

I also added a frame, which was embossed and some design tape.

Thank you for visiting!

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

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Colorful Birds Art Journal Tutorial

Hi stampers! Today I have a colorful and joyful art journal page to share, with a whole lot of birds.

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I thought it would be fun to make an art journal page filled with birds in different colors, flying across the page. I worked in my new Dylusions Multi Print Square Ledger Journal. I am very fond of old ledger papers and here you can see the ledger pattern in the background. The journal is 8 x 8 in.

Start by die cutting many Simon Says Stamp Soaring Whirl Birds from scrap papers. I used a mix of Distress Ink, watercolor and Paper Artsy Infusions colored stains scraps. After die cutting, I smeared various Distress Inks on a non-stick craft sheet, misted with water and pressed some of the birds into the ink, to add more texture.

Glue the wings to the bodies. I use Simon Says Stamp Precision Craft Tacky Glue.

Apply gesso to the art journal page, but don't cover the entire background.

Paint with watered down Distress Paint. Add some marks with a palette knife.

Stamp sentiment stamps on the page after planning where the birds will be. As you can see I stamped 'best day ever' twice, since the first one ended up too far down. Stamp the alphabet stamp from Tim Holtz School Desk here and there, as well as Simon Says Stamp Crackle Background.

Splatter the page with Scribble Sticks. Dip a stick in water and flick a paint brush against it.

Draw a border around the page with a black pen.

Glue the birds to the page. Use the black pen for the eyes, and add a dot with a white gel pen.

I had three hearts on my desk left-over from yesterdays Many Hearts Tag and glued them to the page.

Using scrap papers in this way is a favorite technique and it is fun to combine a left-overs from many projects. 

This sentiment comes from the Impression Obsession Easter Joy Pooh set.

The main sentiment comes from Simon Says Stamp Printmaking Birds. As you can see here, the grid pattern is visible in the background.

The birds are all different from each other.

I drew a border around the hearts as a shadow.

I like how this heart frames all those colorful splatters.

Thank you so much for stopping by here today! 

Anna-Karin

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Christmas Tree with Baubles

Hello stampers! I really like to make Christmas tags and have a pretty big collection by now. Here's a new one.

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Making Christmas tags sometimes reminds me of Tim Holtz 12 Tags of Christmas series and how I enjoyed to make all those tags. This tag was made with the Simon Says Stamp December card kit, Making Spirits Bright. The kit is sold out by you can still get the individual products.

Start out by smearing Distress Ink on a non-stick craft sheet, mist with water and press a tag into the ink. Let dry and repeat. I wanted a neutral background, but with some texture.

Ink the gorgeous tree from Simon Says Stamp Making Spirits Bright with three shades of green Distress Ink. Start with the lighter ink at the top. Mist with water about 4-5 times before stamping.

Stamp the sentiment from Making Spirits Bright twice under the tree and draw around it with a brown pencil to create a stem/pot for the tree. Stamp the background here and there with Simon Says Stamp Old Letter. Gold emboss stars from Making Spirits Bright.

Use pearls from Craft Consortium Little Robin Redbreast as baubles on the tree.

Ink the edges with Ground Espresso.

Dye Faux Silk Ribbon with the three shades of green Distress Ink that were used on the tree.

The gold embossed stars adds to the festive look.

The sentiment also comes from Making Spirits Bright and was stamped on one of the Simple Stories Vintage Dear Santa patterned papers and cut into a strip. Cut a larger strip from another piece of green paper. Add a strip of gold metal kraft stock paper underneath. I used Design Tape Trims to create a wall behind the stem of the tree, so that the tree doesn't look like it is floating.

Half-pearls are great as baubles and these were such pretty colors.

I hope you enjoyed this last Christmas tag of the year. 

I also want to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas!!

Thank you for visiting my blog! 

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

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Explore Art Journal Page

Hi stampers! I hope you had a good weekend! We had sunny and crisp autumn weather.

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This week our theme is 'Explore' at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog. I hope you will join us. We have two guests this week: Teresa York and Gitta Roolf.

I made an art journal page this week with the theme of exploring through the lens of a camera. I stamped a negative strip and filled it with small images. Most of them are images of things I see and photograph on my walks, both large and small items, but the elephant breaks the pattern. I wanted to include a bit of South Africa too. 

Start by stamping the film strip from Tim Holtz Captured Moments twice down the length of a page in the Small Creative Journal.

Ink with Antique Linen to tint the paper.

Stamp the film strip on Simon Says Stamp Masking Paper and cut out the windows. Stamp small images in the windows. 

Continue until you have filled all the windows. I used stamps from Tim Holtz Tiny Things 1 and Tiny Things 2, Attic Treasures, Simon Says Stamp All Seasons Tree and Simon Says Stamp Real Leaves.

Color the images with colored pencils. I used Prismacolor pencils. 

For texture, use Tim Holtz Linen stencil and ink through it with Mermaid Lagoon.

Plan where to place each sentiment before you start stamping. 

I felt that the page needed more color and used Tim's Bubble stencil together with orange ink.

This little bird stamp is an old favorite of mine.

I colored the images loosely. 

You can use a different theme with the same layout too, just change the images and sentiments. This sentiment is from Tim's Life Quotes.

The top sentiment comes from Impression Obsession Pooh Easter Joy and the bottom one is from Stamper's Anonymous Classics #17. I stamped a dotted border from Simon Says Stamp Mix and Match Circles between some of the sentiments. 

These two sentiments are from Tim Holtz Odds & Ends and Simon Says Stamp Document It.

These sentiments are from Tim Holtz Tiny Text and Nature's Wonder.

The tree from All Seasons Tree was colored with autumn shades.

I added some strips of Tim Holtz Design Tape Trims to the page too.

I hope you will join us this week in our Explore 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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