Daisy Background Card

Hello crafters! Today I have a card to share with a bright daisy background, made with a stencil set. 

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I used Simon Says Stamp Mosaic Petals stencil set for this card and had an idea of creating a background filled with white daisies. At first, I planned for it to be green, but then I went with blue instead. You can do the technique with many types of stencils, it doesn't have to be a stencil set. The Mosaic Petals stencil set comes from the You Are My Favorite Release. 

Start with various petal stencils one at a time. Apply embossing ink and white emboss. Continue with the next stencil. Remember to line them up. Be careful when heat embossing and never touch the melted powder until it has cooled down completely. I used Ranger's Heavystock cardstock as my base.

When you have white embossed all the petals, use Mustard Seed Distress Oxide ink for the centers and the tiny dots. Emboss with clear powder. The embossing will protect the yellow shade in the next step. 

Ink with Distress Ink, starting with the lightest shade. The embossing will resist the ink.

Die cut the Simon Says Stamp Petal Tipped Labels from Neenah Solar White cardstock and Simon Says Stamp Ice Vellum. Stamp a sentiment from Simon Says Stamp Mandala Blossoms with Cobalt ink and stamp the butterflies with Mustard Seed Distress Oxide Ink.

I also added Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Dazzling Prism Gems. By clear embossing the yellow ink, it will stay white. If you don't emboss it, the ink will blend with the blue shades and turn green.

I used some old lace and fibers and stapled to the card. 

The label was adhered with Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Perfect Foam Tape.

Here you can see the shine of the embossing better.

I hope you enjoyed this stencil resist techniques and will try it on other stencils too. 

Thank you for visiting! See you again tomorrow!

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

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Numbers Grunge Tag

Hello crafters! Today I have a grungy tag to share with a fun background technique. 

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This week we have a Emboss It theme at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog. I hope you will join us! Don't miss the last project by our May guest designer Estelle Palumbo.

I really like Tim Holtz Number Blocks set and thought I would do a tag with the entire background covered with the number blocks. I used embossed resist together with Distress Ink to get a background where the blocks were in different colors and the numbers were inked dark. 

Start with a heavystock tag and smear Distress Ink on a non-stick craft sheet. Mist with water and press the tag into the ink. Let dry and repeat until you are happy with the look. This will be the color of our blocks.

Stamp one number at a time and clear emboss. Be careful and do not touch the melted powder until it has cooled down completely. Cover the whole tag.

Ink the tag with Uncharted Mariner, Ground Espresso and Scorched Timber Distress Ink. The embossing will resist the ink.

Die cut flowers using Simon Says Stamp Poised Primula die. I die cut the flowers from left-over watercolored and inky papers. This flower set is from the new You Are My Favorite release.

Shape the flowers with Tim Holtz Shaping Tool Kit and glue to the background. I added Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Dazzling Gold Gems to the centers. 

The title was die cut with Simon Says Stamp Scripty Hello from left-over inky paper and from Simon Says Stamp Peacock and Black cardstock and from Ice Vellum. Layer them and adhere with Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Perfect Foam Tape.

The sentiment strips come from AALL & Create Mindful Moments. 

Join us this week in our Emboss It 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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Lily of the Valley tag

Hello crafters! Today I have a sweet tag to share with Lily of the Valley flowers. These pretty flowers are flowering here at this time of the year. 

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I wanted a tag with a soft, yet textured look and decided to paint the background with watercolors and then dry emboss it. The flowers were die cut from a variety of paper: watercolor paper, white Neenah and Simon Says Stamp new Ice Vellum paper.

I started out with a watercolored background and cut a tag from it. Mist the back with water and dry emboss in Simon Says Stamp Spun Glass. I really like this embossing folder.

Distress the edges and add some ink to the tag with an ink-blending tool, to increase the texture.

I wanted some sparkle too and used Stickles here and there on the background.

The Simon Says Stamp Lily Of the Valley Stem was die cut from left-over green watercolored paper, white Neenah cardstock and Simon Says Stamp Ice Vellum. 

Add green ink to the green die cuts and blue ink to the white flowers and the vellum flowers. 

Shape the flowers a little with Tim Holtz Shaping Tool Kit. 

Glue the vellum stems at the back and the green ones on top. Then glue the white flowers and finally add a vellum flower on top of each white flower. 

I also added Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Dazzling Opal Gems to the tag. The sentiments come from Tim Holtz Tiny Text.

At the bottom I added a piece of fabric from a curtain projects from years ago. I found some older boxes of scraps and bits and pieces in my recent move, which are fun to use now. 

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial!

Thank you for visiting! See you again tomorrow!

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

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Pears Art Journal Page

Hello friends! It is Monday again and the sun is shining. The leaves of the birch trees are in an amazing shade of light green.

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This week we have a Food and/or Drink theme at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog. I hope you will join us! Don't miss the project by our May guest designer Estelle Palumbo.

I made an art journal page this week, using mainly stamping and watercolors. Pear stamps are one of my favorites and here I used the pear from Stamper's Anonymous Classics #16. The page was done in my Stamperia Happiness Mixed Media Journal 4.5x8 in.

Start by stamping the pear three times with waterproof ink. I left a space for the title.

Stamp the title of the page. It comes from Tim Holtz Noble Gent.

Watercolor the background with teal paint and drop in a darker color around the edges and here and there, before the paint dries.

When the background is dry, stamp more sentiments and a row of birds. The sentiments come from Simon Says Stamp Create and from Tim Holtz Tiny Text. The alphabet stamp in the background is from Tim's School Desk. I wanted more highlights on the pears and stamped and white embossed dots. 

The dots gave a nice texture to the pears and added highlights. The stamp comes from Tim Holtz Grunged set. I also painted a shadow under each pear.

The bird stamp is from Tim's Creative Muse set.

I added some pen marks to the pears, focusing on the dark areas.

The alphabet stamp adds texture and interest to the background.

Join us this week in our Food and/or Drink 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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