Shrink Sheet Heart Tag

Hello crafters! I am happy to have a tutorial on the Simon Says Stamp Store blog today, for a project using shrink sheets to make embellishments. 

Here is a sneak peek of the tag. For all the steps and details, head over to the Simon Says Stamp Store Blog.

Thank you so much for visiting! 

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

Valentine's Tag Tutorial

 Hi friends! I hope you are well. The sun is shining here today, which is a nice change.

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This week we have a Have a Heart theme at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog. I hope you will join us! Don't miss the last project by our January guest designer Cassie Lynch aka mk_knits.

To have a heart is an important message always, but maybe especially at the moment. I made a heart-themed tag for today's challenge, with shades of pink and red. The background was done with white embossing, Distress Ink and a little bit of glitter. You can of course use the techniques for a card too.

White emboss the heart from Simon Says Stamp Lined Heart three times on a tag. Also white emboss some of the hearts from Retro Hearts. 

Ink the tag with Distress Ink. Then mist water on a non-stick craft sheet and press the tag into the water droplets.

I added Diamond Stickles inside the hearts.

Outline the lined hearts with a white gel pen.

White emboss 'hugs' from Simon Says Stamp Love Letter on glossy cardstock and then die cut with the coordinating die.

Ink with two shades of Distress Ink for an ombre effect. Distress Ink looks fantastic on gloss paper.

I decided that I wanted some flowers on the tag too and die cut Simon Says Stamp Poised Primula from left-over pink papers.

Shape the petals and glue the flowers together. The hearts, words and arrows come from the Love Letter and the Retro Hearts set and were stamped with Archival Ink Red Geranium and Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Saturated Sweets ink. They were die cut with the coordinating dies.

I added Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Dazzling Peachy Gems to the flower centers.

Glue the flowers in clusters.

I normally mist water directly onto the tag, but I liked the look of misting on the craft sheet instead and dabbing the tag into the water. 

I die cut Hugs from Simon Says Stamp Gold Glitter Cardstock too and off-set it slightly. Adhere with Pawsitively Perfect Foam Tape.

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial!

Join us this week in our Have a Heart 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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Messy Grid Tag Tutorial

Hi crafters! Today I have a very textured tag to share with metallic elements and fun techniques. 

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I had such fun creating this grungy tag and it is much easier to do than it might look. I used Seth Apter / Sizzix Tracks die set to create the background in combination with gesso, paint and silver embossing powder. The hearts are made from foil tape. 

Die cut a bunch of the designs from Seth Apter's Tracks set. I used watercolor paper.

Glue to a tag with matte medium and when dry, add gesso. Overlap the designs to create an irregular grid pattern. Trim the edges. 

When the gesso is dry, paint the tag with Distress Paint and mist with water to blend. Wipe some paint off. 

Apply embossing ink here and there on the tag. Don't press to hard as we mainly want ink on the top layer. Emboss with silver embossing powder.

Dry brush dark Distress Paint here and there on the tag.

Adhere Ranger Foil tape to cardstock and die cut three hearts with Simon Says Stamp Rounded Hearts.

Dry emboss in Seth Apter / Sizzix Dot-Matrix folder.

Paint the hearts with Distress Paints - the same paints as in the background - mist with water. When the paint is almost dry, wipe some of it off. I also die cut the hearts from black cardstock.

I had looked through some old beads and decided to add beads and charms to the tag. The sentiment and the tag comes from Simon Says Stamp Heart Suite.

Off-set the black heart to create a shadow. This also makes the hearts stand out better from the background.

The combination of the die cuts, paint and silver embossing is pretty cool.

I also added a few Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Dazzling Gems Black.

Here's another close-up look on the textured background. 

The sentiments were stamped on inky paper and the edges were also inked black. The stamps come from Simon Says Stamp Plaque Slides Love and Friendship.

Thank you so much for visiting today! 

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

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Snowy watercolor hills

Hi friends! I created another winter landscape in one of my art journals. If you look closely on the main photo, you will also see that it was softly snowing when I took the photo.

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I wanted to use the smaller snowman from Tim Holtz Mr Frostie and placed him in a made up landscape of rolling, snowy hills. This is easy to do with pens, stamps and watercolors. The snow is both splattered and white embossed.

The larger snowman stamp from Mr Frostie is already in this art journal. You can find that tutorial here.

Working in my Stamperia Create Happiness Mixed Media journal (4x8.5), I stamped Mr Frostie on the lower part of the page and drew hills with a pencil.

Use a waterproof pen to draw the hills and add texture. Make the lines thicker towards the front to add depth.

White emboss snow in the sky part and pine branches at the base of the page. I use Simon Says Stamp Embossing Ink and White Embossing Powder.

I used Daniel Smith Lunar Black and Phthalo Blue Red Shade for the shadows in the hills. Make the darker towards the front.

Continue painting the shadows and remember to leave some of the paper white.

Next paint the sky with the same colors and paint the snowman. 

Next, I splattered the page with Winsor & Newton Permanent White gouache.

I stamped sentiments with Tim Holtz Tiny Text Christmas.

Leave the top of the carrot white to give the impression of snow. 

I added shadows to the snowman with Lunar Black and added extra penwork underneath him.

The pine branch was stamped with black ink too and this sentiment is from Mr Frostie. I also added a little Star Dust Stickles to the ground and to the snowman's hat.

Thank you so much for visiting today! 

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

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