Enjoy today — etcetera tag by Emma Williams
Hi friends! Happy Sunday! Please join me in a warm welcome back to the always awe inspiring Emma Williams as a special guest on our blog! Read on to learn all about this stunning tag! Enjoy!
Hello everyone! I’m so happy to be back on the Simon Says Stamp blog, and I’m really excited to be sharing my latest project with you all ~ a vintage style Etcetera Tag, full of layers and dimension which has all been created using some of the gorgeous Tim Holtz dies from Sizzix combined with other products from Tim Holtz brands.
I started with my Mini Etcetera Tag and cut a panel of paper slightly smaller in size that the tag it-self, which I took from the Backdrops Volume 1 set.
I applied strips of Collector Design Tape by Tim Holtz around each of the tag edges and sealed them with a coat of Matte Collage Medium. I then machine stitched a border around the edge of the panel of paper before adding tiny rips and tears around the edges to create a more vintage feel.
After inking the edges of the paper with Walnut Stain Distress Ink, I then adhered it onto my Etcetera Tag with Matte Collage Medium, allowing the border of tape to show around the edge. I then applied a coat of the medium over the top of the paper to seal it.
To add some texture around the edges of the paper, I applied Tim Holtz Distress Crackle Paste which I added directly to the surface with a palette knife.
Set aside for the paste to dry and for the crackles to appear before adding Walnut Stain Distress Crayon. I scribbled the crayon over the crackles, then using a damp water brush, I blended the crayon into the cracks to accentuate them. At this stage, I also added a second layer of small offcuts of the paper which I tucked in behind the main panel, just to create more interest to the layers.
With the background complete, I moved onto creating the ledge that sits across the tag.
For this I used two of the smallest sized Etcetera Trims ~ one Pinked Trim and one Scalloped Trim and starting with the Pinked Etcetera Trim, I covered this using a corresponding die for the trim, from the Decorative Trims Die Set by Tim Holtz and cut one of the paper designs from the Backdrops Volume 1 set, ensuring that I had the word, “Advertisements” in the centre. Attach the paper trim to the Etcetera Trim with Matte Collage Medium and cut away the excess paper. Apply a coat of medium over the top of the trim.
Taking the second trim, the scalloped design, I applied a good thick coverage of the Crackle Paste directly over the surface. After allowing for it to dry and the cracks appear, I applied Walnut Stain Crayon to accentuate the crackle.
To create the ledge, I attached the Scalloped Trim at a right angle to the Pinked Trim and adhered them with matte Collage Medium.
Attach the ledge onto the tag, placing it about 4cm (1.5”) from the bottom edge of the tag. In the photo below, you can see how it looks on the finished tag.
Beneath the ledge, I added a Specimen Remnant Rub, No. 1483, above the Advertisement wording and also attached a Drawer Pull, complete with an ‘Enjoy Today’ Metallic Quote Sticker behind the window aperture.
I completed the pull by attaching Hardware Heads to cover the holes on either side and painted the Hardware Heads. I smeared a small amount of Distress Paint over the metal to add color to the pull and the hardware heads, and used Crackling Campfire, Evergreen Bough and Ground Espresso Distress Paint for this.
To add more of a vintage feel to the trim, I applied some more Crackle Paste, concentrating on each corner. Once again, allow for the paste to dry before applying Distress Crayons over the top to add color. This time I used Crackling Campfire, Ground Espresso and Black Soot to create the look of rust.
Now for the main feature of this tag, the galvanized steel pot of beautiful blooms.
Starting with the pot ~ I used the Sizzix Potted 2 Bigz Die by Tim Holtz to die cut the main pot and the bands once from Mixed Media Board, and then another set from silver metallic kraft stash.
I attached the silver pieces over the top of the thicker board and then assembled the pot.
To create the galvanized rusty finish, I began with an application of Black Soot Distress Paint which I painted over the surface before rubbing away the excess paint with a kitchen towel. The surface will cling onto some of the paint to knock back the shine on the metal.
I then applied the second layer of paint, adding Crackling Campfire and dried this layer before applying the third and final layer, Ground Espresso.
Once all the paint was dry, I added some Prima Marketing waxes, Rusty Red and Charcoal Black, and using my fingertip I applied these over around the edges and along the bands. Lightly flick Black Soot Distress Paint across the surface of the pot to create tiny splatters.
Attach the pot to the tag, placing it to sit on the ledge and adhere clumps of moss around the base.
To make the flowers I used the Sizzix Bloom Colorize Thinlits Die Set by Tim Holtz and cut all my pieces to make three separate flowers, from Mixed Media Heavystock Card.
I then inked each individual piece using a blend of Antique Linen and Scattered Straw Distress Inks, before assembling the pieces to create the blooms.
For the foliage, I cut these pieces from the same cardstock but this time I applied the Distress Inks to the card surface before cutting. I used Peeled Paint and Shabby Shutters Distress Spray Stain which I spritzed directly onto the card surface before misting the inks with water and then heat drying the card.
I then used the inky green card to die cut the foliage before I assembled each piece.
For the third set, the buds, I cut the leaves from the green colored card, and then cut the blue buds from card colored with Tumbled Glass and Speckled Egg Spray Stains. I assembled all the die cut pieces to make enough foliage for the project.
Arrange all the flowers and foliage in and around the pot and if you need smaller pieces of foliage, just snip into the die cuts for separate leaves ~ you don’t have to use the complete die cut. I attached my pieces using a combination of hot glue and foam pads to add variation of height and depth to each piece.
To complete the floral bouquet, I took a Snippets Ephemera piece, ‘2 for 25c’ and attached it to a memo pin, which I then tucked into the floral arrangement, together with some floristry moss that I had in my stash.
For the final embellishments on this tag, I used a ruler piece and a Flair Pin. I broke the ruler piece into two pieces and using one half, I rubbed Walnut Stain Distress Ink over the surface to slightly darken the wood. I then attached this with matte Collage Medium onto my ledge, placing it to the left of the pot, together with the Flair Pin which I placed in front. I then added a touch more moss around these last embellishments to complete the tag.
Thank you so much for stopping by today and I hope you’ve loved the project I’ve made because it was such a fun piece to create! See you again soon…Emma x
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Hello My Friend by Cheiron Brandon
Hi friends! Happy Saturday! Please join me in welcoming back special guest Cheiron Brandon with this super fun clean and simple card! I love the idea of creating something fun and graphic like this quickly to pop in the mail to a special friend! Read on to learn more and enjoy!
Hi there crafty friends it’s Cheiron here with another monthly post. This month, I have made a fun and simple painty card using Tim Holtz Distress Inks as watercolors along with some of the newest Stampers Anonymous stamps, Mod Cactus and Bold Greetings in a summery color combo.
I wanted to have a colorful greeting for my card, so I stamped the sentiment from Bold Greeting in Kitsch Flamingo Distress Oxide onto a 4 x 5 1/4 panel of Distress Watercolor cardstock then embossed it with Kitsch Flamingo Distress Embossing Glaze to make it super pigmented and shiny. After that I stamped three of the cacti from Mod Cactus in Black Soot Distress Archival Ink. I stamped some of the coordinating flowers in the set on top of the cacti in Kitsch Flamingo Distress Oxide and embossed them with the Distress Embossing Glaze.
To finish my card, I painted it in with Distress Inks in Black Soot, Carved Pumpkin and Kitsch Flamingo and once it was dry, I added lots of splatter in the same colors and added it to a black card panel. I hope you enjoyed this card with a little twist on water coloring and will try it for yourself!
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Yippee for Yana: Stormy Sea Waves Builder Card
Hi friends! TGIF! Please join me in welcoming special guest Yana Smakula to our blog today for the latest edition of Yippee for Yana! Be sure to read on and watch the video for all the details! Enjoy!
Hello, crafters, this is Yana Smakula for Simon Says Stamp! Welcome back for another Yippee For Yana video!
In today’s video I am creating an abstract encouragement card with Simon’s Waves Builder stamp set. I love products that give me abstract looking images as I feel I can always get more use out of them.
Waves Builder is a 6×6 cling background stamp and all of the sections are separate. Yep, they’ve been pre cut for you so that you can easily stamp each wave in a different color of ink without any masking.
I figured I would stamp from the bottom up and to make things easier I would remove the section immediately next to the one I was inking and stamping. I picked several colors of ink from Simon starting from very light pale blue to very dark, deep blue. I used the following colors: Maliblue, Sea Glass, Audrey Blue, High Dive, Teal, Soft Navy, Deep Sea.
My stamping was done on Simon’s 120lb cardstock. I love this paper for just about anything lately.
While this stamp is called Waves builder, you can easily adapt these shapes to create a pretty landscape. If you stamp the shapes in green, or perhaps even yellow or pink, you can create hills for your card. You could keep some sections blue to mimic sky, one section light brown to mimic a road, another section blue to have a river and stamp the rest in various shades of green to create a different looking background.
You also don’t have to stick to any particular landscape, you can use these shapes just as abstract shapes and stamp them in a rainbow order, or ombre pink or yellow or any other color. The stamp set name does suggest those shapes are waves, but I encourage you to look at these in a different way. Do these shapes remind you or anything else? Can you combine them with other stamps from your stash?
In my head this background looks very much like a stormy sea. To add a focal point I used an older stamp set from Simon – Your Light. I stamped a lighthouse in Memento Tuxedo Black ink.
I used Copic markers to color this image:
- B04, B02, B00, and B000;
- C9, C7, C5, C3, and C1;
- E37, E33, and E31;
- Y17, Y08
I used a coordinating die and cut the lighthouse out in my die cutting machine.
Next, I also cut a sentiment strip from Simon’s Reverse Sunshine and Rainbows Sentiment strips and used a black marker, a Copic, to color the white edge black – I remember this tip from Shari Carol and it does make a world of a difference.
I also die cut 4 blank lighthouses and I used those to add dimension to my main die cut. I love this trick, it does make the card a bit heavier, but I don’t mind. I used the Bearly Art glue and adhered all of those together – here you can see how thick this die cut became.
Next, I used Simon’s dot runner adhesive and adhered my stamped background onto an A2 white top folding card base. I also adhered my lighthouse and foam mounted a sentiment, and stamped some additional detail images from the Your Light stamp set.
Lastly, I embellished my card using a few silver gems from the Spellbinders Color Essentials Gems Silver Mix.
Have fun stamping!
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