Simon Says - Add Some Text

Hi Everyone...welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog. Thank you for joining us for last week's challenge and we hope you can join us this week too because

and the theme for this week is...

ADD SOME TEXT

I created Halloween Tag cards using Distress Mixed Media HeavyStock #8 Tags, Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous Mini Layering Stencils from Sets 23 and 49 and sentiments from Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous Spooky Spirits to add text to the background and Tim Holtz/Sizzix Haunted House and Frightful Things Thinlits die-cuts.

I coloured the Distress Mixed Media HeavyStock #8 Tags by smooshing the Distress Oxide ink pads on to my craft mat, spritzed with water, dragged the tags through the inks and dried. I tapped the tags back into the inks to pick up the remaining droplets.

I applied Distress Black Texture Paste through the Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous Mini Layering Stencils from Sets 23 and 49.

I die-cut the ghosts from Distress Watercolor card using Tim Holtz/Sizzix Frightful Things and placed on Simon Says Stamp Black Stamp and Stencil Mat. I placed the sentiments from Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous Spooky Spirits on to an acrylic block, inked with Hickory Smoke Distress Oxide ink and stamped over the die-cuts.

I die-cut Tim Holtz/Sizzix Haunted House from Distress Black Two-Tone Woodgrain card, sadly discontinued and if you don't have it in your stash, you could use Distress Black HeavyStock and stamped the sentiments as before, inked with Lost Shadow Distress Oxide ink.

I inked the sentiments again with Crackling Campfire Distress Oxide ink and stamped randomly over the tags.

I dragged a Versafine Clair Nocturne Ink pad around the edges of the tags, coloured the tag reinforcers with a Memento Black Pen and fixed in place with Distress Collage Medium. I fixed scraps of Distress Black HeavyStock behind the ghosts and fixed the Haunted House and ghosts to the tags using Simon Says 3D Thin Foam Squares to create dimension.

I spritzed Ivory Faux Silk Ribbon with Black Soot Distress Spray Stain and dried.

I fed the faux silk ribbon through the tag reinforcers and tied bows using black/white check ribbon from my stash to hold in place.

I added splatters of Hickory Smoke Distress Spritz

To finish I fixed the tags to side-folding white card blanks and trimmed off the excess to create tag shaped cards.

You can find all the products I used over at Simon Says Stamp, just click on the links below

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I look forward to seeing what you create this week...

Have Fun and Happy Crafting

Hugs Kath xxx