Monday, April 27, 2020

Designer Spotlight Guest Designer for the April Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenges Week 4: Not A Card


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This week's theme is:

Not A Card

Be sure to hop on over to the Simon Says Stamp blog HERE for all the details and to be inspired by the gorgeous design team projects.

For this challenge, I create a tag combining a sweet butterfly with grungy rust and patina colors. I recently purchased the Tim Holtz Embossing Glazes and had a lot of fun working with them on the tag elements. Be sure to scroll down through my Tips and Techniques for all the details.

Tips and Techniques
I embossed silver Metallic Kraft Stock with the Tim Holtz/Sizzix Elegant 3D Texture Fade then colored it with Distress Paints. I started by brushing with white paint and rubbing some of it off with a paper towel, then did the same with blues and greens. Finally, I highlighted the raised portions with metallics. If you look at my final project, you can see that I went back and added more copper.

Antique Linen Embossing Glaze is applied to the Lace Baseboard Frame and Quote Chip. Two coat of glaze are used on the frame. 

I colored a section of white cardstock with Rusty Hinge and Wild Honey Distress Oxide Inks, then die cut with the Tim Holtz/Sizzix Tattered Butterfly Bigz Die. Once cut, I want back and added Vintage Photo and Ground Espresso to the edges of the larger butterfly and brushed Mermaid Lagoon and Peacock Feathers onto the smaller butterfly leaving a bit of the rust color showing through.

For added visual texture, I stamped the butterflies with text using Ground Espresso Archival Ink with Tim's Entomology and Ledger Script Rubber Stamps.

I lightly misted the smaller butterfly with water to activate the oxide effect and set aside to dry. Once dry I covered with embossing medium using the Distress Embossing Dabber then sprinkled with Antique Linen Embossing Glaze and heated. The larger butterfly is embossed with Rusty Hinge Glaze. The beauty of these glazes is their translucent quality that allows the stamped or printed design to show through.

For a little extra dimension I used a thin strip of foam tape down the center to adhere the two butterflies together allowing the wings to be separate from each other.


This Word Key Charm is colored with Finnabair Waxes and tied with a piece of hemp cord. The bauble pearl is colored with Laguna Alcohol Ink and Mined Alloy.

The key is used as the butterfly body. Isn't the dimensional background with copper highlights so pretty behind the butterfly?? 

This "rusty" faux metal strip is cut from Tim's Sizzix Mini Provincial 3D Impresslit using white cardstock. It is heat embossed using Rusty Hinge Embossing Glaze. I added a second coat of embossing glaze randomly across the strip so there are darker and lighter areas. Walnut Stain Distress Crayon is rubbed into the crevices to add shadowing while Broken China and Cracked Pistachio Distress Paints are rubbed on for a patina effect.

A Quote Chip is layered over the faux metal strip. I added a Tiny Clip to each end of the Quote Chip. The clips raised up the chip, so foam tape is used to adhere this sentiment. The grungy rust at the tag edges is created with Seth Apter/Emerald Creek embossing powders. I started with a bit of Patina Oxide, then on top of the patina, added a layer of Chunky Rust making sure to allow some of the patina to still show around the edges.

Some rusty bling is added inside the Baseboard Frame with Soft Gel Medium using Prills and Finnabair Microbeads.


As you may know, the  Simon Says Stamp Store is accepting new orders, but have longer shipping times for the moment due to the coronavirus. With this in mind we have made the difficult decision to suspend the $50 voucher for this challenge.

We know that many people are staying safe at home and we would love it if you would continue to enter the challenges and have fun! We are all in this together! You have until Monday 8am Ohio time. 1pm UK time, 2 pm CET to join in. The challenge can be found HERE.


Supply List
Ranger Adirondack Metallics Acrylic Paint Dabber Copper
Prima Marketing Rusty Red Finnabair Wax Paste
Prima Marketing Rusty Brown Finnabair Wax Paste
Prima Marketing Rich Copper Art Alchemy Metallique Wax
White Cardstock
Helmar 450 Quick Dry Adhesive
USArtQuest Mini Prills A Penny Saved
USArtQuest Mini Prills Express-O Yourself
Prima Finnabair Microbeads Bronze
Prima Finnabair Microbeads Copper
Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L ~ Crafty Power Tape

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3 comments:

  1. Lorraine AApril 27, 2020 at 9:46 AM

    Oh my goodness Tracey! This is absolutely GORGEOUS!!!! the whole design of this is just stunning and I love the step by step pics and photo staging!! I am definitely going to need to get me some of the glazes, they look fabulous! :-)

    Thanks so much for being in the Spotlight! It has been a real prleasure to have you along with us!!
    Hope you have a great week!
    luv
    Lols x x x

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  2. Words and PicturesApril 27, 2020 at 12:03 PM

    That's a fabulous tag - so many amazing layers and that wonderful wrapped key for the body of the beautiful butterfly at the heart of it.
    Alison x

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  3. MauraApril 30, 2020 at 12:58 PM

    Wonderful tag, Tracey! I especially love how you tied up that key for the butterfly body!! It's been great having you with us this month! hugs, Maura

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