Metallic Hummingbird - Encouragement Card

Hello There!
It's Karen, to share a very feminine card of encouragement. The hummingbird stamp is so elegant with a beautiful lace design. Heat embossing with silver powder really shows off the intricate details of the stamp. Adding a simple mini gem for the eye was the perfect finishing touch.
Let me show you how I made it...come with me.

Supplies:
1. Birds and Clocks Stamp Set (Sin City Stamps)
2. Inhale Exhale Art Stamp Set (Sin City Stamps)
3. silver foil
4. embossing folder / die cutting machine
5. alcohol inks / felt applicator tool
6. silver embossing powder
7. watermark ink pad
8. heat gun
9. flowers & gems
10. transparency
11. permanent black ink pad
12. card base 5x7"

Directions:
1. Place a piece of silver foil into an embossing folder and run it through a die cutting machine.

2. Apply alcohol inks randomly over the embossed silver foil paper using a felt ink applicator tool. Use a tapping motion rather than a rubbing motion to apply the alcohol inks and allow the ink to dry before applying the next color.

3. Attach the colored foil to a purple card base leaving a narrow border.

4. Stamp the hummingbird onto white card stock using watermark ink, apply silver embossing powder, heat set, and cut out. Adhere it to the upper right with dimensional foam tape.

5. Next, embellish the lower left with a cluster of three flowers and add gems to the center of each.

6. Finally, stamp a sentiment onto transparency using black permanent ink. Carefully apply a narrow strip of adhesive to the top edge of the sentiment and adhere it in the lower right corner discretely under the embossed foil.

A Closer Look:

Birds and Clocks Stamp Set (Sin City Stamps)

 Inhale Exhale Art Stamp Set (Sin City Stamps)

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Learn From Yesterday Tag

Check out this tag made by Pam Bray!
She has worked with Sin City Stamps in the past and is also a designer of our stamps.
You can see the whole tutorial here. 
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Dream, Discover and Explore Card With Sin City Stamps

Hello craft friends!

I have a new card tutorial for you using Sin City Stamps and some basic mixed media techniques.

Product list 

Sin City Stamps Nautical Set

Copper Embossing Powder

Sepia Ink pad

Metallic Luster Turquoise and Coffee

Modeling paste

Baby wipes

Cogs stencil

Charms

Cardbase

 Embossing folder

Striped patterned paper

Corrugated card board

Magazine or scrapbook paper words

Hole punch

Adhesive and foam tape

Twine

1) Take a 5 x 7 card and emboss with an embossing folder.

2) Place the stencil over the card and apply modeling paste. Leave to set or use a heat gun.

3) Stamp out the ship image onto card with sepia ink and then heat emboss using copper embossing powder.

 4) Rub over the embossed areas with the metallic luster, Use a baby wipe to blend the colors.

5) Cut a strip of stripy paper and corrugated card and layer together. Next cut out the ship image and adhere over the top.

6) Make two small holes on either side of the card.

7) Thread a charm over a length of twine and thread through the holes and knot.

8) Add embellishments.

9) Use the words with foam tape to create sentiments.

Thank you for visiting!

Finder Keepers

 Hi fellow crafty folks,

Today I am sharing a tag I have made using the Sin City Stamp - Fancy Metalwork Look Plate. 

One of my favorite uses of stamps is in the creation of tags. 

I guess you could say I am hooked on tags.

Supplies:

   Sin City Stamp - Fancy Metalwork Look Plate

   Ink - shades of blue, gray and teal

   Blank tag

   Washi tape with words

   Rub Ons

   Chipboard with sentiment

   Twine

   Metal Embellishment

   Die Cut child

   Blending Tool

   Dimensional dots

Step 1:  Blend teal and gray ink onto tag to achieve the look you like.

Step 2:  Spray or flick water onto the inked tag.  Blot the water using a paper towel.

Step 3:  Stamp the background with gray ink using the Fancy Metalwork Look Plate stamp.

Step 4:  Add washi tape with words across the bottom of tag.

Step 5:  Using the rub on of black birds to a position that will appear above the child's shoulder.  Next ink the edges of the chipboard sentiment and affix the chipboard sentiment to the side of the tag.
Using dimensional dots glue the child to the tag.  Finally, add the metal skull and crossbones to appear as if the child is holding it.  I added a hangman's knot to the top of the tag.

Not everyone would want to find a skull but obviously this little boy did. He is definitely not going to give it away.  I would venture to guess we all know a kid who would love to have a skull!
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Stamped Flower Tag

Hello Everyone, Shilpa here and I've a pretty little flower tag tutorial to share with you today!

Supplies:

• SinCity Stamp- Flower Blossom
• SinCity Stamp- Dare to be Different Phrase 
• Paper tag
• Archival Inks
• Watercolors
• Hole punch
• Eyelet (optional)
•  Twine or pretty trim.

Step by Step Tutorial

 1. Stamp Flower using archival ink onto the paper tag.

2. Color the image with similar watercolor. Let it dry completely.

3. Apply blue watercolor for the background.

4. Stamp "Dare to be Different " phrase with black ink.
5. Edge tag with ink for a distressed look.
6. Hole punch top of tag.
7. Add cord or pretty trim.

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Dressed in Feathers.....

Hi Everyone!

Today's post uses a couple of single stamps available in the Sin City Stamps Store!!
Hope you like getting messy while you create because we are doing some painting and heat embossing for these arty tags!

Supplies:

• Sin City Stamp: Dressy Lady with Feathers Art
• Sin City Stamp: Dare to be Different Word Phrase
• Packaging Tags
• Acrylic Paints
• Sponge
• Old Book Pages
• Printed Tissue Papers
• Matte Medium
• Heat Gun
• Embossing Powders & Embossing Ink Pad
• Embellishments ie. feathers, fibers, 3d stickers, braid, flowers, ephemera etc.
• General supplies ie. scissors, spatula, glue, hole punch

Instructions:
Let's start on the tags first.
Tear your old book pages into pieces/strips. Then using the matt medium,  adhere the book pages randomly over the tags. (I've kept the tags all attached in the row of 4 to start with to make it easier to cover and paint).
Add some strips of patterned tissue paper as well. (I had some really cool "shoe" themed black and white tissue paper which came in a box wrapped around a new pair of shoes - what a bonus!!!)
Allow the matt medium to dry completely.

Next step is to add some paint. You can use any colors you like.
For these tags, shades of purple and white acrylic paints have been used.
Using a sponge, or even a makeup sponge works really well, apply the paint randomly to cover all the "blank" spots on the tags as well as the book page strips and tissue paper.

Once the paint is dry, trim any excess overhang of papers and cut the set of 4 tags in half ie. 2 tags each and these will be our "base" tags for our stamped images.
To break up the paint co lour you can add some printed tissue paper over the top of the paint . This adds  an extra layer of texture and interest.
Set aside to dry once again!

Now to work on our stamped images.
Stamp the Dressy Lady and Word Phrase onto paper or card or even as shown here on old book pages.
To match the tag background, try using your embossing pad and sprinkle with colored embossing powder. I've embossed one image/phrase with purple to match the tags and one image/phrase with a co-coordinating green color for a different look!
Heat emboss, but be careful not to burn your fingers!
Cut out the Dressy Lady and cut around the phrase.
You can also use words from old book pages.
 I love the look of the stamped images on the book pages because the paper has that "old" look and is not as stark as using white paper - use cream paper as an alternative to keep the tags looking really vintage style!

Lastly we need to add our stamped images and embellishments to the tags!
Glue everything in place and thread the fibers into the holes at the top of the tags.

Hope you have enjoyed my post today and feel inspired to stamp and create!!

Sharon

As always here are some "quick links" for you:
Sin City Stamps Store
Sin City Stamps Fan Group at Facebook

Best Wishes-Clear acrylic home decor

Hello my dear crafty friends!

Irit is here today and I am going to share my lovely stamped project made from the both sides of an acrylic piece.

*I had some trouble taking a good photo of double sided clear project and as much as I tried this is the best I could achieve. But believe me, the end result is far more gorgeous, shiny and artistic.

When you make one too, you will see how easy and fast it can be made.*

Have fun!

Supply list:

Natural beauty rubber stamps set- Fern, flowers

Dandelion Wishes with Butterflies rubber stamps set- Butterflies, Best Wishes

Other products:

Acrylic tile- 6 x 6'' and a smaller one for the sentiment

Black pigmented ink

Clear embossing powder

Mix of achohol ink

Alcohol blending solution

Alcohol ink felt applicator

Gold acrylic paint

Clear adhesive

Step by step directions:

1. Stamp the three butterflies randomly over the 6"x6" acrylic tile. Use black pigmented ink and clear embossing powder. You can also use any kind of solvent permanent ink (Staz- On) over the acrylic surface, but the heat embossed effect looks much better.

2. Stamp the ferns and the flowers from the back side of your acrylic tile. Use the same ink and heat emboss in the same way as the front of the tile.

3. Apply a mix of alcohol inks (3 to 4 colors, not more) using felt applicator. Apply the inks on one side only- you pick the side. Add a few drops of alcohol blending solution for the effect. Repeat this step until you are happy with the colors.

4. Stamp the Best Wishes sentiment on the small acrylic tile using the same technique as on previous steps.
Paint the back side of the stamped sentiment with gold acrylic paint. Let the paint dry.

5. Paint the edges of the stamped  tile with gold acrylic paint .
Adhere the stamped Best Wishes sentiment over the front of the tile.

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