My Cards and Tags: Using Flora and Fauna's Happy Place and Glass Dome Stamp Sets

"Little Critters" is this week's theme at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog.  I decided to try out my new Flora and Fauna stamp sets, "Happy Place Woodlands" and "Glass Dome," to make this little critter tags.

You can't go wrong with Strathmore Mixed Media paper as a base, from which I cut tag shapes using the Sizzix Tag Collection die set.  I stuck strips of washi tape to the background, then painted over everything with acrylic paint.  I did some background stamping with Tim Holtz's Sideshow set and Simon Says Stamp's Scribble Flowers set.  I added more paint back in to tone down the background stamping.  Then I stamped the glass containers over my painted background using Ranger jet Black Archival ink.  To make the glass portion stand out, I painted inside the glass shapes with an extra dose of white acrylic paint.

While my paint was drying, and stamped and fussy-cut out the contents for my glass shapes.  The flowers are from a stamp set by My Favorite Things called, Sketched Blooms, and all other critters and sentiments come from the Flora and Fauna sets.

I used a white Signo Uni-ball Gel Pen to add some lines to the domes to make them appear more glass-like.  I love this white pen, which does a great job of writing boldly even over paint.  The only key is that you have to wait for the paint to completely dry (I left mine overnight) in order for the white pen to work well on top of it.  I also added some clear droplets here and there, but being the impatient person I am, I took the photos before the glue dried, so some of the droplets in my pics look cloudy even though they dried clear. 

Here are the supplies from Simon Says Stamp that I used to make this project:

Flora and Fauna Happy Place Woodlands clear stamps	Flora and Fauna Glass Dome clear stamps	Tim Holtz Cling Rubber Stamps 2016 SIDESHOW	Simon Says Clear Stamps SCRIBBLE FLOWERS	Tim Holtz Sizzix Tag Collection
Sizzix Big Shot	Strathmore Mixed Media Paper	Echo Park Popsicles Washi Tape	Doodlebug happy Hearts Fairy Tales Washi Tape	Doodlebug Deck The Halls Washi Tape
Doodlebug Dainty Dots Spring Garden Washi Tape	Tim Holtz Idea-ology JOURNEY Design Tape	Tim Holtz Idea-ology VINTAGE Design Tape	Dina Wakley Acrylic Paint Set	uni-ball signo white gel pen
pretty pink posh 4mm clear droplets	pretty pink posh 6mm clear droplets	Ranger Archival Jet Black Ink Pad	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad WILTED VIOLET	Tim Holtz Distress Twisted Citron Ink Pad
Worn Lipstick Distress Ink Pad	Mustard Seed - Distress Ink	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Spiced Marmalade	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad LUCKY CLOVER Ranger	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad HICKORY SMOKE Ranger
Distress Ink Tumbled Glass	Salty Ocean - Distress Ink

I enjoy crafting with little critters more than encountering some of them (mosquitoes- I'm talkin' to you!) and I can't wait to see what you create.  Upload your creations to the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog for your chance to win a $50 voucher to the Simon Says Stamp store!