Monday, September 19, 2016

Pastel Distress Crayon Tutorial



Hello friends! Was your weekend fun? I hope so! We had a busy weekend with birthday parties, sport practice and we also went on a steam train ride. I really tried to get a photo of it without lots of people standing around in front, but I don't think I quite succeeded. I love old trains, and all the fun details in the old carriages.

This week at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge, we are Inspired by Music. I was planning to do something different, but this art journal page got a life of its own. 

Layers of ink - Pastel Distress Crayon Tutorial by Anna-Karin
I got the idea for this page one of the mornings last week. Since Anton started big school, we have an earlier morning routine and we are not quite used to it yet. The mornings are not always as peaceful as I wish they would be and it can be quite a mission to get everybody ready and out of the door in time. 

So I did an art journal page about an ideal pastel coloured, peaceful and harmonic morning, starting with a song. It was also inspired by an emboidered piece my grandmother had in her kitchen, translating 'The morning has gold in its mouth'. 

Layers of ink - Pastel Distress Crayon Tutorial by Anna-Karin
I got the two new sets of Distress Crayons the other day, and used mainly Set 5, with its pastel shades here, as well as Squeezed Lemonade and Mustard Seed. Working in my Dylusions Journal, I first gessoed a page and when dry, scribbled Distress Crayons on top.

Layers of ink - Pastel Distress Crayon Tutorial by Anna-Karin
I wanted a sunrise on my page and used Tim Holtz Rays stencil. Use a slightly moist cloth and wipe off colour through the stencil.

Layers of ink - Pastel Distress Crayon Tutorial by Anna-Karin
I wanted the rays to extend all the way to the top of my page and used two stencils as masks, lining them up with each ray of light and wiping off the area in between.

Layers of ink - Pastel Distress Crayon Tutorial by Anna-Karin
I also used the Cargo and Bubbles stencils to remove more colour.

Layers of ink - Pastel Distress Crayon Tutorial by Anna-Karin
Mist lightly with water and press a paper towel on top (check out this Distress Crayon Texture tutorial of mine for more on this technique).

Layers of ink - Pastel Distress Crayon Tutorial by Anna-Karin
Mist with Pearl Mica Spray. You can get a hint of the shine and glimmer on this photo. This morning would be all shimmery.

Layers of ink - Pastel Distress Crayon Tutorial by Anna-Karin
When dry, I stamped the background with a music stamp and both Shadow Grey and Forget-me-not Archival Ink, as well as a number stamp and Shadow Grey ink.

Layers of ink - Pastel Distress Crayon Tutorial by Anna-Karin
I wanted to create the feeling of a happy and free morning, showing the potential of the day to come, and thought birds would do the trick. This pretty bird was stamped with Forget-Me-Not ink. The sentiment from Uplifting Thoughts was stamped with Jet Black.

Layers of ink - Pastel Distress Crayon Tutorial by Anna-Karin
I also stamped my favourite flying bird stamp using the same ink, and second and third impressions. More journaling was stamped with alphabet stamps.

Layers of ink - Pastel Distress Crayon Tutorial by Anna-Karin
The Sketch Heart was die cut from gold Deco Sheet, for golden shine. Have you seen that Simon Says Stamp released Glimmery Cardstock and envelopes during STAMPtember? It is awesome, and very glimmery. I die cut the word from it.

Layers of ink - Pastel Distress Crayon Tutorial by Anna-Karin
The Cottage Stems die is also a new STAMPtember die, and it is so pretty. I die cut two of them from purple and pink glimmery cardstock, and the seeds from blue and yellow.

Layers of ink - Pastel Distress Crayon Tutorial by Anna-Karin
The seeds fit perfectly behind as you can see here. They add a great detail to this die.

Layers of ink - Pastel Distress Crayon Tutorial by Anna-Karin
I also used some Symphony Tissue Tape, and two kinds of German Scraps by Prima. I always liked German Scrap and I was happy to see Prima having them now.

Layers of ink - Pastel Distress Crayon Tutorial by Anna-Karin
The journaling was stamped with alphabet stamps, and the oval die cut frame comes from the Frames set.

Layers of ink - Pastel Distress Crayon Tutorial by Anna-Karin
I die cut the title ('The morning has gold in its mouth') from glimmer cardstock and gold Deco Sheet, using the Wanted die. The rest of the title was stamped, so that it wouldn't take too much space.

Layers of ink - Pastel Distress Crayon Tutorial by Anna-Karin
Smile usually has a circle around it (I used it on my Hydrangea Art journal page, for example), but for this page, I cut off the circle, using only the word.

Layers of ink - Pastel Distress Crayon Tutorial by Anna-Karin
The crayon, stenciling and soft stamping add layers and texture to the page.

I hope you will join us in our Inspired by Music challenge. As every week, you have a chance to win a $50 gift voucher from Simon Says Stamp. You have until Monday 8am Ohio time. 1pm UK time, 2 pm CET to join in.


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Thank you so much for visiting my blog today!

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

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15 comments:

  1. I agree Anna-Karin, there is no better way to start the day off right than with song! Love your pastels, and definitely will be trying some of your techniques with the distress crayons. Lovely, lovely colors! hugs, Maura

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  2. This is such a lovely cheery journal page Anna-Karin, I love the colours and the wonderful message - great use of the new crayons too. Anne xx

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  3. Fabulous! I wish you lots of days like these. Such beautiful colours and great use of the stencils! Chrisx

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  4. It was a good surprise to see that you have a Danish morning song on your journal page, it was a song we started our day at school at least once a week. A delightful and beautiful page and gives the Scandinavian atmosphere. Hugs, Susan

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    1. Vad intressant! Jag har alltid trott att det var ett gammalt ordspråk på ålderdomlig svenska. Tack för din fina kommentar Susan!

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  5. A lovely page! It is nice to have a good start for the day.

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  6. Such a fun and happy layout, Anna-Karin! I love the way you made the background :)

    *mwah*
    Steph
    Simon Says Stamp!

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  7. Your journal page is so pretty and I love the pastel colors you used. It's so cheery and happy. Love it!

    Cathie ♥

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  8. stunning page Anna-Karin...love the Distress Crayon background and the cottage stems die has just made it on to my long list of must-haves...hugs kath xxx

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  9. Amazing page as always! Especially I love the soft shades you've used and all the layers of colors you've created, it's wonderful and so joyful! Barbara

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  10. I love the inspiration behind your beautiful, bright pages and adore all the detail that you've included into these...really, really gorgeous and pages that make you happy just looking at them! :)

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  11. Oh yes, this is absolutely harmonic and peaceful. I love the combination of all the pastel colors. The Mica Sprays give such a fabulous effect! Hugs, Marzena

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  12. Love the beautiful and delightful colors and embellishments on this journal page, Anna-Karin. Such a great inspiration! :)

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  13. Fabulous tutorial! It's always such a treat to see a peek into your creative processes. I especially love all the layers of depth you created in this piece!

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  14. Wonderful page, Anna-Karin! The soft colors are so pretty! Those pastle Crayons are fabulous! Hugs, Sandra

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