Autumn Leaves card

Hello friends! It is Monday again and I hope you had a good weekend. 

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It is time for a new Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog and this week our theme is Use More Than One Stencil. During October Alison Bomber is our guest designer. I hope you will visit her blog and look at the beautiful tags she has created for the challenge.

Autumn is at its most beautiful, but not for much longer. I made a messy card celebrating the textures and colors of autumn leaves. Two stencils were used: Simon Says Stamp Tumbling Leaves and Tim Holtz Bubble.

Apply texture paste through Simon Says Stamp Tumbling Leaves with a palette knife. I used watercolor paper.

When the paste is dry, paint with gesso.

When the gesso is completely dry, paint the leaves and background with watercolor paint. I used Daniel Smith watercolors and aimed for a messy look. Add more water to blend and you can also wipe paint off if you are not happy with the look.

Apply Pine Needles Distress Ink through Tim Holtz Bubble stencil with an ink-blending tool.

Splatter the background pretty heavily with Tim Holtz Distress Watercolor Pencils. Dip the pencil in water and flick a paint brush against it.

I added Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Dazzling Sunbeam Gems.

This background is pretty messy, but that was also what I was aiming for.

The sentiment was die cut with Simon Says Stamp Capital B Beautiful die from Color-Blend cardstock. I also added a Tim Holtz Metallic Sticker.

Join us this week in our Use More Than One Stencil challenge! You have a chance to win a $25 gift voucher to do some fun shopping at 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 today! 

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

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Faintly Visible

Hello crafters! Today I have a Halloween tag to share, with translucent ghosts and other details.

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I made a night-time scene with a spooky tree, vellum ghosts and an inked, stamped and stenciled background. You can use the background techniques for other themes too. I used Tim Holtz Sizzix Vault Halloween 2021 for the die cutting.

Start by tearing a piece of printer paper to create a mask for the ink. Mask the hill and ink the sky with purple shades. Use the other piece of the mask to mask the sky and then ink the hill.

Stamp the branch from Tim Holtz Mr Bones to create a tree. I didn't ink the two branches at the bottom of the tree, to make it look more like a tree with a trunk than a branch. 

Ink through Tim Holtz Harlequin stencil with Uncharted Mariner and Scorched Timber. 

Stamp the hill with Simon Says Stamp Crackle Background.

I stamped the sentiments from Tim Holtz Tiny Text Halloween on the margins of an old book and cut into strips. The background was also stamped with a splatter/texture stamp.

The ghosts were die cut from Simon Says Stamp vellum with Tim Holtz Sizzix Vault Halloween 2021.

I also die cut additional branches with Vault Halloween 2021.

The banner comes from the same Vault Halloween 2021 die set and was die cut from leftover paper. Stamp the sentiment, ink the edges and fold. Attach with staples. I added some dyed cheese cloth underneath.

The bats and the moon were also die cut with Vault Halloween 2021. The moon was die cut from gold metallic kraft stock. I also glued Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Dazzling Black Gems to the tag.

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial!

Thank you so much for visiting today! 

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

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Icy birthday card

 Hello stampers! I hope you are well and had a good weekend. 

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It is time for a new Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog and this week our theme is Add Some Text. Text, words and letters are perhaps my favorite thing to add to projects. Text can be used for sentiments, backgrounds, small details, textures and many other things. During October Alison Bomber is our guest designer. I hope you will visit her blog and look at what she has created for the challenge.

I went with a wintery birthday card this week, using text as sentiments and in the background. Simon Says Stamp have a brand new release called Sugar & Spice and I used the Cool Birthday set to stamp the scene on this card. 

Die cut a scalloped circle from watercolor paper using Simon Says Stamp Chunky Scallop Circles. Stamp one of the penguins and one of the seals from Cool Birthday on watercolor paper. Stamp the party ball on silver paper and clear emboss.

White-emboss 'hugs' in the sky using Simon Says Stamp Love Letter.

Paint the ice, igloo and word with watercolor paint. I used Daniel Smith Amazonite Genuine, Mayan blue and Lunar Black. Draw a horizon line with a pencil.

Paint the sky, making it darker towards the top. 

Paint the water with a fairly dry brush, to get a choppy effect. Add shading to the ice floe.

Paint the seal and the penguin, using similar shades. I also added a mix of Raw Umber and French Ultramarine, for the brown/grey shade and Pearlescent White. 

Die cut the largest scalloped circle from watercolor paper. White emboss the alphabet stamp from Tim Holtz School Desk.

Paint with Amazonite Genuine.

Die cut the cardbase from folded black cardstock, but don't cut the entire fold.

I gave the letters an ombre effect, by making the lighter towards the top - the opposite of the sky.

Cut out the partygoers and adhere them and the ball with Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Perfect Foam Tape. There are also coordinating Simon Says Stamp Cool Birthday dies. Here you can also see the pearlescent effect.

I also splattered the card with a little Winsor & Newton Permanent White Gouache.

Stamp the second sentiment in the sea. It is also from the Simon Says Stamp Cool Birthday set.

Join us this week in our Add Some Text challenge! You have a chance to win a $25 gift voucher to do some fun shopping at Simon Says Stamp. You have until Monday 8am Ohio time. 1pm UK time, 2 pm CET to join in.

Do you use Instagram? If so please add #sssmchallenge so we can see your entries there too.

Thank you so much for visiting today! 

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

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Pink Art Journal Page

Hello stampers! We are back with a new Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge. 

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It is time for a new Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog and this week our theme is Think Pink for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. I really like sentiments, large and small. During October we are welcoming back Alison Bomber is our guest designer. I hope you will visit her blog and look at what she has created for the challenge.

I made an art journal page in my Dylusions Small Creative Journal. This is my favorite art journal and this one is my third or fourth Small Creative Journal. We had a bad week and I wanted a cheerful page with bright flowers.

Coat the page with gesso and when dry, paint with Distress Paint. Mist with water to blend, and wipe some of the paint off.

Mist with Shimmer Spray through Tim Holtz Bubble Stencil. I thought the red mist was too strong and wiped it off, creating a cool ghost image.

Stamp the page with Simon Says Stamp Old Letter background and Simon Says Stamp Love Letter stamps set.

Stamp flowers from Simon Says Stamp Happy Day on white cardstock using various Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Saturated inks. White emboss the outline flowers on Shimmer Vellum. Die cut with the coordinating Happy Day dies.

Apply Saltwater Taffy Distress Ink through the Bubble stencil and then dust with Dyamond Dust. Add a little Stardust Stickles here and there. 

Stamp a sentiment from Love Letter in one of the postage frames. Stamp the large sentiment stamp from Simon Says Stamp Happy Day. The third sentiment is from Tim Holtz Tiny Text.

Color the center of the large flowers with a brown pencil. Layer the stencils on the page. 

If you are making a card, you can easily add shape to the flowers and use foam tape, but since I worked in an art journal, I didn't do that. I prefer to keep my art journaling pages fairly flat.

White embossing on Simon Says Stamp Shimmer Vellum creates a nice look.

Glitter gel and Dyamond Dust add an interesting extra effect.

Join us this week in our Think Pink challenge! You have a chance to win a $25 gift voucher to do some fun shopping at Simon Says Stamp. You have until Monday 8am Ohio time. 1pm UK time, 2 pm CET to join in.

Do you use Instagram? If so please add #sssmchallenge so we can see your entries there too.

Thank you so much for visiting today! 

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

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