Thankful art journal page

Hello friends! I hope you are well and had a good weekend! I got some nice crafty time. 

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This week we have a Thanks/Thanksgiving theme at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog. I hope you will join us! Don't miss the gorgeous project by our November guest Thom Santilla.

I made an art journal page this week, in my Stamperia Happiness Mixed Media journal (4x8.5 in). I used a the new Simon Says Stamp Elegant Christmas Botanicals from the Joy for You release.

I cut a piece of watercolor paper, since I messed up the stamping that I did on the art journal page. Stamp two of the flowers from Simon Says Stamp Elegant Christmas Botanicals.

I watercolored the flowers, using watercolor paint by Daniel Smith. You can also watercolor them with Distress Ink.

Watercolor the background.

When dry, place Tim Holtz Latticework stencil on the background and mist with Distress Spritz Saltwater Taffy.

Gold emboss dots with Tim Holtz Tiny Textures.

The gold embossing adds warmth and a nice shiny texture.

The two larger words were stamped with Paper Artsy Hydrangea Edition by Alison Bomber. I like how the black ink sinks underneath the spritz shimmer.

This sentiment comes from Simon Says Stamp Be Your Beautiful Self. 

The title was die cut from green cardstock with Tim Holtz Sizzix Vault Edges set. I also added two pieces of Design Tape Trims.

Mist and gold emboss a bit on top of the flowers too, but don't cover them completely. 

The glimmer from the Spritz is hard to capture in a photo.

I paired the page up with a pumpkin page in my art journal. You can find the tutorial for that page here.

Join us this week in our Thanks/Thanksgiving 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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Simon Says Stamp Joy for You Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to my blog! I am so happy to take part in the Simon Says Stamp Blog Hop to celebrate the new Joy for You release. If you are following along in the hop, you should have come here from the fantastic Alberto Gava.

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The Simon Says Stamp Joy for You release is filled with of a great variety of new and versatile stamps, embossing folders, stencils, dies, ink and sequins. Perfect for winter and holiday crafting, but also for many other themes. You can find the entire Joy for You release here.

The not-yet-released Simon Says Stamp The Joy of Snow 3x4 stamp is automatically added to your cart that contains any purchase from our exclusive Joy for You collection! This gift with purchase will expire 11/8 at 11:59 pm EST or while supplies last.

I made a Christmas tag with combining dry and heat embossing for the background. It is one of my favorite techniques with embossing folders. The deer and trees were die cut from various interesting surfaces to add texture, shine and glitter to the tag.

I used a heavystock tag by Ranger. Apply embossing ink on the Simon Says Stamp Flourish Flurry folder. Emboss the tag and sprinkle with white embossing powder. Remove the excess and melt with a heat tool. Never touch the melted powder until it has cooled down completely. Repeat the process one more time, to get a thicker layer of embossing powder. 

The tag becomes very shiny from all that embossing powder. The Flourish Flurry is a gorgeous embossing folder.

Leave as it, or ink the snowflakes. I used Antique Linen and Frayed Burlap for a soft brown shade.

Die cut Simon Says Stamp Spiky Trees from Simon Says Stamp Shimmer Vellum and Luxe Glitter.

Die cut Simon Says Stamp Curious Deer from Shimmer Vellum, Pawsitively Perfect Velvet paper and white cardstock.

Glue the pieces of the deer together and add highlights to the eyes and nose with a white gel pen.

Glue the new Simon Says Stamp Galactic Stars here and there on the tag.

The sentiments come from Simon Says Stamp Joy For You and were stamped on Tim Holtz Backdrops paper with Vintage Photo Archival Ink. The sentiment was adhered with foam tape. There are also coordinating dies to the Joy For You stamp set.

I also added a Tim Holtz Star Pin embellishment to one of the trees.

The deer is so cute and fuzzy. I stapled to pieces of lace trim at the bottom of the tag, almost like snow.

The ears are shiny since that part is die cut from Shimmer Vellum.

It is hard to capture the shiny background, the shimmer from the vellum and that gorgeous Luxe Glitter.

Thank you for stopping by here today, next stop is is my friend Lorraine Aquilina.

Don't miss all the inspiration along the hop! There are of course prizes to be won too, and at each stop on the hop Simon Says Stamp is giving away a $25 coupon, randomly drawn from those who leave a comment. The winners will be posted post on the Simon Says Stamp store blog.

Here are all the stops along the hop:

Simon Says Stamp Blog

Heather Hoffman

Suzy Plantamura

Cathy Zielske

Jennifer McGuire

Laura Bassen

Keisha Charles

Amy Rysavy

Bibi Cameron

Mindy Eggen

Bobbi Lemanski

Alberto Gava

Anna-Karin Evaldsson (you are here)

Lorraine Aquilina

Jane Tyrell

For more inspiration, remember to check out the Joy for You gallery at Simon Says Stamp, and if you make something with products from the range, it is fun if you post it in the galleries too. There are galleries for all releases, and for the card kits, full of inspiration.

This is the second Joy for You blog hop, don't miss blog hop number day number 1, which was yesterday.

Thank you so much for stopping by here today! 

Anna-Karin

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Snowdrop Card

Hi friends! I hope you had a good weekend! I had a few days off, which was nice. 

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This week we have a Thinking of You theme at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog. I hope you will join us! Since it is the first Monday of a new month, the team is showcasing products by a specific designer/company and this week it is AALL & Create. You can see all of their wonderful products here. You don't have to use AALL & Create products to join, but it is fun if you do. 

We also have a new guest designer and during November Thom Santilla will be joining us again. Don't miss the stunning project he has created. 

I made a ticket-shaped card with a thinking of you theme. Winter is on the way here and maybe that is why I was in the mood for a snow drop card, a sign of spring, which is still far away. 

Somewhere along the line of making the card, I forgot to use AALL & Create products, partly since the stamp set I planned to use was no longer available. I am sorry about that. 

I used Tracy Evans pretty One of a Kind stamp set. White emboss the two flowers on heavystock paper.

Smear Distress Ink on a non-stick craft sheet and mist with water. Press the paper into the ink. 

I repeated the inking process until I was happy with the background. Use darker inks for the top layers. The sentiment also comes from Tracy's One of a Kind set. Round the corners. I picked a piece of old book paper where you could see the words 'snow conditions' just above the dry embossed panel.  

I used a little Distress Oxide Ink as my last ink layer, giving that almost cloudy look that you can see here. I also added Simon Says Stamp Cottontail sequins. 

The sentiment comes from Simon Says Stamp Be Your Beautiful Self and was die cut with the coordinating die. 

The background layers were die cut with Simon Says Stamp A7 Notched Rectangle set. The kraft layer was dry embossed in Simon Says Stamp Halftone Dots.

Join us this week in our Thinking of You 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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