Adventure Card

 Hi friends! It is Monday again and I hope you had a fun weekend. 

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This week we have a Stitch It theme at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog. Don't miss the last project by our July guest designer Rox aka Red Dirt Crafter.

I made a card with messy stitching around the edges of the focal panel, which is a quick way of adding interest. The card was made with an embossed paper that I made for my last gel printing session. I also added some ephemera from 49 & Market and stamped and die cut sentiments.

The paper was embossed with Simon Says Stamp Heart Showers, which is such a lovely die. I used in for gel printing and then liked the embossed background so much that I decided to use it for a card. The coordinating clouds were die cut from Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Velvet Luxury Cardstock Snow. 

The large letters were die cut with Tim Holtz Sizzix Alphanumeric Bulletin letters. I die cut from a piece of 49 & Market Faded Memory Lane Ephemera and from brown cardstock.

The airplane comes from 49 and Market Travel Diaries Laser Cut Elements. The edges were sanded. 

Emboss the edges and stitch around them. The little hearts were die cut with Simon Says Stamp Drawn Hearts from Luxe Glitter. 

I added an additional sentiment stamped with Tim Holtz Nature's Wonder.

Stitching is fun and a great way to add a border.

Join us this week in our Stitch It 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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Sailing Card

 Hi! Today I have a dry embossed and watercolored card to share, with a summer feeling.

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I made a summer card using Simon Says Stamp Sunshine Sailboat embossing folder combined with the Simon Says Stamp Frames set. The background was watercolored and I die cut clouds from velvet cardstock for an additional texture.

Start by die cutting one of the frames from Simon Says Stamp Frames, from watercolor paper. Mist with water and emboss in the Sunshine Sailboat folder. 

Paint the setting sun and the sky with clean water and then immediately with watercolor paint. Let the paints flow into each other and blend. I used peach and yellow for the sun and shades of dark blue for the sky. Paint the water in the same way.

I didn't like the look of the cloud on the background and wanted more clouds, so I die cut them with Simon Says Stamp Heart Showers from Pawsitively Velvet Luxury Cardstock Snow. 

Sentiments were stamped with blue Archival Ink using Simon Says Stamp Be Your Beautiful Self set and die cut with the coordinating dies. Die cut the mat one more time from Soft Navy cardstock and off-set slightly.

Paint the boat with brown paint and add a shadow.

Hello was die cut with Simon Says Stamp Scripty Hello from white glitter cardstock and Soft Navy cardstock.

The edges of the focal panel was distressed. I added an outer frame and matted on Soft Navy cardstock. The cardbase was made from Simon Says Stamp Apricot cardstock.

In my first attempt, I didn't use water in the background and wasn't happy with how the colors blended. When watercolor paper has been dry embossed, much of the texture disappears and the paint dries faster giving you less time.

I hope you enjoyed this post! See you again tomorrow for the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge. 

 

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

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Creative Overlay Shaker Notebook Tutorial

Hello crafters! Today, I am happy to have a notebook / sketchbook tutorial on the Simon Says Stamp Store blog. Here is a sneak peek of my project:

I had fun using Simon Says Stamp Creative Overlay Transparencies, combined with a great dry embossing technique. It is a shaker too!

Have you ever had a dry embossed background what you were really happy with, but you wanted to add some stamping on top? Stamping on top of a dry embossed background only works with very few embossing folders. With Simon Says Stamp Creative Overlay Transparencies, you can easily add the look of stamped elements on top of dry embossing, while also creating a space for shaker elements. 

Head over the the Simon Says Stamp store blog to see the tutorial and all the details. 

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

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Bird with text background

 Hi friends! It is Monday and it is time for a new Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog. 

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This week our theme is Add Some Text. Adding text elements is one of my favorite things to do, not only for sentiments and titles, but also for texture, backgrounds and more. Don't miss the stunning project by our July guest designer Rox aka Red Dirt Crafter.

I made a tag with a background made from old book paper, folding the paper to create extra texture and interest. The little bird is a Blue Tit and was colored with watercolors. I also added some die cut flowers and a die cut title. Some of the flowers were die cut from old book book and dictionary paper.

Start with a tag and coat with gesso. Let dry. Fold and tear old book paper and glue to the background with matte medium. 

Fold around the back of the tag and adhere there too. Brush matte medium over the entire tag.

When dry, add some gesso, but don't cover up the text completely. 

Paint with watered-down Distress Paint and then mist with Distress Spritz Antique Linen.

When dry, dry brush a little Scorched Timber here and there.

Die cut Simon Says Stamp Sweet Songbird from watercolor paper.

Paint with watercolor paint. I used a photo as reference.

Shape with Tim Holtz Shaping Kit and glue together.

Add a white dot to the eye and white highlights to the bird with a gel pen.

Die cut Simon Says Stamp Simple Hello from gold kraft stock and watercolor paper. Paint the watercolor word in an ombre fashion, making it darker at the top. 

Tie the tag with a mix of ribbons, organza and fibers.

The small flowers were die cut with Simon Says Stamp Poised Primula, from watercolor paper painted with yellow paint, old book and dictionary paper and Simon Says Stamp Shimmer Vellum. The sentiments are from Tim Holtz Tiny Text.

I also added a couple of word strips from 49 & Market Faded Memory Lane Ephemera. Here you can also see some of the shine from the Distress Spritz.

I used Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Perfect Foam Tape to adhere the bird to the background and made a nest from cheese cloth. The cheese cloth was dyed with Distress Ink. 

The folds in the paper adds interest to the background. 

Off-set the word a little to create a gold shadow. I added Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Dazzling Opal Gems to the flowers.

In some places, the background looks almost like wood.

I used an old book about gardening in Southern Africa, which I saved from being thrown away years ago.

I hope you enjoyed this post and that it inspired you to use some old book paper.

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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