Stay True art journal

 Hi crafters! I hope you had a good weekend! I can't believe it is June already.

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This week our theme is 'Add a Rainbow of Color' at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog. Since it is the first Monday of a new month, the team is showcasing products by a specific designer. This month it is Dylusions by Dyan Reaveley. You can find all the stunning products here. You don't have to use them to join, but it is fun if you do.

We also have a new guest designer and in June, Ann Chuang will be joining us. I hope you will take the time to check out the project that she has created for the challenge.

I made a colorful page in my Dylusions Small Creative Journal, which is my favorite and most used art journal. This is my fourth Small Creative Journal and it is almost full. I like the size of the pages and the quality of the paper is great. 

I started by white embossing the sentiment from Simon Says Stamp Stay True, and a butterfly from Simon Says Stamp A Little Artsy and from Artsy Butterflies.

Ink the page with Distress ink in different colors.

Use Simon Says Stamp embossing ink and apply it through Simon Says Stamp Petal Lattice stencil. Brush Dylusions Dyamond Dust White Linen over the page. My Distress Ink wasn't totally dry, so there is shimmer a bit all over the page, but that is also what I wanted.

Ink the words with Black Soot Distress Ink, mist with water and stamp over the words again, off-setting slightly. This creates a shadow. Stamp more sentiments and a messy thread on the page.

Stamp with blue ink and Simon Says Stamp Swiss Dots background and splatter a little Dylusions White Linen Ink spray on the background.

The shadow stamping gives a 3-D look and makes the sentiment stand out better.

The butterflies are yellow, to look like lemon butterflies.

Dream, create, share comes from Simon Says Stamp Create.

I stamped a stamp with small numbers from Simon Says Stamp A Little Artsy here and there for texture.

The effect of the Dyamond Dust is hard to capture on photo. The entire page is to some extent shimmery, but the stenciled areas have an even more visible shimmer.

I also stamped dots with Wilted Violet Distress Oxide and messy rings with black ink. These are both from the A Little Artsy set.

You are enough comes from Simon Says Stamp Beautiful Butterflies and Don't ever change is from Stay True.

Join us this week in our Add a Rainbow of Color 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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Frog Party Tag Tutorial

Hi friends! Today I have a tag to share which was made with Simon Says Stamp brand new Always There release. 

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Always there is a beautiful release, with lots of great sentiments, images, embossing folders, stencils, embellishments and more.

I made a tag with the new Simon Says Stamp Token Terrarium set. The frog stamp is so cute and I created a bunch of them together with lots of leaves and greenery.

The background was made with several layers of Distress Ink. I have had it on my desk for a while. It had been used to use up left-over ink and I liked the textures. I thought it would be a good background for the frog scene.

Sponge Picket Fence Distress Paint through the new Simon Says Stamp Dot Petal Pattern stencil.

Stamp the frog, leaves and stones from Simon Says Stamp Token Terrarium on watercolor paper using Jet Black Archival Ink.

Smear Distress Inks on a non-stick craft sheet, mist with water and pick up with a paint brush. Watercolor the images.

There are coordinating dies for the Token Terrarium set, but since I don't have them yet, I cut the images out with scissors.

Apply Moon Dust Stickles Glitter Gel with a palette knife through the Dot Petal Pattern stencil.

I stamped sentiments from Simon Says Stamp Dot Terrarium, with Blueprint Sketch Archival Ink and cut into strips. Tie coordinating ribbons and fibers to the tag.

Such a fun sentiment! I tucked leaves behind the frogs.

The frogs and stones were adhered with Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Perfect Foam Tape. I also dyed some cheese cloth with Distress Ink and placed behind the frogs and leaves.

The frogs are all colored a little different from each other. Leave the white paper showing for highlights.

Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Dazzling Surf Gems are glued here and there among the frogs and leaves.

I hope you enjoyed this happy little frog scene! 

 

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

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Artsy Flowers Tag

Hello friends! Today I have a bright floral tag to share, made with stamps and watercolors.

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For this tag, I wanted bright and happy colors. The same floral was stamped three times, using masking tape to make it look like the flowers overlap. 

Start by stamping the large flower from Simon Says Stamp A Little Artsy once on the tag and once on Simon Says Stamp Masking Paper. Cut the mask out and mask the first flower. Stamp the second flower and repeat. 

Paint the flowers with watercolors, leaving some of the white paper showing. I painted each flower with one color and dropped in a second color before the first was dry. The colors will blend on the paper.

Paint the background and add Daniel Smith Lunar Black around the edges.

When dry, I stamped the messy thread stamp all around the edges, but didn't ink up the loop part each time. I also stamped the dots from the same stamp A Little Artsy set with Distress Oxide Spiced Marmalade and Worn Lipstick. The stamp with the small numbers was also stamped here and there, but with black ink. I added highlights to the flowers with a white gel pen.

Hello friend comes from Simon Says Stamp Swiss Dots. 

Distress the edges and tie the tag with various ribbons.

I added three black sequins to each flower.

This sentiment comes from Simon Says Stamp Stay True.

I hope you enjoyed this bold and bright tag. 

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

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Word Background Art Journal Page

 Hi friends! I have an art journal tutorial on the Simon Says Stamp store blog. 

The art journal page is inspired by alphabet dies. I am very fond of alphabet dies; with them you can create any word or message imaginable. Here, I made them a part of the background, at the same time as they carry the message of the page. The techniques are easy to do and work great for cardmaking too.

You can find the full tutorial on the Simon Says Stamp store blog. 

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

Anniversary Card

Hi friends! I hope you are well and had a good weekend!! We had two fun outings this weekend and the weather was lovely.

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This week we have a Wedding/Anniversary theme at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog. I hope you will join us! Don't miss the last project by our May guest designer Estelle Palumbo. 

I made a card using neutral shades for this week's challenge, using stamps, dies, papers, inks and embossing powder. I was going to go for mainly white and cream first, but then added a bit of darker brown too. 

Start by die cutting the Simon Says Stamp Retro Hearts coordinating heart die from heavystock paper. Stamp the heart with embossing ink and white emboss. I added several layers of embossing powder. The heart was stamped so that there would be an unstamped area at the bottom of the heart.

Don't worry about stray embossing powder, it will only add texture.

Ink with Distress Inks. I aimed for an ombre look to the heart and inked darker around the edges. The larger edge at the bottom then becomes a shadow. 

Die cut Simon Says Stamp Heart Chain from Simon Says Stamp Glimmer Vellum and from left-over gessoed paper.

For the background, I used Simon Says Stamp Detail Pincushion Plate. Die cut from heavystock paper.

White emboss the alphabet stamp from Tim Holtz School Desk here and there.

Ink lightly with Distress ink, making it darker around the edges.

I die cut Simon Says Stamp Layered Bird Bunch from various papers and glued them together.

They were adhered with Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Perfect Foam Tape. I also added cheese cloth under the heart.

Use a white gel pen to add a highlight to the eye.

The sentiment was die cut with Tim Holtz Vault Travel set from cream paper. 'Happy' was stamped with Simon Says Stamp Cool Birthday.

Behind the pincushion panel there is a piece of Tim Holtz Neutral Palette paper, woodgrain pattern.

Join us this week in our Wedding/Anniversary 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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