Petal Tipped Card

Hello friends! A couple of days ago, the weather changed and I can now feel autumn in the air. I hope you had a good weekend. Lots of much needed rain fell here. It is the last day of August, which also means that STAMPtember® starts tomorrow at Simon Says Stamp. The best stamping month of the year.

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It is Monday again and this week we have a Get in Shape theme at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog. Use any shape but squares. Fun! Don't miss the last project by our August guest designer Cassie Lynch.

I made a petal tipped card for this week, with fun textures and shimmer. Shaped cards are fun to make! The cardbase and front were die cut with the Simon Says Stamp Petal-Tipped Labels set. I used an embossing folder to great the pattern with the small flowers.

Apply embossing ink to Simon Says Stamp Flower Puff embossing folder. Emboss watercolor paper. Sprinkle white embossing powder on top and return the excess to the jar. Emboss.

Smear Wilted Violet and Salty Ocean on a non-stick craft sheet and mist with water. Press the paper into the ink. Then mist Salty Ocean Distress Spray Stain in a few places and Picked Raspberry Distress Spritz for shine.

Die cut with Simon Says Stamp Petal-Tipped Labels. Fold the cardbase and place the edge of the die just outside the folded edge. 

The second panel was die cut from left-over watercolor paper and misted slightly using the same inks.

Die cut Simon Says Stamp Bright Butterflies from inky or watercolored paper. Die cut the bodies from the Flourish Butterfly Trio from purple glitter cardstock.

The open card looks like this. I will stamp or write a sentiment when I have a recipient for this card. The base is die cut from Simon Says Stamp Mint cardstock.

Fold the wings of the butterflies and glue to the background.

I also added some Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Dazzling Prism Gems. The Prism gems partly take on the colors of the project, depending on the light.

The background is shimmery, but you can't see all the shimmer in the photos.

Die cut hello from Simon Says Stamp Paper Cut Words Vol. 1, from blue glitter cardstock and from watercolored cardstock. I misted the latter with a little Picked Raspberry Distress Spritz. The sentiment was stamped on the same paper as the butterflies were die cut from, using Simon Says Stamp A Little Artsy and Prize Ribbon Archival Ink.

A shaped card is a fun surprise for the recipient.

Join us this week in our Get in Shape 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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Flower Trio Art Journal

Hi crafters! Summer is coming to an end and we are starting to feel autumn in the air, but there are still flowers around. Today I am sharing a floral art journal page made with stamps, ink, Distress Micro Glaze and white embossing powder.

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Repeating the same stamp more than once is a great way to cover a page. Let one or more of the images run off the page for a finished look. I worked in my Stamperia Happiness Mixed Media Journal 4x8.5 in and used lots of ink combined with Distress Micro Glaze to protect the colors of the flowers.

White emboss the large flower from Simon Says Stamp A Little Artsy three times. White emboss the sentiment from Simon Says Stamp Be Your Beautiful Self. 

Smear Distress Ink on a non-stick craft sheet, mist with water and pick up with a paint brush. Watercolor the flowers. Drop darker shades towards the center before the lighter yellow is completely dry.

When dry, cover the flowers with Distress Micro Glaze, using your finger. The glaze will protect the colors. 

Smear Distress Inks on a non-stick craft sheet, mist with water and press the page into the ink. Let dry.

Repeat adding layers of ink, letting the background dry in between. Finish with a little Distress Oxide ink.

White emboss the Tim Holtz halftone dots on the background, from the Psychedelic Grunge set.

I also stamped the alphabet stamp from Tim Holtz School Desk here and there, with Jet Black Archival Ink. The sentiments is from Tim's Small Talk stickers and I also added some Design Tape Trim.

The ink will create a great textured background. Here you can see that I let some of the yellow ink and the Distress Micro Glaze extend past the edges of the flowers. 

I used brown ink for the flower center, even though you only see a hint of it. 

Add tape under the title and another sentiment sticker.

When I embossed the dots, some powder got stuck to the glaze. I left it, since I like the look of stray embossing powder.

The journal spread, with the new page to the left and a previous floral page to the right, where the Hyacinth was colored with pencils. You can find that tutorial here. 

Here is an another example using the flower stamp from Simon Says Stamp A Little Artsy, but with black ink.

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

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Sunflower Card

Hi friends! We have sunflowers in the garden and they are gorgeous right now. One is really tall, while another one is a great shade of brown/maroon. This card was inspired by the sunflowers.

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I wanted to make a field of sunflowers in different height and sizes and used the new Simon Says Stamp Sunflower Meadow stamp set. It is from the Every Happiness collection. After stamping, I just added sentiments, jewels and stitching.

The stamps in the Sunflower Meadow set are meant to be stamped in layers and they are numbered (A1, A2, A3 and so on), to make it easy to see which stamps belong together. I used various Distress Inks for the stamping and misted with water after inking. The background is a very lightly colored blue watercolor paper.

I smeared Tumbled Glass on a non-stick craft sheet, misted with water and tapped the top of the paper into the ink. I wanted more blue in the sky. The flower to the right by mistake got too much water and became a little to messy for my liking as it didn't fit with the other flowers. I later cut it off.

Distress the edges and stitch with a sewing machine. The sentiments are also from Simon Says Stamp Sunflower Meadow. 

Don't worry if the stamping isn't perfect. Watercolor stamping is a bit unpredictable. My favorite flower is the one to the right here.

The smaller flowers and foliage in the set are very useful. 

I also added Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Dazzling Sprout Gems and wrapped the card with twine.

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

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Hummingbird card

Hi crafters! Today I have a colorful card to share using a background from a gel printing session and a great hummingbird die.

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This background has been on my desk since my last gel printing session. It is one of the dry embossed papers that I used to add a pattern to the printing plate. I liked the random colors and the mix of color, but hadn't found a project for it yet. Then I happened to look at this new Simon Says Stamp Flourish Hummingbird die and thought it would work good with the background.

I die cut the Simon Says Stamp Flourish Hummingbird from various inky or watercolored papers.

Since I wanted the bird to shimmer, I misted the shapes with Distress Spritz.

I die cut the sentiment from the same leftover paper as the head of the humming bird, using Simon Says Stamp Paper Cut Word Mix 1. The word was then misted with Distress Spritz Picked Raspberry. The matte was die cut from Silver Vellum. 

I wanted to add some flowers and used these from Simon Says Stamp Country Basket Bouquet. They were die cut from gel printed papers and misted with Distress Spritz.

Assemble the bird and glue to the background. The Simon Says Stamp Flourish Hummingbird is from the Every Happiness release.

The dry embossed panel was embossed in Simon Says Stamp Bubble Rings folder. Distress the edges of the dry embossed panel. I stitched around it with my sewing machine.

Shape the flowers with Tim Holtz Shaping Tool Kit and glue together. Add a Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Dazzling Bubblegum Gems to the center.

Here you can see how shimmery the word and the vellum is. The second part of the title was stamped with Simon Says Stamp A Little Artsy using Salvaged Patina Archival Ink.

Thank you so much for stopping by here today!

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

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