Hi and welcome to my blog! I am happy to take part in the blog hop to celebrate the new Yay You release by Simon Says Stamp. If you are following along in the hop you should have arrived here from Heather Ruwe.
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The
Yay You release is full of wonderful new stamps, stencils, dies, inks and other products. You can
find the whole release here. If you use the code BEAUTY you will get the Beautiful die set FREE with a purchase of $25 or more.This promotion will expire 5/15 at 11:59 pm EDT.

I made an art journal page.
My art journal page inspired by the explosion of bright spring shades of green everywhere. It is amazing how you can see the changes from day to day in a single tree or in the color of the grass. I called it the 'green shock', and this art journal page is about walking into the forest during this time of the year, being almost encapsulated in a sea of green.
I used the great
Domed Arches stencil set, which consists of five sizes dome stencils and masks. I started with the second largest - later I added the largest too since I realised there was space for it. Ink with Twisted Citron.
Next came Moved Lawn.
Next, Lucky Clover.
The darkest and smallest dome is Rustic Wilderness.
I added a the largest dome with Twisted Citron and then placed the mask over the inked parts. Stamp the
Arches Background with embossing ink and cover with clear embossing powder.
I didn't line up the background stamp up perfectly, but that was okay anyway. Ink with shades of green and yellow.
Cut off the edges at the score line and ink with green inks.
I white embossed sentiments from
Birthday Wishes on vellum and used the new
Micro Dot Sheets as adhesive. Place the vellum on the sheet and rub with the cover sheet.
Adhere to the background. I also cut a few sentiment strips. I used birthday stamps and
wedding themed strips on this page, but turned it into a different theme.
There are so many options with the
Domed Arches stencils. You can layer them in different colors, or use just one size.
I never grow tired of the resist effect and look of clear or white embossing powder combined with dye ink.
Another sentiment strip and a tiny bit of glitter.
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 SSS 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 on Wednesday the 18th of May.
Thank you so much for visiting my blog today!
Happy crafting!
Anna-Karin
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