Wednesday, September 27, 2023

Story Time Tag with Minibooks

Hello friends! Today I have a fun Halloween tag to share, with a story time theme and five tiny dimensional books.

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Layers of ink - Storytime Tag with Minibooks tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

I love to read and I read a lot of different kinds of stories. I had such fun making the tiny books on this tag and adding titles and other details. The entire background of the tag is filled with words and sentences, from Tim Holtz Halloween sticker books.

Layers of ink - Storytime Tag with Minibooks tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

The books have real pages and quite a bit of dimension.

Layers of ink - Storytime Tag with Minibooks tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson. Cover the tag with Tim Holtz clippings stickers.

Start by covering an entire tag with clippings stickers from Tim Holtz Halloween sticker book. Coat with Matte Medium. Try to vary the stickers when it comes to size and color.

Layers of ink - Storytime Tag with Minibooks tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson. Color with Distress Crayons.

Scribble Distress Crayons all over the tag, and then remove most of it with a slightly moist cloth. Add more until you are happy with the look.

Layers of ink - Storytime Tag with Minibooks tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson. Create tiny book covers.

The tiny book covers come from Tim Holtz Halloween 2023 Ephemera Pack. Fold along the spine, sand the edges and then ink. 

Layers of ink - Storytime Tag with Minibooks tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson. Tear old book paper and add to the books.

Tear the pages from an old book and fold in half to form a signature. Use a ruler when tearing to get a straight, but still torn, edge. Add enough signatures in each book to fill them and glue with Simon glue along the spine. Ink the edges of the pages a little.

Layers of ink - Storytime Tag with Minibooks tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson. Stamp sentiments.

Stamp and die cut a label from Simon Says Stamp Mixed Labels and the coordinating die set. The label was stamped on Tim Holtz Halloween Backdrops paper. Ink the edges. The remaining two sentiments were stamped on heavystock paper which was inked with Salvaged Patina. 

Layers of ink - Storytime Tag with Minibooks tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

The ribbon was dyed with Salvaged Patina and Frayed Burlap Distress Ink. 

Layers of ink - Storytime Tag with Minibooks tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

I added titles to the book from the Halloween Sticker Book and a spider from Tim's idea-ology Spiders & Branches Adornments

Layers of ink - Storytime Tag with Minibooks tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

The bats were die cut from black kraft core paper with Tim's Big Frights set.

Layers of ink - Storytime Tag with Minibooks tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson. More tiny books.

These two are my favorites of the book covers. 

Layers of ink - Storytime Tag with Minibooks tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

You could also add blank pages to the books and write your own words in them, or stamp tiny sentiments.

Layers of ink - Storytime Tag with Minibooks tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

The torn edges adds a nice texture and old feeling to the books.

Layers of ink - Storytime Tag with Minibooks tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

The little books can also be made in other themes and added to a card, or placed in a tiny bookshelf. I did something similar to that on this bookshelf project. 

Layers of ink - Storytime Tag with Minibooks tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.


Thank you so much for stopping by here today! See you soon again.






Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

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Monday, September 25, 2023

Winter Forest Card

Hello stampers! STAMPtember® contines at Simon Says Stamp and today I have a card to share with lots of stamping.

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We have a Christmas theme this week at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog. The perfect time to get started on Christmas project. My card is my first Christmas themed project of the year. Don't miss the last project by our September guest designer Deborah Emmons.

Layers of ink - Winter Forest Card by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

I stamped a frosty winter forest for this card, using both clear and white embossing powder and a mix of ink. The background was painted with pearlescent and normal watercolors. The heat embossing creates a resist effect with quite a lot of texture.

Layers of ink - Winter Forest Card by Anna-Karin Evaldsson. Stamp with Simon Says Stamp Winter Forest.

Working on watercolor paper I started stamping pine trees from Simon Says Stamp Forest Scenery. Work one tree at a time. Some of the trees were stamped with Salvaged Patina and Uncharted Mariner Distress Oxide Ink and embossed with clear powder, while other trees were stamped with clear embossing ink and embossed with white powder. Stamp the white trees last. There are also a couple of trees in the background which were stamped with clear ink and embossed with clear powder, so that the white tree wouldn't visibly overlap with the blue background trees.

Layers of ink - Winter Forest Card by Anna-Karin Evaldsson. Paint with Gansai Tambi.

I also applied some embossing ink to the front edge of the card and embossed with white ink. Paint the background with Zig Kuretake Gansai Tambi Pearl Colors, using Pearl Cobalt Blue and White Gold. The darker shades were made with darker shades of ordinary blue Gansai Tambi colors.

Layers of ink - Winter Forest Card by Anna-Karin Evaldsson. White emboss and die cut the sentiment.

The main sentiment comes from a new STAMPtember® set called Elegantly Modern Christmas. White emboss on vellum and die cut with the coordinating die. I use Simon Says Stamp Very Very Low Tack Tape to hold the die in place when die cutting.

Layers of ink - Winter Forest Card by Anna-Karin Evaldsson. Pearl Gansai Tambi shimmer.

It is difficult to photograph the effect of the pearl paints, but you can maybe see it a better here. The small sentiments also come from Simon Says Stamp Forest Scenery.

Layers of ink - Winter Forest Card by Anna-Karin Evaldsson. Snowy Textures.

I sprinkled white embossing powder on the colored trees before embossing, making it appear as if it is snowing. Pearls added to the snowy and glistering feel.

Layers of ink - Winter Forest Card by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

The darker trees recedes into the background and looks like they are further away.

Layers of ink - Winter Forest Card by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

I added dots of Simon glue under the embossed areas to glue the vellum sentiment to the background.

Layers of ink - Winter Forest Card by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

Distress the edge and mount on Simon Says Stamp glimmery cardstock, Soft Navy Blue and white cardstock.




I hope you will join us this week in our Christmas 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.






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Thank you so much for stopping by here today! 

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

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Friday, September 22, 2023

Window Garden Book Tutorial

Hi crafters! Today I have a mini-book / journal / sketchbook tutorial to share. The front cover is a window with broken glass.

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Layers of ink - Window Garden Book Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

This sketchbook mainly with products from Tim Holtz Halloween release. There is quite a lot of idea-ology pieces that work for many different themes and not only for Halloween. I thought I'd make a litte journal / sketchbook for my garden since the window made me think of looking out into the garden. 

Layers of ink - Window Garden Book Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

I just had to take a photo of the journal in the grass and among the fallen petals from the wild roses. 

Layers of ink - Window Garden Book Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson. Ink Tim Holtz window.

For the glass I used Tim Holtz idea-ology Shattered Window and colored it with Latte alcohol ink.

Layers of ink - Window Garden Book Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson. Stamp with butterflies.

Stamp with butterflies from Tim Holtz Papillon using Stazon ink. I placed the stamp so that the butterflies would be visible through the windows.

Layers of ink - Window Garden Book Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson. Stamp with Simon Says Stamp Stained Glass.


Layers of ink - Window Garden Book Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson. Ink window with Distress Ink.

The window comes from Halloween Baseboards and Transparencies. I sanded the edges and inked with Vintage Photo.

Layers of ink - Window Garden Book Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

Do the same on the rest of the idea-ology ephemera. The lace piece was used as a curtain. 

Layers of ink - Window Garden Book Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson. Make signatures.

I glued the acetate to the window and cut pages from one of my favorite sketching papers. Use a Crop-a-Dile to punch holes.

Layers of ink - Window Garden Book Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson. Stamp sentiments.

This paper comes from Tim Holtz Halloween Backdrops papers. I love all the backdrops papers and use them a lot. Place it behind the window and add dots with a pencil to try to get the stamped words in the right places. Ink the edges.

Layers of ink - Window Garden Book Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson. Use Backdrops paper for the cover of the book.

The back cover was covered with another piece of Halloween Backdrops paper.

Layers of ink - Window Garden Book Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

The stamped words show through the windows, some of them are stamped in the holes from the broken glass. The sentiment on the strip comes from Simon Says Stamp Forest Scenery

Layers of ink - Window Garden Book Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson. Add ideaology flowers and butterflies.

I like adding curtains to windows. It gives them a more finished touch. The green butterfly is from the Halloween 2023 ephemera pack.

Layers of ink - Window Garden Book Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson. Add sentiment strips.

The alcohol ink, shattered glass, stamping and texture of the background paper gives an interesting layered effect.

Layers of ink - Window Garden Book Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.


Layers of ink - Window Garden Book Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

The book was bound with Tim Holtz Book Rings

Layers of ink - Window Garden Book Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson. Inside cover.

If you open the cover, the inside page looks like this, but it is really meant to be a backdrop to the cover.

Layers of ink - Window Garden Book Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson. Window cover.

Here you can maybe see the transparent effect better.
 
Layers of ink - Window Garden Book Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson. The cover of the book.

I love the shapes and texture in the vintage book marbled paper.

Layers of ink - Window Garden Book Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

The second page in the journal looks like this. It is the printed back of the Backdrops paper used as a first page for the small stamped sentiments. I added a Journal Card and some stamping.

Layers of ink - Window Garden Book Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson. The inside of the book.

One of my favorite things with making my own journals, is that I can use paper that is suited for what I plan to use it for. Sometimes I like to use various papers, for this journal I used only a good sketching paper. The book can also hold small photos.

Layers of ink - Window Garden Book Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

You can make this book in other themes or for other purposes too.

Layers of ink - Window Garden Book Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

Thank you for stopping by here today! My next project with Tim's Halloween products is coming soon and it is a little spookier, but only a little.




Thank you so much for stopping by here today! See you soon again.

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

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