Easter Bunny Card

Hello crafters! My Easter decor is out and I was inspired to make an Easter card today.

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The bright yellows and greens of spring are just wonderful, especially after the long winter. Here I used the Simon Says Stamp Everlasting Flowers embossing folder for the background together with a fun debossed resist technique. The folder and the Little Bows die set are both from the new In My Heart release.

Start by inking the Everlasting Flowers embossing folder with Simon Says Stamp Clear Emboss ink. Place watercolor paper in the folder and emboss. We are using the debossed side. Cover with white embossing powder. Remove the excess and melt. Be careful when using a heat tool and do not touch the powder until it has cooled down completely.

Mist the background with Distress Spray Stain, starting with Squeezed Lemonade. Add just a little Mermaid Lagoon. Next, mist with Distress Spritz Twisted Citron, for glimmer. 

I had some left-over collage paper and die cut three butterflies and one bunny from Tim Holtz Sizzix Vault Hippity Hop. You can see how I made that paper in this post.

Paint them with Distress Paint.

I die cut more butterflies. The collage paper butterflies were die cut again from Simon Says Stamp Lemon Glitter Cardstock and placed underneath the collage butterflies. I also die cut tiny butterflies from Tim Holtz Sizzix Vault Boutique, from glitter cardstock and from left-over pink inky cardstock.

Bend the wings of the butterflies and let them flutter across the page. 

For the sentiment I die cut a Simon Says Stamp Petal-Tipped Label and stamped a sentiment from Hoppy Spring on top. The bows were die cut from glitter paper using Simon Says Stamp Little Bows.

I die cut the bunny one more time from brown cardstock and off-set slightly. The bunny also got a little bow. 

The deboss resist technique gives a great textured look. Don't worry if you don't get a perfect result, that is part of the fun with the technique.

This little corner of blue is one of my favorite parts of this card.

For another background technique using this same Everlasting Flowers folder, check out this tutorial of mine.

See you again tomorrow!

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

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Dimensional Heart Flowers Tag

Hello friends! I am happy to have a tutorial on the Simon Says Stamp store blog today. I made a tag with dimensional flowers made from heart dies in various sizes. 

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Here is a peek of the tag. I had fun making those bright, inky and dimensional flowers. They are easy to make! I like to think of different ways to use a die and these were all made with the Simon Says Stamp Rounded Hearts die set.

You can see the full tutorial and all the details on the Simon Says Stamp store blog. 

Thank you for stopping by today!

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

Picture Wheel Art Journal Page

Hello crafters! I hope you had a lovely weekend! We did an outing to a neighboring town on Saturday, which was really nice. 

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Let's Art Journal is our theme this week at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog. I actually did my very first art journal page for a similar challenge, years ago. If you haven't art journaled yet, I hope you will give it a try. If you don't have a journal, you can use lose pages and bind them later.

Don't miss the project from our March guest designer Simona Rebecchi.

I made a page with lots of wise words and picture wheels (view-master reels) to symbolise all those small and big moments in life. I had a pink page in my art journal where I had used up left-over paint and decided to use that. Looking for a different color combo to use, I came across this combination of dark pink/red, sage green, peach and purple and decided to use that.

The page has many circular elements, can you seen them all?

Start by die cutting the reel from Tim Holtz Vault Picture Show, from heavystock paper and ink with Bundled Sage and Dried Marigold.

Die cut the solid background from Simon Says Stamp Acetate sheets and color with alcohol ink. I aimed for a dark splotchy look with Mushroom, Teak and Pitch Black.

Die cut the solid circle again and then layer them as shown. 

I stamped the wheels with Simon Says Stamp Old Letter, Tim Holtz Tiny Texture and Ultimate Grunge.

For the words I covered Simon Says Stamp White Glossy cardstock with Seedless Preserves, which matched the pink-purple I wanted to use. Don't worry about getting perfectly even color, it won't show and will also add variation.

I am so happy that Tim Holtz Sizzix Handwritten dies have been re-released. I used all the dies from Handwritten Journey (except for 'moments' which is at present missing) and 'happy' from the Handwritten Celebrate set.

The background had been covered with gesso and then I had applied left-over paint with a palette knife.

I wiped some of the paint off through Simon Says Stamp Mix and Match Circles stencil and also sponged Festive Berries through the stencil.

Sponge white paint through Simon Says Stamp Snowfall and Banks stencil.

Add texture by stamping with an alphabet stamp from Tim Holtz School Desk and a date stamp from Ultimate Grunge.

Add more circles, by stamping Tim Holtz Rings with Red Geranium ink.

Next, I applied Nebula Stickles glitter gel with a palette knife through Tim Holtz Bubble stencil.

There are tiny gold stars in the Nebula Stickles, which will stick here and there.

I didn't think the words were visible enough on the background and die cut them one more time from white cardstock.

Inked glossy cardstock are great for words and intricate details, as it is shiny.

I used sequins for the dots in the words. There are also a few strips of Design Tape Trims. 

These reels from the view-master toy are very nostalgic to me. You can also add tiny photos in the windows.

A few sequins here and there finished the page and added one more circular elements - there are many on this page!

 

I also used some Small Talk Stickers.

Join us this week in our Let's Art Journal 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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Stamped Bird Tag

Hi friends! Today I have a stamped and stenciled tag to share, with a bit of heat embossing and coloring with pencils. You can of course turn the design into a card instead.

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I always like bird stamps and this one is not an exception. It is from Sizzix Studio Stitches Stamps and Stencils, designed by Mark Montano. The set include a stamp set and three 4.75 x 8.125 stencils. The stamped images were colored with pencils and I also added swirly silver embossing.

Start by stamping the bird and the flowers on a tag with Archival Jet Black ink.

Ink the tag with pink and beige shades of Distress Ink.

Color the images with pencils. I used Prismacolors. The bird is meant to be a barn swallow.

Add highlights with a white gel pen.

Silver emboss the flourish from the stamp set here and there.

I restamped the flourish with grey Distress Ink, misting with water before stamping, for a shadow effect. Add hearts with one of the stencils from the Stitches Stamps and Stencils set and Salty Ocean ink.

Stamp the alphabet stamp all over most of the tag. Avoid getting too much ink on the oval frame. That is why I used a mini ink pad. I got a few lines anyway, but that was okay.

The stamped sentiments come from Simon Says Stamp Heart Suite and cut into strips. Tie the tag with ribbons in the same colors as the bird.

Layer the coloring by starting with the lightest shades. I also added Simon Says Stamp Pawitively Dazzling Gems Lilac and Royal

Ink the edges with Scorched Timber and then distress them.

The main sentiment was die cut from Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Velvet Paper using the Simon Says Stamp Simple Thanks die. Add a piece of mummy cloth underneath.

This is such a pretty floral stamp, you can also make it a star of its own card or tag.

Thank you for stopping by today!

See you again tomorrow!

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

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