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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Simon Says Stamp In My Heart Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to my blog! I am so happy to take part in the Simon Says Stamp Blog Hop to celebrate the new In My Heart release. If you are following along in the hop, you should have come here from the wonderful Sandi MacIver.

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The Simon Says Stamp In My Heart release is filled with of a great variety of new and versatile stamps, embossing folders, stencils, dies, ink and sequins, perfect spring-time, Easter and Mother's Day crafting. You can find the entire In My Heart release here.

The not-yet-released Simon Says Stamp Exclusive Beautiful Day 3x4 stamp is automatically added to your cart that contains any purchase from the exclusive In My Heart collection! This gift with purchase will expire 3/22 at 11:59 pm EDT or while supplies last.

 

I made a spring-time tag with an embossed floral background. I wanted most of the background to be visible, and just added two sentiments and a few ribbons. I used the new Simon Says Stamp Everlasting Flowers embossing folder for the background, the Bereavement Thank Yous and Getting Old sets for the sentiments and the Little Bows for the ribbons.

Start by applying Distress Ink directly to the Simon Says Stamp Everlasting Flower folder. Then mist the folder with water. Cut a tag from watercolor paper, mist the back with water and emboss. 

When dry, watercolor the flowers with Distress Watercolor Pencils. I used a paint brush to pick the pigment up from the tips of the pencils.

Do the same with the stems. You can leave the background like this, if you want to.

I wanted more texture and splattered the entire tag heavily with the pencils. Dip the pencil in water and flick a paint brush against it. 

Next, I added a little shimmer, by misting with Antique Linen Distress Spritz at the bottom and in a couple of places and splattering with Tumbled Glass.

The banner from Simon Says Stamp Getting Old was stamped on left-over inky paper. Stamp a sentiment from Bereavement Thank Yous in the middle. 

Die cut Simon Says Stamp Little Bows from Pawsitively Velvet paper. Aren't these cute?

Distress the edges of the tag. Glue the bows to the background and add a Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Dazzling Peachy Gem to the center. 

I stamped another sentiment from the Simon Says Stamp Bereavement Thank Yous on left-over inky paper, but didn't use the entire sentiment, just the first part.

Here you can see the shimmer from the Distress Spritz better.

The Everlasting Flowers are so cute. I also made one version with only yellow flower, but tested something after that which didn't quite work out.

Fold the banner and staple to the tag with two ribbons underneath it. 

Antique Linen adds a nice shimmer, without adding much color.

Thank you for stopping by here today, next stop is is my friend Lorraine Aquilina.

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 Simon Says Stamp 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 25 March.

Here are all the stops along the hop:

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Nina-Marie Trapani

Heather Hoffman

Laura Bassen

Nichol Spohr

Emily Midgett

Amy Rysavy

Keisha Charles

Sandi MacIver

Anna-Karin Evaldsson (you are here)

Lorraine Aquilina

Alberto Gava

Natasha Vacca

Barb Engler

Debbie Frank

For more inspiration, remember to check out the In My Heart gallery at Simon Says Stamp, and if you make something with products from the range, it is fun if you post it in the galleries too. There are galleries for all releases, and for the card kits, full of inspiration.

This is the second In My Heart blog hop, don't miss blog hop number day number 1, which was yesterday.

Thank you so much for stopping by here today! 

Anna-Karin

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