Be True Art Journal Page

Hi everyone! We love stamps at Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge blog, and this week the challenge is all about stamps.

One of my favourite and most used types of stamps are script and text stamps. I love to use them for backgrounds and on embellishment. They give great texture and I also like if you can spot a word here and there. Usually, I would only use one text stamp on a background, but on this journal page I used two. Because the size of the font is different and because I stamped them in different colours they work real well together. I worked in my Small Creative Journal, on a Distress Ink background.

One of the text stamps I used, is an ad for the New York School of Art, from a Wendy Vecchi set. It was stamped with orange ink, for a tone on tone effect. I held the cling stamp in my hand instead of mounting it on a block, for that random impression. 'Based on a true story' comes from a stamps saying 'this art is based on a true story'. I stamped it on sticky back canvas and cut it apart. The title letters were die cut with the Vintage Market Sizzlits die.

For the flowers, I used another favourite stamping technique of mine, watercolour stamping. I inked them up with Tumbled Glass and Salty Ocean for the flower, and Shabby Shutters, Crushed Olive and Peeled Paint markers for the stems. The stamp was misted with water about four times before stamping. The second text stamp is a train table from the Metro Art set. It was stamped with Archival Jet Black using both first and second generation stamping. Love the layered look of the faint text over the flower.

Speaking of favourite stamps, I had to use the bird stamp from Tim Holtz Mini Ornates set, one of my all time favourite stamps. It was also stamped with the watercolour technique. The hearts were die cut with Simon Says Stamp Mini Hearts set.

The grasses and stems were inked with Distress Markers, misted with water and stamps. I stamped another sentiment on a die cut sticky-back canvas circle.

I hope you will join us in our stamp challenge. As always, one random winner is drawn from the participants and will win a $50 gift voucher from Simon Says Stamp.

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

Supplies:
Surface: Ranger Small Dylusions Creative Journal; Claudine Hellmuth Sticky-Back Canvas
Stamps: Stampers Anonymous Wendy Vecchi: Forever Art, Metro Art, New York Art, The Purpose of Art, Art Comforts; Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz:  Mini Ornates
Ink: Distress Ink: Salty Ocean, Tumbled Glass, Shabby Shutters, Wild Honey, Spiced Marmalade; Ranger Archival Ink: Jet Black
Markers: Distress Markers: Shabby Shutters, Crushed Olive
Dies: Simon Says Stamp: Mini Hearts; Sizzix: Sized Circles, Vintage Market