Balancing Elephants

Hello everyone! First some happy news. Baby Leo couldn't wait any longer and surprised everyone by suddenly arriving 5 weeks before his due date. Time to start exploring the world! He is doing well and so am I. I am very happy and also relieved that all went well. Big brother is very proud. I'll post a photo when we are back home again. 

This week at Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog we have a 'touch of clover' challenge. My post is lacking a supply list since I didn't get a chance to complete it before Leo decided it was time. I'll add it as soon as I can [update: I have added it now]. I decided to make a very green art journal page, with a luck theme.

I had fun building up layers in the background of this page, which will go into my Dylusions journal. It started out as a blank watercolour paper. A little bit of Sap Green reinker was mixed into Ranger's new Gloss Texture Paste and the coloured paste was smeared through a star and a mesh stencil. Leave to dry, and the stars will resist the following ink layers. You can see the the stars are a lighter green. Next, I smeared green Distress Inks on my craft sheet, misted with water and pressed the paper into the ink. When dry, the page was misted with various green Distress Sprays Stains, both just here and there and through the Schoolhouse stencil.

I stamped the background with various stamps and splattered black paint on it. The birds were die cut from a piece of watercolour paper, also colored with Distress Inks.

I love this elephant stamp and had the idea of letting three elephants balance on top of each other. The ball was cut off from the two top elephants. The elephants were stamped with Jet Black Archival Ink and watercoloured with Distress Ink. The page is all about finding balance and remembering that it is all perspective, and how lucky you are.

I die cut labels and stamped the sentiment with different alphabet stamps, also adding some rub-ons.

The second label with a stamped sentiment. I also added some tissue tape, and really wanted to include the part with the bike. The green wire thread is by Prima. 

And some stamped clocks. The cheese cloth was dyed by misting it with Distress Spray Stain.

I hope you will join us this week in our green challenge! As every week, one random participant wins a $50 gift voucher from Simon Says Stamp. 

Thank you so much for stopping by today!

Happy crafting!!

Anna-Karin

Supplies:

Tim Holtz Cling Rubber Stamps BIG TOP cms191	Tim Holtz GOOD THOUGHTS	Tim Holtz GOING SOMEWHERE	Tim Holtz CURIOSITIES	Tim Holtz TALL TEXT
Tim Holtz HASHTAGS	Tim Holtz TYPOGRAPHY	Tim Holtz MINI MUSE	Tim Holtz TINY THINGS	Hero Arts PRINTER'S LOWERCASE Alphabet
Tim Holtz Sizzix BIRDS IN FLIGHT	Tim Holtz Sizzix LABELS Thinlits	Dyan Reaveley DYLUSIONS JOURNAL	Ranger WATERCOLOR PAPER Inkssentials	Tim Holtz Stencil SCHOOLHOUSE
Tim Holtz Stencil BURLAP	Tim Holtz Stencil STARS	Tim Holtz DISTRESS INK PAD ANTIQUE LINEN	Tim Holtz DISTRESS INK PEELED PAINT	Tim Holtz DISTRESS INK MOWED LAWN
Tim Holtz Distress INK SHABBY SHUTTERS	Tim Holtz DISTRESS INK FOREST MOSS	Tim Holtz DISTRESS INK ICED SPRUCE	Ranger Archival SAP GREEN Reinker	Tim Holtz Distress Spray Stain PEELED PAINT
Tim Holtz Distress Spray Stain MOWED LAWN	Ranger TEXTURE PASTE TRANSPARENT GLOSS	Tim Holtz NUMBERS REMNANT RUBS	Tim Holtz TISSUE TAPE JOURNEYMAN	Tim Holtz Idea-ology TISSUE TAPE ELEMENTS
Tim Holtz Idea-ology LABORATORIE Tissue Tape	Prima Flowers SPROUT Wire Thread	Sizzix BIG SHOT MACHINE	Dina Wakley Ranger PALETTE KNIFE	Tim Holtz Tonic Craft SCISSORS
Ranger Inkssentials Non Stick CRAFT SHEET	Ranger Inkssentials GLOSSY ACCENTS	Tim Holtz Tonic PAPER DISTRESSER	Ranger Inkssentials INK BLENDING TOOL	Ranger Large 2 oz MISTER BOTTLE

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