Make a Wish Layout

Hello and welcome! Did you get some crafty time this weekend? I've been documenting the past week with photos and words, inspired by Ali Edwards Week In The Life project. I suddenly realized that it was one of the last weeks with the routine we have now, before the start of the summer, and thought it would be fun to document it. I am hoping to put it all together in a mini-album some time next month. 

It is Monday and this week at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge our theme is 'Make a Wish'. 

I was thinking of birthdays and wishes and decided to make a layout for the boys, about wishes and following your dreams. Their birthdays are very close together and just a short while before this photo was taken. The photo was taken by Alet Gronewald from Blessed Reflection Photography. Leo was feeling a little ill and didn't want to sit in Anton's lap, so there aren't many photos of the two of them together from this session. I like this one with the small feet and the bigger shoe. I took step photos while building up the mixed media background. 

Start by die cutting Tim Holtz Wildflowers and Lace from watercolour paper. I used the Sizzix Precision Base Plate, since it helps to make perfect die cuts every time of even these intricate dies. Glue to Prima 12 x 12 watercolour paper with matte multi-medium. Then I coated it all with a layer of gesso.

When the gesso is dry, paint with watered-down Distress Paints. You can also mist with additional water so that they blend even more. Leave to dry.

To add texture to the background, stamp with the new Newsprint stamp by Tim Holtz and Jet Black ink. I really like this stamp, with all the small words. Stamp stars with the same ink. The Specks stamp was stamped with Fern Green on the grass area and Cornflower for the sky. The birds were stamped with the same blue.

Add even more texture with stencils and white Texture Paste. I used two mini stencils from set 8 and set 9 and the Industrial one.

Add shadows to the flowers with a Black Soot marker. Wipe with your finger or a cloth to blend.

Paint the dots with the same blue paints as you used for the sky. Later, I also added shadows to the dots.

Also add shadows to the number and the word 'lucky'.

For the journaling, which is tucked in behind the photo, I stamped a Label Frame with Fern Green and die cut a Stencil Number 2 in the corner. The stencil number die set includes numbers in four different sizes.

The title was die cut with the new Tim Holtz Alphabet Typo Lower die. I love the shape of these letters. I painted them with Twisted Citron, stamped with the Specks stamp and added shading to make them blend with the background.

I also die cut three words from black kraft-core cardstock, using the Calendar Words Script, Adventure Words Script, and Friendship Words Script.

I like how the birds peek through underneath the textured dots.

Finally, I splattered some black paint on the background with Black Soot and the Distress Splatter brush.

Additional journaling was done with Small Talk stickers.

I die cut a few Wildflowers in white and glued on top of the background ones. The number 2 was die cut with the Alphabet Typo Upper from a piece left-over from a project I'll be posting tomorrow. The tiny hearts and stars were die cut from the same piece.

I hope you will join us in our Make a Wish challenge. As every week, you have a chance to win a $50 gift voucher from Simon Says Stamp. You have until Monday 8am Ohio time. 1pm UK time, 2 pm CET to join in.

If you want to, follow Simon Says Stamp on Instagram, they post great stuff daily. 

Do you use Instagram ? If so please add #sssmchallenge so we can see your entries there too.

Thank you so much for stopping by today!

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

Supplies:

Tim Holtz Sizzix WILDFLOWERS Thinlits Die 661190	Tim Holtz Sizzix ALPHABET TYPO LOWER	Tim Holtz Sizzix ALPHABET TYPO UPPER	Tim Holtz Sizzix LACE	Tim Holtz Sizzix CALENDAR WORDS SCRIPT
Tim Holtz Sizzix ADVENTURE WORDS	Tim Holtz Sizzix FRIENDSHIP WORDS SCRIPT	Tim Holtz Sizzix STENCIL NUMBERS	Tim Holtz Sizzix TINY SHAPES	Tim Holtz NEWSPRINT AND TYPE
Tim Holtz LABEL FRAMES	Tim Holtz ROCK STAR	Tim Holtz MINI ORNATES	Tim Holtz SCHOOL DESK Stampers Anonymous	Tim Holtz CRACKS & SPECKS
Tim Holtz MINI STENCIL SET 9	Tim Holtz MINI STENCIL SET 8	Tim HoltzStencil INDUSTRIAL	Prima Flowers 12 X 12 WATERCOLOR PAPER PAD 847753	Tim Holtz Core'dinations KRAFT CORE NOSTALGIC
Tim Holtz DISTRESS INK BLACK SOOT	Ranger Wendy Vecchi Archival FERN GREEN	Ranger Wendy Vecchi Archival CORNFLOWER BLUE	Ranger Archival Ink Pad JET BLACK	Tim Holtz Distress MARKERS BLACK SOOT
Ranger TEXTURE PASTE	Ranger 4 Oz. MULTI MEDIUM MATTE	Dina Wakley Ranger WHITE GESSO	Tim Holtz Distress Paint TWISTED CITRON	Tim Holtz PEELED PAINT
Tim Holtz MOWED LAWN	Tim Holtz Distress Paint TUMBLED GLASS	Tim Holtz Distress Paint SALTY OCEAN	Tim Holtz Distress Paint BROKEN CHINA	Tim Holtz Distress Paint BLACK SOOT
Tim Holtz MIRRORED STARS	Tim Holtz Idea-ology SMALL TALK Stickers	Sizzix BIG SHOT MACHINE Gray And White	Tim Holtz Sizzix BASE TRAY	Sizzix PRECISION BASE PLATE
Sizzix MINT Standard Cutting Pads	Tim Holtz DISTRESS SPRAYER Ranger	Dina Wakley Ranger PALETTE KNIFE	Tim Holtz Distress COLLAGE BRUSH SET	Ranger Inkssentials GLOSSY ACCENTS
Tim Holtz Tonic PAPER DISTRESSER	3M Scotch PINK ATG ADVANCED TAPE GLIDER 1/4	Hero Arts CLEAR ACRYLIC BLOCK 3 by 3	Tim Holtz Distress SPLATTER BRUSH	Ranger Inkssentials Non Stick CRAFT SHEET

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