You Matter Layout

Hi friends! And Happy Halloween! I hope you had a fun weekend. I have been pretty busy with something that I'll post on the blog tomorrow, but we were also outdoors a lot because the sun was shining. This week at the Simon Says Stamp we have a Thinking of you theme.

I started out making a card, but when I stamped the Simon Says Stamp lovely You Matter stamp on a piece of cardstock, I changed my mind and instead made a layout. This is a really wonderful stamp with such great sentiments. You could use it as a background stamp, or cut out the sentiments, as I did here. I had fun layering different elements on this page. I took that photo last year and the focus was on the dinosaur and Anton was slightly out of focus (but not enough to make it look intentional). I really wanted to use it though because I love his expression on the photo, so I gave it a translucent overlay in Photoshop.

The background is wood paper from Simple Stories, from their Basics paper kit. The papers have different wood patterns on one side and ledger patterns on the other, combining two of my favourite things. I stamped the wood paper with the You Matter stamp with Slate ink. It was torn in a few places, and die cut stars were placed there.

This background has a funny story behind it. I woke up in the middle of the night with the idea of a mottled blue and brown background with circles on top, and recreated it first thing in the morning. I used Prima's watercolor paint and the stamp is the Rings Bold Prints by Hero Arts, also stamped with Slate ink.

I used a bunch of SSS exclusive dies on this page, such as this Inspire word, die cut from Slate paper. 

You Matter was stamped on one of the ledger papers from the paper pack I was using and cut into strips. I used most of the sentiments on the stamp.

Aren't they great? They will be wonderful for a card or an art journal page too.

 The title was done with a combination of dies, alphabet stamps and a Chit Chat sticker.

I die cut the Stacked Stars from SSS glimmer cardstock. The fun Pom Poms come from Crate Paper.

 I also used some of the left-over tiny stars.

 A couple of Tim Holtz Pocket Cards and tucked in here and there.

I really like this Cottage Stems die, I also used it on my Pastel Distress Crayon art journal page.

Here are some more of the sentiments, the lower one was combined with a die cut word.

I hope you will join us in our Thinking of You 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 visiting my blog today!

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

Supplies:

Simon Says YOU MATTER BACKGROUND	Hero Arts RINGS BOLD PRINTS	Hero Arts BASIC LOWERCASE LETTERS	Simon Says Stamp STACKED STARS	Simon Says Stamp COTTAGE STEMS
Simon Says Stamp ALPHABET BLOCKS	Simon Says Stamp CREATE	Simon Says Stamp INSPIRE	Simon Says Stamp HAPPY	Simon Says Stamp YOU
Simon Says Stamp Dye Ink SLATE	Simon Says Stamp Card Stock 100# SLATE	Simon Says Stamp 3 SHADES OF GRAY	Simon Says Stamp Cardstock GLIMMERY OCEAN BLUE	Simple Stories BASICS Snap Color Vibe 12 x 12
Canson MONTVAL SPIRAL WATERCOLOR 9x12	Tim Holtz Idea-ology POCKET CARDS	Simon Says Stamp Cardstock GLIMMERY ASSORTMENT PACK	Crate Paper SNOW AND COCOA Pom Poms	Prima Flowers TROPICALS Watercolor Confections
Prima Flowers THE CLASSICS Watercolor Confections	Prima Flowers DECADENT PIES Watercolor	Tim Holtz Idea-ology CHITCHAT STICKERS	Ranger Inkssentials PIPETTE	Sizzix BIG SHOT MACHINE Gray And White
Sizzix MINT Standard Cutting Pads	Sizzix MAGNETIC PLATFORM	Sizzix PRECISION BASE PLATE	Tim Holtz Tonic PAPER DISTRESSER	Ranger Inkssentials GLOSSY ACCENTS
Tim Holtz DISTRESS SPRAYER Ranger	Tim Holtz Tonic GUILLOTINE COMFORT PAPER TRIMMER	3M Scotch PINK ATG ADVANCED TAPE GLIDER 1/4

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