Monday, January 30, 2017

Missing You Layout

Hello friends! I Hope you had a good weekend! Here, we did quite about of walking, and Anton had an afternoon of skating, and Leo learned how to go down a slide on his own for the first time (and repeated it about forty times). 


This week our theme at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog is Pets Corner. Remember to check out our guest designer Autumn Clark's last guest project. 

Layers of ink - Dog watercolor layout by Anna-Karin with stamps by Hero Arts

I have another scrapbooking layout this week, and a double-sided one on top of that. When I saw the theme, I knew there was a story I wanted to tell about my inlaw's dog. I picked out some photos of her from different times, and there are even more photos on a journaling card at the back of the layout. She was sick when we left for Sweden and saying goodbye to her was really hard, and she passed away the next day. She was the sweetest dog.

Layers of ink - Dog watercolor layout by Anna-Karin with stamps by Hero Arts

I wanted a soft background and went with watercolours combined with heat embossing. There are also a whole bunch of die cuts from different materials.

Layers of ink - Dog watercolor layout by Anna-Karin with stamps by Hero Arts

I used Hero Arts Rings Bold Prints stamp all over the background and stamped it with Versamark ink. To add interest, I sprinkled it with both Hero Arts White Satin Pearl and WOW Atlantic Seaspray embossing powders.

Layers of ink - Dog watercolor layout by Anna-Karin with stamps by Hero Arts

After stamping and embossing, I painted the background with blue and brown watercolor paint, letting the paints blend as I went along.

Layers of ink - Dog watercolor layout by Anna-Karin with stamps by Hero Arts

The title was die cut from burlap with the Tim Holtz Typo Uppercase die, to add another texture to the layout.

Layers of ink - Dog watercolor layout by Anna-Karin with stamps by Hero Arts

I also stamped the background with the Simon Says Stamp Tiny Alphabet background stamp, which is a favourite stamp of mine. The bigger hearts are die cut with Tim Holtz Heartfelt die.

Layers of ink - Dog watercolor layout by Anna-Karin with stamps by Hero Arts

The SSS Spinner Trail and Clipping Hearts were die cut from glimmer cardstock. It has a really nice shine to it. I left some of the hearts inside the die cut frame when gluing them to the layout.

Layers of ink - Dog watercolor layout by Anna-Karin with stamps by Hero Arts

Across both pages there is a piece of design tape. 'Missing you' was die cut with the Missing You set, which comes with three different missing you designs.

Layers of ink - Dog watercolor layout by Anna-Karin with stamps by Hero Arts

Here's the second page. I taught Fiela a lot of tricks and wanted to include a photo of that too. She was a Boerboel, which is a South African breed of dog.

Layers of ink - Dog watercolor layout by Anna-Karin with stamps by Hero Arts

Here's another of the 'missing you' die cuts, from the same set. The hearts are from Heartfelt.

Layers of ink - Dog watercolor layout by Anna-Karin with stamps by Hero Arts

Here you can maybe see the pearlescent look of the Hero Arts powder better. I also added some buttons from 28 Lilac Lane, Birds of a Feather embellishment bottle.

I really hope you will join us in our Pets Corner 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.

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Thank you so much for visiting today! Have a lovely week!

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin 

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13 comments:

  1. aww what beautiful scrapbooking :-) she was a beautiful dog and this is such a lovely way to remember her xx sending a hug xx

    as for Leo, you will never get him off the slides now LOL, thats it for the next few years haha ;-)

    luv
    Lols x x x

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  2. Beautiful layout, Anna-Karin! What a gorgeous dog she was and what a lovely way to capture your love for her.

    Cathie ♥

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  3. A lovely layout. Soft, pretty colors to go with a sweet looking dog.

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  4. Fantastic LO, lovely soft colors and beautiful silver embossing. So sorry for your dog, she was very sweet! Hugs, Marzena

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  5. What a great page! A beautiful way to remember a sweet dog.

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  6. Awwwww! How absolutely tender! You brought such a wonderful feeling with your artwork and I love how you are someone who treasures daily life. Your projects pay homage to those you love and this is no exception! Thanks for sharing your precious dog with us!

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  7. Aww! :( It's so hard to say goodbye to our furry friends. When they're so sweet, it's easy to get attached! This is a great way to remember this sweet pup <3

    *mwah*
    Steph
    Simon Says Stamp!

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  8. Oh wow, you really shopped your stash for this scrapbook section. Your love (and your family's love) for Fiela is definitely shown in your work-- and the pictures you shared got my heart sad for your loss, too. She looked so sweet. Great project, thanks for sharing.

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  9. What a beautiful commemoration to Fiela, Anna-Karin! For years, my sons had adopted "pets, the dogs that others owned. I also remember the days of going down the slide 40 times when mine were young. This is one beautiful layout! hugs, Maura

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  10. awe just one look at that beautiful face and I can see what a gem she was. So , so hard to say goodbye. I know. You have done a beautiful job honoring her in this gorgeous layout!

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  11. Gorgeous layout Anna- Karina, great way to remember your wonderful friend!Barbara

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  12. This is such a gorgeous layout, Anna-Karin. Love the beautiful embellishments your created and those precious photos. :)

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  13. this is so precious Anna-Karin and a wonderful way to remember such a sweet dog...hugs kath xxx

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