Hello everyone! I hope you are well and that you had a good weekend. This week at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog we have a Whatever the Weather challenge, which is a fitting theme after more than a week of very cold weather over a large part of Europe.
Since this is the first Monday of a new month, the team is showcasing products by a specific designer, and the turn has come to the very creative and always inspiring Tim Holtz. Don't miss the first project by our March guest designer Nox.
I made a journal page this week, inspired by our recent drive back after having visited my family. The whole week had been very chilly and parts of the country had had pretty bad snow conditions, so I was a little nervous about the drive, since I don't particularly enjoy driving in heavy snow, especially not for a longer time. However, we were really lucky and instead had glorious sunny winter weather during almost the entire trip. Snowy landscapes glittering in the sun are really beautiful. It didn't start snowing until we were only 30 minutes from home.
This page was done in my Dina Wakley Media Journal, working on one of the cotton-rag watercolor pages.
I started by inking up Tim's Snowflakes stencil with three blue Distress Inks, misting it with water and pressing it to the page. I repeated it once to cover most of the page.
For my focal point, I used a piece of idea-ology packaging from Tim's latest winter/Christmas collection. The car from the Road Trip set was embossed with Navy embossing powder, and the compass and sentiment with white powder. I also stamped three black arrows on the card and rounded the edges.
The Navy powder has a nice metallic shine to it and picked up the details of the car really great.
I turned the panel into a pocket for my journaling tag, where I told the story of our drive. The tag was embellished with some stamping and a piece of Deco Tape. The top corners were cut with the Angle Corner Chomper, which makes it easy to make custom tags.
I used a mix of stamps on the background, stamped with black ink as well as Mermaid Lagoon and Blueprint Sketch Distress Ink.
There are also some tire tracks from the Travel Ways set as well as one of my favourite sentiments.
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Happy crafting!
Anna-Karin
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Gorgeous journal page Anna Karin :-) I love the background and all of the details, the snowflakes, the car, everything is fabulous :-)
ReplyDeleteSo glad you arrived home safely, driving in snow and icy conditions is no fun ;-)
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This is a fabulous journal page, Anna-Karin. This reminds me of the days I lived in the mountains of Colorado. There were many days of driving through the snow to get to work. I miss the snow. This is so pretty and your background is amazing!
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The car embossed with deep blue is amazing and so bold, I love the white embossing details around, too. Great contrast. The soft watercolor background is so cute. Hugs, Marzena
ReplyDeleteYou really have created a most beautiful background, the colours are wonderful and I can see how it would remind you of a wintry day (so glad your trip all went well too!). I love the boldness of the black car and the wonderful tire tread at the bottom. Beautiful work, as always! Anne xx
ReplyDeleteI love your beautiful blue background. I just love your choice of colors. Love the car you embossed.
ReplyDeleteLove your fabulous journal page, Anna-Karin. The blue color scheme on the background and the embellishments are so beautiful! :)
ReplyDeletebeautiful snowy scene Anna-Karin, love the choice of colours and the car really stands out against such a gorgeous background, hugs kath xxx
ReplyDeleteA fabulous journal page, telling such a wonderful story...this is wonderful Anna-Karin and I can definitely see how it reminds you of a wintry day, which you've captured perfectly! :)
ReplyDeleteGreat page, Anna- Karin! Love all the embossing you did. I like your take on the weather challenge - we can't let snow or other weather keep us from doing what we want, like a road trip. Glad your trip was the sunny side of winter, hugs, Maura
ReplyDeleteThis is a great combination of themes! I love the idea of travel and winter and snowy coziness all together. Your pages always tell stories and evoke memories and this is no exception.
ReplyDeleteAs always you are so inspirational! love the background with snowflakes and blue cream palette! Faboulus work! Barbara
ReplyDeleteFabulous art journal page, Anna-Karin! Love the pretty background and the classic car is amazing! Hugs, Sandra
ReplyDeletesuch a beautiful project! The script stamp "winter wonderland" is PERFECT for this piece! Love love love it!
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