Monday, November 12, 2018

Dry Embossing and Printing Layout

Hello crafters! I hope you had a fun weekend! I was planning to have taken the Christmas card photo of the boys this weekend, but it was rainy, so it has to wait a little, since we have a tradition of always taking it outdoors.


This week at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog we have a Thanks/Thankful theme. Don't miss the gorgeous Thanksgiving project by our November guest designer Jo, aka Let's Art Journal.

Layers of ink - Dry Embossing and Gel Printing Layout Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson

I started out planning to do an autumn themed project, and felt like a scrapbooking page. As I was looking through a pile of photos, thinking about thankfulness, I came across this photo of a humble little Common Daisy, or lawn daisy. I had to google the English name, in Swedish it is called a Tusensköna, which translates to something like 'beauty of thousands' or more literary 'thousand-beauty'. My grandmother had many of these in her lawn and she thought they were weeds. I couldn't understand why since I thought they were so pretty and almost colored the lawn. My favorites were always the ones with purple tips. I was happy to discover them in our lawn and they always make me think of my grandmother. She lived on the countryside and had a huge lawn, which must have been hard work. She used to cut the grass and then rake it all into a pile for us to jump in. 

So instead of an autumn project, I made a cheerful layout about thankfulness, for both the little things and the big things, with journaling on the back. 

Layers of ink - Dry Embossing and Gel Printing Layout Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson, with Sizzix embossing folder.

The background panels are left-over from a gel printing session. I like to use dry embossed papers to make impressions and patterns when gel printing and sometimes those very paper end up looking even nicer than the prints. I have a tutorial coming soon on the printing process too. The panels were cut into squares, and I also distressed the edges. I used paints by Dina Wakley and Ranger's gel printing plates for the printing.

Layers of ink - Dry Embossing and Gel Printing Layout Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson. Stamping on gel printed papers.

I wanted this page to be full of words and used a bunch of different sentiment stamps. They were stamped on left-over printed papers, so they coordinate in color with the dry embossed panels. Some were stamped on white paper. I used the following stamp sets: Inky Antics/Andrea Ockey Parr The Queen's Quips, Darkroom Door Nature Walk, AALL & Create/Tracy Evans clear stamp set #44, Tim Holtz Way With Words and Nature's Wonder.

Layers of ink - Dry Embossing and Gel Printing Layout Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson. Die cutting gel printed papers. Printed with Ranger's gel printing plates.

For some additional flowers and even more color and happiness, I die cut flowers and leaves from more left-over gel printed papers, using Tim Holtz Sizzix Wildflowers, Funky Floral 1, 2 and 3.

Layers of ink - Dry Embossing and Gel Printing Layout Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson, with Tim Holtz Sizzix Letterboard.

I wanted the title to be white, and die cut it from white mat board using Tim's new Letterboard die. The letters were coated with Glossy Accents, which makes them look really nice and shiny.

Layers of ink - Dry Embossing and Gel Printing Layout Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson

I love the random paint on these panels and on the papers used for the sentiments and die cutting. A couple of the sentiments from Tracy Evans' set were small enough to stamp in between dry embossed areas. The third sentiment here comes from the Darkroom Door Nature Walk set. The embossing folder used for this panel is the Sizzix 3-D Lily Pond folder.

Layers of ink - Dry Embossing and Gel Printing Layout Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson

I really like both of these sentiments, and on that different path, you might also be more likely to see the flowers. The first sentiment is from Tracy Evans and the second from Tim Holtz's Nature's Wonder. All the panels were stitched to the background.

Layers of ink - Dry Embossing and Gel Printing Layout Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson, with Tim Holtz Gridlock folder.

Some of the panels had only been used for one print, while others had been pressed on the gel printing plate more than once, giving them a multitude of colors. This is dry embossed in the Tim Holtz Gridlock folder.

Layers of ink - Dry Embossing and Gel Printing Layout Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson. With Darkroom Door Garden Birds.

The page needed more life and I stamped three adorable Garden Birds by Darkroom Door, designed by Godelieve Tijskens. They were stamped on more gel printed paper.

Layers of ink - Dry Embossing and Gel Printing Layout Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson

Here's another lovely sentiment from the Tracy Evans set. The photo was layered on vellum and cheese cloth.

Layers of ink - Dry Embossing and Gel Printing Layout Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson

Yesterday, when I was out walking, the weather was pretty grey and damp, but with a sense of wonder, you can find little treasures and beautiful things everywhere. So the theme for my walk ended up being moss and bark, both of which have gorgeous colors and interesting textures. The embossing folder used here is the 3D Leaves folder.

Layers of ink - Dry Embossing and Gel Printing Layout Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson

This lovely sentiment comes from The Queens Quip's stamp set by Inky Antics, designed by my SSS Monday Blog team mate, Andrea Ockey Parr. It was stamped on a die cut Stitched Oval.

Layers of ink - Dry Embossing and Gel Printing Layout Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson. With Tim Holtz Nature's Wonder stamp.

I went wild with favorite sentiments on this page, since I wanted it to be filled with colorful words.

Layers of ink - Dry Embossing and Gel Printing Layout Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson, with Tim Holtz Way With Words stamp set.

And I just had to add one of my favorite Tim Holtz sentiments, which fits well on a page about thankfulness.

Layers of ink - Dry Embossing and Gel Printing Layout Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson

This tiny Darkroom Door sentiment, fit perfect with the theme and the flowers.

Layers of ink - Dry Embossing and Gel Printing Layout Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson. With Tim Holtz Sizzix Wildflowers and Funky Floral.

To the right of the photo, there is a little cluster of wild flowers. Die cutting them from gel printed papers give interest and variation to the flowers, while also being very quick.

Layers of ink - Dry Embossing and Gel Printing Layout Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson

And another adorabel bird.

Layers of ink - Dry Embossing and Gel Printing Layout Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson, with Ranger Glossy Accents.

Here's a close up on the effect of the Glossy Accents on the letters.

I hope you will join us this week in our Thanks/Thanksgiving challenge. As always, you have a chance to win a $50 gift voucher to do some fun shopping at Simon Says Stamp. You have until next Monday 8am Ohio time. 1pm UK time, 2 pm CET to join in.




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Thank you so much for taking the time to visit my blog today!  

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

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8 comments:

  1. Such a beautiful layout Anna-Karin :-) the little daisy is so pretty and I love the colours and little birds, the whole design is gorgeous and so nice to invoke such happy memories of your Grandma :-)
    I would consider them to be wildflowers, not weeds ;-) I actually wanted to call my daughter 'Daisy' but was outvoted, I still love the name ;-)

    Hope you have a great week!
    luv
    Lols x x x

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  2. Wow, what an amazing make! You have created so many beautiful details, each of the close up photos is a mini work of art in itself - I love it 😁. Thanks for all the inspiration and wishing you a happy new week! J 😊 x

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  3. What an amazing collection of backgrounds! I think you have a remarkable ability to make things go together so nicely. Love the Glossy Accents on the letters, too.

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  4. Love your patchwork effect with all the different backgrounds, Anna-Karin! What a collection of ideas to try, words, colors, textures... Happy Thanksgiving! Maura

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  5. Stunning page! I love the mixture of colors and textures in a quilt type fashion and the sweet little birdies :)

    *mwah*
    Steph
    Simon Says Stamp!

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  6. Your layout is fabulous, Anna-Karin. The colors and the whole design are so beautiful! :)

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  7. such a beautiful layout Anna-Karin and you can see all the love that went into each square and the wonderful memories of time spent with your Grandmother, hugs kath xxx

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  8. Wonderful layout, Anna-Karin, so much color, and so many patters. Hugs, Sandra

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