Canvas background art journal page

Hi everyone! I hope you had a good weekend! We had mostly sunny weather, although it hailed during our walk yesterday. We also went on a fun outing, where I missed the turn-off on the highway, so we decided to carry on to the next town, and do a completely different outing than initially planned. There we also happened upon a unique second hand/antiquities store.

 

This week at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog we have a Happy Hour challenge. Don't miss the project by our May guest designer Ashley with her fantastic blog She Is Crafty. It's a really cool project.

I wasn't sure what to do for this challenge at first, but then I got the idea to do an art journal page about our Friday tradition. Ever since Anton started nursery school, we've been doing something special after school on Fridays, like going for a smoothie. Nowadays we call it Fredagsmys, which can be translated to something like 'cozy Friday'. It's a common thing in Sweden, but we do it a bit differently by combining it with 'Saturday sweets'. Since about the 1950s, 'Saturday sweets' has been a common thing here, and some kids only eat sweets on Saturdays. We don't do Saturday sweets, but instead go right after school on Fridays to a sweet shop, where the kids pick their own sweets. Then, in the evening, we see a movie at home, eat the sweets, and sometimes also some chips. The kids love this end-of-the-week ritual.

Start by die cutting circles from watercolor paper, using the Stitched Circles die. Stamp images from Tim Holtz Mini Blueprints 6 with Archival Black Soot. Trace three larger circles using cups or plates and cut out roughly. Distress the edges.

The images were watercolored with Dina Wakley's Scribble Sticks, mainly by picking up the pigment with a paint brush directly from the tip of the Scribble Sticks. Add a shadow to make them look more dimensional. I used both Scribble Sticks 1 and Scribble Sticks 2.

The three larger circles were also colored with Scribble Sticks.

I worked on one of the canvas pages in my Dina Wakley Media Journal. Wet the tip of a Scribble Stick and draw a border. Dip the tip of a black Scribble Stick in water and flick a paint brush against it to create splatters.

The larger circles were stitched to the page with embroidery floss. Prick the holes first, to make the stitching easy.

I painted a very light layer of grey all around the images. Every seventh day was encircled on the stamped ticket. The ticket stamps come from Tim's Odds & Ends set.

The Scribble Sticks are very versatile and can be used to quickly color a big surface, but also for small details like these.

I wrote journaling on Tim's new Classic Label Stickers and also added pieces of Film Strip Ribbon.

You can add rub-ons directly to the canvas.

The title was die cut with SSS Glimmery Coal cardstock, using the Archie Jr die.

I hope you will join us this week in our Happy Hour 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.

Don't forget 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 taking the time to visit my blog today!  

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

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