Poppy Art Journal Page

Hello crafters! I hope you had a fun weekend! We had beautiful summer weather and spent a lot of time outdoors, but also went to the movies one day, since it was almost too warm outside.

This week at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog we have a Vacation theme. Perfect for the beginning of June. Don't miss the gorgeous project by our June guest designer Jess, with her blog Two Mad Dahlias. 

I was inspired by a group of poppies that I can see from my window. That first glimt of red among all the shades of green, is one of the signs of the start of summer. I made an art journal page, and also added some index photos from last summer, to illustrate the theme, and since I like to add photos to my art journals sometimes. The stamp in the frame comes from the SSS Buttercup set, and the one above it from Poppy Stamps Flower Garden set.

Here are the poppies. There are even more of them today.

I used the pretty Poppy Stamps Garden Poppy Sidekick Frame and Stencil. Start by die cutting the frame from watercolor paper.

Dip a paint brush in water and pick the pigment up directly from the tip of a Sedona Scribble Stick. If the color is too strong, dip in the water again, and dab off on a paper towel. Add the darker shade Ruby afterwords.

Continue in the same way with Olive and Lime, to color the frame and leaves.

When dry, splatter a tiny bit of black on the frame, by dipping the Scribble Stick in water and flicking a paint brush against the tip.

I used the coordinating stencil, that comes with the die, directly on a cotton-rag page in my Dina Wakley Media Journal. Ink the frame with Hickory Smoke ink.

When you glue the frame on top of the inked background, there will be a small grey shadow under the poppies, giving dimension to the page.

Here's another look at the poppy frame. I like the faux-stitching impressed into the frame a lot.

I wanted to leave quite a bit of white space on this page, and didn't add many embellishments. Small stamps from the SSS sets were stamped here and there.

This stamp comes from one of my favorite sets, the SSS Uplifting Thoughts.

I also stamped the background with the SSS You Matter stamp, since it fitted well, and since it was already on my desk.

I hope you will join us this week in our Vacation 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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