Hello friends! Today, I got a new ergonomic desk chair for my studio, and it is a lovely vintage pink, and more comfortable than my old one. I have a sunshiny art journal page to share with you, made mainly with Simon Says Stamp Exclusive Products.
![Layers of ink - Daisy Art Journal Page by Anna-Karin Evaldsson. Layers of ink - Daisy Art Journal Page by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig4xR5dSYDEmQzBcnHABVMPS6HpLinrAPjPNTYyFx9EFbXtqsmR5XZeq_ecFIQ5rg59UpORd67ZnPzZwjfGXHgyKUn42aPEyhDf49wL78_1mrXUgq6MnF5ywCoF_OsF4VMOFoamkQ_Sj_a/s1600/daisy-art-journal-tutorial-Layers-of-ink.jpg)
In my grandmother's garden some areas were covered with beautiful white and pink little daisies. They were common daisies, or lawn daisies. She thought they were weed. I loved them and couldn't understand how they could ever be weed. I still love them, and made an art journal page about this humble little flower. On our recent visit to the area where my grandmother lived, I saw that they are still growing in the lawn of the house where she used to live. I did a scrapbooking layout about the same theme last year.
This page was done in my large Dylusions journal.
![Layers of ink - Daisy Art Journal Page by Anna-Karin Evaldsson. Textured background.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7zAhpKO2xgOA4Dgd4hGfW7KDWr0qY7RsAAJcUuHn0-yIibwuGsFVa_2fXoS_QO_WcJksCPlNln1Blw6Zjhjqc0aiBdDeWBcD76FeXUe5Rb6svwa9dB6NV2dvEIwpQS6-EFq8CdTdGpV2X/s1600/daisy1.jpg)
When I have leftover paint or paste, I often smear it on pages in my art journals, so I had a base to immediately start working on. The background is first a layer of gesso, then texture paste through Tim Holtz's Ornate stencil, and then painting with yellow and gold acrylic paints.
![Layers of ink - Daisy Art Journal Page by Anna-Karin Evaldsson. Die cut the daisy flowers.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvignAVCbYeRn6CfeQBYFTue5B5VYE2Fdppk_qqrz-LAyCMC6Z6OZ7_OM1KeNNbJaiSjPon4adhpBwKyVepKHR1IosVK7GznDoeG1eDTMHtIdADs5a6AC4i_lxXOMqo7eUWSifYCf-U0By/s1600/daisy2.jpg)
Die cut Simon Says Stamp Daisy Stem and Peeking Daisy from watercolor paper.
![Layers of ink - Daisy Art Journal Page by Anna-Karin Evaldsson. Watercolor the daisies.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM8oDCjvTBJzyyq1VMX6QPKvuETijW61C1OyZ1Lju20dmufsoraJCXHfrGGiYAIDaE54jQMH5ItenqvoPSQh1nmk_wX6PxaRWstIZc2F3zh0I8nFad1J9z_EMj9FrqjgKJbgJLappYhCzC/s1600/daisy5.jpg)
I kept my daisies white and yellow, but you can of course also do them in other colors. Smear Distress Inks on a craft sheet, mist with water and pick up with a paint brush.
![Layers of ink - Daisy Art Journal Page by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfVUGctpGf9k3IBNmqphVC5JzVfkSO6jZbKE30JJUgwGHjwjhhb79jHK7SATMoLKBckZMn-LbPlZno2v5Iu0X6RtibCIWYytopUPdbQpmnxdBXw1kwIkdSNWMa_owkMSow5dBzGJLb3DXh/s1600/daisy3.jpg)
Die cut grass from heavystock paper.
![Layers of ink - Daisy Art Journal Page by Anna-Karin Evaldsson. Color the grass with Distress Ink.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFiZ38pVSeoRaPHhexyDGs2aDRPX7cIURblGDmNdXFcoK5uu10ng-rK1ulFsPdlMKOnAIS9hgtU_N4Bpuj4RzKNlyCFnAI2YJ3iNiUKviXNC0Dtk9tsSOPH8kkUlnsGOeJXA2-DZDVfG9e/s1600/daisy7.jpg)
Ink with an ink-blending tool and then mist with water droplets to create texture.
![Layers of ink - Daisy Art Journal Page by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6mQ3Zths0AeazS-khLiY2n5-j8E6aXuRqeEj9s0L8oUM8OWJhEj6Jv1rKH6sawukHAEqQSxZmekmvMxUCIpybBiBr0gmDdQY2NRHDazIeGJup_9vUC9K7ySxhIWi3XSGR3DJginm_InJs/s1600/daisy4.jpg)
Adding a bit of metallic shine often gives instant interest to a project, and here I die cut swirls from gold paper, with Tim Holtz's Adorned die set.
![Layers of ink - Daisy Art Journal Page by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfEeBe7UfRNrkhJFvfPwCY9Mv0qQ1Kpxrof7KmJzmro0cog_CPomUxljto6oIs9PKFFsg9Ne502abKDHbaPn7bQrjr1LTTDzg1RBHob49LVWTYbM7byTI2zAuUJ74Qg0qucegfwsp3yAUV/s1600/daisy6.jpg)
Stamp the background randomly with the script stamp from the Entomology set.
![Layers of ink - Daisy Art Journal Page by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh6bra2EaBR0p9Kpd6EAhqi4FkdakuCUU81y-2R7MefsPKSNnis5g0jvCndHrmLBxxvYoXX_A8T-sMiS5wjwRMuQwwYFbM7q2p7OzA-NPvHQbjPRYV-Ne7aY67VX561vE2HOnM9dZ_Wc9I/s1600/daisy8.jpg)
Die cut the title from yellow glimmery cardstock and the mat from white paper. Write the rest of the sentiment with alphabet stamps.
![Layers of ink - Daisy Art Journal Page by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxZ4mKRQ5kZu8X6t9hYsnQDIAqL_TLJ5wepmZlt9icBWNOWkDsKZ6a3M1z8SLYA5H7db2exQyTHc6JtXLvF-jTHUdnagjBHq57qzIWE216AY4amqKhFeCfpu9C_vkxI0zhFs5NOe7pYhW5/s1600/daisy10.jpg)
Tuck the flowers in among the grass, making them appear to be of different height.
![Layers of ink - Daisy Art Journal Page by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb7jdYmkoPPExWxtFh-ZoBPXEOnv5pJv6evtSSpyo2yFkMszhbLF8QbIutB88ba_FU0mmf5VXrJvm8UIXy8-PO4tuFEwn9Qr2HuKPfS6NXzvy77snvXcBJ77k1x7BEfQbTRA9cdHcSugDE/s1600/daisy11.jpg)
Tusensköna means 'daisy', but literary translate to 'thousand beauty'.
![Layers of ink - Daisy Art Journal Page by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2JZR6HjPdFhvFjdO1Ru10m5XeXAkIbJWaehEvxpMM-eiSHGEQEAZt60UI6SMCUSc8JDzzR1qIXqNH8OQO18mNUkP8gbEcAMG26AHHtqExmq1kcovhI6CdzCX6AvhM_KxZXT0qBBhYKZqX/s1600/daisy12.jpg)
I don't know if you can see the warm shine from the gold paint. I might even have added some foil to the page earlier.
'![Layers of ink - Daisy Art Journal Page by Anna-Karin Evaldsson. Simon Says Stamp Daisy stem.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWLZKfYnfK6rw2QDpldWQ-MmwGi2SvrG0q7GnD7t3-L61uY8h94RYqDSXv8WWPLyF6bLVxvqDYIckYEIVRE8Ei1HtciXrZh9HT2nBnh4O-TTqqjOCuFPSaDFapSEWfCwqoL8EAa12WE8df/s1600/daisy9.jpg)
![Layers of ink - Daisy Art Journal Page by Anna-Karin Evaldsson. Simon Says Stamp Daisy stem.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWLZKfYnfK6rw2QDpldWQ-MmwGi2SvrG0q7GnD7t3-L61uY8h94RYqDSXv8WWPLyF6bLVxvqDYIckYEIVRE8Ei1HtciXrZh9HT2nBnh4O-TTqqjOCuFPSaDFapSEWfCwqoL8EAa12WE8df/s1600/daisy9.jpg)
These sweet flowers would look great on a card, tag, ATC or scrapbooking page too.
Thank you so much for stopping by today! Tomorrow is the start of STAMPtember® at Simon Says Stamp and it will be a whole month filled of stamping fun, and lots of special surprises.
Thank you so much for taking the time to visit my blog today!
Happy stamping!
Anna-Karin
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