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Saturday, August 31, 2019

Daisy Art Journal Page Tutorial

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Die cut grass from heavystock paper.

Layers of ink - Daisy Art Journal Page by Anna-Karin Evaldsson. Color the grass with Distress Ink.

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.

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.

Stamp the background randomly with the script stamp from the Entomology set.

Layers of ink - Daisy Art Journal Page by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

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.

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.

Tusensköna means 'daisy', but literary translate to 'thousand beauty'.

Layers of ink - Daisy Art Journal Page by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

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.

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.




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Happy stamping!

Anna-Karin

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3 comments:

  1. Love how sunny & bright your page is. Thank you for sharing. Would love to see a new pick of your chair. I'm trying to find a new chair of my own.

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  2. Amazing page, full of sweetness and happiness! Thanks for sharing all the process and the product used!

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  3. Your page is so sweet and whimsical! I love the daisies and the golden swirls are so graceful. Thank you for sharing and inspiring! <3

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