Sing Art Journal Page

Hello crafters! Today I am sharing an art journal page done with stamping, watercolors, colored pencils and some die cutting. It is 6 x 6 in and can very easily be turned into a card instead. 

We had a fun weekend with a bowling birthday party, which everybody enjoyed and which was so easy to arrange. All I had to do was to make the booking and send out invitations. The kids had a great time, and it is a big thing when your age suddenly needs two numbers, instead of one. 

This week at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog we have an Inspired By Music theme. Fun! Don't miss the last project by our February guest designer Christina, with her blog Rosso Papavero. 

My eye fell on this stamp when I started on my project. I used only the sentiment a while ago. It's such a great stamp and perfect for a music theme. The page was done in my Dina Wakley White Journal, which consists of very heavyweight cotton-rag paper. You can use ordinary watercolor paper instead too.

Start by splattering some Distress Resist Spray on a page, while protecting the opposite page.

When the resist spray is dry, paint the page with watercolors. As you can see, the resist splatters, resist the paint. When the paint is dry, you can use a slightly moist cloth to remove even more paint from the splatters.

Sponge white paint through a stencil to add texture. This is Tim's Cargo stencil.

Stamp the image from Tim Holtz Winged Things 1 on heavystock paper.

Color with colored pencils. I used Prismacolors.

The hot-air balloon comes from Tim's Tiny Things set, and the heart is Tall Sketch Heart by Memory Box. It was die cut from SSS glimmery paper.

The gramophone comes from Tiny Things 2, and so does the music notes. As you can see, I added a rough shadow with a black pencil, to ground the elements to the background.

When the Distress Resist Spray splatters are large, they sometimes get crackles, which is a cool effect.

Sing was die cut with the SSS Archie Jr Solid, from white glitter paper, partly since I had used the same glitter paper on the opposite page.

I hope you will join us this week in our Inspired by Music 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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