Many Books Tag

Hello friends! I hope you had a good weekend! The snow is falling like crazy here. I have a book themed tag for you today, with techniques that can be used for cardmaking and art journaling too.

This week we have a Be On Time theme at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog. Don't miss the last project by our January guest designer Anita Rao. 

I like clock and time-related elements and when I was thinking of what to do for the challenge I came upon the Darkroom Door Bookworm set, with this great sentiment about time and books. As you probably know, I love to read and I also love to include words in my projects.

Tear an old book page and adhere it to a tag with Matte Medium. Add a layer of medium on top too.

When dry, color with Distress Crayons in shades of yellow, orange and brown. Blend with your finger.

Place the Simon Says Stamp Bubble Wrap stencil over the tag and remove some of the color with a slightly moist paper towel. 

Place the stencil back and doodle around some of the circles with a black pencil.

Stamp the stack of books from Bookworm on another piece of old book paper and color with colored pencils. Some of the letters from the book paper will show through.

I found the word 'words' on a piece of book paper that I cut from the stamped stack of books and decided to use it as a small details. The Tim Holtz Junk Drawer Baseboard clock was sanded and inked. I used two game spinners as clock arms.

The combination of book paper, matte medium, Distress Crayon, stenciling and doodling gives depth to the background.

I used a permanent marker to quickly add ink to the pen nib.

Here you can also see the sense of depth in the background. It almost looks a little bit like beeswax has been used.

I hope you will join us this week in our Be On Time challenge. You have a chance to win a $25 gift voucher to do some fun shopping at Simon Says Stamp. You have until Monday 8am Ohio time. 1pm UK time, 2 pm CET to join in.

Don't forget to follow Simon Says Stamp on Instagram, where 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 stop by here today! 

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

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