Autumn Scrapbooking Layout

Hello friends! I hope you had a good weekend. We had lovely sunny autumn weather and did an outing to a favorite place. 

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This week we have a fall inspiration mood board as our theme at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog. I hope you will create something inspired by this gorgeous mood board. Don't miss the beautiful project by our October guest Lori E Kennedy aka cr8tive_lori.

I was inspired to do a scrapbooking page this week.

Last week, we had this misty weather one morning and I just had to go for a walk in the forest and also took a bunch of photos. It was so beautiful and when I saw the mood board it inspired me to scrap some of those photos. I embellished the layout with lots of stamping, birds and mushrooms. You can use the techniques for cardmaking too.

I started with watercolor paper. Smear Distress Ink on a non-stick craft sheet, mist the water and press the paper into the ink. The grey background was inspired by the moodboard.

When dry, plan where the photos will go and stamp sentiments and images around them. I stamped with both Distress Ink and Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively inks. The Simon Says Stamp Real Leaves were inked with Distress ink and misted with water before stamping.

For texture, stamp here and there with Simon Says Stamp Stained Glass Background and Sherbet Pawsitively Saturated ink.

Dip the tip of Distress Watercolor Pencils in water and flick a paint brush against it to create splatters.

I die cut mushrooms from Sizzix Tim Holtz Funky Foliage from watercolor paper. The birds were die cut and then embossed with Simon Says Stamp Friendly Birds embossing and die combo from the newest Cozy Hugs release. Color by picking up pigment with a paint brush from the tip of Distress Watercolor Pencils.

Last week, I stamped and colored a robin for my project. This week we are seeing robins again, but die cut and embossed. I really like the emboss and die cut combos of Simon Says Stamp. Highlights were added with a white gel pen.

For more Friendly Birds, check out my blue tits autumn tag and bullfinch art journal page from the Simon Says Stamp Cozy Hugs blog hop. You will also see all the steps for how to create the birds there.

The Tim Holtz sentiments were stamped with Simon Says Stamp Cappuccino and Sherbet Pawsitively Saturated inks.

I placed the Simon Says Stamp Real Leaves in empty areas of the background. Add Simon Says Stamp Autumn Sky sequins here and there.

To stamp the tree with Simon Says Stamp All Seasons Tree, first stamp the crown with Distress Ink and Distress Oxide inks (I stamped it twice). Ink the trunk and a few branches brown on the tree stamp, mist with water and stamp. The deer comes from Simon Says Stamp Forest Scenery. I also painted ground with the Distress Watercolor Crayons.

After coloring and assembling the mushrooms, I added Glossy Accents to the tops.

The sentiment was stamped with Sherbet ink using Tim Holtz Worn Text and the line of dots come from Simon Says Stamp Mix and Match Circles.

The splatters add to the sense of falling leaves.

I hope you will join us this week in our Fall Moodboard 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.

Do you use Instagram? If so please add #sssmchallenge so we can see your entries there too.

Thank you so much for stopping by here today! 

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

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