March Weather Art Journal Page

Hi friends! Our theme this week at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog is 'Whatever the Weather', which is a great theme for the weather we had the past week. Spring was in the air, spring flowers started to come out and then we got more snow than ever before this winter. 

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Don't miss the beautiful project by our March guest designer Pauline C. 

My youngest and I was talking about how spring and winter are almost fighting with each other during the month of March and the sudden change in weather inspired me to do this art journal page. Have the page is winter and the other half is spring, with a very harsh edge between the two. 

I used Simon Says Stamp Very Very Low Tack Tape as a mask and inked one half of the page with shades of blue. Add the same shades of blue through snowflakes from Simon Says Stamp Four Flakes.

Repeat on the second half of the page with shades of green.

Apply green ink through the Simon Says Stamp Tumbling Leaves stencil and remove the tape.

When I last stamped with Cotton White Stazon ink I used up all the ink on the pad by stamping background stamps on Simon Says Stamp new Acetate Sheets. You need to reink this ink pad each time you use it, so I always try to use up all the ink.

I used an area stamped with Simon Says Stamp Stained Glass background and die cut it with Simon Says Stamp Nested Circles. Add white paint around the edge.

The white edge gives a nice effect and created a border between the circle and the background. Attach the circle with Tim Holtz staples. 

I stamped a bunch of different sentiments on the background, which fitted with the message I wanted the page to have. Although we were all waiting for spring, we also got some beautiful bonus snowy days. The Simon Says Stamp Snow Flurries snowflakes were die cut from glitter paper.

And on the spring side, the Simon Says Stamp Olive Leaves were die cut from green glitter cardstock.

I die cut the title from Tim Holtz Woodgrain paper using his Friendship Script set.

The date was die cut with Tim Holtz Collector. I added a white border with a gel pen.

The acetate gives a nice reflective and shiny surface to the page and adds a layered effect without much bulk.

I hope you will join us this week in our Whatever the Weather 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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