Simply Fabulous Art Journal Page

Hi friends! I hope you are well and had a good weekend. We have snow again and spring went into hiding.

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This week we have a Stencil It theme at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge. Fun! There are so many different techniques that you can do with stencils. Don't miss the last project by our March guest designer Pauline C. 

I made a double-page art journal page this week using various stencils together with both texture paste, paint and paint pens. With stencils you can easily build up layers without adding too much bulk, which works great for art journaling. The techniques can of course also be used on other types of projects.

This page started out with gesso in my Dylusions Journal. Quite some time ago, I had left-over texture paste and added the three circles with Simon Says Stamp Holiday Boho Circle.The paint was added much later, also since I had left-over paint. I thought it was time to finish this page now.

I used the Dina Wakley Mantras 5x8 in stencil together with Uncharted Mariner Distress Paint. I adhered Simon Says Stamp Very Very Low Tack tape over the words that I didn't want to use and along the edges as a mask.

Next, I used the Simon Says Stamp ABC stencil with Dried Marigold paint. You can also use Saltwater Taffy.

Next, I added sponged Lost Shadow paint through Simon Says Stamp Mix and Match Circles stencil.

I wanted even more circles and used the Mix and Match Circles stencil again, but this time together with Crafter's Companion Colorista paint markers.

Die cut Tim Holtz Scribbly Butterflies and Perspective Butterfly from heavystock paper.

Ink with a Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Saturated Grapefruit and Cantaloupe inks, combined with Lost Shadow and Uncharted Mariner Distress Ink.

Add dots with a white paint pen.

Finally, apply a little Ranger Moon Dust Glitter Gel.

Stamp Simon Says Stamp Stained Glass here and there using Peachy Keen Archival Ink.

The dark blue colors works well in combination with the shades of peach and grey.

Die cut Simon Says Stamp Circle Loops from Tonic Sugared Coral Glitter Card.

Simon Says Stamp Simply Fabulous was die cut from the same paper. I used only the outline.

The butterflies were placed to that it looks like they are fluttering across the page.

I also stamped a bunch of words and sentiments on the page.

Paint pens are fun to use together with stencils. This sentiment comes from Simon Says Stamp All Seasons Tree.

I really like this big Perspective Butterfly design and it is great for a large journal page.

The glitter gel adds nice shine to the butterflies.

The grey butterfly comes from Simon Says Stamp Thoughtful Flowers and the sentiment is from Tim Holtz Tiny Text.

Some of the words were stamped more than once without reinking in between. This word comes from Simon Says Stamp Forest Scenery.

It is fun to mix stamped and stenciled words and different typefaces.

I hope you will join us this week in our Stencil It 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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