SSS Just For You Blog Hop

Hi and welcome to my blog! I am so happy to take part in the Simon Says Stamp Blog Hop to celebrate the new Just For You release. If you are following along in the hop, you should have come here from the creative Miriam Prantner.

Please note: this post has affiliate links, for which I receive a small percentage of sales generated by the link, at no extra cost to you.

The Just For You release is full of wonderful new stamps, stencils, dies, and tools. There are even a great pair of Pawsitively Everyday Scissors. You can find the Just For You release here. If you use the code GREEN you can get $7 off with a purchase of $40 or more! This promotion will expire 3/19 at 11:59 pm EDT.

 Just For You is perfect for Easter and spring-time, but also for so many other themes. 

I made an art journal page today, in memory of my aunt who recently passed away suddenly. We shared a love for arts and crafts and she is the one who taught me how to embroider. We also sold hand-crafted items at some markets together. I think she would have liked the Simon Says Stamp Layered Folksy Heart and made that my focal point. I worked on a jeans fabric page in my Dina Wakley Blue Edition journal.

Start by applying Melon Pawsitively Saturated ink through the heart in the Simon Says Stamp Layered Folksy Heart stencil. I used Ranger Heavystock paper. Hold the stencil in place with Simon Says Stamp Very Very Low Tack Tape.

Continue with the second stencil, suing Cantaloupe ink.

And then the third stencil, with Grapefruit ink.

For the fourth stencil in the set, I used Distress Oxide Ink. 

I stamped flowers from Simon Says Stamp Magical Spring on heavystock paper and colored them with Prismacolor pencils.

Add highlights with a white paint pen and then die cut with the coordinating Magical Spring dies.

Stamp sentiments with the Simon Says Stamp So Sorry set and die cut with the coordinating dies. I ended up not using the larger sentiment.

Stamp the Simon Says Stamp Leaf Edges with Cappuccino ink on Tim Holtz Journal Cards. These leaf stamps are so cleverly designed, to fit perfectly into a 6x6 in surface, the ordinary Simon Says Stamp background stamp size.

Color the leaves with pencils.

Since my aunt loved both embroidery and sewing, I wanted to include that on my page. I pricked a border around the heart and stitched with embroidery floss. The heart was matted on Simon Says Stamp Velvet paper.

Glue the flowers to the page. The sequins comes from Simon Says Stamp Pretty Pastels.

The different textures with the jeans fabric, velvet paper and embroidery floss creates a project you want to reach out and touch.

I also added a few strips of Design Tape, with floral, butterfly and postal themes. My aunt used to be a postwoman.

Neutral patterned papers are great for stamping on.

The sentiment strips comes from Simon Says Stamp Missing You sentiment strips and were inked with Melon.

If you want more Just For You inspiration I posted a mushroom tag yesterday, using the Simon Says Stamp Mushroom Stems dies and the Leaf Edges stamp. You can find the Mushroom Tag tutorial here.

Don't miss all the inspiration along the hop. There are of course prizes to be won too, and at each stop on the hop SSS is giving away a $25 coupon, randomly drawn from those who leave a comment. The winners will be posted post on the Simon Says Stamp store blog on Wednesday the 22nd of March.

Your next stop on the hop is Dilay Nacar. Don't miss to see the wonderful project she has created. If you get lost along the way, here are all the stops:

Simon Says Stamp Blog

Laura Bassen

Caly Person

Nichol Spohr

Debby Hughes

Amy Rysavy

Sidnie Des Jardins

Mindy Eggen

Miriam Prantner

Anna-Karin Evaldsson

Dilay Nacar

Barb Engler

Kim Hamilton

Jessica Vasher

For more inspiration, remember to check out the Just For You gallery at Simon Says Stamp, and if you make something with products from the range, it is fun if you post it in the galleries too. There are galleries for all releases, and for the card kits, full of inspiration.

This is the second Just For You blog hop, don't miss blog hop day number 1 which was yesterday.

Thank you so much for stopping by here today! 

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

Supplies:

* Please note: the links are affiliate links, for which I receive a small percentage of sales generated by the link, at no extra cost to you.