Butterfly Journey Art Journal

Hi crafters! I can't believe that it is already June, May went by so fast. I hope you had a good weekend. 

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This week our theme at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog is Not a card. I hope you will join us! Since this is the first Monday of a new month, the team is showcasing products from a specific designer and this week it is Tim Holtz. Here you can find Tim's fantastic range of stamps, dies, stencils, tools, inks, paint, embellishments and much more.

Don't miss the gorgeous project by our June guest designer Kerry B. 

I made an art journal page this week, in my large Dylusions journal. The page has a butterfly theme and quite many layers of design tape, paint and stamping in the background. I really like the large Perspective Butterfly, especially on larger pages like this one.

My page had previously been coated with gesso. I used matte medium to glue down strips of Design Tape and added another layer of medium on top.

Paint with gesso and rub most of it off with a cloth.

Paint with Distress Paints.

Sponge Frayed Burlap through Tim's Focus stencil.

Do the same with the Bubble stencil and Salvaged Patina.

Stamp the background with sentiment stamps, butterflies, and an alphabet background stamp. I also stamped with Simon Says Stamp Crackle Background and Candied Apple Distress Oxide Ink.

Die cut the Sizzix Perspective Butterfly from heavystock paper.

Ink with Distress Ink and mist with water. Next, I smeared Candied Apple and Spiced Marmalade Distress Oxide inks on a non-stick craft sheet and pressed the butterfly into the ink (I forgot to take a photo of that step).

Stamp with the Crackle Background and Candied Apple. Rub a little Sizzix Luster Wax Gold on the butterflies body and Ivory on the wings.

Die cut little flowers with Tim's Small Tattered Florals, from Journal Cards and Simon Says Stamp color blend cardstock.

The Luster Wax is hard to photograph, but it makes the butterfly shimmer.

I like how you can see the design tape peak through all the layers, here and there. 

I used a large sentiment for the title, so that it would stand out.

And a few Clippings Stickers.

The light application of the Gold Luster wax on the body of the butterfly lets the orange shine through.

The Distress Ink, Distress Oxide ink, stamping and Luster Wax gives texture to the butterfly.

The Tim Holtz Detailed Butterflies were die cut from two shades of orange glitter paper.

The quote stamp comes from Simon Says Stamp Thoughtful Flowers.

I added Poppy Bloom sequins to the flowers and here and there on the page. If you make a card instead, shape the flowers to give them dimension. I try to keep the page fairly flat in my art journals and didn't do that.

I also stamped the page with a dot border stamp using orange Distress Oxide ink.

I hope you will join us this week in our Not a Card 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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