Pink Art Journal Page

Hello stampers! We are back with a new Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge. 

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It is time for a new Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog and this week our theme is Think Pink for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. I really like sentiments, large and small. During October we are welcoming back Alison Bomber is our guest designer. I hope you will visit her blog and look at what she has created for the challenge.

I made an art journal page in my Dylusions Small Creative Journal. This is my favorite art journal and this one is my third or fourth Small Creative Journal. We had a bad week and I wanted a cheerful page with bright flowers.

Coat the page with gesso and when dry, paint with Distress Paint. Mist with water to blend, and wipe some of the paint off.

Mist with Shimmer Spray through Tim Holtz Bubble Stencil. I thought the red mist was too strong and wiped it off, creating a cool ghost image.

Stamp the page with Simon Says Stamp Old Letter background and Simon Says Stamp Love Letter stamps set.

Stamp flowers from Simon Says Stamp Happy Day on white cardstock using various Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Saturated inks. White emboss the outline flowers on Shimmer Vellum. Die cut with the coordinating Happy Day dies.

Apply Saltwater Taffy Distress Ink through the Bubble stencil and then dust with Dyamond Dust. Add a little Stardust Stickles here and there. 

Stamp a sentiment from Love Letter in one of the postage frames. Stamp the large sentiment stamp from Simon Says Stamp Happy Day. The third sentiment is from Tim Holtz Tiny Text.

Color the center of the large flowers with a brown pencil. Layer the stencils on the page. 

If you are making a card, you can easily add shape to the flowers and use foam tape, but since I worked in an art journal, I didn't do that. I prefer to keep my art journaling pages fairly flat.

White embossing on Simon Says Stamp Shimmer Vellum creates a nice look.

Glitter gel and Dyamond Dust add an interesting extra effect.

Join us this week in our Think Pink 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 visiting today! 

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

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Autumn Floral Page

 Hello crafters! Today I have an autumn-themed art journal page to share. This is also the last day of STAMPtember® at Simon Says Stamp. 

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I worked in my Stamperia Happiness Mixed Media journal and used various stamps by Simon Says Stamp. The images from Simon Says Stamp Big Botanicals were colored with pencils and the background is watercolored.

I started with a page that had been watercolored previously. Stamp the tulip and the dragonfly from Simon Says Stamp Big Botanicals with Archival Jet Black ink. 

I colored the images with Prismacolor Pencils.

Add some marks and texture with a black pen and draw a line for the ground.

Add some green to the grass.

Stamp sentiments with a mix of Simon Says Stamp and Tim Holtz stamp sets.

Stamp the grass with Simon Says Stamp Crackle Background and the sky with Simon Says Stamp Swiss Dots.

Splatter here and there with Winsor & Newton Permanent White Gouache.

I just love dragonflies. A few days ago there was a huge one outside my door.

This sentiment comes from Tim Holtz Simple Sayings.

I also added some marks with a white gel pen. Don't worry if some of the stamped lines disappear when you color.

Tulipa also comes from the Big Botanicals set and was stamped three times without reinking.

The white marks and splatters add highlights and texture.

Autumn Blessings comes from Simon Says Stamp Grateful Florals. 

Thank you so much for visiting today! 

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

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Watercolor Pumpkins

Hello crafters! Today I have a card to share with a stamped and watercolored background, filled with pumpkins.

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I took some freedom in the colors I used for this card, since I wanted pumpkin in different colors. The background stamp is Simon Says Stamp Pumpkin to Talk About, from last year's STAMPtember® release. I got the stamp too late and was already into winter stamping when it arrived. Now, it was time to ink it up. You can find this year's STAMPtember® release here. 

White emboss the Simon Says Stamp Pumpkin to Talk About on watercolor paper.

I colored one pumpkin at a time and paint with water first, for a wet-in-wet effect. After painting with water, drop in watercolor paint, making the pumpkin darker in some places. I used various Daniel Smith watercolors. 

Paint the stems in the same way. The embossing powder will resist the paint.

Add shadows with a darker mix of paint.

When dry, splatter the background with Winsor & Newton Permanent White gouache. 

The embossed lines will keep the paint from mixing in between the different areas of the pumpkins. The water tends to stay on the inside of the embossed lines. 

When you drop in a different shade into the previous layer of paint before it dries, the colors blend on the paper in sometimes unpredictable ways.

I had fun with the coloring. The purple paint is Amethyst Genuine. 

The sentiment comes from Simon Says Stamp Grateful Florals and was white embossed on left-over watercolored paper. I then inked the stamp with Black Soot Distress Ink, misted with water and stamped, off-setting it for a shadow effect. Matte on Simon Says Stamp Slate cardstock and adhere with foam tape.

Don't miss all the inspiration and daily surprises during STAMPtember®.

Thank you so much for visiting today! 

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

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Autumn Banner Tag

 Hello friends! I hope you had a good weekend!

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It is time for a new Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog and this week our theme is Sentiment as the Focus. I really like sentiments, large and small. During September Carol Gunn is our guest designer. I hope you will visit her blog and look at what she has created for the challenge.

I made a tag with a sentiment as the focus, framing the sentiment with an autumn ribbon banner. The sentiment and the coordinating ribbon comes from Simon Says Stamp Pumpkin Blessings, from the new STAMPtember® release. I didn't add much else to the tag, just gems and ribbons.

Start by stamping the ribbon image from Simon Says Stamp Pumpkin Blessings on a tag cut from watercolor paper.

Paint with watercolors. I used Daniel Smith watercolor paint.

Paint the background and drop in some darker shade. 

When dry, stamp the background with Simon Says Stamp Crackle Background.

Add some white highlights with a gel pen and ink the edges with Scorched Timber ink.

I also added Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Dazzling Gunmetal gems to the tag.

Add dimension by making the shadow area of the ribbon darker.

Leave some of the paper showing for highlights, but if you forget, you can add highlights with a white gel pen too.

Don't miss all the inspiration and daily surprises during STAMPtember. 

Join us this week in our Sentiment as the Focus 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 visiting today! 

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

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