Peaceful Art Journal

Hello friends! I hope you are well and had a good weekend. The sun is shining here today, which is nice since we had very grey weather lately.

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This week we have a Spritz and Splatter theme at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge blog. Messy and fun! Don't miss the lovely card by our February guest designer Cassie Lynch aka mk_knits.

I have a brand new journal at home, namely Stamperia's Happiness Mixed Media 6x3.5 in Journal. It is a great little size and the pages are watercolor paper, which is my favorite surface. I made a page without much of a plan, using mists, splatter and ink.

I forgot to take a photo of the first step. I smeared Distress Ink on an acrylic block, misted with water and stamped on the page. When dry, mist Distress Spritz through Tim Holtz Deco Feather stencil.

Mist through Tim's Sparkle Fade stencil with Antique Linen Distress Oxide Spray.

When the page is dry, stamp with Simon Says Stamp Old Letter. 

Smear Ground Espresso on a non-stick craft sheet and mist with water. Flick splatters on the page with a paint brush. 

Smear Distress Inks on a non-stick craft sheet and mist with water. Press watercolor paper into the ink. Let dry and repeat until you are happy with the look.

Do the same with Speckled Egg and Lost Shadow. This paper is for our snow.

Die cut Simon Says Stamp Snow Laden Trees from both papers. I added a bit more blue ink on the trees.

Stamp sentiments from Simon Says Stamp Forest Scenery using Pawsitively Saturated Cadette ink.

Assemble the trees and glue them on the background. I used two trees.

Stamp a sentiment from Simon Says Stamp Create and die cut with the coordinating die.

It is hard to capture the shimmer of the Distress Spritz, but you can see it a little better here. I also added a few sequins.

Join us this week in our Spritz & Splatter 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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