Pears Art Journal Page

Hello friends! It is Monday again and the sun is shining. The leaves of the birch trees are in an amazing shade of light green.

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This week we have a Food and/or Drink theme at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog. I hope you will join us! Don't miss the project by our May guest designer Estelle Palumbo.

I made an art journal page this week, using mainly stamping and watercolors. Pear stamps are one of my favorites and here I used the pear from Stamper's Anonymous Classics #16. The page was done in my Stamperia Happiness Mixed Media Journal 4.5x8 in.

Start by stamping the pear three times with waterproof ink. I left a space for the title.

Stamp the title of the page. It comes from Tim Holtz Noble Gent.

Watercolor the background with teal paint and drop in a darker color around the edges and here and there, before the paint dries.

When the background is dry, stamp more sentiments and a row of birds. The sentiments come from Simon Says Stamp Create and from Tim Holtz Tiny Text. The alphabet stamp in the background is from Tim's School Desk. I wanted more highlights on the pears and stamped and white embossed dots. 

The dots gave a nice texture to the pears and added highlights. The stamp comes from Tim Holtz Grunged set. I also painted a shadow under each pear.

The bird stamp is from Tim's Creative Muse set.

I added some pen marks to the pears, focusing on the dark areas.

The alphabet stamp adds texture and interest to the background.

Join us this week in our Food and/or Drink 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.

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Thank you so much for visiting today! 

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

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