Simon Says Stamp Moments in Time Blog Hop

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

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The Moments in Time release is full of wonderful new and versatile stamps, embossing folders, stencils, dies, ink and sequins, perfect for summer-time crafting. You can find the entire Moments in Time release here.

The exclusive and not-yet-released Best Fishes stamp set will be automatically added to your cart that contains Moments in Time release products! This gift with purchase will expire 6/1 at 11:59 pm EDT or while supplies last. 

I made an art journal page, but you can also easily turn the design into a card.

Quite many years ago, I got a snake plant from a neighbour and it is still thriving. I thought it was a fun idea to have it in my art journal. This plant has a funny name in Swedish, namely 'mother-in-law tongue'. The plant was done with the new Simon Says Stamp Snake Plant stencil set.

The Simon Says Stamp Snake Plant set consists of five stencils. I accidentally deleted the first step photo. For the first stencil, I used Twisted Citron Distress Ink and for the second Twisted Citron Distress Oxide Ink. Hold the stencils in place with Simon Says Stamp Very Very Low Tack Tape.

Next use Rustic Wilderness Distress Oxide Ink.

For the first of the pattern stencils, I used Mowed Lawn Distress Ink.

And for the last stencil, I used Rustic Wilderness Distress Ink.

I wanted to mask the snake plant and used a pencil to draw around the first stencil on Simon Says Stamp Masking Paper. Cut the paper out to create the mask and place it on the design.

Ink the page with various Distress Inks.

Remove the mask.

Stamp here and there on the background with Simon Says Stamp Thank You Text and Fern Green Ink. I stamped on the plant in a few places, but mainly avoided the plant. 

The new Simon Says Stamp Giggle Thank You is so cute and a great size. Die cut it from Simon Says Stamp Pine glitter cardstock, Midnight Green cardstock, Ice Vellum and left-over inky paper.

I glued the sentiment as shown, off-setting both the mat and the words. The stamped sentiment comes from the Mandala Blossom set, from the Your Are My Favorite release.

This sentiment comes from the new Simon Says Stamp Birthday Dragons set. I stamped and cut into strips, avoiding to stamp 'birth' in 'birthday'. I wanted a few small embellishments and die cut the Simon Says Stamp Poised Primula from glitter paper and Ice Vellum. This die comes from You Are My Favorite.

The shapes and patterns of these stencils are really great.

Don't worry if a little bit of the background shines through, it just adds highlights.

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 4 June.

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

Simon Says Stamp Blog 
Nina-Marie Trapani
Laura Bassen
Cathy Zielske
Barbara Tarayao
Mindy Eggen
Heather Hoffman
Keisha Charles
Miriam Prantner
Anna-Karin Evaldsson (you are here)
Heather Ruwe
Jean Doeringsfeld
Kim Hamilton
Anne Fiene
Nicky Meek

For more inspiration, remember to check out the Moments in Time 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 first Moments in Time blog hop, don't miss blog hop number day number 2, which is tomorrow.

Thank you so much for stopping by here today! 

Anna-Karin

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