Icy birthday card

 Hello stampers! I hope you are well and 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 Add Some Text. Text, words and letters are perhaps my favorite thing to add to projects. Text can be used for sentiments, backgrounds, small details, textures and many other things. During October Alison Bomber is our guest designer. I hope you will visit her blog and look at what she has created for the challenge.

I went with a wintery birthday card this week, using text as sentiments and in the background. Simon Says Stamp have a brand new release called Sugar & Spice and I used the Cool Birthday set to stamp the scene on this card. 

Die cut a scalloped circle from watercolor paper using Simon Says Stamp Chunky Scallop Circles. Stamp one of the penguins and one of the seals from Cool Birthday on watercolor paper. Stamp the party ball on silver paper and clear emboss.

White-emboss 'hugs' in the sky using Simon Says Stamp Love Letter.

Paint the ice, igloo and word with watercolor paint. I used Daniel Smith Amazonite Genuine, Mayan blue and Lunar Black. Draw a horizon line with a pencil.

Paint the sky, making it darker towards the top. 

Paint the water with a fairly dry brush, to get a choppy effect. Add shading to the ice floe.

Paint the seal and the penguin, using similar shades. I also added a mix of Raw Umber and French Ultramarine, for the brown/grey shade and Pearlescent White. 

Die cut the largest scalloped circle from watercolor paper. White emboss the alphabet stamp from Tim Holtz School Desk.

Paint with Amazonite Genuine.

Die cut the cardbase from folded black cardstock, but don't cut the entire fold.

I gave the letters an ombre effect, by making the lighter towards the top - the opposite of the sky.

Cut out the partygoers and adhere them and the ball with Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Perfect Foam Tape. There are also coordinating Simon Says Stamp Cool Birthday dies. Here you can also see the pearlescent effect.

I also splattered the card with a little Winsor & Newton Permanent White Gouache.

Stamp the second sentiment in the sea. It is also from the Simon Says Stamp Cool Birthday set.

Join us this week in our Add Some Text 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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Pink Art Journal Page

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

Please note: this post has affiliate links, for which I receive a small percentage of sales generated by the link, at no extra cost to you.

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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