January Art Journal Page

 Hello crafters! Happy New Year! I hope it will be filled with happiness and creative adventures.

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This week we have a Something New theme at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog. This challenge runs for two weeks. It is a new year and it is the first Monday of a new month which means that the team is showcasing products from a specific company/designer. This week it is Paper Artsy. You can find all their wonderful products here. You don't have to use their products to join, but it is fun if you do. 

We also have a new guest designer and during January Cassie Lynch aka mk_knits will be joining us. Don't miss her gorgeous project!

I made an art journal page about the first month of this new year, also using sentiments which fit with that theme. The background was done with Paper Artsy Infusions Colored Stain, which I am very fond of using. You can get such great textures and interesting effects with them. I used two Paper Artsy stamp sets by Alison Bomber: Winter Umbels and Winter Grasses.

Working on a double-spread in my Stamperia Happiness Journal, I white embossed the stems and grasses on the page. Stamp the stem twice to extend it all the way down the page. 

Mist the paper with water and sprinkle Paper Artsy Infusions Colored Stain on to it. I used In the Navy and Violet Storms. Mist with more water. Dab off some of color if you want too. I wanted a pretty dark background. 

When dry, wipe the stain off from the white embossing and add some stamping in black ink too.

Splatter the page heavily with Winsor & Newton Permanent White gouache. 

The sentiments also come from the Paper Artsy Winter Umbels and Winter Grasses sets.

Some of the pigments transferred to the gouache, giving the white dots a multi-colored look.

The sets have really great sentiment stamps. They were stamped on left-over watercolored papers in grey and purple shades.

The title was die cut from Simon Says Stamp Silver Glitter cardstock and black cardstock, using Tim Holtz Emporium Alphanumeric set. I also found the word 'peace' on my desk, die cut from white glossy paper using Simon Says Stamp Simple Peace. 

The Infusions Colored Stains give interesting effects and this is one of my favorite areas on the page. 

I added a little Ranger Star Dust Stickles to the bottom of the page.

Join us this week in our Something New 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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