Snowflake Art Journal Page

Hello friends! I hope you had a nice weekend! I had one day of crafting and one day of running errands and ticking off items in my to-do-list.

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It is time a new Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog and this week our theme is Whatever the Weather. I hope you will join us! Don't miss the beautiful project by our February guest designer Cassie Lynch.

We have had unusually good winter, snow started to fall on the first of January and has remained since then, without the constant melting and refreezing routine that we usually have here. So I made an art journal page covered with beautiful snowflakes. The page was done in my Stamperia Mixed Media Happiness Journal.

Start by white embossing snowflakes from Simon Says Stamp Snowflake Season. Leave room for the sentiment and white emboss that too. I used Tim Holtz Worn Text letters for the sentiment. 

Somehow I forgot to take a photo of the painting step. I had the photo set up, went to wash my hands and then forgot to take the photo. The page was first painted with water and then immediately with Daniel Smith: Phthalo Blue Turquoise, Amazonite Genuine, Moonglow and Lunar Black. When dry, I painted a shadow for the letters with Lunar Black.

I stamped words on the background. For shimmer, I painted a little Pearlescent White here and there.

Next, I added a little bit of Star Dust Stickles, to the edges and to the centers of the snowflakes.

Splatter with Winsor & Newton Permanent White Gouache. Here you can also see that I paired the page up with my snowman page from earlier this year. You can find that tutorial here.

The Lunar Black adds great texture, as does the splattering and glitter.

Here you can see the effect of the Pearlescent White paint better.

'One of a kind' also comes from Simon Says Stamp Snowflake Season.

The watercolor paint will pool inside some of the embossed shapes, as you can see on this snowflake.

Adding a shadow to the letters helps them to stand out better on the background.

The sentiments on the strips come from Tim Holtz Tiny Text.

Join us this week in our Whatever the Weather 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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