Spring-time fun

Hello friends! It is Monday again and we had such lovely weather yesterday. Spring was in the air. I made a cute spring-time page in my art journal. 

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This week we have a A Bit o' Green theme at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog. I hope you will join us! Don't miss the lovely project by our March guest designer Simona Rebecchi.

The green theme and the weather inspired me to make a page with bright spring-time green shades. I used the very cute Simon Says Stamp Hoppy Spring stamp set from the new Beautiful Moments release and aimed for a cartoonish look, but with some texture.

Start by stamping the sheep and bunny and two hills. I worked in my Stamperia Happiness Mixed Media journal. As you can see, I messed up the stamping a bit on one of the sheep, but that won't really be visible later.

Paint the animals with watercolor paint. I used Daniel Smith watercolors.

Mix a bright spring-green and paint the grass. I dropped in Ultramarine Blue and Lunar Black for shadows, but also to make the foreground darker. I used more diluted green for the furthest hill. Paint the sky with Ultramarine Blue, dab clouds with kitchen paper and add a shadow.

I stamped sentiments from Tim Holtz Tiny Text and repeat-stamped the word 'spring' with one of the stamps from Hoppy Spring.

I also used a black pen to add some lines and shading.

Leaves some of the paper showing, for highlights.

These stamps are really cute. I added white and yellow flowers with a gel pen and a paint pen.

This is my favorite of the three. I used a little Lunar Black which added granulation and also hid the stamping mistakes.

Join us this week in our Make Your Own Background 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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