Daydreams card

Hi stampers! I hope you are well and had a good weekend! It was a little chilly here, but spring is definitely here.

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This week we have a 4 Legged Friends theme at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog. I hope you will join us! Don't miss the last project by our April guest designer  Thom Santilla. 

I looked through some stamps and became very nostalgic when I saw this piggy bank stamp. It comes from Tim Holtz Childhood Blueprints. It was colored with watercolored, adding some splatters for texture.

Die cut a square from watercolor paper using Simon Says Stamp Basic Shapes Squares. Stamp the piggy bank with Archival Ink.

Watercolor the pig, making it darker in the shadow areas.

Watercolor the background with Daniel Smith Raw Umber and Lunar Black. Add shading under the pig. 

Add more Lunar Black at the top and then splatter some on the background. Coat the coins, label and eyes with Glossy Accents. 

Die cut squares from Simon Says Stamp Apricot Cardstock and from kraft cardstock.

Distress the edges. Pierce holes and then stitch with embroidery floss.

The coins were colored with metallic Prismacolor pencils. 

I also added some pretty sequins from Simon Says Stamp Opal Rainbow.

Add some scribbles with a black pen in the shadow areas.

The sentiment comes from Simon Says Stamp Beautiful and Curious.

Join us this week in our 4 Legged Friends 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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