Frosty Snowmen Panel

Hello friends! I hope you are well! Today I am sharing a mixed media panel filled with a row of happy snowmen. 

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There is something about snowmen that is so happy and joyful and the snowmen die cut and embossed with Simon Says Stamp Jolly Snowmen Embossing Folder and Cutting Dies are no exception. I used a couple of them on a recent winter wonderland project for the Simon Says Stamp store blog, but here I wanted a whole row of snowmen. 

The base is a wooden panel (7x2.7 in) and coated it with gesso using a palette knife.

Die cut six snowmen using Simon Says Stamp Jolly Snowmen. Mist with water and emboss in the coordinating folder.

I colored the snowmen with Tim Holtz Distress Watercolor Pencils, picking the colors up with a paint brush.

Crumble up tissue paper and adhere to the panel with matte medium.

When dry, paint the sky with blue shades of watered-down Distress paint.

Let the paint dry and then add some Moon Dust Stickles Glitter Gel to the sky.

Glue three of the snowmen and adhere three with foam tape. 

Apply texture paste to the ground, overlapping the snowmen slightly. Add some Simon Says Stamp Pawstiviely Dazzling Gems to the snow (Opal, Bubblegum and Surf). Then sprinkle with Distress Snowflakes and Chunky Rock Candy.

Stamp sentiments with Tim Holtz Tiny Text Christmas and cut into strips.

These snowmen are so cute and happy. I added a white dot to each eye with a gel pen.

I also added Chunky Glitter to the hats of the snowmen too.

I just love the Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Dazzling Gems. They are so sparkly.

The sky is also very glittery, which you can see better here. 

Thank you so much for visiting today! 

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

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Many Christmas Greetings

Hi friends! Merry Christmas!! I hope you are having a lovely and peaceful time. We finally got slightly colder weather and a dusting of snow, after having had almost completely grey and wet weather during the entire December. 

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I made a tall card with lots of colorful Christmas greetings. You can do this design with non-Christmas sentiments too of course, or repeat the same sentiment many times. The card is about 9.5 in tall. 

I cut Ranger Heavystock paper into strips and white embossed sentiments from Simon Says Stamp Plaque Slides Christmas on each strip. 

Pick Distress Ink colors, smear on a non-stick craft sheet, mist with water and press the strips into the ink. 

Let dry and repeat until you are happy with the look. Add darker shades of ink in the final layers.

Repeat with Distress Oxide inks, but this time, just dab the papers into the ink here and there.

Die cut Simon Says Stamp Simple Peace from Simon Says Stamp white glossy cardstock and white glitter cardstock. Ink the gloss cardstock with two shades of Distress Ink.

Cut the sentiments into rectangles and plan how you will place them on the background cardstock.

Adhere the squares and distress the edge of the panel. Add Simon Says Stamp Mint cardstock as a mat.

All the inky layers add depth and texture to the sentiment rectangles.

I die cut peace one more time from Simon Says Stamp white glitter cardstock and off-set slightly. Adhere with Pawsitively Perfect Foam tape. I glued three colors of Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Dazzling Gems under the sentiment.

Use different colors for a different look. Or make all the rectangles the same color.

The sentiments from Simon Says Stamp Plaque Slides Christmas are really great, with a mix of large and small words.

I hope you enjoyed this post! Merry Christmas!

Thank you so much for visiting today! 

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

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Merry Christmas Card

Hello friends! That last Christmas market was yesterday and finally we got some sun here. The first sun in December.

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This week we have a Sparkle & Shine theme at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog. This challenge runs for two weeks. I hope you will join us and don't miss the beautiful last project by our December guest designer Carrie Swift.

I made a last minute Christmas card using the new Simon Says Stamp Basic Shapes Squares and different types of shiny and glittery papers. I forgot to take step photos of this project, but it is easy and straightforward.

The wreath and sentiment come from Tim Holtz Christmas Baseboards. I sanded the edges and inked the edges of the sentiment. The background paper is from Tim Holtz Christmas Backdrops.

I die cut squares with Simon Says Stamp Basic Shapes Squares. The die set contains 19 square dies in different sizes. Very useful for many types of projects. I turned one of the squares into a frame (the gold glitter one). There is also Simon Says Stamp Silver Vellum, Gold Matte and Crimson and Gold Glitter cardstock.

I added Glossy Accents to all the berries and glued Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Dazzling Gold Gems to the wreath.

The card is very shiny, which you can maybe see best on this photo.

Join us this week in our Sparkle and Shine challenge! You have a chance to win a $25 gift voucher to do some fun shopping at Simon Says Stamp. You have until Monday in two weeks time 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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Poinsettia Art Journal Page

Hello friends! December is continuing with really bleak and wet weather here. My indoor Christmas lights are helping a little to cheer things up, so do the new poinsettia plant that I got the other day and which inspired this project.

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This week we have a Merry Christmas / Happy Holidays theme at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog. I hope you will join us and don't miss the lovely project by our December guest designer Carrie Swift.

I was inspired of the poinsettia plant that I got and how it increased the Christmas feeling at home and decided to make an art journal page about it. The flower and the background was watercolored. I added silver embossed elements and some more stamping. The page was done in my Stamperia Mixed Media Happiness Journal 4.5 x 8 in.

Stamp Tim Holtz Stamper's Anonymous The Poinsettia twice on a page in the journal - or on watercolor paper if you are making a card instead.

Watercolor the flowers, leaving some of the paper white for highlights. I used Daniel Smith watercolors.

Watercolor the background too, making it darker around the edges.

When the background is dry, stamp three sentiments.

I wanted to add silver and silver embossed the music stamp from The Poinsettia on the background. Ink the stars from Simon Says Stamp Festive Merriment with Uncharted Mariner Distress Ink, mist with water and stamp.

Splatter with Winsor & Newton White Gouache.

The silver embossing adds shine and texture, without adding bulk. The sentiment is from Tim Holtz Home for Christmas.

The yellow dots were added with a paint pen.

This was the message I wanted to convey, how the flowers contributed to the feeling of Christmas. This sentiment is also from Tim Holtz Home for Christmas.

Don't worry about perfection when watercoloring the flowers.

So true, but sometimes easy to forget in the long to-do list. This last sentiment comes from Tim Holtz Scenic Holiday.

Join us this week in our Merry Christmas / Happy Holidays 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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