Snowdrop Card

Hi friends! I hope you had a good weekend! I had a few days off, which was nice. 

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This week we have a Thinking of You theme at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog. I hope you will join us! Since it is the first Monday of a new month, the team is showcasing products by a specific designer/company and this week it is AALL & Create. You can see all of their wonderful products here. You don't have to use AALL & Create products to join, but it is fun if you do. 

We also have a new guest designer and during November Thom Santilla will be joining us again. Don't miss the stunning project he has created. 

I made a ticket-shaped card with a thinking of you theme. Winter is on the way here and maybe that is why I was in the mood for a snow drop card, a sign of spring, which is still far away. 

Somewhere along the line of making the card, I forgot to use AALL & Create products, partly since the stamp set I planned to use was no longer available. I am sorry about that. 

I used Tracy Evans pretty One of a Kind stamp set. White emboss the two flowers on heavystock paper.

Smear Distress Ink on a non-stick craft sheet and mist with water. Press the paper into the ink. 

I repeated the inking process until I was happy with the background. Use darker inks for the top layers. The sentiment also comes from Tracy's One of a Kind set. Round the corners. I picked a piece of old book paper where you could see the words 'snow conditions' just above the dry embossed panel.  

I used a little Distress Oxide Ink as my last ink layer, giving that almost cloudy look that you can see here. I also added Simon Says Stamp Cottontail sequins. 

The sentiment comes from Simon Says Stamp Be Your Beautiful Self and was die cut with the coordinating die. 

The background layers were die cut with Simon Says Stamp A7 Notched Rectangle set. The kraft layer was dry embossed in Simon Says Stamp Halftone Dots.

Join us this week in our Thinking of You 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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Wheat dry embossed card

Hello friends! I hope you are well! Today I have a autumn card to share with dry embossing. 

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I used Simon Says Stamp Wheat Stems for the background and just embellished the card with stamped sentiments, buttons and a few ribbons. The gold paper matting also makes a big difference. 

I started with a sheet of watercolor paper where I had tested a mix of watercolor paint some weeks ago. The color reminded me of wheat and I liked the ombre look of the paper. Mist the back with water and emboss in Simon Says Stamp Wheat Stems.

I carefully sanded the design once it was completely dry, to reveal the white of the paper. Ink the edges and splatter the card with a little Distress Watercolor Pencil.

Tim Holtz Tiny Text is one of my all-time favorite stamp sets and I used it very much. Simon Says Stamp has a Tiny Text die set which coordinates with Tiny Text - and with Tiny Text Christmas and Tiny Text Halloween. I decided to use two large banner dies to be able to fold them.

Fold the banners to create dimension. Add Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Perfect Foam Tape behind the middle part of the banner. 

Distress the edges of the watercolor panel and mount on gold kraft stock. Adhere to folded teal card.

Pierce holes through the card and tie the buttons to the card with DMC floss. Add lace trim and organza and glue the larger sentiment banner on top.

Sanding works good for these designs with thin lines, which were very difficult to ink (I tried).

Thank you for stopping by today!

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

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Discover the forest art journal

Hello crafters! It is Monday and I hope you had a nice weekend. Bit rainy and windy here, but perfect weather for crafting.

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This week we have a Trees theme at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog. I love trees and am looking forward to seeing all the tree projects. Don't miss the last project by our October guest designer Fiona Whitehead.

The forest is one of my favorite places and I made an art journal page dedicated to forests in my Ledger Journal. I built a scene with patterned paper, ephemera, stencils, stamps and die cuts and had fun using some very pretty paper products by 40 and Market. 

Working in my Dina Wakley Ledger Journal I sponged ink through Simon Says Stamp Leafy Greens stencil.

Mist Uncharted Mariner Distress Spritz through Tim Holtz Bubble stencil.

Die cut Simon Says Stamp Little Evergreen Trees from one of the 49 and Market 6x8 in Campfire Memories patterned papers.

Die cut Simon Says Stamp Pocket Full of Mushrooms. I ended up only using the brown one.

Birds stamped with Tim Holtz Mini Ornates.

I used ephemera from 49 and Market Campfire Memories Camping Elements Laser Cuts. 

The sentiments were die cut with Tim Holtz Handwritten Journey, from Simon Says Stamp Rainforest paper.

Sentiment stamped with Tim Holtz Life Quotes.

More die cut sentiments. Isn't the Campfire Memories background paper pretty? 

Glue the Evergreen Trees and add a little mummy cloth. Glue more ephemera. These berries are one of my favorite berries.

A little squirrel and more ephemera. 

Glue two pine trees from Campfire Memories

And the third die cut sentiment.

I also stamped some sentiments from Tim Holtz Tiny Text. The alphabet stamp is from Tim's School Desk set.

I hope you enjoyed this post! Add a photo or two and you have a scrapbooking layout. Or turn it into a card by creating a smaller design.

Join us this week in our Trees 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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Night Butterfly Notebook

Hello and welcome to my blog! Today I have a notebook / sketchbook to share, in a narrow format. 

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The notebook was inspired by a sheet of paper from Tim Holtz Palette Halloween 8x8 papers, with moths, or night butterflies. I embellished with stamped moths, words and bits and pieces. I really like to make my own notebooks and they make great gifts too. 

I had a piece of watercolored paper which matched the background paper well. Stamp the moths with Tim Holtz Tiny Things and Specimen.

Fold the paper in two and cut papers for the inside. I used a thin dotted paper, perfect for a notebook. Pierce holes and stitch with embroidery floss. Cut around the edges with a craft knife. 

Tie the stitching in the center of the book.

This sentiment comes from Simon Says Stamp Beautiful and Curious and was stamped on a piece of 49 and Market Faded Memories ephemera. The tags are from 49 and Market 49 and Market The Quiet Observer Laser Cut Elements.

I added two Clippings Stickers to the large moth, and a trail of Simon Says Stamp Misty Mountain sequins.

I also added a pencil and word strip from 49 and Market The Quiet Observer Laser Cut Elements and a stamped Simon Says Stamp Be Your Beautiful Self sentiment. There is a piece of mummy cloth under the sentiments.

You can embellish the back cover too, but I left it plain.

I hope you enjoyed this post! Use a different paper for the cover to create notebooks with varying themes.

 

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

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