Layered Ephemera Card

Hello friends! I hope you had a fun weekend! This was a Pokemon-weekend for us and a lot of fun.

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This week we have a Use Ephemera/Layer It Up theme at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog. I hope you will join us! Don't miss the project by our March guest designer Rox aka Red Dirt Crafter.

I made a 6x6 in card using a whole bunch of ephemera and also some scrap pieces which were left-over from previous projects. These projects are a lot of fun to make. I really enjoy deciding which pieces to use and then moving them around until I am happy with the look.

I started by going through some scrap boxes and also picked out a bunch of Tim Holtz idea-ology ephemera. I didn't use everything and added a few more items after taking this photo. I used ephemera from: Organic Layers, Palette Ephemera, Snippets, and Snippets Number Strips.

Sand all the edges and fold and crease some of them. Ink with Ground Espresso and then distress with an edge distressor tool.

After planning where to place everything, I started adhering it in layers to cream background cardstock.  

I made sure not to cover up any words, numbers or images which I wanted to keep visible, such as the title of this book.

The dragonfly was left-over from another project. The stamp comes from Stamper's Anonymous Classics #1 and was stamped on acetate and colored with alcohol ink. I added Stickles to the wings. The circles in the background were also in my scrap box and were die cut with Simon Says Stamp Thin Frames. The cloud background from Organic Layers is really nice.

Here you can see the glitter effect on the wings better.

I gathered little groups of ephemera on the tag, and also added Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Dazzling Gold Gems. 

The ticket was stamped with Tim Holtz Odds & Ends and was also in my scrap box, as was the ribbon, cheese cloth, and the very old paper flower. 

Join us this week in our Use Ephemera/Layer It Up 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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Winter Forest Decoration

Hello friends! I hope you had a wonderful Christmas! Today I am sharing a winter decoration. We have had very little snow so far this season, but hopefully it will come.

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I like having winter decorations which aren't Christmas themed. When Christmas is over, I keep the winter themed decor items out until spring time. Here is a little family of deer in a snowy forest. The base is a wood slice and I used idea-ology items to create the scene, in addition to my favorite way to make snow.

The deer from Tim Holtz Salvaged Reindeer were colored with alcohol ink. I like how the alcohol ink brought out the great texture of the deer. They also stay shiny. You can use Distress Paint instead of alcohol ink.

The three Tim Holtz Woodland Tree Lot were colored in an ombre fashion using Distress Paint. Mist the tree with water. Place the paint in a plastic bag and place the tree in the bag. Press to make sure you get paint everywhere. Let dry.

When the paint and the deer were dry, I applied texture paste mixed with a tiny bit of white paint to the trees and to the deer. Sprinkle with Mica Flakes and then with Rock Candy Glitter.

Apply a thick layer of texture paste to the wood slice and press the deer and the trees into the paste. The paste will act as a glue. Sprinkle with Mica Flakes first and then with Rock Candy Glitter.

The snow looks thick since the deer sink into it.

I also added Tim Holtz Baubles here and there. Apply a little Distress Matte Medium on top and sprinkle with glitter.

You can add even more snow to the trees, but I wanted the ombre colors to still be visible.

I really like the shapes of these Salvaged Reindeer. 

When I took these photos, we did have some snow, but it is all gone again now. 

You can of course use a different base and make your forest even bigger.

Thank you for visiting!

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

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Frosty Christmas Window Tutorial

Hello friends! Today, I am happy to have a tutorial on the Simon Says Stamp store blog. I enjoy making my own Christmas decorations and they also make great gifts. For this project, I made a sparkly window. Below is a sneak peek.

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For this project, I built a Christmas scene using mainly Tim Holtz idea-ology pieces. I wanted to add parcels, but the stamps that I had at home were all too large. The problem was solved with Simon Says Stamp Shrink Sheets, making the parcels the perfect size. I am very fond of creating snow for projects and here I used one of my favorite methods for that: texture paste, glitter and mica flakes.

Head over to the Simon Says Stamp Store blog to see the full project and all the steps in the tutorial.

Thank you for visiting!

Happy Christmas crafting!

Anna-Karin

Fall wreath on clear card

Hi friends! I hope you are well and had a good weekend! We had one lovely autumn day and one grey autumn day.

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This week we have a Fall Moodboard theme att the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog. I hope you will join us! Don't miss the gorgeous project by Alison Bomber, our October guest designer. 

I made a card this week.

I was inspired by the colors of the mood board, the clear surfaces, the rain and of course also the leaves. I made a clear card with a fall wreath and a rainy background. Clear cards are always a challenge to photograph and even more so with dry embossing included.

I die cut flowers, leaves and branches with Tim Holtz Vault Foliage Wreath set. The pieces were die cut from left-over inky or watercolored paper, kraft stock paper, Simon Says Stamp cardstock and kraft cardstock.

Some of the leaves were die cut from this paper, which I found in my scrap box. It was stamped with Simon Says Stamp Reverse Crackle Background and three shades of brown ink.

Sand the edges. Shape the pieces with Tim Holtz Shaping Kit. Glue together.

I used a Simon Says Stamp Clear Acetate Card for the base and embossed in in the Soft Snowfall folder.

Color the inside of the front of the card with alcohol ink.

Glue the two branch pieces to the background and then add the leaves and flowers on top. Some of the flowers were adhered with foam tape.

I added Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Dazzling Rainbow and Gunmetal Gems here and there.

The Vault Foliage Wreath set has such great details.

Tuck the leaves in here and there and add the flowers on top.

The sentiment was stamped with a sentiment from the Simon Says Stamp Sketched Leaves set, from the new Sweet Wishes release.

I really like the acorns.

The dry embossed dots are hard to photograph, but you can see them better here.

The card has some dimension as you can see here. 

Join us this week in our Fall Moodboard 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 stopping by here today! See you again soon!

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

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