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Hi crafters! I hope your weekend was good and with some crafty time. 

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This week we have a Back to School theme at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog. I hope you will join us and don't miss the project by our July guest designer Rox aka Red Dirt Crafter.

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 49 and Market. You can find all their stunning paper products here. You don't have to use 49 and Market products to join, but it is fun if you do.

I made a scrapbooking layout this week, using an old school photo. I had fun playing around with pretty papers and ephemera and used 49 and Market: Faded Memory Lane Ephemera, Faded Memory Lane Chipboard, Faded Memory Lane Laser Wild Flowers and Travel Diaries Laser Cut Elements. All I added was a die cut title, buttons and lots of stitching.

I started by arranging various papers from 49 and Market Faded Memory Lane Ephemera on Simon Says Stamp Soft Navy Blue cardstock. The edges were distressed and inked. I stitched them to the background with my sewing machine, using a mix of straight and zig-zag stitching. The ephemera kit has 118 pieces, both larger and smaller, and lots of great sentiments.

I also used Faded Memory Lane Chipboard, such as this sentiment. The edges were sanded and some of them were inked.

The butterfly comes from Faded Memories Laser Cut Wild Flowers, fold up the wings.

More chipboard pieces. The vintage buttons were stitched to the background with DMC floss.

This faded coneflower print is so pretty! 

For the learning and reading theme, I for example added this pile of books and a globe from Travel Diaries Laser Cut elements. The edges were sanded. I also stitched two charms to the background. A key because reading opens doors and a plant, to fit with the floral theme. Isn't 'paper dreams' the perfect sentiments. Already from a very young age, I loved paper products.

I added Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Perfect Foam Tape behind one end of the banner, to give it dimension. Foam tape was also placed under the stack of books. The butterfly comes from Faded Memory Lane Laser Wild Flowers.

The title was die cut with Tim Holtz Alphanumeric Stretch Upper from Blue Palette Paper 8x8 in. I also added a map, folded, inked and shaped with foam tape, an open book and more chipboard elements, all from Faded Memory Lane. 

Fold the book ephemera and shape. Add foam tape behind the covers and glue only along the spine.

I always liked ruler elements. 

Join us this week in our Back to School 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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Bright Words in a Frame

Hello friends! I hope your weekend was good. I try to spend a lot of time outdoors over the weekends and this one was no exception, especially since we had lovely spring weather. Today, it is colder again, nature can't quite make up its mind. 

This week at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog with have a Rainbow theme. How fun! Don't miss the explosion of color on the challenge blog. Since this is the first Monday of a new month, the team is showcasing a specific designer/company, and this month the turn has come to the very inventive Tim Holtz. 

Our guest designer during April is Amy Bethke from Amy's Card Obsession. Don't miss her lovely project for this week. 

I recently got a big batch of photos printed, and finally have some new photos to use. I don't print photos at home since I never had a printer which could print as good photos as the professional printers. But it was a while since I had photos printed and is fun to have new ones. Here's a recent one of Leo. As you know, I love words, and I got the idea of covering the entire background with Tim Holtz's Quote Chips. I love these chipboard words and phrases and the sizes are great too. They were inked with Distress Inks to create the bright multi-colored effect. Very easy and quick. 

I worked in the larger Framed Panel (6.5 x 9 in) and moved the words around until I was happy with the look, almost like a puzzle. I took a photo of this before moving on, so that I knew where everything would go.



The frame was painted with several coats of gesso. I glued the frame to the back piece and then added Chatter Design Tape along the edges, to get even more words on my projects. Use Matte Medium under and on top of the tape to make sure it is stuck down well.

  

The frame was dry-brushed with Mermaid Lagoon, and then I painted the whole thing with Ranger's Pearl Metallic paint, which gives a wonderful shine too it. I didn't want the frame to be too busy, but I also didn't want it to be plain white and the pearl gave just the right amount of interest to it.

The Quote Chips were inked with Distress Inks and misted with water to create subtle texture. They were all adhered with Matte Medium.

I just love all these words and phrases and picked pieces that I wanted to say to Leo as important life lessons.

I left an open spot for an Alpha Transparent Tile number (his age), and also added a silver L. In the remaining gaps, I glued metallic Stars Adornments. 

There was a little bit of space at the bottom of the frame, but not enough for more chipboard words. I adhered an Industrious Sticker border there.

And another look at the Design Tape border. It also hides the joint between the frame and the back piece.

I really hope you will join us in our Rainbow challenge. As every week, you have a chance to win a $50 gift voucher from Simon Says Stamp. You have until Monday 8am Ohio time. 1pm UK time, 2 pm CET to join in.

Don't forget to follow Simon Says Stamp on Instagram, they post great stuff daily. 

Do you use Instagram? If so please add #sssmchallenge so we can see your entries there too.

Thank you so much for stopping by here today!

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

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Tim Holtz Idea-ology FRAMED PANEL	Tim Holtz QUOTE CHIPS	Tim Holtz Idea-ology ALPHA TRANSPARENT TILES	Tim Holtz CHATTER Design Tape	Tim Holtz STARS ADORNMENTS
Tim Holtz SILVER ALPHA Metallic Stickers	Tim Holtz Idea-ology FRAMES & TRIMS Industrious Stickers	Tim Holtz Distress Ink CANDIED APPLE	Tim Holtz Distress Ink WILTED VIOLET	Tim Holtz Distress Ink BLUEPRINT SKETCH
Tim Holtz Distress Ink TWISTED CITRON	Tim Holtz Distress Ink WORN LIPSTICK	Tim Holtz Distress Ink DUSTY CONCORD	Tim Holtz Distress Ink LUCKY CLOVER	Tim Holtz DISTRESS INK PICKED RASPBERRY
Tim Holtz DISTRESS INK MUSTARD SEED	Tim Holtz Distress Ink MERMAID LAGOON	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad CRACKED PISTACHIO	Tim Holtz DISTRESS INK MOWED LAWN	Tim Holtz Distress Ink SPICED MARMALADE
Tim Holtz Distress Collage Medium MATTE	Ranger Paint Dabber PEARL METALLIC	Tim Holtz Distress Paint MERMAID LAGOON	3M Scotch ACID FREE 0.25 Inch x 36 Yard REFILL	3M Scotch PINK ATG ADVANCED TAPE GLIDER 1/4
Tim Holtz DISTRESS SPRAYER Ranger	Tim Holtz Distress COLLAGE BRUSH SET	Ranger Inkssentials INK BLENDING TOOL	Tim Holtz Tonic CRAFT KNIFE	Ranger Inkssentials Non Stick CRAFT SHEET

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