Scalloped Edge Card

Hi crafters! Today I have a card to share made with the brand new Simon Says Stamp Happy Camper release. 

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Happy Camper was released today and is filled with a great mix of stamps, dies, stencils, inks and other products. You can find them all here. 

I made a scalloped card, with layers of scalloped papers and flowers in the center. I used left-over papers for the scalloped, dry embossed, inky and watercolored. From the Happy Camper release, I used: Chunky Scallop Circles, Fantasy Bouquet and LOL.

I started by looking for papers to use for the scalloped circles. These two were part of my experimenting with Zig Kuretake Gansai Tambi Granulating Colors and Simon Says Stamp Dot Spiral embossing folder. 

I die cut the scalloped circles from the dry embossed papers above and the rest from various watercolored or inky papers. The Chunky Scallop Circles set contains eight circles. Make the cardbase by folding a piece of cardbase and place the cutting pads just inside the die at the top.

The Simon Says Stamp Fantasy Bouquet flowers were die cut from left-over collage papers. 

Ink the flowers with Distress Ink.

Layer the scalloped circles on the cardbase. Some of them were adhered with Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Perfect Foam Tape.

I used some foam tape also for the flowers. The petals were shaped a little before adhering them to the card. 

The sentiment comes from Simon Says Stamp LOL stamp set, also from the Happy Camper release.

Use papers with different textures for an interesting difference between the layers.

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial! I will be back again on Saturday with more Happy Camper inspiration.

Thank you for visiting! 

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

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Colorful Granulating Backgrounds

Hi crafters! I have a tutorial on the Simon Says Stamp store blog today. I made a card and a tag, using granulating watercolor paint and combined with resist techniques.

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I made a whole bunch of backgrounds with fun granulating watercolor paint (Zig Kuretake Gansai Tambi Granulating Colors), combined with stencil resist techniques. This watercolor paint is so fun. The paint separates into different colors and gives a great granulating texture at the same time. It is easy and a lot of fun. You will get a different result every time.

I made a whole bunch of backgrounds for the tutorial and couldn’t pick just one for my main project, so I made a card and a tag. Below is a sneak peek of the tag.

To see the full tutorial and all the steps, head over to the Simon Says Stamp Store Blog.

Thank you for visiting! See you again tomorrow!

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

New Year Art Journal

Happy New Year! I am looking forward to a new year or creativity. I always enjoy creating a new folder in my computer for the projects of a new year. 

It is time for the first Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge project of the year.

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This week we have a Something New theme at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog. I hope you will join us! For this first month of the year, Pauline C will join us as guest. Don't miss stopping by her blog Passion for Papercraft. 

Since it is the first Monday of a new month, the team is showcasing products by a specific designer/company. This week it is AALL & Create. You can find their range of stamps and other products here. You don't have to use their products to join the challenge, but it is fun if you do.

I usually make an art journal page at the start of a new year, or at the end of an old one. This years version features golden hearts in the background, symbolising my most important wish for the year, namely that my boys will be as healthy as possible, despite the various autoimmune diseases that they now both have. I used AALL & Create Flower Press stamp for the flower and Simon Says Stamp Falling in Love stencil from the new To Love release.

I worked in my Dylusions Small Creative Journal on a page that had already been coated with gesso. Apply Distress Texture Paste through the Simon Says Stamp Falling in Love stencil. Let dry and repeat to cover the page. 

Paint with Distress Paint and mist with plenty of water to blend.

When the paint was dry, I first tested to watercolor two hearts that I knew wouldn't be visible. I wanted a brighter gold color and decided to paint the remaining hearts white.

When the white paint was dry, I painted the hearts with Zig Kuretake Gansai Tambi Starry paints, using two shades of gold. This paint is very sparkly.

I added shading to the hearts with a pencil.

AALL & Create Flower Press was stamped on heavystock paper with black ink. The stamp was designed by Tracy Evans. 

Color with Prismacolor pencils, using the white pencil to blend the colors. After that I inked the card with brown shades of Distress Ink, but seem to have forgotten to take a photo of that step. 

I splattered the background with a little Scorched Timber paint. Simon Says Stamp Tattered Leaves were die cut from gold kraft-stock paper. 

I also misted a little water on the inky background, for texture. The Prismacolor pencil will resist the Distress Ink.

The hearts are very shiny.

The letters and numbers were die cut from Simon Says Stamp glitter cardstock using Tim Holtz Vault Seasonal Sketch set. I also added a few Small Talk stickers.

Join us this week in our Something New 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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Frostie Watercolor Snowman

Hi stampers! The snow comes and goes here, but a paper snowman will always stay. Here is another snowman project.

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I have done quite a few snowman projects this year and for this tag, I wanted to use the larger snowman from Tim Holtz Mr Frostie. He is covering most of the tag, with a dark snowy and sparkly sky as a backdrop. It looks pretty cold!

Start by stamping Mr Frostie on a tag die cut from watercolor paper.

Extend his body to the bottom of the tag and add buttons. You need to use waterproof pens for this step.

Stamp him one more time on Simon Says Stamp Masking paper. Cut out and roughly cut the body too.

With the masking paper in place, white emboss the Simon Says Stamp Twinkling Stars on the background. I got some embossing powder on the hat too, but that didn't matter.

Paint the snowman and the background with watercolor paint. Don't worry about perfection and leave some of the paper white.

I added some shimmer to the sky with Gansai Tambi Starry Colors (the lightest shade).

When dry, add more snow to the background and some white highlights to the snowman.

Add Glossy Accents to his eyes and Star Dust Stickles to the hat and here and there in the sky.

I also added Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Dazzling Clear Gems to the sky.

I don't know if you can see the Glossy Accents on his eyes here, but it adds a nice touch. 

Add shadows to the snowman and more black linework if needed.

The sentiment also comes from the Mr Frostie set and was cut into two strips to avoid covering too much of the snowman.

Thank you for visiting!

Happy Christmas crafting!

Anna-Karin

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Simon Says Stamp Festive Fun Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to my blog! I am so happy to take part in the Simon Says Stamp Blog Hop to celebrate the new Festive Fun release. If you are following along in the hop, you should have come here from Miriam Prantner.

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The Festive Fun release is full of wonderful new and versatile stamps, embossing folders, stencils, dies, ink and gems, perfect for holiday crafting. You can find the entire Festive Fun release here.

The new and exclusive Cozy Together stamp and die set will be automatically added to your cart that contains $100 or more of Festive Fun release products! This gift with purchase will expire 11/10 at 11:59 pm EST. While supplies last.

 

I had fun making two tags for the blog how, using the very cute Snow Buddies stamp set, combined with the Forest Ring die and the Fluted Forest Decor embossing folder. I used a combination of watercolor paint and ink on the tag. There is glitter and bling too!

Start by cutting two dies from watercolor paper. Stamp the owl and the deer from Simon Says Stamp Snow Buddies with Archival Ink Jet Black on the tags.

Watercolor the animals first and then add a quick wash of watercolor paint for the sky and the snow. No need for perfection.

I embossed the top and the bottom of the tags in the new Simon Says Stamp Fluted Forest Floor folder. Place the edge of the folder just outside the edge of the embossing platform to avoid getting an embossed edge. Test on a scrap paper first before embossing the watercolored tags.

Ink to darken the colors. I also used Blueprint Sketch, but forgot to include it in the photo.

Die cut the Simon Says Stamp Forest Ring twice from watercolor paper.

Add masking fluid as shown and let dry completely. I used a blue tinted fluid so that you can see it. Or you can skip this step and just avoid painting those areas. 

Paint the trees and greenery with watercolor paint.

When the paint is dry, carefully rub off the masking fluid.

Add a little more paint to the trees. Smear Scorched Timber Distress Ink on a non-stick craft sheet, mist with water and paint the frame of the ring with a paint brush. I used the ink instead of paint here since I wanted the color to coordinate with the ink on the tag.

I wanted to add a bit of glitter too and die cut the Forest Ring from Simon Says Stamp White Glitter Cardstock twice.

Add Moon Dust Stickles to the snowy areas on the Forest Ring. I also added some highlights with a white gel pen.

The stamp of the deer looking at the little bird is so cute. There are also coordinating dies to the Snow Buddies stamp set. You can easily turn this design into a card, if you would rather make a card. I stamped the sentiment on scrap inky paper. The larger sentiment was adhered with foam tape.

I added Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Dazzling Gems Pastel Tones to the flower centers and in a few more places. I love all the Dazzling Gems and have been using them a lot since they came out.

Leave some of the paper showing when watercoloring as highlights. As you can see here, the white gel pen dots work both as highlights and as tiny specks of snow.

Off-set the white glitter paper when gluing the Forest Rings to the background.

This is such a cute sentiment! It was adhered with foam tape. The sentiments I used also comes from the Snow Buddies set.

I am very fond of owls and had a little collection of owl figurines as a child. Some of them are displayed in my study now. I like how the Forest Ring frames the watercolored image, so that it doesn't disappear on the background.

Again, sentiments were stamped on scrap paper and cut into strips. 

I don't know if you can see it, but I added Glossy Accents to the eyes of the owl.

Drop blue paint into the green paint before the paint dries completely, for some fun color blending directly on the paper.

The ribbons were dyed with ink to coordinate with the tags.

Don't miss all the inspiration along the hop! There are of course prizes to be won too, and at each stop on the hop SSS is giving away a $25 coupon, randomly drawn from those who leave a comment. The winners will be posted post on the Simon Says Stamp store blog on 13 November.

Your next stop on the hop is Kim Hamilton. Don't miss to the wonderful project she has created. If you get lost along the way, here are all the stops:

Simon Says Stamp Blog

Caly Person

Nichol Spohr

Jennifer McGuire

Suzy Plantamura

Amy Rysavy

Emily Midgett

Debby Hughes

Lisa Addesa

Miriam Prantner

Anna-Karin Evaldsson (you are here)

Kim Hamilton

Jean Doeringsfeld

Carly Minner

Bobbi Lemanski

Lea Lawson

For more inspiration, remember to check out the Festive Fun gallery at Simon Says Stamp, and if you make something with products from the range, it is fun if you post it in the galleries too. There are galleries for all releases, and for the card kits, full of inspiration.

This is the first Festive Fun blog hop, don't miss blog hop number day number 2, which is tomorrow.

Thank you so much for stopping by here today! 

Anna-Karin

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