Smile Layout

Hello friends! Today I have a scrapbooking layout to share, with stitching and patterned paper.

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I wanted to use a mix of Tim Holtz Palette paper, and in particular the collage papers with all the small details. All I added was some ephemera, die cut butterflies, a title and some stamped sentiments. I used an old childhood photo.

I started by cutting out pieces from the collage papers in various Palette Paper 8x8 in sets, picking designs that I liked, or that fit the theme.

Arrange them on a background paper, distress the edges and then stitch around the design with both straight and zigzag stitches.

The background is kraft paper and I added more Palette paper, distressed the edges and stitched another frame.

I really like Tim Holtz Sizzix Alphanumeric Bulletin letters and die cut the title from another pieces of palette paper and from Simon Says Stamp Rainforest cardstock.

Butterflies were die cut from more patterned paper with Simon Says Stamp Bright Butterflies. The bodies come from Simon Says Stamp Flourish Butterfly Trio.

I used ephemera from 49 and Market Faded Memory Lane ephemera and chipboard sets and sanded the edges slightly.

The sentiment is from Simon Says Stamp Be Your Beautiful Self. The camera is from 49 and Market Travel Diaries and the flowers from Faded Memory Lane Laser Wild Flowers.

Glue the title and add lace trim underneath as a border.

This sentiment also comes from Simon Says Stamp Be Your Beautiful Self. 

A few more flowers and a butterfly. 

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

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Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

Supplies:

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Read Layout

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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Glitter Heart Background

Hi friends! Today I have a very glittery and glitzy card to share, which will dazzle any recipient. 

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I made a card with an entire glitter background, die cut with Simon Says Stamp Drawn Hearts from the fantastic Luxe Glitter Cardstock. I used the Champagne version of the glitter cardstock and you might have noticed the little glitter hearts used on my last two projects. They were from this die cutting session and I knew I wanted to use the entire sheet on a background too. 

For the dimensional flowers, start by die cutting Simon Says Stamp Rustic Layering Flower and Wildflower Bucket from heavystock cardstock, white glitter cardstock, white cardstock and Tim Holtz backdrops cardstock.

Ink the flowers with neutral shades of Distress Ink and shape the flowers with Tim Holtz Shaping Tool Kit.

Die cut Simon Says Stamp Drawn Hearts from champagne Luxe Glitter Cardstock. I also cut a panel from Simon Says Stamp Silver Vellum. 

Layer the flowers together. I added a paper center to some of them and a Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Dazzling Peachy Gem to some of them. The sentiment was stamped with brown Archival Ink using Simon Says Stamp Be Your Beautiful Self set and die cut with the coordinating die.

The flowers have quite a lot of dimension.

At the bottom there is a larger cluster of flowers and a smaller sentiment, from the same stamp set.

It is hart to capture the glimmer in all its might. The silver vellum also glimmers and the Luxe Cardstock has a disco ball look which changes depending on how the light falls.

The same part of the card, but from a different angle.

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial. For another card using Simon Says Stamp Drawn Hearts for the background, check out my Mouse Card.

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

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Hyacinth Flower in Pencil

Hello crafters! Today I have a hyacinth flower to share, stamped on patterned paper and then colored with pencils.

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Stamping on patterned paper and then using pencils to color the image is one of my favorite techniques. The pencils will cover most of the pattern, but some of it will show through. I particularly enjoy combining this technique with ledger papers. I made an art journal page, but this could just as well be a card instead. 

The page was added to my Stamperia Happiness Mixed Media journal, 4x8.5 in.

Stamp the hyacinth from Simon Says Stamp Big Botanicals on Tim Holtz Red Palette Paper.

Color with pencils, starting with the lighter shades. I used Prismacolor pencils.

Add highlights with a white gel pen.

Use a black pencil to draw a small hill, some grass and shading. Color with pencils.

I cut the sentiments from Tim Holtz Palette Paper. Ink the edges.

Die cut butterflies from Pink Palette Paper using Simon Says Stamp Bright Butterflies. The edges were sanded lightly and inked.

I stamped words and numbers from Simon Says Stamp Big Botanicals on the background.

Add Stickles Star Dust to the flower centers. 

I used different shades of blue and a purple for the flowers.

This sentiment comes from Simon Says Stamp Vintage Bunnies and was stamped on ledger paper. I used the same sentiment yesterday for my Patterned Peony Flower tag.

Adding a grassy hill grounds the flower to the page. Here you can also see how the background paper shines through the pencil coloring.

Little Things was also cut from Palette Paper.

The ticket comes from one of the collage papers from the 8x8 Palette Papers. Stamp a word on the ticket and ink the edges.

Thank for stopping by here today!

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

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