Adventure Journal Page

Hello everyone! Monday and of course a new Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge. This week anything goes! I am looking forward to seeing what everyone will create.

I made a fun art journal page in memory of childhood summer camping trips. Most of the products I used are from the new Simon Says Stamp exclusive This is the Life range. Working in my Small Creative Journal, I covered the background in gesso and added scratches and lines with the Ranger Scraper Tool. I thought the Waves stencil would also work as rolling hills and smeared White Embossing Paste through.

The hills and the sky were painted with Distress Paints. This fun car comes from the Wagon Adventure set with coordinating dies. I stamped it with Watering Can ink on Specialty Stamping cardstock and coloured with Distress Inks. The Sizzix Magnetic Platform works really well together with stamp/dies combos.

 

The sun was stamped with Chrome Yellow Archival ink and die cut. I stamped on of the sentiments from the Wagon Adventure set in the middle with Watering Can. The clouds were die cut from old dictionary paper with the Cloud Bank die.

I made some quirky trees using the Ice Cream Cones die, colouring with Distress Ink. The sweet hearts also come from the Wagon Adventure set, stamped with Vermillion ink.

 

Join us in this week's anything goes challenge and it might be you who wins a $50 gift voucher from Simon Says Stamp, drawn randomly.

 

 

Thank you for stopping by today!

 

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

 

Supplies:

Surfaces: Ranger: Dylusions Small Creative Journal, Specialty Stamping Paper; old dictionary paper

Dies: Simon Says Stamp: Cloud Bank, Ice Cream Cones, Wagon Adventure Die and Stamp Set

Stamps: Simon Says Stamp: Wagon Adventure Set

Ink: Ranger Archival Ink: Watering Can, Chrome Yellow, Vermillion; Distress Ink: Spun Sugar, Worn Lipstick, Tumbled Glass, Gathered Twigs, Iced Spruce, Scattered Straw

Paint: Distress Paint: Tumbled Glass, Broken China, Salty Ocean, Shabby Shutters, Peeled Paint, Forest Moss, Mowed Lawn

Medium: Ranger Dina Wakley: White Gesso; Stamper's Anonymous Wendy Vecchi: White Embossing Paste

Stencils: Simon Says Stamp: Waves

Scenic Tag Card

Hello stampers! Here's my second scene for the August theme at Craft a Scene - add a four-legged animal to a scene.

 

I had a glossy die cut tag on my desk and decided to stamp a little scene on it. Most of the stamping was done with green Archival Inks, except for the birds and branches. I coloured it with dye inks and my Colorbox Stylus tool, aiming for a light look. Highlights were added with a white gel pen.

 

For the background I used a patterned paper, distressed with sand paper and some tissue tape. The sentiment was white embossed.

 

Thank you for looking!

 

Happy stamping!

 

Anna-Karin

 

Supplies:

Stamps: Stampscapes: Ducks in Formation 027A, Crooked Path 146F, Oaks and Mist 224F, Dog Walk 227A, Prickly Branches 272G, Oak Branch Sm., Scenic Sentiment Sheet 1

Dies: Sizzix: Tag & Tie

Ink: Ranger Archival Ink: Fern Green, Leaf Green, Jet Black; Adirondack: Willow, Aqua, Stonewashed, Oregano; Distress Ink: Shabby Shutters, Peeled Paint, Antique Linen Frayed Burlap, Gathered Twigs

Embossing powder: Ranger White

Surfaces: Kromekote glossy cardstock; Prima Cartographer A4 pad

Embellishments: Tim Holtz idea-ology: Laboratorie Tissue Tape, Elements Tissue Tape, Linen Ribbon

 

A Happy Life Layout

Hello everyone! I hope you are enjoying the weekend. I spent the morning tidying up, which was much needed. There is a new CSI:Color, Stories, Inspiration case file:

 

 

 

My layout:

I used some photos from my son's first time at the amusement park, which fit real well in colour and with the happiness theme of this month. From the evidence I used: dots, a grid, speech bubbles, and arrows, and from the testimony I was inspired by the happiness theme and placed some of my journaling in speech bubbles. The rest of the journaling is on the back.

 

Working on watercolour paper, I white embossed dots randomly all over the page, as well as a heart stamp. Then I did a simple Distress Ink watercolour background by smearing yellow and green inks on my craft sheet, misting with water and pressing the paper into the ink.

 

Here you can see the white embossed heart, which is also home to part of the title. The title is a mix of rub-ons and die cut letters. The letters were die cut from mat board with Tim Holtz Block Talk die, painted with Broken China, sanded lightly when dry and then coated with Glossy Accents. The arrows got the same treatment.  

 

I added some rhinestones and Simon Says Stamp sequins, for bling and to add to the happy feeling.

 

I love the look of Glossy Accents on top of letters and embellishments. They look almost good enough to eat.

 

Thank you so much for looking! I hope you can join us this week!

 

Happy crafting!

 

Anna-Karin

 

Supplies:

Surfaces: Daler & Rowney watercolour paper; Sizzix Little Sizzles White Mat Board

Dies: Sizzix: Artful Arrows, Block Talk, Talk Bubbles

Stamps: Stamper's Anonymous Tim Holtz: Psychedelic Grunge, Rockstar

Ink: Distress Ink: Scattered Straw, Mustard Seed, Mowed Lawn, Crushed Olive

Paint: Distress Paint: Broken China

Embossing powder: Ranger White

Embellishments: Tim Holtz idea-ology: Life Quotes Remnant Rubs, Words Remnant Rubs; Simon Says Stamp: Moonshine Sequins; rhinestones

Watercolor and Resist Tutorial

Hello everyone! Today I am happy to share my first Tim Holtz Media Team tutorial on Tim's blog.

I focused mainly on stamping in this tutorial, with a fun resist and watercolour technique with blueprint stamps and Distress Ink. And, since I love the magic of resist techniques, there is even more resist on the background. I made a layout, but the techniques work just as well for any type of project.

 

To see the full tutorial and close-ups, head over to Tim's blog.

 

Thank you for stopping by today!!

 

Happy crafting

 

Anna-Karin

For You Gift Box

Hello everyone! Today I am sharing a quick project on the Sizzix blog, a box filled with gift tags.

 

The box was made with Lori Whitlock's new Gift Card Box die, and inside you'll find a whole lot of gift tags. I thought this might be a nice gift for someone and they can use the tags whenever they need one.

 

For more photos, description and supply list, head over to the Sizzix blog.

 

Thank you for stopping by today!

 

Anna-Karin

 

Vintage Kitchen by Eileen Hull

Hello everyone! I am happy to share some sneak peeks with you of samples I made with Eileen Hull's new Vintage Kitchen dies, which will be out in December. These are wonderful new dies and it is a large release with many great 3-D items. Lots of possibilities.

 

First out is a project made with the Recipe Card Box die, one of my favourites of the new line. I made an inky project with Tim Holtz stamps. I'll be sharing all the details about these projects closer to the time when the dies are released.

Eileen is so clever when it comes to designing dies, and all the dies are very versatile and can be used for many different types of projects. This is the Canister XL die. I took step photos when I made this and will share the tutorial closer to the release date of the dies.

Next up is a sweet Sugar Bowl, inspired by a china set I had as a child. Stamps and stencil by Wendy Vecchi.

Finally, a Loaf Pan filled with jelly beans. Or if you look carefully, filled with tissue paper with a thin layer of jelly beans at the top (we had already eaten most of them). The pan is embossed with the Sun Bursts folder.

 

I'll come back to all of these projects later this year, the purpose with this post was just to give a little peek of the new dies. Check out all the posts by my fellow DT members, from both last week and this week, for more inspiration.

 

Thank you so much for stopping by! Enjoy the rest of your day!

 

Anna-Karin





Magical Life Shadow Box Tutorial

Hello again! Today I am very happy to share a guest post on the Simon Says Stamp Blog. It's a shadowbox tutorial using Tim Holtz dies by Sizzix and lots of other fun products.

Here's a little sneak peek. I did a fun variation of another tutorial of mine for the background, using Frameworks die cuts together with something quite magical. And can you guess what the seahorses are made of?

To see the full project, tutorial and close-ups, head over to the Simon Says Stamp Blog.

Thank you for stopping by!

Anna-Karin