Happy Sunday, all! Please give a big Simon welcome to our special guest blogger,
Anna-Karin Evaldsson! You may recognize her gorgeous work from our Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge! Read on & enjoy!
Hello everyone! I (Anna-Karin) am happy to be here on the Simon Says Stamp blog today, with an art journal page using stamps by Darkroom Door together with Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Paint and Distress Crayons. Even though I made an art journaling page, the techniques in the tutorial work for a wide range of projects, for example, cardmaking, scrapbooking, and canvases.
I did an art journal page in my large Dylusions journal, inspired by memories from safari trips and by my youngest son who loves lions. Nature-themed pages are a favourite of mine and you’ll find lots of them in my different art journals. To create the scene, I used three of Darkroom Door’s lovely Wild Africa stamps sets, namely: Wild Africa Vol. 2, Wild Africa Vol. 3, and African Trees.
Start by coating a page with gesso using a palette knife and when it is dry, paint with slightly watered-down Distress Paints. Before the paint is completely dry, wipe some of it off with a paper towel.
Color him with Distress Crayons, smoothing the color out with your finger as you go along. Also add a shadow and a hill for him to stand on.
Stamp the main sentiment and two trees to the right of the lion. Don’t reink the tree stamp before stamping it the second time, so make the second impression look like it is standing further away. Stamp an antelope between the trees. Before stamping, wipe a tiny bit of ink off from the legs of the antelope, to make it look like it is standing in grass. Stamp another sentiment three times under the lion, without reinking in between.
Create hills by applying Distress Crayons to the page and smoothing them out with your finger.
Splatter black paint on the ground area of the page. I held a piece of scrap paper of the sky to avoid getting paint splatters there, since I wanted the ground to be more textured than the sky.
I love stamps depicting flying birds and this one from African Trees is great. Ink up just one or two of the birds to stamp in a few different locations on the background.
I also added two pieces of Design Tape to the page. It is a very quick and simple embellishment to add to an art journal page, and also totally flat.
The script stamping and splattered paint add texture to the background.
Glue the title to the background and add a piece of Design Tape underneath.
The Circle Loops die is a favorite of mine and I use it a lot. Circles are such a fun element to add to a project.
Thank you so much for watching and I hope you enjoyed this tutorial!
Happy crafting!
Anna-Karin
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Such rich colors. The lion is very handsome!
Love the colours you used and the design of this page! Awesome.
What an anwesome creation. Beautiful done
I’m not much of a gold or amber lover, but in this case, the ambers work so well. Beautiful card. The lion is awesome! TFS
What a beautiful work of art.
What a beautiful piece of art.
Love love love this. Looks Great!!!!!
Beautiful Page!
Absolutely gorgeous artwork!
a marvelous page depicting a scene in perhaps the Serengeti.
I love this!
Anna K- does the best art work ever!! I just love viewing her creations – this one is surely an eye catcher and I love the colors, animals, and background – beautiful – bravo – well done! TFS
Lovely work on the lion.
What a great page – so much to look at!
Great page! :)
Great job!
Wowee, what a beautiful work of art!
Wow! Beautiful colors and so many cool layers and embellishments!
Beautiful project! Thanks for sharing.
Very nice!
What a great and beautiful journal page!!
AWESOME!! LOVE the Design and the touches of GOLD!! THANKS for sharing and have a FABULOUS WEEKEND!! =)
This is FABULOUS! I still haven’t given my distress crayons a go. This gives me a bit more motivation to do so!
Love this wild scene and the encouraging saying.
Thanks for sharing your journaling page…it’s easy to see how the techniques and design you shared can easily be adapted to cards, scrapbook pages etc. Great ideas.
Love it–I’m a huge fan of lions, and your journal page is awesome!
I love this piece. It makes me want to pull out my distress crayons.
What a nice journal page. I really like your choice of stamps and the way you used them on your page. Thanks for sharing.
The dimension is gorgeous with the lion being the focus. The scene is nicely completed with the other animal, birds and trees. Perfect colors.
This is just amazing!!
Beautiful colors on this project!
BEAUTIFUL scene!
I feel INSPIRED, NEED to be MORE ADVENTUROUS today :)
great depth to this page. . . love the rich tones. . .
This is a very creative journal page!!!
Oh my goodness! This is gorgeous! LOVE ♥
I am so happy to see a journal page. I love yo do art journaling and mixed media projects. This art page today is really beautiful and I love the statement.
Fantastic journal page – love the warm yellow monotone!
I love the rich colors and textures of this page. The lion is awesome!
Wow, I love that lion image and the great scene with all those golden tones.
Thanks so much for the step-by-step of how you made this beautiful page!
Wow, this is stunning!
Made me smile as I love cats so much. Nice to see a wild cat like a lion for a change though xxx
WOW!!! this project is Amazing!!! I have a friend who loves Africa and this will be a great gift!
Cristina
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like the lion. nice layout
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Wow! The colors on this card make me feel like I’m in an African Safari. I love the look!
Wow, what a stunning page!! I love it! And that
lion is so regal & beautiful.
Wow!!! Love the colors!! Awesome journaling page!!!
Gorgeous
I am amazed how much I love this color combination. Not something I would have put together at all but now I need to make it happen!
thank you for sharing your creativity.
WOW, I said WOW, that is AWESOME!