Hi friends! Happy Monday and Happy Waffle Flower release day! Please join me in welcoming back special guest Channin Pelletier who made this gorgeous tone on tone card! For more information read on and don’t miss the video tutorial! Enjoy!

Hello everyone! It’s Channin here with Waffle Flower Crafts and I am so excited to be here at Simon Says Stamp sharing a new card video featuring the new Holiday Thanks Stamp Set from Waffle Flower Crafts’ November Release!

I have loved the simple yet stunning holiday cards that Yana Smakula creates and today’s card was greatly inspired by her beautiful creations. In today’s video, I will combine tone on tone coloring with heat embossing to create a simple yet elegant Christmas card!

First, I stamped and heat embossed the image and a sentiment from the Holiday Thanks Stamp Set onto colored cardstock. I then colored the heat embossed image in with Copic markers. To finish the card, I added a slight gradation by ink blending distress ink with a mini ink blender.

I hope you enjoyed my card and video! Thanks so much for stopping by!

~Channin

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SUPPLIES:

Simon Says Stamp Card Stock 100#… [ SSS ] Tsukineko Versamark EMBOSS INK PAD… [ SSS ] Ranger ANTI-STATIC POUCH ink62332 [ SSS ] Ranger Embossing Powder SUPER FINE… [ SSS ] MISTI MEMORY MISTI PRECISION STAMPER… [ SSS ] Copic Sketch Marker R59 CARDINAL… [ SSS ] Copic Sketch MARKER R37 CARMINE Pink [ SSS ] Copic Sketch Marker R17 LIPSTICK… [ SSS ] Copic Sketch Marker RV23 PURE PINK [ SSS ] Copic Marker CIAO Colorless Blender… [ SSS ] Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad AGED… [ SSS ] Ranger MINI ROUND INK BLENDING TOOLS… [ SSS ]

Thanks so much for stopping by and thanks to Channin for being our guest!

Welcome everyone! It’s Shari here with an art journal entry featuring one of my favorite humans… Melody. I was inspired to use this fall photograph from last year to make something I’ll cherish as I go through my journal.

One of the things I didn’t want to do is ruin the photo, it’s the only one I have. So, I created a flip page where the photo is attached to a piece of acetate to protect it. If you’re not inclined to use photographs in your journals, you could create the same flip feature with a favorite piece of art or sentimental keepsake.

I started with a watercolor page of my Dina Wakley Media Journal by collaging some scrap papers from the Capture Adventures pack from 49 and Market (Love this paper)!!. I added some washed of Distress Paint in Hickory Smoke and Vintage Photo with drips. Once it was dry, I used Tim Holtz Butterfly Design Tape to hold the flap in place and  to add some layers.

Die cuts using Tonic Copper cardstock really set off the color tones of the photo and adds a nice sheen to my page.

Under the photo flip feature, I’ve included a journaling card from the Tim Holtz Pocket Cards, perfect for writing out the details of this special memory.

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I hope I’ve given you some inspiration to include a photograph or special keepsake to inspire your art journaling. Enjoy!

Dina Wakley Ranger MEDIA JOURNAL… [ SSS ] 49 and Market CAPTURED ADVENTURES 6X6… [ SSS ] Tim Holtz Idea-ology POCKET CARDS… [ SSS ] Tim Holtz Idea-ology BUTTERFLY Design… [ SSS ] Tim Holtz Sizzix GARDEN GREENS… [ SSS ] Tim Holtz Sizzix ALPHANUMERIC… [ SSS ] Memory Box TESSATINA BORDER Craft DIE… [ SSS ] Simon Says Stamp LOOP THE LOOP BORDER… [ SSS ] Hero Arts Fancy Dies DECORATIVE EDGE… [ SSS ] Memory Box PIERCED BORDERS POPPY… [ SSS ] Tonic COPPER MINE Mirror Card Effect… [ SSS ] Crafter’s Companion HEAT RESISTANT… [ SSS ] Tim Holtz Flip Top Distress Paint… [ SSS ] Tim Holtz Flip Top Distress Paint… [ SSS ] Ranger Studio Paint ARTIST BRUSHES… [ SSS ] Faber-Castell COLLAPSIBLE WATER CUP… [ SSS ] Viva Decor PALETTE KNIFE SET 604127 [ SSS ] The Crafter’s Workshop CLEAR GEL… [ SSS ] Simon Says Stamp CRAFT TACKY GLUE… [ SSS ] Kokuyo LONG Dot Liner Adhesive Runner… [ SSS ] Tim Holtz Tonic GUILLOTINE COMFORT… [ SSS ] Sizzix BIG SHOT MACHINE Gray And… [ SSS ]

Happy Saturday, all! Kristina Werner here with another Monthly Mail Art. :)

For this month’s envelope, I wanted to try out stamping the large numbers in Concord & 9th’s Notable Numbers stamp set. I thought they would be perfect for the number in an address!

I stamped the numbers in Acorn Versafine Clair ink and lettered the rest of the address using a light brown Tombow marker.

NOTE: Address used with permission. Thanks, Rose Marie!

I used a mixture of current postage (the Lincoln stamp is a USPS Forever stamp), and unused vintage postage stamps from my stash. With the unusual style of address, I’m anticipating the need for additional postage, so the vintage stamps will cover that.

Thanks for stopping by! :)

Supplies

Concord & 9th NOTABLE NUMBERS Clear… [ SSS ] C-Thru T SQUARE RULER Westcott JR12 [ SSS ] Tsukineko VersaFine Clair ACORN Ink… [ SSS ] Tombow MUTED Dual Brush Pens 10 Pack… [ SSS ] Sakura ARCH EVOLUTIONAL FOAM ERASER… [ SSS ] Dahle Self-Healing Cutting 18×12 Mat… [ SSS ]