Easter Egg Hunt Mixed Media Project!
Hi friends! Happy Sunday! I’m HOPPY to share this sweet mixed media project from Anna-Karin Evaldsson with you today! (see what I did there!? ;) Read on and enjoy!
Hi everyone! I am happy to be back here today with a new tutorial. This time I created an Easter Egg Hunt scene. I am very fond of making my own ornaments and little scenes like these. The eggs in the scene are easy to find, because there are lots of them. It might even be where the Easter Bunny stores the eggs and other little treasures. There are also glittering diamonds, pearls and mica flakes.
I wanted a round base and sometimes use wood discs for that, but I didn’t have one at hand so instead I repurposed the metallic lid of a glass jar. You could even put the lid back on the jar and fill the jar with sweets. It would make a great gift.
Start by coating the lid with gesso. The lid I used is about 3.5 in in diameter.
When the gesso is dry, paint the edge of the lid with Ground Espresso Distress Paint. I also painted the Salvaged Rabbit and the base of the snow globe with Distress Paint. The pink and grey paint was mixed with white to get lighter shades.
When the bunny is dry, mix a watery brown paint and paint the whole bunny with the mix. This gives a distressed effect and makes the details easier to see. Do the same on the base of the snow globe.
I often find that it is easiest to add the eye with a marker instead of with paint. Don’t worry if it isn’t perfect.
Color the eggs by placing a couple at a time in a plastic bag and add a few drops of alcohol ink. Place them on another plastic bag to dry.
Glue pearls and droplets into the base of the snow globe. Add eggs into the glass globe and sprinkle Mica Flakes into the globe.
I wanted signs in the scene and made my own by cutting pieces of Tim Holtz Woodgrain paper. Ink them with Distress Ink.
The sentiments come from Tim Holtz Clipping Stickers and I used tooth picks for the posts, inking them with Distress Ink.
Mix a little brown paint into Texture Paste and apply a thick layer to the top of the lid. You can use green paint instead if you want more of a spring-time look. I recently did another Easter scene with pastel colors and was in the mood for more subtle colors here.
Press the snow globe, bunny, sign posts and eggs into the paste. The paste will act as a glue.
Add pearls, droplets and crystals and sprinkle some mica flakes.
Later, I also added a few Tim Holtz Bouquet Findings flowers, which had been colored with Distress Spray Stain.
When you place the eggs on a plastic bag to dry, they get this great marbled look.
The eggs will all look different. One of my favorites is this shiny brown egg.
I added lace trim around the edge of the lid. You could also use ribbon or Design Tape.
The mix of shiny eggs, mica flakes, crystals and pearls made me think of a treasure.
The eggs move around in the snow globe if you carefully shake the piece.
The bunny can be painted in many different ways and doesn’t need to have this distressed look. I hope this tutorial inspired you to create your own Easter ornaments or to make other types of 3-D scenes. Thank you so much for looking! Happy crafting! –Anna-Karin
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Just for You Blog Hop 2!
Hello, friends, and welcome to day two of our Just for You release blog hops! If you missed yesterday’s hop, be sure to circle back and check it out HERE.
We love our customers, and our latest release is literally Just for You! Usher in warmer weather with our Sunshine Background cling, Magical Spring set, and Daffodil Stem foil plate; celebrate Easter and Mother’s Day with our Easter Critters, Bunny Egg, and Mother’s Day Bouquet sets; and get botanical with our Herb Labels set, Leaf Edges cling, and Mushroom Stems dies.
What’s more, we have some fabulous tools that we created just for you! Our Pawsitively Everyday Scissors will meet all your cutting needs, and you’ll enjoy speckle-free heat embossing with our new Powder Brush Tool, too.
Before we hop, let’s take a look at some fabulous inspiration from Shari Carroll:
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Ready for even more Just for You inspiration? Hop along with these talented designers! You’ll be inspired AND for every comment you leave on each blog, you’ll earn a chance to win a $25 Simon Says Stamp store shopping spree. YAY!
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- Laura Bassen
- Caly Person
- Nichol Spohr
- Debby Hughes
- Amy Rysavy
- Sidnie Des Jardins
- Mindy Eggen
- Miriam Prantner
- Anna-Karin Evaldsson
- Dilay Nacar
- Barb Engler
- Kim Hamilton
- Jessica Vasher
Please share some feedback with these creative artists who work hard to inspire and excite us! Your comments mean so much to them.
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We hope you will join us on Instagram on Friday, March 24, for an Instagram Hop featuring even more inspiration from our Just for You release! We are excited to share awesome ideas from several creative minds using these fantastic products.
You’ll love browsing our Just for You gallery on our blog for loads of additional inspiration, and you can add your projects to these galleries as well!
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Just for You Blog Hop 1!
Hi, friends! Welcome to day one of two special release blog hops celebrating our Just for You release! Come back tomorrow for more amazing inspiration!
We love our customers, and our latest release is literally Just for You! Usher in warmer weather with our Sunshine Background cling, Magical Spring set, and Daffodil Stem foil plate; celebrate Easter and Mother’s Day with our Easter Critters, Bunny Egg, and Mother’s Day Bouquet sets; and get botanical with our Herb Labels set, Leaf Edges cling, and Mushroom Stems dies.
What’s more, we have some fabulous tools that we created just for you! Our Pawsitively Everyday Scissors will meet all your cutting needs, and you’ll enjoy speckle-free heat embossing with our new Powder Brush Tool, too.
OK! Let’s get a sneak peek of what’s in store for our blog hop today with inspiration from Shari Carroll! She used products from our Just for You release to make these fantastic projects:
We love our customers! And we love your enthusiasm for our exclusive releases and blog hops. To celebrate, Simon has set aside a free gift just for you! Our exclusive gift for this blog hop is $7 off any purchase of $40 or more! Check out the details on the banner at the top of this post for information about claiming your gift.
Ready for even more Just for You inspiration? Hop along with these talented designers! You’ll be inspired AND for every comment you leave on each blog, you’ll earn a chance to win a $25 Simon Says Stamp store shopping spree. YAY!
Please let these talented designers know how much you appreciate their designs. They work hard to inspire and excite us!
- Simon Says Stamp Blog <<YOU ARE HERE!
- Nina-Marie Trapani
- Suzy Plantamura
- Cathy Zielske
- Keisha Charles
- Barbara Tarayao
- Lisa Addesa
- Bibi Cameron
- Heather Ruwe
- Emily Midgett
- Alberto Gava
- Tina Smith
- Natasha Vacca
Thanks again for joining us today!
We hope you will join us on Instagram on Friday, March 24 for an Instagram Hop featuring even more inspiration from our Just for You release! We are excited to share awesome ideas from several creative minds using these fantastic products.
You’ll love browsing our Just for You gallery on our blog for loads of additional inspiration, and you can add your projects to these galleries as well!
You can check out the entire Just for You collection here:
Learn MORE about our Brush Powder Tool:
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