Fun With Paint

 

 Hello Monday, my friends! And welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge. Thank you for joining us for the  Red, White and Blue hallenge and we hope you will all join us again this week too.

On our first post of the month, we love to highlight one of our crafting companies, and this week, we are highlighting PAPER ARTSY! They have a fantastic array of designs, products, and a wide array of talent4ed designers. Be sure to check them out!

Please join me in welcoming  Thom Santilla  as our guest designer for the month of July! You are in for a treat this month.. Welcome thom!

 

This week the challenge is:  FUN WITH PAINT

Seth Apter inspired Memorydex cards 

 I have had the good fortune to take classes with Seth Aoter and learn so many techniques. Seth is a wonderful teacher and shares so many ideas . .thanks for the inspiration, Seth!

Since we are having fun with paint this week, that is where I began. I used a technique I learned from Seth Apter to create my backgrounds. Apply the paint to a piece of canvas and press it onto your paper. Start with a dark or light colorl, and on th enext layer, use the opposite. For example, I began with a dark base, then went light, then dark, then light again. This will build up a wonderful grungy layer of color on your work.  

Look at all that texture! 

Text, I collage on some paper tissue. 

Then I stencil a bit of Blue with ink onto the designs. 

My final step was some stamping. I used to white China marker around the words that I stamped to make them stand out a bit more. 

My three memory decks card serves decked into my holder. 

Answer the cards 

Facts of the cards, them so that as you're going through everything is oriented in the same direction. 

And here we go a trio of grungy, earthy memorydex cards inspired by Seth Apter. 

As always Simon Says Stamp will be giving away a $25 voucher to shop at the fabulous Simon Says Stamp Store 

Supplies:

Paper Artsy Fresco Finish Paints - Kiwi Gold, Rusty, Heavy Cream, Olive

Paper Artsy Printed Tissue Seth Apter

Paper Artsy Seth Apter Eclectica Em 109, EM128

Simon Says Stamp Pepita Background stamp

Impression Obsession Seth Apter Journal Jargon Two

Stencil Girl Seth Apter Zig Zag stencil

Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Saturated Ocean ink

Simon Says Stamp Versa Fine Clair Nocturne ink

Tim Holtz Ground Espresso ink

Simon Says Stamp Small Blending Brush

AALL and Create Garden Frames dies

watercolor paper

Ranger Collage Medium 

Piece of canvas

White China Marker

So now it's YOUR turn, Happy Crafting! Maura

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Sparkle Mode

Hello Monday my friends! Welcome back to this week's challenge at Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - SPARKLE MODE. We are also celebrating the 40th. anniversary of Stampendous - Congratulations Stampendous!

It's been wonderful having Laura with us this month as our guest designer! I've enjoyed all of your beautiful makes, Laura and look forward to more of your creations. 

COCOA, TEA OR COFFEE?

I started by taking a coffee cup apart and flattening it. Then I used it as a pattern to cut out papers to put inside. 

I added some stamping to the pages and sparkled them up with watercolor.

I also stamped and stenciled inside the covers and added more watercolor. Since the inside of the cup is waxed, be sure to heat set. 

On the outside, I painted some images, added stencil  with distress mica stains.I decided to add more sparkle with the gold watercolor too.

Then, I used my sewing machine to go around the edges, create pockets and stitch all the pages into the book. 

Cover...

Inside...

A bit of grunge stamping and watercolor...

I added in a couple of coffee/cocoa cups...

...stamped two tags and added hand dyed ribbon to insert into the pockets...

...then I popped up the gnome onto the front leaving space to insert the ribbon to hold it closed. I also added Shaved Ice to the gnome's hat for extra sparkle. 

So, get out your sparkling things and create and share with us! Celebrate Stampendous's 40 years too with us if you would like. 

SUPPLIES:

Stampendous COCOA GNOME cling stamp	Stampendous GRUNGE SCRIPT with Stencil cling stamp set	Stampendous SHAVED ICE	Impression Obsession Cling Stamp HOT COOCA	Simon Says Stamp clear stamp set DRINK COFFEE Stamptember
Simon Says Stamp CUP OF LOVE Stamp Set	tim-holtz-distress-holiday-mica-stain-set-2	Kuretake Gansai Tambi GEM COLORS Set of 6	Simon Says Stamp PREMIUM Dye Ink Pad BLACK	Tim Holtz Distress Archival Ink Pad HICKORY SMOKE Ranger
Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad GROUND ESPRESSO Ranger	Ranger Kraft Tags #8 Size	Simon Says Stamp CRAFT GLUE STICK Ultra smooth	Prima Watercolor Brush Pen	Craft Scissors - Tim Holtz
Prima Marketing BURNT SIENNA Art Alchemy Liquid Acrylic Paint 967222	ranger mini round ink blender	Glossy Accents	Neenah Solar White Cardstock	Ranger HEAT IT CRAFT TOOL

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Our generous friends at Simon Says Stamp are offering a $25 voucher.

Be sure to head on over to check out the sparkly inspiration from the design team.