

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.
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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