I was excited for this week's Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge theme, which is to use paint. We are also featuring products from Paper Artsy. I use paint all the time and my go-to's are Dina Wakley's acrylic paints. I love the convenient size and the vast range of colors. I also wanted to crack out Kate Crane's new stamp set featuring butterflies and mothy-looking things.
I started by cutting a tag out of Strathmore Mixed Media paper, which holds up nicely to paint. I used a Waffle Flower tag die and my Sizzix Big Shot. Next I sprinkled on some Paper Artsy Infusions and sprayed it with water. The unique thing about Infusions is that it's a combo of colored powder and brown and the more water you add, the more the brown tones stand out. In addition to the Infusions, I stamped on some dots with a Tim Holtz stamp and Distress Ink.
I needed a lighter background (which seems silly after coloring the background dark), so I added some scraps of Dina Wakley ledger paper. Next I stamped on a Seth Apter stamp image using black ink and I added white paint to all of that, along with some olive paint.
Once that dried, I added some red, pink, orange and yellow tones with paint. I also did some doodling with Dina Wakley's Scribble Sticks and Dylusions Intense Colour Caykes and Sticks.
It was looking a little crazy around the edges, so I cut out an oval frame and stamped the frame with Seth Apter's dot stamp. Then I stamped, cut, and colored a moth(?) from Kate Crane's KC014 stamp set. I stamped the sentiment, too, also from that set.
All that was left was to glue everything together!
Here are the supplies I used that you can find at Simon Says Stamp:
- Kate Crane Stamp Set KC014
- Seth Apter Stamps: EM105 and EM124
- Waffle Flower Nesting Tag Die Set
- Infusions: Royal Blood
- Tim Holtz Mixed Media 2 Stamp Set
- Dina Wakley Paint
- Dina Wakley Scribble Sticks, Set 5
- Dina Wakley Ledger Paper, Set 1
- Dylusions Intense Colour Caykes and Sticks
- Sizzix Big Shot
- Strathmore Mixed Media Paper
- Ranger Jet Black Archival Ink
- Distress Ink: Lucky Clover
We're excited to see you get your paint on this week! Upload your creations to the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog for your chance to win a $25 voucher to the Simon Says Stamp store!