Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Painty Tag using Kate Crane's KC014 and Seth Apter's EM105 Stamps

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!