Hello and welcome to another Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge! Our theme this week is "Fun with Paint," and that is certainly a joy for me to do! I love the versatility of paint and use it all the time. I decided to make a notebook cover using acrylic paint and watercolors. I like how acrylic paint can be pretty opaque and dries quickly. I like how watercolors are so fluid and translucent. They both bring interesting qualities to the table for sure!
Next I cut my collage to the size I needed for the cover of a small notebook. I stamped some plus signs (from Tim Holtz's Media Media 2 stamp set) and heat-embossed them on blue paper.
I cut the blue paper into a frame shape and glued that to my painted background. I blended it in with more paint.
Next I took some Tim Holtz photobooth images and cut them down into smaller squares. I wrinkled them and sanded them a bit to give them more of a distressed look. I added some blue and white polka dot paper up the side, but didn't like how it looked and covered it up at the end.
I added some polka-dotted brown paper to the side instead and typed a "not alone" sentiment. I felt like this group of women represented a universal support system that I have seen in my own life. What power can come from a group of good women! I sewed the collage to a small notebook cover and this project was done.
Here are the supplies I used that you can find at Simon Says Stamp:
- Dina Wakley Paint
- Watercolors
- Distress Embossing Ink
- White Embossing Powder
- Heat Tool
- Tim Holtz's Mixed Media 2 Stamp Set
- Distress Watercolor Pencils, Set 1 and Set 4
- Dina Wakley Scribble Sticks, Set 5
- Tim Holtz Photobooth Images
We're looking forward to seeing how you incorporate paint into your projects this week. Upload your challenges to the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog for your chance to win a $25 voucher to the Simon Says Stamp store!
