{"id":1566,"date":"2014-06-09T00:00:45","date_gmt":"2014-06-09T04:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/?p=1566"},"modified":"2014-06-11T23:27:50","modified_gmt":"2014-06-12T03:27:50","slug":"challenge-paint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/?p=1566","title":{"rendered":"Challenge: Paint"},"content":{"rendered":"

Whether you go acrylic or water, gesso or colorful, base layer or finishing touch – we all love a bit of paint in our creations! From stenciling to backgrounds there are so many techniques and so much that can be done with paint!<\/p>\n

Anna-Karin<\/a> made an art journal page using acrylic paint in many different ways.<\/p>\n

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I love birds and Dina Wakley’s Scribbly Birds <\/a>set is fabulous. I wanted to let the birds sit on a branch happily chatting away. On this page, you will also find several Dina Wakley stencils, such as the Birds in Flight<\/a> and the Plastic Canvas<\/a>. The background was coated with gesso <\/a>and then painted with Distress Paint, <\/a>aiming for a fluid watercolour look. The birds, on the other hand, were meant to look more opaque and solid, to make them stand out from the background.<\/em><\/p>\n

Gold, Brown, White, and Bronze Paint had Suzz<\/a> streaking up a long kraft envelope. <\/a><\/p>\n

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With my project this week I was trying to achieve a weathered look with an effect of rust and wood. I used a mix of the Ranger Distress Paints – Metallics<\/a>, Ranger Distress Paint – Brown<\/a>, and Paper Artsy Fresco Finish – Snowflake<\/a> to streak my background. To help with the feel of wood I inked up the DarkRoom Door Peeled Paint<\/a> with the gold metallic dabber. <\/em><\/p>\n

Emma<\/a>‘s project is packed full of various painted elements and techniques.<\/p>\n

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I’ve been eagerly awaiting Dina Wakley’s new paints and when they arrived, I couldn’t resist using two of my favourite colours, Lime<\/a> and Turquoise<\/a> on the Gelli Plate<\/a> to create my background for this week’s project. I framed the Tim Holtz stamped quote<\/a> with a die cut frame, painted with French Roast<\/a> and Snowflake PaperArtsy Fresco Finish<\/a> paints and crackled with the Crackle Glaze<\/a>. As a finishing touch, I used Distress Paint<\/a> on my metal flowers and Garden Greens<\/a> die cut foliage.<\/em><\/p>\n

Meihsia<\/a> was inspired by her old paintbrushes and created a mixed media canvas.
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\nI love painting and my inspiration this week was from three old paintbrushes that I used on my previous mixed media projects but don’t use them anymore. I first stenciled a mosaic heart using Simon Says Stamp stencil<\/a> and Modeling Paste<\/a> on the canvas, then I applied various colors of Distress Paints<\/a> on the heart. Before I attached those beautiful Prima Flowers, I also colored the background and distressed the edges of the canvas with Distress Paints.<\/em><\/p>\n

Michelle<\/a> got messy with metallic.<\/p>\n

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I adore all of the Distress Paints, but the luscious Antique Bronze Metallic Distress Paint<\/a> is my current obsession. I stamped the gorgeous skeleton leaves on Neenah Solar White <\/a>from the 2014 Daydream Collection<\/a> by dabbing the paint directly on the stamp. Directly on the stamp? Yes! This metallic stamps like a dream!<\/em><\/p>\n

Dan<\/a> changed up his usual color palette this week for something a little more summery.<\/p>\n

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Not a hint of Gathered Twigs anywhere to be found on this card, which is saying something as I seem to be able to find a way to include that colour on just about anything. Distress Paints were my paints of choice here, even down to using Rusty Hinge distress paint<\/a> for the stamped speckles<\/a> down the edge of my card. I also made use of the French Industrial pad<\/a> and the World Traveler stamp set<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Barbara<\/a> knows paint is an essential product, and also lovely creative activity as well.<\/p>\n

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I love so much to paint! At this time my favourite products are Distress Paints<\/a>. I adore to mix these colours, your texture is so rich and fluid, and their effects are amazing and so different. In this challenge I wanted to make my first ATB. I’ve used Distress paints also for the background with Tim Holtz stencils<\/a>. Because paint is also a verb , I painted my globe<\/a> with alcohol inks for a grunge effect. I hope that my experiments in painting carry a brush in your hands. It’ s a wonderful relaxing therapy.<\/em><\/p>\n

Tracy<\/a> took this opportunity to create a masculine patriotic card for her husband.<\/p>\n

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This week I thought I would create a birthday card for my husband who spends a great deal of time in London working and I thought that the Tim Holtz London Sights<\/a> stamp set was the perfect starting point. I love combining images with the use of paint and this time around I am showcasing the fabulous Walnut Stain<\/a> and Black Soot<\/a> Distress Paints. I love the distressed feel to this piece.<\/em><\/p>\n

Sandra Mouwen<\/a> decided to use paint in all kind of ways in her art journal
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\nPaint is one of my favorite kinds of medium to play with. So I had lots of fun using it in different ways. Like making spray paint by mixing Distress Paint<\/a> with water. The background is made using it with the Dina Wakley’s Plastic Canvas<\/a> stencil. Another way is to use paint is by stamping with it. The key to that is how and how much paint you apply to the stamp. In total I used paint in 7 ways for my art journal pages.<\/em><\/p>\n

Ashli<\/a> needs a new photo display for all of those cute baby pictures…<\/p>\n

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I was inspired by the new 8×10 prints from My Mind’s Eye for this week’s project. Using the Just Splendid Word Art Set<\/a> as my starting point, I added Broken China Distress Paint<\/a>, Dina Wakley’s Gesso<\/a>, and Watercolors<\/a> to create this mixed media display canvas.<\/em><\/p>\n

I (May<\/a>) love my paint- and had a lot of fun crafting this canvas!<\/p>\n

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Last weekend at the Simon create event I used plain white gesso<\/a> to create this canvas. With the help of my favorite watercolor paints<\/a> and some treasures I was able to create this canvas in a few short creative sessions. Fun? Oh yes! Such an inspiring event and this canvas was a joy to create as well.<\/p>\n

Mona<\/a> was inspired to alter and embellish a photo tray using a variety of paints.<\/p>\n

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Tune in Wednesday when she shares her tutorial!<\/p>\n

For more inspiration click on our design team’s blog links so you can see more photos (and full supply lists) for their projects. Leave them a little comment love while you’re there so they know how they’ve inspired you too, if you’re so inclined.<\/p>\n

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As always, Simon Says Stamp<\/a> is giving away a $50 gift voucher that will go to a random entry chosen by random generator. To qualify all you need to do is create a new project that ties in (in any way!) with our theme and post it, along with a link back to this challenge, and add a link here. This challenge will end at 11:59pm on Sunday June 15th Eastern time. We will also be choosing some of our entries to put in the spotlight – a special honor where we talk about why we loved that entry in particular and award a special badge too! For the full rules, read the “challenge rules” posted in the side-bar here on our blog.
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