2018 #2 Seth's NEW Fresco Paints: 'Just A Note' with LPC {by Miriam Grazier}

2018 Topic 2: Seth's NEW Fresco Paints

Ok so Miriam has pulled an absolute blinder in this post. {How do we have such CLEVER bloggers!} ...Miriam has stamped with Seth's paint THE MOST DETAILED IMAGE from Lynne Perrella, and it looks AMAZING!!!  Love how she has made these stunning note cards ~ Leandra

Hi everyone, it's Miriam with you today, and I'd like to share with you a set of note cards that I have created using Lynne Perrella stamps and the fabulous new Seth Apter Fresco Finish Chalk paints.

I decided to use some of the main images to create a master-board for the background of my cards.  The Seth Apter paints (set 3) are all opaque paints and so I wanted to keep the images simple but, at the same time, show how gorgeous and creamy the paints are.  The colours in Set 3 are 'my' colours.  I squealed when I first saw them - any of you that follow me will know how much blue and green I use in my projects.  And the addition of Butter was simply perfect.  I can see me needing to purchase another set very soon!  

These are Seth's 'summer' colours which are so refreshing to use after such a grey and wet winter.  The thought of lighter and drier days are going to be very welcome.

When I send a note card to say 'hello' I want the recipient to see the love and kindness that I am sending with the card.  I wanted to use the Lynne Perrella images (LPC033, LPC034) in the background of the Masterboard that I was creating.  As the images are super detailed and I was stamping using paints, I kept the backgrounds simple.  These images are beautiful and I wanted them to stand out.

I brayered really lightly onto the background, wiping my brayer onto a scrap of paper first to keep the paint transfer very light to ensure that the stamping would stand out on the card.  I also used a white gel pen to add a small amount of highlighting and scribbling to lighten the page.

I painted 'Butter' onto a scrap of card to create the mats for my focal images.  All of the colours worked so amazingly together.  Seth has done a fantastic job of putting them together. You can find his paints at PaperArtsy stockists, see here for a list.

To complete my note cards I used the 'hello' sentiment from Emma Godfrey Mini 20.

  These sentiments tend to stay on my craft desk all of the time!

I really enjoyed creating these note cards.  I thought that the colours in Seth Apter's Set 3 work really well with the 'elegant' Lynne Perrella images.  I could also create a matching box to give these as a gift - I know several friends and family who would love these.  

I hope that you have enjoyed my project for you this evening.  I hope that I have inspired you to create a project for yourself. And if you haven't yet purchased Seth's new paints, I can assure you that you really do *need* them and will love them as much as I do.

Thanks for joining me this evening.
Miriam

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