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Clarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17417080349883587468noreply@blogger.comBlogger266125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5586889314414696659.post-79034298100554741172019-06-07T19:00:00.000+01:002019-06-07T19:00:06.471+01:00New Tracy Scott stamps from Paperartsy June 2019<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">Hi everyone,It's been such a long time since I last blogged! Well I'm back on my feet and </span><span style="color: #45818e; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">I've been fortunate enough to get my hands onto this gorgeous new collection.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">I always get so excited when new Paperartsy stamps are being released! Even more so when I hear that Tracy Scott has been back at the drawing board to create some more glorious images for us to create with. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Tracy has been dropping little clues for us to follow along the way and when it was confirmed that she had indeed gone on to convert her black line drawings into these</span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"> stunning new botanical stamps I was absolutely thrilled. There are sentiments a plenty</span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"> which will offer you plenty of uses for many occasions. Completing the collection are three stunning floral stencils which, in my opinion, could easily be used in stand alone projects.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">So I decided to throw a little bit of everything into the mix and come up with a mixed media project. I was a little upset with myself for not incorporating those stunning butterflies but those flowers (swoon) were an absolute dream to paint and colour, so much that I ended up with three flowers instead of the two I'd originally planned. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I knew that I just had to have the creatures as a 3D element and the way I made this happen was by curling some green wire around a paintbrush to create a spring and attaching my Busy Bee using silicone gel.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">More smoothy card & Fresco paints! This time I blended Guacamole & Toad Hall onto card. Once dry I stamped with one of Tracy's earlier stamps, to create texture and cut out some foliage. I attached the leaves to some green wire and inserted them around the blooms. I wasn't too worried about the position of the leaves at this point! I let everything dry before moving the leaves and wires into the desired position.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">These stamps are truly delightful and I'm sure you will agree that they will lend themselves to many occasions. These beautiful works of art are sure to grace many cards, art journals and mixed media projects and will carry us through to creating that spring feeling all year through.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">Thank you so much for joining me today, Wishing you all a creative week.</span><br />
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Clarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17417080349883587468noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5586889314414696659.post-53455921894271752072019-01-19T20:00:00.000+00:002019-01-19T20:00:00.337+00:00Tracey Scott New Stamps from Paperartsy - Full Reveal<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hi folks I'm here today to share with you the delightful new stamps & stencils, designed by Tracey Scott and brought to you from<a href="https://blog.paperartsy.co.uk/" target="_blank"> Paperartsy.</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In this new release there are 3 new stamps sets and 3 new stencils. I chose to work with sets ETS24 & ETS25 along with stencils PS125 & PS126.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I started off by painting a 12 x 12 canvas board using my chosen colours of Paperartsy Fresco paint.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I added in some stencilling and stamping using both paint and an archival ink pad. Whilst doing this i was loosely plotting where my trailing blooms where going to be positioned.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Using some old, textured wallpaper I added more depth to my piece, continuing with the colour theme that I'd chosen.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Lots more stamping now, I'm gradually building up my layers that will be seen poking up from behind my blooms.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I stamped the flowers, cut them out and painted them all individually using Paperartsy Fresco colours: Tangerine Twist, Lemon Zest, Cerise, Bourgonvillia & a splash of Carribean Sea to tie in with the background colours. I also added some extra splashes to the flowers along with some pearly dots.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I added some white pen doodles to the stencilling, also here and there on the background before layering the flowers, along with the foliage from my stash, using a silicone gel.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Around the darker edge I added some gold stamping using the bubbles stamps (I Love that Stamp!). All I need to do now is to get a deep box frame for my canvas to be displayed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I stencilled the flower onto some craft card using Nougat Paperartsy Fresco paint and <a href="https://topflightstamps.com/products/paperartsy-stencil-jofy-ps082-flower-mask">Jofy flower stencil PS082</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">On top of the white, chalky flower I added some colour using Neocolour II water soluble crayons and pencils. Using a fine black pen I traced around the edges and added in my own doodles.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Not quite to the standard of <a href="https://topflightstamps.com/search?q=jofy">Jofy's gorgeous stamps </a>but nice to put a personal spin on a beautiful bloom.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I've been experimenting with Artist Trading coins. These are new to me, although I've been watching them pop up all over the place for a while, I've waited until now to have a little play.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">To top my coins I used these cute little characters from <a href="http://www.thatscrafty.co.uk/thats-crafty-clear-stamp-set-the-mama-bear-collection.html" target="_blank">That's Crafty</a>(uk) <a href="https://topflightstamps.com/collections/magda-polakow/products/thats-crafty-magda-polakow-clear-stamp-set-the-mama-bear-collection-preorder">Magda Polakow set Mama Bear.</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The backgrounds were made from a masterboard using stamps from<a href="https://topflightstamps.com/products/paperartsy-tracy-scott-14-rubber-cling-mounted-stamp-set"> Paperartsy - Tracy Scott stamps.</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It certainly has been a log time since I've blogged. I have been quite poorly and it's taken quite some time to recoup and get my mojo back! To ease myself in gently I made this card for someone who was has a special birthday and a strong liking for garden gnomes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I used the <a href="https://topflightstamps.com/collections/leane-creatief-the-netherlands/products/leane-creative-doodle-clear-stamp-christmas-tree">Santa</a> stamp from<a href="https://topflightstamps.com/collections/leane-creatief-the-netherlands"> Leanne Creatif</a>, removed his bobble and sack and voila we had a garden gnome!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">With some creative colouring, carefully masking the lines in the hat and converting the laced boots into wellingtons I painted out the lines & details with some white acrylic paint before adding some colour with neocolour II water soluable crayons. With addition of some rosy cheeks, the transformation was complete.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">To the special age of 80, I added a little foliage to make my gnome feel right at home.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hi Folks, this week I have cultivated an A5 canvas using Darkroom Doors 'Fine Flowers'</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I painted the canvas with <a href="https://topflightstamps.com/search?q=Paperartsy+Fresco+paint">Paperartsy Fresco Paints</a> along with a green layer through the stencils. I also stencilled the leaves with some crackle paste.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">You might notice that there are additional leaves surrounding the flowers. Now I love a multi-use stamp and I soon recognised that one of the flowers provided excellent foliage!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Hello bloggers, this week I'm certainly detecting a little sign of spring in the air. Listening to the birds singing in the morning inspired me to whip up a project that reminded me of that famous song!</span></div>
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I used stamps from <a href="https://topflightstamps.com/collections/carabelle-studio">Carabelle Studios</a>, Zorrotte, <a href="https://topflightstamps.com/collections/carabelle-studio/products/carabelle-studio-cling-stamp-set-a6-heart-and-bird-zorrotte">Heart & Bird</a> along with Birgit Koopsens <a href="https://topflightstamps.com/collections/carabelle-studio/products/copy-of-carabelle-studio-rubber-cling-stamp-set-a6-scribbled-leaves-textured-circles-by-birgit-koopsen">Scribbled leafs and textured circles</a></div>
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I stamped on some background stamping, using permanent ink, onto some plain white card stock. Over this I blended a combination of Peacock feathers, Salty Ocean, Broken China & cracked pistachio Distress Oxides over card and then wiped through stencils with a baby wipe to remove some of the ink. I also added in some patches of Hickory Smoke oxides.</div>
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Using some white acrylic paint I stencilled on some some circles. I dried the circles, replaced the stencil and bumped it over to gently add some Wilted Viotlet Distress Ink.</div>
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I cut my card into my desired shape and added some stamping using the scribbled leaves and textured circles set. I used a watermark ink and heat embossed with white opaque powder. Using wilted violet again, I edged the individual cards.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Hi guys, this week I've been playing with <a href="https://topflightstamps.com/search?q=infusions" target="_blank">Paperartsy Infusions.</a> Infusions are amazing bursts of powdered colour dye, which explode when you spritz with water.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Along with the Infusions I used <a href="https://topflightstamps.com/products/paperartsy-tracy-scott-14-rubber-cling-mounted-stamp-set" target="_blank">Tracy Scott's/Paperartsy stamp set ETS14.</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I chose to use the Infusions through stencils. In the background I sprinkled <a href="https://topflightstamps.com/products/paperartsy-infusions-dye-cs12-black-knight" target="_blank">Black Knight</a> through my chosen stencil, spritzed with water and allowed it to dry before I continued with my stamping.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">For the flower I used <a href="https://topflightstamps.com/products/paperartsy-infusions-dye-cs07-sunset-beach">Sunset Beach</a>, allowing to dry before I stamped my image. I fussy cut out the flower and coloured the petals using <a href="https://topflightstamps.com/products/jane-davenport-mermaid-markers-watercolor">Jane Davenport Mermaid Markers.</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I added in my own doodles to the tag before adding some accents with stickles and glossy accents.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A HUGE Thank You to all who participated in last weeks blog hop, we had an amazing response! So excited to announce the winner of my $10 voucher! Drum roll please........Congratulations Kathi-Kats Tales of Stamping.</span></div>
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the hop to be eligible for the</span><span class="s7"><b> GRAND PRIZE</b></span><span class="s4"> a </span><span class="s7"><b>$50 store credit</b></span><span class="s5"><b>!!!</b></span><span class="s4"> </span><span class="s12"><b><i>PLUS</i></b></span><span class="s4"> - each of the designers on this blog hop are giving away a
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To celebrate Topflight's 1st birthday I wanted to make a big project to commemorate the occasion. On a 12 x 12 canvas board, painted with <a href="https://topflightstamps.com/search?q=paperartsy+paints" target="_blank">Paperartsy Fresco Paints,</a> mushroom & nougat I stencilled using <a href="https://topflightstamps.com/products/paperartsy-stencil-jofy-ps081-borders" target="_blank"> leaves stencil PS081</a> I stamped using stamps from<a href="https://topflightstamps.com/products/paperartsy-jofy-62-rubber-cling-mounted-stamp-set" target="_blank"> Paperatsy Jofy #62</a> and onto card to create my colourful blooms.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So I'm taking a walk down memory lane and re-visiting some of my favourite projects over the past twelve months and hopefully sparking some inspiration!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Stamping with smaller stamps is always a bit of a personal challenge for me, possibly because I normally enjoy working on a larger scale but I really enjoyed working on this pocket size mini-book and colouring in the images. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I love working with inks but I equally love working with paint, I often flit from inks to paint or both! Using a whole mix of medias keeps me interested in crafting. I love experimenting on tags, postcards or reference cards. I've also been known to go into hubby's garage and look for a spare bit of wood or three!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So there you have it! A few of my favourite crafty moments from the past year. I'm going to take this opportunity to wish Topflight Stamps a Happy 1st birthday and hope that I'm here to see many more!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Hello Bloggers, on the menu today we have Burger & Fries! I've been playing with a cute little set of stamps, made for you by<a href="https://topflightstamps.com/collections/for-the-love-of-stamps-uk"> 'For The Love of Stamps'</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I prepared a gelli printed background and stamped over using stamps from <a href="https://topflightstamps.com/collections/paperartsy">Paperartsy</a>, designed by Tracy Scott. I cut my sheet down to ATC sized cards, edged with some distress ink and mounted onto black card.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I used Neocolour II and Faber-Castell crayons to add colour to my Burger & fries, neatly cut them out to place on my ATC's</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I added some doodling with a white sharpie pen before I finally placed the burger, fries & ketchup in place with some silicone gel.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> It's Clare with you today and I've been playing with a couple of the <a href="https://topflightstamps.com/collections/paperartsy">Paperartsy</a> mini sets this week to create a card ready for mother's day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Using my brayer I built up layers of paint before reaching for my mini stamp sets to add in some details. I stamped with <a href="https://topflightstamps.com/products/paperartsy-jofy-mini-59-rubber-cling-mounted-stamp-set">JM</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Onto some separate card, painted with the corresponding colours, I stamped the flower from JM59, cut out and coloured over the top using pencil crayons to add a little more colour to the bloom.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I printed my own mother's day greeting and attached to the card. Using the flower stamp I stamped around the edge of my card blank to create a frame before placing the topper onto the card.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Using this cute little teddy from<a href="http://www.magdapolakow.com/" target="_blank"> Magda Polakow</a>, I created my second mother's day card along with <a href="https://topflightstamps.com/collections/visible-image-uk/products/visible-image-the-ripple-effect-clear-polymer-stamp-set" target="_blank">Visible Image Ripple effect set</a>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Working with Distress Oxides on the background I stamped<a href="https://topflightstamps.com/collections/studio-light-the-netherlands/products/studio-light-background-stamp-182-clear-polymer-stamp"> Background stamp 182</a> onto my card.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Howdy Bloggers, this week I have been working with a selection of <a href="https://topflightstamps.com/collections/paperartsy">Paperartsy </a>stamps by Jofy along with some of their fabulous <a href="https://topflightstamps.com/search?q=Paperartsy+Fresco+paint">Fresco Acrylic paints.</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Onto some card I blended a combination of Antartic, Teresa Green & Lake Wanaka Fresco acrylic paint, using a brayer.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Using stamps from Jofy's Paperartsy's 2018 release,<a href="https://topflightstamps.com/products/paperartsy-jofy-64-rubber-cling-mounted-stamp-set"> Jofy 64</a>, <a href="https://topflightstamps.com/products/paperartsy-jofy-mini-58-rubber-cling-mounted-stamp-set">JM58 </a>&<a href="https://topflightstamps.com/products/paperartsy-jofy-mini-63-rubber-cling-mounted-stamp-set"> JM64 </a>I stamped with corresponding colours onto the tag. Using the small daisy from Jofy 64 I stamped with Versamark watermark ink and heat embossed with with embossing powder.</span></div>
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Happy Monday all! Clare here with you today sharing with you a tag made using another of Paperartsy's fabulous new release stamps!<br />
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Using <a href="https://topflightstamps.com/collections/paperartsy/products/paperartsy-jofy-59-rubber-cling-mounted-stamp-set">Jofy set #59</a> & <a href="https://topflightstamps.com/collections/paperartsy/products/paperartsy-jofy-mini-58-rubber-cling-mounted-stamp-set">Jofy mini stamp JM58</a> I stamped onto card painted with<a href="https://topflightstamps.com/search?q=paperartsy+paint"> Paperartsy Fresco acrylic coral paint </a>using a mixture of inks and embossing powders. I doodled on the flower & leaves using a mixture of gelli roll pens and a white Sharpie. After fussy cutting I set to one side.</div>
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I stamped the sentiment onto some painted card and added some stitching to the outside edge, unpicking a few of the stitches.</div>
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I die cut a tag out of some cardboard packaging and distressed it by pulling off the top layer of paper in random areas. With a dry brush and some chalk Paperartsy paint I brushed over the card, dried and was able to assemble the layers of my tag.</div>
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Clarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17417080349883587468noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5586889314414696659.post-6088867486535297392018-02-05T07:00:00.000+00:002018-02-05T07:00:38.089+00:00Visible Image -Dream<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Happy Monday folks! Just a quick post from me sharing a little tag using some of Visible Images stamps & stencils.</div>
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Using <a href="https://topflightstamps.com/collections/visible-image-uk/products/visible-image-time-tunnel-stencil">Time Tunnel Stencil</a>,<a href="https://topflightstamps.com/collections/visible-image-uk/products/visible-image-live-in-the-moment-clear-polymer-stamp-set"> Live in the moment, </a>&<a href="https://topflightstamps.com/collections/visible-image-uk/products/visible-image-imagine-dream-inspire-clear-polymer-stamp-set"> Imagine, Dream Inspire</a> I used the stamps and stencils on a tag prepared with Distress Oxides. Through the stencil I went over the oxide layer with white acrylic paint.</div>
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I added a few sparkly sequins and gems for a little twinkle and mounted onto black card.</div>
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Good morning all! I hope all is well with you today? I've been playing with some yummy new stamps from<a href="https://topflightstamps.com/collections/paperartsy"> Paperartsy,</a> designed by Jo-Firth Young. They are truly delightful!<br />
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For this Project I used Jofy set<a href="https://topflightstamps.com/products/paperartsy-jofy-64-rubber-cling-mounted-stamp-set"> #64</a> <a href="https://topflightstamps.com/products/paperartsy-jofy-59-rubber-cling-mounted-stamp-set">#59</a>, <a href="https://topflightstamps.com/products/paperartsy-stencil-jofy-ps081-borders">Stencil PS081</a> along with <a href="https://topflightstamps.com/search?q=Paperartsy+Fresco+paint">Paperartsy Fresco paints </a>Prawn, Butternut, Coral & Cheesecake.</div>
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I brayered a piece of card with the Prawn & butternut paint and stencilled on the leaves with the Cheesecake paint.</div>
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On another piece of card, painted with prawn & cheesecake, I stamped the bloom from set #64 and added some doodles and dots with white pen. I fussy cut out and set aside. On a piece of textured cardstock I stamped the daisy doodle from set #59 to one side. I mat and layered my card and assembled along with some dies, and added a little bit of string.<br />
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Thank you for stopping by today, if you are in the U.S. and you want to purchase these stamps they are available from <a href="https://topflightstamps.com/" target="_blank">Topflight Stamps</a>!</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I was absolutely thrilled to be able to work with Jo Firth-Young's latest release from <a href="http://blog.paperartsy.co.uk/" target="_blank">Paperartsy! </a>This time Jo has created an abundance of large stamps, large stencils, mini stencils and mini stamps which correspond with each other beautifully!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We all selected the stamps that we wanted to work so with baited breath, here is a show case of the projects I created for Jo's yummy new release! Get Ready for a picture heavy post!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I cut the images out, attaching the scalloped border to some bakers twine to give the appearance of bunting. Attaching Birdie to a twig from my wood basket, I assembled it all onto a mini decorative pallet.</span><br />
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Clarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17417080349883587468noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5586889314414696659.post-28694560686209128262018-01-15T07:00:00.000+00:002018-01-15T07:00:36.587+00:00Paperartsy Flower Burst<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Creativation is nearly upon us and I'm sure there are a lot of excited crafters anticipating all of the wonderful new products that we will be able to use in our projects. Whilst we are waiting for the new reveals I thought I would revisit one of my favourite stamp sets from last year.<br />
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This is a bit of a mash up of<a href="https://topflightstamps.com/collections/paperartsy?page=8"> Paperartsy Stamps</a> designed by Tracy Scott, along with some of their stencils and some from my stash.</div>
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I started off by making a masterboard with Distress Oxides, Peacock Feathers, Picked Raspberry & Twisted Citron. I stamped the flower from<a href="https://topflightstamps.com/collections/paperartsy/products/paperartsy-tracy-scott-07-preorder-rubber-cling-mounted-stamp-set"> Paperatsy set #ETS07</a> twice so that I could layer it. After some fussy cutting it was time to make my background.</div>
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I'm over on the Topflight Stamps Blog today!. The weather in the UK is certainly on the turn, with a light dusting of snow here and there! So today I have brought to you my own zingy colourful snowman.<br />
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A few weeks back I pulled some prints from my gelli plate and had some clean up pages that I felt the need to keep. Using <a href="https://topflightstamps.com/collections/carabelle-studio/products/carabelle-studio-rubber-cling-stamp-set-a6-snowman" target="_blank">Carabelle Studios Snowman set</a><span style="color: #b00000;"> </span><span style="color: black;">I stamped my snowman onto the printed page.</span><br />
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I cut a clean piece of card as some white snowy ground for my snowman to sit and attached it over the printed card. From some pink card stock I die cut the sentiment 'Celebrate' and attached.</div>
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A new month, a new challenge...Christmas challenge, 'Believe'. It's our Christmas challenge at Mixed Media Monthly Challenge and time to get your mixed media all Christmassy!<br />
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Our sponsor this month is the lovely Glenda from<a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.etsy.com%2Fca%2Fshop%2Fboozybear%3Fref%3Dhdr_shop_menu&h=ATP5edUPn77zlum8hyBRTWQ11-68_E7M7hjTkDodq34AitXNAqHCdfLxggFEGmBoYfihkvN3ExYH6zi8DgausQ_b0R5YMAQm-f66tYs9G2MQqkheOKF4dM8Gotx-dyqC366Qv8D5wNZd6AWsalV22a6HdftNZK9784fyYzTD-QLMAyG60xRnQDPB1YWEHFfFnRvb5NZUfBcdQmXFMmLFh7z063cH1RlVH3VwFzMsiWW2HeRSmPLvmdSmdS43RP1SYxPePRmozGK8h12WXs9rBst1IiqE6A" target="_blank"> Boozy Bear</a>. She makes a wonderful selection of chipboard shapes and textures.</div>
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I didn't use all of what Glenda sent to me but I had a good go! </div>
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I started off by painting and brayering onto an MDF panel using a selection of Paperartsy fresco chalk paints. With a stencil and a snowflake stamp I gradually built up my layers until I was happy.</div>
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With corresponding colours I painted the snowflakes and the chipboard punched circles. I found the MDF heart my stash of bits and bobs, layered it up with paint using stencils and then gave it a fine coat of the chalk paint, just enough so the stencilling could show through. I stamped on the sentiment and heat embossed with EP.</div>
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I attached all the separate painted elements using Finnabair 3D Matte Gel (Translucent). What will you make for this months challenge? Head over to the<a href="https://mixedmediamc.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank"> Mixed Media Monthly Challenge</a>, check out the rules and submit your entries.</div>
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Hi folks, there is still time to get your silhouette projects ready and entered into this months <a href="https://mixedmediamc.blogspot.co.uk/2017/11/mixed-media-monthly-challenge-42.html" target="_blank">Mixed Media Monthly Challenge</a>. Visible Image are handing over a $50 gift certificate to spend in their store.<br />
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Working on tags I put down a layer of white acrylic paint through the fibres stencil. Once dry I continued to layer with Distress Oxides. I stamped on The Happy Girl from the 'Tomorrow doesn't Exist' set. I love the way the fibres stencil makes an appearance through the girl.<br />
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So 'Just be Happy' and pop your entry on the<a href="https://mixedmediamc.blogspot.co.uk/2017/11/mixed-media-monthly-challenge-42.html" target="_blank"> Mixed Media Monthly Challenge Blog</a> before the end of the month.<br />
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