A note from Leandra:
You are in for a treat from Kate with a release ticking all the boxes, something mushroomy, something fluttery and something celestial
Of course there are stencils that please with bold and graphic imagery, ideal for those go-to kate techniques.
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Hi everyone. Kate here with my latest release for Paper Artsy, and a magical and mystical one it is! I think we all need a little magic in our lives, something to lift our spirits in tumultuous times. Something real or imaginary (who knows?) to believe in. A multitude of quirky toadstools, lots of fluttery things, mystical girls, alongside stencils that offer a whole host of additions to your page as well as designs that are just bursting out from the centre. I hope you enjoy creating with these as much as I do!
Red Rubber Stamps (A5 set)
Price: RRP €23.00 +VAT
Size:5" x 6" (13 x16.5cm)
All stamps are individually trimmed onto cling foam, with a laminated storage/index sheet.
Kate Crane - A5 Stamp Set 012 {KC012}
There is absolutely nothing not to like about a good old toadstool, and absolutely everything to love about the possibilities they offer when creating. A whole host of different sizes and quirky designs which work well as a single focal element or equally well when grouped together. They also work and coordinate brilliantly alongside the other stamp sets (more about that later!)
All good things are wild and free
Here we have single toadstool as a central focal element. This fun, quirky design is filled with a bubble pattern which has been multicoloured to give it an almost 'sweet shop' feeling. I think you can colour this design in two ways - it works well if you colour the 'bubbles' but it works equally well if you colour the negative space.
A single toadstool works so well when you place it in the middle of a circular design (we all love circles!) and here I used stencil PS467 which bursts out from the centre and draws the eye in. I stamped the quotes 'all good things are wild and free' onto vintage paper and added it twice along the lines of the stencil, alongside 'don't trip over the small stuff'. I think this would lend itself to a multitude of projects, art journal, tags ... but here I added it to the front of a greetings card.
If you look very closely you will notice that a cheeky little flutterby landed on my toadstool!
FUNgi
Well, here we have the same toadstool but this time I coloured the negative space in a nice bold red leaving the bubbles or spots white, a traditional toadstool colour scheme! Same toadstool over the same stencil background as above but a very different look.
I added this FUNgi to a journal page and you can see here where I added the journaling. The quote was stamped into DuraLar, or you could use something like Yupo, which is a very easy way to add a quote to a project. Also, I hope you like my very punny quote!
I felt that my toadstool needed something to stand on so I used a couple of orange scraps and then stencil P465 (my new go-to essential stencil!) to add the lines and triangles which helps to balance the whole page.
Don't trip over the small stuff
Well, I do love a tag! And here is another example of a single focal element, this time stamped on DuraLar (or Yupo) which gives a translucent slightly magical quality. Also placed over a background using stencil PS467 because the centre of the stencil design is just asking for something in the middle.
So far, I have shown you how I like to use a single toadstool as a striking focal element, but when you place them together in groups, layering them up, adding dimension, then something really magical happens as you will see! Read on!
This is where the magic happens. Some serene and peaceful mystical girls, stars and moons for a little lunar magic, and a bottles for special potions, along with a few quotes oozing positivity, suitable for journal pages, tags and cards.
I loved creating this journal page! It's got a bit of everything - stencil PS465 for a background which features the powerful circle shape combined with lunar elements, and a little gang of toadstools surrounding the tall and serene mystical girl. She is a little taller than most of my character stamps so she work well in a larger journal page. Of course if you want her a bit smaller you can always cut her in half! (EEK! Don't tell her I said that!)
I layered the toadstools under and over the image to truly bed her into the page. I glued some of them flat to the page but also used 3-D foam to lift some a little higher adding to the dimensional group feel. And you might just notice I added a little texture stamping to her body using a previously released mini stamp. Notice how I didn't place her in the centre this time though, but more to one side. I think it still works.
I added a few bottles of magic love potions along with a positive and encouraging quote to 'believe in yourself'. The little tag can be added to any of the bottles and there is even space for you to add a word describing the contents.
Of course the bottles needed a shelf to stand on which is where stencil PS465 came to the rescue again!
Enjoy every moment
Another journal page, another serene and peaceful mystical girl. I used a gel print using stencil PS467 to add another powerful circle shape just bursting out from the centre. My journal has Kraft pages so I trimmed the print down and only part covered the page which allowed the girl to really feature as the main focal point.
You might be able to see I used quite a bit of the beautiful Gold Fresco paint to add to the background, printing from the centre out with an old card, to add to the powerful and mystical feel around the main image.
Those marks surround the girl and seem to surround her with an ethereal glow.
I used the moon and star stamp to create a hanging feature in the top corner, using a strip of acetate to let it hang free.
Believe in Magic
Another mystical girl but more of a head and shoulders image. Smaller, yet she still packs a punch especially when you place her right bang in the middle again!
I used a lot of Gold Fresco paint again, and also placed the quote out from the centre to help build power inside the circle.
Images using the ever useful Stencil PS465 allowed me to add a very fitting moon and a star, and also a little stripe to ground the image.
Kate Crane - A5 stamp set 014 {KC014}
Oh flutterby butterfly! I truly believe there is never ever a time when adding something fluttery to a page doesn't work. Here I created an eclectic selection of quirky things with wings, with a variety of different patterns for you to colour. They can be a main focal point, grouped together, or added to a different image as an extra (like the tag at the top of this post).
Flutterby Butterfly
A circular mandala shape is a great way to place and use your stamps. Many many stamps will work when used like this, but the nice thing here is that when I placed the fluttery creatures in a circle their antennae met to create a shape in the centre, which lined up with the centre created by the stencil and that made me go 'Ahhhh' !
I kept my colouring very loose, building up pools of colour allowing some white space to remain.
And some added shading and a few scribbles with a white pen of course.
If you look closely at the corners of my page you will notice the small floral stamp from the set. This is a fabulous little stamp for building up texture and colours on your backgrounds.
Just wing it
Just a quick and simple card, because not everything has to be complicated. I used a couple of gel prints and layered them allowing the central circle from either of the circle stencils to sit right in the middle. I stamped the moth and coloured him rainbow style and then stamped again into DuraLar (or Yupo) which I folded and creased and stuck to the centre giving it lovely dimension.
Just some glitter and a bit of white scribbling to finish it off.
PaperArtsy Stencils {Regular}
Price: RRP €5.64 + VAT
Regular Size: 6.5" x 7" (16 x 18cm)
Robust 250 micron mylar designed to offer longevity, deep texture and easy clean up
An always useful stencil of marks and images that can add so much to your projects. It's different to my previous marks stencil as that was purely marks, but this has a whole host of little images too. I wanted a stencil with many images so that I (and you) can create whole pages in one go to cut out add. So useful!
Creating a transparency
One of the things I like to do with a stencil like this is create a transparency by drawing through the stencil with a permanent marker pen, onto something transparent. This means you can add bold marks to your almost finished page without the fear of ruining it by stamping it incorrectly (we've all done it!)
I created this really small page in a mini journal, I think you will recognise the toadstool here. I added some crosses but then doodled over them with a white pen.
Notice how they become almost floral when you do that.
And you've already seen these above, but a super easy way to add bold black images on your page is to cut them out of the transparency and add them as a top layer. It's a foolproof and easy way to do this.
Lunar Power
Well you probably already know this by now but I do love the moon, it is such a very powerful image, but I also love circles too, another very powerful tool in the art box! But put them together and they can really pack a punch.
Throughout this post I have talked about the power of the central circle created by this stencil and I have really enjoyed playing about with this.
Here is a background I created with watery Infusions. You can not completely control the outcome with this technique and here I think it looks quite watery and a little bit ethereal.
And here is something a little bolder, using alcohol inks on the gel plate. However, you can't really control this outcome either!
As you've already seen above, adding Gold Fresco paint by printing with an old card following the lines out from the centre really makes the circle shape pop, and printing with old bottle lids on the full moons helps too.
PaperArtsy Stencil by Kate Crane 467 {PS467}
Circle Burst
Even though this is stencil PS467, in my head I call it Circle Burst because that is exactly what it is! A circle which absolutely busts out from the centre. As soon as you print something like this you can almost feel the energy bursting out from the centre. When this stencil arrived and I got to use it for the first time I was really delighted with it. It burst out from the centre even more than I imagined and it creates an amazing central circle for you to place an image.
Here I used alcohol inks on the gel plate.
And then I added a lot of printing with Gold Fresco paint bringing those lines out from the centre too, and adding those extra lines really adds such a lot and enhances the power of the circle.
The lines leading out from the centre also make a great and slightly unusual place to add a quote.
And as you already saw earlier, a very handy set of lines to add some journaling.
Well I do hope you have enjoyed meeting my new stamps and stencils and have seen some of the ways you can use them. They work as stand alone images, also work great placed in groups, and best of all work brilliantly together across the stamps sets. I think I've probably talked enough about the power of a circle, but it really is true! And finally the stencil of ever useful images is going to be a 'go-to' for sure. Thanks so much for joining me here, and I look forward to seeing your creations :-)
You can see more and visit me at...
Create with Kate - my creative group on Facebook
thekathrynwheel - my page on facebook
Thekathrywheel - lots of videos and tutorials on my blog
kate crane thekathrynwheel - on instagram
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Our stockists are your go-to source for all PaperArtsy products, and we suggest that you also use the PaperArtsy People Facebook group to source a retailer in your country. Many are members of our FB group and will happily share links to their online stores.
Australia
Bev's Cross Crafts, Spreyton, Tasmania bevscrosscrafts
Crafters Cupboard, Berwick, Victoria crafters cupboard
Hillbilly Scrappin, Nikenbah, QLD hillbilly scrapping
Memories on the Murray, Murray Bridge, SA memories on the murray
Natalie May Scrapbooking, Dover Gardens, SA natalie may
Scrapbook Superstore & More, South Penrith, NSW scrapbook superstore
Austria
Stempel Wunderwelt, Wilhering, stempel wunderwelt
Belgium
Cart N Scrap Art, Antwerp, cart n scrap art
Créatelier Caracolle, Liège, createlier caracolle
Canada
Boutique Scrapbook Tendance Inc, Quebec, Qc, scrapbook tendance
Clipper Street Scrapbook Company, Langley BC, Clipper Street Scrapbook Co
Glitter & Ink, Belleville ON Glitter & Ink
Paper Art Creations Inc, Leduc, Alberta, paper art creations
Re.defined, Kentville, NS, redefinedforyou
Scrapbook Centrale, Dollard Des Ormeaux, Quebec scrapbook centrale
Scrapbook Centrale, Dollard Des Ormeaux, Quebec scrapbook centrale
Scrap Addicts, Edmonton, Alberta scrap addicts
Scrap and Bean, Edmonton, Alberta scrap and bean
Scrapbooking Fairies, Drayton Valley, Alberta scrapbooking fairies
The Paper & ink Boutique, Calgary, Alberta paper and ink boutique
Denmark
Hobbyboden Scrapworld, Samso hobbyboden
Finland
Korttipaja, Istunmaki Heidin Korttipaja
Klemmarikellari, Turku Klemmarikellari
Piia Paper, Kittilä, Piia Paper
France
Emispheres Eurl Ruy Montceau,38300
Fée Du Scrap, Saint Sébastien-Sur-Loire, fee du scrap
Horizon Créatif, Ste Jalle horizon creatif
Katzelkraft, Ingwiller katzelkraft
Kerudoc Creation, St Yvi kerudoc creation
Le Grenier des filles, Pierre Benite
Page de scrap, Saint Pavace, page de scrap
Passion Scrap, Vieux-Conde, Passion Scrap
Scrap by Jo, Saint-Orens-de-Gameville, 31650 Scrap by Jo
Toutencolle, Dun sur Auron toutencolle
Germany
Papier & Feder, Owschlag, papier & feder
Stempeloase Munich, Munich stempeloase
Stempelfee Shop, Hilden stempelfee shop
Stempellaedle, Stuttgart, stempellaedle
Tue Was Di Liebst, Bayern, Tue Was du Liebst
Greece
Decoupage, Vergina
Italy
Pezze E Colori, Lissone, pezze e colori
Piccole Passioni, Siena, piccole passioni
Piccole Passioni, Siena, piccole passioni
Japan
La Wadao, Odawara, Kanagawa, la wadao
Tiny Dots, Funabashi-shi, Chiba tiny dots
Netherlands
De Hobbystudio, Genemuiden, de hobby studio
Doe@ding,Spijkenisse doe @ ding
Hobbycompleet de Duif, Leeuwarden hobby compleet
Stamptable, Roosendaal, Stamptable
Norway
Hobbykunst, Oslo, hobbykunst
Puerto Rico
Paper Boutique, Fajardi Paper Boutique
South Africa
Kcraft imports Ltd, Centurion 0014 kcraft
Spain
Cien por Cien Manualidades, Barcelona, 100 x 100 manualidades
Ideas 10 Manualidades Y Scrapbook, Bilbao ideas 10 manualidades/
La Sonrisa Creativa, Valencia, la sonrisa creativa
Les Coses de Raquel, Barcelona
Scrap & Papers Experiences, Barcelona, scrap papers experiences
United Kingdom
Art from the Heart, Harrogate, Yorkshire art from the heart
Crafts at The Malthouse, Herstmonceux, East Sussex, crafts at the malthouse
Countryview Crafts, Potton, Bedfordshire countryview crafts
Loobi Crafts, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, loobi crafts
Procraftynation Ltd, King's Lynn, Norfolk Procraftynation
Sir Stampalot, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire sir stampalot
Stampers Grove, Springbank, Lilliesleaf, Melrose,Scotland stampers grove
The Artistic Stamper Craft Store, Faversham, Kent the artistic stamper
The Forget me not Kraft Kabin, Rochford, Essex, The Forget Me Not Kraft Kabin
USA
Artistic Artifacts, Alexandria, VA artistic artifacts
Artistic Studio Creations, Fayetteville, Georgia Artistic Studio Creations
Craftiness, Chatsworth, CA, craftiness
Everything Scrapbook & Stamps, Lake Worth, Florida Everything Scrapbook & Stamps
Frantic Stamper, Oregon frantic stamper
Free Heart LLC, Denver, Colarado, free heart llc
Joggles, Coventry, Rhode Island, joggles
Messy Papercrafts, Temecula CA Messy Papercrafts
PaperCraft Clubhouse, Westbrook, Connecticut, papercraft clubhouse
Roadtique Boutique, Hilton NY
Runaway, Art & Craft Studio, NE Salem, Oregon runaway
Scrap-A-Latte, West Babylon NY scrap a latte
Scrapbook-N-Memories, Harrisonville, Missouri Scrapbook N Memories
Simon Says Stamp, Columbus, Ohio simon says stamp
Topflight Stamps, Irmo, South Carolina topflight stamps
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