NEW PaperArtsy Products {Lynne Perrella} October 2024

A note from Leandra ...

We have a small and perfectly formed release from Lynne of 2 stamps, and they are absolute delightful! As you will discover, love is in the air .... Hummmm that tune to yourself as you find out the inspiration behind these designs ....

Design Notes
HEART Collection by Lynne Perrella

For me, romance never goes out of style.   I’m a proponent of that song lyric by The Pretenders:  “When love walks in the room – Everybody stand up!”.  

When I designed this NEW collection for PaperArtsy, I had tender-hearted lyrics swirling in my head; and naturally I thought of love letters tied with ribbons, lovely bouquets of flowers, and heart motifs on absolutely everything.  

Illustrations with a contemporary style were perfect for this theme, and the characters trade fond glances and romantic secrets.

Hearts:  They’re not just for Valentine’s Day!  I love to include lavish patterns into my designs and there is nothing quite like some romantic squiggles with a dip pen.  The loops of mythic hand writing are a perfect mate for the decorative scrolls and flourishes in these detailed drawings……..and a Queen of Hearts is fully costumed in a regal gown, ruffled collar, and crown.   Her sceptre is festooned with cascading ribbons, and is decorated with (what else?) love notes.  (and she has a King of Hearts too – an artsy fellow wrapped in his cozy sitting room attire, perhaps ready to pen some billet doux?)

Bouquets are lovely, regardless of season – and this cunning floral tribute is wrapped in intriguing paper, ready to present with “love”.

I pulled out some of my own family photos for these tabletop tableaus, and here is my beautiful Mom dressed for a party.  She loved flowers – receiving them, and growing them.

Toy theaters are an enduring fascination with me – and they evoke romantic melodramas, winter nights-at-home, and layers of drapery details and tassels.  A romantic face takes center stage, ready to narrate the tale.

Try stamping the image, cut away the face portion, and use the highly-decorative stage as a border, or gift tag, or book plate.   Or, audition different papers inside the opening of the proscenium.  It’s endless.

Utter simplicity! – a sentimental face, a handful of blooms, a scrap of hand-writing, and a heart.  This contemporary design has an old-fashioned vibe, and could be used in dozens of ways.  She’d be a perfect beginning for a charming paper art doll, or stamped on a book mark, or imprinted repeatedly to form a “garden” of female beauty.

Designing this HEART collection was a timely reminder to me:

“What the world needs now is love, sweet love.” 

When a new collection is complete, I like to “audition” the images and surround them with fun artifacts from the drawers in my studio.

This was extra fun when I added old, well-loved photos of my family……including a special wedding photo from 1910 and other soft-hearted images.   

Love rules! 

Lynne Perrella

If you would like to see this release revealed, and the LOVE-ly samples Leandra & Dounia have created, then head on over to our Facebook Community 'PaperArtsy People'  at 20:30 Paris time where Leandra will be live. You can also find the replay pinned to the featured posts at the top of the PaperArtsy People Facebook group.

 

And, don't forget...

 

These stamps are ONLY available EXCLUSIVELY from our approved stockists. Please check the list at the foot of this post to find a retailer online or geographically near you, it makes sense to order within your country where possible. 

Our retailers also endeavour to join the designer's live to share their direct shopping links - this makes it super easy for you to find a store with product in stock immediately.

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.

Lynne Perrella Collection 071  (code: LPC071)

Heartfelt

These samples are a lot bigger than you might think. I really enjoyed playing around with arranging the layers, and I didn;t want to hide the details, so the samples kind of grew!

These valentines are smitten with each other!

I just love the flowers ... blooming marvellous hair indeed! I went back to watch Kate Crane's tutorial with infusions colouring (Kate Crane - colouring with infusions) and taking stencil prints from infusions too (Kate Crane - Stencil printing with infusions), over in PaperArtsy People in the Kate Crane Guide. That is how I built up the colours in these samples with Magenta, Sleight Blue and Golden Sands infusions.

 

The stamping in the background is from Seth's most recent minis, ncie to add some extra texture!.

Abstract Number Heart 

The numbers stencils is one of Tracy's and wow, the background turned out so cool. 

 

 

I really enjoy adding colour to faces, especially unexpected colours, I did audition her on a different background. It can be a lot of fun playing around with the layers!

 

 

Lynne Perrella Collection 072  (code: LPC072)

Love Tendrils

This is quite a wide sample, and I love the frame stamped with the edge of another image to create a fun, abstracted design.And I just love how the stencil print turned out ...not quite sure how i managed to not get a frame, instead a beautiful blobby area! Perfect.

There are always some extr stamps you can use for embellishments, and this heart is super nice.

The Background stencil is the 'kisses' by Nicci Battilana, very appropriate! I love those hearts on her cheeks, but as I was focussed on adding colour elsewhere, I left the cheeks B&W

 

Love Notes

Someone is being treated to a bunch of flowers!

 

Hooray!

Another one that was auditioned on various backgrounds, before I comitted to the number stencil above! But she also looked cute laid on the black strip from the sample above!

And she looks pretty happy!

Dounia also made some samples with these designs, so it is nice for you to see another crafter's ideas!

Queen of Hearts

I doubt very much you would remember 'Queenie' from the Blackadder TV series in the late 1980's .... well this surely is a doppleganger for her , I think its the hair...

The Queen of Hearts has to have a red backdrop, and I love how the heart stamped in white on that layer looks

And again, all thedetails within the stamp are cut out and layered up by Dounia, which accentuates the design.

The Prof

There are 2 large stamps, the Queen of Hearts and her man, who looks like a professor of love to me with his heart embellished clothes and his glasses .... 

This little love rosette is off the hat of one of the other designs in LPC072, and makes a wonderful additional embellishment

Plentyto colour in here within his magnificent costume.

Shake it up

In this sample dounial added to the dress by turning the bouquet of flowrs into a skirt

Here's a better look at the detail ...

Yup, she's still the happiest stamp in the set ...

Thanks for joining us today, don't forget to head on over to PaperArtsy People to see all the samples up close! 

Leandra & Dounia

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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

The Scrapbook Store, North Perth,WA the scrapbook store

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Canada

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Scrapbook Centrale, Dollard Des Ormeaux, Quebec scrapbook centrale

Scrap Addicts, Edmonton, Alberta scrap addicts

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The Paper & Ink Boutique, Calgary, Alberta paper and ink boutique

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Katzelkraft, Ingwiller katzelkraft

Kerudoc Creation, St Yvi kerudoc creation

Page de scrap, Saint Pavace, page de scrap

Passion Scrap, Vieux-Conde, Passion Scrap

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Kcraft imports Ltd, Centurion 0014 kcraft

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Cien por Cien Manualidades, Barcelona, 100 x 100 manualidades

Ideas 10 Manualidades Y Scrapbook, Bilbao ideas 10 manualidades/

United Kingdom

Amelia's Creative Crafts, Studley, Warwickshire amelias creative crafts

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

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

PaperCraft Clubhouse, Westbrook, Connecticut, papercraft clubhouse

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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With 3 Things: Christmas Junk Journal {by Liesbeth Fidder-de Vos}

Hi everyone,  it's Liesbeth here with you for another With 3 Things post. 

This feature on the PaperArtsy Blog is where 3 bloggers are sent 3 items in the post. We have no clue what PaperArtsy HQ is going to send us, there might be a slight variation (for example on this round we each were sent slightly different paints) but generally 2 of the 3 things will be identical.

This is what I found in the surprise package I got: Stamp set Jofy137, Jofy stencil PS439, two PaperArtsy Fresco acrylic paints Cloud 9 and the shiny Gold. Lovely! With this beautiful stuff  also came a big paperbag and 3 tags. My brain immediately started spinning! ;-)

I just started...had so much fun and  ended up with a little Christmas junk journal with a pocket inside for the tags. ...... let's take a closer look.

The cover of the closed book.

 

The insert of the book: the pocket for the tags at the left and some pages.
      

I loved the big paper bag and I decided to keep it's original form and natural look, and I just folded it in half and the cover of the book was there! First I sponged the entire bag with brown Distress inks (Vintage Photo, Gathered Twigs and Scorched Timber)  to make it look old. I made white trees onto the cover with  PaperArtsy Fresco paint Cloud 9 and the stencil PS439. At the bottoms of the trees a bit of Fresco paint Gold, and also with Gold the 6 squares of the stencil on the front.  Christmas! :-) Perfect shiny gold!

                                       

Now I continued decorating: I stamped the trees (PaperArtsy Jofy137) with waterproof black ink (Tsukineko StazOn-Jet Black). I really love the fact that the shape is not exactly the same as the stencil. Wonderful, quirky effect! 

On a separate piece of paper I stamped the 6 squares, cut them out a bit smaller and sponged them with the 3 brown inks which I mentioned earlier. I bleached the images here and there with watered down bleach, and glued them on the golden squares. A pink colour appeared during bleaching... strange but so nice! It needed some snow and Cloud 9 is perfect for that! So I masked the squares and made small splashes with some watered down Cloud 9 paint and a fan brush.

I closed the top of the bag with some washi tape.The bottom of the bag was perfect to create a pocket, but there was some text and ugly things so I made a cover from a piece of music sheet, also at the right side. I softened the print a bit with Cloud 9 paint and sponged the brown Distress inks for the vintage, old look I wanted and glued the papers on the bag.

All of the stamps from stamp set PaperArtsy Jofy137 are used on the tags! 

First I coloured the tags with the brown Distress inks, stamped the different images and bleached here and there. I finished the tags with some accents made with a white gel pen, and some Fresco paint Gold at the edges, applied with my finger. I stamped the small tag stamp on a separate piece of paper, cut them out, made them 'old' with ink, punched a small hole and stamped the texts.

                                   

The inside was still a bit empty so I stamped it with the trees stamp and brown ink. The binding is easy: I punched two holes, added a piece of golden elastic and inserted some beautiful papers.

In the meantime I stamped the edges of the music sheets with the ,hearts and stars' stamp and black StazOn ink and painted the stars with the Fresco paint Gold. 

On the picture it's so hard to see how shiny the Gold accents are, in real life it's gorgeous!

I think this little Christmas book is nice to give someone as a present, or I'll send it to somebody as a very luxurious Christmas card!  It was great to do, a very nice challenge and it always surprises me so much to see what the other two girls have made of (almost) the same materials! Hope we inspired you to create, have fun! 

Hugs, Liesbeth XX

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With 3 Things: December Daily Album {by Keren Baker}

Hi friends, it's Keren Baker (@craftstampink) with you for another With 3 Things post. 

This feature on the PaperArtsy Blog is where 3 bloggers are sent 3 items in the post. We have no clue what PaperArtsy HQ is going to send us, there might be a slight variation (for example on this round we each were sent slightly different stencils) but generally 2 of the 3 things will be identical.

A recent/current blog topic is/was Nature, so if we can tie that to this 3 things post, then that adds another challenge into this project. To be honest, I'm really shoe-horning it in, where it's not really fitting, but the stamp set has a lovely nature vibe (particularly the trees) plus the 'natural' brown paper bag...(so I think I've just about managed it ;-) ).

Today I have made a December Daily album...let's take a closer look.

I'll show you all the inside later. For memory keeping, particularly seasonal-style daily recording, you really need to have the album done before December, so you can just slot in a quick photo or jot down what happened. The chances of it actually happening are far greater if it's already pre-made!

I did add 2 colours (well 3 if you add the 2 shades of green) to the Chalk and Pewter: Cherry Red, Lawn & Slimed. I had them left out from a previous project and well, they're Christmas in 3 bottles, right?

I first started by deconstructing the paper bag. It was too big for what I wanted, but knew I'd use it for the front cover plus the handles would be a great form of texture later on. But the paper bag gave me the inspiration for the whole project- a paper bag album!

I purchased some inexpensive paper bags, trimmed and punched a half circle in the open end of each bag using a circular punch.

Compiling the body of the album is easy. Firstly glue the bottom gusset part closed onto itself and once all the bags are done (I did 12), then you glue the rectangular gusset onto the next bag, keeping all bags in the same position (i.e. with the glued gusset facing upwards).

The idea was to slot the tags that PaperArtsy had sent me into the spaces between the glued down gussets and use the open bags to pop little bits of ephemera that I'd pick up along the way. I needed to decorate the tags so began using the JOFY PS439 stencil (check out our stockists for this stencil and the stamp set).

Once I'd stencilled the greens onto the stencil and over-stamped the trees, I used the Pewter with the stencil to create a moody looking sky. I wanted to create a raised window for the front of the album.

The little square images on the JOFY137 stamp set are in Jo Firth-Young's inimitably fun style. I wanted to have the snowman peeking through the window and coloured him in with alcohol markers.

Using another of the stamps in the set, I coloured and trimmed out hearts and stars, attaching green thread to the reverse and adhering them with foam pads. You can also see the framed acetate front that I was going to add over this window. I could have added more pads and created a fun shaker front with some sequins etc.!

This photo shows you what the internal structure looks like. The patterning on the bags gave a unintended pattern to the edges which I love.

I added this photo to show you just how much shine you'll get from the metallic Fresco Finish range. If you've never used them, they give a real extra boost to your projects.

I wanted to add some sort of closure. I'd got some natural linen thread that wouldn't detract from the look of the album so found some old circles that had a foam pad underneath, just perfect for this. You could make your own version very easily. The twine wraps around in a figure of eight and keeps the album closed.

The album 'engineering' is very simple. Once you've stuck all your bags together, you make holes in the glued/closed edge. If you're doing a lot of bags, you probably want to do this step before you glue them together. This method also lends itself beautifully to stitched bindings. Then you create a front, back and side, so you're making in essence a book cover and then you glue your inside bags to the outer 'cover'.  I forgot to put some eyelets onto the back which would have made it look far neater!

For strength, I added extra eyelets on the top of the inner piece- this is the bit that hides the gusset of the top bag and can be as decorative as you like. Don't tie the ribbon too tight- you can see I've left some 'give' in the ribbon.

Now you just need to slot the tags in and add some twine to each tag to make them easier to pull out.

Here's a look at some of the tags. I had wanted some die-cut numbers but couldn't find any suitable ones, so created my own using my silhouette and cardstock matching the PaperArtsy Fresco Finish Chalk Acrylic colours. The 'waste' from the cut out numbers came in really handy for decorating the tags.

Underneath the '24' on that tag, you can see some brown wrinkled paper. That is one of the handles completely unravelled and it left you with some wonderfully textured paper!

Here's a closer look. It's worth mentioning that the PaperArtsy stencils work wonderfully by themselves, but you can often pair them with stamp sets like here. Because the triangles don't match perfectly to the stamp set, they give added interest and also a good leeway for user error, so you don't have to worry about alignment!

Another useful tip is, if your stamping doesn't come out as perfectly as you'd like, add a layer of vellum, which softens the effect and no-one will be any the wiser !

There's so many design variations with these square images and they'd make just perfect mini tags.

I hope that you might have a go at doing your own December daily album. It's really easy and great for adding in all those little leftover bits and pieces that might be hanging around your crafting space. Jo's sets work perfectly for this idea- she has so many Christmas themed sets to explore. Any sized paper bags will do, as long as you have enough of the same size for the project! Hope you get a chance to explore mini-album creating.

See you again soon,

Keren x

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