Introducing ... Linda Cain, Guest Designer

The third Guest Designer this month is the one and only, world famous Linda Cain. I was first wowwed by Linda's work when I visited the CHA trade show, and saw many of her beautiful samples on various stands at the show. Over the years, she has created so many incredible samples for Tim Holtz, Ranger, Graphic 45, to name just a few brands, and I have long admired her skill and amazing creations with Ten Seconds Studio's metal products. Linda is very much a PaperArtsy genre gal, but she really has not had many opportunities to use our stuff. But I know this is right up her street, so we were thrilled when she could find time to guest for us. She has taken to Frescos like a duck to water, so kick back, and enjoy the week ahead. I'm sure you'll want to play along too.

Here's a few words from Linda herself .... 

"I still vividly remember the first time I actually, physically, saw and held a PaperArtsy stamp in my hand! The style, the detail, the subject matter were like a dreamland to me. So when Leandra emailed me, yes ME, and asked me to be a Guest Designer, I nearly flipped out! My dear friend Lin Brown had been using the Fresco Finish Paints to everyone's delight for quite a while and loved them, but I could not have ever imagined the quality nor the brilliance of the images you get when using them with stamps! They knocked my socks off!!! And I'm not easily impressed. And like Michelle, when the huge box of goodies arrived, my family thought I'd gone bonkers. Well, they were right. It's opened up a whole new world for me. 

So "hang onto your diapers babies, we're goin' in!" ~ Rugrats in Paris! (a favorite family quotation...you had to be there.)"

Linda will be here tomorrow with her first project and here's a hint......it's totes amazeballs .....with or without diapers!

As Linda has a big American following, here's some info on how to get PaperArtsy stuff in the USA. We do get a lot of emails from people wondering how to buy our products in the USA. The following stores order from us regularly to sell varous PaperArtsy lines in their USA outlets:

Absolutely Everything: Squiggly Ink, Hot Picks, Lynne Perrella, Fresco Acrylic Paint, Minis.
Blockhead Rubber Stamps: Ink and the Dog, Lynne Perella, Squiggly Ink.
Simon Says Stamp: Hot Picks, Dies, Fresco Acrylic Paint, Ink and the Dog Minis, Papers.
Stamp Diva: Ink and the Dog, Urban Snapshots, Lynne Perrella, Hot Picks.
The Ink Pad: Lynne Perrella, Minis, Vintage Ink and the Dog, Hot Picks, Ink and the Dog, Urban Snapshots.
The Occasional Artist: Hot Picks, Minis, JoFY, Lynne Perrella.
The Stamproom: Hot Picks, Dies, Urban Snapshots, Squiggly Ink.

If you cannot find an item, then we suggest you contact one of those stores, and ask them to order it in for you. We always prefer that you support your local stamp store wherever possible. If stores get enough requests from you, then they will order from us. So please email them to request items if they are out of stock, or not in their shops yet.

If it is an item they do not, or don't intend to stock, then you can buy from direct from PaperArtsy, we do ship worldwide. Our cart can be converted into USA Dollars at the live exchange rate if you click the currency link top right of any page, and if you use 'worldpay' as the checkout payment gateway, you can pay by your credit card in US dollars, which means no big exchange fee. Once you tell the shopping cart where you live, it will calculate freight based on the weight of the items in your shopping basket. It's not cheap! It usually takes at least 5 working days by post. Orders over 2 kg will be shipped via a courier service like UPS. So if you can buy local from one of the suppliers above, it's a much better option for you. If you have any questions, email sales@paperartsy.co.uk for help.

We expect you will be inspired by Linda's posts this week, so if you would like to play along with us, please share with us all what you have cooked up in your neck of the woods. 

Use PaperArtsy Stamps, Fresco Paint and you will be in with a chance to win stamps of your choice {either 1 x A5 set or 2 x A6 sets or 3 minis} 

Please link directly to the URL of your blog post, select one of the pictures from your own blog post. The link facility will end Saturday evening, and the winner will be announced this time next week.

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The winner of Round 1 from last week is: #11 Sam

Round 2 winner is #5 Trish

Congratulations! Please email Leandra sales@paperartsy.co.uk with your stamp choice, and snail mail address