NEW DESIGNER at PaperArtsy {Eclectica³ Alison Bomber}

NEW DESIGNER: Eclectica³ Alison Bomber
 

It is always a pleasure to add a new designer into the PaperArtsy family, and on this occasion, she is no stranger to our family! A long-time supporter and blogger for us, Alison Bomber is well known for her elegant way with words, so it naturally follows that beautiful, wordy-stamps are what she wanted to offer you.

Literature, prose, drama, interpreting words of days' past, and the accurate portrayal of them today, is a big part of Alison's day-job, and her passion. When Alison blogs for us, not only am I excited to see what she makes, but I am eager to read every word of what she has written.

These words selected by Alison are designed to be used in conjunction with all other stamp collections and genres under the PaperArtsy umbrella. I am sure you will agree, the themes are both practical and inspirational, I'll hand you over to Alison to explain more.

Let's take a look at the stamps 

Eclectica³ Alison Bomber: Set 1
EAB01: Trees & Flowers

Eclectica³ Alison Bomber: Set 2
EAB02: Darkness & Light

These stamps are available from your PaperArtsy stockists now. See the list at the foot of this post. ~ Leandra

Hello all, and welcome to a post that I'm almost too excited to write!  I'm still in a slight state of disbelief, but here it is... the release of my own stamp sets at PaperArtsy under the Eclectica³ banner.  For those of you familiar with my blog, it will come as no surprise that they're all about the words.

Words have always inspired me - they're a huge part of my life, at work and at play.  I love it when I read something so beautifully phrased that it lights up a whole new idea for me; or perhaps the quote speaks about something very familiar but in a completely fresh way.

Regulars at 'Words and Pictures' (my blog) know that I take great delight in finding words to accompany each post that I write - words from thinkers, writers and creatives from across the centuries.  I can't tell you how happy I am that, thanks to Leandra and Mark, I can now stamp some of those quotes on any project I like.

Each plate contains a series of quotes collected around certain themes.   The two sets available now are EAB01 Trees and Flowers and EAB02 Darkness and Light. 

Over the next couple of nights, you'll see them in the hands of two fabulous crafters but, for now, let me share just a few of the things I've been doing with them.  I got carried away so there are several things to share.  There's a set of ATCs, a trio of jumbo tags, and a "journalling page" (it's just not actually inside a journal).

                                  'Come out of the shadows' by Alison Bomber

I wanted a simple look for the words - so that they can speak for themselves, and so that they are flexible enough to combine with different crafting styles.  So they're in a vintage typewriter font, and you can use them whole, or cut them up to spread them across a page, or just use a line or two if you want.

There are so many images among the PaperArtsy stamp collections, and in so many different styles.  It makes combining words and pictures great fun.  Sometimes I would start with a picture stamp, and see which words might work with it.

But more often, I would read the quote, and then think, "Oh, I know... I need the stamp from that Hot Picks set... or that Lynne Perrella stamp... or a profusion of JOFY flowers".  I haven't managed to make that last one yet, because I'm away from home, so I haven't got all my stamps with me!

One of the things I already love is that these quotes have made me re-ink and re-think stamps I've already got.  It's been so lovely using the words with different images and seeing the image take on a new meaning.  The Gibran quote above is on EAB01 Trees and Flowers and the tree is from the Urban Snapshots Nature Plate 1.

These samples are all fairly straightforward - inky backgrounds with simple stamping over the top.  Below, you can see the tiny stars from ELB30 paired with the starlit quote from EAB02 Darkness and Light - though I've only used part of the quote.

Sometimes I stamped the quote direct onto the project, often with clear embossing to make it pop.  I've always adored these birds from Hot Pick 1005, and the dappled sunlight of the Distress Inks seems to me to work perfectly for these Nathaniel Hawthorne words from EAB02 Darkness and Light.

Sometimes I stamped the words on a separate piece of paper and added them that way, and sometimes I combined the two.  You could use any one of the phrases from this long quote by Louisa May Alcott by itself, I think.  I wanted the whole thing for my dawn page using HP1005 again, with added branches from HP1008.

Given how often I seem to end up with Nature as my theme, the Trees and Flowers quotes of EAB01 are going to be much used.  Just think of all the flower stamps there are to go with this Monet quote besides the HP1005 one I've used here.

I loved matching the words with some of my favourite Lynne Perrella women (step up LPC034 and LPC036)...

... and I think the white on black is a dramatic reflection of the themes of EAB02 Darkness and Light captured in the words.

You can pick out individual words or phrases.  And of course you can stamp either with or without the author of the quote, depending on your project.

By the way, they're also great as prompts in a journal... I've been adding them to the pages of my Traveller's Notebook, alongside simple stamping (including the fabulous new Scrapcosy tangled branches and ESC03 botanical flower, as well as Lin's glorious ELB30 and ELB33 grasses), ready to provide inspiration when I'm writing.

I hope that's given you some starter ideas of just some of the ways you might use these quote stamps.  I think you can probably tell how excited I am to have so many lovely words to play with, and I hope you'll find them as inspirational as I do.  I can't wait for you to see the artwork my brilliant collaborators will be offering up over the next couple of nights... my thanks to them for creating such lovely projects.  Thanks also to all of you for stopping by, and huge thanks to Leandra and Mark for making these words come to life.

Alison 
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New Products will not be available to purchase from PaperArtsy until late 2017. This means the only place you can purchase is from an official PaperArtsy approved stockist. 

We encourage you to support independent retailers; they offer you valuable expertise and a wide range of product choice outside of the big box stores. Buy in-store or online now from the following stockists:

Canada

Scrapbook Centrale, Dollard Des Ormeaux, Quebec www.scrapbookcentrale.ca

(Zinski, JoFY, ESC, EKC, EKD, EEG, ETS, LPC, Infusions, Frescos)

Treasured Memories Scrapbooking, Duncan,BC www.treasuredmemoriesscrapbooking.ca

(Frescos, Infusions, EKC, EEG, ESC)

USA

Artistic Studio Creations, Fayetteville, Georgia www.facebook.com/ASCbyCrystal

(ETS, Infusions)

Artistree Workshops, Fulton, New York, www.facebook.com/artistreeworkshops

(Zinski, EKD, EKC, EEG, ELB, ETS, ESC, Ink and the Dog)

Clay with Me, Colorado www.facebook.com/Claywithmestudio

(ELB, LPC, ESA, JOFY, Infusions, Frescos, EKD, EKC, ESC, EEG)

Creek Bank Creations, Indiana www.creekbankcreations.com

(MN, Zinski, Jofy)

Ephemera Paducah, Paducah, Kentucky www.ephemerapaducah.com 

(Fresco Chalks, Lynne Perrella, Seth Apter)

Frantic Stamper, Oregon www.franticstamper.com

(Zinski, LPC, JoFY, ELB, EEA, EEG, ESC, EKD, EKC, ETS, ESA, Frescos, Infusions)

Guadalupe's Fun Rubber Stamps, Roswell, New Mexico www.santafe.com

( Frescos, Infusions, LPC, ESA, EEA, Zinski, MN, ETS, HP, Treasure Gold)

Simon Says Stamp, columbus, Ohio www. simonsaysstamp.com

(Zinski, JoFY, ETS, EEA, EEG, EKC, ELB, ESA, Frescos, Infusions)

Stamplistic, Cleveland, Ohio www.stamplistic.com

(Hot Picks, LPC, JoFY, ELB, Squiggly Ink)

The Queen's Ink Savage, Maryland www.queensink.com

(Infusions, ESA, LPC)

Seth Apter, New York www.sethapter.com

(ESA, Frescos)

Stamp Fever, Orange, California www.stpstamp.com

(Frescos, Jofy, Infusions)

UK

Aldridge Crafts, Attleborough, Norfolk www.aldridgecrafts.co.uk

(Zinski, Jofy, EEA, EKD, EKC, EEG, ESA, Frescos)

Amelia's Creative Crafts, Spernal Ash Nurseries, Alcester Road, Studley, Warwickshire  www.ameliascreativecrafts.co.uk

(Jofy, EKC, ELB, Frescos)

Art from the Heart, Harrogate, Yorkshire www.afth.co.uk

(EEA, ETS, ESA,Infusions)

Birds in the Barn, Marks Tey, Essex www.birdsinthebarn.blogspot.co.uk

(Zinski, Jofy, EEG, EKC, EKD, ESC, ETS, ETS, ESA, Frescos, Infusions)

Blade Rubber Stamps, London www.bladerubberstamps.co.uk

(JoFY, LPC, Frescos)

Countryview Crafts, Potton, Bedfordshire www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk

(Zinski, Jofy, ELB, EEA, EEG, EKC, EKD, ESC, ETS, ESA, Frescos, Infusions)

Craft World Scotland, Glasgow www.craftworldonline.co.uk

(EKD, EKC, JoFY, ETS, Zinski, ESA, ELB)

Crafty Snippets, Billingshurst West Sussex www.craftysnippets.co.uk

(EKC)

Craftylicious, Mildenhall, Suffolk www.craftylicious.co.uk

(Zinski, Jofy, EEG, ETS, ESA, ELB)

Dandie Crafts, Caerphilly,www.dandiecrafts.co.uk/

(Fresco Chalks, Kay Carley, Tracy Scott)

Everything Art, Powys, Wales www.everythingart.com

(EEA, Frescos, Infusions)

Keep on Crafting, Burt St Edmunds, Suffolk www.keeponcrafting.co.uk

(Zinski, Jofy, ELB, ESC, ELB, EKD, ETS, ESA, Frescos, Infusions)

Loobie Crafts, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, www.loobicrafts.co.uk

(Zinski, JoFY, ETS, ESA, ELB, Frescos)

LouLouPurple, Gwynedd, Wales www.louloupurple.co.uk

(ETS, JOFY)

Papermaze, Ipswich, Suffolk www.papermaze.co.uk

(JoFY, EKC, ESA, ELB, Zinski, Infusions)

Paper Story, Norfolk www.paperstory.bigcartel.com

(Infusions, Treasure Gold)

Rowan Tree Crafts, Carnforth, Lancashire www.rowantreecrafts.co.uk

(Zinski, stencils, ETS)

Fave Rave, Stourbridge, West Midlands www.shabbychicstencils.co.uk

(Jofy, EEA, Zinski, ELB, Frescos)

Simply Crafts, Cardiff, www.simplycraft.com

(EEG, ETS, ESA, JoFY, Frescos, Infusions)

Snazzy's, Swindon, Wiltshire. https://www.facebook.com/snazzystampingandscrapbooking/

(Zinski, EKD, EKC, JoFY)

Stampers Grove, Edinburgh, Scotland www.stampersgrove.co.uk 

(Zinski, JOFY, ELB, EEA, EEG, EKD, EKC, ETS, ESA, Frescos, Infusions)

Swanstitch, Deal, Kent www.facebook.com/swanstitch

(JoFY, EKC)

That's Crafty, Romford, essex www.thatscrafty.co.uk 

(Zinski, Jofy, LPC, EEG, EKD, EKC, ELB, EEA, ETS, ESA, Frescos, Infusions)

The Artistic Stamper Craft Store, Faversham, Kent www.theartisticstamper.com 

(Zinski, EKD, EKC, ESC, ETS, Frescos, Infusions)

The Craft Barn, Merstham, Surrey www.thecraftbarn.com 

(Zinski, Jofy, ETS, EKC, EKD, EEA, ESA, ELB, Fresco Chalks, Infusions)

The Craft Box, Barnsley, South Yorkshire www.thecraftbox.biz

(Zinski, Jofy, ELB, ETS, ESA, Fresco Chalks)

The Craft Den, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire www.thecraftden.co.uk

(Zinski, EKC, EEG, EKD Jofy, ETS, Frescos)

The Forget me not Kraft Kabin www.facebook.com/TheForgetMeNotKraftKabin

(Zinski, JoFY, ELB, ETS, EEG, EKD, Fresco Chalks)

Whichcraft, Wallasey, Merseyside 

(Zinski, JoFY, Fresos, ELB)

Belgium

Expression Hobby, Marcinelle www.expressionhobby.be

(Frecos, Infusions, Zinskis, EDY, EEG, Jofy)

Denmark

Hobbyboden Scrapworld Samso www.hobbyboden.dk

(ESA, Fresco Chalks)

France

Kerudoc Creation, St Yvi www.kerudoccreation.com

(Zinski, JoFY, ELB, EEA, EEG, EKD, ETS, ESA)

Toutencolle, Dun sur Avon www.toutencolle.fr

(JoFY, Infusions)

Germany

Stempeloase Munich www.stempeloase.de

(Zinski, JoFY, ELB, ETS, ESA, ESC, EKD, EKC, LPC Frescos)

Stempelfee Shop www.stempelfee-shop.de

(Zinski, EEA, EEG, EKC, EKD, ETS, ESA, Infusions, Frescos)

Netherlands

Creafine, Papendrecht www.creafine.nl

(JoFY, ETS, Infusions)

Hobbycompleet de Duif, Leeuwarden www.hobbycompleet.nl

(Zinski, EKD, EEG, EKC, JoFY, ELB, ETS, ESA, Infusions)

Papillon Hobby, Hendrik Ido Ambacht www.papillon-hobby.nl

(Zinski, Jofy, ELB, EEA, ETS, Infusions)

Scrap & Co, Klarenbeek www.scrap-co.nl

(JoFY, EKC, ELB, EDY)

Stampingcorner, Capelle Aan Den Ijssel www.stampingcorner.nl

(Zinski, Jofy, ETS, ESA, Lynne Perrella, Frescos)

The Stamping Cottage, Schaijk www.thestmpingcottage.nl

(Fresco Chalks, LPC, ESA,  Zinski, Hot Picks, ETS, JoFY, ELB, Infusions)

Australia

Art and Soul Studio, Burrum Heads, Queensland www.artandsoulstudio.com.au

(Zinski, Jofy, LPC, EKD, EEG,  ELB, EEA, ETS, ESA)

Crafters Cupboard, Berwick, Victoria www.crafterscupboard.com.au 

(JoFY, ELB, ETS, Frescos, Infusions)

Scrap Matrix, Port Elliot, South Australia http://scrapmatrix.com/ 

(JoFY, EKC, ELB, ETS, Frescos, Infusions)

Time To Create, Modanville, NSW www.timetocreate.com.au

(Zinski, ESA, ETS, EKD, EEG, ELB, ESA, Infusions, Frescos)

Taiwan

Mandy's Card, Taipei www.facebook.com/mandy.card

(Zinski, JoFY, ETS, ESA, ELB, EEA, Frescos, Infusions)

Japan

TIny Dots, Funabashi-shi, Chiba www.facebook.com/TinyDots

(JoFY, Frescos, Infusions)