NEW PaperArtsy Products: Fresco Paints {March 2020}

Fresco Finish Chalk Acrylics

March 2020 New Product Announcement

As you probably know by now, we have been undergoing a massive revamp of the way we group the Fresco colours, from sets of 4's into sets of 6's. In the process by mid 2020, we will have 22 colour families of 6. 

Today we announce a new set of 6 Fresh Greens, just in time for Spring! 
It's almost like we planned it!

These clean greens are perfect for all your grassy, stalk-y needs. Let me show you a few tags I made using these new greens.

I used a small gel plate to create some of these tags, simply brayering a colour, often using a texture stamp, such as Seth's new minis to take off some excess paint, then pressing the tag (pre-painted with a contrasting background) onto the painted gel plate. That was the basic, very simple principle. Below is Gumboots base with Pistachio, Spring and Willow in  the subsequent gel-printed layer. 

On this one I started with Spring on the base of the tag. Willow and Celery were brayered onto the gel-plate by putting dots of each in opposite corners diagonally, then brayered and blended. Then I removed paint using a clean dry large Tracy Scott flower stamp. The rubber grabs the Fresco chalk paint so well, leaving a large bold pattern in negative on the gel plate. Next, take a print to lift the remaining paint off the plate. These lighter colours tend to have a paint shift looking light when wet and drying a shade darker. Any of Tracy Scott's huge flowers would work well for this idea. 

It's a pretty cool effect as you can see, the dark base coat peeking through the light flower top-coat. If you choose more obviously contrasting colours (rather than the softer tone on tone I did) you will get a bigger impact, but I think this is going to work best with 2 opaque paints. I was chuffed to bits with the tone on tone softer vibe, I also think that this is going to work well with the darker shade underneath. On the right one of the lighter tones is printed over one of the mid tones. In effect, similar colours were used to contrast for both tags, but as more of the base layer shows through on the right, it looks like totally different colours were used.

Another simple option on the left , Gumboots ended up being the most dominant colour underneath but I also dry brushed most of the other colours before I got to that stage with Gumboots mostly at the edges. Willow was the final colour stamped on top with a strip stamp (a sneak peek of one of Courtney's newer stamps).

I kept up with the dark underneath and paler on top - this is my go to - just in case I want to stamp something else on top, I have a tendency to find lighter backgrounds more useful, but I love the depth you get from having a darker shade underneath. Pure Gumboots o the right. All the colours are opaque, but Gumboots is one of those semi-opaques, heading into the translucent zone...so it will be similar to some other dark shades we have that are not fully opaque (Inky Pool, Claret, French Roast) and super-useful for colour mixing, shading over stamped images or gentle dry-brushing.

And then, to contrast with the statement just made, I went light to dark. 2 tags pre-painted, one with the 3 lighter shades: Willow, Celery, Spring, and the other with Spring and Beanstalk.  I brayered Gumboots on the gel plate and stamped into it with giant bubble wrap, the wet bubble wrap was immediately stamped onto the tag on the right. And then the tage on the left (painted in pale shades) was pressed onto the remaining wet painty gel plate to pick up the bubble texture wet paint. Once dry, I sanded back the centre of the tag to create a paler focal area for the Sara Naumann quote. The one on the right was overstamped with that lovely Seth mini.

I find it's easier to prep a bunch of tags, then start creating stamped textures on the gel plate, then you have multiple options of building layers on several tags at the same time. If you haven't had a go gel-printing yet, a smaller plate is a good place to start - particularly with tags. All these tags were die cut from our Heavy Smoothy card. 

So those 6 new colours take us to 20 paint sets, and in June and August we will release a new family of 6 each of those months. As soon as we get those colours in production, we can finally create a NEW colour chart for you. In the meantime, this blog post is your most comprehensive colour reference tool! And stockists are listed at the foot of this post!

But before I leave you with all the colour cards to date, a quick, very informative news flash...did you spot how Jenny Marples decorated this Fresco storage rack ready for use? She helped the ladies at @coolkatzcraft (see here) develop these spinners, they come as 2, 3 or 4 tiers. Each tier has 6 segments, and one segment holds 6 paints. That means you can fit 36 Fresco paints per tier.

 They have launched the product this week, so drop by their instagram to see more!

So now that we have grouped all our paints into 6's, you can start to fill the gaps on your spinner display! If you look at the summary of each family as explained below, you can figure out where the final 2 new families we release over the next 6 months will eventually fit in.

Let me remind you what the entire rainbow of Fresco Colours now looks like...

1. Bright Turquoise Blues

New: Aquamarine

2. Grey Turquoise Blues

New: Waterfall, Calypso

3. Grey-Green Blues

New: Blue Moon, Marbles, Paua Shell - Jan 2020

Tweaked: Lake Wanaka (barely)

 4. Grey Blues

New: Ice Berg, Wolf Eye, Blue Smoke, Blue Jeans

Tweaked: Surf's Up

5. Bright Clean Blues

New: Summer Sky

Tweaked: Blue Oyster, Smurf, China (Barely), Twilight (noticeably)

6. Purple Blues

(June 2020)

7. Blue Purples

New: Periwinkle, Forget-me-Not

Tweaked: Wisteria, Purple Rain (not much)

8. Purples

New: Mauve, Globe Thistle, Grape - Jan 2020

Tweaked: Moonlight (barely)

9.Pink Purples

New: Taro Milk Tea, Byzantium

Tweaked: Sugar Plum, Sour Grapes

10. Bright Pinks

New: Professor Plum (returned colour)

Tweaked: Orchid

11. Soft Pinks

New: Sorbet

Tweaked: Blush, Cherry Blossom, Rose (barely)

12. Coral Pinks

New: Peachy Keen, Scottish Salmon, Blood Orange (returned colour)

13. Bright Warms

New: Cayenne, Red Lipstick

14. Rustic Warms

15. Browns

New: Cloud 9, Sand

16. Neutrals

New: Truffle

17. Greys

New: Elephant (returned colour)

18. Khaki Greens 

New: Lichen, Khaki - Jan 2020

19. Mint Greens

(August 2020)

20. Clean Greens

(March 2020)

21. Fresh Greens

New: Lawn

Tweaked: Teresa Green, Hyde Park (barely), Guacamole, Granny Smith (a bit)

22. Yellow Greens

Tweaked: Chartreuse, Hey Pesto (noticeably), Tinned Peas (barely) 

Here are Seth's 24 colours as they stand, lets put them in a rainbow.

 

And of course the existing 20 shades in Tracy's line...

 

All of the new paints are available to purchase now from our approved stockists. We do not put these items on our website, so if you need to find them, the fastest way is to do a shout out on our FB group, PaperArtsy people (link at the foot).

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Australia

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

Arts and Craft Supply, Frenchs Forest, NSW https://artsandcraftsupply.shop 
Bella Paperie, Brendale, Queensland, www.bellapaperie.net.au

Bev's Cross Crafts, Spreyton, Tasmania https://www.bevscrosscrafts.com.au/

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

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

Scrapbook Superstore & More South Penrith, NSW https://www.scrapbooksuperstore.com.au/

The Thread Studio, 6 Smith Street, Perth http://www.thethreadstudio.com/

The Scrapbook Store, North Perth,WA http://thescrapbookstore.com.au/

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

Austria

CP Marketingservices Gmbh, Wilhering, Upper Austria,office@cpmarketing.at

Belgium

Cart N Scrap Art, Antwerp, cartnscrap@gmail.com

Cotrain, Kontich, www.cotrain.be

Expression Hobby, Marcinelle www.expressionhobby.be

Canada

Clipper Street Scrapbook Company, Langley, BC. www.clipperstreet.com

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

Simply Scrapbooking, Prince George, BC https://www.facebook.com/simplyscrapbooking/

Scrap Addicts, Edmonton, Alberta https://www.scrapaddicts.ca/

Scrap and Bean, Edmonton, Alberta http://scrapandbean.com/ 

Scrapbooking Fairies, Drayton Valley, Alberta https://www.scrapbookingfairies.com/

The Paper & ink Boutique, Calgary, Alberta https://www.paperandinkboutique.com/

Czech Republic

Hurapapir, Brno https://www.hurapapir.cz/

Denmark

Hobbyboden Scrapworld Samso www.hobbyboden.dk

Papir Ulven, Lejre www.papirulven.dk

Three Scoops Design, Frederiksberg, www.threescoops.dk

Finland

Käsitellen, Lempäälä, https://www.kasitellen.fi/

Piia Takalo, Kittila, www.piiapaper.com/fi

France

Eirl Bancon Cartoscrap, Midi Pyrenees, https://www.cartoscrap.com/blog/

Horizon Creatif, Ste Jalle h.creatif@gmail.com

Katzelkraft, Ingwiller http://www.katzelkraft.fr/en/

Kerglaz, Basse Goulaine, https://www.kerglaz.com/  

Kerudoc Creation, St Yvi www.kerudoccreation.com

Quartier Serre Teston, Ste Jalle, hcreatif@gmail.com

Scrap by Nini,  Uzerche, Limousin https://scrapbynini.fr/ 

Scrapo'naturel, Tourville La Riviere, www.scraponaturel.fr/livraison 

Toutencolle, Dun sur Avon www.toutencolle.fr

Germany

Paperbasics, Hessen, www.paperbasics.de

Stempelbar, Berlin, www.stempelbar.de

Stempeloase Munich, Munich www.stempeloase.de

Stempelfee Shop, Hilden www.stempelfee-shop.de

Stempellaedle, Stuttgart, www.stempellaedle.de/shop

Greece

Scraps N Pieces, Kallithea www.scrapsnpieces.gr

Italy

Immagine SAS di Rapaccini, Rome, www.immaginelab.com

Il Negozio Della Mamma Di Cle, Torino, clelia27@liberio.it

L'artistica Glo, Cinisello B (Mi), www.artisticaglo.it

Marte Savona, Savona, www.martesavona.it

Piccole Passioni, Siena, www.piccolepassioni.it

Scrap it Easy, Rome, https://www.scrapiteasy.com/it/

Japan

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

Netherlands

Doe@ding,Spijkenisse https://doeading.nl/

Hobbycompleet de Duif, Leeuwarden www.hobbycompleet.nl

Stampingcorner, Capelle Aan Den Ijssel www.stampingcorner.nl

Norway

Hobbygarasjen, Kopervik, www.Hobbygarasjen.no

Hobbykunst, Rasta, www.hobbykunst-norge.no

Scrapbookengros AS, Kleppe www.hobbylageret.no

Spain

Arts & Crafts, Barcelona, pebdesign@hotmail.es

Cien por Cien Manualidades, S.L., Bizkaia, Catalunya,  www.100x100manualidades.es

Endulze & Crista S.L, Pampalona, Navarra,  www.endulze.com

Ideas 10 Manualidades Y Scrapbook, Bilbao https://ideas10manualidades.com/

Marakiscrap, Tarragona, www.marakiscrap.com

MundoMint, Sabadell, Barcelona, www.mundomint.es

Scrap & Papers Experiences, Barcelona, Info@casonadequintana.com

Scraphouse S.L. Barcelona www.scraphouseshop.es

The Paradise Corner, Barcelona, www.facebook.com/theparadisecorner 

South Africa

Kcraft Imports Ltd, Centurion, www.kcraft.co.za

Stencil Art, Gauteng, www.stencil-art.co.za 

Sweden

Butik Elva, Staffanstorp, https://www.butikelva.se/

HC Design, Svedala, www.hcdesign.nu

Taiwan

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

United Kingdom

A Trip Down Memory Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk, http://www.atripdownmemorylane.co.uk

Abermaw Quilting & Crafting, Gwynedd, Wales ph 07818556758

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

Amelia's Creative Crafts, Studley, Warwickshire  www.ameliascreativecrafts.co.uk

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

Bellacrafts, Eastleigh, hampshire www.bellacrafts.co.uk

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

Charlottes Crafty Corner, Suffolk, http://www.craftycorner.suffolkcraftshop.co.uk/

Clacton Art Craft Model Centre, Clacton on Sea,  Essex, http://www.clactoncrafts.co.uk/

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

Craft Your Art Out, Ballynahinch, County Down, craftyourartout@outlook.com

Crafty Bunch, Telford, Shropshire, http://craftybunch.co.uk/

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

Crafts & Candlelight, Ipswich, Suffolk www.craftsandcandlelight.co.uk

Crafts @themalthouse, Herstmonceux,  East Sussex, http://www.themalthouse.co.uk/

Craftrange, Burnley, Lancs, https://www.craftrange.com/

Handmade at Helen's, Dumfries, Scotland, https://www.handmadeathelens.co.uk/

I Love Mixed Media, Cromhall, Gloucestershire, https://www.ilovemixedmedia.co.uk/

Imagine, Design, Create, Seaton, Exeter http://imaginedesigncreate.co.uk/shoponline/

Kay CarleyDesigns http://www.kaycarley.com

Kraft Crazy, Amesbury, Wiltshire https://www.facebook.com/KraftCrazy/

Lisa B Designs, Maidstone, Kent, http://www.lisabdesigns.co.uk/

Lets Create, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, http://www.letscreateartandcrafts.co.uk/

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

Papermaze, Ipswich, Suffolk www.papermaze.co.uk
Paperstory, Norfolk www.paperstory.bigcartel.com
Poppycraft, Wallingford,  https://poppycraft.co.uk/
Fave Rave, Stourbridge, West Midlands www.shabbychicstencils.co.uk
Scrapbook Magic, Mullion Helston, Cornwall, www.scrapbookmagic.co.uk

Scrapcosy, https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/Scrapcosy

Shed Load of Crafts, Enfield, Middlesex, www.shedloadofcrafts.com

Simply Crafts, Cardiff, www.simplycraft.com
Snazzy's, Swindon, Wiltshire. https://www.facebook.com/snazzystampingandscrapbooking/

Stampers Grove, Springbank, Lilliesleaf, Melrose,Scotland www.stampersgrove.co.uk
That's Crafty, Romford, essex www.thatscrafty.co.uk

The Artistic Stamper Craft Store, Faversham, Kent www.theartisticstamper.com
The Craft Box, Barnsley, South Yorkshire www.thecraftbox.biz
The Crafty Cabin, Rolleston-on-Dove, Staffordshire, https://www.facebook.com/Rollestoncraft/
The Craft Room, Newcastle-Under-Lyme, Staffs https://www.garnersgardencentre.co.uk/crafts/

The Craft Studio, St Austell, Cornwall https://www.facebook.com/thecraftstudio/

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

The Stamp Pad, Saddleworth, stamp-pad.blogspot.com

Whichcraft, Wallasey, Merseyside

USA

Artistic Artifacts, Alexandria, VA https://www.artisticartifacts.com/

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

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

Big Mouth Scrappers, Forney, Texas, https://www.bigmouthscrapperstx.com/ 

Creative Designs by Debbie Castle Rock, Colorado debbie.knight@centurylink.net

Creative Inkling, Hatnboro, PA https://www.creativeinkling.com/

Creek Bank Creations, Indiana www.creekbankcreations.com

Ephemera Paducah, Paducah, Kentucky www.ephemerapaducah.com

Everything Scrapbook & Stamps, Lake Worth, Florida www.everythingscrapbook.com

Frantic Stamper, Oregon www.franticstamper.com

Free Heart LLC, Denver, Colarado, http://www.freeheartllc.com/

Golden Hills PaperCrafts, Fairfax Station, Virginia, https://www.goldenshillpapercrafts.com/

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

Joggles, West Warwick, Rhode Island, www.joggles.com 

My Rusty Crown, Escondido, California, https://myrustycrown.com/

PaperCraft Clubhouse, Westbrook, Connecticut, http://papercraftclubhouse.com/

Paper Parachute Art Design Co., Beaverton, Oregon www.paperparachute.com

Runaway, Art & Craft Studio, NE Salem, Oregon http://www.runawayart.com/

Sherries's Stuff, Warrenton, Virginia, https://www.facebook.com/sherriesstuff.va/

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

Stamplistic, Cleveland, Ohio www.stamplistic.com

The Artistic Palette Studio, Eugene, OR, http://www.artistspalette.com/studio/

The Crafty Scrapper, Waxahachie, TX http://www.thecraftyscrapper.com/

The Doodlebug Inc, Jasper, IN, https://www.thedoodlebuginc.com/

The Ink Pad, New York, www.theinkpadnyc.com

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

Topflight Stamps, Irmo, South Carolina https://topflightstamps.com/

Seth Apter, New York www.sethapter.com

Stamp Fever, Orange, California www.stpstamp.com

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