Gwen is here today for a wintery release for you. She has shapes both soft and geometric, and a lovely birdy stamp set too. Ever so useful!
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Hi everyone it's Gwen here with you today to share my three latest stamp sets! I'm very excited to introduce you what I call my Berber Inspired, Modern Indian Motifs, and Winter Birds collections. They're full of fun elements that can mix and match, repeat, layer, and more to make endless design combinations. I hope you love them 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.
Eclectica³ Gwen Lafleur - A5 stamp set Nr43 {EGL43}
I have a longstanding love of different tribal patterns, including some of the nomadic African tribes such as the Berbers. I have several pillows made from old Berber carpets that I just adore and I thought that pulling from these motifs would make really fun and versatile stamp sets. To give you a peek into some of the ways I was thinking about using this set as I drew the elements, I have a few samples to share.
Berber-Inspired Mixed Media
There's a fun kind of zigzag element included in this set that I was excited about as I was picturing it as a repeating element to make lines and borders. It also stacks to make backgrounds as you can see in this sample.
By now I'm sure it's no surprise to anyone that I love a good medallion. It was fun to come up with a medallion-esque design that used the Berber-inspired elements from this set and I just low how it came out! It's fun to paint or color or to use it plain, as stamped.
I had a lot of fun mixing and matching the different stamps from this set to create background papers as well as taking different larger / focal elements and combining them to mix it up and make something new. I really like how it all came together!
Berber-Inspired Card
The designs in this stamp set are also fun for creating cards or ATCs - they work really well if you're looking for a slightly less gender-specific design.
The smaller stamps in this set make really fun repeating designs or backgrounds for smaller substrates - this is a 4" x 4" card and I really enjoy having lots of detail in a small space without it being too overwhelming.
I love the option with these stamps to color them or keep them plain - it gives so much added versatility to the set!
This set is what I call my Modern Indian Motifs. Many of the stamps were inspired by the designs on huge pillars in the baggage carousel area in the Mumbai airport. I loved how they reminded me of classic block prints but with a more doodled style. I tried to take the spirit of those designs and put them in my own hand and then spin them into other coordinating designs. The stamp with the squares was inspired by a block at one of the printing studios that I visited in India on that same trip - I thought it tied in really well with the rest of the set. I'm having a blast using them!
Modern Indian Motifs Card
For this first project, I wanted to show how well the stamps work to create a card or work on a small substrate. I love how easily the designs combine and layer with each other to easily create a detailed and complex piece of art!
The stamp I used as the focal image on this piece is a favorite - It's lots of fun to color and it works great when positioned both vertically, as I have it here, as well as horizontally.
I especially enjoy pairing the larger and smaller elements from the set to create a nice contrast and add additional interest and detail without pulling attention away from the focal point.
Modern Indian Motifs Mixed Media
One of the things I always try to do when I draw sets of these types of decorative elements is to design patterns that can combine with each other and repeat. Here you can see what a fun background you can make by mixing and repeating some of the patterns in this set.
I really love how you can take the square element and break it down into smaller designs... cutting apart the larger image to get a bunch of small squares is a super easy way to create repetition in your work and get some added versatility from within the same stamp set.
It was really fun to play with different colors and techniques to create lots of different layers in this piece without overwhelming the entire piece. (Plus, a little glitter never hurt anything!)
Eclectica³ Gwen Lafleur - A5 stamp set Nr45 {EGL45}
For the last stamp set in this release, I had to go back to my birds. This time I was inspired by a few photos that I took of different birds in my neighborhood out and about in wintertime, thus my name for this set - Winter Birds. I included some of the foliage that we commonly see where I live, including a branch of berries that matches the branch the bird was sitting on in my inspiration photo. For those interested, here we have a Northern Cardinal and a Northern Mockingbird. Of course, I had to add in some different snow elements that you can layer in to make winter scenes.
Winter Cardinal Shipping Tag
I have a soft spot for Cardinals... we have them everywhere here in Virginia (they're actually the state bird,) and they've always been a favorite of my mother's. Growing up I came to associate them with Christmas and so even though we have them year-round, I tend to picture them with holly and with the male's bright red coloring making them stand out beautifully in the snow.
I love to build a scene with a little masking and it's pretty easy to make some quick masks of the birds so you can perch them on the branches. I love how both the bird and holly look when painted and the layered snowflake stamps create a great winter atmosphere.
Of course, you don't have to use the stamp with the smaller scattered snowflakes as snowflakes - the dots make great texture, especially when you use them in a lighter or tone-on-tone ink.
Mockingbird Mixed Media
I love my Northern Mockingbird! In the original photo he actually had one of these berries in his beak, but I drew the beak mostly closed to give the stamp more versatility. However you could clip it with scissors to open up the beak and add a berry if you would like to do that.
While I drew this as a Mockingbird, you can obviously change up the color in order to customize the bird to look however you want. Here I did that by making the bird much more blue and I love the contrast with the red berries and the little snow piles! (That's what that other little stamp in the set is - to make it easy to add some snow piles to your scenes.)
This is such a fun and versatile little set (plus, I can't wait to pair the elements with the birds from my other sets!)
Of course, I couldn't let this release go by without a project that combines all three sets so you can see how well they all work together. I have a quick photo tutorial for you as well!
First, start by putting down a solid coat of paint for the colors of your bird on different pieces of paper. I did a darker and slightly lighter shade of red to give some added dimensionality. Stamp the bird on top of the dried paint, making sure that the section that you want (wing, beak, etc...) is clearly visible on the painted area.
Next, determine which is going to be your base - I used the darkest color of the bird's body. Cut out the different pieces and adhere them on top, then cut out the entire bird.
Then, create your background by selecting a piece of colored paper and choosing a few different decorative designs to alternate and repeat to make a patterned background. (With the Distress Oxide, you may want to heat set the ink to make sure it's totally dry and doesn't smear in the next steps.)
This step is optional, but you can create a fun contrasting border by taking a piece of paper and stamping the border stamp from EGL43 in stacking lines so it fills the paper. Then cut strips that allow for about a 1/2" border around your background. Attach it to your piece and round the corners if desired.
Now it's time to embellish! A strip of handmade paper can give the texture and hint at the idea of a branch or tree. You can also stamp decorative images on paper, color them, and cut them out to add in a line down one side of the piece.
To reinforce the idea of a branch, stamp holly a few times on green paper and then use paint to highlight some of the areas of the stamp design. Loosely cut them out and position on the paper - you may want to cut the branches into smaller leaves and pieces (see the next photo for more details on that.)
For finishing details, take one of the Modern Indian designs and cut them down to just the square elements inside each piece. Add them around the page and layer holly leaves on top. Adhere it all down and you're about done!
Here are a few closeups so you can see some of the details of how the stamps are combined and layered.
That's it for today's release! I hope you love these new designs as much as I do and I can't wait to see what you all do with them!
You can see more and visit me at...
Website: https://www.gwenlafleur.com
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Classes coming up ....
- I just released a small online class as part of the Crafter's Hot Spot at Everything Scrapbook & Stamps - check out the site for more details.
- I'm doing my first ever travel class in Orvieto, Italy from Sept. 21-27, 2025. You can get more details on the Adventures in Italy website.
- Keep an eye on my Facebook page and the Workshops page on my website for new class announcements in 2025!
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