June 2025 - With 3 Things - Vintage Frame {by Victoria Wilding}

Hi friends, 

It's Victoria, from VictoriaWildingCreates, with you for another 'With 3 Things' challenge post. 

For this feature on the PaperArtsy Blog 3 identical items are sent to 3 members of the PaperArtsy Blogging team. Typically we will receive a stamp, a stencil and a couple of Fresco Paints.

We have no clue what PaperArtsy HQ is going to send, the whole idea of this challenge is to do something crafty in our personal style with these 3 items. We can incorporate other PA products into the mix if we feel it is necessary.

So let's take a look at what I received from PA HQ ...

I squealed with delight when I saw these goodies! Text, flowers and purple… three of my favourite things. There’s so many creative options with these products, so it was a bit tricky deciding which direction to take, but then I remembered a frame I bought months ago (from a UK shop called The Range), with the intention of framing some art for the house. Needless to say it was still sat in a drawer forgotten, so I decided to make some faux vintage frame art ...... let's take a closer look.

I love relatively clean and simple designs, but you can still pack a punch with lots of visual texture, so that was always the direction I was going to take. I started out with a small rectangle of white cotton fabric and added some text from the Documents Printed Tissue (PT07) using some clear drying glue. I also teased out some threads at the edges of the material for extra interest. 

Next I took a piece of 6x4” Kraft card to use as the main background piece, and added some text stamping using the verse stamp from The Violets Edition set (EAB30) with white embossing powder. I chose the classic look of the white text against the Kraft card to tie in with the white fabric and the text from the printed tissue, 

I then secured the fabric in place using double sided tape, to prevent wet glue soaking through the fabric and creating wrinkles.

I wanted to add one of the violet stamps next, so I stamped out the smaller image onto white card using Black Archival Ink, so I could add colour without the image smudging.

Then I used Mattint in the colour Bellflower to colour the flowers. The transparency of these Fresco Tint’s are perfect for painting over stamped images without obscuring the detail of the stamped image.

Before adding Mattint’s in Greenstone and Fern (MT03) for the stems and leaves. 

I fussy cut the flower and glued it to the bottom right hand corner of the fabric and card. 

Finally, I wanted one last element to tie everything together and decided on some white splatters using an acrylic paint pen.

I love the simple, elegant look of the finished piece, and whilst I’m using this in a frame, it could easily be used as a card design too.

And the distressed white and brown of the frame, matches the piece perfectly. 

It’s going to look lovely sat on my ladder shelf, together with some candles and dried flowers.

I hope I’ve inspired you to have a go at using your PaperArtsy products to make some art for your home.

Until next time, wishing you a happy, creative week! 

Victoria 

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June 2025 - With 3 Things - Shadow box and tags {by Etsuko Noguchi}

Hi friends, 

It's Etsuko from Pixienest with you for another 'With 3 Things' challenge post. 

For this feature on the PaperArtsy Blog 3 identical items are sent to 3 members of the PaperArtsy Blogging team. Typically we will receive a stamp, a stencil and a couple of Fresco Paints.

We have no clue what PaperArtsy HQ is going to send, the whole idea of this challenge is to do something crafty in our personal style with these 3 items. We can incorporate other PA products into the mix if we feel it is necessary.

So let's take a look at what I received.

The lovely and beautiful PaperArtsy Alison Bomber w0rdsandp1ctures stamp set 30 (EAB30) Viola is in season now and blooming in my garden. The other two products are PaperArtsy Mattint Bellflower (MT17) and PaperArtsy Hot Picks Printed Tissue PT01. These three products are a very exciting combination. I immediately had ideas.

And let‘s take a close look of the results of that idea.

In addition to these three, I added a few more items. One of the first PaperArtsy Stencil by Alison Bomber released (PS450). I used PaperArtsy Smoothy (Heavyweight) A4 white stamping card for all the paper used here. Also I used paper cheese box.  And more Mattints. 

First, I printed all of the EAB30 images onto Smoothy (Heavyweight) A4 white stamping card using Ranger Industries-Archival Ink (Jet Black).

The main color, Mattint Bellflower (MT17), is a pale color so I used Mattint to color the Viola odorants. I used PaperArtsy Mattint Foxglove (MT18), Bellflower (MT17) and Acid (MT14) for the petals, Mojita (MT13), Greenstone (MT09) and River Deep (MT11) for the stems and leaves.

I did fussy cut of all these images.

The cheese box wasn't deep enough so I glued a 1 inch wide piece of paper tape to the inside. I then applied the Hot Picks Printed Tissue PT01 script all over the back of the cheese box with Mod Podge.

I then applied one coat of Mattintt Bellflower (MT17) to the entire back of the box and then applied some Bellflower to a sponge around the edges to darken them a bit.

I'm always trying to figure out how many coats of Mattints I need to apply to get the color I want.

I also tried using white and clear embossing powders with Mattint for various results. The top paper was first stamped with clear embossing powder, heat treated, and then painted with 2-3 coats of Mattintt Bellflower (MT17), which was then lightly wiped off with a wet tissue to bring out the white paper colour underneath.

For the two pieces of paper below, on the left I applied Mattintt and then used regular white embossing powder, and on the right I first applied Mattintt Bellflower (MT17) and then clear embossing powder stamped on the top and heat-treated. Once that had cooled I applied PaperArtsy Fresco Finish Chark Acrylic - Little Black Dress on top and lightly wiped it off, hoping that the Bellflower underneath would stand out, but it didn't turn out very clearly.

Now moving on to the inside of the box, first make a 1 inch wide piece of paper tape to attach to the side of the box. Apply 4 layers of Bellflower (MT17) to the paper, then use the EAB30 stamp and white embossing powder to make the tape. And stick it on the inside.

Make a 4 1/2 inch diameter circle of paper and cut out the vintage beehive image from the Printed tissue Hot Picks and glue it on. The top of the box looked bare, so I added some chain stitches using lace yarn.

I prepared the box stuffing: cutting images, the girl was a Tim Holtz Paper Doll and a twig.

I decorated them all inside the box and made the pedestal out of the same paper I used for the inside box.

I thought I'd make it this far and add a little something more. Then I painted book pages with PaperArtsy Mattintts - Greenstone (MT09), Fern (MT03) and Mojito (MT13), then used PaperArtsy Stencil by Alison Bomber (PS450) to cut out shapes and glued them to the outside of the box. Finally I painted pearl rhinestones with Bellflower (MT17) and placed them between the leaves.

While making the above piece I maked these two tags because I thought the image EAB30 of Violas and the color of Mattint Bellflower (MT17) were so lovely. I was able to enjoy making lovely tags using these two pieces by embossing them, cutting them, and placing them wherever I wanted without using any difficult techniques.

It was just viola season, so I tried to capture that simple cuteness in my works. What do you think would be lovely to take these parts and make little tags or stickers to attach to gift box or paper bag. Thank you so much for visiting.

Etsuko xxx

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Spinning Tag with Lynne Perrella stamps {by Tracy Hickman}

Hi everyone! Tracy Hickman, @anonymous.palette on Instagram here with you today.

This year on the blog, we are being given free rein to do a deep dive into one of the PaperArtsy product ranges, and for this post I have been exploring Lynne Perella’s fabulous stamps.  I decided to create an oversized interactive tag with 6 spinning faces celebrating the many faces of Lynne... I'm looking forward to sharing how I dyed cheesecloth with Infusions (and my fingers in the process ;) and how combining multiple stamps within individual elements create depth and interest.

I created a simple protective sleeve with the amazing cityscape stamp and loved the idea of using this sun stamp as closures for the cover, making the reveal of the tag below a bit more special.

A PaperArtsy Stencil inspired the spinning aspect of this tag and love the cutout of the main focal stamp to reveal 6 artsy faces that rotate within a hidden spinning circle, steps shown below!

Three fabulous PaperArtsy Stamp Collections by Lynne Perrella were combined in the making of this project: LPC005, LPC011, and LPC012.  A PaperArtsy Stencil - PS456 came along for the ride and PaperArtsy - PS376 Large Stencil by Scrapcozy inspired the spinner idea.

Lynne’s stamps are so lovely and detailed. I really just wanted them stamped with black ink for maximum contrast and to show off the great detailing so a more muted and dreamy background was selected to let the decorative elements really stand out and the painted faces shine.

A trio of Distress Oxide Inks from Ranger in Milled Lavender, Speckled Egg, and Stormy Sky was smooshed on a craft mat,  spritzed with water and the watercolor paper tag then dragged through in several passes.  One of the stamps from set LPC011 was used with brown archival ink for added interest.

I used a lavender ink with a somewhat dirty sponge applicator through the PaperArtsy - PSA456 Stencil above for an additional layer but decided to stop there to keep the background somewhat simple and let those detailed stamped images shine.

PaperArtsy Smoothly Card Stock has been a game changer for my stamping! This paper creates such wonderfully detailed images and a new GO TO for sure.  The stamps above were stamped with black permanent ink.

Embossing some of the details with a favorite glittery bronze Embossing Powder from Lindysgang named Toadstool Taupe on a separate stamped image, I then fussy cut and adhered.

WOW Embossing Powder in Amethyst Ice by Seth Apter adorns this graphic heart.

Dyeing cheesecloth with PaperArtsy Infusions was easy and immediately gratifying.  I applied about a half inch of water in the bottom of a cup and sprinkled about three batches of infusions, mixed up and swished in the cheesecloth.  I ultimately ended up using Violet Storms that created the loveliest, pale purple gray shade.  This was used under the main focal point behind my spinner to draw some attention and texture to that area.  This technique would work great with any fabric or lace.

The stencil that inspired the spinner and triangle cut from the focal stamps in set LPC005

I used the PaperArtsy - PS376 Large Stencil by Scrapcozy to cut out six triangles for my faces and glued onto the round circle that was about a half inch bigger from the triangles in the stencil..  (I should have made the triangles slightly larger than the corresponding hole in the tag for some extra insurance with improper aligning ;)

Several PaperArtsy Fresco Chalk Acrylics and Mattints were used to color the faces in an artistic and modern way.

The spinner was attached with a brad behind the tag and a matching size piece of watercolor paper tag sandwiched that in.  I used that same triangle stencil to cut the side tab in order to reveal the edge of the spinner on the right side of the tag shown in the final piece.

A quick detail of the architectural long stamp from set LPC012 and the adorable sun stamp from set LPC005 that made perfect closures for the cover mounted on larger embossed circles.

A stamped banner on vellum creates a change of texture and adds sheen for variation.

Focal stamps with embossed details, raised with foam strips for added depth flanking the central focal spinner…

You can see my pencil lines that haven’t been erased yet, and I should’ve made the face triangles slightly larger than that triangle opening for a fudge factor…

The finished tag with spinner dial accessible on the right. This rests on the inside of the cover highlighting that long architectural stamp again and bringing the outside in ;)

I loved highlighting these beautiful stamp sets from Lynn Perella.  While I kept this in muted down “royal colors” (as I always think of Lynne’s collections as being so regal ), my original thought was to turn this into a Valentine card in brighter tones: reds, pinks and magenta.  I also think it would be a really cute idea to add a shaker element to the coin purse and do a pull down tab underneath the heart that would reveal a secret message.

I hope this gave you some inspiration or a take away of some sort.  Stay creative and craft on!

Tracy

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