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Wednesday, 8 July 2026

3 Things - The Golden Girl {by Mags Woodcock}

Hi everyone, it's Mags here with you today for a 'With 3 Things' challenge post.

This feature on the PaperArtsy Blog is where 3 identical items are sent to 3 members of the PaperArtsy Blogging team. Typically we will receive a stamp, a stencil and a colour product.

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 ...

As you can see here, I received a gorgeous mini stamp (TSM19) and A5 stamp set (TS055) by Tracy Scott, along with a bottle of Ochre Translucent fresco Finish chalk Acrylic (FF195)

I must admit yellow isn't a colour I naturally gravitate towards, so I had to put my thinking cap on. A few ideas crossed my mind, including creating an art doll, but in the end I decided on a journal page with the sweet girl as the focal. I also decided to add my favourite Infusion, Just Walnut (CS25) into the mix

Lets take a closer look at what I made ....

Lets take a closer look at what I did ....

I started with the background to my journal page, stamping the mandala randomly, overlapping the edge of the page sometimes. I used Versafine Clair ink to capture the tiny details in the stamp.

Whilst the ink was still wet I sprinkled on clear embossing powder, then tipped away the surplus powder and added heat to activate the powder.

I wanted a slightly grungy look to my page, so I spritzed the page with diluted Just Walnut Infusions

I liked the look of the infusions, but wanted more solid colour on the mandalas, so I used a brush to add more to the centre.

It was time for the Ochre Fresco Finish Chalk Acrylic to come out to play. So I added some to the mandalas.

I was happy how the background was coming together, but it just needed a couple of finishing touches, so I used a gold and a white gel pen to add details to the mandalas.

The background was finished, it was now time to move onto the focal area of the page. I wanted to create a frame for our girl to look out from. So I sprayed a sheet of copy paper with just Walnut infusions. Whilst that was drying I cut out a frame from recycled cardboard.

I covered the frame with the dyed copy paper, and also covered a panel with recycled tissue, this would sit behind the frame on my page.

The frame needed some details and interest, so I used more of the images from the large stamp set (TS055).

To tie the frame into the rest of the page, I coloured the images with more Just Walnut Infusions and added gold pen details.

It was now time to see how I could use that lovely Ochre colour combined with the sweet girl stamp.

I began by stamping our girl in Archival ink onto Smoothy Card (SCA4). It was time to experiment with the just Walnut to create a nice skin toned Infusion. I diluted the Just Walnut and added a tiny touch of diluted Magenta Infusions (CS23), it was perfect.

I always wanted the beads in our girls hair to be yellow, so I decided she also needed to have blond hair. Mixing some of the Ochre Fresco with a touch of diluted Just Walnut and plain water gave me the perfect blond hair colour.

The girls beads just needed some pure Ochre Fresco with a touch of shading and a white gel pen high light. I also added a touch of soft pencil shading in some areas of her hair. She was pretty as a picture.

All that was needed now was to add our girl to the frame , a few scraps of book pages, part of a stamped mandala, word sticker, and the dotty tissue background and she was ready for her close up.

I was excited to bring everything together to finish my page, so lets take a look.

I think you'll agree our girl looks very at home in the frame.

I think the frame adds a little more drama and focus to our pretty girl, I hope you agree.

Just a few more details to share with you.

The white pen work ties in with the lighter areas of the frame for a cohesive look to the page.

The gold tissue adds a touch of bling to the page, could our girl be a princess ? I'll let you decide !

I'm really please with how the shading and highlights on the beads and hair adds depth to the image.

Adding the book page scraps around the frame just lifts it a little and adds definition to the frame edges.

I hope you have enjoyed seeing how I used the mystery products sent by PaperArtsy HQ and how I overcame the challenge of using yellow Ochre. I will definitely be combining it with Just Walnut again in the future. I have lots of stamped images of our girl still to use, so I may well create an art doll or two with those.

Thank you for being here and I hope I have inspired you to try combing PaperArtsy products in unusual ways in the future.

Take care and happy crafting

Mags x

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Monday, 6 July 2026

3 Things - Arty Party Cards {by Miranda Degenaars}

Hi everyone, it's Miranda from miracle_art_inspirations12 with you today for a 'With 3 Things' challenge post.

This feature on the PaperArtsy Blog is where 3 identical items are sent to 3 members of the PaperArtsy Blogging team. Typically we will receive a stamp, a stencil and a colour product.

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 received three products from PaperArtsy HQ from designer Tracy Scott, a lovely mandala set TS055, a mini stamp TSM19 and the Fresco Finish paint Ochre.

I had no exact idea where I was going with this combination and for a long time they were just staring at me....but as time passed an idea come to me....it must be something with embossing powders, fussy cutting and putting a lot of elements together.

Lets take a closer look at what I made ....

For my background I used Fresco Finish Snowflake to create different tones of the Ochre Fresco paint. I made an A4 master board on mixed media paper with a sponge. It was difficult for me not to add more other colors, but I wanted to challenge myself only using yellow (which is absolutely not my fav color). But working with it ...I felt the warmth and summery vibe of it.

To add some interest, I used PaperArtsy Stencil 490 (large) by Tracy Scott from my stash.

Well, I needed more shades of the yellow color so I added these two Fresco Finish paints: Caramel and Pumpkin Soup.

I then cut my A4 background in 2 and decided I wanted to use black as a contrast too (with still no idea what I was going to do...)

I had fun with the different elements of the TS055 stamp set: A lot of gold and black embossing on to watercolor paper (185grs) for them to be easy to cut. And I wanted to change the girl from TSM19 a bit too.....so no black stamping for her!

Now onto a lot of cutting....

I have colored the elements using water based markers. I colored the girl using colored pencils and doodled her beads with the same patterns as the leaves of the mandala. I love how stamping in a light colour allows the lines to integrate with the colouring.

Now the shuffling started... where to put the elements.....looking at the lay-out...what should I do?

When I looked at it...I felt a lack of contrast in the background so I took out some other stamps from Tracy Scott.....(the advantage of collecting them over time LOL). I have used also: TSM21 & TSM04 and for the sentiment KCM006.

Adding gold and white markers in the dots.....Now onto some details for a finishing touch!

I spattered with some gold ink and most of the time I give accents to the edges with a gold marker.

Than I had some left overs.....well a lot of leftovers ...so I could create two more cards! Same techniques only different lay-out and of course one (could not resist) with more colors.

This time I have the changed the girl from TSM19 even more....you can do so much more with your stamps! I drew some sleeves and cut most of her hair and a lot of leaves from the TS055 mandala stamp. For her hands I used some of the leaves of the mandala. I also created something to put over her dress using a piece of the mandala.

I also used the full mandala for a bit of background embossing on the black paper.

This was how she came out.....I have added a sentiment from the mini stamp SAM026 (was EM66).

And the last small left over...I finally used the swirls too from the TS055 mandala stamp set!

Also used this sentiment stamp MN90. A quote so true .....I did a lot of thinking for several months before I started working with these products because I had no inspiration but during this creative process more and more inspiration came to me and I had really much fun....so reminded myself that I have to do less thinking and more doing.....and listen to Pablo Picasso LOL!

All created work together.....