NEW PaperArtsy Products: JOFY {February 2023}

A note from Leandra:
Oh, how a JoFY stamp release just makes your heart sing. We adore her quirky flowers, the simple, effective gel prints, and the bright colours she uses; year round these stamps adds sparkle and a smile to your day. Whether it is a junk journal or cardmaking, these stamps just tick all the boxes, go large, go small, it doesn't matter, everything is possible!

 

Jo will be along to share with you LIVE her new products and ideas over in our Facebook Group, PaperArtsy People shortly after this post publishes. I hope you can drop by for the live, or try to catch the replay. We love to hear from the designer about each new release and understand more fully the ideas they have with each product!

 

Please check the list at the foot of this post to find a retailer online or geographically near you, it makes sense to order within your country wherever possible. We have been shipping to them for the past 2 weeks so everything is in stock now!

 

Hi everyone, Jo Firth-Young here (@jofyjo, www.jofy.co.uk). I hope its not too late to wish you a happy new year? I hope 2023 is treating you well.

  

I'm here to share with you my latest release of 3 new stamps sets and 3 new stencils. When I started to think about these sets I knew I wanted to create smaller designs - sized to work on cards, pocket sized art journals, ATCs, tags and postcards etc.... motifs that would work together or as little stand-alone elements to accent a page.

I've designed an informal alphabet that I know is going to be very useful (& one I will be using A LOT!). There are several styles of flowers - some realistic and some less so - the ones on JOFY123 are lovely doodle flowers that are great for paper-piecing and layering up.

There are also designs that compliment and coordinate with previous designs, but slightly smaller ones in this offering for size options! I love a loopy border so I've created a couple of smaller background stamp designs and 3 loopy masks that will be great for using with a gel plate.

I imagined these stamps being used in small sized journals so I decided that's how I would make several of my samples - in a 8 x 12cm handmade mini journal created with gel-printed and repurposed papers ... lots of bits of this and that - you'll see pages from the journal throughout this post. But don't worry if journaling is not your 'thing' the designs are easily transferable to cards.

There's lots to see so lets get started....

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.
  

JOFY Collection Stamp Set 122 (JOFY122)

One of my favourite designs from recent releases is the loopy border on JOFY114. I thought it would look great as a background design. So I played around with it and now we have a cute little loopy background - it can have standing loops (as shown) or hanging loops by rotating the stamp 180degrees.
Doodled circles always seem to be popular so this plate has 3. - so many uses for these!

 

Thrive journal page

This flower is based on a garden daisy - but when painted with bright colours it takes on a very different look.

Thrive tag

I've included 3 words on this plate- perfect for garden themed projects but that will also suit other journal themes (great for positivity mantras).

Flower Arrangement

I created this sample to show that even though these designs are smaller they can still be built up and used on bigger projects. This vase of flowers, on a panel created on a gel printed background using the new PS371, measures 18cm tall.

Mixing realistic and imaginary flowers makes an interesting arrangement. The flower in the photo below was inspired by one of my previous designs (JOFY80) one which I love but is quite large - so I thought it would be nice to have a smaller, daintier version. 

JoFY Collection Stamp Set 123 (JOFY123)

Can you ever have too many doodle flowers? No, me neither!

Doodle flower meadow

Oh my goodness I like these doodle flowers so much!!! I had so much fun stamping and colouring them - they're so pretty I can't help but smile when I see them! These were stamped onto pages of gel printed paper and accented with coloured pencils - but you can colour them with watercolour or acrylic paints - and they will look fantastic coloured with alcohol markers too for extra vibrance. 

I have not supplied a stem stamp for these - I encourage you to draw your own - I think this gives you more freedom in how to use them.

 

 

Here is one of my 'in progress' photos - you can see how I have stamped the designs onto several sheets of gel prints and have cut, layered and coloured them. IT can be a fun mix and match opportunity.

Its a JoFY garden!

These designs can be used for dimensional projects too. I can't cope with the cuteness of these! I don't often describe my work as 'cute' but these petal filled pots just are! lol  They're so pretty. I think their size adds to the 'cuteness' - they measure around 15cm tall.

There are a couple of flowers from other stamps sets in the flower pots, nice to show how the sets are interchangeable.

 

 Pretty Maids all in a row...

These individual flowers look great in small bottles - this design could be easily recreated on a card or panel.

JoFY Collection Stamp Set 124 (JoFY124)

 

Bloomin' lovely

The alphabet is the main image on this plate, but I wanted to create a project where the flowers are the focus.  The main flower has 3 layers that can be easily trimmed to create different sized blooms as shown on the panel below.  

 

 

I designed the alphabet so it can be used as block as a background or cut apart and used as individual letters to create words or phrases. The photos above and below show the alphabet block stamped & embossed on the background.

'Now' journal page

On the journal page in the photo below I used the alphabet block as a 'feature' background (part of the image rather than a base for other images) and coloured the letters to show how the different ways they could be used... solid, shadowed, outlined, and in blocks - just a few of the ways.

 

'Love your life' journal page 

I wanted to design an alphabet with letters that could be mixed and matched with other alphabets and words I've designed previously or that you might have in your stamp collection. On the journal page below I've used the individual letters of the block to create the words and teamed them with 'love' from JOFY86.

Large Size: 6.25" x 9.5" (16 x 24cm) Price: RRP €6.58 +VAT

  

PaperArtsy Stencil 371, Large (PS371) by Jo Firth-Young

 Loops!!

These journal pages feature prints of different sizes of the loops masks - a first-pull print (on right) and a ghost print on left - interesting to see how the ghost print gives an outline of the mask.

PaperArtsy Stencil 372, Large (PS372) by Jo Firth-Young

I like designing stencils that build up to create a 'scene', motifs that can be used on their own or in any combination. With these images as the base layer you can add detail using stamps from this, or any previous, releases.

Meadow

On the sample above I only used the stencils to create this scene. The top right shape on the stencil is the base layer for the spiky flower head - but I found it works just as nicely as a flower on the ground - imagine a cactus or similar. (It also reminds me of waterlilies...)

 

The photo above shows the detail of the layered flower.

Its easy to place a few stamped pieces on top of the meadow scene so you can see how effective it looks with more detail added.

Meadow gel print

This was the first 'meadow' scene I made, working on a gel-print brayer-clean-off page that I decided was too nice to throw away. I've included this as it shows the spiky flower without the solid background. On this sample I added accent/shading to the shapes with coloured pencils. You could also outline these shapes with a black pigment pen for a sketched effect.

PaperArtsy Stencil 373, Large (PS373) by Jo Firth-Young

This stencil features 3 background designs - the middle one was initially designed as a border but works really well as a repeated/tiled background design, and makes a beautiful accent on some of the journal pages I have created.

Love your life journal page

The spots stencil makes a fun background for the above journal page.

The flowers stencil  makes a lovely corner accent - it would look lovely on a card with a die-cut greeting, or a sentiment stamped using the letters on JOFY124.

The flower stencil has been used here to create a gel printed background (the print was accented with coloured pencils) - you'll achieve a good print of this stencil if you use a lightweight paper.

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These new stamps and stencils have been such a lot of fun to design and work with - I have so many plans for them! They will pop into my journals and onto my cards on a regular basis I'm sure.  I hope I've inspired you, if I have please tag me (and @PaperArtsy) on your social media project posts as we love to see what you make!!

I hope to see you soon, take care

Jo

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Teaching Schedule:

I'm feeling ready to start in-person classes again - I miss seeing people and talking all things arty! Please contact me if you would like to discuss this.

Below is a list of the retailers who have already got these new releases in stock ready for you to buy NOW!     

NEW PaperArtsy Products: Tracy Scott {January 2023}

A note from Leandra:
Tracy has taken her designs a tiny bit smaller in size for this release which means you get more stamps for the same price. It also means these are going to work for smaller formats - maybe you might make some cards or tags? With flowers and fish you can create a beautiful floral display of cascading flowers with a little bit of simple masking, or maybe some fishy mandalas. Don't think you can't go big though - as you all know, Tracy certainly knows how to grow small designs into much bigger ones by developing her mandala style layers.

 

Don't forget Tracy will be along to share with you LIVE her new products and ideas over in our facebook Group, PaperArtsy People shortly after this post publishes. I hope you can drop by for the live, or try to catch the replay. it's nice to hear from the designer about each new release and understand more fully the ideas they have with each product!

 

For the next few months, these stamps are only available EXCLUSIVELY from our approved stockists. Please check the list at the foot of this post to find a retailer online or geographically near you, it makes sense to order within your country where possible.

 

Hi everyone, Tracy here

I'm super excited to share with you my newest release for PaperArtsy. 3 stamps and 3 large coordinating stencils.

Can you believe it's already that time again, I just don't know where the time is going!

I've had an absolute blast both designing and playing with this release,  I tend to go with my gut for each release and design according to my current obsessions and this one is no exception.

Coloured pencils, colouring and doodling are right up there at the moment and I wanted my designs to be easy to colour and inspire me to go on a doodling adventure and I certainly think they've done that... however I think I'll let you be the judge of that!

Price: RRP €23.00 +VAT Size:5" x 6" (13 x16.5cm)
All stamps are individually trimmed onto cling foam, with a laminated storage sheet.
  

Tracy Scott Collection stamp set 078 (TS078)

 Happy Planner Page

So I recently bought a planner... life is getting so crazy these days that I can't possibly remember everything so decided to bite the bullet and get myself down the planner route...

Of course there was no way this was going to be a plain page planner and I knew immediately I would be decorating the pages.

I  found the paper excellent to stamp on and colour with my Prismacolor pencils and lets face it who doesn't love a flower page to make you happy.

I wanted a doodled flower vibe with this stamp set with lots of elements to combine into various combinations and the idea for this set actually came from a doodled altered magazine page that I had completed earlier last year.

I'm loving how it has turned out.....almost makes me not want to write on it!!!

 

I love the combinations you can create with this set, for this design I have used a masking technique to really add to the layered vibe.

 

The biggest bonus of using my Prismacolor pencils on these stamps is that the translucency of the pencils still allows the details of the stamps to show through,

 

Off The Page

So my first sample uses the masking technique and creates depth without adding bulk to the page but for my second sample I decided to showcase how these flowers can be layered up to really create a 3D off the page focal image...

Cutting and layering really does give these stamps a real wow factor.....

Tracy Scott Collection stamp set 079 (TS079)

 

 Fishy Mandalas

I keep a list of all the stamp set themes that I want to do and 'Funky Fish' have been on there forever so I felt it was about time I brought them to life!

Of course these cute stamps are perfect for cards and art journal pages as well as scrapbook layouts but I just knew that they would make the most amazing mandalas... so that was the route I had to take for my first sample (I think this may be my favourite sample from this release.. but sshhhhh don't tell the others!)

 

So many combinations with this set to really create a stunning project.

 

 

I decided to cut apart my small shoal of fish so that I was able to use them separately as well as place them on the block together in a cluster,  I found this worked really well for some of the smaller areas that needed filling in.

 

Sketchbook Pattern Play

Most of you know by now that when I get new stamps I like to have a little play session in a cheap sketch or composition notebook (I find the cheaper the book the less I worry about stamping onto the pages!)

I like to just get a feel for what they can do without the pressure of ruining a project.

These are just a couple of ideas I got using these stamps...

 

I think these would be fabulous stamped tone on tone to create an interesting background page for a journal page or maybe even stamped black on white for a cool background for a special card.

The small fish could make a great frame as stamped below maybe for a photo on a scrapbook page too.

 

 

And what about using the masking technique to create some funky shell flowers,  these would be brilliant either just coloured in or you could colour, cut and layer to create some fabulous 3D embellishments.

I really do think the possibilities are endless.

 

Under The Sea

For my 3rd sample I decided two showcase the stamps how they were originally intended... to create an underwater scene of course.

There are so many elements to use and they work perfectly with some of my previous releases too to create even more options....

Tracy Scott Collection stamp set 080 (TS080)

 

 3D Watercolour Mandala

So very often I add elements to previously 'completed' projects and I knew this one was going to work perfectly.

I actually coloured, cut and layered the elements from this stamp set completely separately, just wanting to build up and expand on the original image.

However once I'd finished I spotted this hand drawn mandala sitting on top of a pile of projects and the colours were just shouting out to me and to top it off the 3D embellishment I had created was the perfect size for the centre.....voila!! A new lease of life to an older project.

 

The elements in this stamp set make it really simple to build up the central focal image to create a much larger embellishment for a more sizeable project.

 

Water soluble pens were the go to for this focal image, they allow all the original lines of the stamping to show through so you don't lose any details.

Everything was layered with 3D foam to really add some dimension to this piece and what a difference it makes.

 

Pattern Play on Gel Prints

I had a bunch of gel prints that I really didn't know what to do with so decided to have a little play and see what some of the other stamps in the set could do.

I love how the stamps in this set offer so much variety and really give so many options, everything from background pattern stamping, to beautiful mandalas (did I mention I love a mandala!) to focal images, I can even see this stamp b being used for Christmas cards (this little flourish stamp really does make the coolest snowflakes too!!

 

Mmmm did I say how much I love a mandala....

 

And how cool would this pattern be as a background for a card or even for some collage paper?

I really can't get enough of playing with these and love the patterns that I've already managed to create.... just need to sit down now and play some more.

Large Size: 6.25" x 9.5" (16 x 24cm) Price: RRP €6.58 +VAT

  

PaperArtsy Stencil by Tracy Scott {Large} 365 (PS365)

 Doodled Heart

Oh I just love a swirly pattern and just knew this was going to be a new go to stencil. Of course it's going to be fabulous on a journal page or as a wonderful inked background for a card or scrapbook page. but for my first sample I have used the stencil as a template to create a beautiful heart shaped focal image. I drew out my heart and then filled in the design of the stencil within the shape (how cool would this be for a handmade valentines card?)

 

I used my Prismacolor pencils to add colour to this design in my junk art journal but could certainly be cut out and mounted up to be a 3D embellishment on any project.

 

And the beauty of using the stencil as a template is that I can create any patterned shape in any size using this same technique.

 

Gel Plate Play

I decided to grab my gel plate and have a little play, I knew that this stencil was going to work perfectly on the plate and I just love the way the pattern looks with the paint.

 

A second variation on colour, I'm thinking this would be amazing as a card background maybe even with the coloured heart from sample 1 placed on top?

 

Im thinking these would be perfect as background pages for a mini handmade art journal or even as some collage paper for other projects.

 

PaperArtsy Stencil by Tracy Scott {Large} 366 (PS366)

Stained Glass Mosaic

I am in love with this stencil (circles are always a good thing aren't they?), It reminds me of stained glass and I just knew that my sample had to reflect that feeling.

After sketching out the shapes into my junk art journal, I happily set about the task of colouring in using my Prismacolor pencils. The colours look like they are glowing, this sample makes me very happy!

So although I used the stencil as a colouring template I can certainly see both the main focal as well as the borders included will work brilliantly in the backgrounds of an art journal page or even embossed for an extra special card.

 

Im also thinking this stencil will work perfectly as a cutting template to create a really cool cut out art journal page....ummmm I think I'm off to give that a try right now!

 

PaperArtsy Stencil by Tracy Scott {Large} 367 (PS367)

Gel Doodles

The idea behind this stencil was always as a starting point for doodling, large spaces are ideal to be able to add your own details and designs and the possibilities and variations are only limited by your own imagination.

I grabbed my 5x7 gel plate and loaded it with paint, pressing it down onto my journal page leaving a white border around the outside.

Once dry, I grabbed my stencil and drew out the main shaped of the design onto my background.

I then proceeded to start filling in the spaces with different doodles, leaving some of the spaces blank and then used my coloured pencils to really add depth to the page.

 

 

White and gold pens were used to finished off the page and really add some gorgeous details bringing the whole project to life.

 

So I did this whole project in colour but this stencil could equally be used to create a black on white doodle or I think even white gel pen on black paper would be stunning.

Gel Print Play

Again I knew that this stencil was going to be amazing on the gel plate so had to give it a try and have a play and how right I was.

I love the way this looks after printing, both the positive and negative prints look great.

 

I made a bunch of these to use for collage material and may even doodle onto some of them.

 

I just did a very quick printing session with the stencil. but just love the way in looks. I'm thinking I will be doing a lot more with this one in the very near future.

 

Thank you so much for joining me this evening and I hope you have enjoyed seeing some of my ideas with my new release.

Don't forget I will be going 'live' in the PaperArtsy People Facebook group at 7:30 pm UK time to share these and maybe a few more surprise samples.

Tracy

 PaperArtsy Stockist List

Our stockists are your go-to  source for all PaperArtsy products, and we suggest that you also use the PaperArtsy People Facebook group to source a retailer in your country. Many are members of our FB group and will happily share links to their online stores.

Australia

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

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

Memories on the Murray, Murray Bridge, SA  https://www.memoriesonthemurray.net/

Natalie May Scrapbooking, Dover Gardens, SA https://nataliemay.com.au/

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

The Scrapbooker's Confetti Box, Swansea, NSW https://thescrapbookersconfettibox.com/

The Scrapbook Store, North Perth,WA http://thescrapbookstore.com.au/ 
Time To Create, www.timetocreate.com.au

Belgium

Cart N Scrap Art, Antwerp, www.cartnscrapart.be

Créatelier Caracolle, Liège, www.createliercaracolle.be

Canada

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

Paper Art Creations Inc, Leduc, Alberta, www.paperartcreations.com/
Scrapbook Centrale, Dollard Des Ormeaux, Quebec www.scrapbookcentrale.ca

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

Scrap and Bean, Edmonton, Alberta scrapandbean.com/ 

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

The Paper & ink Boutique, Calgary, Alberta www.paperandinkboutique.com/
The Scrap Yard, Calgary, Alberta, www.thescrapyardcalgary.com/ 

Denmark

Hobbyboden Scrapworld Samso www.hobbyboden.dk

France

Eirl Bancon Cartoscrap, Midi Pyrenees, www.cartoscrap.com

Fée Du Scrap, Saint Sébastien-Sur-Loire, www.feeduscrap.fr/

Horizon Créatif, Ste Jalle www.horizon-creatif.fr

Instant Créatif, La Possession, La Réunion, www.icreatif.re

Katzelkraft, Ingwiller www.katzelkraft.fr/en/

Kerudoc Creation, St Yvi www.kerudoccreation.com

Le Grenier des filles, Pierre Benite

Page de scrap, Saint Pavace, www.pagedescrap.fr/

Scrap Déco Home, Goutrens, www.scrapdecohome.fr/

Toutencolle, Dun sur Avon www.toutencolle.fr

Finland

Heidin Korttipaja, Istunmaki, www.korttipaja.fi/fi

Piia Paper, Kittilä, www.piiapaper.com/fi

Germany

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, www.ilnegoziodellamammadicle.com

Marte Savona, Savona, www.martesavona.it

Pezze E Colori, Lissone, www.pezzeecolori.it/ 
Piccole Passioni, Siena, www.piccolepassioni.it

Japan

La Wadao, Odawara, Kanagawa, www.lawadao.com

Tiny Dots, Funabashi-shi, Chiba www.tinydots.shop-pro.jp

Netherlands

De Hobbystudio, Genemuiden, www.dehobbystudio.nl/

Doe@ding,Spijkenisse doeading.nl/

Hobbycompleet de Duif, Leeuwarden www.hobbycompleet.nl

Stampingcorner, Capelle Aan Den Ijssel www.stampingcorner.nl

Norway

Hobbygarasjen, Kopervik, www.Hobbygarasjen.no

Spain

Cien por Cien Manualidades, Barcelona,  www.100x100manualidades.es

Ideas 10 Manualidades Y Scrapbook, Bilbao ideas10manualidades.com/

Marakiscrap, Tarragona, www.marakiscrap.com

Scrap & Papers Experiences, Barcelona, www.scrappapersexperiences.com

The Paradise Corner, Barcelona, www.theparadisecorner.com

Sweden

Butik Elva, Staffanstorp, www.butikelva.se

Taiwan

Mandy's Cards, Taipei www.facebook.com/mandy.card.77

United Kingdom

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

Crafts at The Malthouse, Herstmonceux,  East Sussex, www.themalthouse.co.uk/

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

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

Stampers Grove, Springbank, Lilliesleaf, Melrose,Scotland www.stampersgrove.co.uk

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

The Forget me not Kraft Kabin, Rochford, Essex, www.TheForgetMeNotKraftKabin.co.uk

USA

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

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

Craftiness, Chatsworth, CA, www.craftinessonline.com/

Everything Scrapbook & Stamps, Lake Worth, Florida https://everythingmixedmedia.com/

Frantic Stamper, Oregon www.franticstamper.com

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

Joggles, Coventry, Rhode Island, www.joggles.com

PaperCraft Clubhouse, Westbrook, Connecticut, papercraftclubhouse.com/

Qingquing's Stamp Shop, Portland, Oregon

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

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

Topflight Stamps, Irmo, South Carolina topflightstamps.com/

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