Fall Vibes Cards with Mags Woodcock {by Autumn Clark}

Hello everyone!  It's Autumn Clark from SewPaperPaint with you today to share a group of fall cards with cozy, autumnal vibes, featuring the gorgeous new stamps and stencils by Mags Woodcock.

This year, I gave my fall color palette an update with the addition of an earthy purple, along with my standard rusty go to colors.  I added PaperArtsy Fresco Chalk Acrylics in Amethyst, to my standard Terracotta, Brown Shed and Heavy Cream.  I love to layer Infusions over my paints, so I picked Golden Sands to liven the colors.  I was inspired by a recent PaperArtsy FB Live, where Leandra was showing her infamous brayering technique HERE.

I used my brayer to apply the paints as lightly as possible to my 12x12" kraft cardstock, beginning with Amethyst.  I scraped the paint with a credit card between colors to smooth out any thick applications.  Next, I applied Brown Shed, then Terracotta, and then Heavy Cream.  After all of my colors were down, I reapplied more color as needed.  Working quickly and using the credit card helped the colors to blend slightly, which I really enjoyed.  I dipped the panel into watered down Infusions in Golden Sands.

I repeated the whole process on a sheet of torn book pages I had glue sticked together.  I ended up tearing it into smaller panels and sponged a combination of the three colors through Mag's new leaf stencil PS536.

This gave me smaller bits to use to strategically stamp some of the gorgeous leaves onto the more restful areas within the painty layers.  I used Distress Inks to watercolor the images, stamped in Archival ink.

It was easy to get carried away here because no fussy cutting was required since the stamped images popped beautifully from the busy backgrounds.

Here I mixed a combination of stamping in Archival Ink with stenciling using PS538 and a baby wipe dipped in Amethyst Fresco Chalk Acrylics.

 

On another panel I dipped into my leftover inks from watercoloring the leaves.  This made the stenciled leaves a bit softer so the stamped leaf from EMW008.

After all of my focal images were stamped and cut or torn, I had a pile of leftover bits of painty papers, so I glued them all to cover a panel.

Then I adhered a large teabag over the panel with matte medium.

This both unified the bits and gave a great texture to the piece.

At this point, things were coming together!  I layered the elements adding stamping and stenciling where needed, such as using the circles in PS537 to create a halo effect for the stamped leaves from EMW009.

I love how the Heavy Cream Fresco created the much needed contrast!  Below, I used a credit card to scrap more of it onto my background panel.

I created interest by making tabs and pockets, here with EMW007.

 

Again with EMW007, tucking in torn crocheted lace beneath the stamping.  You can see how my book papers began to separate when I dipped them into my Infusions mixture.  I accentuated this by peeling them apart more and curling the edges.

On this one I repeat stamped the gorgeous scripty image from EMW007 on the left, overlapping again and again for a fun effect.  I stamped the ticket onto a scrap, stained with Infusions and tucked in some sisal fibers.

The stenciled leaves really popped on some of the panels!

I was so smitten by the tea bag collage that I decided to use it for the cover of a notebook.  I didn't add a focal image to the notebook and let the collage texture speak for itself.

A simple stamped background onto the kraft cover using EMW008 was just enough contrast.

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Secret Garden Spool with HP {by Jenny Marples}

Hello everyone, Jenny Marples here with you today to show how I transformed a long strip of paper into a mixed media adventure through a secret garden, all securely attached to a spool for easy storage. I'll be sharing how I build the collage 'vignettes' along the way, a process that can be applied to journal pages, tags, books, boxes and more.

We are delving into the vaults of PaperArtsy's Hot Picks range to play with stamp sets HP1005 and HP1006, combining them with a more recent stencil PS021, Fresco Chalk Acrylics, Grunge Paste and Printed Tissue.

Start by gluing torn pieces of book page/manuscript, brown wrapping paper, gel printing cast offs and stained paper onto your strip of backing paper. If you need to recreate these, apply Fresco Chalk Acrylic Sorbet (FF169) and Koala (FF141) to plain (or even better tea stained) paper and add a thin layer of Mattint Ladybug (MT12) to graph paper or similar.

These scraps need blending together with the background - I find scraping a fine layer of  Grunge Paste over the edges and toning down the colours/text with Fresco Chalk Acrylic Chalk (FF83) works well for this.

Finish your base layer by lightly tea staining it all, adding extra depth in areas if needed with dry used teabag papers and highlights with more Chalk paint.

Now to start adding the details.

 

I adore the process of combining translucent layers, stamping and stencilling to create collages but it can feel overwhelming when looking at the finished pieces. Start with thinking about where you want your stamped image to go a try applying a layer of sewing pattern tissue below it. This helps to draw the eye to the image. Make use of any text on the pattern piece to help you line up your stamp. You can even use a fine permanent pen to extend the manuscript lines.

Try re-stamping some of the images within the larger stamp to make those details pop. Then extend the design further by using the text stamp either side of the main image. And to finish for now help to blend the edges between your stamping and the background by adding Grunge Paste through the stencil.

Let's repeat this process in another section, beginning again by deciding where your stamping should go. There's a straight edge to this border so I added some Printed Tissue Postcards (PT13) on one side, adding the stamped butterfly to enhance the design.

Repeat stamping a border can be very effective when you are looking to fill an area. Try adding another of those translucent layers below the stamping (in this case some 'mop up' paper towel covered unevenly with Infusions Golden Sands (CS05). If you don't want extra stamping like the swirls to compete with the border design try using a coloured permanent ink, and then add more stencilling to blend it all together. You'll spot that I added an extra butterfly and used some paper coloured with Fresco Chalk Acrylic Pumpkin Soup (FF33) to make them more impactful.

Here's one final example of this process in action, starting with the Printed Tissue and stamping with different coloured inks.

More layers are added by stamping the images onto card which can then be cut out and place where you need them to be. The repeat stencilling and some tea stained lace help to create a natural flow along the whole design. The scrap of woven fabric beneath the lace was coloured with Fresco Chalk Acrylic London Bus (FF37) which I then rinsed and dried for a more faded appearance.

Just a few more elements to go now.

Work along your paper adding more stamping to extend your designs further. Don't be afraid to leave some areas blank - this provides a visual break and makes those focal points stand out even more. I love to add stitching using different threads. Follow the lines of your stamped images to give them more textural impact.

Cut out stamped images to add over previous stamping and stencilling to help finish your panel.

 

I often strengthen the back of my panels/pages by adhering a layer of calico but in this case that went 'wrong' as the paper buckled when the fabric dried out. The only way to make the paper lay flat was to cut into the fabric.

Rather than give up I remembered how Shelley Rhodes deliberately adds flaws to her paper and fabric. And so I visibly stitched through the two layers to secure the fabric and create 'rivers' of thread throughout the paper.

All that remains is to attach your paper to a spool or similar so that it can be rolled up for storage purposes.

Here's the end of finished spool...

... and here's the beginning, inviting you into the Secret Garden Spool.

Let's take a walk through the whole of the design.

All of this has been created using just two stamp sets and a stencil - so the question is which of your stamp sets would you use to create a spool of your own?

Thank you for joining me today.

Jenny

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