Tracy Meets Grunge with TS {by Autumn Clark}

Hello darlings!  It's Autumn Clark here today, with such joy to be back on the PaperArtsy blog and to share the excitement of the new Tracy Scott launch with you!  

I've had a total blast playing with these gorgeous stamps and have created several project ideas for you to get your creative juices flowing, from tag book to bookmark to journal page, I hope will spark a play session of your own...

I almost always start a project with a gel printing session and went with earth tones to show how Tracy's stamps can go both bright and rustic, which I hope you will agree.  I used a combination of PaperArtsy Fresco Chalk Acrylics in Nougat, Terracotta, Rusty, Sargasso (TS), Jade (TS), Chocolate Pudding and Toffee.  Later in the process I pulled out my Infusions powders and chose A Bit Jaded and Rusty Car.

I used Tracy's entire collection for these projects, including the stamps TS104, TS105 and TS106 and the stencils PS497, PS498 and PS499.  Find a stockist HERE.  And if you didn't catch Tracy's FB live, make sure to join the PaperArtsy People FB group HERE to stay up to date and catch all future lives.

You might have noticed from the photo of my Infusions box on my table that it was an extremely sunny day in my little art room.  I could not find my smaller gel plate, so I had to use the monstrosity and with the sun pouring down on it, I found my paint was drying at rocket speed.  But I am always fond of this half printed effect because I love the impartial prints and faded portions of the stencils mixing into the paint.  Part of my process includes blotting through the stencils onto prints.  Below shows how I did that with PS499.  Later you will see a fun idea I came up with to make the most of the white spaces in my prints...

I printed heavy duty plain cardstock and both sides of several premade large tags by Dina Wakely.  I used the floral designs from PS497 and PS498.  

 

I cut my favorite sections of the prints into card fronts.  I folded the tags in half with one end meeting the tag reinforcer on each of the three tags, then glued them together to form pockets where each tag met the next.  This concept was inspired by a Fodder Challenge 2023 project.

While the tags were clamped together to dry, I worked on each card panel.  I began spritzing water on the white spaces in the gel printing and sprinkling on my Infusions in Rusty Car.  Because I had used normal cardstock, the Infusions seeped into the paper, rather than sitting on the surface like it would with Bristol or watercolor paper.  The great thing about this is that the paint still sits on the surface and the effect is really unique.  

To make the pieces a bit more intense, I coated them with Mattint in High Viz, which also serves to seal the Infusions.  Next I colored two scraps of Bristol paper with Infusions in Rusty Car and A Bit Jaded so I could use them as a stamping surface.

Here's a sampling of the panels, which remind me of torn wallpaper.  What fun!

I stamped so many of the images from Tracy's stamp sets TS104, TS105 and TS106, first onto Bristol paper for watercoloring with Distress Inks, then onto my dried Infusions stained papers in different colors of ink and off white embossing.

I fussy cut these images to give me a variety to pick from to complete my tag book and cards.

I layered the images onto my tag book and used Distress Ink in Rusty Hinge to sponge some of the white spaces to complete the backgrounds.

I used the leftover gel prints to cut smaller tags to fit into the pockets and to cut tag reinforcers for those.

Here are the front and back of my completed tag book, finished with sentiment stickers, sari ribbon and twine...

With my leftover fussy cuts, I began to complete the cards.  I really had fun with this and tried to hone in on the trademark mandala loving Tracy Scott style by using geometric repeats in the cards.  Often, I cut the flowers in half to achieve this effect.

I was craving a little white contrast for these pieces and thought a bit of text would be just the trick, so I grabbed Eclectica³ stamp set 54 by Sara Naumann (ESN54), which had some great jumbo text that worked beautifully with the butterfly theme.  I used off white embossing powder for this, which finished my cards and bookmark nicely.

I had one large piece of gel printed paper left and several of my fussy cut images, so I pulled out my floral journal.  I've shared numerous projects over the years on my blog with Tracy Scott and Jofy stamp in this journal.  I thought adding another from this project would be a great way to remember these fun projects and color palette.

The spiral journal is filled with watercolor paper, so I was able to use the Infusions in A Bit Jaded to add some color on each side of the page, then I tore the edges of my gel print and glued it down the middle.  I used some leftover stamped flowers from set TS105 as leaves for the focal flower and a smaller gel printed tag, which hadn't found its way into my projects.   

In the end, what a collection of projects!  I hope they've inspired you today!  I had such fun and have enjoyed sharing with you.  xx, Autumn

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Brighten your Life with LPC {by Etsuko Noguchi}

It's Etsuko here with you today, and for those of us who love vivid colour combinations, the addition of Frida Kahlo to Lynne Perrella's collection is a delight to play with. Let me show you some ideas I have had with infusions boosting the depth of Mattints, along with tissue paper and stamps to make an arch Shaped booklet. 

The stamp set I've chosen this time is the Frida Kahlo collection -- Lynne Perrella stamp set 76, 77 and 78 (LPC076, LPC077 and LPC078)

Colours selected:

Mattints: Mojito, Greenstone, Dragonfly, Bellflower, The Pink, High Viz and Glow.

Infusions: Golden Sands, Are You Cerise, Orange County, Violet Storms, A Bit Jaded and Green Man.

PaperArtsy fresco Finish Paints: Cerulean, Electric Violet, London Bus, Smoked Paprika, Tangerine Twist, Green Patina.

The first thing that came to mind was Frida's vivid use of colour and her motifs inspired by nature. Thus I began to develop vivid rainbow-coloured combinations. Mattints as one layer are a pale colour, so I added Infusions in the same colour family to give it a little more depth. I painted on the SCA4H Smoothy cardstock.

Afterwards, I cut each colour into long narrow strips arranged them to form a rainbow pattern, affixed Frida's image, masked off the birds around it, stamped using Ranger Archival Watering Can, and layered them.

The other way I torn and collaged PaperArtsy Printed tissue (PT12) coated with Mattints.

The background created using Mattints and Infusions was cut into pieces of any size to form the pieces to be made. This is one of these pieces, the LPC078 image was embossed using VersaFine Clair - Nocturne ink and Ranger Embossing Powder - Black, then coloured over with oil-based coloured pencils. The white patterned sections on the sides were embossed with white powder using the PaperArtsy Stencil by Lynne Perrella (PS481).

This was also created using the same method as above, with image LPC076, and the red thorn tree on the side stenciled using PS480.

I cut out the doodled flowers and stuck them on.

Now, I shall stamp each image of Frida onto the PT10 blank tissue paper using VersaFine Clair - Nocturne, then emboss it with Ranger Embossing Powder - Black.

Once the embossing has cooled, you can colour the reverse side with oil-based coloured pencils. Then apply Snowflake to the entire reverse surface, except for the areas where you wish the background colour to show through. For areas requiring vivid colour, colour the front surface as well.

Afterwards, I used Mod Podge to affix the image to the background. PaperArtsy Fresco Finish - Satin Glaze is also good for this step. The stamped images then melt into the background.

I combined each image with its background, applied a little technique, and completed the layers.

This is now approaching the finishing stage. Yes, I wanted to incorporate Frida's image into the shrine, so I made it into a shrine-shaped booklet. Also I felt a slightly different pattern was needed for the right-hand page and the left, so I used a stamp image on the right and a stencil on the left. Starting from the right-hand page.

I created a shrine frame to divide the image into six colours on the SCA4H. Here, to achieve depth in the colours, I used PaperArtsy Fresco Finish Chalk Acrylic - London Bus, Firebird, Tangerine Twist, Green Patina, Cerulean and Electric Violet.

A single sheet of paper for the frame lacked sufficient thickness, so I added cardboard

underneath, however, the wavy pattern in the cross-section was slightly noticeable.

From here, I proceed to creating the left-hand page. I make the shrine frame with Green Man,

Greenstone and Mojito using PaperArsty Brayer, and cut for the shrine frame.

As the background I made previously was insufficient, I collaged the left-hand page background using a slightly paler colour, following the same method as before.

I used sanding blocks to remove the excess tissue paper.

For the images, I used Ranger Archival in Watering Can and Jet Black on the PS480, PS481 and PS482 stencils.

I stenciled PS480 onto tissue paper background, cut out the LPC076 bird, and affixed it to create the left-hand page.

This is the completed Shrine Booklet as seen from above.

Then allow me to begin by introducing the first page. My beloved LPC077 Frida's image  would make a splendid cover. Three doodle flowers I have been decorated.

As indicated earlier the left page has a muted colour scheme whilst the right page has been finished in vivid tones. On the right page, I have added the LPC077 bird to Frida.

Next is the red page; I added the LPC076 hand to PS481. On the right-hand page, I trimmed the floral section slightly to ensure it fits within the frame.

It fitted perfectly without much fuss, so lovely.

On the right-hand page side, I stenciled a diluted image of a London Bus against a PS480 thorn tree background, while on the left I affixed an LPC077 image.

The final page was decorated in rainbow colours.

Back cover LPC078 profile as a single point.

While working on the design, upon seeing the LPC078 border pattern, I thought it would be lovely to have Milagros at the shrine, so I crafted them from foil. I added a touch of colour to the print and attached them to the shrine frame. I applied a little white gesso onto foil, printed the LPC078 image using VersaFine Clair - Nocturne, and embossed it with Ranger embossing powder - Black.

Ranger Alcohol - Honey Comb, Sunshine Yellow, Haze Hut and Espresso were applied randomly using the Ranger Blending Tool.

Then I cut it using a round punches and decorated the shrine frames.

Lynne Perrella's stamps have been my treasures ever since I first met PaperArtsy. I feel truly honoured to be able to created the project using my beloved Lynne's Frida Kahlo series this time. The Frida Kahlo series is such a delight—cards, panels, journals, ATCs, and I think creating shrines from various materials is also a wonderful idea. Please create wonderful pieces using PaperArtsy products and share them via social media such as ’PaperArtsy People’. Look forward to seeing them. Thank you so much for visiting.

Etsuko xx

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