2020 #2 A Hint of Spring: Spring has returned with EGL {by Josefine Fouarge}

2020 Topic 2: A Hint of Spring

This is a fresh, cheerful colour combination, that touch of coral is a delight against the blues, and that background is divine! Check out her video in the post to really get to grips with how she creates such wonderful creations!~ Leandra

Hi everyone, Josefine here and I'm so excited to be back. 

How did the first month of 2020 go for you? I hope it started out great! I definitely had some fun playing with some of the new stamps and paints from PaperArtsy. The "Spring" topic was great for playing with two of Seth's new paints, as well as Gwen's new stamp set EGL06. When I first saw her set, I had to think of flowers. Why? You'll hear more about that during my video (see below :) ).

Gwen's new stamps set EGL06 has so many fun patterns and shapes that it easy to use them for backgrounds, but also for focal points. 

For my tag, I used the circles as background patterns, to embellish the petals of the flowers, and to create the stem of the flower. 

Since I was creating a project for the "Spring" topic, I picked a few softer colors. 

I started with two of the new Seth Apter Fresco Finish colors - Blue Bayou (FF206) and Heavy Cream (FF203) - as well as Summer Sky (FF150) for the background. Then I added Mustard Pickle (FF148), Peachy Keen (FF157), and Peach Nectar (FF144) for the flowers.

In addition, I used Allison Bomber's EAB06 set, which includes a variety of Spring poems, to add a sentiment at the end. 

Here is a video that shows you how I put everything together:

Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope you enjoyed my tag and the process video and got a bit into the spring mood. Now I'm curious - what would a spring project look like for you? 
If you want to see more spring inspiration, check out the other posts on the PaperArtsy blog - existing and upcoming - and leave all the amazing designers some love.

See you again soon, Josefine.

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2019 #15 Coral: Vintage Art Journal Page with Scrapcosy {by Josefine Fouarge}

2019 Topic 15: Coral

I love this spread that Josefine has created in her journal. The mix of paints and infusions, the texture through the stencil catching the products, the use of white space and the soft coral touches. It's perfect! ~ Leandra

Hi everyone, it's Josefine and I haven't created anything "messy" in way too long. So, I'm excited to be back on the PaperArtsy blog and share my latest art journal page with you.

Coral shades are my favorite. I love the vibrancy they add to any project. For this art journal page, I wanted to focus on Scottish Salmon and Peachy Keen, highlight these new, gorgeous colors and keep the rest in a more monochrome look. 

When I work in my art journal, I tend to loose myself. Since this is what art is all about, I recorded my process, so it's easier to follow me while I worked through this page.

For the background I used Fresco Finish paints in Mud Splat (FF61), Stone (FF59), Eggshell (FF138)

Infusions in Golden Sands(CS05) and Black Knight (CS12)

  

The coral shades are Peachy Keen (FF157) and Scottish Salmon (FF158).

and the Scrapcosy stencil PS134

 

 

I love how the ship from the ESC11 set stands out on the page...

But at the same time merges with the vintage/ sepia background. As if the coral colors are made for vintage layouts.

The new Alison Bomber stamp set EAB12 fits perfectly with the sea themed Scrapcosy stamps. 

This specific sentiment needed to stand out. 

On a side note, please don't forget to clean your red rubber stamps immediately after you used them with paint. Once the paint dried, it's tough to get them clean.

I hope you enjoyed my art journal page and want to try out the new stamps and paints as well. Thanks for stopping by!

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2019 #3 Mail Art: Spring Mail with ESN {by Josefine Fouarge}

2019 Topic 3: Mail Art

I love the simplicity of this, and we have a happy accident in the mix too! Josefine has also made a video for you, so check it out! And subscribe to her channel! ~ Leandra

Hi everyone,

Josefine here. I love to try new things, new techniques and even new art styles. I haven't tried mail art before, always admired others from afar though. So, this was a great opportunity to jump in and test it myself. And I have to say, it's so much fun!

I used Sara Naumann's new stamp set ESN34 (See stockists here) and mixed it with a stencil from Darcy (PS103). 

I tried to keep it simple, so I only used a few paints - Peach Nectar and Lemon Meringue for the birds and Taupe and Mud Splat for the tree trunk.

I created two envelopes. One was meant to be and the other happened by accident. I used it as a clean up area but at the end, it turned out really nice. You can see all the details in my video:

It's fascinating how the accidents sometimes become the preferred project. Don't get me wrong, I love both, but that grungy bird has something special.

When was the last time you tried something new? If you've never used an envelope as your canvas, I highly encourage you to do so. It's super interesting to work with the different size and paper. Plus, now your postman/ postwoman has something to look forward too when you send it out.

Thanks so much for stopping by. 

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NEW: Alison Bomber {by Josefine Fourage}

February 2019 New Products

Eclectica³ Collection {Alison Bomber}

As you are probably aware, Alison announced her new stamps yesterday her on the blog, today Josefine is here to share some ideas with you, but first let's take a quick second look at the new stamps. All are available now from PaperArtsy retailers. See Alison's announcement for stockist details.

Josefine has created a tag showing perfectly how little words can make a big impact and creates a sumptuous background of Infusions and Frescos.

Hi everyone, it's Josefine and I'm super excited to share this "Love Poem" tag with you. I used Alison's new set "The Love Edition" and picked the short poem from Kahlil Gibran for my focal point.

Because the theme is love related, I decided to go with more pink, red and peach colors for the entire piece.

This is a rather layered project, full of Infusions, Fresco Finish paints, texture and splatters. In order to show you how everything came together, I thought that a video might be better. This way you can follow along and see all the details.

For the background I used a mix of Infusions: Golden Sand (CS05), Sunset Beach (CS07), Raspberry (CS24), Are you Cerise (CS08), Fresco Finish paints: Peach Nectar (FF144), Prawn (FF98) and Snowflake (FF15); and to add texture, I used Grunge Paste.

Go take a look at all the new stamps from Alison Bomber. The sentiments she selected are so much fun and don't they just get your ideas going? 

Thanks so much for stopping by.

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2019 #1 Mustard: with Cerise and ESA {by Josefine Fouarge}

2019 Topic 1: Mustard

Josefine's project tonight is a brilliant example of how leftover paint and some clever outlining can transfom an art journal page using stencils and brayers. Stockist info for all the new 2019 products are available here. 

Hi everyone, Josefine here and today's art journal page is very colorful. I decided to pair the Fresco Finish paint Mustard with Cerise as well as with one of the latest Seth Apter stamps, a stencil by Darcy and some other Fresco Finish paints.

I'm really into bright colours lately and love all the variety of colours that the Fresco Finish paints come in. They just make everything 'happy'. So, I started with one of my clean up pages and ended with this magical wonderland.

This is what the page looked like at the beginning. It's a clean up from a mono printing project where I used Fresco Finish paints in Mustard Pickle (FF148), London Bus (FF37), Vintage Lace (FF18) and Mermaid (FF44) for a tag. As a first step, I added Cerise (FF136) and more Mustard Pickle using a brayer. Of course,that makes orange! Using primary colours to make others is always fun and easy with a brayer!

Then I stamped a variety of circles and postage stamps from Seth Apter's set ESA07 and Scrapcosy's set ESC16.

To pull everything together, I used Fresco Finish paint in Snowflake (FF15) and Vintage Lace and brayered those two colors all over the page.

Once I was done with the background I grabbed the PS104 stencil and added the mushrooms to the page. I used Mustard Pickle as the base and blended a little bit of Cerise to the heads of the mushrooms.

Then I added more Mermaid around the mushrooms and outlined them with a black fine liner.

After adding the birds from the same stencil and a short sentiment, I also added a few circles from Seth Apter's latest stamp set ESA12. They had to fit to the page, so I used again Mustard Pickle and Cerise, created an ombre effect on my craft mat and used that as the ink pad for the different circles from that set.

Finally, I added a few white outlines and some more scribbles to highlight a few of the areas.

At the end the page had something magical, even with the more mechanical looking images from Seth's set. Color can really change how we perceive certain things and it's so much fun to experiment with that.

What fairy tale project are you going to create next? 

Thanks so much for stopping by! Don't forget to come back often as there are so many great projects, sneak peeks and stamp reveals waiting for you.

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Stockist info can be found here from the recent Seth Apter new product announcement