Big cards and bookmarks with NEW Lynne Perrella products {by Liesbeth Fidder-de Vos}

Hi everyone, nice to be back with you again! Liesbeth here with you today.

I was so happy and surprised to try out the brand new Frida Kahlo themed PaperArtsy Lynne Perrella stamps and stencils!

When it was finished, after playing joyfully, I had three large cards (or are they journal pages, or wall hangings...? I still don't really know ;-) ) 

For each card I used one stamp set and one stencil, with the challenge of using all the stamps, and I did!

As usual I couldn't stop creating, so I also made three bookmarks, one with each stamp set.

Today I'm looking forward to sharing with you what I made.

With these wonderful Frida stamps and stencils that suit me so perfectly, I love creating in my own favourite techniques, style and colours.

This is the new Lynne Perrella release, how I love it! 

Stamps: LPC067, LPC077 and LPC078

Stencils: PS480, PS481 and PS482

There's something magical about holding new art supplies in your hands. The moment I unwrapped the fresh Frida stencils and stamps, I felt that familiar spark- an invitation to play, to experiment, to let creativity flow without rules!

I made this page with PaperArtsy stamp set LPC076 and stencil PS481. This is how I build up a page like this. The other two pages I show down below are made almost the same way.

Using the nice border of the stencil, small sponges and PaperArtsy Fresco paints Summer Sky, Lawn and Bubble Gum I painted the pattern onto the edges of a big card, at both sides.

I applied three colours of Distress ink, directly from the ink pad, onto the craft sheet, spritzed water and swiped the paper through the wet ink. I used Picked Raspberry, Twisted Citron and Mermaid Lagoon. The paints work as a resist here!

I dripped some water and dabbed it up to create nice spots. Using stencil PS481 again, and Distress ink Chipped Sapphire, I sponged the wonderful Frida on the dry surface.

Now it's time for the stamps!

 

On this card/page I used the five stamp from the stamp set PaperArtsy LPC076. First I stamped some bits and parts here and there with the Distress inks I used before.

Using Distress ink Chipped Sapphire and a finger-sponge, I sponged the side pattern from the stencil LPC076. I tried to create a kind of diagonal, and masked Frida's face to protect it. I tried to make a nice composition and I stamped the bird and women with waterproof black ink (Tsukineko StazOn Jet Black)

The finishing touches are made with white gel pen (e.g. the eyes), red and blue colour pencils and some shadowing with a charcoal pencil.

A part of the finished card and... a bookmark made with the same stamps! ( PaperArtsy LPC076) The bookmark measures 5 x 20 cm, it's very glossy paper coloured with alcohol inks, and stamped with black StazOn ink. After that I bleached the stamped images with some watered down bleach and a synthetic brush. Not everywhere...just here and there. It's finished with white gel pen and colour pencils and glued onto a blue card.

This card (or page) is made the same way, this time I used Stamp PaperArtsy LPC077 and stencil PS482. I cut out some flowers, stamped from the Frida stamps of this set onto a seperate piece of paper and coloured with Distress inks, and decorated the page with the flowers.

The bookmark is ready as well :-)

White gel pen dots into the ,water drops' will make beautiful stars!

The final card, made with PaperArtsy stamp set LPC078 and stencil PS480.

Together with the matching bookmark.

The three glossy bookmarks I made. 

How I enjoyed working with this beautiful new Lynne Perrella stamps and stencils! The theme Frida Kahlo, the lovely detailed stamps, wow! For me, creativity is at its best in these playful moments - when I don't aim for perfection but simply enjoy the process. These stamps and stencils reminded me how freeing it is to explore, to experiment, and to let inspiration grow layer by layer. 

I hope I could inspire you too! 

Liesbeth XX

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A Journal page with Lynne Perrella and Hot Picks stamps {by Mags Woodcock}

Hi everyone, nice to be back with you again. Mags here with you today.

This year on the blog, we have free reign to do a deep dive into a PaperArtsy product ranges of our choosing. For this post I have used a mash up of Hot Picks stamps and Lynne Perrella  products. I'm looking forward to sharing how I created this journal page with lots of details and texture.

I love to create with a vintage colour palette, and this page was no exception, but I wanted a colourful but subtle element too. You'll see how I used the Mattints to achieve this easily.

You can get a taste of the colours I plan to use here, mixed with my favourite grungy, vintage style.

I began by removing the page from my ring bound journal, this is very easy to do, Just snip the paper at the top between the metal rings, and the page can be removed easily. To create interest in the background of the page, I adhered some of the Printed Tissue (PT07) with Matte Glaze (FF52)

Adding a watered down layer of Fresco Finish Chalk Acrylic, Chalk (FF83) knocked back the text a little. As it turned out later I should have made the layer thinner for the text to still show through.

As you may, or may not know, I like to create sprays from The Infusions and use those in my work. It's a very simple process. In a glass jar mix some of the Infusions powder with enough water to fill a small spray bottle, keep stirring until all the powder is dissolved (the glass jar makes it easier to spot undissolved clumps) Decant the liquid into the spray bottle, and hey presto, you have an Infusions spray.

You can see here how I sprayed the Just Walnut Infusions (CS25) onto my page. Repeat applications built up a nice textured look.

I had an idea to use the grid from the recently released Hot Picks stamp set (HP2503) (available from a PaperArtsy stockist). Using Versafine Clair, Nocturne and a stamping platform made sure I got all the fine details from the stamp.

I was pleased with how the background was shaping up, but I was impatient to start adding texture and details.

 

It was now time to start using the Mini Mask (PM015) along with some Grunge Paste (GP190) which I had previously tinted with some Just Walnut Infusions. 

In fact I'll let you into a secret about how that happened. I had a pot of Grunge Paste that had been sitting out of site on my desk for quite a while. It had dried out a fair bit and I thought I would possibly have to throw it out. I hate waste, so decided to try to revive it. I gradually added small amounts of water, stirring well and working it into the paste. The paste was absorbing the water and coming back to life, wonderful! At this point my mini spray bottle of water ran out, so I swapped to using some diluted Just Walnut Infusions from my spray. The result was a nicely tinted paste with a vintage look. So a very happy accident. 

So back to our project. As you can see I positioned the Mini Mask above the stamped grid and masked off the bottom part with low tack tape. Using a palette knife I applied the Grunge Paste through the stencil onto the page, repeating a second time on the right.

I hope you can see where I'm going with this combination of stamped grid and Grunge Paste arches. I removed the centre of each square in the grid, thus creating windows.

The next step was to add some bricks to our scene. I stamped some squares from the Hot Picks stamp set, using Vintage Photo Archival Ink. Adding texture and dimension to some of the bricks was easy, a straight ended palette knife and grunge Paste did the trick.

I wanted the bricks and arches to have a grungy weathered look, so adding a small amount of black with a Stabilo All pencil and then activating with water, gave me the start of the look I wanted. The eagle eyed amongst you will have spotted that the arches had already had the grunge treatment. Sometimes I get carried away whilst creating and forget to take photos as I go along!

The next step to the grunge was to add some diluted Just Walnut Infusions, letting it settle into the texture. 

It was now time to move on to the image in the window.

I wanted a blend of subtle colours for the image and background, so I used a brayer to apply random areas of Mattints onto 240gsm Smoothy card (SCA4). I chose Squeezed (MT06), Dragonfly (MT07), The Pink (MT08) and Ladybug (MT12, available from a PaperArtsy stockist) for the Mattints.

Using a stamping platform and Versafine Ink made getting a crisp image of the Chatelaine from the Lynne Perrella stamp set (LPC063) easier, on the slightly textured background created by the Mattints.

After measuring the card to fit behind my newly created windows, I stamped more images onto the spare background card. These will be added to the scene within the window.

As you can see in this picture, I extended our figures shoulders to the bottom of the panel. It was at this point that I decided I wanted to tone down the background around the figure. I used a brush and a wash of Just walnut around her, but left her looking brighter.

As you see here, I stamped some stars from the Hot Picks stamp set and added those along with the additional details to our window scene. A little bit of additional shading around the masonry with a soft pencil and our page was complete.

I am very happy how my journal page turned out, I especially love the textured masonry and will be playing with that technique again I'm sure. I do wonder about the story behind our mystery Chatelaine in the window, is she happy, or sad, I'll let you decide.

Adding the stars across the page carried the colour through the composition.

Adding little details cut from the other stamps in the set.

The detail and texture on the Grunge Paste arches is lovely.

I can imagine a whole wall of these textured weathered bricks.

Adding a touch of Dragonfly Mattint to her cheeks made her face the focal point in the window.

I love how the Chatelaine seems to glow, as if in a brightly lit ballroom in the chateaux, looking out into a dreary world outside. There are many stamped images that would work well combined with the window. At one point I considered using several smaller images, each one in a square. In the end I am happy I chose just one, I feel it has more impact.

I hope you enjoyed seeing how I created my journal page and find inspiration from this blog post.

Happy crafting......... Mags x

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