MORE NEW PA Products {March 2016} Hot Picks, and something a bit different

Hi Everyone, Leandra here with some amazing new stamps by Mark... he has added to the {Hot Picks} Collection with some stunners...

Hot Picks always hark back to the core roots of PaperArtsy as a company, the Vintage Style we have been recognised for since 2004. Mark has his own design style, and these stamps have some of those quirky elements he always likes to add.

Here's a video introduction and some samples using these new stamps for you to check out! A huge thanks to our fabulous sample makers!

So lets take a closer look at the actual stamps...

As ever, we always have some super talented crafts who volunteer to help us work with our newest stamps. These guys, as ever, have done a fabulous job! Enjoy ~Leandra

 

First up we have Lin Brown.
Lin has always enjoyed working with Hot Picks, and I can tell she really had fun doing these! It is always so cool to see what she comes up with, and these are stunning!!

'Art' using HP1605 by Lin Brown

I love Hot Picks stamps and I'm usually drawn to the collage ones. This image has many elements, so I decided that a simple background was all that was needed to showcase this fabulous stamp. Next time I use it, I think I'll cut all the little squares out, it will be fantastic for a mosaic style project.

'Lest We Forget' using HP1606 by Lin Brown

A simple poppy speaks volumes, symbolising our fallen hero's. Poppies are one of my favourite flowers, the intense colour and shape are so beautiful. Of course this poppy does not have to be used as a symbol of remembrance, it will make a fabulous feature on any project.

Home Sweet Home using HP1601 by Lin Brown

I had so many ideas for this stamp plate, too many fabulous houses to choose from!!! For me, old doors are intriguing, makes me wonder what is hiding behind them. A masterboard background is the perfect backdrop for this feature door. You could of course make opening doors, to reveal a hidden secret! 

Fabric Collage using HP1602 by Lin Brown

As soon as I saw this set of stamps, I knew that my first project would be a fabric one, The flowers and the butterfly are great for injecting some bright colours into a more subtle background. I kind of wish I had made a padded butterfly now, embellished with beads. Never mind, I'll do that next time.

Queen of Springs using HP1604

I saved my favourite set of stamps till last. I do love stamps with numbers on and there is a great choice of number stamps in this set for making fantastic backgrounds, but I'm totally in love with this quirky character. As soon as I saw her, I knew she needed some springs for arms and legs. Actually, it's only one leg really....kind of jack-in-the-box style!! Oh my, as soon as I typed jack-in-the-box my head starting buzzing......she would be fabulous jumping out of a box on a spring.

Next it's Helen. Helen Chilton is always keen to do anything with Hot Picks, and this time it was hard to stop her! I requested bright and cheery colours, which are her go-to anyway, so she was really a very happy craft-piggie in mud on this challenge!

'Number Doll' using HP1604 by Helen Chilton

How can you not love this Art Doll image? I've put her on a number catwalk, but you could also make her out of fabric and stuff her to make her 3D. The images are bold and stamp beautifully.

 

 'Home Sweet Home' using HP1601 by Helen Chilton

I just love these Dutch style gable houses, ideal for masking and stamping row on row to fill the background. The detail is incredible. I'm planning on stamping a never ending street to go round the wall.

'Lest We Forget Arch' using HP1606 by Helen Chilton

Those big, bright and beautiful poppies tie in with the Poppy stencil ELB004. I love the poem 'In Flanders Fields' and have cut it up to go round the arch. This set also links up with HP1505.

Art in the Round using HP1605 by Helen Chilton

This set has got everything: the wonderful collaged focal image and that great collage background which is so full of detail, the words, the numbers and the doors. I've stamped it to the full in this sample and thoroughly enjoyed myself!

'Signs of Spring' using HP1602 by Helen Chilton

I've used the text and numbers to cut out extra leaves for my Spring flowers. Some really useful stamps in this set: patterns, text, numbers etc. I've stamped nearly all of them to build up my background.

'Butterfly Dreams' using HP1602 by Helen Chilton

Same stamps but a different look: the stamping is rubbed out on the darker background to give a 'ghosting' effect.

Our third contributor tonight is the beautiful Kaz Hall .

Kaz is a Vintage Queen. She has been on hiatus for a while, and I recently coaxed her out of her slumber and threw some Hot Picks her way in the hope she might make something! I've missed her not blogging dreadfully, and I for one am utterly thrilled to see her back in action. Give her some love!

'Doorway' using HP1601 by Kaz Hall

Kaz says: I adore the shabbiness of this stamp set, I couldn’t wait to get it inked up!  I love the worn look to the door, it’s perfect for new home or new beginnings card. I also want to use it for a journal page about new openings….

'If the crown fits' using HP1604 by Kaz Hall

Kaz says: This stamp set is so much fun! I really love vintage but I also like to challenge myself and to try something that I’m not used to using, this stamp gives you so many possibilities, you can stamp it out several times, cut it up and use all the different elements.

'Lost' using HP1606 by Kaz Hall

Kaz says: This stamp set is just beautiful, the poppy stamp can be adapted to be used with or without the soldiers, the words can also be stamped and cut up individually….perfect for journaling.

'Vintage Art' using HP1602 by Kaz Hall

Kaz says: There’s so many different elements to this stamp set….The butterfly is my favourite, it’s a perfect addition to create any vintage project.

Last up, we have Lauren Hatwell . I think Lauren has become recognised for her attention to detail, ability to think outside the box, an her complete versatility to work within various genres. She is very clever....take a look!

'Home Sweet Home' using HP1601/0505 by Lauren Hatwell

I know you shouldn't have favourites but sometimes you just can't help it and this is one of my favourite sets from this release. I've teamed one of the stamps from HP1605 (the row of doors) with the gorgeous row of houses from HP1601. I love the little square "home sweet home" stamp in the set. It's going to be SO useful! 

'Little Boxes' using HP1601 by Lauren Hatwell

I loved making this little box frame. A few fabulous stamped elements brought together to create a little piece of home decor heaven. 

'Butterfly' using HP1602 by Lauren Hatwell

This is an "everything you need right there on a plate" set of stamps. So many great elements to make really beautiful projects with. My particular favourites in this set are the gorgeous butterfly and those really cool Washi Tape strips. Just great!

'Expert Advice' using HP1604 by Lauren Hatwell
 

Well you just knew I would LOVE this little lady didn't you. There are so many great things you could do with her, but she looks just fine on a fairly simple background with one of those lovely large statements as a soap box to stand on. Imagine the possibilities....

Flanders Fields using HP1605/06 by Lauren Hatwell
 

The poppy is such a potent symbol of Remembrance and I love the images Mark has used in this set and HP1605. They are so beautifully drawn that they work well in black and white or in colour.

Thank you so much to these wonderful wingmen, they managed to turn these samples around for me rickety split, and I cannot believe what they did so fast! They MUST love those stamps!! 

So, it's not quite over yet!

The last surprise I have for you is that we are also releasing some substrates for you to work on.

I wanted things that could be stand alone OR perhaps used on the front of a journal cover.

We have partnered with Clare Charvill who designed these chipboard substrates specially for us. Clare is a very talented teacher, demonstrator. 

Clare is one busy lady, you may have seen her presenting on the TV for a variety of companies, but she also teachers her own retreats, and workshops regularly, often with papers like G45, but now also Fresco and she is rather partial to a JoFY stamp too!

The idea is you can make these into a niche type box to decorate as you can see, with papers, or maybe in a more mixed media way with paints and doodling, or maybe a combinations, as Clare has done here, with stamps involved too. The variations are endless!

These won't be shipping until April, but check out what you can do, for now I am showing you a couple of samples Clare made... aren't they fab! 

...OK, so we might have ONE more major thing...but that I am saving to tell you about in full after Stitches! You might want to keep your eyes tuned to Periscope over the coming few days too!

All tonight's wing-men have detailed step out's explaining how they made their samples on their own blogs tonight, so do drop by and take a look by following the links.

The stamps will start shipping to your favourite PaperArtsy stockist after March 1st, 2016, the substrates in April. As you know,  we urge you to support your local independent retailer by supporting them.

Enjoy! 

~Leandra 

MORE NEW PA Products {March 2016} Elizabeth Borer

Hi Everyone, Leandra here with some beautifully detailed new stamps from Liz Borer tonight

Liz is ever so clever when it comes to drawing flowers, and this time she doesn't disppoint. These flowers can be draped easily around frame, or to ground a collage, and the quotes are such a fabulous addition. For those of you who are colouring aficionados, you will love adding depth and shade to these designs!

Here's a video introduction of these stunning stamps. I introduce the stamps and show samples featured below! It's great to see the 3D effects on the video which you can't see in a photo so easily!

So lets take a closer look at the actual stamps

As ever, we always have some super talented crafts who volunteer to help us work with our newest stamps.  I'll hand over now to Liz who will introduce her support crew tonight, and has some of her own work with these new stamps to show you too. Enjoy ~ Leandra

Hi everyone, Elizabeth Borer here to show you my newest stamps designed for PaperArtsy.

Leandra and I discussed adding more flowers for this release, but in a way that they could be layered or turned in all directions with ease. I love quotes, and so it was hard to choose from my acquired favourites a short list for these, but we decided a larger size would prove the most handy. 

Let me introduce my wingmen who have been super, along with Lauren, who has been my tech administrator too on this occasion!
 

Tonight we start with Lesley Ebdon.  

Lesley takes a fairly clean and simple approach to her mixed media art. Her placement is always spot on and she has a keen eye for detail.

'Wild Flowers' using EEB07 by Lesley Ebdon 

As soon as I saw this gorgeous Morning Glory spray, my first thought was chintz and the lovely flowery sprays on my Grandmum's faded bedroom wallpaper when I was a little girl.   I love the addition of quotes to this new release too.....so useful!

'Nature Doesn't Hurry' using EEB08 by Lesley Ebdon

One of my favourite things to do is decorate 3D items such as boxes, picture frames, mirrors, etc., and Elizabeth's stamps are perfect for this purpose. The images are perfect for mixed media projects and they look beautiful here stamped in white and layered up.

'Morning Glory' using EEB07 by Lesley Ebdon

I wanted to show that this beautiful Morning Glory image could be kept simple if required. I chose to brayer a rough background but I still couldn't resist stamping a few single flowers and cutting them out though, lol!

'With a  Flourish' using EEB08 by Lesley Ebdon

I love the flourishes Elizabeth has included in both her new stamp sets and have a few ideas brewing to use them as a main feature on projects but I kept it in the background this time so I could use the stunning double flower stamp from EEB08 over Stampbord.

Next up we have Lauren Hatwell.

Lauren tends to be known for her quirkier side and her zany creations so I wasn't sure what she was going to come up with. I'm so pleased to see she has clearly enjoyed colouring and layering all the images to create her samples. 

'Grafitti Wall' using EEB07 by Lauren Hatwell

Oh what a lovely time I had colouring and fussy cutting these gorgeous blooms for this project. I love the way they tumble across the page. Each one is so beautifully and delicately drawn. You can't help but be entranced by them.

'Flower Girl' using EEB08 by Lauren Hatwell

I love these beautiful frilly flowers and the lovely curly flourish. They were an absolute joy to colour in and layer up. There are so many other things I want to do with these stamps. I think they'd make beautiful cards and they're perfect for journal pages. I'd like to stamp them onto a dictionary page and colour them too.

Our third contributor tonight is Julie Ann Lee.

Julie Ann is a talented mixed media artist with a highly individual style. She enjoys drawing and includes a lot of her own artwork in her designs, so I really enjoyed seeing how she used the stamps to embellish one of her faces

'Art Nouveau Greetings' using EEB08 by Julie Ann Lee

Liz's stamps have such life and movement: the flowers look as if you could just reach out and touch their velvety petals. I wanted to embrace that idea with a 3D effect and some texture. There are details of how I created these cards and hangings on my blog here. I wanted to see how these delicate little flowers would work with a master-board that echoed their fluidity in a more abstract way. It was a joy to work with such detailed and elegant designs, which I can't wait to see gracing 3D projects like decorated boxes or glass bottles and jars.

'Kraft Card' using  EEB07 by Julie Ann Lee

I enjoyed experimenting with these blooms on Kraft card and with book text. I'm really excited at the possibility of incorporating them into journals and altered books too.

Next I wanted to see how these lovely Art Nouveau style stamps would look on little MDF hearts. I couldn't resist using the flowers with a face I had drawn onto Vanilla Crackle. It would be fun to match them to stamped faces too. I was really excited to see how the flowers worked on Shrink Plastic.

'MDF Hearts' using  EEB07/08 by Julie Ann Lee

The delicate and detailed flourishes and flowers are great to team with embellishments like these little birds and roses.

So now it's time to show you what I've made with these new stamps. I've got a few step outs so you can see exactly how this all came together.

Project One: Floral Fan using stamp sets EEB07 and EEB08 by Liz Borer

For my first project I made a floral fan 

I painted the background with Nougat Fresco Finish Paint and, when dry, used low tack masking tape to add stripes using Blush and Very Berry. 

Then I stamped the flourish with Mushroom pigment ink. I used this colour because it is neutral and creates a non obtrusive background.

 

Next, I cut several wedge shaped pieces of card and used a corner punch to decorate the edges. I then stamped the flowers from EEB08 onto the card.

I stamped the flourish randomly using mushroom ink again over the wedges.I painted the background with Wintergreen mixed with Matt Glaze to make it transparent and then painted the flowers with Blush and Very Berry.  I also stamped and painted two single flowers, which I cut out. I stuck the fan pieces onto card painted with Plum and cut out around the edges to create a border .

To complete the project I attached lace onto the background and then attached the fan pieces as shown. I added some ribbon at the base of the fan and then attached the two single flowers over the ribbon. I finished the fan by sticking gold seed beads to the centres of the flowers.

Project Two: Wild Flowers using stamp sets EEB07 by Liz Borer

I painted the base with Wintergreen and then dabbed Plum, Very Berry and Blush onto the base using a wet wipe.

 

Then I stamped the flowers and swirl from EEB07 onto the background. I used masks over the images to create a curved area of flowers. To hide the background I painted Chalk onto the flowers. There is one flower in this picture that I have painted in this way.

The leaves were painted with a paler green (a mixture of Wintergreen and Vanilla) and then Wintergreen. The flowers were painted with Blush and Very Berry.

To make the smaller panel I painted some card with Nougat and then dabbed Blush and a very small amount of Very Berry over the top. Using Wintergreen I stamped the quote over the card. I liked the fact that using paint made the image rather patchy. When dry, I stamped the single flower onto the panel and painted it as before. I also stamped the word Wild onto the painted card several times and cut these out. I mounted the panel and words onto black card.

Finally, I attached the panel and words onto the base using dimensional glue.

Project Three: Parchment Flower Bouquet using stamp set  EEB08 by Liz Borer

First, I painted the background with Plum paint. Once dry, I stamped the flourish from EEB08 and embossed it with Ivory powder.

Next, I stamped and embossed several flowers from EEB08 onto parchment paper using ivory embossing powder. I then coloured the back of the paper with pencils that toned with the colour scheme. Finally I cut out the flowers.

To make the small quote panel I painted card with Nougat and rubbed a small amount of Very Berry over it. I stamped the quote and embossed with ivory powder. Then l rubbed White Fire Treasure Gold around the edges.

I stuck lace to the background as shown. Then I shaped the parchment flowers and stuck them to the base using dimensional glue to create "fluffy" flowers. To make the bouquet of three flowers, I used the double image and tucked the single flower under it. I then attached the quote to the base as shown.

It's very interesting making projects with stamps that I have designed, because I find I forget that I designed them and just enjoy creating with the images. Although l had had ideas about what I would do with these stamps, the projects took on a life of their own and did not end up the way I had planned! I find that this is part of the fun of making projects and I hope that you have had as much fun as I have.

Many thanks to my wingmen for their hard work, and thanks to Leandra and Mark for their support and advice.

Liz , see my blog here

Wow, isn't this the most exciting time of the year, so many new ideas and goodies to see. I do hope you can take some time to leave feedback for our designer and her wonderful wing-men here or on their own blogs.

All tonight's wing-men have detailed step out's explaining how they made their samples on their own blogs tonight, so do drop by and take a look by following the links

We will be sending these new stamps to retailers from March 1st, 2016. Make sure you pre-order yours with them now!

Enjoy!