PaperArtsy Blog Post: Topic 8 - Sprays

Hi everyone,

I'm the Guest Designer on the PaperArtsy Blog tonight.   If you make your way over there you'll find out how to make a fabulous background using sprays in three different ways ... 

...which I then cut up to make this pocket scrapbooking layout.

There was lots of the background left over ... so keep your eyes peeled on my blog for some other ideas on how to use them.   

I also started a new journaling page by blotting the sprayed stencils in my journal, and adding the leftover scraps from punching the circles in there too.   Not sure where this will be going ... but when it does, I will of course show you.

Enjoy!

Ally Pally Make & Take

Hi everyone,

I've been asked by a few people for the instructions on how to make the 4"x6" card that was the Make & Take at The Big Stamp & Scrapbooking Show at Alexandra Palace a couple of weeks ago. So here goes...

Instructions

1. Cut a piece of Smoothy card 4"x6" and stick three pieces of book text onto the card. Then use a wet-wipe to add Snowflake paint over the book text.

2. Wipe Limelight paint and then Beach Hut paint over the card with a wet-wipe (leave some white space in the top right hand corner).  As the paints are translucent, you'll get a nice watercolour effect background.

3. Stamp the scalloped borders (EEG07) onto a scrap piece of Smoothy card, and then wipe Eggplant paint over them with a wet-wipe.

(Oops ... looks like I forgot the white paint over the book text in this photo!)

4. Sponge (or make up a water spray with) Snowflake paint through the stencil (PS016).

5. Stencil the square border along the two short ends of the card using a Jet Black Archival Ink Pad and Cut’n’Dry Foam (positioning the stencil so the main bit covers the card means you won't go over the edge on your card).  Outline the square border with a white Extra Fine Sharpie pen.

6. Stamp the large scribble circle (EEG07) randomly over the card (leave some blank space, and also think about where the photo will go).

7. Cut out the scalloped borders, and stick them and the photo (2.5"x4") in place.  Add detail with the white pen to the scalloped borders.

8. Stamp your chosen words (repeat them three times), and stamp the small scribble circle if necessary to fill in any gaps.

9. Add dots with the hard end of a paintbrush dipped into the blue paint (the more paint on the end and the harder you press the bigger the dot).

10. Edge the card with the black ink pad.

(Here's the finished French sample that they made in Paris)

  

(And a close up of the English version)

These cards were made using my brand new PaperArtsy stamp set EEG07.   You can find it here.

Enjoy!

New Stamps and Ally Pally Catch Up

Hi everyone,

What a fabulous weekend we had at Ally Pally!    Thank you so much to everyone who came to the PaperArtsy/It's Crafting Time stand to watch me, Darcy and the Guest Designers demo, do a Make & Take, and of course shop!

I'm normally useless at taking photos at shows, but I did manage to get a few this time (though I apologise now for the blurry ones!) ... 

Setting up on Friday

Ready for the show to open Saturday morning

Darcy, Courtney and Emma

Lots of lovely stamps

Nina's photobomb!

One of the new art boards

 A lovely bunch doing my Make & Take

 The lovely Jo Myhill demoing

 The very talented Liz Borer

 This was my demo ... a Project Life layout

It was lovely to catch up with some #PATWITS Saturday evening too ... and boy, we needed a drink!   It was a shame we couldn't stay longer, but Courtney and I had to get back to PA HQ to trim more stamps for Sunday!

Darcy, Courtney and Me

Alison, Jo and Kirsten

And some photos from Sunday...

The fabulous Alison Bomber and Julie-Ann Lee demoing

Julie-Ann and her wonderful bird samples

  

 Darcy with some of her Make & Takers

One of my demo samples

And if you came along to the show, then you'll have already seen these ... but if not, then I have some exciting news to share ... I have two BRAND NEW PaperArtsy stamp sets!   And yes, your eyes do not deceive you, they are in French.

Leandra asked me to design them for the Version Scrap show in Paris ... they do love their pocket scrapbooking over there!   But I managed to include lots of fun elements and borders (as well as one or two easily recognisable French words).  I hope you like them ... and if you "need" them ... you can find them both here.

Stitches Trade Show

Hi everyone,

Last weekend was the craft industry's UK trade show at the NEC in Birmingham, and I was asked to go and help set up, and work on the PaperArtsy stand.

The show isn't open to the general public, but is instead a chance for manufacturers and distributors to show to retailers what they have in yummy new products.    

Of course, everyone thought they knew everything that PaperArtsy had released ... but we managed to keep a few things secret until the big day... four new JOFY stamp sets and two new Eclectica stamp sets designed by Lin Brown.

          

           

Aren't they fab?   And they're available now ... just click on the pictures.

So here are some behind the scenes photos (though I didn't take anywhere near as many as I would have liked).

The stand ... with Mark, Leandra, Darcy and Lin 

The display of my stamps and stencils

My visitors badge ... note Leandra's sense of humour when it comes to job titles!

On Monday and Tuesday I got to demo my new stamps and stencils ... each day I made a 12x12 project life type layout ... and I also made a mini album (but more of that another day)...

Monday's Demo (sorry it's in the page protector!)

Tuesday's Demo (loving the bright colours)

And I remembered to take close-ups...

4x6 Journal Card Close Up

3x4 Journal Card Close Up

3x4 Journal Card Close Up

Enjoy!

New Stamp Designs ... Projects & Ideas

Hi everyone,

Over on the PaperArtsy blog tonight it is the official release of my new stamp range!!   There is a blog post with projects and lots of ideas on how you could use the stamps.   PLUS Leandra has made a video showing them to you in the flesh!

Here are just some of the projects that me (and my fabulous helpers) have made...

(Emma Godfrey)

(Helen Chilton)

(Nina Burgess)

(Emma Humphreys)

(Keren Baker)

(Lythan Nevard)

(Lythan Nevard)

(Pam Thorburn)

(Pam Thorburn)

(Theresa Goulder)

I hope these get your creative juices going!

We will have the stamps and (hopefully) stencils at our next Crop & Shop in Upminster on 21 February ... or you can find them here.