New Awesome Stamps from PaperArtsy

This is a bit of an epic blog post, so if you have time, have a cuppa and a sandwich to hand!

PaperArtsy have been very busy lately making new stamps for their launch at Birmingham's Hobby + Stitch show this weekend.

I'm super excited to show you a sneaky peek of their awesome new stamps which are so versatile and perfect for art journaling as well as lots of other crafty projects.

This stamp set comes under the new EclecTica³ line. This line of stamps has different stamp sets done by different guest designers. The guest designer's stamps I've used here is the hugely talented Sara Naumann and boy are they great! Right up my street for sure.

I couldn't believe my luck when Leandra sent me the whole set, I did a little dance (lying, huge dance!), and got to work straight away!  However I only had a few hours to make as many projects as I could and send them back to PaperArtsy HQ to be taken to Birmingham this weekend.

So here are my 4 projects I made below. The first is a painty journal page.

Project No. 1 A Painty Journal page, "Art Journal = Journey"

The background is all PaperArtsy Fresco Finish chalky acrylic paints (perfect for stamping on.). They are: Honey Dew, Beach Hut, South Pacific, Inky Pool, Snowflake & Little Black Dress.

The stamp sets I have used on this project are ESN01, ESN02, ESN03, ESN04, ESN06, ESN08 (sorry no links yet, but they will be available soon on the PaperArtsy website) and Ink and the Dog, Man of Numbers Plate 1.

I used Ranger's Big n Juicy Happy Birthday ink pad on the "art journal = journey" words and Archival black ink on the "anything is possible" stamp. I used Broken China Distress Ink for the numbers from the Ink and the dog stamp set, and I used gold distress stain on the graph lines.

 

I edged the whole page with Black Soot DI and finished it off with black paint on the very edge. 

The dark black lines around the words are achieved by using a water soluble black pencil and a water pen. I love the way the lines cross over each other at the end of the words.

Project No. 2 A Painty Tag, "Play + Experiment"

Again the background is all Fresco Finish acrylic paints, Beach Hut, Inky Pool, South Pacific, Smoked Paprika, Snowflake & Little Black Dress.

The stamp sets I have used on this project are ESN02, ESN04, ESN05, ESN07, ESN08. Also used the paint splat stamp MIN 57 and the crowded circles stamp MIN 41. Love all those MINI stamp sets, cheap as chips and great designs.

I've used black Archival Ink (words & paint splats), gold Distress Stain (text stamp) and Big n Juicy, Happy Birthday ink pad (crowded circles and the film strip stamp). I think I'm addicted to the Big n Juicy ink pads, but they've gone and discontinued them! Typical. I only have the two ink pads too, but I'd love to find the other ones!

Project No. 3 Inky Journal Page, "story time = adventure"

For the background of this journal page I used Dylusions inks, London Blue and Vibrant Turquoise. I just love those bright colours! As you know I'm all about the layers, I love that feeling that the depth of layers always gives you, it's that sense of what's on top of what and what came first. It makes it much more interesting to look at. 

The stamps I used for this project are ESN02, ESN03, ESN05, ESN08 and Hot Picks HPXT01EZ (lines stamp), Hot Picks HP1004EZ (birdcage stamp). 

I've used 2 Crafter's Workshop stencils here, they are: Pointed Circles & Circle Grid. I used the Fresco Finish paints through the stencils.  I used Pea Coat (opaque) and Inky Pool (translucent), love the translucent pointy circles!
I used Mustard Seed DI for the text stamp. and brushed over Very Berry Fresco Finish paint, here and there, over the top of the page when I was finished.

The words are coloured with Dylusions inks in water pens, I used Bubblegum Pink, Sunset Orange, and Pure Sunshine and blended them into each other. They look so vibrant, I love the contrast between the the cool blue's and the hot pink & yellow colours! I edged the journal page with black ink and paint again.

Project No. 4 An inky Tag, "The reason is simple, the reason is Art"

The background is Bubblegum Pink and Sunset Orange Dylusions ink. I love that hit of colour, it's so much more vibrant with the naked eye, the photo's never really give you that sense of the rich colour on here.

The stamps I used for this tag are all the new ones ESN01, ESN04, ESN07, and I whipped out the sewing machine for this one. I love leaving the straggly ends of the threads! (Kate Crane started me off appreciating this little messy tip!)

Wow, well that concludes the epicness of this humongous blog post today, I hope you have survived without  having to read stamp catalogue numbers overload!??

I've been so lucky to have a play with these stamps before they have gone on sale and I can safely say I'll be using these stamps forever because I love them so much! Thank you Leandra and Sara Naumann for making these brilliant stamps. I'm positive you're going to see many more of these stamps appearing in my projects in the future.

It's a fantastically sunny Saturday and I hope you all have a wonderful weekend.

Michelle x