Four New Artistic Outpost Releases

Artistic Outpos is releasing four … yes, you heard that right … four fabulous new sets.  And for a limited time, if you buy all four & use keyword GATSBY at checkout, you'll get 15% off all four sets.  

All of the new stamp sets are available both as unmounted red rubber sheets for $14.00 or pre-cut and mounted on EZMount cling foam for $22.99 (I'm totally sold on the cling foam sets … love having the images on a clear piece of plastic & love the perfect detail cut-out of the images.

First up is Gatsby which features Artistic Outpost's version of the main characters from The Great Gatsby in photograph style with deco backgrounds.

I love those great masculine images that are perfect for those harder-to-make masculine cards.  For this one I paired him with Graphic45 Streampunk Debutante Papers.  I finished with a several wraps of brown twine.  This card is also perfect for the Monochromatic Challenge at Catch the Bug.

Next up is Flapper Fashions, a wonderful collection of "flappers" and sentiments.  You will find the size of these dames are PERFECT for card making and mixed media projects.  

For this card I paired my classy lady with papers from Graphic45's Curtain Call Collection (a match made in heaven with this set, if I do say so myself).  I dressed her in beautiful teal from head-to-toe with colored pencils.

One of my favorite things about Artistic Outpost is how fun it is to combine images and sentiments from the different sets.  For this one, I used a sentiment from Song Birds, which fit perfectly with Jazz Music theme of my design.  This card is also for the Make Your Own Holiday Challenge at Card Ideas from the Heart … my holiday is Song In Your Heart Day … wouldn't we all be better if we celebrated that?

The next set, Windows & Doors features some beautiful background and focal images that coordinate wonderfully with many other Artistic Outpost images.

I stamped my window in a frame on a piece of 12" Basic Grey Periphery paper.  Then I repeatedly stamped the sentiment along the right side in various shades of blues and greys by stamping and inking again alternating between navy & charcoal to get various combinations of color intensity.  

I finished with a bit of red colored pencil on the flower boxes under the window and a gorgeous wrap of hand-dyed seam binding from Artistic Outpost's Attic Finds,  Since I wanted a smoother look for my ribbon, I pressed it between a slightly warm hair flattening iron … works like a charm … I absolutely love the subtle color variation in the beautiful blue dye.

The final set is another book-themed design … Huck Finn is a collection of collage and illustration images featuring Huck, paddle boats, and that friend of his Tom Sawyer.  

I stamped the steamboat on the left side of my card (after stamping off once) to give it sort of a dreamy-in-the-fog look.  I created a log raft by rolling some craft cardstock and stamped it using parts of the boat to give it a wood-grain effect.  This card is also for the Book Club Challenge at Daring Cardmakers.

Huck and his dog were stamped separately on white cardstock, colored, and cut out with scissors and a craft knife to place them on the boat using foam tape for dimension.  Finally, the great sentiment was stamped on a  scrap of the background paper.  The design was finished with lots of sponging with Distress Inks.  

Remember, for a limited time, if you buy all four sets & use keyword GATSBY at checkout, you'll get 15% off the sets.  Make sure you skip on over to the blogs of the other Artistc Outpost Design Team members to see lots more amazing creations using these new stamps.

• Gerrie Johnnic
• Lisa Somerville
• Judy Hayes
• Lynn Stevens
• Barbara Washington
• Connie Paxman
• Suzanne Czosek
• Louise Granlund

You can also check out the Flickr Gallery to see all of the great creations for these releases.