Artistic Outpost is releasing a new winter plate today. Sleigh Ride features nostalgic images of children in their coats and finery, perfect for your winter or holiday projects. It also features a versatile background stamp of glistening pine trees and holiday sentiments and collage elements. These stamps are available both as an unmounted sheet of … Read more
When I saw this week's sketch at the Res-Q Challenge blog, I knew it was the perfect way to feature the remaining playing cards I had left from this piece of Graphic 45 Halloween in Wonderland paper (love the pumpkin-headed Tweedledee & Tweedledum). This time I paired the papers with PapterTrey Ink's Terracotta cardstock, which … Read more
Another fun card made with Artistic Outpost's Neverland Collection. Wendy's image & name were stamped in Dark Brown ColorBox Chalk ink on a piece of ivory designer paper and colored with pencils. I attached the panel to the remainder of the same piece of designer paper punched with ticket corners and finished with some ribbon … Read more
I love the new trims included in the Outpost Attic Finds. This tiny pom pom trim comes in a lovely ivory that is perfect for dying. I sprayed several different purple inks and glitter mists into a plastic sandwich bag, and then dropped in my trim and moved it all around until it was completely … Read more
This week's Challenge at the Simon Says Stamp Challenge Blog is one of my favorite techniques ~ Paper Piecing. It was the perfect technique for adding color to this adorable Peter Pan & Wendy image from Artistic Outpost's Neverland Collection. It's also a great way to use up those smaller paper scraps that are too … Read more
When I saw this week's Mojo Monday Sketch, I went immediately for my inches … but then, as I was looking for papers, I got side-tracked by my Graphic 45 Halloween in Wonderland papers, and my card took an entirely different direction … and I love the end result. The playing cards & Cheshire Cat … Read more
The PaperCrafts Magazine blog is Challenging readers to use one of their Simple Sentiments for a quick & easy card design. I can't believe I never realized they had all of these fun free downloads. I used a Halloween sentiment from the September/October 2010 downloads for my card. I started by cutting it from the sentiment … Read more
I just love the fun little fairy in the new Neverland collection from Artistic Outpost … and I also love the vibrant rainbow of hand-dyed seam binding they are now selling in their Outpost Attic Finds. I colored the fairy with Prismacolor pencils and added a coat of clear glitter pen on top for an … Read more
The Memory Box Blackbird papers coordinate so well with the new Artistic Outpost Haunted Halloween stamps that these cards almost made themselves. For the first one I stamped the crow from the set to accompany the silhouette blackbird on the paper. I cut the sentiment in half (one of the best things about unmounted stamps), … Read more
I am thrilled to be Guest Designing for Artistic Outpost on their two new releases today. The first set is Neverland, which features images from the fairytale land that is home to Peter Pan. The Darling children are also featured with a lovely ATC sized collage of Wendy and a flying illustration of John and … Read more