Welcome New Design Team Members

We're thrilled to announce that we've added three new people to our design team!  Here's a bit more about each new designer...Please join me in welcoming them to the team and be sure to stop by their blogs to see their beautiful work!

Alison Bomber

 

I've done crafty bits and pieces all my life (often in the service of my mother's dollshouse hobby), but have only been papercrafting seriously since the beginning of this year; but it has become an absolute obsession.  I no longer have any choice in the matter... I have to craft! 

For my "day job", I'm a freelance Text and Voice Coach, working mainly in theatre, so I'm extremely fortunate to have two areas of work about which I'm passionate.  My craft work is frequently inspired by words - quotes and poetry, and by music - especially song lyrics, hence the title of the blog.  For me it really is about allowing the areas of creativity to collide - I hope in a useful way.

 Annette Green

 

I am a mother of one and wife [of one also], and am a graphic designer by trade now working at home as a papercrafter and teacher. I have been a Close To My Heart consultant for 6 1/2 years and I also teach mixed media classes using products from Tim Holtz and other companies like Maya Road, 7Gypsies, Prima, Graphic 45 and more. Although I have not served on a design team before, I have won numerous awards for my artwork through Close To My Heart and QuiKutz and have been published in Stampers Sampler magazine several times for my designs. I have a YouTube channel where I show techniques and tips for papercrafting. I'm a type-A personality; love to work, love to create! I blog regularly sharing my artwork, techniques, and tips.

Marjie Kemper

A good friend introduced to me to scrapbooking back in 1999, and I’ve not stopped playing with paper since. I lean toward mixed media and usually have inky or painty hands. I love stamping, art journaling, painting, 3D and altered arts, and yes… still love scrapping.  I’m all about texture, dimension, and layers, and I usually have several projects in the works at once.

A native New Yorker, I live about an hour north of New York City with my very supportive husband, Michael, and our teen and ‘tween sons, Adam and Sam.  I spend as much time as I can in my studio and enjoy participating in several online groups dedicated to paper arts.

I’ve been published in several print magazines and am a regular columnist for Unruly Paper Arts.  I blog regularly and treasure all the friendships I’ve made with paper artists throughout the world. 

It’s my pleasure to join the eclectic Paperie Design Team!

Joy Tag!

Good morning!  Sherry here today and I’ve got a Christmas tag to share with you.



A manila tag was colored with Iced Spruce and Shaded Lilac Distress Inks, using the Wrinkle-Free Distress Technique.    When the tag was dry, it was embossed using Spellbinders EL-014 Holiday Magic M-Bossabilities.  The edges were then sponged with more ink and the tag was misted with Heirloom Gold Perfect Pearls combined with water.  



All the elements of the tag were made from manila tags that had been colored with either the Wrinkle-Free Distress Technique or a gold leafing pen.  The poinsettia was die cut/embossed with Spellbinders S5-055 Layered Poinsettia from a tag colored with Festive Berries and then highlighted with Pine Needles.  The deer was die cut/embossed with Spellbinders S5-121 Frost Forms from a tag colored with Gathered Twigs.  The evergreen sprig was die cut/embossed with Spellbinders S5-120 Fall Foliage colored with Evergreen Bough.  The flourishes were die cut with Spellbinders S5-119 Venetia Motifs from a plain tag, and then colored with a gold leafing pen.

Hopefully you can tell in the picture above how the Perfect Pearls and water left gold shimmer on all the different elements.  



The word JOY was die cut/embossed with Spellbinders LF-014 Jewel Alphabet and then colored with a gold leafing pen to match the flourishes at the bottom.  The seam binding ribbon was dyed with Shaded Lilac, Iced Spruce and Evergreen Bough Distress Inks.   (Video Tutorials on Dying Seam Binding can be found at the eClassroom).

As always, if I have used product that you cannot find at eclectic Paperie, please email Kim and she will be more than happy to order the product for you.

Thanks for joining me today!



Project Supplies:

Spellbinders at eclectic Paperie	Inkssentials Surfaces #8 Manila Tags	Ranger Non-Stick Craft Sheet
Ranger Mini Misters	Inkssentials - Glossy Accents	Ranger Distress Ink - Iced Spruce
Ranger Distress Ink - Shaded Lilac	Ranger Distress Ink - Gathered Twigs	Ranger Distress Ink - Festive Berries
Ranger Distress Ink - Evergreen Bough	Distress Ink - Pine Needles	Ranger Cut N Dry Stamp Pad Foam

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Good Morning Folks

Donna-Marie posting today...yaooo hooo!

I have a video for you today demonstrating how easy and versatile

the W Plus 9 Design Studio Stamps and Dies are to use!!

I used the Love Bird Set.  I hope it gives you some inspiration :-)

 

Have a great day!!!

Home

Hi Everyone,  Micki here to share a fun art journal page I created using stamps which you may not have thought to use in a  mixed media project.

This is the first journal page I created in my altered book, so I thought it only fitting it should start out with a couple of willy wonky houses.

One thing that I absolutely love about mixed media is that anything can be used, especially scraps of left over paper. 

I started by layering scraps of papers to the book page using  Claudine Hellmuth Matte Multi Medium.

Next I grabbed my Basic Grey PB&J paper pad scraps and started cutting the different elements of the houses.  Then  I started building the houses on my page, again using multi medium to glue the pieces down.  Now at this point I should tell you, that I had completely forgotten to apply paint to the page.  As soon as I had all the house pieces glued down and stepped back, I remembered!  Using both a brush and my fingers, I colored the background with Ranger Adirondack Acrylic Paint Dabbers.  I just unscrewed the dabbers and poured a little paint onto my non-stick craft mat.

Next I took a look at the stamps in the Country Charm set from Wplus9 Design Studio and the Big Greetings set from Market Street Stamps.

Since I didn't want a "perfect" impression from the stamps, I just picked them up and randomly stamped across the page.  For the longer stamps I enlisted the help of a tool.....

This worked really well (excuse my inky fingers) because I was able to control how much of the image to stamp.  For example, on the roofs, I wanted more of the image but along the windows and doors, less.

 Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous - Classics #6 is perfect for mixed media and so is pretty much any stamp from Studio 490.  Actually, ANY stamp is perfect for mixed media.  The paint dots were made with recycled bubble wrap.  I also stamped the kite from Old Fashioned Afternoon.  All the stamps were inked with StazOn Jet Black ink.
A layer of Claudine Hellmuth Matte Multi Medium was the last step to seal the page.
And I  have to admit, I totally love this page.  Love the willy nilly shapes, the texture and definitely love using those scraps!

 I even had my granddaughters start their own little altered book and make a "Home" page - lots of fun.  So, be sure to look at the stamps you already have because any stamps will work in mixed media.  Ok, some obviously better than others :-).

And if you haven't already checked out the eP Shop, you need to check it out because I was squealing in delight to see all the new Studio 490 stamps and......(doing a happy dance) Balzer Designs stamps.  Woohoo!

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you are inspired to grab your stamps, paints and inks and get inky!

Supplies used:

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Be Kind

Hey there! Thanks for popping in to the eP blog today.   This morning as I look out the studio window, we've got snow!  Whoooot....the first snow and it is oh so very pretty! 

I've got a cute and super easy canvas for you. When I saw the Ruby Rainbow set from Dyan Reaveley I just knew it was going to be fun and it did not disappoint!  I stamped Ruby and the wings from the set on Summer Fresh designer papers from Simple Stories. 

 

Using a 5x7 canvas board, I first covered with tissue paper for a bit of texture.  The stamp on the tissue paper is from Dyan’s Basic Backgrounds.  I used Archival Ink in black.  I also added a little edge around the board with scraps from the left over designer paper.  Then used Further Around the Edge to add more interest to the border.  I’m almost out of my Glue N Seal which I still love by the way and must order more.  I toned everything down using Ranger Distress Ink in Scattered Straw and Walnut Stain with the Inkssentials Blending Tool. 

For just a bit of detail I colored Ruby’s crazy and happy hair with Distress Ink Fired Brick and her eyes with Distress Ink Weathered Wood using a water brush.  I printed out the words “be kind” on some blank book paper and added some buttons to her little coat.

Hope you like her and was inspired just a bit.  Have a great day and see you again soon!