Witches Brew

This was a Double Dare.

More information on my blog if you want to know how this came about. teeheeheee.

I used the Vintage Halloween images on my tag.

Designed By Lynn Stevens

Halloween in Wonderland

When I saw the new Graphic 45 Halloween in Wonderland papers, I knew they would be lots of fun to combine with the Wonderland Collage images. I used Laura's Sketch from 2 Sketches for You for my layout.

I decided to dress my White Queen in her own Halloween costume by paper piecing her robe with the heart design paper from the collection. I also paper pieced the crown, as well as Alice's dress, apron & socks. I finished my design with Prismacolor colored pencils, glitter pens, and a white opaque pen.

The cute little rabbit embellishment is cut from another designer paper in the Graphic 45 collection.

Guest Designer ~ Stephanie Severin

If the Crown Fits - Wonderland Collage

Here is a card showcasing the Wonderland Collage stamp plate.  I used a variance of techniques from Technique Junkies newsletter Bingo Blast and the images were cut out and mounted on a piece I did using Technicolor Dye Ink Method.  The background behind the ornate frame is embossed Metal using Tim Holtz Texture Fades folder and applying Alcohol inks.  After the metal is heat set I applying a light sanding.
Other embellisments:
Prima Flowers, Hiedi Swapp Glass Bird and Sizzix Big Die Cut Frame.

Thanks for stopping by Artistic Outpost blog
connie paxman

Miles to Go

It's never too early to start thinking about holiday cards, and I think the Snowy Woods plate of stamps are some of the most gorgeous images in my collection. I used the sketch from this week's Critter Sketch Challenge to celebrate Christmas in July.

The image is stamped in Maroon Chalk ink on Basic Grey Fresh Snow paper & combined with Basic Grey Eskimos kisses paper for the mat and background.. I added some faux stitching and a few vellum snowflakes to finish the design.

Guest Designer ~ Stephanie Severin

Keeper

Keeper was one of those sheets that I didn't know I needed until I saw someone else post a card using the set. It is really a cool set with so many versatile images. This young man looks so proud holding up his catch. The main image is colored with Creative Inspirations paints.
This card used the Top Latch technique from Technique Junkies. The red strip serves as a latch to keep the card closed.
Barbara Washington--Guest Designer

Joyeux Noel

Hi, Lisa here and I've created a Christmas card to share with you today!  With all this warm summer weather, I'm sure the last thing on your mind is creating Christmas cards - but it is after all Christmas in July! 

The vintage Santa and sentiment are from the Artistic Outpost Snowy Woods Plate - one of my favorite images to use for my Christmas creations.  The image is stamped in Black Archival on Vanilla card stock, I used the Spritz 'N Flick Technique to add a bit of an aged look to my image.  then came back in with Fired Brick Red, adding it to Santa's hat and coat.

Designer - Lisa Somerville

Butterfly Buddha

My card for this week's Splitcoast Stampers Inspiration Challenge features stamps from three Artistic Outpost Plates ~ Thai Buddha, Happiness, and A Lovely Day. I love how the different Artistic Outpost sets work together.

My card was inspired by Peace in the Garden Wood Mask from Novica. I was inspired by the combination of butterflies with the peaceful Buddha face. I also used this week's Sweet Sunday Sketch.

Guest Designer ~ Stephanie Severin

Seeds of Friendship

Images from Bloom and Grow

Designer - Lisa Somerville

Rabbits Garden

Images from the Country Life plate. Designed by Lynn Stevens

Lovely Day

These images from A Lovely Day are stamped on mulberry paper which has been colored with Adirondack raspberry and pool dye inks and alcohol. The flowers in the basket were stamped and embossed with detail white embossing powder.
Barbara Washington  Guest Designer

Last Call - Play Date Cafe Challenge sponsored by Artistic Outpost

It's not too late to enter this weeks Play Date Cafe color challenge sponsored by Artistic Outpost!  Use your Artistic Outpost Stamps and you can enter in the AO Monthly Referral program for another chance to win!  Grab your stamps an play along for your chance to win a Gift Certificate from Artistic Outpost.

Here are some of the entries at the Cafe that use Artistic Outpost Images

created by Mona Pendelton using Bloom and Grow

created by Jean Franks Beck using Blue Bird and Birds of a Feather

created by Kersten using Bluebird

created by Terry using Wonderland Collage

created by Karen McAlpine using Birds of a Feather

Country Life

Stamps:  Country Life

Guest Designer:  Toni Tessler

Bloom and Grow

Planting seeds of happiness! hugz, Gerrie

Keep Growing

A little masking to add the Roosters to the Farm from Country Life, the frame is the Seed Packet from Bloom and Grow.

Designer - Lisa Somerville

Vintage Wonderland Collage

Don't forget that Artistic Outpost is this weeks Sponsor at The Play Date Cafe for color challenge #38, play along and you could win a $14 gift certificate towards Artistic Outpost stamps.  See this blog post for more details on the Challenge. 

I created another card using this weeks PDCC colors and the Rabbit Collage image from Wonderland Collage to create this wonderful vintage card.  The image is stamped in Black Archival on Watercolor paper, the background colors are created using the Antique Glimmer Technique, coloring was added with various Distress Inks.

Designer - Lisa Somerville

Happiness

Hello to Artistic Outpost readers.  My name is Connie Paxman and I am very excited to be asked as a guest Designer and showcase these wonderful stamps. 
The stamped images are from the stamp plate Happiness.   I did the background by applying a method I learned from Technique Junkies Newsletter called Pointillisim.  The border piece with the checkered squares is embossed metal which I sanded after applying alcohol inks  .  The bling flower is from Basic Grey.

thanks for visiting Artistic Outpost
Connie Paxman

Somewhere Beyond the Sea

Images - Beyond the Sea

Designer - Lisa Somerville

Fresh Strawberries

Don't they look good enough to eat! hugz, Gerrie

Timeless Wonderland

This White Rabbit Collage from the Wonderland Collage plate is one of my favorites. I used a brad and bent out he prongs for the hands for my clock. I used pink nail polish to color the flower and blended pencils on the rest. I tucked the stamped clock from the set at the bottom left before adding a Zva Creative Pearl Flourish. Papers are Basic Grey and sketch is CPS

Stephanie Severin ~ Guest Designer

Artistic Outpost Sponsors The Play Date Cafe

This week, Artistic Outpost is excited to be sponsoring Challenge #38 at The Play Date Cafe!  Not familiar with The Play Date Cafe?  They are a weekly color challenge blog with a unique perspective, from their color 'stories' to their international design team.  Not only will you find  first-class designers in The Cafe, but also in a variety of current publications.   The PDCC  features 'invitation-only' Private Blend Designers along with weekly Celebrity Guests.  The Play Date Cafe is a fun and fabulous place to meet and play.  

The Artistic Outpost Design Team members are playing along with this weeks color story at The Play Date Cafe, grab your stamps, paper and ink and play along!  The winner of this weeks Play Date Cafe Challenge will win a $14 Artistic Outpost Gift Certificate - for details on how to enter the Play Date Cafe Challenge sponsored by Artistic Outpost - click here.   If you use Artistic Outpost images along with this weeks challenge, be sure to link them into the July Monthly Referral Contest for another chance to win a Gift Certificate!  Note - all entries for the Play Date Cafe must be linked on the PDCC Blog by 11:59PM EST, by Tuesday, July 20th, for your chance to win. Please do not link your entries here - any links left on this post for the challenge will be removed.

Here's what the Artistic Outpost Design Team created using the wonderful Play Date Cafe Colors

Lisa Somerville - using Serenity

Gerrie Johnnic - using Fortune Teller

Connie Paxman - using Wonderland Collage

Stephanie Severin - using Keeper and Thai Buddha (sentiment)

Lynn Stevens - using Birds of a Feather

Shelly Hickox - using Paris Exposition

Barbara Washington - using Bloom and Grow/Country Life 

The Play Date Cafe Designers are also using Artistic Outpost images this week, be sure to stop by and see what they've created, and play along on their blog for a chance to win!  You can also follow the PDCC on Facebook.

Customer and AO Family Member - Linda Sharp - Artwork Share

Just had to share these lovely cards created by my mother-in-law, Linda Sharp.  She actually got me hooked on stamping almost 11 years ago....and without that I would have never met all of you. Thanks, Nana...
Happy Stamping,
Robyn

Sunset by the Sea

Images - Beyond the Sea
Designer  - Lisa Somerville

Send in the Clowns

Ah yes, "Send in the Clowns"...what's not to love about this ' full of life '  stamp collection. 

The background on my card is a method from Technique Junkies Newsletter called "Pointillisim".  The diecut, is from Tim Holtz Alterations Sizzix Collection, called Flourish. I adhered Gold Flakes to this diecut.  The bling flower is from Basic Grey.

thanks for stopping by

connie paxman - Guest Designer

A Lovely Day

Using the Marker Watercoloring Technique and the color Challenge at the PDCC, I created the following card using stamps from A Lovely Day.

The background panels are embossed with Texture Fades Folders.

Designer - Lisa Somerville

Country Life

Stamps:  Country Life

Guest Designer:  Toni Tessler

Flowers for You

Stamps from Bloom and Grow, the flower are popped up on dimensionals.  I used the Bugs (Country Life) to add some dimension to the background paper.

Designer - Lisa Somerville

Steampunk

I was in a crazy mood when I worked on this card. I got out my Artistic Outpost Steampunk stamps and my Creative Inspirations paints and just had fun.  The guy in the sky has blue eyes and highlighting his glasses, I used oval, clear fragments. It gives him a fun look.
Barbara Washington--Guest Designer

Science Rocks

This card using my beloved Geek is Chic set was inspired by a vintage science beaker from the Etsy Inspired Challenge store Octavia & Brown using this week's CPS Sketch.

I stamped the image from Artistic Outpost's Geek is Chic on a piece of Basic Grey Obscure DP and used blue paper from Basic Grey's Marrekech for my 4 1/4" square card base. One of my all-time favorite sentiments was stamped on a scrap of green DP and punched with a square punch.

Stephanie Severin ~ Guest Designer

Seeds of Friendship

All images are from the Bloom and Grow collection.

Designer: Shelly Hickox

Country Roads

Just a little fun...The Roosters from Country Life fit nicely in the Truck from the Home plate.

Designer Lisa Somerville

Steampunk Train cigar box

I had some fun playing with the Steampunk images and an old cigar box I had.
The pictures a little dark but you get the idea.

Designed by Lynn Stevens

Get Your Kicks ...

As soon as I saw this great license plate paper in the Tim Holtz Lost and Found Paper Stack, I knew it would go perfectly with the Artistic Outpost Route 66 images. Route 66 actually went through the town I grew up in, so it holds a special place in my heart. The building in this image sort of reminds me of the old Boots Motel and Drive-in.

The sketch is this week's Unscripted Sketch. I stamped the map image multiple times on the circle and sponged Distress Inks on my main image panel & Route 66 sign to grunge up the whiteness of my designer paper.

Stephanie Severin ~ Guest Designer

Artistic Outpost Welcomes Three Guest Designers

Artistic Outpost is thrilled to welcome three Guest Designers, who will be sharing their artwork with you

Please welcome:

Stephanie Severin
Barbara Washington
Connie Paxman

We're thrilled to have these ladies join us!

Beyond the Sea

Stamps:  Beyond the Sea

Guest Designer:  Toni Tessler

Birds of a Feather

Images are from Birds of a Feather stamped in Black Archival and Watercolored.

Designer - Lisa Somerville

Happy 4th!

Wishing you all a safe and Happy 4th of July!  Images from the Artistic Outpost Hero plate.

Designer - Lisa Somerville

Old Grist Mill

Another beautiful scenery image - stamps from Old Grist Mill stamped in Black Archival and watercolored.

Designer - Lisa Somerville

Artistic Outpost July Referral Program

When you create artwork with Artistic Outpost images and upload to an online gallery/album/or blog - you could win a $14.00 Gift Certificate to the Artistic Outpost Store . To be eligible for the Artistic Outpost Referral Program, each time you upload a creation using Artistic Outpost images, include stamp credits with an active link to http://www.artisticoutpost.com/, then leave a direct link to your creation using Mr. Linky on the months Referral Program post here on the Artistic Outpost Blog to be entered into our monthly drawing.

Note, links left here on the Artistic Outpost Blog need to include a direct link to the project you have uploaded. Projects can be posted on blogs or online galleries, but links left on the Referral Program post must be direct links to your projects. Links left with general links to galleries/albums/blogs will not qualify as our time is limited and we cannot search through pages of entries to see which upload uses Artistic Outpost images.

Please use this post to leave your links for July, all links must be posted by 7/31 to be eligible for the July Referral Program. The winner will be chosen through a random drawing and will be posted here on the Artistic Outpost Blog, be sure to check back in August to see if you've won. Remember entries must be for the current month in which you are posting. We're looking forward to seeing your creations using Artistic Outpost images.

**Artistic Outpost reserves the right to remove non direct blog links

Lovely Cards by Laki Golden

I am always humbled by what Artistic Outpost customers and fellow artists create with our stamps.  Laki Golden, from Korea, sent me these stunning cards that she created. I just  had to share with you all.  If you have a project that you are just really wanting to share, either upload it to your personal blog / flickr group and join in our monthly referral challenge or send to artisticoutpost@gmail.com. We'd love to share it with all of our friends.

Happy stamping,
Robyn