Colony of Bats

I love the versatility of the new Haunted Halloween stamps, especially the fun Colony of Bats (I just learned that's what a group of bats are called).

For this card I combined a digital sentiment from Paper Crafts Magazine Simple Sentiments with a digital paper background that I colorized a spooky purple.

After printing out the image, I stamped the bats multiple times with Memories India Ink. I finished with a few sprays of Old Lace Glimmer Mist for an overall spooky sparkle (and got the cool "happy accident" of the spray reacting with the printed digital paper for an aged, water-stained effect).

Guest Designer ~ Stephanie Severin

Steam Punk - Blocked Collage

Hello to Artistic Outpost readers...I have a book cover to share, that I made using the Artistic Outpost Steam Punk stamp plate...I love this set and it's versatility for masculine collage artwork.  I used techniques from Technique Junkies, Faux Metal using Tim Holtz Texture Fades, Pulled Glimmers with Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist and the AO stamped images were done using a Blocked Collage Technique masking off with  sticky notes and sponging Tim Holtz Distress inks. The ribbon at the bottom of my Book Cover is from the Bloom & Grow - Vintage Findings found in the Outpost Attic Findings. 
thanks for stopping by Artistic Outpost
connie paxman 

A Touch of Autumn

Such a beautiful stamp for all seasons!  Thanks for lookin', hugz Gerrie

Now is the Time

Hi, Lisa here today and I have an altered Tin to share with you.  At first glance, I bet you are wondering what images from Artistic Outpost I used on my project. To create the beautiful flowers, I used the Blended Batik technique using the Large Background stamp from the Fortune Teller Plate on all my Tattered Floral pieces.  I did the Blended Batik on Manilla Tags, as I've gotten the best results when using tags for this technique.    The stamped sentiment near the flourish gems is also from this same plate.

Designer - Lisa Somerville

A Halloween Tag

I created this tag using the Haunted Halloween set.

What a great collection! 

I love the big house and the bats!

Judy Hayes, Designer

Mr. Pinky Bones in the Spotlight

Talk about some wild colors....what a fun plate!  hugs...Gerrie

Another Haunted Halloween Treat holder

I just love treat holders, especially for Halloween!  This one just folds over, and there is a small cello bag inside to hold a few morsels of sugary goodness.

Stamps:  Haunted Halloween

Guest Designer:  Toni Tessler

Haunted Glass Houses

So are you all getting inspired with these new Halloween images?

I know I am and couldn't resist making some

Soldered glass houses done with the newest Halloween images from Haunted Halloween.

 This is the front side. It stands about 7" tall.

Back side.

Designed by Lynn Stevens

Artistic Outpost Welcomes Guest Designer Sue Czosek

We're thrilled to announce that Sue Czosek will be joining us as a Guest Designer here at Artistic Outpost!  She currently lives in Northern Illinois with her husband, 15 year old son, 13 year old daughter, 9 year old daughter and two dogs. She works full time as a project manager in a large company. Sue has been stamping for the last 4 to 5 years and currently designs for several teams and teaches card making classes at several stores. You'll find Sue's work published in Crafts N Things, Just Cards and Stampington Publications.

Here's a few more pieces that Sue created with various Artistic Outpost Plates

You can visit Sue's Blog here

Thanks so much for sharing your talents with us! Watch for more of Sue's work using Artistic Outpost images here on our blog, along with the other wonderful creations from our talented Design Team.

Lisa Somerville - Artistic Outpost Design Team Coordinator

Beyond the Sea

This card uses the stamp set Beyond the Sea. I just love this set, both the images and the sentiments included. I think this is a fantastic image of a lighthouse. The background of the card is done using the Acrylic Emboss technique from the current Technique Junkies newsletter. I used Adirondack acrylic paints in lettuce, stream, and denim. The embossing folder is from Sizzix. I thought the embossing resembled waves. The image is colored using the Pulled Glimmers technique from the June/July 2010 TJ newsletter. The shells and starfish are stamped and cut out. Then they were glued to a double ribbon attached to the card.
Barbara Washington -- guest designer

Rainbow Fairy

I love the fun little fairy in the Neverland collection. I colored her with Prismacolor Pencils and then added a layer of glitter pen for all over sparkle.

I also love the vibrant rainbow of hand-dyed seam binding ribbon that's now available in the Outpost Attic Finds.

Haunted Halloween and Neverland

Neverland

Tinker Bell, Wendy and  Peter grace this stamp plate with a child like spirit that can take you back to Neverland. The image was masked and then sponged  on different colors.  The matted backgrounds are methods using different mediums from Technique Junkies: Faux Metal and Glimmer Lace. Check Artistic Outpost Attic Finds on the store site for some Beautiful Vintage Lace and Ribbons.

Haunted Halloween

Whats not to love about the Haunted Halloween stamp plate. A vintage witch, an old hauted house, bats galore and a spiffy looking skeleton..combine endless  possiblities to create your spooky Halloween Collages on Cards and Scrapbook pages.  The matted backgrounds for this card are techniqes from Technique Junkies Newsletter:  Pulled Glimmers and Faux Metal.

thanks for stopping by Artistic Outpost

connie paxman

Spooky Halloween

Hi, Lisa here with a spooky Halloween card!  One of the things I love about Artistic Outpost images, is combining various images from other plates to create a scene.  Do you recognize some of these older Artistic Outpost images?

I placed one of the Tim Holtz Web Masks on my Tag, then used the Antiqued Glimmer Technique to add color.  Blotting and heat drying as I went along. The Skeleton, Bats and Raven are all from the newest Halloween plate, Haunted Halloween.  I added the Wrought Iron Fence from Vintage Halloween, and the Barbed Wire from the Home Plate.  I added a little Spiced Marmalade ink to the Basic Grey Eerie paper to help pull in some of the coloring from the tag.

Designer - Lisa Somerville

Bats Galore!

I love the panel of bats in this new Haunted Halloween set.  It's so cooooool!  I also love the circular "happy halloween" stamp - it goes perfectly with your circle punches!

Stamps:  Haunted Halloween

Guest Designer:  Toni Tessler

Spooky Treats

Lisa here today, and I've designed a cute treat holder for your Treat-or-Treat goblins, using the new Haunted Halloween plate.  Dont' the test tubes work wonderfully with this new plate!  Images are stamped in Black Archival on Basic Grey papers, added a few ribbons and charm!  The images are black embossed on the cute test tube labels!

Designer - Lisa Somerville

Batty Blackbird

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 added the upside-down hanging bat to the tree branch and stamped the flying group of bats several times along the right side of the page. I finished with the Happy Halloween sentiment from the set.

For the second one, I stamped the crow from the set on the tree branch to accompany the silhouette blackbird printed on the paper. I cut the sentiment in half (one of the best things about unmounted stamps), so I could fit it into the space on the page.

Spooky, but oh so cool.

Guest Designer ~ Stephanie Severin

New Releases!

I had so much fun playing with these new Releases! From the Haunted Halloween plate!
A folded top card box.

From the Neverland plate. A altered book.

Designed by Lynn Stevens

Haunted Halloween

So many fun possibilities with the new Haunted Halloween stamps and fabulous seam binding ribbon.

I stamped my haunted house on yellow DP and then painted with Shimmerz Glitter paint for a spooky glow. I finished with lots of sponging with Distress Inks.

I used strong double sided tape along the bottom and scrunched and pleated the new seam binding ribbon across the bottom.

Guest Designer ~ Stephanie Severin

Artistic Outpost New Releases and MORE!

Artistic Outpost has new stamps and a new department to shop from!

We continue to be inspired by the whimsical as well as all things vintage with the newest release of two new stamp collections:  Neverland and Haunted Halloween. Both plates are available Mounted and Unmounted.

Neverland 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 perfect flying illustration of John and Michael.  Think of the scenes you create with these adorable kiddos including an intense conversation between Wendy and Peter.  Don't ever grow up!!! Visit the Neverland Gallery

Haunted Halloween is a Victorian inspired collection with vintage witch illustration a cane-swinging dapper skeleton, and a haunted home that could be used without the scary subtext.  Other collage images include a bat border collage and sentiments.  Visit the Haunted Halloween Gallery

NEW - Outpost Attic Findings

Currently we are featuring some truly vintage style finding kits that include beautiful ribbons and trims.  In these kits, you will receive 1.5 yards of each color of hand dyed rayon vintage style seam binding as well as 2 yards each of the vintage style crocheted trim. Also included are a heaping scoop of vintage mother of pearl buttons perfect for embellishing your prized project.  Kits retail for $6.99.

Our Design Team has been busy creating wonderful samples, be sure to visit their blogs for inspiration using this months new releases:

*Lisa Somerville *Gerrie Johnnic *Lynn Stevens *Judy Hayes *Toni Tessler *Barbara Washington *Connie Paxman *Stephanie Severin

Thank you for continuing to surprise and delight us with your wonderful creations, we can't wait to see what you create with these new plates!  Be sure to share them with us by entering our monthly referral contest!

Happy Stamping,

Robyn, Shelley, and Steven

Roxanne Furlong Artwork Share

Roxanne Furlong sent me this card, and I just had to share with all of you. She made a wonderful masculine card using the SteamPunk collection.

You can find more of Roxanne's work on her blog:  http://www.roxpaperscissors.blogspot.com/

Got something you are proud of and want to share...either enter our monthly blog referral problem or send a scan / photo to us at artisticoutpost@gmail.com.

Thanks,
Robyn

Bloom

This card lets the paper do most of the talking, however I love how the tiny Bloom sentiment from Artistic Outpost's Serenity plate adds just the perfect touch to this distressed design.

Papers are Memory Box; flower is made by layering multiple flower punches with an adhesive pearl center.

Guest Designer ~ Stephanie Severin

Bloom and Grow

This card was created as a result of two challenges -- a sketch challenge and a color challenge. I just love this set of stamps so I had a lot of fun putting the card together. The image on the card is not as crisp as it would have been if it had simply been stamped. Instead I used a technique called Copic Expressions from Technique Junkies which uses Copic markers and alcohol to create a watercolor look. The side panel is grungepaper which has been colored with Pan Pastels. To me, it looks and feels like suede. The eggplant layer was dry embossed using a Sizzix embossing folder.
Barbara Washington -- guest designer

Alices Crown

I told you I'd be back.. My entry for this week. A tag made with Wonderland Collage images.
Designed by Lynn Stevens

Steampunk

A wall hanging I made using the Steampunk plate. The good looking gentleman is under a microscope slide.  For more info, check my blog.  Gerrie

Published!!!

WoooHoo, I just had to share the news. You may have already seen this but it was published in the New Somerset Home magazine. Their picture looks much better than mine.

I have something else to post later today so I'll be back soon .
By Lynn Stevens , Using the stamps from A Lovely Day.

The Birds are Singing a Love Song

Fabulous stamp!  Gerrie

You're A Keeper

The theme this week at the 52-Card Pick-up Challenge was solitude and the appreciation of alone time.

I thought this wonderful image from Keeper was a perfect way to illustrate that joy that can happen when you just hang out with yourself. For me the sentiment is directed to myself ... an affirmation that I'm a keeper.

Papers are Basic Grey Origins. The image was stamped in Chestnut Roan chalk ink and colored with pencils. I masked & stamped the grass portion of the image several times to fill my panel. The sketch is this week's Critter Sketch Challenge.

Guest Designer ~ Stephanie Severin

Fall Barn - October Crafts 'N Things

Hi Lisa here, today I want to share with you a card I created using  images from the Artistic Outpost Old Grist Mill plate. This card is  published in the October issue of Crafts 'N Things.  You can get full details on how this card was created by clicking here.

Generation Redux

I was playing around with the glimmer lace technique from Technique Junkies. I thought that this somber, yet charming young lady deserved to be placed on a shimmery lace background. The main image is from the stamp sheet Generation Redux. The sentiment is from the sheet Serenity.
Don't forget that 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 . Check HERE for details.
Barbara Washington -- Guest Designer

By The Sea

Designed by Lynn Stevens

Christmas in August

I just love the Snowy Woods stamp sheet. When I had to do a summer Christmas challenge card I immediately went to this sheet. I thought the door had a lot of possibility. To color the image I used Pan Pastels. The background was done using the brick wall texture fade embossing folder and then highlighted with white Pan Pastels. The holly leaves are outline stickers which were rubbed with black pastels to distress them and then filled in with distress Stickles.
Barbara Washington -- Guest Designer

Clowning Around

I paired the fun clown from Send in the Clowns with the vibrant Happy Day papers from SEI. I accented his nose with an Orchid glitter pen & replaced his tiny hat with a punched party hat.

The sketch is 2 Sketches 4 You and the sentiment is SRM Stickers.

Guest Designer ~ Stephanie Severin

Oh Cutie Pie

Hello to Artistic Outpost Readers

I have a card to share that I did some time ago for a challenge.  I love the Cutie Pie stamp plate.  This card front was completely stamped  on one piece of cardstock.. All images were masked on this design, using Tim Holtz Distress inks to colorize the cardfront.

thanks for stopping by Artistic Outpost

Connie Paxman

Artistic Outpost August 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 August, all links must be posted by 8/31 to be eligible for the August 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 September 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

July Referral Winner

We're thrilled to have so many of you share your Artistic Outpost creations on your blogs and online galleries, thanks so much for your support!  We love to see what our customers are creating with our stamps!

I had the random number generator pick this months winner

Congrats Paula!  Email me to claim your Gift Certificate!










The August Referral Post will be posting shortly!

**please claim your GC by August 14th

More Steampunk

This was a fun collage from the Steampunk release.  Thanks, Gerrie

About a Butterfly - Happiness

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Hello readers of Artistic Outpost blog...today I have one of my favorite stamp plates to share " Happiness".

I used two techniques from Technique Junkies:  Cutlebug Highlights and Mono Dies.

thanks for stopping  by Artistic Outpost Blog

connie paxman