Designs by Shelly Hickox

Hey stampers!  I'm finally getting around to blogging and saying hello to all of you since our British Invasion release.  I am actually in the air right now, as I am returning home from a business trip that took me in 4 days to Shreveport, Atlanta, and LA.  It was a whirlwind!  This was not a stamping business trip, but my "day job".  Partner in crime and Artistic Outpost, Shelley Carr, was with me as well, so we had some fun on the side! (Dinner at the Ivy with Sean Penn) - ok really he was sitting three tables over...but you get my drift.

I am thrilled that so many of you have taken to our London stamps.  I just love everything that our designers have been creating with these fun, funky, and functional stamps.  I told y'all in my newsletter that Shelly Hickox approached me what seems like ages ago and told me that she wanted us to do a "London / England"  collection. She knew exactly what she wanted on it, and she was so creative in how she thought it would be used.  Well, she didn't let us down.  Boy has she ever created with it.  Shelly is a very talented artist, and we are lucky to live near one another.  We don't get a chance to hang out near enough.  She is inspiring as well as just a lovely person to be around.  Check out her blog for more of her great works!  I'm showing a few of her beauties here. Don't you love how she made that cute little burlap pillow???  Thanks Shelly for hanging out at the Outpost!

She's So Loverly

                    I had a hard time deciding what sample I wanted to share with you this week.

I finally  settled on something with a bit of vintage charm and framed her

with some vintage Dresden and some of

Tim's Grunge board latches covered in gold foil.

Loverly London and London Underground.

Designed by Lynn Stevens



There's a Song in my Heart

I was playing around with backgrounds and came up with this card.  Both the image and the sentiment are from the Songbirds stamp sheet. There is something about this stamp sheet that keeps me coming back to it. Could it be that I love birds and I love music? I do know that the images are beautiful and the sentiments are very uplifting. For the background of the image and sentiment I used the Pulled Glimmers technique (June/July 2010 TJ Newsletter). I cut the image using a Spellbinders label die and mounted it on a piece of glossy black cardstock. The background panel is done using the Createx Creations technique (April-May 2008 TJ Newsletter). I think it gives the card a bright and ethereal look.

Queenly Green

This sentiment from the new London Underground set is one of my favorites.

For this card, I combined it with the classy lady from Loverly London & green collage papers from Altered Pages. I punched several fern leaves & added a pearl to adorn her stately coif.

Designer ~ Stephanie Severin

The Status of Jay Gatsby

The Gatsby Stamp Collection from Artistic Outpost  brings the energy of history icons and depicts the times of Jay Gatsby.  I love reading about this fella, he comes from an era where great fortunes where made and social status was a bit misplaced.  What I appreciate about this stamp collection, Gatsby,  is the versatility to collate and combine creative works with other Artistic Outpost Stamp Plates.  Take a tour through our gallery and store site. You will envision  cleaver and innovative ways that you can utilize Artistic Outpost Stamps.
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connie paxman

Foggy Day

I always think of fog and dreary weather in connection with London.

I'm not sure if it really is always foggy or cloudy there?!!  I've never been there.

I created this card to look like a foggy day.

I stamped the London skyline and "London"  in gray and overstamped

the flag with postage in black.  I added the title in black. 
All stamps are from Loverly London.

A very simple card to put together! 

Created by Judy Hayes



Off to Londontown!

Hi Lisa here today! Oh how I wish I was off to visit London, I can surely use a vacation! While working with the newest releases, I googled images of London just to get an idea of what scenes I might be able to put together.  So with a bit of inspiration from the web and London stamps inked up, I did some masking and created this lovely scene using images from Loverly London and Windows and Doors.  I added some Grey clouds to go along with the sentiment and added some of the text images in Black on the 7Gypsies papers.

Cheerio!
Designer - Lisa Somerville

London

This was one of my favorite cards created from the new London release. I love that it had bits and pieces of the different sets to create a montage of London.

The Loverly London and London Underground plate have so many wonderful images and they all blend seamlessly together. 

The images were stamped using a variety of distress inks and distressed the edges to piece together into a grid card.

Hope your Friday is wonderful!

Suzz

Designer: Suzanne Czosek

Keep Calm and Carry On

Lynn here sharing the fun I had playing with domino game pieces and the new stamps.

London Underground and Loverly London

Who says you need paper to stamp. For my little hanging

I used a tin, some game pieces and some charms.

Now pull out some game pieces and these fun stamps and start creating!!!

London Town

Hi Barbara here. My card today features stamps from the two new releases London Underground and Loverly London. Isn't that distressed British flag wonderful? To keep the colors I colored the stamp with Copic markers, sprayed with alcohol and stamped it on the paper. I stamped the London town and Big Ben images in black to keep the emphasis on the flag. I die cut the edges with the stamp-edge die and then layered the collage on red, then whie, and then blue. These London stamps are really versatile.

Life is Good

I had such fun designing with the new Loverly London & London Underground sets ... I love how all of the images work together ... and there are so many fun sentiments. I combined four different stamps to make this collage card.

The stamps also coordinated beautifully with the 7Gypsies Lille Collection of papers.

Designer ~ Stephanie Severin

Foolhardy Characters

Artistic Outpost Stamp Plate, Huck Finn casts images that relay the spirit and adventurous personalites of Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer...You can go back in time and reproduce wonderful artwork with these stamp icons from the past.

To create this card, I used various colors of Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist Spray.  The Background is embossed with white embossing powder..The clear clock ribbon tape is from Tim Holtz Ideology line.

Thanks for stopping by Artistic Outpost Blog

Connie Paxman

London Journal

Both the  Loverly London and the London Underground stamps work so well together.   It's so easy to create collaged items with these new sets.   Which is what I've done with my journal.   Shown above is the cover, the inside front and back.   Between are blank pages.

Designed by:  Louise Granlund

London Jewelry

Hi Lisa here today, have you seen the new London Collections released this week, aren't they great!  When the DT first received the plates to create samples with, my first thought was some funky Bottle Cap Jewelry pieces.

I stamped the images in Black Archival on Vanilla card stock, then added color with Distress Inks. To smash the  Bottle Caps I used my Big Shot and had my DH drill holes so I could attach the jump rings and clasp. I filled in both the Bottle Cap centers and Jewelry Blanks with Ice Resin.

Don't forget, for a limited time when you spend $42 on rubber stamps at Artistic Outpost you can save 20%! Simply use the code London at check out!


Designer - Lisa Somerville

New Releases- A Hanging

I Loved playing with the new Releases while creating my hanging.

Loverly London and London Underground.

Designed by Lynn Stevens

Artistic Outpost Releases Two new Collections

Artistic Outpost is celebrating a British Invasion. 

Our two newest stamp collections, available in both unmounted rubber sheets or pre-trimmed and mounted on foam, include both a classic vintage set and a fun and funky homage to all things London.

Loverly London is a collection of vintage inspired imagery of our idealized London. This collection takes some liberties with "My Fair Lady", because we can't help but picture the gentleman in his "dinner jacket" and hat as Professor Higgins and the lovely lady as Eliza Doolittle. 

This collection is perfect for incorporating your steampunk elements and other collage themes.

Now for a horse of a funkier color, London Underground, what we think are some of the coolest stamps featuring stylized collage elements. Have fun creating mixed media collages with all these elements. We can't wait to see what you create with the vintage underground sign and the Union Jack.

Both collections are right on trend with things happening in the media and home decor.  So get on the "tube" with us, and let's all go U.K.!!!

Enjoy some savings too. Spend $42 on rubber stamps, and you can save 20%. Simply use the code London at check out!

Be sure to check out the galleries featuring the beautiful cards, tags, and mixed media projects by our created by our talented design team.  You can also find more Artistic Outpost inspiration on our Flickr Group.

Stop by and visit the Design Team blogs for more inspiration using these new releases:

Gerrie Johnnic * Lisa Somerville  * Judy Hayes * Lynn Stevens * Barbara Washington  * Stephanie Severin  * Suzanne Czosek *  Louise Granlund

The Direction the Wind Takes You

This birthday card for my dog-loving brother-in-law was created using the Adventure plate.

I combined the images and sentiment with Bo Bunny's Timepiece Collection & Saturday Sketch. I added a bit of colored pencil to the dog's happy tongue.

Designer ~ Stephanie Severin

An Era of Fashion, Character and Music

Welcome to Artistic Outpost Blog.  Connie here and I have a book front for an altered album I am making.  The book cover features the "Flapper" stamp plate from Artistic Outpost.  This is one of my favorite sets; for it depicts an era, of a group of women that expressed themselves in fashion, character and music.   The technique used for this altered piece is a method I gleened from Shelley Hickox, who, was also a designer for Artistic Outpost.  Gesso and various colors of Ranger Alcohol inks blended vibrantly with the Warhole technique.

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connie paxman

Father's Day Canvas

All stamps for this canvas come from the Generation Redux stamp set.

Designed by:  Louise Granlund

The Lost Generation

The Gatsby plate has some wonderful images - here, I created a a monochromatic card using Distress Ink and Graphic 45 papers.  Would be perfect for Father's Day, don't you think!

Designer - Lisa Somerville

Keep a Song in Your Heart

I love this sweet image from the Bluebird plate. The warm summer days that are reflected in the image and colors of the paper make me feel like our summer has started.

The background is just a combination of pattern paper scraps and doilies inked up with a bit of distress inks.

The stamp plates used are Bluebird and Songbirds.

Have a wonderful Friday!

Suzz

Designer: Suzanne Czosek

Such a Guy- Fathers day card

With fathers day just around the corner I thought this card would be

just the thing for my Guy. Using the new stamps from The Great Gatsby.

A little masking of some gears and a few embellishments

I think this will be the perfect card for Fathers day.

Designed By Lynn Stevens

A Lovely Day

Hi, Barbara here. My card today features this lovely young lady from the stamp set Lovely Day. I think this is such a sweet image and she is so much fun to use. Today I framed her with a die cut from Cheery Lynn Designs  cut from blue metallic origami paper. The ornate cut and shiny metallic paper make a perfect frame for her. She is colored with Copics. The background paper is from Webster's Pages. The pink flowers are created using flower soft. Hope everyone has a Lovely Day.

Graduation - Gatsby Style

These are the cards I made for our twin grandsons high school graduation using the Gatsby plate....oh how we luv those stamps!

Gerrie Johnnic

If We Lived and Were Good

I rolled and inked some kraft paper to make a raft for Huck Finn & his dog. The steamboat is stamped in the foggy misty waters created by using lots of distress inks on blue designer paper.

Designer ~ Stephanie Severin

Behold a Generation

Hello, Connie here,  I have a card to share showcasing Artistic Outpost's stamp plates from the latest release Windows and Doors and "Generation Redux".  Windows and Doors allows for the masking  technique to give flair and versatility to incorporate other stamp images.  

The backgrounds on my card were created utilizing samples from my stash of techniques:  Glimmer Mist Water Colors, Cuttlebug Highlights  and Faux Metal.

thanks for stopping by Artistic Outpost Blog

connie paxman 

Freedom

Lisa here today - sharing a card I created with images from the Artistic Outpost Hero and She-roes.  I just love the images in these collections, they are wonderful to mix or use separately on your cards or scrap pages. 

The Kraft panel is embossed with the CuttleBug Stars folder, to add color to the images, To add color to the flag I used markers, then added Antique Linen Distress Ink to the edges. The little solider boy was colored using markers, the background sponged with Antique Linen. To add softness to my coloring, I lightly spritzed with water, then smooshed onto a Non Stick Craft Mat, to blend the lines. This image, the Flag and sentiment were crinkled a bit and sponged again to have an aged look.


Designer - Lisa Somerville

The Adventures of Huck Finn

Happy Friday!  Suzz here.

The images from the Huck Finn plate are great for making a masculine card. Huck and the steamboat were stamped using a brown pigment ink.

The image was colored using watercolor pencils and waterbrush.  The background sponged with dye ink.
The background panel is kraft cardstock embossed with wood texture and painted over with white acrylic paint.

Products: Huck Finn, Think and Wonder

Have a lovely weekend.

Suzz

Designer: Suzanne Czosek

Artistic Outpost June 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 www.artisticoutpost.com/ then leave a direct link to your creation using Link Tool feature on the months Referral Program post here on the Artistic Outpost Blog to be entered into our monthly drawing.
Please try to limit your projects to Artistic Outpost images only.

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 June, all links must be posted by 6/30, 11:59PM CST to be eligible for the June 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 July 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

Artistic Outpost May Referral Winner

Thanks to those who shared their lovely artwork for our May Referral Contest, we love to see what our customers create using our images!  We had the Random Number Generator select this months winner....

Congrats Yvonne, please email me to claim your Gift Certificate!









Just a reminder that Artistic Outpost has a Flickr Group where you can also share your projects. (Note - to be eligible for the monthly referral program, your projects must be uploaded to the referral post)

Jazz key chain

I had some of these little wooden clip boards laying around and thought I'd make a little

key chain with one. I used the newest images from the plate Flapper Fashions

and paper from the new line at Graphics 45.

Designed by Lynn Stevens

Gatsby Framed

I think I've said several times already that I just love the stamps in the Gatsby set.  Here I've framed him in a Spellbinders frame The background is a technique called antique wallpaper from the June 2010 TJ newsletter. I think the background and coloring create the perfect vintage setting for Gatsby's portrait. Barbara Washington--Designer