Americana

Welcome to the Artistic Outpost Design Team Monthly Hop!  The Design Team has whipped up some fantastic projects celebrating Americana. 

I was inspired by the historic images of Atlantic City and the Boardwalk.

I started from a wood piece found at the rehab store.  I think it is a wood leg from a table.  I thought it would be fun to re-purpose the wooden leg. It reminded me of something you would see down at the beach.

Each side reflects a few of the different images from boardwalk.  I used the colors of red, blue and gold tones as they fit the Americana theme..

The finishing touches were the shell, sand and raffia.

Products: Artistic Outpost - Boardwalk, Artistic Outpost - Cowgirl Strength, Beyond the Sea, White &  Light Blue Acrylic Paint, White Cardstock, Sand, Shell, STAEDTLER Watercolor Pencils

For all the fantastic projects by the Design Team stop by each of the team members:

Gerrie * Lisa * Suzanne * Tracy * Linda *Alison * Terry * Kate 

Thanks for stopping by! 

Suzz

Boardwalk

I am thrilled to be sharing with you the latest release from Artistic Outpost!  The new release this month is called Boardwalk.  The plate  reflects the historic Atlantic City's boardwalk along with the bathing beauties and handsome gents you would find on the beach.

Artistic Outpost is also having a sale giving you 15% off all rubber stamps purchased between now and June 8th, 2013. No coupon needed.

Onto some samples I created using the new plate.  First up I decided to use a glass bottle sitting on my shelf:

 I stamped the images on vellum and cardstock and colored them using my  watercolor pencils, paint and mists.  I added a layer of sand and shells on the bottom and slipped in the images.  I stamped the fun sentiment and tied it to the top with a touch of raffia.

My second project used the painted backgrounds to stamp the beach huts.

I turned it into an easel card with a beach created from torn sandpaper. I layered it along the bottom.  I stamped the girls multiple times to cut out their swimsuits to coordinate with the huts.

I finished off the cards with a scene created using a few different sets:

I stamped the grass from the Keeper plate in brown ink along the bottom of my cardstock. I added a few layers of grass in the foreground and added shading along the ground with watercolor pencils. I then distressed the edges and stamped the girls and popped them up on the background. I added a few details with the baby shells and some twine. and the lovely sentiment.

Hop along to see all the other fabulous inspiration from the rest of the Design Team:

Gerrie Johnnic

Lisa Somerville

Suzanne Czosek (Me) 

Linda Coughlin

Tracy Evans

Alison Bomber

Terry Howell

Kate Yetter 

 

Thanks for Stopping By!

Suzz