Artistic Outpost Monthly Blog Hop

Welcome to the June Artistic Outpost Blog Hop!   Today the Artistic Outpost Design Team  is sharing projects featuring either Apothecary or Gatsby.
I decided to use the Gatsby plate to create a Father's Day card for my dad:  

I used a piece of Basic Gray paper for the background. I added several strips of black cardstock over the background.  I stamped the handsome gentleman in black on ivory cardstock.  I placed him on an oval from an old book.  I layered that over a stamped background using gray ink on white cardstock and distressed the layers.  I finished off with some stickers spelling out Happy Father's Day and feather and button.

To see all the other fabulous projects from the design team:

 Gerrie Johnnic

Lisa Somerville 

Suzanne Czosek 

Tracy Evans 

Thanks for stopping by! 

Suzz

Artistic Outpost Release - March 2011

There are four beautiful plates being released today at Artistic Outpost!

The wonderful sets include:

• Gatsby  features the main characters of the novel in photograph style with deco backgrounds.  
• Flapper Fashions is a wonderful collection of "flappers" wearing their fabulous stylish outfits!
• Huck Finn is a collection of collage and illustration images featuring Huck, paddle boats, and that friend of his Tom Sawyer.  
  Windows and Doors features some beautiful background and focal images along with lovely sentiments.

All of the new stamp sets are available both as unmounted red rubber sheets for $14.00 or pre-cut and mounted on EZMount cling foam for $22.99.

Here are some fun projects using the new sets:

The first card is from the wonderful Flappers Fashions. I selected one of the beautiful flapper images and framed her with some beautiful Webster's Pages papers and the sentiment and images from the Paris Exposition plate.

My second card uses the striking image from the Gatsby plate. He was so handsome and elegant I immediately thought of a wedding card.  I created a card that could be used as a thank you card for a groomsman in a wedding or even a card for a groom. The sentiment is from the Song Birds plate and the flourish in the background is from the Flappers Fashions plate.

The boys from the Huck Finn plate are so fun and inspired a card exploring and I could just see them gazing out across the water at the steamboats.

My final card is a triptych using the wonderful Windows and Doors Plate.

I stamped the image on acetate and embossed using gold embossing powder. Hand cut out the outside and the windows. I then stamped the sentiment on white cardstock. The frames were linked using jump rings. The birds are from the Song Birds plate.


The design team has created some really fantastic projects and cards which you can go see in the Artistic Outpost Gallery. The design team is also sharing wonderful projects on their blogs:  

*Lisa Somerville *Gerrie Johnnic *Lynn Stevens *Barbara Washington *Connie Paxman *Stephanie Severin*Judy Hayes* Louise Granlund

For a limited time, if you purchase all four of these sets, you'll receive a 15% discount.  Please note you must purchase all four to be eligible for the discounted price.  Simply use the code:  GATSBY during check out.

Thanks for stopping by!

Suzz