More New Releases From ARTISTIC OUTPOST

March is Women's History Month in the US, and Artistic Outpost wants to celebrate all of our customers of the female persuasion by offering THREE brand new collections that should tickle any gal's fancy.
Quote & Quotables:  Women, ladies, girls...they say the darndest things. This collection of 9 fanciful quotes features idyllic and profound statements by Helen Keller, Lucille Ball, and Audrey Hepburn among others.

Secretary Pool:  Featuring retro images including a typewriter, paper clip, staple collage, telephone, and a wonderful vintage alphabet, enjoy creating whimsical cards and other works of art with this versatile vintage collection.
 
I created a vintage card using the two plates above using broken china and vintage photo ink, throwing into the mix plenty of distressing and torn edges.

I cut a piece of white card 5.5" x 5.5" and then cut up into pieces and stamped each image onto the segments with broken china ink.

All the stamped images were then aged, distressing and tearing some of the edges to add to that worn/aged feel adding plenty of vintage photo ink to the edges.

I stamped the sentiment "If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun" to my typewriter paper from the Quote & Quotables plate. To add a little dimension I added NOTES (printed from my computer) to jump rings, adding glossy accents to adhere. 
Flower Market:  Inspired by the famous flower markets of France, this collection of spring images includes 13 images including daffodils, lavender, poppies, and a cherub French girl who will most likely be chasing butterflies.





I wanted to try something a little different for the Flower Market plate so decided to alter an old tin I picked up from my local antiques store.

I sanded my tin and then coloured with alcohol ink, adding a little trim which I also coloured with gold mixative alcohol ink to blend with my background and to add a little interest.

Pages from an old vintage book were added to the inside of my tin, colouring with wild honey Distress Ink and bending the corners slightly to add to that worn look of the tin. I stamped my images onto white card and coloured with Distress Inks and a water brush.  A little film strip ribbon has been added to the bottom with the word GRATITUDE added from the sentiment available in this set. My dragonfly has been added to acetate to give the appearance of it floating in the air.

The front of my tin also has a little frame added, framing the girls face, adding glossy accents to the centre for a little dimension. For further interest I have added a brass bird charm.

All three stamp collections measure 8.5" x 5.5". They are available unmounted as a sheet of beautiful red rubber, or you can have our wonderful owner Steven mount them on clingfoam and hand trim them to perfection.  The mounted stamps come with a plastic index sheet / cling card for ease of storage.

Pop along to my fellow DT members, inspiration is abound!

·  Gerrie Johnnic

·  Lisa Somerville

·  Suzanne Czosek

·  Anita Houston

·  Linda Coughlin

·  Tracy Evans (me)

·  Yvonne Garner

Thanks so much for stopping by, Tracy x x