All About Alice in Wonderland - The Altered Alice Blog Hop

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The Altered Alice challenge this month is to create something that is predominantly blue and yellow, the colors associated with Alice! Although it is not required that you use Wonderland in your project, those that do feature Wonderland will receive two chances at the drawing instead of one! Enter by Friday, April 22 at 8 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (GMT -4:00) and the winner will be posted sometime on Sunday, April 24.
The April sponsor is Artistic Outpost, makers of fabulous rubber art stamp sets including the Wonderland Collage set that will be featured by our design team. The Artistic Outpost design team will be playing along as well! One lucky winner will receive a $14 gift certificate to the Artistic Outpost store.

Take a tour of the Altered Alice Blog, you will be inspired by the characters of Alice and her friends. We love if you take a moment and leave some "P" praise for the Designers of Altered Alice.  This team has created some truly amazing cards using this color combination.
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Connie Paxman

Artistic Outpost has Four New Stamp Plates: Flapper Fashions, Huck Finn, The Great Gatspy and Windows and Doors

The Great Gatspy

 Windows and Doors

 Flapper Fashions

Huck Finn

Gatsby features Artistic Outposts version of the main characters in photograph style with deco backgrounds.

Flapper Fashions is just that a wonderful collection of "flappers". You will find the size of these dames are PERFECT for card making and mixed media projects.

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 that coordinate wonderfully with many other Artistic Outpost images.

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.

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.

Take a tour of the Flicker Photo Stream to see all of the georgous samples created by Artistic Outpost Design Team.

And Now!!!!

Grab a cup of coffee and get ready to feast your eyes on more creative works by the Artistic Outpost Design Team:

Lisa Somerville
Lynn Stevens
Barbara Washington
Stephanie Severin
Connie Paxman (you're here)
Suzanne Czosek
Louise Granlund
Gerrie Johnic
Judy Hayes
Hats off to Robyn Phelan Sharp, owner of Artistic Outpost Stamps for such wonderful new stamp plates.
Thank you for stopping by my blog and remember to leave some "P" praise when you visit the other blogs...cause we love comments.

Artistic Outpost New Release - OZ COLLAGE and Happy Third Anniversary

Artistic Outpost OZ COLLAGE

Artistic Outpost is releasing a new collection of stamps inspired by Dorothy and Toto in that wonderful land of Oz.  Oz Collage features everything that we love about that whimsical tale:  the Tin Man, the ruby slippers, the Scarecrow, and of course Dorothy and Toto.  Available in both unmounted sheets and pre-trimmed and mounted on EZMount cling foam, we know this one will soon be one of your favorities.  All images are sized to work well together, and the Tin Man and Scarecrow collages are perfect 2.5" x 3.5" inches for all your ATCs and die cutting pleasures!   Visit the Artisit Outpost Gallery for more wonderful designs of the OZ Collection

Artistic Outpost Third Anniversary Special

In celebration of Artistic Outposts Third Anniversary, all rubber stamps are 20% from now until November 5th. That includes all unmounteds and mounteds. Simply use the code: Anniversary at check out to receive your discount.

Here are two Samples showcasing the OZ COLLAGE Stamp Plate by Artistic Outpost:   My first design is a Scrapbook page featuring my adorable grandaughter. 

 I made Faux Designer Paper (12-08) with all of the OZ Collection on a background  with Glimmer Mist Watercolors (04-10) and Cuttlebug Highlights Techniques (10-08). All of these Techniques are from Technique Junkies Newsletter Subscription.

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My second image is of the Scare Crow, who wants to ask the Wizard for a Brain, but is afraid to ask. I designed this card using various techniques from Technique Junkies Newsletter:  Burnt Edges (02-07), Bleach Swipes (12-09), Faux Metal (06-10), and my favorite Distress Technique using Tim Holtz Distress Inks...Tim Holtz Ideology Film Strip Ribbon was the perfect embellishment to add a nice touch to this card.

Sit back with a warm cup of coffee and visit Artistic Outpost Designer's blogs,  featuring more creations from Artistic Outpost OZ COLLECTION

Design Team:

-Robyn Phelan Sharp, Owner
-Gerrie Johnnic
-Lisa Somerville
-Barbara Washington
-Connie Paxman (that's me, you're here)
-Stephanie Severin
-Suzanne Czosek

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Connie Paxman

Blogger's Challenge - Red, Yellow and Green

I am a little late with Blogger's challenge...This week List Mom, Lisa Somerville challenged us to use the colors Red, Yellow and Green.
I designed a card using stamping methods:   Blocked Collage, Faux Metal, and Pulled Glimmers which are all techniques from Technique Junkies. 
I used Tim Holtz Distress inks and sticky notes  to create my blocked collage background. 
The stamps are from Artisitic Outpost " Steam Punk ".
Scrapbooking Fanatics is an online store in Canada, Jayme just brought in some Stamp sets from Artistic Outpost.
click HERE on this link to see what other challenge players created using this color scheme.
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Here is a card showcasing the Wonderland Collage stamp plate from Artistic Outpost Stamp Company.
I did a variance of techniques from Technique Junkies newsletter Bingo Blast for the background with the white embossing.
The images were cut out and mounted on a piece I did using Technicolor Dye Ink Method which is also a Technique Junkies - Technique.
The background behind the ornate frame is embossed Metal using Tim Holtz Texture Fades folder and applying Alcohol inks. After the metal is heat set, I apply a light sanding.
Other Embellishments:
Prima Flowers, Hiedi Swapp Glass Bird and Sizzix Big Die Cut Frame.


Check out Artistic Outpost Blog to see what other Designers have created with their stamps.

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