Art by Marlene Bold and Bright Floral Journal Page

Hi friends!  I'm sharing one more page in my Art by Marlene Go Dutch spiral journal with you today.  This, and all of my other pages thus far, are made with gel prints.  I'm finding it a really fun way to use up my prints, though the gorgeous watercolor paper in this journal would be a great surface for direct work...  

For this page I focused on two stamp sets from the Bold and Bright collection, Floral Simplicity and Romantic Florals.  I embossed the various flowers in black onto my prints and fussy cut and layered them.  

I added some doodling and detail work with my Posca paint pens.  

I added my sentiment with an alphabet set from my stash and some handwriting.  It expresses my hopes to let my creativity be more free and less rigid/defined.  I've really enjoyed this journal to express some sincere feelings.  

Here's a recap of my spring/summer pages this year.  I hope they inspire you today!

 

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Free Jofy Christmas Classes with PaperArtsy Stamps

 

Hi friends!  I'm excited today to share a fun free class being taught by Jo Firth Young (aka Jofy) on her Facebook group, Jofy Jamboree.  It's so very generous of Jo to share her time to help us with inspiration for our Christmas card making.

I only had one of Jo's Christmas stamp sets, so I had to be extra creative in order to play along.  I did have a couple of Jo's mini stamps and several of her gorgeous stencils, but the majority of my collection is Jo's fabulous flower stamp sets.  I wish I had THIS set (JOFY118), but what I did to replace it was to cut a rectangle to the size I wanted my finished trees to be.  I then folded it in half and cut it into a triangle and used it as a template.  I simply drew circles and painted them with Fresco Chalk Acrylics by PaperArtsy to make the baubles.  

For both cards, I followed Jo's instructions in making the gel printed background with her stencil PS309.  If you'd like the smaller circles Jo used, use stencil PS329.

Besides my hand drawn trees, I used Jo's mini stamp JM30.  These darling presents can be used for birthdays too and I just love the stamp!  Here I stamped a bunch of them onto my various prints and stacked them into a tree shape.  I added Jo's darling little birdie, JM20.

For the stars atop my hand drawn trees and for the star border at the top of this card, I used my one and only trusty Jofy Christmas set, JOFY01.  I'm hoping to use the remainder of the images in Jo's future FB live classes this Christmas.

So make sure to join the Jofy Jamboree Facebook group HERE.  Look under the Guides section of the group HERE to find all of this year's classes, as well as last year's Christmas classes and other non-Christmas classes.  Such a wealth of information and fun to be had!  

Art by Marlene So-Fish-Ticated Mixed Media Art Journal Pages

 

Hello friends!  I'm back with you today to share a couple of funky journal pages I made with my Art by Marlene stamps.  This first page was made with the fun blowfish stamp from the Sea Creatures stamp set from the So-Fish-Ticated line.  I just love this set!  I used the stamp to make a pair for this page and colored them differently to make a male and female.  

I used my Prism brush markers to coordinate with a gel printed background I made using the Vibrant Flowers stencil and PaperArtsy Fresco Finish Chalk Acrylic Paints.  On the side I embossed in white the Bold and Bright Floral Simplicity stamp set stems.  Then I added black die cuts from the Floral Style Marlene's World die cut set.  

I finally got to play with my Essentials Rub-On Transfers for the sentiment.  I added some white highlights with my Posca paint pen.  

My next page features another gel print using the Vibrant Flowers stencil and the plus sign stencil.  I added some doodling and lots of messy stitches.  

The fantastic lobster image is from the Underwater World set, also from So-Fish-Ticated.  I love him so much!  

And finally, the shell is also from the lobster set.  I had so much fun coloring these images.  I hope you've enjoyed these funky pages.  I'll be sharing some others on the Topflight Stamps blog and you can see my Sally Seahorse page HERE.  She is my absolute favorite ABM stamp!  Thanks for your visit today, Autumn

Sweet 'N Sassy Stamps Christmas Silhouette, Pinecones and Fall Cards

 

Hello dear friends!  I'm back again with my final trio for my September guest design spot with Sweet 'N Sassy Stamps.  It's been so wonderful to create with these fabulous faith based stamps and I still have so many ideas for future cards...  Up first today, I have a grungy, inky Christmas card with two of my very favorite sets, Texture Tiles (plaid) and We Three Kings.  I had so much fun using my Rustic Wilderness and Antique Linen Distress Inks to create this inky background, and to stamp the Texture Tile plaid.  

This could be the most perfect Christmas sentiment stamp!  It's from the Best Gift Ever set.  I used Prism gold glimmer spray to fleck golden ink onto the sky to create a starry look.  And I finished with a loopy bow using some really special ribbon that coordinated perfectly with the green and gold combo.  

For my next card I embossed the Pinecone Background stamp onto burgundy cardstock, then sponged the edges with Aged Mahogany Distress Ink to create a halo effect.  I dipped a smaller panel in the same ink and stamped with a sentiment from the Best Gift Ever stamp set and finished with an organdy bow.  

And I couldn't resist one more fall card, so I used the Texture Tiles set set again to create a buffalo check pattern, then stamped a torn ink piece with the gorgeous Psalm from the Singing Praises set and finally stamped the Long Stem Silhouettes repeatedly, using the coordinating dies to cut a few and pop them up.  I finished by stamping an autumn sentiment from the Autumn Splendor set onto a die cut oval.  The Distress Inks I used were Wild Honey and Gathered Twigs.  I used the leftovers to add some splatters.  

I seriously cannot get enough of this plaid/buffalo check set!  I really hope you've enjoyed these cards today and are inspired to get out your Sweet 'N Sassy Stamps and get inky!  xx, Autumn

Find these gorgeous stamps at Sweet 'N Sassy Stamps today!

PaperArtsy Sea Creature Accordion Mini Album

 

Hello everyone!  Today I'm sharing a fun little accordion mini book I made with my gel prints a while back.  It sat unadorned for ages and finally I decided to break out my PaperArtsy stamps and fill it up. I shared a video on making the gel prints with household objects HERE way back.  I made another little book with this design HERE.  The book design was inspired by Tracy Evan's video she shared HERE during Covid lockdown.  It was so much fun that I've now made three of these books, including my rendition of Tracy's HERE!

My album was inspired by a fun clothing tag that came off of my son's swimming trunks and the colors were perfect. 

I filled the pages with images stamped onto my gel prints, inspired by the sea.  I used a combination of stamps by Sara Naumann and Scraposy by PaperArtsy (ESN48, ESN54, ESN55, ESN59, ESN61, ESC10 and ESC12).  I just let myself have a good long play with the stamps as a way to destress.  It worked a treat! 

 

On the front cover I used some die cuts by Art by Marlene.  I added a grommet to string the ribbon through as a closure.  And here are shots of the book extended, front and back.  

 

I really hope it inspires you today and you will imagine your toes in the sand with the waves pouring in.  My husband and youngest son and I just went to the seashore and had a wonderful week.  Here is a photo of the full moon at a family dinner which was so dynamic!  xx, Autumn

PaperArtsy Deep Etched Red Rubber Stamps