Hello, Mags here with you today.  I'm excited to share with you my project for the next round of the 3 things challenge here on the PaperArtsy blog. I must admit I'm not normally a fan of surprises, mainly because I am a bit of a control freak ! but I do love a challenge ! When I was younger I loved watching "Ready Steady Cook", a UK television series where two chefs were given mystery ingredients and told to come up with something wonderful. This challenge is in a similar vein, but with art supplies. When the parcel arrived with the three supplies for the challenge, I couldn't wait ..read more

Hi there everyone! It's Riikka from Paperiliitin here today to share with you my make with 3 things! The three things I received were Ink & The Dog Collection (Buttons 4) stamp set (B4EZ), Tall Heart die (PAD-TH) and Fresco Finish Frosting Glaze (FF111). Frosting Glaze (FF111) was a new product for me, but as soon as I read the description in the card that was with the package, I had the idea of doing transparent ATCs. I've done some before and I really like the floating effect the transparent base creates. There's something magical about the substrate and it's always fun ..read more

Hi everyone, Nikki here today with my 'With 3 things' project. The products I was sent were PaperArtsy Frosting Glaze (FF11), PaperArtsy Die - Tall Heart and PaperArtsy Ink and the Dog - London 2 (LN2) stamp set. At first I was not quite sure how I was going to bring these together. I have been following some Zentangle style posts on Instagram lately and I am always happy working with geometric shapes so decided to create a journal page using the heart die both as a shape to draw around but also to create some translucent windows. To start I created a stencil out of my die and outl ..read more

Hi everyone, Leandra here It is time for a new topic on the PaperArtsy Blog and for our designer focus, we are looking back at  some of the numerous PaperArtsy in-house/ older design lines. As we have evolved over the years, so have the collections we offer, but there is still a vintage undercurrent throughout. Hopefully after this post, you will have a better insight into some of these collections. You may not be aware that as a brand, we launched in 2004 with the Ink and the Dog Collection, which was designed by Finnish designer Nea Nygard, in collaboration with Leandra. We came up ..read more

Hi Everyone Amanda Pink (p1nkart) here with you today. It's good to be back having had to take some 'time out' from my creativity last year and how lucky am I that my return comes with the opportunity to 'play' with Ellen Vargo stamps and the new PaperArtsy Mattints, especially as I'm feeling like a 'newbie' myself having been away for awhile !!  I didn't really have any creative direction with regards what kind of project I would make for this topic prior to starting (which is often the case) but I knew given the PaperArtsy Mattints were new to me I would spend some ini ..read more

Hello everybody!  Mi Mii from France with you today. I am so happy to be back on the blog to shre with you my interpretation with Mattints, and the Theme 'Glazed'. I was so curious to discover the new tinted glazes.  In this Art Journal page, I played with 2 new colours: Mattints The Pink (MT08) and Dragonfly (MT07). Salut tout le monde ! C'est Mi Mii, aujourd'hui avec vous ! Contente de vous retrouver ici, pour illustrer le Thème 02 "Mattints", et toujours "Glazed". Je découvre avec beaucoup de curiosité ces nouveaux glacis PaperArtsy Fresco Tints. Dans cette p ..read more

A note from Leandra: Nicci brings us some wonderful new products for her final release with PaperArtsy. Glitzy Galz, Kitties, fish bones, paw prints and text are all going t be so much fun to create with, Nicci is here to share her vibrant journal pages with you all one last time. Nicci has decided to spread her wings and move away from team PaperArtsy to pursue her own vision for her unique creative style. As a long time crafter, creator and author, she has so much to offer as she continues her journey and product development online for you all. We are so pleased to have been part of her ..read more

A note from Leandra: It's a classic Lynne Perrella release today. With each series she brings, there is a research rabbit-hole she goes down, and this one was triggered by antique carpets and rich tapestries.  It has a bit of an exotic bazaar vibe that evokes a sense of bustling markets heavy with the scent of spices and beautifully spiced cuisines. These characters could be from your childhood stories of ventures across desert and sea, across the Eurasian silk road historic route, discovering beautiful cultures, customs, foods and fabrics. I am sure you will be caught up in these tale ..read more

Hello all, Alison here with you today from Words and Pictures. I've been playing with my new botanical textures stamps along with experimenting with creating some Mattints textures. Given these new stamp designs only launched a couple of weeks ago, I'm still exploring them, and I know we're all exploring what the amazing Mattints can get up to (answer: SO much!).  Texture is the name of the game in this tag book. Tags are the perfect experimentation substrate for me... you can make lots of them, and if something doesn't work out, you haven't broken the bank in the meantime. And ..read more

Hi everyone It's Floss from flossWORKSHOPart here with you today.   I have been having some fun experimenting with the new Mattint products that PaperArtsy have introduced to their wonderful range of colours.  I wanted to see, other than using them as a glaze over fresco acrylics, or a tint to tissue paper, how else I could use them within my style of mixed media.  I spent quite some time filming the methods I tried so that I could share this with you in a way that you could see just what I got up to and my thinking behind it as well as showing you with still photo ..read more