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May 15, 2013

New Stamp Line Unveiled!

Like many of you I usually have multiple projects in the works and it’s always exciting to finally see them near completion and get released into the world! I’m thrilled to introduce you to my newest line of stamps from Stampington & Co!

click on the above image to see the complete line

Some of you may recognize these stamps as they are images that I personally had made into stamps for workshop use several years ago. I also have many teaching friends that use them in their workshops as well and now it’s wonderful to be able to offer them to you for your own use.

Many of the images came directly from my journal and sketchbook pages. It’s fun to look through your journals to find marks that you make over and over, or images and words you use often. What I love about these stamps is that they can be layered into your journal pages. Some are for under-journaling and background texture, while others add doodling or word prompts, and still others can create visual focal imagery.

Here are some past journal pages using these stamps.

Be sure to open Post Script onTuesday, May 28, for the exclusive opportunity to pre-order these stamps at 10% off!

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May 9, 2013

Book Review and Giveaway!

By pamcarriker

CONGRATULATIONS Dawn Bolton on winning the book!!

It’s always fun to see a friends new book come out and even more fun to get to read through it and create from it! Chris Cozen and Julie Prichard’s new book, Acrylic Solutions is chock full of acrylic painting techniques. It covers the basic elements of art and has additional chapters on laying a good foundation, adding structure, developing complexity, and finishes with finessing the details. What I love about this book is the ability to use the information inside to create your own multi-layered mixed media art. It’s inspiring and helpful, but allows for personal interpretation so each piece is your own, no two alike.

There is a lot of eye candy in there too! The book is hard backed with a spiral binding making it easy to lay open while you work on your project. (love that!)

So here is the evolution of my piece inspired by their book. I used my color wheel stencils and a signature line of paint colors I’m working on to develop a piece that covers all of the elements of art, color, texture, line, shape, value, and space. I really love the end result and felt this was an experiment at play the whole way through. Here are stepped out pictures of the journey~

‘Elements’ 12×24 hardboard artist panel

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April 27, 2013

DVD Makeovers

By pamcarriker

I’ve been working on my online workshops through Artful Gathering this summer, June is right around the corner!! So while I was designing the covers for the DVD’s I will be offering in those classes, I also updated the existing DVD’s I offer outside of Artful Gathering. These are still the same workshops, just a new look on the outside and I’ve included the supply lists on the jackets or insert:-)

If you would like more information about my new online workshops (the only ones I’m offering this year) please take a look at this page.

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April 19, 2013

New Line of 4×4 Mini Stencils & Giveaway-winners announced!

By pamcarriker

I’m so excited to share my newest line of stencils (yes I’ve been a busy girl!) from Stencil Girl Products with you!! I’m in love with these mini 4×4 stencils!! Not only are they cool for journaling prompts and textured backgrounds, they are sized to fit right inside your journal so you can use them on the go!! Just pop them into a Moleskine pocket or even add an envelope to a pocketless journal and away you go! More designs are on their way too so be sure to check out Stencil Girl Products for the latest releases! You can also click on any of these images to go directly to the mini’s page

Journal Sense Series

Journal Prompts Series

Check out the mini 4×4 and even tinier 2×2

Journal Texture Series!!

Thank you for visiting this post, the winners have already been selected and notified.

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April 11, 2013

New Stencil Designs!

By pamcarriker

Color Wheel Stencils are here!

Have you ever been working on a project and thought, I wish I had _____________? Well that is how my new line of stencils was born!

I was working on samples for workshops and drawing color wheels for the umpteenth time and I thought I really wish I had a stencil of these, not only are they handy for working out color palettes, they are such beautiful design elements to use in art journals and other projects. So after a talk with Mary Beth Shaw from Stencil Girl Products I went to work on some and now they are ready to go!

Just click on any of the stencil images and they will take you right to Stencil Girls website

Complementary 6 x 6

Here are some journal pages that I used the stencils on. I had a wonderful opportunity to share take them ( and a whole host of new designs) for a test drive with my students at Art Is You…Nashville this past weekend. I will be sharing more new designs in my line over the next few weeks.