What's Up Wednesday

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What's up Paper Wings fans?  Erica here with you today to share what I have been up to at my craft desk!  I have two projects to share with you today and I hope you are going to love them both!  The first one uses the stamp set Black Eyed Susan and a sentiment from Banner Day.  I started with a plain white card base and white layering piece that I stamped the flower image onto with some VersaMark ink and then heat embossed it with some charcoal embossing powder.

Next I took some of my distress inks and rubbed them onto my acrylic block and used my water brush to color in my image.  Once my image was colored I trimmed down my layer, added a sentiment, a few ink splatters and then adhered to the card base.  Super simple but yet there is just something about watercolors that makes it so much fun!

Today I also want to share a tag I made using some of the products from the March Mixed Media Kit-Vintage Hodge Podge.  My kit arrived over the weekend and I could not wait to dig into it!  This month's kit comes with a pearlescent watercolor set that I was so excited to try out!  You also get a full pack of manila tags from Ranger that are perfect to create small pieces of art!  I know some of you PWP fans have already received your kits and are in love with this kit so if you have not yet purchased one yet go for it!  You will not be disappointed!  Here is a look at the tag I created using products from the Mixed Media Kit  and a handful of stamps and other products from the Paper Wings Productions Shop.

Thank you so much for spending some time with me today and I hope you have been inspired to get a little creative today!  Our March Challenge is still going on and our sponsor this month is Nani Ke Ola  Scrapbooking and they are giving the challenge winner a $20.00 gift certificate to their shop!  They have an amazing shop that you will definitely want to check out!  We are not done celebrating this month so make sure you are following along on our blog and Facebook because I have a little something to share!  Enjoy your day and remember to let your creativity take flight!

Mixed Media Monday- Lucky Stars Art Journal

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Happy Saint Patrick's Day everyone! Katie here for today's Mixed Media Monday post!

For today's project, I'm documenting how lucky I am and since it is Saint Patty's Day, I decided to use pretty much all green on my art journal page.

I didn't make this a tutorial, but I wanted to show you my process for creating this page. I started by sticking down an adhesive piece of canvas to my page and sketching out my design. I glued on a piece of book paper onto my face to add interest and also glued on gelli printed circles.

After I drew/colored in my face I placed a mask over her and stamped the background using the fun stars from the Hanging Stars stamps set. I love that there are different sizes of stars in that set, as well as different styles.

After stamping the stars, I colored the page with green Mister Huey spray and went around the gelli circles using acrylic silk paint.

Have you been think that the shape of the speech bubble looks a little familiar?  It could be because it's actually the tree leaves from the Build A Scene stamp set. I stamped it with white gesso and it looks like a speech bubble to me!

My fellow design team members have been posting some pretty inspiring stuff lately. check out these posts-

Amber made a gorgeous scrapbook layout.

and Norma shows a simple way to get stamped designs on to 3d objects.

Also be sure to enter the March challenge!

Hanging Stars Clear Stamp Set

Build A Scene Clear Stamp Set

The List List Clear Stamp Set

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Scrapbook Saturday- Text Background

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Hello everyone! It's Amber here with a layout to share for this weeks Scrapbook Saturday Post. I started with a white12x12 piece of cardstock for my background, two sheets of pattered paper, two black borders, some white alphabet stickers, and Paper Wings Productions Text Cling Stamp Set. If your a fan of the blog then you know I use this stamp set a lot to create backgrounds. It's so fun to create your own one of a kind background. The Paper Wings Productions Shop has a few different stamps sets like the Text Cling Stamp Set that are great for creating backgrounds. You can check them out HERE. A few weeks ago Erica shared how she created a fun background for her 12x12 layout using the Art Textures Cling Stamp, you can check it out HERE.

Below you can see a close up of how I used two different stamps from the set. I used one of the large text stamps and the small postage stamp. I stamped the text in black and the little postage stamp in a juniper color. As you can see some of the text is lighter then some of the other text, that's because I used a second generation stamp technique. It's a pretty simple technique you just ink up your stamp set then stamp it onto your cardstock and then stamp it again with out re-inking your stamp.

Thanks for visiting today and don't forget we would love to see what you make with Paper Wings Productions Stamps so add your projects to our Flickr Group, to Pinterest, or leave a comment with a link to your project. You can also check out our Facebook Page and You Tube Page for daily inspiration. 

Supplies: Cardstock- White & Black / Patterned Paper- Lillybee Designs / Paper Wings Productions Stamp Set- Text Cling / CTMH Ink Pads- Black & Juniper / White Alphabet Stickers- Lillybee Designs / Sulky Thread- White & Black / Sewing Machine

Text Cling Stamp Set

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Throw Back Thursday with the Stamp of the Month - Royal Melange stamp set

Greetings peeps,

This edition of Throwback Thursday features our current Stamp of the Month- Royal Melange.  Looks how many ways you can use this set!  Get it this month only for 40% off!

We hope you will join our March Challenge!  Enter your link for a chance to win.  We love to see what you create!  Click here for the original blog post with all the details.

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Thanks for joining us today!  

Enjoy the flight,

Carrie

Paper Mache Heart Stamping Tutorial

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Hello PWP fans, Norma here with you today!!  Before I share my project with you today, I want to congratulate the winner of our blog hop giveaway!

Carmen WhiteheadMarch 7, 2014 at 10:33 AM

Happy Anniversary! Had a great time on the hop and got lots of inspiration! Thanks!

Carmen, contact us at info@paperwingsproductions.com for information on how to claim your prize.  A BIG THANK YOU to everyone who participated!

So have you ever wondered how I'm able to get such great stamped images onto my 3-D paper mache projects?  Well today I'm gonna show you my process for creating a project like this mini paper mache Katrina heart:

To create this heart I used the large Katrina stamp along with flowers from the the Frida Por Vida stamp set.

I always start out by applying a layer of gesso to the paper mache.  The gesso primes the heart for me so the colors will come out brighter.

So here's my trick!  I stamp my images onto tissue paper using Stazon.

Next I fussy cut the image and apply to the heart using modge podge.

Since the tissue is very thin, it just fades away.  Once the modge podge is dry, you're ready to color.  Super easy technique for stamping onto 3-D paper mache projects.

Thanks so much for joining today, HAPPY STAMPING!!!

Large Katrina Cling Stamp Artsy to the Bone Cling Stamp Set Uniball Pen - Black Skeleton Melange Cling Stamp Set Muertos Clear Stamp Set

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March Design Team Blog Hop & Giveaway: CELEBRATE

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WELCOME to the Paper Wings Productions' March Design Team Blog Hop & Giveaway!  This is a very special month for us because it marks our two year anniversary. What started out as a dream became a reality thanks to all of you!  Thank you so much for being a part of our Paper Wings Productions flock!  We are committed to continuing to bring you high quality art rubber stamps as well as a unique variety of mixed media supplies.  We LOVE to hear from you and hope you will continue to share the projects you've made with our stamps and supplies.  Feel free to share on our Facebook page, Flickr, Twitter, or via email. 

 In honor of our anniversary, this month's theme is "CELEBRATE".  Here is a look at the blog candy and details on how you enter to win.

Make sure to complete the entire hop for a chance to win a $25.00 gift certificate to the Paper Wings Productions online store.

 For a chance to win all you need to do is:

• be a follower of this blog 
• visit each of the participating designers' blogs and leave a comment  
• come back & leave us a comment telling us you completed the hop.  

To increase your chances of winning:  like our Facebook page and/or invite your friends to the hop.  Be sure to leave a separate comment for each of your additional entries. 

 We will announce the winner here Tuesday, March 11th, 2014.

 We're thrilled to have two guest designers helping us CELEBRATE this month: retired flight attendant, Tara Chaussee, who you all know and love and the lovely Gia Lau of The Painted Crane.

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  My name is Giavanna Lau and almost everyone (except my Mom) calls me Gia for short. For the past three years I have lived in Hawaii on the island of Oahu, but that could change because of my day job. I wear several different hats-my favorite one is mom to seven children by birth and four by marriage. I am also a civilian doctor for the Armed Forces who specializes in post traumatic stress disorder.

  
  

  I have been scrapbooking since my son Justin, now in law school, was a baby (and I don’t like to think about how many years it has been!) Raising children is more fun when you are creative and don’t mind getting a little messy. I also believe with all my heart that art heals. My creative resume includes designing for Memory Works and Altered Pages, publication in Unruly Paper Arts, and teaching an art workshop for children. My most recent adventure is co-founding Clique Kits, a brand new paper crafting monthly kit club and online community. I love my husband Joel, a professional photographer, wonderful father, and supportive husband. I could not do any of this without him!

  
  

AND...we also have a special project made by one of our talented stamp designers.  To kick off this CELEBRATION, here are two projects from the lovely and talented Liz Allen.

• Ladies thank you so much for joining us this month, we're honored to have you.  Okay it's to the party started, go grab your favorite snack, get comfortable and enjoy the hop!!

The first stop this month is at our guest Gia's blog The Painted Crane.

***Here is the complete line up just in case you get lost along the way***

Gia Lau

Tara Chaussee
Norma Gomez

Amber Rasmuss
Carrie Avery

Dana Tatar

Erica Rose Thompson
Katie Smith

***then come back here to leave a comment at The Aviary***

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US, ENJOY THE HOP!!!

March Kit Release

Here you go peeps-

Our March Nesting Components Kit is here!  The theme is Vintage Hodge Podge, here's what you will find inside:

• The Vintage Hodge Podge Nesting Components Mixed Media kit contains:
• Pearlescent Watercolor Paint Set
• Mini Burlap Tags
• 6"x6" Canvas
• 20 Manila Tags
• Crowns Clear Stamp Set
• Butterfly Ribbon
• 3 Enameled Tag Charms
• Domino Washi Tape
• Prima Cartographer ATC Sized Printed Paper Collection
• Cartographer Paper Flowers and Leaves from Prima
• Clip Art Sheet

Retail price over $44, our price $32.  Get them while you can.  Once we run out, that's it!

You can order one here.  

We have added the Faber Castell Stamper's Big Brush Markers to the online store.  I've been hunting for the perfect marker for a long time and I'm really, really pleased with this marker.  It's wide enough to ink up your stamp and the tip is perfect for coloring your image once it's been stamped.  They also make a WHITE, and it's FABULOUS!  I've already used it a ton in my work.  We will continue to add new products to the online store.  You can always find what's NEW in the store by clicking the NEW feature on our website or just click this link.

We hope you will join our March Challenge.  You can upload up to 3 projects for a chance to win a $20 gift certificate from our sponsor Nani Ke Ola.  Our theme is "celebrate" since we are celebrating our 2nd anniversary.  We LOVE to see what you make!

Join us tomorrow for our CELEBRATE blog hop!

Enjoy the flight,
Carrie