New Releases from Artistic Outpost

These four beautiful plates are being released today at Artistic Outpost!

Gatsby features the main characters of the novel in photograph style with deco backgrounds.
Flapper Fashions is a wonderful collection of "flappers" wearing their fabulous stylish outfits!
Huck Finn is a collection of collage and illustration images featuring Huck, paddle boats his friend Tom Sawyer.
Windows and Doors features some beautiful background and focal images along with lovely sentiments.

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.

I created this altered book using the Huck Finnn set.  I never have enough masculine stamps, so I am crazy about this one. 
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This altered jar was created from the Flapper Fashions set.  So fun!

The design team has created some really fantastic projects and cards which you can go see in the Artistic Outpost Gallery. The design team is also sharing wonderful projects on their blogs:

Lisa Somerville
Gerrie Johnnic
Lynn Stevens
Barbara Washington
Connie Paxman
Stephanie Severin
Judy Hayes
Suzanne Czosek

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.

A Lovely Day

A card I created mixing some French Collage papers and stamps from the A Lovely Day set at Artistic Outpost.

Thank You!

ETA:  Happy news for your Taggers, Rebecca has picked up the challenge and you can participate with this weeks challenge here.
Thanks Rebecca, you've made many Tuesday taggers very happy:) 

Such a great showing of appreciation for the Tag Tuesday challenge -- it really touched me.  For a moment....and just for a moment....I thought to myself, "Maybe I should carry on with it just for a bit more." The heartful comments reminded me why I started and continued with this challenge -- because it was such a nice group of crafters and I felt like I was inviting my close friends over to my house every week to create together.

But it is time to move on as I said ..... with one more huge "thank you" to all of you!

Tag Tuesday News

After giving this a lot of thought I'd come to the realization that life is way too busy and I'm wanting to get involved in some other activities and, therefore,  something just has to go.   It appears that Tag Tuesday is going to be one of them.  And, sorry to say, there's no final challenge, this is just going to have to be the end. 

I appreciate every single one of you that joined in enthusiastically week after week.  And I can think of so many of you I came to know just because you joined in this challenge.

So thank you all for checking out and joining in the challenge week after week for this past year and a half.

I'm also thankful to Pam who created the blog banner so many of you shared.  Yes, feel free to remove those.

I'll still be blogging -- in fact, stay tuned for some fun things coming this way soon.  And, of course, I'll still

be creating tags here and there.

Birds of a Feather Tag

A tag I created using a mixture of stamps from from Artistic Outpost -- the Birds of a Feather and Generation Redux sets.

Tag Tuesday -- Surprise Me

I have a feeling today's theme is going to scare a lot of you -- but rest assured it's not as intimidating as it might first appear.  My idea for this week's theme was to create a tag that had a little surprise to it -- like a secret pocket or panel or as in my tag one that opens up to reveal more sections.  You can go a lot of different places with this idea and I think that's what will make it challenging and fun!   This will be another two week challenge so you'll have plenty of time to think!

My mini tag is created from a stamp by Repeat Impressions.  It opens up to reveal this triptych.  And then the middle flap drops down to reveal a third panel.  I love this stamp!  I can see so many possibilities with it.

Another Run In and Some TH Goodies

I was looking online yesterday for the new Tim Holtz paper pack when I remembered there was  a stamping/scrapbook show going on about an hour and a half away from me.  I decided last minute to drive up there because I knew Stampers Anonymous was one of the vendors.    Was elated to find many of the new TH products that he just premiered at CHA that were on my shopping list:  His new paper pack with matching stickers, his seasonal masks, those mini hangers, the rosette die that comes in two sizes.  I looked at the TH stamps there that were on my list and then decided I could live without those.  The show was small but all the vendors there were good ones.

I was in the Stampers Anonymous booth when I saw a familiar face -- one of our cruising buddies from the '09 Tim cruise.   None other than this very talented blogger.

Published -- Take Ten

Here's part of a three-page layout that was recently published in the Spring issue of Take Ten.  I created a masterboard and then several pieces from the masterboard itself.

I also had a card published on a page with Kris from Nostalgic Collage which she talks about on her website.  You can see that here:  http://nostalgiccollage.blogspot.com/2011/03/published-take-ten-marchaprilmay-2011.html