Hey Did You See...

That we have new products over on the PaperArtsy blog, so many fabulous new stamp designs . 

On Sunday we had exciting and very different designs from Jo Firth Young. Go to THIS POST to see the new stamps,and an great intro video and some stunning projects by Jo herself and her wingmen. 

Here is just one of Jo's new stamps, be sure to check out the others too. 

Just before the launch Leandra did a great little demo over on Periscope, go and watch the replay HERE. 

Then on Monday,  and OMG how exciting, we had the launch of 2 brand new designers within the PaperArtsy family. 

First up we were introduced to the fabulous designs of Kay Carley, Pop over to THIS POST to see them and the really cool projects, plus an intro video. 

Just before the launch Leandra did another live demo, see the replay of that HERE. 

Here is just one of Kay's new stamps, check out the whole post over at PaperArtsy to see the others. 

Later on Monday we were treated to more designs, this time by Kim Dellow, another great addition to the diverse ranges within PaperArtsy. Go and see her designs and samples in THIS POST. and an intro video. 

again there was a live Periscope video demo, see the replay HERE. 

Here is the first, be sure to go see the others. These are on my wish list for sure. 

All these new stamps are available now from your favourite PaperArtsy retailer, please support your local shops. 

Keep an eye on the PaperArtsy blog tonight for more new releases!

Darcy x

New Stamps. Night 6: Jofy

Tonight is our final night of releases, I hope you have had a fun week joining us in our launch excitement. Tonight we have new Jofy stamps for you. Jo's style is well know now and tonight we have great new additions to her collection. 

What can you spy in these sneaks..

Come over to the PaperArtsy blog and see the full plates and some fab samples. 

All these stamps are now available from your favourite PaperArtsy retailer, so please do support them. 

Darcy x

Pink and Flowery

.. is so not me!

hi everyone, today is my Mum's birthday. I can't get to see her as I am still down in London, travelling home today. So I wanted to make her a really pretty card. I am not a girlie girl... you may have noticed lol and I don't do pink, or flowery... but this just kind of grew and grew and before I knew it, it was covered in gorgeous Jofy flowers. 

I started by painting card  with Buff, Banana, Bougainvillea, Caribbean Sea and Guacamole. once dry I stamped the flowers, leaves, stars and hearts from Jofy 22. 

These were all cut out. 

I then took some linen card and folded it in half (this is a big card)I traced around some of the flowers and cut them out. 

Now to fill in the rest of the card with the painted flowers. 

Add a little doodling...

Using the tag stamp from the same set i made this little tag then added the sentiment from Jofy 14. 

Because I had cut holes in the front of the card, you can of course see through to the inside.. Now I don't usually add insert papers in my cards, but this card needed it. 

I took some regular printer paper and my brayer, then added Bougainvillea, Dolly Mix and Buff. I dried it and then added paint to the other side too. 

I folded it in half, trimmed off a little, then stuck it inside the card with double sided tape. It looked a little boring inside, so I added leftover flowers and some random lines in Bougainvillea using an old credit card. 

I think this just finished it off, ready for the message to be written. 

Finally I added liquid pearls to the flower centres. 

Here is the card finished with the painted insert paper showing through the cutouts on the front. 

This uses my 2 least liked colours, pink and *shudder* yellow...( I really dislike yellow) but somehow it all works and while it 'isn't me' ..I do actually like it. Hope my Mum likes it too. 

Darcy x

Snowy Days Journal Page

hi, this is a journal page that I started a while back..and then got busy… and have now finished. it was created on a really cold, snowy day at a local crop. I didn’t take step out photos but i can talk you through it.

I used the winter Limited Edition paints from last year.

Step 1. Scrape a little of Turquoise, Marlin,Hint of Mint and Evergreen over the page. leaving some white gaps.

Step 2. Add background stamping of a cracked image using cornflower blue and  small numbers from Mini 23 using black archival.

Step 3. Add strips of washi tape in similar colours to the paint.
Step 4. Stencil some random letters using Slate.


Step 5. Add lines around the outer edges with ESN 10

Step 6. I then stamped the snowflake image from EDY 04 again using cornflower blue.

Step 7. Cover the whole page with a light layer of Metallic Glaze. This adds a gorgeous wintery shimmer all over.

Step 8. More snowflakes from EDY 04 , this time using Snowflake paint, then some stencilled spots also in Snowflake 

Step 9. The final step in the background was to mix some Grunge Paste with Snowflake and use that with a snowflake stencil. Once this was dry I added some glitter gel.

Now to create some wintery flowers.

I took a piece of regular smoothy and added some book text, music paper and scraps of patterned paper. Although this gets covered up it does give a great starting point and it adds texture.

Over the ephemera I blended Turquoise Cherry Red Marlin Evergreen and Plum. Over this I added some script stamps, and stencilled some Snowflake through a circle stencil and some star sequin waste.

This gave me a great piece of patterned card. I then stamped lots of the petals from EEV 09 plus the circle centres. These were all cut out and arranged on the page.

Again once these were dry I added a light brushing of glitter gel. It is very subtle but at the right angle it does sparkle.

So this is how it looked when I got home from the crop, and I loved it.. but it needed something more.. a title.


I took more regular smoothy and scraped on some Cherry Red Turquoise and Plum.

Then using a credit card I added lines of Marlin and some circles using a lid and Snowflake, I then added small circles using Slate.

I used the alphabet from Jofy 21 to stamp out my title, this was all cut out.

I decided where I wanted my words to go and then stamped then again onto the page. I did this because the letters have scribbly bits on the edges, these get cut off when cutting them out. So by stamping them onto the page and then glueing in the painted letters I still get the scribbly bits showing.

I am not too sure about the title, i think it blends in too much?


maybe it needs some shading?




The photos have bleached the colour a lot, in reality the Turquoise is very prominent.


Darcy x

Launch Night #3. Jo Firth Young

This evening we have more yumminess for you in the shape of JOFY stamps. Jo's stamps are hugely popular, and these new ones will capture your imaginations too. These designs build upon Jo's extensive range of stamps, complimenting them and adding to them. I am in love with that lil bee!

We have 2 large plates for you..

and there are 6 minis..

Come on over to the PaperArtsy blog this evening to see Jo's new stamps, and also her new stencils. There will be some fabulous samples from jo and from her guests this evening. 

We also have another video for you, just look at all this inspiration.

Do come over and join in the fun of these fabulous new releases. All products are available now from your favourite PaperArtsy retailer. 

Darcy x

April Journal Page and Challenge

Today I am on the PaperArtsy blog , announcing the winner of last months challenge and introducing the new page for April. This month i use the JoFY paints and stencils mixed with Eclectica³ Ellen Vargo stamps. 

This was a really relaxing page to do, and the colours blends turned out perfect. There are lots of interesting little details too. 

Why not pop over to the main blog post HERE..  and see all the photos and details. Then have a go yourself, join in and link up and you could win a stamp plate and a stencil 

I would love you to join in and let me know what you think of the techniques. 

Darcy x

Another finished page.

On a roll...it won't last haha, good job I only had 2 ARC pages to finish off. This one is from the November post. 

At the time, I managed to get the background done, and got it to this point..

next I needed to draw the boy who is the main character of the book. 

the book is basically about how he feels different from his friends, in that he really wants to wear a dress. 

I coloured it using Faber Castell Polychromos pencils and stamped a football onto a bit of scrap paper that had bits of paint on it. 

I worked out my positioning in the book

then added in some text, it needed a border, so I cut strips of paper to look like goal posts. 

All done. tho I won't be hosting ARC here on my blog this year the FB group is still open, and the monthly challenge will continue in there. Of course as and when I have time to do a page I will also show it here. 

Darcy x

Guest Blogging for PaperArtsy July project 3 (part 2)

hello, today we have part 2 of the Garden party. I hope you enjoyed looking at all the pieces from yesterday.

today we have a few more pieces...including some cupcake cases..

and this oh so cute watering can..

See how they and other things were made over on the PAPERARTSY BLOG...

be inspired to make your own and you could win a prize.. 

come back tomorrow for my final project for this month, you don't want to miss it, 'tis a good one. 

Guest Blogging for PaperArtsy July project 3 (part 1)

Today we are going to prepare for a garden party. I had so much fun making all the different parts for this one, and there are so many i will be showing them to you over 2 days.


first up an invitation...

and then this cute birdhouse..

Come and see how they were made, and all the other little bits at the PAPERARTSY BLOG...

If you are inspired to make something similar you could win a prize. 

Come back tomorrow for part two!