Liz Borer's New Stamps for PaperArtsy!

Hello and Welcome to Magpieheaven. I was delighted when Liz Borer asked me if I could create some samples using her beautiful new flowers and flourishes designed for PaperArtsy stamps! If you pop over to PaperArtsy's blog here, you will see what I and my fellow designers created by way of samples with these gorgeous new designs by Liz along with a brilliant Periscope video from Leandra tonight, and work using the designs from both Leandra and Liz herself.

 I began by creating a master-board with Plum, Very Berry, Blush and the new PaperArtsy paint shade Winter Green. I stamped with paint; created marks using circular lids; melted gold UTEE onto my background and then added a flourish in black Archival, which I coloured with Inktense blocks.

 I loved the rich vintage effect, which I hope complemented Liz's Art Nouveau style.

Another flourish balanced the composition, and then I cut out some of Liz's beautiful flowers, which I stamped onto Smoothy Card painted with Very Berry and Blush. Liz's work reflects the fluid lines and natural swirls and sweeps found in nature. I wanted to create the impression of those little blossoms growing on the card as they would in a garden!

Here they are entwining this sentiment that echoes Liz's free-flowing style. I added some bead gel to create the impression of glittering petals, touched by a sprinkling of dew.

These glorious blooms just ask to be cut out and layered, and on this card I used some book text from an old collection of Shakespeare sonnets for the centre.There is a little painted resin flower to add further dimension and more golden embossing. I liked the contrast of the detailed flowers against the simple Kraft card blanks and once again I wanted to create the impression of flowers growing around the sentiment.

I had some small wooden MDF hearts so I decided to create some little hangings. This one I painted with Little Black Dress before adding a layer of Crackle Glaze and then some Nougat. I drilled a couple of holes for some hemp cord and then played with creating faces in 6B pencil, Micron Pen and Inktense on my Crackle background.

I stamped out one of Liz's exquisite flowers, covering it with Versamark and clear UTEE to give it a glossy sheen for my flower girl wall hanging.

These little flowers stamped onto Shrink Plastic painted with a thin layer of Blush made spring-like embellishments.

Rather than flatten the Shrink Plastic completely, I allowed it to curl just a little to echo the shape of the petals.

I stamped the sentiment from EEB onto Blush painted Shrink Plastic too.

And what better to accompany the swirls of vines than a tiny songbird and a rose?

Thank you so much for stopping by Magpieheaven today. I do hope that if you haven't done so already, you'll pop over to PaperArtsy and discover just how versatile these new stamps are by taking a peek at Liz, Leandra, Lesley and Lauren's original and evocative takes on these lovely and timeless designs.