Celebrating a New Stamp Release at Artistic Outpost

It's time to celebrate the holidays Artistic Outpost style with a new release of stamps. There are three fun new stamp sheets to choose from.

Halloween Treats :  Growing up, our Halloween decorations were Technicolor large die cuts of pumpkins and kitty cats and witches on broomsticks.  These stamps remind me of those “cardboard” cut-outs.  How I wished we had saved them!   Try mixing this set with our other Halloween collections as well as Apothecary!

Frosty & Friends:  I love the sweetness of vintage Christmas cards.  The secular imagery was dreamy and cute...so sugary sweet my teeth hurt just to look at them.  This collection features some of our favorite images from our own AO collection of vintage ephemera. 

Apothecary :  Before the invention of the drive-thru Walgreens®, the apothecary was not just a dispenser of medicines, but also a mix-ologist of tonics, keeper of secrets, and giver of advice.  Antique apothecary bottles are highly collectible in part due to the “mystery” of what could actually be in them.  Our AO stylized bottle has a blank space that our “product” labels fit perfectly into…or hand write your prescription on our vintage Rx pad.

Please note that due to the high volume during new releases, that “mounted” stamp collections may take 10 days to ship.  We will keep you posted on your order, and thank you so much for visiting our outpost.

Now to share some of the works I created using these stamps.

Halloween Treats

I used the Warhol technique to create this card. The kitty was stamped on small tags which had been colored with distress stains. The background is made from kraft glassine paper which was wrinkled thoroughly and colored with distress inks.

Frosty and Friends

You just have to smile when you see the stamps from this set. Frosty was done using the With and Without Collage technique from the April/May 2011 TJ Newsletter (also this weeks Try That Technique challenge) and the torn frame technique from Dec '08/Jan '09 TJ newsletter. The background was embossed with snowflakes and the top was cut using a Tim Holtz on-the-edge die.


Apothecary

This is a druggist I'd like to get to know. He's found the fountain of Youth and bottled it. I need some of that. The background is a page from an old Chemistry Handbook. I used part of an embossing folder for the pharmacist sign.

The other design team members have been busy creating great art pieces to share with you. Be sure and check out their blogs for more delightful inspiration.

Lisa - Gerrie - Sue - Louise - Stephanie - Lynn - Judy