Wednesday, November 16, 2011

French Flight Takes Off at Artistic Outpost

French Flight is the newest addition to Artistic Outpost's catalogue of unique vintage inspired stamp collections.

In the late 1700's , two French brothers, Joseph and Etienne Montgolfier launched the first manned ballon from the from the center of Paris and flew for a period of 20 minutes. In 1793, Jean Pierre Blanchard became the first to fly a hot air balloon in North America, yet another French adventurer!

This stamp collection pay homage to these adventurers. Fun, quirky, with a little bit of steampunk thrown in for good measure, French Flight is pure creative delight.

Collection available in both unmounted rubber sheets or pre-mounted on EZMount cling foam and hand trimmed on a clear cling storage card!

For my card I used the mono-masking technique (TJ Feb/Mar 2009). First I stamped the "l'homme aile" stamp in the center and masked it. In two of the opposite corners I stamped the script stamp several times. In the other two opposite corners I stamped the air machines. This is such a fun set of stamps.
For more inspiration check out the wonderful artwork of the other design team members.

10 comments:

Michele said...

i love the mono masking technique. you made a beautiful card Barbara. very cool stamp set. xo

Suzanne C said...

Love the blue background you created using the stamps. Beautiful pop of white with the main image.

SmilynStef said...

I would have never guessed this was a single layer ... what an awesome effect ... love it in blue.

Terry said...

We both have blue on the mind! This is fabulous in the blue tones! Great design! Have a lovely day!

Jan hoefler said...

Beautiful job! I LOVE this set!!!!
I may have to go shop...
Because I really REALLY NEEED this set!

Lisa Somerville said...

Wonderful way to showcase the images from French Flight!

Judy Hayes said...

I would never have guessed it was one layer either! Great masking! Love the blue background.

Louise (KardKrazy) said...

Great technique, the center just pops right off the page. Great stamping as well!

Gerrie Johnnic said...

Very cool use of the stamps Barb, luv it.

Lynn Stevens said...

Love the title of your post! How clever and great collage using the new stamps!
hugs Lynn