Artistic Outpost ~ Jane's Countryside

I'm thrilled to have the opportunity to Guest Design for the newest Artistic Outpost release, Jane's Countryside.  

Jane's Countryside is Artistic Outpost's homage to Jane Austen, and the tortured romantic tales that she told in her timeless novels, such as Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, and Emma. This collection features Edwardian ladies dressed in their finery, original quotes from Jane herself, and a regal manor that could have served as the Austen family home.  Coordinating elements include a cameo, key, and a lacey ATC sized background.

I started my design with vintage books pages, which seemed to coordinate so well with these vintage literary images.  I stamped the fabulous lacy background in Memories Port Red ink multiple times on book pages & trimmed it into panels.

The Edwardian lady & the sentiment were stamped on blank pages from the same vintage book before detail cutting and attaching to the card base.

This second card features the same lacy background stamped twice on a book page and matted on a bronze metallic card base.  The lovely cameo image was stamped in the margin of the page, trimmed with an oval cutter, and matted on bronze cardstock before attaching with foam tape for dimension.  At used bookstores & thrift stores, I look for books with aged pages and wide margins to have room to stamp sentiments and smaller images.

Remember, there's an awesome Pre-Black Friday sale going on at Artistic Outpost through November 30th.  Artistic Outpost is featuring 10% off all rubber stamps, and that's not all! For every $50 you spend, they will also send you a special $10 gift code to use for your after-Christmas shopping ** (Gift Codes will be e-mailed to you in December & will be valid on purchases January 11 - 31st 2011). 

Better yet! These gift codes stack! If you spend $100 you will get a $20 certificate, spend $150 get a $30 certificate, you get the idea! Remember, in the US you'll also get free shipping when your order totals $50 ($150 internationally).

Just head over to the Artistic Outpost Store and use the Coupon Code BlackFriday to receive your 10% reduction on your rubber stamp purchases. 

One exception - if you order more than 6 sheets of EZMount cling foam, free shipping will not apply. These items are bulkier and require extra shipping costs.

Make sure you check out the other design team blogs for more fabulous projects featuring these great images.

Lisa Somerville * Gerrie Johnnic *Judy Hayes * Lynn Stevens

Barbara Washington * Suzanne Czosek

You can also check out the entire Jane's Countryside Design Gallery here.

Happy Shopping!

Comments

[Paula]

besutiful cards...love your choice in ink colour

[stampersuzz]

The colors and design are fabulous. Beautiful cards. Loved the text background too!

[Lisa Somerville]

Beautiful color combination - the book note pages look wonderful under the damask.

[lauren]

that set is indeed gorgeous...but your cards are, as jane austen often said in her letters to cassandra, "♥HUBBA HUBBA WOW!!!!!!♥"

(ps: that house may BE steventon, the austen family home...or at least...it looks very much like it...how cool is that?!) :)

[Gerrie]

Luvin' your cards and the colors you choose! Wishing you and yours a wonderrful turkey day! hugz

[Robyn Sharp]

I love love love the way you used the background stamp. The pink is just divine.

[Lynn Stevens]

So vibrant and love the book pages behind the images

[Barbara Washington]

The images look so wonderful surrounded by the beautiful color.

[jo west]

wonderful cards, i love the beautiful rich colour you choose!