Tuesday, 28 April 2015

{ New Products for April + Special Offer! }

Hello! It's time to share some of the new products we have added to our online shop this month. We have many new paints, powders, stamps and much more. At the end of our blog post you'll find a very exciting offer for one of our new products. Enjoy!















1. Wendy Vecchi Embossing Powders - 9 different colours including new Buttercup, Sky Blue and Tea Rose:



2. Wendy Vecchi stamps and stencils:



3. Toison D'Or Chalk Pastels in packs of 12 or 24 different, vibrant and exciting colours. We also added some Fixative to our stock so you can protect your works.

Toison D'Or Chalk Pastels
4. Seven different palette knifes:



5. New Ranger Glue n' Seal medium, white and black Pigment Ink Pads, new colour of Dina Wakley paint and Glazing Medium:



6. Original and unique Finnabair wooden stamps:



7.  Brand new products from Susan Lenart Kazmer - Iced Enamels! Relique Powders and German Glass Glitter (psst... we will tell you a little bit more about them next week :))


8. 24 different liquid watercolours in lovely glass jars from Talens - Ecolines:



9. Let's add some colour to our doodles! Now we stock Sakura Pigment Brush Pens.



10. And last but not least our most exciting new product this month - Sennelier Abstract which is a fine quality acrylic paint. It has an amazing pigment concentration and a creamy to thick (heavy body) consistency, with fabulous covering power.

They are novel in the way they are packaged! It comes in a pouch which is very strong. You can take it anywhere, it's preserved better and it's very easy to get every drop out of it.


The most amazing thing though is the price. A 120 ml pouch sells for just £3.49 but we have special offer for you in our shop.

 Until Sunday night at midnight (or while stocks last) you can buy them for £2.99 per pouch!

There are 36 Satin colours, 12 High Gloss, 6 Iridescents and 6 Fluorescents to choose from.


Below are a few of them. Here you can find more.


Hope you like our new products. We also already prepared a new challenge for you, we have new guest designers and featured artists so believe me... May is going to be very exciting month on our blog. Remember to visit us on Friday when we will announce new ATP Exchange Challenge.

Have a lovely day

Kasia
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Location: Wirksworth, Matlock, Derbyshire DE4, UK

Monday, 27 April 2015

5 ideas with... Embossing Paste

"5 ideas with..." is a new monthly series on our blog. Once a month in this blog post we are going to share some basic techniques and ideas with specific products. If you are a beginner and you don't know how to start your mixed-media journey this is the perfect thing for you. We hope that our simple tips will inspire you to create and experiment with products you don't know much about.



April is our Wendy Vecchi month and that is why we would like to familirize you with Wendy's Embossing Paste.

Studio 490 Embossing Pastes are smooth and light acrylic emulsions designed to add texture and dimension to your projects. They come in many varieties but for our "5 ideas..." we used translucent and white paste.

1. Paint you background with water based paints (Ecolines, Silks, Distress Paints or sprays) and let it dry. Using a palette knife apply some Translucent paste through the stencil. It will dry clear - then you can paint with other colours and it will resist allowing your background to show through.



2. Mix translucent or white Embossing Paste with your favourite pigments, powders or mica. Add some colour and shimmer to it and paint just like with acrylic paint.




3. What about Embossing Paste and liquid watercolours? Mixing them together isn't as easy as with powders but after few moments you can get smooth paint in your favourite colour. Do this with translucent paste to get a glossy finish.





4. Cover your base with a thick layer of a combination of white and translucent pastes. Grab your favourite tool (maybe Catalyst?) and just draw - have fun! Drying will take a few hours, but you can also use a heating tool to make it faster. Then cover your texture with Treasure Gold using a cloth or even your finger. Try to layer a few colours of Treasure Gold and you'll get a heavy, metallic effect.




5. Mix Translucent Embossing Paste with your favourite Art Ingredients. It will work like glue and seal at the same time. Then apply your paste on paper, wood or metal and let it dry. Later you can start playing with colour - how about Treasure Gold again, or maybe Silks? Have fun and experiment!


Products used:




Have a lovely

Kasia

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Friday, 24 April 2015

Wendy Vecchi's art journals.

Hi again!
The weather here in Wirksworth has been beautiful for the last few weeks, but still we are working very hard in our shop. We're still finding time to walk the dogs in the evening (below is a photo from one of our walks - isn't it beautiful?). In the shop at the moment we are adding some new amazing products - we will tell you more about them soon.



As you remember April is our Wendy Vecchi/Studio 490 month and today Wendy is sharing her stunning art journal pages with you.


We love the soft colours she is using and the delicate, layered backgrounds in her art journals. Her unique attention to detail and very balanced compositions are really eye-catching. What do you love most about Wendy Vecchi's style?





Some of products Wendy used:


Looking for more Wendy Vecchi inspirations? Here you can find all of our blog posts with our April's Featured Artist.
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Thursday, 23 April 2015

ATP Exchange April's Challenge Winner

Hello everybody!
Today is a very special day - we would like to announce the winner of our first new ATP Exchange Challenge. Thank you very much to all of you who joined it. We know that it wasn't the easiest one and you had to use your creativity to enter. That is why we appreciate each and every ATC you shared with us.  As you remember we changed the rules and it's format a little bit so we're even more happy that you liked it and we had so many entries. But there can be only one winner, and this time it is...

Cathryn from Stangely Creative blog!

We were really amazed by the amount of work you put into this ATC and the techniques your shared on your blog. It's a beautiful ATC, thank you very much! You won set of watercolour pencils and guest spot on our blog in May. And... believe me - you are going to love your company.
Please email kasia@artisttradingpost.com to claim your prize and get your winners badge.

We also chose two runners up, but you must know that we really struggled with it as each entry was very special.
Second place:


We love your composition, sharp colours and how it fits the brief.

And third place is... Sarah!


You combined media and findings in very original  and beautiful way. Thank you!
Please email kasia@artisttradingpost.com to get your badges.

Our May challenge is almost ready so please stay tuned. In the meantime let us remind you that it's Wendy Vecchi month on our blog. Here you can find short interview with Wendy, tutorial with her products, our April's Guest Designer blog post and our special Pinterest board with Wendy Vecchi product inspirations.




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Monday, 20 April 2015

Giveaway winner!

Hello!

Thank you all who joined in to our Spring Giveaway. We really appreciate every single comment that you left. Thank you for letting us know about which products you would like to learn more about - we will be using your views to help us create future projects and interviews.

Now it's finally the time to pick one winner...








Paula Whittaker from justforoneday11.blogspot.co.uk !!!
Congratulations!!

Please contact us at kasia@artisttradingpost.com to claim your prize. :)

Once again a big thanks to all of you who joined our little celebration. Please stay tuned as we will have more giveaways, contests and tutorials.

Also it's last call for our April ATP Exchange Challenge - you have exactly 15h to join it.  
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