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With the 4th of July holiday right around the corner, and tomorrow being Wednesday, we are putting together a Free Patriotic Collage Sheet for all of you. The collage sheet will be in our Wed. News email. If you are not on our e-mail list go here, and sign up today for the free vintage images tomorrow. Enjoy!
be true - Chris & Sharon
Thank You for all of the comments! You all know how much we love vintage photos, and my favorites are the photos that make you wonder - who are they? where were they? was this a special occasion? so many unanswered questions. These are the type of photos that are begging to have their story told -real or imagined. More vintage photos will be on our Facebook Fan Page for you to save and use in your mixed media art. Please share these photos with your friends! We will announce the winner of the Artful Giveaway in our email tomorrow morning, so make sure you open the email to see if you are the lucky art girl - have a beautiful weekend!
be true - Chris & Sharon
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This giveaway is a real doozie - why? because we love and appreciate you - don't forget to share our giveaway with your friends!
Here is what 1 art girl will get in her mail - rubber stamps, beautiful artisan inks, wood bits, shapettes all sizes and shapes, brass charms, word charmettes, vintage images, hand dyed ribbons, plus more!
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One of our favorite girls is now an ATC sized cling mount rubber stamp! 2 word circles are also on this stamp. Did you know that you can punch these circle words out with a one inch circle punch? Love that! New shapettes too - can you believe perfume bottles! Here is one of our ideas for these fun bottles - colorize with our artisan ink, and then stamp with one of our wordplay stamps.
What do you think about these big wood photo mounts?
So many of our poem and phrase stamps fit in this photo mount perfectly, ancestors collage sheets too. You can embellish them with our charmettes and the new shapette flourish.
Lots of new word charms are in too.
Get the details here on our new free kit, and more new rubber stamps are right here. Chris has been spritzing and spraying up a storm in her studio with our new inks. She has some beautiful art to show you this Sat. in our newsletter. Sign up right here for weekly tips, techniques, sales, and what's new!
be true - Chris & Sharon
and oh - we added a Wish List to our website!
We have went overboard with creating sea art with our stamps and stencils. Wish you could have been in the studio with us while we were making bits and pieces to mosaic on a frame. All of the details and the frame will be in todays email. We stamped the sea glass and seashell with Staz-on - it does take a while to dry so be patient. The mirrors are always a favorite way to add a little altered art to your projects. Fun to make too! Here is the thing - anytime you are going to make a mosaic you have to make lots of bits and pieces before you begin so you always have plenty of different sizes to work with. I used pre mixed white sanded grout that you can buy at any hardware store. Don't get in a hurry! Set aside a full afternoon to enjoy the process of making your mosaic pieces. The Go Fish art is our new Ticket stamp stamped with our Artisan Ink embossed with Ranger Clear Embossing Powder, colorized with copic markers, we used our Super Sticky adhesive to adhere the art to a Clear-Bit.
and Oh - A new free art kit this week!
All of the details are right here
be true - Chris and Sharon
p.s. forgot that the flat back round glass is here, the small seashells are here, and last but not least, sea gems are here!
Sat. April 6, 2013 11a.m.-1p.m.
Sat. May 4, 2013 11a.m. - 1p.m.
Located in the historic Webster Groves neighborhood of St. Louis, Chris Schwartz and her sister (and best friend) Sharon Wisely are the co-owners of Red Lead. They have everything your mixed-media heart desires: from papers to stamps, trinkets, brads, buttons, and charms, fabric, ribbons and art supplies!
A blog post from a good friend and creative Art Sister
I love Red Lead PaperWorks and wanted to share this gem of a store with you During my most recent visit, Chris was in the studio teaching visitors to create vintage-style Valentine cards! There was freshly brewed Starbucks, and Sharon's famous homemade banana-walnut-chocolate cookies! Yum! The store itself is a visual delight...like a lovely collage in itself! Besides all these visual delights, Chris and Sharon frequently offer creative workshops, too. My favorite was Chris' Metal Stamping Workshop where I learned a ton! If you are ever in or near the St. Louis area, you should definitely stop by this store! Even if you don't live in St. Louis, you can shop Red Lead 24/7 at their website by clicking here. I enjoy following their creative blog here, too! Thank you Chris and Sharon for owning such a unique and inspiring store! Hope everyone has a great beginning to their week! Mary
