Rah Arts - Handmade Art

Wednesday, May 28, 2008

New Designs & a GIVE AWAY!

Hi Hello, Welcome!

We have NEW stamps yahoo! We are also giving away a free stamp set! I've added all of the new stamp designs to the Clear Stamps- Gold Series page. Go and have a look and choose your favorite design, leave a comment here saying which one is your favorite before midnight on the 9th of June and you'll go in the draw to win your favorite set! Good Luck!

This new release has 24 new stamp sets in it. Including unique Australian designs.
I can't wait to see what you love!
Sarah

Wednesday, May 7, 2008

new designs soon...

Here's a few pics of my latest adventures...

I found these most beautiful elephants at the Urban Country Music Festival that happened this past weekend...

They are so adorable!

Here's a view of all the girls who jumped out of my head the other night and are waiting for their canvases...

Here's a sneak peek of a new stamp design. My son loved it and stole the test print for himself.
There is also some AUSTRALIAN themed stamp sets, invitations and elephants! Keep watching for the new stamp release and a give away.

Thank you Frogett for your lovely comments. You can buy these stamps by sending me an email at papercraftstudio@hotmail.com and either I can send you a paypal invoice or direct deposit details. You can also ask your local Scrapbooking or stamping store and ask them to get my range of stamps in (I wholesale also).

Mr DS is off to WA for a visit with Bec. Keep an eye on her blog to see what she comes up with.

Have a crafty week!
Sarah

Monday, May 5, 2008

Creative Weekend


I've had a very creative weekend. Lots of girls poped into my head asking to be set free. I finished one of the canvases today already.

have a happy week- be back soon!

Friday, May 2, 2008

Mr DS!!!




Mr D.S has been played with! he'll be moving on next week to have a play with someone new (after I've stamped a few extra copies!). I created a whimsical one and a fun 'Bridal Shower' invite to get all the girls around- Who could resist Mr DS?

Extra Stamps: Papercraft Studio -Butterfly Wings, ATC Journal Words
Extra Stamps: Papercraft Studio- Floral Borders, You're Invited (new set being released very soon!)

Have a happy Crafty long weekend.

PS Blossies is having a garage sale on Sunday from 11-1 I'll have a table to make some more room in my studio- come and grab a bargain!

Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Mr D.S new stamps & arty farty happenings

Hello bolg land!- long time no blog!

I've been busy being arty farty, designing even more new stamps, small studio reno, teaching classes and life in general.Mr Dick-Sticker is in the house. Rachel is holding a challenge read about it here. Well due to Mr D.S lack of a head, he couldn't find my house so he went for a trip back to Ireland he loved it so much. Then he decided he better go and see Rachel for a little while before landing on my door this week. I'll be making something with him this week and will post it here and then he moves onto the next lucky lady.

I found this fabulous Bumblebird on etsy and fell in love with her beautiful dolls- so much so a few had to come and live with me. They are sooo cute. My kids were very excited as we opened the package and they now live in my studio in a little basket nest.
Check out Ngai's new art room- sooo beautiful. It inspired a mini makeover in my studio this weekend. I've been lusting after these 12 cube bookshelves for a while now and I finally got them. I'm so happy with how it all looks, so nice to be able to see everything and be able to find it easily. Love it!

NEW STAMP DESIGNS!
Here is 5 more stamp sets. I love these girls they are so fun and carefree. They will be up on the paypal widget soon and oztion.Siena Sunshine PSC048
Peace Love Harmony PSC050
Happy Day PSC047Alice's Heart PSC046
3 Sisters PSC049

I've also been playing with more canvases- they are so much fun. I've bough a video camera and am hoping to record the making of one once I can work it all out.

The dreasses of the girls in the previous post are taken from vintage books. I love finding the perfect scrap to fit with my theme. lots of good fun- though it did take me some time to get up the courage to actually pull a page out of a book to use. Books are so special to me but it really does add to the works I think.

The Princess is almost finished. She's slow but steady.

Ok I think that is it for this post. Have a crafty week and I'll be back later this week with a Mr D.S. post.
Be crafty
Sarah

Sunday, April 6, 2008

Beautiful Girls

Hello,
I've been very inspired lately. I wanted to do some more small canvases with some girls as the characters. I drew quite a few on watercolour paper and fell in love with them. They are so cute I couldn't not turn them into stamps. The stamps will be ready next week- you'll have first peek here!

With the originals I have been creating my canvases as intended. I've been collecting old books to use as collage elements and am loving some old dictionaries that I have found. Children's dictionaries are fantastic because the font is larger and sometimes there are even pictures.

I'm also in love with my watercolour crayons at the moment and am using them for a lot of my backgrounds. Bees wax is also too cool for school. I've covered the two canvases below with bees wax and it gives such a fantastic effect and protects the art.

I'll post step by step instructions over the next week with photos.

Below is 'Alice's Heart'. The words read 'My (heart) is with you always my beloved'.

And another, 'She Dreamt' words read 'She dreamt of her past as it reached out to remind her of who she truly is'.
I've had so much fun doing these pieces. There are even more planned and I'm looking into having prints made. The large painting is progressing well, she now has a castle and some grass. More photos soon.

Have a creative week and I'll be back soon to introduce you to the girls- I'm sure you'll love them to.
Sarah

Monday, March 31, 2008

Creative Update

Hello, welcome to a new week!

I've been busy making lots of stamps, teaching classes, designing classes and loving my babies.

Here's an update of how my large mixed media painting is coming along, there's still lots to go on it but I'm very happy with how it's going.