New Paperbabe August Stamp Release

Fancy a bit of a sneaky peek at some of the new August release stamps from Paperbabe Stamps*? I think you will like these!

Kim Costello has designed some stunning Japanese-inspired stamps this month for Paperbabe Stamps. There are some beautiful MayLeeDee stamps, which you can get as digis or clear stamps. Then there is the gorgeous Oriental Zen stamp set with its wonderful Kimono silk fabric style designs that I've used on my makes today.

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The wonderful Japanese theme of these stamps made me think of antique Inrō which are small, decorative containers that used to be worn like a pouch from a sash around the waist. You can see what I mean over at the V&A website or if you do a quick Google search of course (other search engines are available!).

I'm always fascinated by these little containers when I visit the Japanese sections of my local museums and they inspired me to alter some dominoes to mimic some of the small scale designs you see on the panels of the Inrō.

The stamps fit beautifully and I just love the way Kim designs her stamps to be used both individually and to be layered on top of each other like a jigsaw to build elements.

The colour comes from stamping with coloured Archival ink then I added colouring details with my Prismacolor pencils.

I've also used some newspaper pages, Distress inks and a gold leafing pen to finish the dominoes.

Aren't they beautiful stamps? They go on sale over at Paperbabe's Etsy shop* on Friday 9th August 2013 but checkout the Paperbabe blog for lots of inspiration and sneaky looks at the new stamps over the next few days.

Thanks for popping by.

Kim