Glimpse Inside New June Issues, Save $5, and Win Your Favorite!

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The Coloring Studio

The Coloring Studio is back and better than ever!

Stampington & Company is excited to announce the second edition of The Coloring Studio, a special publication featuring sophisticated black-and-white line drawings in the Somerset-esque style you’ve come to love. This magazine shares artistically inspired designs printed on high-quality paper — an array of sketches just awaiting your personal style and palette. This encore edition will feature even more finished projects, such as journal pages, mixed-media collages, and more, so you can gather inspiration for what to do with your coloring pages when you’re done.

This 112-page edition includes sophisticated, edgy illustrations from the industry’s top artists including Lindsay Ostrom, Dyan Reavely, and Kristen Robinson as they present their line drawings and transform them into mixed-media artwork. We offer a special section on the psychology of color, more Zendoodle, and working with specific color palettes. We also show off some of our favorite Pinterest picks from our own page – our readers’ finished pieces from the premiere issue.

Whether you love contemporary art, want to get your creative juices flowing, or simply need some “me time,” The Coloring Studio won’t restrict you to a single theme, but offers a wide variety of designs just awaiting your own personal style. Come join our coloring party!

 

Bella Grace

Bella Grace is a special, 160-page publication devoted to discovering magic in the ordinary. It’s not just a magazine, it’s a movement. For anyone who is tired of trying to fit ill-considered standards of what beauty is supposed to look like or reaching for unattainable ideals – Bella Grace gives you permission to just go ahead and toss them. Embrace imperfection. Celebrate your messy life. Shine a spotlight on small, everyday moments – they are special, and they are yours. If you are looking for the most creative, inspirational women’s magazine available today, we hope you will join us in celebrating life’s beautiful journey.

Inside Issue 8:

• Simple luxuries worth spending on
• Thoughts on living with intention by bestselling author Mary Anne Radmacher
• Taking inventory of life’s tiny beauties
• 22 reasons to celebrate summer
• 10 ways to make every morning a daily miracle
• 100 happy things
• Relationship lessons learned from a dog

 

Somerset Studio Gallery

Somerset Studio Gallery is filled with hundreds of samples of extraordinary artwork presented up close and in detail.

In this issue, Terri Kolte presents her 3-D collaged canvases full of texture, sparkle, and vintage charm. Juli Steel transforms her flea market finds into a quirky and altered bird assemblage, and Lisa Goodman’s canvases exude subtlety, minimalism, and texture. Read the tutorials for Cathy Bluteau’s wood block whimsical houses and Mary Walden’s repurposed Rolodex that showcases family memories. Also in this issue, Lisa Bebi shares her technique for mixing Karo Syrup and watercolors to create beautiful high gloss pieces of art.

 

Belle Armoire Jewelry

In our summer issue, we explore techniques for the experienced jewelry maker delivered straight from the minds of some of our most talented artists. Gaze at Susan Ray’s mixed-media assemblage pendant necklace filled with sari ribbons in shades of scarlet, navy, and goldenrod. Marlene Quigley shares how she expresses herself through enameling small pieces of copper. Discover her step-by-step technique for perfectly enameled teardrop earrings. Vintage glamour comes full force in an heirloom-quality necklace with a touch of rustic charm. Gemstone lovers won’t want to miss Sabrinah Chappell’s intricate bib necklace that combines ornamental orange beads with expert wirework. Shells and sea things inspired Staci Louise Smith’s sea pod earrings made from polymer clay and two different shaping techniques.

 

Take Ten

From the publisher that brings you The Stampers’ Sampler® and Somerset Studio® comes a 144-page special issue brimming with card ideas.

Splash into summer with 300+ beautiful and easy-to-make cards in the latest installment of Take Ten! Explore the stamped creations of Guest Artist Trish Swenson, Frances Peets’ Winnie the Pooh collection of cards, 19 full-color pages of the latest design challenge results, and cards for every occasion — in every style imaginable.

 

Sew Somerset

Explore the world of mixed-media sewing inside every issue of Sew Somerset. In this issue, art on cards gets a whole new meaning with Mary Moorken’s different iterations of stitched fabric on greeting cards, and you’ll love the assortment of fabrics — from felt to lace to linen and more. Judy Applegarth gets colorful with her framed paper quilts with a cheery take on mixed-media stitched collages. We can’t help but say, “Aww,” every time we see Kristen Robinson’s cream-colored Kraft paper cards with adorable hand-sketched elephants. Featuring a diver leaping into the water below, “Fortune favors the brave” is the sentiment stitched out on Donna Dowd’s inspirational wall hanging. Tina Jensen shares her functional and imaginative altered cones that can be embroidered to your heart’s content and have multiple uses as a dried flower holder, gift bag, and more.

 

 

Art Quilting Studio

Art Quilting Studio magazine provides a playful and informative forum where quilt enthusiasts from all walks of life can cross-pollinate to share techniques, ideas, and inspiration. In the latest issue, explore the Artist Portfolio on Paula Kovarik, and discover the latest trend in wearable art quilts — quilted necklaces — with a tutorial by Morgen Bardati. Jennifer Hammond Landau presents her 3-D quilt display in our Quilting the Odd & Unusual Department, Deborah O’Hare shares her beach art quilt series, and meet Pamela Allen’s abstract portrait quilts. Also in this issue, Ludmila Gancova’s miniature landscape quilts and Sally Manke’s art quilts featuring floral trees.

 

Where Women Cook

A shared love of food — whether it’s cooking it, talking about it, or eating it — brings people together. Join us for a culinary adventure within the pages of Where Women Cook, an exciting publication filled to the brim with stunning photographs and heartwarming stories.

Featured in the Summer 2016 Issue:

• Food blogger and cookbook author Melissa Joulwan of Well Fed: Ingredients for a Happy Life
• Nationally recognized authority on an allergy-free lifestyle, Chef Heather Christo
• The woman behind the restaurant and bakery Cristina’s of Sun Valley
• Baker Alison Bowcut of Red Rooster artisan bakery
• Host of the E! News Network, Maria Menounos
• Minneapolis chef Beth Dooley creates recipes inspired by an organic, sustainable lifestyle

 

Enter Our Glimpse Inside Giveaway!

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We’re giving away brand-new June issues to THREE lucky winners! Simply follow these steps to enter for your chance to win:

1) Click on your favorite spread above.

2) Pin or “Like” that particular issue.

3) If you pinned to Pinterest, share the link in the comments section below. If you “liked” on Facebook, tag us so we can see.

4) If you don’t have Facebook or Pinterest, please comment below and tell us which issue you find most appealing and why.

Winners will be randomly selected for our magazine giveaway and contacted via email. Contest is open to U.S. residents only, and ends 6/30/16 at 11:59pm PST.

*$5 off coupon code applies to purchases of any of the following (Summer ’16) issues only: Bella Grace, The Coloring Studio, Where Women Cook, Take Ten, Belle Armoire Jewelry, Sew Somerset, Art Quilting Studio, and Somerset Studio Gallery. Coupon cannot be combined with any other offer. Discount code can be used only one time per customer and expires 6/30/16.