Through the looking glass

Hello everyone,

welcome to my blogpost where today I have a mini art journal page to share. I have used some of my favourite stamps for this !

I love Alice in Wonderland ! No idea why, as I didn't even read the books when I was young.. I got into it when I started crafting. 

I started with heat embossing a page from my mini journal. I usually tear out pages, do the journal and glue them back into my book. 

Next I added colour with Distress Oxide inks in two shades of blue. 

Then I added stamping with the same inks. 

Alice was stamped on white card stock and coloured with Copic markers. I stamped the sentiment on the page too. 

And here it is all put together. I love how it came out. 

I used the following stamps:

19353 - Through the looking glass

20015 - Alice drink me

20342 - Library return dates

20343 - Victorian Flower Background

Other materials:

WOW embossing powder white

Distress Oxide inks - Tumbled Glass and Faded Jeans

Black Versafine Clair ink

Copic Markers

Thank you for stopping by today !

Mail Art Monday

Hello Crafty Friends!

Tera here again...

Today I want to share a little mail art Monday love with you all!

This is an envelope that I will be sending out to my niece soon.

I wanted something fun and sweet for her, so hopefully she likes this...

(she doesn't like my "creepy" stuff)

Stamp Used:

Pirate Otto

I started by stamping Otto on an A2 sized blank envelope using memento ink.

(I stamped him slightly off the edge to give more room for an address).

Using an alcohol marker I base colored Otto.  Then, I used a mini playing card to mask off a box for the address.  I used a black micron to trace around the card. With a distress blending tool and salty ocean distress ink, I added my base in layer to the envelope. 

(notice I got some on Otto, this is ok. It is water based if it drives you crazy you can lighten it with water)

I used a variety of water based and alcohol based markers to finish my coloring.

(i added green highlights and dots, which also hides the ink opps. Now it's just his texture ;D )

Now, we build the depth. Using the same blue and a distress layering stencil I added dots/blobs.

(and honestly I even love it at this point, and could have left it here.)

However, If you know me, I needed more... 

SO, of course I used a few distress oxides and 2 more stencils to really build depth. 

Yum!

Finally I added a few flicks of picked raspberry distress Oxide spray ink to match the teddy bear and add more visual interest.

I hope you all like this as much as I do!

Now I need to make my niece a card to go with this...

(I'm trying to get her hooked on mail art... haha)

Have a wonderful week!

Enjoy Your Life

HAPPY AUGUST!!!
Michele here with a project that I have been wanting to try for quite some time...a custom phone case!!!
It was super easy and so much fun!!  I started by ordering a clear phone case on Amazon.  Then some gelli printing with Dina Wakley paints and stencils, stamping and coloring...here is what I came up with.

Stamps used:  Banksy Wall Singer, Rows of Numbers, Cross Marks Background, Carved X's, Enjoy Your Life.

It was very easy to trace the case and cut the paper to fit.

I just LOVE it and can see so many possibilities for so many more inserts!!!

Until next time...get inky!

A Ray of fucking Sunshine ► Majo

Hi folks, it's Majo here today to show you an art journal page I made with one of my favorite stamps. I don't know how many times I have used this lady, with angel wings, with butterfly wings, she even looks great without any :)

I staretd by applying watercolour on my panel and stamped the silhouette flowwers with Archival Ink "Watering Can". After stamping the beauty I coloured her and fuzzy cut my image. 

I stamped the wings on a piece of scrap paper I hade coloured with golden acrylic paint and heat embossed them for texture.

 I adhered Washi Tape to the panel, added the lady with her beautiful wings on top and glued the funny sentiment with glue dots to the page.

Some close ups ....

 I added the page to my journal ... 

I used the following stamps

Whimsical Lady walking - 19777

Wildflower Silhouette - 19646

 I'm a ray of fucking sunshine - 20176

I hope you enjoy the day and I thank you for stopping over.

Art Journal Spread by Preeti D.

Hi friends :)

Hope you are doing well.

Preeti Datta (Dutt Preety) here from the VLVS! Design Team.  

For today's post, I've created an Art Journal Spread titled Wanderlust.  

I've used some gorgeous VLVS! Rubber Stamps here. 

First, I applied heavy white gesso to the pages, to prepare them for mixed media work.

Then, stamped the background using VLVS! Stamps and Versamark sticky ink. Next, heat embossed all the stamped images with metallic embossing powder. 

 Added color to the background using Sprays & Starburst squirts. Sprayed with water to create movement.

Did additional stamping using archival ink & VLVS! Rubber Stamps.

 Next, stamped the sentiment and focal image using VLVS! rubber stamps onto white cardstock using versamark watermark ink & heat embossed them in black. Then fussy cut the images & distressed their edges. 

 Adhered a couple of die cuts behind the sentiment and focal element. 

 In the end, distressed the edges of the pages using distress inks and created white & black splatter using watered down gesso. 

VLVS! Supplies:

Row of Chevrons : SKU #19829

Rows of Numbers : SKU #20170

Row of Distressed Lines : SKU #20171

Punchinella/Sequin Waste Border : SKU #20161

Overlapping Circles by Corrie Herriman : SKU #19995

Wanderlust : SKU #19170

Beethoven : SKU #19771

Other Supplies:

Lindy's Gang Embossing Powders, Starburst Squirts & Spray

Scrapman Dies

Versamark Watermark Inkpad 

Finnabair's Heavy White Gesso, Heavy Black Gesso, Soft Matte Gel

Ranger's Archival Inkpad- Potting Soil

Tim Holtz Distress Inkpads- Vintage Photo & Black Soot

Thanks a lot for your precious time :)
Stay Blessed!
Preeti

You gotta fight - Art Journal Page || by Elisa Ablett

Hi everyone,

Elisa here from the design team for VLV Stamps with my latest design team inspiration for you, a very bright and funky art journal page.

I adore the Banksy Wall Singer stamp and decided I wanted to create something a little different with her. I was at a craft retreat recently and I pulled out my stash of stamps ready to create my latest design team projects and a friend of mine suggested using little pieces of paint chips!

I was intrigued by the idea and took it a bit further by expanding the paint chips to look as though they were coming from her mouth as she was singing....

Let's take a closer look - 

To create a multi coloured embossing effect can be quite tedious but the results are amazing, you just have to layer in lines of colour and clean up in between each colour!

Torn bits of coloured washi tape over the top of the Rows of Numbers stamp to create a grungy effect.

I also like to recycle old paper a fair bit so I used a small piece of old dictionary paper, fussy cut a circle out and stamped with punchinella-sequin-waste-border , Cross Marks background and Cross Stitch stamps to create a 'spotlight' or focal point for our main stamp - Banksy Wall Singer.

I created the lines of paint chips by brayering paint onto white cardstock, letting it dry then randomly cutting small pieces and patterns from each colour. Then the painstaking part..... adhering them to your page using glue. Then once dry, I added a border of doodling to the paint chip rainbow and then adhered the musical-notes over the top.

The quote are lyrics from a song by the Beastie Boys called - 

Fight for your Right and printed from the computer but I think it would make an awesome stamp.

Thanks for stopping by the blog today, make sure you leave me some love 

💙💚💛💜

Hugs 

Elisa xx

Stamps used:

- Banksy Wall Singer

 - Punchinella Sequin waste border

-Rows of Numbers

-Cross Marks Background

-Cross Stitch

-Music Note Calligraphy

Other materials used:

Art by Marlene Art Journal

Black Gesso

Colour Blast Embossing Powders

Versafine Ink

Washi Tape

Decoart paint

Dictionary Paper

White Posca Paint Pen

Like a Queen - Art Journal Page | Sue Plumb

Hi everyone! It's Sue Plumb here with my latest design team project with you. Today I am sharing a whimsical style art journal page that I created on some loose leaf black A4 cardstock. I don't often create on dark backgrounds, but I felt like a change of pace.

I started by creating my background using Dylusions acrylic paints and a stencil from StencilGirl. I stamped over the top using black ink with the Wildflowers Silhouette stamp; and around my page using the Sky of Stars Background with a Distress Oxide. 

I created my "whimsical being" using a variety of stamped pieces put together - Striped Leggings; Dressform; Set of Wings; Cat Mermaid. I simply stamped, cut, coloured and pieced.

The border was stamped also using a Distress Oxide with the Doodle Frame stamp and I used the Treat Me Exactly Queen phrase stamp to add text to my page.

I used Distress Oxides again with the Beautiful Lily and Leaves and 3 Extra Leaves stamps to add extra detail over my background (love how these look over a black background!); and added gold splatters using a Heidi Swapp Color Shine spray. 

You can see how I put this page together in my process video on the VLVS YouTube channel:

Thanks for stopping by so I could share this with you, I hope I have inspired you to get inky too!

Stamps used:

- Sky of Stars Background

- Wildflowers Silhouette

- Leaves and 3 Extra Leaves

- Beautiful Lily

- Striped Leggings

- Dressform

- Set of Wings

- Cat Mermaid

- Treat Me Exactly Queen

- Doodle Frame

Other materials:
- Black and white cardstock
- Ranger Dylusions acrylic paints
- Ranger Distress Oxides
- Tsukineko StazOn ink
- Miracle Tape
- White cotton thread
- Heidi Swap Color Shine

Index Card by Jenn Engle

I have a mini journal of sorts to share with you today. It's a 5"x7" index card, but has a few pages stuck in with washi tape to make a little journal. The main star of this project is Girl's Face by Cat Kerr.

Stamps Used:

Girl's Face by Cat Kerr

I started out with a 5"x7" base and painted it with two colors of acrylic paint. Blue and Lime. Using the same blue, I stenciled using a circle stencil. I then stenciled with a darker blue for contrast, and a different circle stencil. This time with solid circles for a more bold look.

I then took 3 library cards, painted them very haphazardly with Magenta and Tangerine. Then, using the same stencils as my base card, I used Lemon and Sky. I used washi tape to adhere my library cards into pages, and added some black splatters.

To finish it off, I added my Girl's Face by Cat Kerr stamp on the cover with some quote stickers. Now, I have a colorful mini index card journal for poems, song lyrics or making lists.

Stamps Used:

Girl's Face by Cat Kerr

Other Products Used:

Dina Wakley Acrylic Paint

Dina Wakley Washi Tape

Tim Holtz Chit Chat Stickers

Crafters Workshop Stencil

Thanks for looking!

~jenn

Wednesday in Wonderland

Hello Crafty Friends!

Happy Humpday!
I hope you are having a wonderful week so far!

Today I want to share a super fun set of artist trading coins AKA ATCoins. 

If you are not familiar with ATCoins they a trading coins (a sturdy medium in the shape of a circle) that measure 2.5in across.

Stamps Used:

Tweedledum and Tweedledee

Cheshire Cat

Mad Hatter

xo

I started with 3 Circle base cut from cardstock on my brother scanNcut. 

I used a smashing technique with distress oxides on my craft mat to create my base background.

My images were all stamped in black memento ink, and colored with various alcohol based markers on a separate piece of card stock while my bases dried. 

Finally, when everything was dried, I cut and glued my main images onto the coins.

I used a black pen and white gelly roller to add extra detail.

I also used a glue pet to add a few dots of foil for added pop.

I hope you all enjoy these little coins! 

Have you made any yet?