GA and VLVS! Swap Day 3

Welcome to Day 3 of our swap with Gauche Alchemy!!!!

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From DT member Cheryl:

 "Faces in the Crowd"

This piece was made using the inside of the pizza box lid as my background. I tore several sheets of kraft papers with some kind of printing on them. After attaching the papers and overlapping then as I went. I then used acrylic paint to change the colors of the lace to match my chosen color scheme. I painted one with an aqua paint and attached to my background. I cut the second of lace around flowers in the original pattern. I then white washed them and also attached them. I painted between several of the overlapped papers. My color scheme was a Shabby Chic combination of Pink, Peach, Mint green, Kaki and White.

I added an Asian book page from my Gauche selection and added my stamp collection.

With all my stamps I used Momento tuxedo black and embossed them with Ultra thick embossing powder. both items available on line at Vivalasvegastamps.com

After all the stamps where completed I cut each one out individually so that I could elevate then to different

levels. I attached them with both double sided foam tape and glue dots

From my Gauche Alchemy selection I also used velvet brads,three labels (I especially liked the Dads Root Beer label that contained another face for my creation).

I also used a chipboard milk bottle cap which I distresses (as I did with all the papers gauche supplied) and 

a piece of game money.

Following are the names and item numbers of the stamps

All available on line at VivaLasVegaStamps.com (click the stamps for their individual links)

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Uncle Sam Wants You for the 4th of July

Uncle Sam Wants You

Viva las Vegastamps!

                                      

Uncle Sam Wants You                       Children Pointing/Looking

Item no.5794 (Military plate)              Item no. 6420 plate no.616

SUPPLIES:

Rubber stamps above

Brown ink

UTEE (ultra think embossing powder)

Heat Gun

12 x 12 Kraft paper

2 12x12 patterned Kraft paper

Paper cutter

Small sharp scissors

double stick foam tape

Cricket with Rosette die

Scoring board

Bone folder

I fell in Love with Sam the first time I saw him!!!  I have really

 been looking forward to using him for this 4th of July

 submission.

I also love Kraft Paper and I used Canvas Crop solid Kraft, 

Red/Kraft and Blue with Kraft stars.

The ink I used was a dark Brown and I embossed

both designs with UTEE (Ultra thick embossing

powder)  I love the texture and color match with the

embossed Dark Brown Ink and the Kraft colors.

I used a Cricket to cut out the large Rosette

I then used my scoring board and Bone Folder

to make the folds I needed.

I attached the rosette with double sided foam tape.

With the stamping completed I cut both designs out

with small sharp scissors.  Once cut I attached them to the rosette.  I put

Uncle Sam on with 1 strip of foam tape and the children with 2

to give them a higher elevation.

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY

                

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Here is Last Month's Winner!

Winner was 

Cheryl Lindsay!

with her Amazing Steampunk Card!

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Moon Party!

While in the Viva Las Vegastamps! store I found this wonderful stamp
"Moon Party"
item number 2265 which is 4 1/2" x 4 3/4"

Above is my very well love and used stamp! I love the versatility of this stamp. Here I have decided to use it for Christmas....but I have thought about how great it would be for New Years, Birthdays, Party invitations....the uses go on and on.

MAY YOUR HOLIDAYS BE OVER THE MOON

Since VLVS now carries Ecoartboard, Tsukineko embossing stamp pads and Miracle tape I decide to combine them in these combination cards. I have used my Jewelry making ideas and have incorporated them into cards.

1. Rubber stamp on your card with stayzon ink (any color for your outline)

2. Choose the area you want to focus on and rubber stamp that onto you
ecoartboard before heating it. I apply black Sharpie marker to all sides of
Board.

3. Color in your designs with matching colors so that they appears to be jumping
right out of your design. On this card I use faber Castel water color pencils

4. I covered the entire board with Tsukineko embossing stamp pad by patting it on... rubbing
could distort your design. On the Kraft colored board I used an old Versamark
pad that had been used on a previous project incorrectly and had a large
area that was now brown in color which I used to add the brown color to the
moon in the first card.

5. When the embossing was still wet I covered the entire piece with a heavy
layer of VLVS! Ultra High Gloss Embossing Powder.  I heated the powder with a heat gun, and repeated this process several times to get a heavy, smooth, glaze over the top.

These pieces could easily be converted to jewelry pieces.

5. With the designs on I cut the card stock the sizes I needed. I used embossed
Bazill papers for the backgrounds. Adhering the original stamped design on to the card stock and

after lining up the ecoartboard with the design I adhered it down. (Miracle tape works great for this).

Remember these supplies are all available at Vivalasvegastamps.com Miracle tape, ecoartboard, Ultra High Gloss Embossing Powder and Embossing pads (Tsukineko embossing stamp pad)

Rubber stamp Jewelry

I made a pin and pendant from one of my favorite rubber stamps from Viva Las Vegastamps!  I used ecoartboard, a double sided art board for rubber stamping sold by Viva Las Vegastamps!  I used Tim Holtz distressed ink with a nib to color in the design which was stamped with Staz-on ink.  I then covered my project with Judikins enamel resin and baked it in my toaster oven.  I attached the pin to a gift card for a great gift idea.

The stamp I used is #16086 for this pendant as well.

This stamp is also perfect size for an ATC by itself.

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