Silently Correcting Your Grammar - by Cheetarah

Hi all, it's Cheetarah here at the VLVS! blog today and I am sharing this postcard I made. You might have noticed, I like to take the "tongue in cheek" approach to conventional celebrations (and really almost everything else in life ;) . With Halloween coming up, I thought about the most horrifying thing to "dress up as", and that would be a "belittling know it all" - far more annoyingly terrifying than any monster in my book! ;) 

VLVS! has these AMAZING text stamps and the "I am silently correcting your grammar" is one of my favorites. As always full list of stamps is at the end of the post.



I started off by making a background with sticking left over bits and pieces to a card. And then roll over some distress paints in orange, smoke and yellow. Stamped over some wonderful mixed media stamps and spatters some liquitex while ink over it. I stamped the cute Whimsical Horned Boy on a coffee stained paper and colored it in with alcohol markers.



I stamped the sentiment also on the coffee stained paper and adhered the focal images to the card. Added some washi tape for more texture and to ground the image.



Lastly I added some gold spatters and a border with distress crayon in black soot.

Stamps used:
Whimsical Boy with Horns
Carved X's 
Rows of numbers
Pile of bones and skulls
I am Silently Correcting your grammar

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

Desk Caddy

Hi there ~ Judy here, when I saw Mary Vogel Lozinak images from Viva Las VegaStamps! I knew they would be perfect for this project.
 These caddies are perfect for pens, pencils and markers.

VLVS Stamps and Supplies:

Wheeley Monocle Face

Wheeley Cat

Wheeley Rabbit

Elephant on Ball

Blowing Dandelion and extra seeds by Susan M Brown

Miracle Tape

This project was made with an empty commercial tissue roll measuring 3 1/2" x 3 1/2." These can vary in length and height. Don’t forget the cylinders or tubes that documents come in. These can be cut into projects using the same directions I have here. 

Directions:

Make a 4 1/2" circle with Kraft paper or 1” larger than the roll.  Place the empty tissue roll in the center of the circle, draw around the outside of tissue roll with a pencil.

Cut ½” slits to pencil mark around the perimeter of the circle, fold slits up and fit around bottom opening, press the slits to fit over the base of roll.

Add Helmar acid free glue to a few slits at a time to make a good fit over bottom of roll. When you get all tabs glued, add a few rubber bands around the glued tabs, set aside to dry. Remove rubber bands when dry.

Basic covering technique was used to completely cover the tube with one sheet of 12" x 12" designer paper. Circle cutter was used to cut black card stock for bottom of desk caddy to coordinate with the finished project and designer paper for inside of tissue roll. 

Stamp images on smooth off-white artist paper with Memento black. Leave 1” space between each image. You will need this space to cut and matte. Heat set to dry. Each stamped image was painted with Copic markers. 
Use masking paper to stamp each image, cut-out just inside of image, place the mask over the finished image and then stamp blowing dandelion image with shattered straw distress ink. Remove mask. Trim and matte each image the same size on black card stock using Miracle Tape. Adhere each piece to desk caddy with Miracle Tape. 

Elephant on Ball

Wheeley Rabbit

Wheeley Cat

Wheeley Monocle Face

Adhere one little clear gem to Wheeley Monocle with Glossy Accents.

I've made several of these caddies to hold my Copic Markers! Each caddy holds approximately 28 markers. 

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 Other supplies:

Memento Black ink

Ranger Shattered Straw distress ink

Helmar Glue

Copic Markers

Glossy Accents

Eclipse art masking tape

Paper Trimmer

Black card stock

Designer paper

Artist paper (smooth finish)
Kraft paper

Clear gem 

Designer Team Member~ Judy Cantrell 

Making Backgrounds!

It is always fun to try new techniques using what is around the house, shop/garage or in our creative supply stash.  Today's post is about making backgrounds. 

Faux Wood Background

This is an ATC from a SWAP... The theme of the swap was "FROM THE SHOP." My shop items are masking tape and locking washers! over lapping layers of Masking Tape on the base card stock (2 1/2 x 3 1/2), swipe with Chocolate Brown. Stamp VLVS! Harlequin Diamond Background with Barn Red after stamping off. Note: stamping off is inking the stamp then stamping on another sheet of paper before on the actual project.  Next stamp the VLVS! Easy Dog Rider and Route 66 Road Sign with Black. Cover the entire card with VLVS! Ultra High Gloss Embossing Powder, heat the embossing powder until clear, this gives the card a nice finish. Add locking washers (available at the hardware store) for embellishment and a touch of color with COPICS.

Supplies:
VLVS! Stamp Harlequin Diamond Background
VLVS! Easy Dog Rider
VLVS! Route 66 Road Sign
VLVS! Ultra High Gloss Embossing Powder
Masking Tape (shop)

Card stock
Inks: Chocolate Brown, Barn Red and Black
Heat Emboss Gun
Locking Washers(shop)

COPICS

RESIST With

VLVS! Ultra High Gloss Embossing Powder

Stamp the VLVS! Nike Statue and VLVS! Two Columns in the back ground with white ink (one statue with violet ink), using masks to keep from stamping over previously stamped images. Heat emboss with VLVS! Ultra High Gloss Embossing Powder.  Spritz with mists, wipe the mist from the embossed images. Randomly stamp VLVS! Swirls to create borders with violet ink. Ink May Arts Lace with chocolate ink and adhere with VLVS! Miracle Tape. What a great background!!!

Supplies:

VLVS! Lady with Arms

VLVS! Nike Statue

VLVS! Two Columns

VLVS! Swirl 2 x 3 3/4

VLVS! Swirl 2 3/4 x4 1/2

VLVS! Swirl 1 x 2 1/4

VLVS! Ultra High Gloss Embossing Powder

VLVS! Miracle Tape

May Arts Lace

Kromecote Cardstock

Journal Clairfontaine

Ink White - Violet - Chocolate

Mist - Winter Grass Stewart Superior

Mist - Sandalwood 

Add VLVS! Lady with Arms stamped on Kromecote Cardstock, fuzzy cut and add her in the foreground.  

Washi Tape Background

To see step by step instuctions on making your own Washi Tape check out Dee Dee's Washi Tape Tutorial posted earlier this week. It is well worth watching!!!

For this card place VLVS! Miracle Tape 1 inch on white tissue. Use an dauber or sponge to apply brown ink directly to the white tissue. 

Randomly stamp images of VLVS! stamps Draw,Pen Tips, Pointed Pen Tip, A Drawing Is and This is where I draw the line on the tissue. Note: the images are partially stamped on the tape. Now you have beautiful one of a kind Washi Tape.   

For this card the Washi Tape was cut to fit the card stock panel and used as a background. A few pen nibs were added in the lower left.  Stamp the VLVS! Feather Pen Collage on coordinating card stock and mount with foam tape.

Supplies:

VLVS! Miracle Tape 1 inch

VLVS! Draw

VLVS! Pen Tips

VLVS! Pointed Pen Tip

VLVS! A Drawing Is

VLVS! This is where I draw the line

VLVS! Feather Pen Collage

VLVS! Ultra High Gloss Embossing Powder

White Tissue (dollar store)

Pen Nibs (thrift store)

Card stock

Ink Brown & Black

Curtains

Another background can be done using VLVS! Stage Curtains stamps to create a mini stage. This is a background I used last weekend when the VLVS! Design Team had their fantastic blog hop BLAST FROM THE PAST using VLVS! Oldie But Goodies Stamps! My stamp was the VLVS! MAN WITH HOOP! Here I created an altered tin with a stage.

Supplies:

VLVS! MAN WITH HOOP
VLVS! Chevron Banner
VLVS! Stage Curtains
VLVS! Ultra High Gloss Embossing Powder
May Arts Ribbon & Fibers
Altoid Tin
Transparency
Cream card stock
Pink Card stock
Black ink
Red ink
Stickles
Sakura Crystal Lacquer
Hearts Made from Creative Paperclay®
Be Mine - Sticker
Foam Tape
Small blocks

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