March is Birthday Month at Viva Las Vegastamps!!!

MARCH is BIRTHDAY MONTH

and this month holds a very special birthday

Terri Sproul (the Design Team Lead) is 29 again!!!

Be sure to stop by

 and wish her Happy Birthday 

with a card in the MONTHLY CHALLENGE!!!

For this card gather supplies listed at the end of this post.  All stamps used are from Viva Las Vegastamps! the Basset Hound Dog Rocketeer, "May the Steam be with you!", Happy Birthday, Nesting Gears, Fancy Key-Vintage and a Swirl from Swirls Plate 1333. All images were embossed with Viva Las Vegastamps! Ultra High Gloss Embossing Powder.

First stamp Happy Birthday on a strip of paper and adhered with VLVS! Miracle Tape to the bottom of the panel. Next stamp the Basset Hound Dog Rocketeer, masking the dog stamp the Fancy Key-VIntage to make it look like the Basset was a wind up.  Stamp the Swirl from plate 1333, and "May the Steam be with you!"  Mask all stamped images and the flags on the pattern paper and stamp the Nesting Gears with Versafine Olympia Green ink. Once all images are stamped and embossed. Using COPICs add a little color to the rocket with gray and brown to the Basset.

Mix Sakura Crystal Lacquer with Terri Sproul Mixers Gold.  Paint thickly on the rocket and lightly on the Basset.  Set aside to dry 

After the panel has dried attach it to the card base with Viva Las Vegastamps! Miracle Tape. Add locking washers! 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TERRI!!!

Supplies

Viva Las Vegastamps!Basset Hound Dog Rocketeer

Viva Las Vegastamps!May the Steam be with you!

Viva Las Vegastamps!Happy Birthday 

Viva Las Vegastamps!Nesting Gears

Viva Las Vegastamps!Fancy Key Vintage

Viva Las Vegastamps!Swirl from Swirls Plate 1333

Viva Las Vegastamps!Ultra High Gloss Embossing Powder

Viva Las Vegastamps!Miracle Tape

Stewart Superior Memories Madonna Blue Ink

Stewart Superior Memories Black Ink

Versafine Olympia Green Ink

Sakura Crystal Lacquer

Terri Sproul Mixers Gold

Pattern Paper - My Minds Eye

Locking Washers

Remember to enter the Monthly Challenge 

The theme this month is Birthday!

You could win $25 to the VLVS! on-line store 

To read more about the challenge click HERE!

"Giving a Basket of Amore" using Viva Las Vegastamps! and new Sakura Terri Sproul Mixers

Happy Saturday Everybody! It's Susan here with my top of the month project to share. Love is in the air and Valentine's Day is just around the corner. So I am sharing a "Basket of Hearts" Amore card I've created using Viva Las Vegastamps!...AND...the brand new Terri Sproul Mixers by Sakura Hobby Crafts. These are powders and glittery goodness to be added to Sakura Crystal Lacquer.


And guess what??? Viva Las Vegastamps! will be the very first retailer to carry Terri's new line. I got to meet our Fairy Craftmother last weekend at CHA in California...she is fun and fabulous - just like in her videos! So keep a lookout for these SUPER NEW products in the VLVS Online Store soon!!

This is Terri and I just prior to the CharityWings.org Flash Mob!

For today's project I used two stamps from Viva Las Vegastamps! Basket of Hearts #405 and Woven Thatch Background #10153. I started off with a sheet of wine colored cardstock and I stamped both images with Stewart Superior Memories Regal Burgundy Pigment ink and embossed using VLVS Ultra High Gloss embossing powder. I also stamped the section of the hearts in basket onto lavender and pink cardstock and embossed. Then I gave it detail with Sakura Terri Sproul Mixers!!! For the woven thatched background of the basket and the handle, too, I mixed some of the Yellow Pearl Jewel Effects Mixer with Crystal Lacquer. It went right over the embossed stamped image and kept the detail. Then I mixed up Red Pearl Jewel Effects Mixer and painted in hearts on the pink and lavender paper. One color takes on an entirely different life when painted on different colored papers - especially dark papers.

The mixers stay transparent while adding shimmer and a touch of color. You have total control of the intensity of the Mixers color, by adding a little or a lot of the powders to Crystal Lacquer. AND it dries quickly, too!!! I for one am the queen of Stickles {glitter adhesives} and really don't use them for most projects because of length of drying time. Now that I've played with the new Sakura Terri Sproul Mixers...I can't see why I would ever use them {Stickles} again. I am totally hooked! Did I mention there are 30 different colors and additives in the Mixers line. I had this piece of scrap paper with a heart and the word "Amore" that I also accented by layering strokes of yellow and red Mixers with a paintbrush. This really made the sentiment "POP". I fussy cut and paper pieced the hearts in the basket and finished assembly of card with coordinating patterned paper scraps and a sheer organza bow. I now have a lovely Valentine for my special someone!

It's a new month which means a new VLVS Theme Challenge for February! Submit your "LOVE" theme creations using Viva Las Vegastamps! for a chance to win a $25 gift certificate at the VLVS online store. CLICK HERE for info on submissions. Don't forget to check out the Viva Las Vegastamps! store.

Don't forget to browse around a little while to see what our talented Design Team has been up to.

Thanks so much for visiting & if you would like to see more of my creations please visit my blog, sbartist : painting in the dark HERE. Happy Saturday : )

Queen Bee in the Hive!!

Hi everybody! It's Susan and I'm at CHA and sending in this post from IHOP since the hotel internet is down...many crafters are M.I.A. because of this {Terri included}. But I did find Terri!!!

 

Here is my project today...This Queen Bee who is a little self conscious of the size of her stinger. I used three Viva Las Vegastamps!: Queen Bee #5373; Does this stinger... #5327; and Texture/Sharp Angles #9752. I started off with a scrap of hand-painted paper that really wasn't pretty enough for anything. So I cut hexagonal shapes mimicking the queen bee stamp and then with grey Staz-on stamped the texture on each piece. Then I glued them onto an olive green cardstock in a honeycomb pattern. I stamped the Queen Bee on the same painted paper twice and then colored in and layered the image. The wing is a piece of Mica colored with silver Krylon pen on the back and stamped on the front. Then I gave it detail with Sakura Terri Sproul Mixers on the wings, staff and eye {OK - I just got a mini sample at the trade show today}. The tip of the staff is perfect pearls. Then I stamped quote on yellow cardstock and matted on same background paper. A lot of fussy cutting....but so worth it.

Detail of gussied up Queen Bee!

Two days left submit your creations for the VLVS Theme Challenge for January! Submit your "CELEBRATION" theme creations using Viva Las Vegastamps! for a chance to win a $25 gift certificate at the VLVS online store. CLICK HERE for info on submissions. Don't forget to check out the Viva Las Vegastamps! store - there is something for every occasion and everything from bees to aliens! Don't forget to hang out a little while to see what our talented Design Team has been up to.

Thanks so much for visiting & if you would like to see more of my creations please visit my blog, sbartist : painting in the dark HERE. Happy Monday : )