Art Journal Page by Jenn Engle "Love.Repeat."

Hey everyone! I have an art journal page to share with you today. I just love the hand carved look of the Ethos Woman by Tina Walker stamp, so I had to give her a page of her own. To see exactly how I made this page, you can watch the process video at the bottom of this post.

STAMPS USED:

Ethos Woman by Tina Walker

Ethos Shape by Tina Walker

Solid Color Wheel

Color Wheel Lines

Love. Repeat

STAMPS USED:

Ethos Woman by Tina Walker

Ethos Shape by Tina Walker

Solid Color Wheel

Color Wheel Lines

Love. Repeat

Other Supplies Used:

Dina Wakley Media Scribble Sticks

Archival Ink

Tim Holtz Grid Stencil

Stabilo Marks-All

Dina Wakley Media Washi Tape

Liquitex Acrylic Ink

Thanks for looking!

~Jenn

Let's get lost in unknown destination

Hello my dear crafty friends and welcome to first VLVS post in September.

Irit is here and this time I decided to make a journal page again (so what if it's not in my journal? I can always glue it into with a drop of a good glue, like a few strips of VLVS Miracle tape); it's just easier to make those art pages separately.

As you know any art journal page needs  it's title. So first thing I picked my titles from my VLVS stamps collection (not as big with sentiments as I want, but yet I can manage ). So my title as picked is Destination Unknown and as the extra words I added Let's get lost, Discover and Explore.

The next step was  to pick the color scheme and I decided on reds and blues with a bit of coppers.

The whole page was built around the couple- they can be a family, friends or just random people around who are moving somewhere, but yet not sure about the  destination.

Each image was stamped with clear embossing ink (I used VersaMark as that's what I have, but any clear ink is perfect); then I heat embossed each stamped image with coordinating embossing powder: red, blue, copper and black. The heat embossed background is misted and inked with distress inks. I usually begin with mists and if the coverage is not sufficient I add inks and more mists.

My favortie background stamps were used to make the background:

Cracked background,Solid color wheel, Color wheel lines, Torn paper and Postal background.

I hope you liked my art piece.
VLVS USED TO MAKE THIS PIECE:
Cracked background  Item 16208 Plate 1287
Solid color wheel-Item 19339 Plate 1435
Color wheel lines-Item 19338 Plate 1435
Let's get lost Item 19348 Plate 1435
Destination unknown Item 19019 Plate 890
Discover Item 19024 Plate 890
Explore Item 19022 Plate 890
 Writing Arrow Item 19078 Plate 917
Postal background Item 14596 Plate 1200 
Man and Woman symblom  Item 19080 Plate 917
Torn paper Item 19341 Plate 1435

Create ART Every Day

Happy Thursday the 13th!!  

Michele here today with a quick any occassion card.  I like to have plenty of these on hand for whenever I need a card!

VLVS! Stamps:  create art, dictionary page, ink drips, paint brushes in jar, solid color wheel.  I also used ultra high gloss embossing powder from VLVS!

Other items: gelatos, distress markers, water pen, archival ink, water color paper, Bazzill cardstock.

The color wheel is perfect for stamping with a watercolor effect.

I think the dictionary page is my most inked up stamp!!

Oh, and don't forget our monthly challenge...the inspiration board is a stunner!!

You can link up here.

Going in circles and never stop: art journal page

 Hello my dear crafty friends and welcome to my very first post on VLVS team.
This is an inspirational post and not a tutorial, so I am just going to share my thoughts, tips and the way I worked on this art journal page.
Lot of people ask me about the way I get my inspiration. Usually I begin with products I own. Like if I need to make a project for a stamp company, I try to figure what stamps I have and how I can combine them into a finished art piece.
As I already own quite a lot of VLVS stamps (about a hundred, I think) it was not so easy to group them into  some themes and to see what stamps are going to be used for the first project.
So I grouped the circles first as they were pretty large.
The huge Clock face,Coffee ring  stain, Solid color wheel and  another circles were the first. Then I  began to look for something that is connected to circles and to time and the result was this song line that says" Going in circles like a faceless clock with a timeless hope that never stop".
Perfecto! Now I looked for an image of someone who  was standing, walking scrolling etc. The only one I found in my stash was this Businessman Silhouette , but it was the best of the best. I stamped him on the corner as this was my whole page anchor and added Brick background around him. All stamping process over this page done with pigmented inks and clear embossing powder and all inks I used are Clearsnap Crafter's inks as those are very wet and perfect for heat embossing inks.
Now I started the process that was to stamp all images with different colored inks and to make the circled
background and to arrange the circles to the way that will make my stickers sentiment placement possible.
On the way I added more circled  VLVS  images around as  you can see on the full product list below.

The whole piece was misted, inked and painted with a wide mix of Gelatos, mists and acrylic paints and I even added some spots of gel medium around before (those are bare, non colored spots).

I arranged the sentiment around the circles and added this huge NEVER STOP central title with vinyl stickers.

Then I just added a couple of metal clock pieces and some glitter over the glue.

VLVS stamps used to make this project:

Brick backround- Item 19077 Plate 917

Clock face- Item 19468 Plate 1444

Solid color wheel-Item 19339 Plate 1435

Thick to thin round-Item 900 Plate 272

Coffee ring stain-Item 19230 Plate 926

Color wheel lines-Item 19338 Plate 1435

Hand holding circle- Item 15977 Plate 1271

Charred wood background- Item 16387 Plate 1301

Bussinessman silhouette-Item 19418 Plate 1440

Watch movement-Item 18457 Plate 1388

Other products used:

Inks- Clearsnap, Ranger

Embossing powders, glitters: WOW! Embossing Powders

Metal trinkets:  Paper Studio

Letters- American Crafts, Glitz Designs

I hope I inspired  you a bit with my way of making art journal pieces and you are welcome to try this way of  creating art.

Guest Designer : Georgia Heald x2

We're back today with a 2nd and final post from the super talented Georgia Heald! Learn a bit about her here on her first Guest post. She's joining us today with a 12x12 layout.

Introvert Layout

Quite different to my normal style, the style of this layout was inspired by VLV's amazing range of circle stamps. I really wanted to create an eclectic graphic design inspired look. I have used the Solid Color Wheel stamp and Large Bird Stamp behind my photo to draw the eye to the center of the page. 

 

And then layered the Color Wheel Lines Stamp and Bulls Eye Stamp amount my paper layers and paint to create extra detail and interest.

Product List
Solid Color Wheel Stamp
Seek Paradise Stamp
Large Bird Flying Left Stamp
Color Wheel Lines Stamp
Bulls Eye Target Open Stamp
Heidi Swapp, Kaisercraft, Lemon Owl & Studio Calico Papers, American Crafts Cardstock - White, Heidi Swapp Rub-Ons, The Crafter's Workshop Stencil, Ranger Dylusions Mists in Fresh Lime & London Blue, Higgins India Ink, Ranger Archival Ink in Black and Watering Can, Hero Arts Ink in Mint Julep and Tide Pool, Prima Marketing Quick Dry Fluid Chalk Ink in Blue Jay, Fude Ball Pen, Staples, Thread