Circus Mail Art Part One

Hello it's me Tera again here with a super fun 2 part Circus Mail Art series. 

I love this awesome plate of rubber, It is super awesome with the new USPS Vintage Circus postage.

Stamps used: 

Admit One Ticket 1 1/4 x 2 1/2, Striped Border Arrow 1 1/4 x 2 3/4, Strong Man 3/4 x 2 1/2, Zoltar Machine 2 1/4 x 4, Circus Lady 1 1/4 x 3 1/2, Bearded Lady 2 1/4 x 2 1/2, Shoes Hanging From Wire 1 1/2 x 5, Circus Strongman 3 3/4 x 3 1/4, Spinning Swing Ride 3 1/4 x 4 1/2, Under The Big Top 1 1/4 x 3, Bulls Eye Target Solid 1 x 1, Be True 3/4 x 1 1/2, Bulls Eye Target Open 1 1/4 x 1 1/4, The Greatest Show 3/4 x 1 3/4

I started by stamping out my envelopes and a set of "masks" to mask off the areas i don't want covered by sprays. (Below you can see I used scarp paper to create my masks)

Look how awesome these envelopes look even with out color! 

Below you can see the parts I masked off

Next I sprayed the envelopes with a homemade ink spray then removed the masks and allowed to dry

To finish of my pieces I added my postage stamps and tried to match the colors in them by using my distress markers and a water brush for a fun vintage feel. 

I hope you all enjoy these and have fun creating some of your own! 

February Challenge

Welcome to February 1st of 2014!

It's the month of love, and we're inspiring AND challenging you to create some looooove goodness.

Our mood board for this month :

 

Don't worry about stamping about ONLY love though --- you can take inspiration from anything! Crowns, Top Hats, bokeh, spots, doilies, tickets, paper clips, thread, coral, tan, pink, white, black, couples, potty people -- it's all on you!! Can't wait to see what you create for this month :)

Don't forget the rules:

-Create a new project based on our inspiration board

-Use at least one (but certainly more if you want) Viva Las VegaStamps! rubber stamps (please no competitor stamps on your entries)

-Post it to your blog with a link back to us

-Upload to our linky using your direct blog post link (You may also upload via facebook, flickr or other gallery)

You could win a Project Spotlight post on our blog + some new rubber of course!

And visit me back here tomorrow for my own inspirational piece! 

Colonel Mustard {Tag Make n Take}

Hi folks! DeeDee here today :) 

There's a local crop by the Scrap Society every four months and we've been lucky enough to get on board as a sponsor. We do a make n take and bring some of our wares to peddle. It's great to get better connected with the community and share our love of rubber stamping with a wide audience.

Well they just had a crop this past weekend and I wanted to share the tag we did as our make n take! They always center their crops around a theme, and last weekend's was the game "Clue." So I put together a sort of funny whimsical take on Colonel Mustard!

We started with a cream colored tag of Bazzill Cardstock. It was stamped in Distress Marker with the Bingo Card Background and the edges of the tag were distressed with Walnut Stain distress ink.  The next layer is made of the Pointed Pen Tip stamped in Archival ink by Ranger, an UmWowStudio star confetti mask, Gauche Alchemy washi tape, Glimmer Mist by Tattered Angels and the Whimsical Man With Whip also in archival ink.

To finish the tag I balled up some black thread (Thanks for the technique, Amy!), fussy cut our new Admit One Ticket and glued down a Geo Tag from UmWowStudio's Arrow Confetti pack.

GA & VLVS! Day 2

Welcome to Day 2 of our swap with Gauche Alchemy!!!!

Don't forget... what's a swap with out PRIZES?? Fill out the rafflecopter form at the end of this post for multiple entries into our giveaway! 

First up today we have DT member Aimee:

Aimee worked in her journal using the Large Butterfly stamp and of course her Miracle Tape. GA items used include a floral napkin, some beautiful punchinella and a gorgeous vintage lace.

and second is DT member Lea:

Lea opted to do a 12x12 layout with her goods, and it was the PERFECT FIT! From Gauche Alchemy she used the red punchinella, the red wavy paper, the restaurant check, a bottle cap, and the lace on the Waitress' apron!

The VLVS! images used include:
Pecan Pie
Poison
I don't even butter my bread
Deluxe Hamburgers Sign
Waitress/Burger Tray
Waitress with Drinks
and
A Fun Time Was had by All

Thanks so much for checking out what the DT had to share today!! Now for the giveaway details... Like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter and Pinterest, sign up for our newsletter and get connected with us via networked blogs. Everything you do on the list gives you one more chance at a a FREE Pound O' Rubber! that's A LOT of stamps! Fill in the Rafflecopter form below to be entered :)

a Rafflecopter giveaway
 

Now hop on over to the GA blog - they've got wonderful projects to display for the swap as well! They also have a coupon code to use in our store, available only to their blog readers! So become one and have access to a VLVS! discount :). And here is a coupon for you to use in their store: "VLVS10" good for10% off anything you order. They've also got a special giveaway going on this week!

--Check both blogs SATURDAY for prize announcements!--