Art journaling with Whimsical Leaf Lady

Hi!
Elina here with you today, sharing my latest mixed media page I made in my Moleskine art journal book:

I had so much fun playing with the Whimsical Leaf Lady stamp! To start with, I stamped the image twice on white paper, and colored both faces, using two different color sets of my alcohol markers. The lady with red hair and purple leaves was a nicer match to my black/yellow/white page background, so that's the one I chose for this project. The other green color themed lady will be used later for another project.

Black paint marks I pressed on the page background with my gelli plate. To mute down the dark color I brayered some white acrylic paint on top, and added hints of yellow paint here and there. Before gluing down the main image I decorated the background with stamping.

I placed the lady on the bottom of my page, but then realized that to my taste there was too much open space on the top of the page. I decided to make a bit larger collage of the leaves in her hair: I re-stamped the larger set of leaves on white paper, colored them with alcohol markers, cut out, and layered on the page. I do love the image as it is, but I think that this version is also quite cool!

Hope this page inspires you to take a fresh look at your VLVS! stamps; they can be used in so many various ways!

For this art journal page I used the following VLVS! stamps:

Whimsical Leaf Lady Face
Cross Marks Background
Carved Xs
Rows of Numbers

Wishing you a wonderful day!

Ready for Spring?

Hello my Crafty Friends.

Finally we some sort of spring over here in Germany.

I was inspired by the sun and some warmer temperatures to create my Art Journal page.

I started with a 4¹/₂“  by 11¹/₂“ water colour paper and applied distress Oxides in three different colours. I spritzed it with some water (Still my most used and most favorite technique!) 

To add texture I added more colour with stencils and added some stamping in the same colours.

For the main image I stamped the beautiful Nature Collage and used the sentiment stamp on the side without re-inking it.

A little close up ...

Here are all stamps I have used:

 20036

20034

19659

910

19883

19233

 

  I hope you like my page, enjoy the spring ♥

Happy Crafting!

We Could Be Heros!

Hi everyone!!
Michele here today with a T.A.G. that was inspired by a childhood memory of how we always thought we could be superheros when we were pulling crazy stunts that would have made our mothers have a heartattack if she knew what we were doing!

I haven't done a tag in s long so I am so excited that I was inspired to create one!!

Stamps used:  Boys Playing With Shopping Cart, Banksy Shopping Carts, Numbers Set, Cross Marks Background, Rows of Numbers, We Could Be Heros.
The background is Distress Oxide Inks and the boys are colored with Prisma pencils.  Some washi tape and of course DOODLING...and we are done.  The tag is topped off with some black sari ribbon.

That sentiment is absolutely PERFECT.  I distressed all the edges with Distress Ink.

I selected colors in honor of Evel Kenevil...
I had so much fun creating this tag, I hope it brings a smile to your beautiful faces!!
Until next time...get inky!

April Monthly Challenge ---

Be inspired by words like nature, natural, trees, forests, camping, mountains, skies & water, fishing, birds, reflections, boats, dogs, gray, tan, white & black, gray + anything else that you might be inspired by!

Meet us back here shortly for inspiration & our last challenge's winner!

Don't forget the rules:

-Create a new project based on our inspiration board (it has to be posted this month, but you can certainly link up to other challenges as well!)

-Use at least one (but certainly more if you want) Viva Las VegaStamps! rubber stamps

(We are now allowing competitors stamps to be on your work, but please make VLVS! the focus of the project, thank you.)

-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 us back here for inspiration!

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Clowning Around...

Hello Crafty Friends!

I hope you are all having a wonderful day! 

Today, I want to share this crazy clown card!  As soon as I saw this clown, I knew I had to have him!  I know a friend of mine is going to be so excited when she gets this card!!! 

Stamps Used: 
Clown
Numbers set
Solid color wheel
Color wheel lines
waybill/invoice
Torn Paper

Other Supplies used:
Distress Ink-Hickory Smoke, Black Soot, Candied Apple (oxide)
Dylusions spray ink- Black Marble
Memento Ink- Tuxedo Black
Markers- Zig clean color, Blick Studio alcohol markers

I started with an A2 card base.  The clown was the 1st thing I stamped.  I then stamped him a second time on scrap paper (to use as mask).  

Once my clown was masked off, I stamped my large circle (solid color wheel) to highlight my clown.  I also added the smaller red circles (color wheel lines), and numbers.  

To add a touch more detail, I used my waybill/invoice stamp to randomly add background.  Next, I flicked some dylusions spray inks in black marble. I also added some distress edging in hickory smoke and black soot.  

While that dried, On a separate piece of paper I stamped the "torn paper" stamp.  Using my heat tool I dried this, and cut it out.  I glued this on the card front to finish everything off. 

I hope you all enjoy this little piece as much as I do! 

Happy Easter and enjoy the rest of your week.

Destination unknown (2)

Hello everyone,

Mr. Mojo seems to have left me and because of that I decided to revisit an old idea.  For the second time this month I have used the same sentiment. I have made a simple postcard :

I cut a piece of white card stock to the size of a postcard 6"x4". I then adhered a piece of an old town map on it. With a brayer I added some blue paint and some green over the top. Next I stamped the blue X's with the same blue paint and the small X's with black Archival Ink. I used the same ink to go around the edges of the card and to stamp the men and the sentiment. I did use a Stamping tool to get a nice black impression. 

I have used 4 stamps for this card :

20165 - Crossmarks background

20162 - Carved X's 

19019 - Destination unknown

19730 - Wright Brothers walking

Thank you so much for stopping by today ! 

Flower Garden Journal Page by Fiona

Hello my creative VLVS! peeps. Fiona here with you today to share an art journal page i have made using the fabo Viva Las Vegastamps!!!

My background is all gel printed. I printed directly into my art journal. A little bit challenging but definitely worth the effort!

 I stamped once it was dry with basic black ink so the images would stand out against the busy gel printed background.

 I just love the "Doodle Flower" stamp and so I emulated it by painting in some extra flowers to make a very colourful garden on my page.

Viva Las Vegastamps! used include:

Doodle Flower

Doodle Frame

Writing Chevron

Lots of colour in this one .... A feast for your eyes. Thanks for popping by. I'll see you all again very soon xx

*A woman's place is in total control.*

Hello, my friends!

It's Majo here today to show you a rather quick card. 

The scribble circle and all the lovely girls/women designed by Mary Vogel Lozinak work so well together and with changing the sentiment you will have a very neutral image for many occasions, i.e. Birthdays, Friendship, just saying "Hello" or even with a little heart in the middle of the circle for a Valentine's card

I stamped the scribble circle and masked the middle with a piece of Post It. After stamping all the Beauties I cut my stamped sentiment apart and adhered it with pop dots and the upper one with my Tiny Attacher. 

I added some Washi Tape in between the two layers on top to give my card a bit of excitement. I adhered the panel to the card base with Miracle Tape.

Here you see all the stamps I used, except the sentiment:

Here you find all the stamps I used:

18258

18302

18264

18265

18267

18261

19161

20166

4230

Miracle Tape
 

 
I hope you all have a great start into the weekend ..... and Happy Crafting ♥

Creepy Creatures on Layered ATC's

Hi!
Elina here today sharing with you my latest VLVS! creation; a set of ATC cards!



Aren't those Leslie Wood images adorable! I stamped them on white paper, colored with Promarkers, and cut out.



For cutting I used both paper scissors and a craft knife. Some of the parts were bit tricky to cut out precisely, and I could not avoid leaving a thin white border here and there. So here's a tip: If you're bothered with the borders, use a black marker pen to cover the white areas by the stamped border lines :)

For coloring the backgrounds I used two tones of blue Distress inks. After inking the background I splashed water on the cards and dried the paper with a heat gun.  This is such a fun and easy technique to add background patterns!

I continued decorating the ATC backgrounds with two border stamps. The larger one I stamped directly on the card, and the thinner border I stamped on a piece of light blue paper.

Before gluing the standing image on the card front I stamped the image on the background. The creature's hair was impossible to cut, so the easier option was to re-stamp the image on the background, to cut out the image,  and to glue the image on top of the stamped the background..

Here are two cards of the finished  ATC set. Hope you like them! :)

For this project I used the following VLVS! stamps:

Creepy Striped Creature by Leslie Wood
Creepy Creature Sitting by Leslie Wood
Whimsical Border
Typeset Scallop






Wishing you a nice day!

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Watercolour Bookmarks | Sue Plumb

Hi everyone! 

Sue Plumb here today to share my latest design team project with you. I have been inspired by some of the fabulous tags that some of the team have produced lately and wanted to try my hand at something similar. Being the practical Virgo I am though, I really wanted them to have a purpose, so I decided to make some new bookmarks for my daughter. (She reads constantly and is always losing her bookmarks.)

I wanted to create something colourful (she loves colour) and also something that was a little bit quirky, but also with positive theme for her.

I started by cutting some white cardstock into pieces measuring 2.5x7"; then stamped the background patterns on using Staz On ink.

The stamps I used for my three backgrounds were:

- Doodle Dots

- Crackle Background

- Sky of Stars Background

- Star Sliding

Once I had the backgrounds stamped I added the watercolour using Colour Blast Colour Shimmer Dust, which I mixed with water and applied simply with a brush. (I used the colours Paris; Peacock; and Velvet.) I then set them aside to dry while I moved onto the focal images.

I used some of the left over cardstock and Staz On ink to stamp out the images that were to be the focal points.

The three stamps I used were: 

- Whimsical Tribal Face

- Striped Leggings

- Whimsical Star Girl in Frame

I used Faber-Castell watercolour pencils to apply colour to each of the images, which I then blended out using a water brush before cutting them out

I then chose 3 quotes to add to each bookmark:

- You are beautiful

- Let Fear Be by Cat Kerr

- She was a dreamer

I stamped them onto cardstock; cut them out; then blended a small amount of watercolour pencil over the top. I then used Miracle Tape to stick the images and quotes onto my backgrounds before putting them into a laminating pouch and running them through the laminator.

Once they were laminated, I cut around each of the bookmarks. I used a hole punch to add a hole to the top of the blue one before tying a small tassle to it with twine.

My daughter was THRILLED with her new bookmarks, so I think there will be more of them being made at some stage. (I think these would make great little thank you gifts / teacher presents / party favours for older children - anyone who loves to read, really!)  

Thanks for stopping by so I could share this with you. I hope I have inspired you to get inky too!

Stamps used: 

- Doodle Dots

- Crackle Background

- Sky of Stars Background

- Star Sliding

- Whimsical Tribal Face

- Striped Leggings

- Whimsical Star Girl in Frame

- You are beautiful

- Let Fear Be by Cat Kerr

- She was a dreamer

Other materials:

- cardstock

- Staz On ink

- Colour Blast Colour Shimmer Dust

- Faber-Castell watercolour pencils

- Miracle Tape

- laminating pouch

- cotton tassle

- twine

**Note: the book pictured is called "Nevermoor" by a wonderful Australian author called Jessica Townsend who lives locally to me. I highly recommend this book for anyone who has children that are Harry Potter fans, my daughter loved it**