Someone cares... by Corrie

 Hello everyone, 

Happy New Year and welcome to the blog where today I am sharing a journal spread. 

I used acrylic paint and a brayer to create the background. I then stamped here and there and added the happy couple and the snarky sentiment. 

I have used the following stamps:

14040 - Young lovers

14043 - Rose & Stem

20163 - Typeset scallop

20162 - Carved X's

20165 - Crossmarks background

I also used

Amsterdam Acrylics

Archival Inks 

Distress oxide inks

Black pen

Thank you so much for stopping by today! 

It is wine o'clock

Hello everyone,

For today's project I have made an art journal spread using one of my favourite colour combinations. Lately I have been using lots of blues and greens so it was nice to get back to my pinks and oranges!

I think quite of few of us feel like it is wine o'clock in this weird time we are living in ! lol 

Here's how I made it.. 

First I tore two pages out of my journal, the one the final AJ is in, and cut it slightly smaller so I could glue it back into the book. I do this so the book doesn't get any thicker and fuller. I used a stencil and some modelling paste to get some texture and when this was dry I sprayed the pages with Distress Oxide Ink Sprays. The yellow wasn't bright enough form me so I added some Distress Oxide ink in a brighter yellow with a blending tool. (List of materials as well as the stamps I used is at the bottom of this post). After this was all dry I added some white paint over the top with a brayer. Of course it takes on the colour underneath and doesn't show up as white but simply lightens the colours. 

Next I stamped the background with a variety of stamps and ink colours. 

I then got carried away and forgot to take more photos but I didn't do an awful lot more to it. I just added the word currently and did some doodling around the edges. Then stamped the lady, coloured her with Copic Markers, cut her out and adhered her onto the right page. I then stamped the sentiment, changed it and added that to the left page. I doodled around the words, splattered some white ink around and added some shading under the lady. 

I have used the following stamps: 

20285 - Currently

19568 - Double Coffee Rings

19572 - Type X

20163 - Typeset scallop

20162 - Carved Xs

20165 - Crossmarks Background

20417 - Lady opening wine

18567 - Is it wine o'clock yet?

Rest of materials:

Modeling paste, I used Grunge Paste by PaperArtsy

Stencil - Bubble by Tim Holtz

Distress Oxide Sprays: Picked Raspberry, Squeezed Lemonade and Spiced Marmelade

Distress Oxide Ink: Mustard Seed

White paint by Amsterdam

Archival Inks: Magenta Hue, Venetian Orange, Watering Can and Jet Black.

Thank you so much for stopping by today ! 

Not every piece of street art is Banksy

Hello everyone,

welcome to the VivaLasVegaStamps! blog where today I have a tag to share:

here's how I made this:

I started with cutting a tag out of Mixed Media Paper and colouring it with Lindys Stamp gang sprays. I used Star Burst sprays which are sparkly.

Next I stamped randomly over the tag with different VLVS! Stamps (list below) and I also used an Um Wow studio stencil called Dahlia with white paint. Because the sprays are watersoluble they react with the white paint.

Next I stamped this lady on the tag and on some more MM paper; I coloured her with Zig Clean Color real brush markers and cut her out. 

I then glued the cut out one onto the one on the tag; this was all the small details that are impossible to cut out, are there too. 

 

Next I stamped the sentiment, cut it into strips and adhered it to the tag. I doodled around the strips and also along the edges of the tag with a black pen.

Lastly I added a piece of ribbon. 

I have used the following stamps:

20163 - Typeset scallop

20170 - Row of numbers

20165 - Crossmarks background

20459 - Banksy Wall Lady

20453 - Not every piece of street art is Banksy

Other materials:

Mixed Media Paper; I used Daler Rowney 169 lb. or 250 gsm

UmWow Studio Dahlia stencil

Amsterdam Acrylic - Titanium White

Lindy's stamp gang Star Burst sprays: Marigold Yellow Orange and Yellow Rose of Texas

a piece of ribbon

Black pen

VersaFine Ink Onyx Black 

Distress Oxide - Carved Pumpkin 

StaZon - Dove Grey

Thank you for stopping by today ! 

Scribble that shit out

Hello everyone,

For today's project I have made an art journal spread. I have used some of the latest release stamps. I love the scribble girls by Tina Walker and I had to use one today.

I started this page with a gel printed piece of paper and added stencilling and stamping to the background using different inks. I added some black paint along the edges to frame the pages. I used a palette knife for this.

The girl was stamped on the page and on some white card stock. I coloured her, cut her out and glued her onto herself on the page. I then coloured the earrings and necklace with a paint pen. Lastly I added the sentiment and doodled around it with a black pen. 

Here's a close up... 

I used the following stamps:

19566 - Bubble wrap texture

19567 - Writing circle background

19571 - Writing triangles

19015 - Dictionary page

20474 - Tina Walker Earrings scribble girl

20468 - Scribble that shit out

20465 - Badass

I also used:

Amsterdam Acrylics to make the gel print

Archival Inks in Aquamarine, Veridian and Jet Black

StaZon - Dove Grey

Distress Oxide ink - Tumbled glass

A flower stencil 

Black acrylic paint for edging the pages

Thank you so much for stopping by today ! 

Just because...

Hello everyone,

welcome to my 2nd blogpost this month. I have made an Art Journal spread this time and this is it.

The background was made with acrylic paint, a stencil, a babywipe and a blending tool. I started out on a gessoed surface. Next I added the stamping around the edges. 

The lady and the sentiment were stamped on tissue paper and adhered with gel medium. 

Lastly I drew a line around the edges. 

A close up of the 'Banksy Wall singer' that is from the latest release. 

The sentiment is from the same sheet. Love them both ! 

I have used the following stamps: 

from the new release:

20293 - Banksy just because

20303 - Banksy Wall Singer

and for the background I have used my favourites:

19015 - dictionary page

19567 - Writing circles background

19671 - Writing triangles

Thank you so much for stopping by today ! 

Still obsessed with Banksy !

Hello everyone,

For today's post I have made some ATC Coins. They seem to be all the rage at the moment and they are good fun to make. I couldn't resist getting my Banksy's out again because I still love them...

here goes:

I used a gelli print from my stash and cut 5 circles out of it. An ATC Coin should be 2.5" in diameter. 

And here they are. In hindsight I should have done the stamping and stencilling first before cutting the circles but it did work in the end.. 

I used a few background stamps and Archival inks in similar colours to create more interest. 

I also added some dots in dark grey ink. 

Next I selected a bunch of Banksy stamps and sentiments and used my stamping platform to get a nice black image. 

This is what they looked like. I thought they needed some white so I decided to add some stencilling using white acrylic paint. 

So, this is what they ended up as. I really like them. 

A close up. 

and another close up.

I used the following stamps:

19600 - Banksy Tyre swing boy

19607 - Banksy This is not a photo opportunity

19598 - Banksy Hammer boy

19602 - Banksy Winged Mohawk guy

19605 - This revolution

20077 - Banksy You have no friends kid

20068 - Banksy Don't forget to eat 

20065 - Banksy No future

20066 - This was not my dream

19940 - Banksy Child sitting

For the background:

19567 - Writing circles background

19569 - Mesh texture

19568 - Double coffee rings

Thank you so much for stopping by today ! 

Let's get lost

Hello everyone,

Welcome to my second post for the month of February !
I have made an art journal page and there is a VIDEO too ! Yay !

Here's the video:

I have used the following stamps:

19569 - Mesh Texture

19567 - Writing circles background 

19348 - Let's get lost

19338 - Color Wheel lines

19036 - Boy in Cape

Thank you for stopping by today ! 

Welcome to our Design Team for Winter 2018!

Hellooo HELLOOOO!

First > HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Then > Help me usher in the new Design Team for Winter of 2018 won't you?

You'll recognize some returning members, including one of our previous GUEST designers! Then we have quite a couple NEW faces, as well. We are beyond thrilled to work with these talented artists.

Returning we have: 

Corrie Herriman
her blog

Fiona Paltridge
her blog

Michele Kosciolek
her blog



We are welcoming BACK:

Sue Plumb
her blog

Tera Callihan
her blog

Brand new to us is:

Majo
her blog

Elina Stromberg
her blog

Can you believe this line up?!?!?!??

A FLOOD OF INSPIRATION IS COMING YOUR WAY!
(stay tuned)

The road not taken

Hello everyone,

I have an art journal page to share with you today. I've had this elephant in my stash forever and I thought it was time to get him out ! I think he enjoyed his walk ! lol

The base is a gelli print I made earlier and on top of that I added some stamping and stencilling. The elephants were stamped on separate white paper and cut out. I adhered them behind each other on the page as if they were following each other. The bird is a Sandpiper with very long legs and beak which I cut off to make him into something else... lol

I have used the following stamps:

19568 Double coffee rings

19571 Writing Triangles

19659 Numbers set

1692 Early in the morning swahilis

19179 The road not taken

4744 Sandpiper

19219 Whimsical elephant 

19995 overlapping circles

Thank you so much for stopping by today !! 

She flies with her own wings

Hello everyone,

and welcome to my Challenge Inspiration post ! This is the mood board for this month :

The words are : foliage, flowers, weeds, nature, bugs, moths, butterflies, wings, numbers, script, invoice, background stamps, vintage, tan, black, white, brown, distressed, grungy.

and this is what I have made and I think I have used quite a few of the elements mentioned in the words. I just couldn't resist to add a little colour ! 

If you want to know how I made this you'll have to hop over to YouTube 

HERE

I have used the following stamps to make this:

19647 - Butterfly Wings

19646 - Wildflower silhouette

20033 - Alis Volat Propress

19659 - Numbers set 

19415 - Butterfly Sentiments

19045 - Blowing Dandilion & extra seed 

I have also used a piece of pattern paper from 7Dots called 'Cloudy' from Nature Walk as the base for my journal page. 

Thank you so much for stopping by today !!! 

Pencil Case Makeover

Hello VLV STAMP lovers! Fiona here with you today to share a little pictorial tutorial on how I gave my pencil case a makeover using the gorgeous new stamps by the very talented  Corrie Herriman and Tera Callihan.

I bought this little gem at K-Mart. It is made from canvas that has been dipped in a matt rubber covering on the bottom. It is very cool and as soon as I saw it I knew I wanted to give it a makeover!

I began by giving it a light coat of gesso and once that was dry I started to collage some old book pages, music sheets, stamps and other ephemera onto the gesso with some matt gel medium. While I waited for the first layer of gel medium to dry, I stamped out some of the girls new designs onto some old book paper and coloured them using some water soluble pastels. You could use anything you liked to give them some colour. Then I cut out and layered the stamped images on top of the layer of ephemera and gave it another coat of matt gel medium.

Next I added some white contrast with ultra white gesso. I scraped it over with a palette knife, then with my finger I added just a touch of black contrast using some black acrylic paint then finally I added my colour element. I only choose three colours to add because there was already a lot of colour going on with the stamped images.

Speaking of stamped images ..... I wanted a feature piece so I chose the Whimsical Lettered Man and stamped him in a place where there wasn't as much going on with some black Archival ink. 

Tip: Place a hard cover book inside the pencil case to press onto when you stamp. It gives you a nice firm surface to work with.

Lastly .... and this is the best bit ... I added some white paint pen marks over the top of the black areas, I scribbled randomly and with my non dominant hand all over the front with a led pencil, I then outlined roughly any areas I wanted to enhance using a black biro (ball point pen) and then finally I added a little bit more black stamping with the little star and heart and some acrylic SPLASH! Ink.

Here is a list of the Viva Las Vegastamps I used:

Overlapping Squares by Corrie Herriman

Overlapping Circles by Corrie Herriman

Heart by Tera Callihan

Heart Pattern Circle by Tera Callihan

Star by Tera Callihan

Circle Pattern Circle by Tera Callihan

Plate 1480

Whimsical Lettered Man

I think you'll agree it looks much funkier now!!

Thanks for popping in to take a look and I'll see you all again soon xx