Life Is Now In Session

 It seems that my last couple of projects have been tags and it looks like I was inspired again to create another tag.  But aren't tags FUN??!

And of course I always like to have some painted papers handy to choose from.  This is Dina Wakley acrylic paint brayered on to a piece of Ranger kraft cardstock.  I LOVE the bits of kraft peeking through the paint!!!

I was just in sunny Florida so I have sunshine and blue skies on my mind!

Stamps used:  Couple Kissing, Expanding Rays Silhouette, Life Is Now In Session

Our couple is stamped in Archival ink and colored with Prisma Colored Pencils.  They are ground with a bit of Um Wow Studio rusty washi tape.

I stamped the rays in Distress Paint, mustard seed and ripe persimmon.  A little dab of broken china on our chip cloud just ties the sun and sky together!

I am certainly ready for more fun in the sun and DEFINATELY ready for life to be back in session!!

Until next time...get inky!!

More Pride, More Acceptance!

 November already...YIKES!  But here we are.

Continuing on with my love for Tina Walker's Scribble girls, I have a slimline card to share with you.

Stamps used:  Scribble Girl Pigtails, Scribble Girl Big Lips, Scribble One Earring, More Acceptance, More Pride

Stamped in archival ink and colored with Posca Paint pens.

The slimline die is from PhotoPlay Paper and I used a gelli printed piece from my stash.  Of course I used Dina Wakley paints and sprays.

And these sentiments are perfect for this crazy election time here in the US.

I am finding that I just love the slimline card, it is a fun size to create on!!

I will see you all soon.  Until next time...get inky!

Brave Wings

 OK, so you may have noticed that I just LOVE all of the Scribble Girls by Ms. Tina Walker, and if you haven't...trust me when I say I DO!

Today I have a tag to share with you combining the new release of stamps with a previous release of Scribble Girls.

The tag is pulled from my stash of gelli printed tags and papers.

Stamps used:  Scribble Girl with Curlers and Earrings, Tina Walker Wings

She is stamped in archival ink and colored with Posca Paint pens.  My favorite was to dress the girls!!!

I cut the earring with a craft knife so I could but the wings under them.  The wings are stamped on a magazine page from my stash that was gelli printed.

I do most of my gelli printing with Dina Wakley acrylic paint, I just love the colors.  The sentiment is written with my favorite Posca's.

I have a feeling this tag is going to end up in a journal, what do you think??

Until next time...get inky!

The Little Things!!

Now-a-days it is important to enjoy the little things.
Today I am enjoying these little gnomes on this fun tag I created!

Stamps used:  Whimsical Cloud, Whimsical Cloud, Gnome Small, Gnome Large, Doodle Flower/Garden, Delight in the Little Things

I used a tag I had gelli printed with Dina Wakley paints for my background.  Stamped the clouds and garden in background colors of archival ink so they would blend in a bit.

Then took a bundle of gnomes I had colored and fussy cut to build up my 'little things' that are standing on some washi tape so they don't look like they are levitating...

The gnomes are colored with Prisma Colored pencils and of course blended with Gamsol!

A little doodling on the edges and a prefect sentiment completes this happy 'little' tag.

I hope you are taking the time to delight in the little things and continue to stay safe!!

Until next time...get inky!

Halloween ATC's

I have been thinking about Halloween for a couple of weeks already, anyone else??
So I thought I would get cracking on some spooky projects.

I created this fun set of FOUR ATC's using a a gelli print I did some time ago with Dina Wakley paints and scribble sticks.

Stamps used:  Mwahahaha, Eat More Candy, Witch Better Have My Candy, Creep it Real, Whimsical Jack o Lantern with Legs, Whimsical Star with Legs, Whimsical Moon with Legs, Whimsical Candy Corn with Legs, Whimsical Ghost with Legs, Whimsical Skull with Legs, Whimsical Scarecrow with Legs, Whimsical Pumpkin Candy with Legs 

First I stamped all of the whimsical images directly on the ATC. Then on a piece of cardstock to be colored with Copic markers and fussy cut.

I just left all of the legs stamped as they were in black archival ink.

One of the images is popped up and the other is adhered directly on the ATC for a little dimension.

Last but not least of course, all of the sentiments are stamped on white cardstock and cut to fit each ATC.

Halloween is right around the corner...are you getting ready??

Until next time...get inky!

The world is my runway

Hello everyone,

it is my turn again to show you a project with the fabulous VivaLasVegaStamps! stamps. I have made a mini journal page for today.

I had a piece of card stock with brown ink on it lying on my desk and thought I could use it for my project. I added a little gelli printing in the edges in turquoise and then stamped here and there, using Archival inks in Aquamarine, Potting Soil and Jet Black. (Full list of stamps used is at the bottom of this post.)

I stamped the lady on white card stock and decided I liked her uncoloured so I cut her out and adhered her in the corner of my piece of paper. I then chose the sentiment and stamped that too. After cutting it into strips I adhered it to the paper too. Lastly I matted the whole thing on black card stock to make it pop. 

I have used the following stamps:

20342 - Library return dates

19015 - Dictionary page

8280 - Beautiful lady retro looking up

20406 - the world is my runway

19568 - Double coffee rings

19567 - writing circles background

Other materials:

Distress Oxide sprays (already on the background) 

Archival Inks: Jet Black, Aquamarine and Potting soil

Dina Wakley Media paint : Turquoise 

Thank you so much for stopping by today ! 

Recipe for Sweets

The holidays are right around the corner, can you believe it??!
Michele here today and I was inspired by all of the holiday sweets that we all love for this set of ATC's.

Stamps used:  Stack of Macaroons, Calories Don't Count, HEHEHE, Have a Nice Day, Delight in the Little Things, Doodle Border, Recipe Card, Victorian Flourish

The ATC bases are a piece of cardstock with Dina Wakley paints on the gelli plate.  The background stamps are the colors of the paint to fade.

The Macaroons are colored with Prisma colored pencils and the filling is stickles.

The macaroon stack was cut up and arranged on the ATC's.

Some washi so the macaroons didn't look like they are floating and a little border stamping.

The edges all have Distress Ink and finally some splatters with Distress Oxide Spray.

What's your favorite holiday treat??  We have Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas all coming up quick...what will you be making??

Until next time, get inky!!

Art Journal: Perspective of Time by Cheetarah

Hi VLVStampers! Hope you all are having a wonderful day so far. It's Cheetarah here on the blog today and I have a little art journal spread to share with you made with lush VLVS! The focal point is a wonderful whimsical Scribble Girl designed by Tina Walker which is a new release! Check out the full plate HERE. Let me tell you how I made it and as usual, list of stamps are at the bottom of the post. 

I stared off in my pocket junk journal by adding gesso over some glued down ephemera (dictionary/book pages) and then scraping color with a used gift card until I was satisfied with the blend. I used midnight blue, fuchsia and a sea green acrylic paint for this. To add some more texture I took out my StencilGirl Stencils with some wonky geometrical shapes and lightly dabbed some paint through them. 

Next step I added more texture by stamping some yummy VLVS! texture stamps with Staz-On inks over the painted layer. The sentiment Past Present Future is also from a StencilGirl Stencil. I first used the sea green paint then traced it with a Fudeball pen. Now the base layer is done and went to work with the focal point. 

Tip if you want to use watercolors over acrylic paint layers: I bought this product a while back, watercolor ground by Daniel Smith Artists materials and really wanted to test it out as I love coloring images with watercolors. I applied a bit on the right page dried it with a heat tool to set then I stamped my focal image on it with archival ink. Then heat set it. My image was ready to be color in! Showing you some process shots of the coloring below:

The ground took the watercolors (Jane Davenport brand) very nicely and I was patient with adding the colors in layer and give it enough time to blend and dry until I was satisfied with the over all look of the the woman. Also the ground knocked down the background in brightness and to bring the pages together I stamped the previously used texture stamps over this layer. 

Stamped the word 'perspective' in the middle and splattered some rose gold paint & added a black border and called it done. 

Stamps used: 

Big Eyed Scribble Girl - Tina Walker  

Numbers set 

Row of numbers 

Row of Chevrons

Bubblewrap Texture 

Perspective 

Materials used:

Gesso

Dina Wakley paints

Daniel Smith watercolor ground

StencilGirl Stencils

Jane Davenport watercolors

Stazon & archival ink pads

Heat tool

black Distress crayon  

Hope this inspired you to take your your VLVS! and have a play with them!

Until next time! 

Have a lovely day.

Wander

Say it ain't so...  we are coming to the end  of summer.  While I do love fall I feel like we really didn't get much warm sunshine and I didn't get to do much wandering.

Michele here with a quick tag inspired by my dream of wandering around the world.

I started with a tag (one of the new white tags by Dina Wakley) that I used to mop up some beautiful Dina Wakley paint in a class I just took with her.

Stamps used:  Hitchhiker, Sign Post, Numbers Set, Cross Marks Background, Punchinella/Sequin Waste Border, NY License Plate, Not All Who Wander.

Colored with Prisma Colored Pencils after stamping with archival ink.  A little washi tape to ground the main image and some splattering with Distress Oxide Stain.

A bit of doodling...and a little chevron ribbon to top off the tag.

I guess I will have to do a bit of fall wandering this year!!!

Until next time, get inky!!

Index Card by Jenn Engle

I have a mini journal of sorts to share with you today. It's a 5"x7" index card, but has a few pages stuck in with washi tape to make a little journal. The main star of this project is Girl's Face by Cat Kerr.

Stamps Used:

Girl's Face by Cat Kerr

I started out with a 5"x7" base and painted it with two colors of acrylic paint. Blue and Lime. Using the same blue, I stenciled using a circle stencil. I then stenciled with a darker blue for contrast, and a different circle stencil. This time with solid circles for a more bold look.

I then took 3 library cards, painted them very haphazardly with Magenta and Tangerine. Then, using the same stencils as my base card, I used Lemon and Sky. I used washi tape to adhere my library cards into pages, and added some black splatters.

To finish it off, I added my Girl's Face by Cat Kerr stamp on the cover with some quote stickers. Now, I have a colorful mini index card journal for poems, song lyrics or making lists.

Stamps Used:

Girl's Face by Cat Kerr

Other Products Used:

Dina Wakley Acrylic Paint

Dina Wakley Washi Tape

Tim Holtz Chit Chat Stickers

Crafters Workshop Stencil

Thanks for looking!

~jenn

Summer Stories

Who is ready for summer to FINALLY be here?!!!  ME!
Michele here with a tag inspired by my LONGING for summer weather.

Stamp used:  Lady Holding Hat

My background was a gelli print with Dina Wakley paints...I have been hord...I mean saving it for quite some time and this was the perfect time to finally cut it up.

Washi tape makes the perfect 'beach towel'!

The lady is colored with Prisma Color Pencils.

Come on SUMMER!  I need to work on my tan...

Until next time...get inky!!