Mail Art Monday!!

It's Monday and I have a little mail art to share...
I love making my own envelopes so I can work on them all opened up and flat.

Grab a cuppa and I will show you...

I cut the envelope from mixed media paper

Stamped my image, Fed Up Vintage Lady,  on the envelope and the masking paper.

Masked the image and a place for the address.

I created the background color with Distress Oxide Ink and a brush.

I love this technique...just brush the color on the paper!

Then another color at the edges.

Spritz some water.

Splatter some Distress Spray in coordinating colors.

Then some background stamping, Rows of Numbers and Cross Marks Background.

Pull up the mask and finish with staping and doodling.

I used Miracle Tape to assemple the envelope.

Peel and stick!!

This is the finished envelope.

I stamped in the address box with the String of Tassels (designed by me).

Our vintage lady is colored with Distress Markers.

Those watermarks make me SO happy!!

Thanks for stopping by!!!
Until next time...get inky!

We Are All Mad Here

Hello stamping friends!!
Michele here today with a fun door hanger to share.

This is a precut chipboard piece with a coating of heavy gesso.  The sentiment is created with chipboard letters and a heart from UmWow Studio painted with Distress Pint.

Viva Las VegaStamps used:  Mad Hatter, Alice With Hands Behind Back, Row of Books, Mushroom, Wildflower Silhouette, Chesire Smile.

I used some gold foil on the book spines.

All the images are colored with Distress Markers.

The background is Distress Oxide Ink.

You will find this hanging on the front door...is it a warning or a welcome??!!

Until next time...get inky!

ATC's and a Card

Hello again stamping friends!!!  Michele here today to share a couple of ATC's and a card using all stamps from the latest release.
Ready??  Here we go...
ATC's first:

These were so fun!!!  These are both just one layer but the background is Distress Oxides and Dina Wakley paints and stencils.
Viva Las VegaStamps! used:  Girl with a Bird Cage, Elf on a Stool, Nevertheless She Persisted, Why Fit in.

The image is watercolored with Distress Markers.

My work never feels complete unless I have some splatters...

I used my favorite masking technique with book pages on the images.

Orange is usually not a color I use but I love the POP of color it brings to this ATC.

And not the card:

We have some layers on this one...The image is stamped and colored and fussy cut.
Viva Las VegaStamps! used:  Nevertheless She Persisted, Whimsical Leaf Lady Face.

Distress Oxides and Markers for the color on this card.

We look forward to seeing how you are creating with all these awesome new images!!  Please make sure to share with us on our facebook page Viva Las VegaStamps! Groupies.

Until next time...get inky!!

Easter is Right Around the Corner

Happy Friday ALL!!
Michele here with a bit of last minute Easter inspiration...for those of us who just remembered we needed a couple of cards before the bunny hops by.
I started with watercolor paper and used Authentiques Eastertime for accents.

Stamps used:

Bunny Looking Right

Silhoutte Clump of Plants

I started by stamping the bunny on watercolor paper with archival ink.

Then again on a thin dictionary page to mask the bunny.  This allowed me to stamp the clump of plants around the bunny with Distress Oxide ink.

The bunny is colored with Distress Markers and a waterbrush.

These little gift cards are perfect for some Easter treats I will be passing out Sunday.

Next a couple of cards...

Stanp used:

Chick

Using the same masking technique I stamped the chick several times.

The last chick is colored with Dustress Markers and a waterpen and popped up.

Stamps used:

Bunny in Boxers

Whimsical Triangle Banner

I used the masking technique here too and the background is Distress Oxide Inks.

The bunny is colored with Distress Markers and a waterpen.

Can't wait to see what you do with my favorite masking technique!!

Until next time...get inky!!  HAPPY EASTER!!

Travel the Universe!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!  Michele here today with my first post of 2017 and I am sharing a card I created that can be used for any number of occassions.

STAMPS USED:

Banksy Love Bug

Doodle Dots

Travel the Universe

Doodle Frame

Row of Chevrons

I used Distress Sprays, Inks, Paint and Markers for all coloring.  The stamps are all stamped in Archival ink.

You'll see laying with stamping and cutting images and popping it up.

I added in some white hand drawn dots for a little dimension.  The sentiment is heat embossing with Ultra High Gloss embossing powder.

A couple of extra hearts...they are Um Wow Studio heart confetti.

The frame is stamped on book page and fussy cut.

I am so glad to be on the VLVS! team for another term and look forward to sharing and inspiring!!

Until next time...get inky!!

Christmas Greetings for HIM

Hi all!!!  Here we are just 3 days before Christmas...wow it flew by fast!!!  Are you all ready??  How about some inspiration for a last minute card for HIM.

I have a tutorial for you today, it is picture heavy so grab a cuppa and see for yourself how I have been foiling stamped images!!

I started with a piece of white cardstock, Deer Head by Cat Kerr and some Heidi Swapp reactive screen ink.

I put a small dab on my craft mat and rolled my brayer through it.

I rolled it over my stamp which I had on the appropriate size acrylic block.

I made sure the entire image was covered with the ink.

You can see the detail you still get in the stamped image.  Let the ink dry.

After cleaning the screen ink off the stamp and while the stamped image is drying stamp in archival ink on a piece of white cardstock and on dictionary page to be used as a mask.

Cut a piece of foil the size of the stamped image.  Lay the piece on top foil side up.

I used a laminating machine which came with a folder to put your images in to run through the machine.

When the machine is heated up run the folder through.

It cools very fast, when it is ready peel the foil off.

Look at this foiled image!!!

Using the cut out mask stamped on the dictionary page cover the deer part of the image, I left the antler gold.

With the Thicker Fir Branch stamp in green archival ink at the bottom of the deer image.

I cut the deer head out of my other piece of cardstock, colored with Distress Markers and a water brush and adhered.

Aren't these golden antlers AWESOME?!!

To finish the card off I stamped the Christmas Wishes sentiment and created a banner.  I used foam bits to add some depth.
And there you have it...a quick manly card for him.

As we are wrapping up the last month of this term and 2016 I hope you have been inspired.  Thanks so much for visiting and spending time with us while we share bits of our art with you.
Merry Christmas to all and to all MAKE SOME ART!