Viva Las VegaStamps!: Swirls Plate 1333

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Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Crown Fit for a Princess

I am so fascinated by Fascinators!!! Since the Royal Couple are celebrating their first anniversary I thought it would be fun to create my own CROWN!

I took about a quarter of the Creative Paperclay® from the bag. I spread the clay by hand out on transparencies. Once it was pretty thin I used the rolling pin and shims to get a smooth surface on the Creative Paperclay®, about an 1/8 of an inch. Making sure it is long enough for the pattern. The crown is pattern I cut free hand, measuring 11 inches in length. Lay it on the Creative Paperclay®, with a cutting tool carefully cut around the edge of the pattern.

Gently stamp the crown with swirls to give the crown decorative dimension. The set of stamps used are Viva Las Vegastamps! Swirl Plate# 1333. With a little water create slip on the two edges of the crown that need to be joined. Gently work the Paperclay® together at the seam. Let it dry overnight. Now the

crown is ready to decorate!

For more projects visit my blog Dreaming of Castles Lyneen

Tuesday, March 06, 2012

March is Birthday Month at Viva Las Vegastamps!!!

MARCH is BIRTHDAY MONTH

and this month holds a very special birthday

Terri Sproul (the Design Team Lead) is 29 again!!!

Be sure to stop by

and wish her Happy Birthday

with a card in the MONTHLY CHALLENGE!!!

For this card gather supplies listed at the end of this post. All stamps used are from Viva Las Vegastamps! the Basset Hound Dog Rocketeer, "May the Steam be with you!", Happy Birthday, Nesting Gears, Fancy Key-Vintage and a Swirl from Swirls Plate 1333. All images were embossed with Viva Las Vegastamps! Ultra High Gloss Embossing Powder.

First stamp Happy Birthday on a strip of paper and adhered with VLVS! Miracle Tape to the bottom of the panel. Next stamp the Basset Hound Dog Rocketeer, masking the dog stamp the Fancy Key-VIntage to make it look like the Basset was a wind up. Stamp the Swirl from plate 1333, and "May the Steam be with you!" Mask all stamped images and the flags on the pattern paper and stamp the Nesting Gears with Versafine Olympia Green ink. Once all images are stamped and embossed. Using COPICs add a little color to the rocket with gray and brown to the Basset.

Mix Sakura Crystal Lacquer with Terri Sproul Mixers Gold. Paint thickly on the rocket and lightly on the Basset. Set aside to dry

After the panel has dried attach it to the card base with Viva Las Vegastamps! Miracle Tape. Add locking washers!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TERRI!!!

Supplies

Viva Las Vegastamps!Basset Hound Dog Rocketeer

Viva Las Vegastamps!May the Steam be with you!

Viva Las Vegastamps!Happy Birthday

Viva Las Vegastamps!Nesting Gears

Viva Las Vegastamps!Fancy Key Vintage

Viva Las Vegastamps!Swirl from Swirls Plate 1333

Viva Las Vegastamps!Ultra High Gloss Embossing Powder

Viva Las Vegastamps!Miracle Tape

Stewart Superior Memories Madonna Blue Ink

Stewart Superior Memories Black Ink

Versafine Olympia Green Ink

Sakura Crystal Lacquer

Terri Sproul Mixers Gold

Pattern Paper - My Minds Eye

Locking Washers

Remember to enter the Monthly Challenge

The theme this month is Birthday!

You could win $25 to the VLVS! on-line store

To read more about the challenge click HERE!

Tuesday, December 06, 2011

Viva Las Vegastamps! and Creative Paperclay® Ornaments

This month the Viva Las Vegastamps! design team was challenged to use Creative Paperclay® in their post! I usually give home make ornaments as gifts to some of the people on my Christmas list and decided to make them with Creative Paperclay® this year! For one stop shopping Creative Paperclay® is now available online at Viva Las Vegastamps!

Work on a flat surface, a glass surface seems to work the best. Tip: I place a transparency on the glass surface to allow easy moving. Sorry you can't see the transparency, believe me it is there! Work with small amounts of Creative Paperclay®, first roll it into a smooth ball, then between the spacers roll out the clay. For spacers I used 3 pieces of chip board taped together with Viva Las Vegastamps! Miracle Tape, making them about a 1/4 of an inch thick. The spacers help keep my clay a consistent thickness. While working with Creative Paperclay® be sure to keep the unused portion of the clay sealed or covered in plastic so it doesn’t dry out!

After rolling out the paper clay stamp your image in the clay. Do this before you cut the clay. If you stamp after cutting the clay you may distort the shape of the cut image. Note: Once you use items from the kitchen with clay the tools should be used exclusively for clay or other craft projects in the future!

For my ornaments I used Viva Las Vegastamps! Swirls Plate 1333 and Santa Holly.

After stamping your image cut your shape, press hard so that you feel the glass surface below the cutters. Tip: Gently pull the extra clay from around the cutters while the cutter is still in the clay. Using the end of the paint brush put a hole in each ornament.

Halfway through the drying time turn your ornaments over. Sand the rough edges gently with an emery board or fine sand paper. For a sealed surface paint ornaments with a matte medium or gesso, set aside to dry.