Fly away

 Hello everyone, 

For today's project I have made a postcard. 

I have used the following stamps for this postcard:

14773 - Clown towing in

4678 - Balloon dog

19568 - Double coffee rings

1692 - Early in the morning swashilis

20695 - Writing scribbles collage 

I also used:

Stamperia Pattern paper

Clippings sticker

Distress Oxide inks

Washi tape

Acrylic paint

Copic Markers

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Exotic

 Hi Everyone, 

For today's project I have made a postcard! 

And here's how I made it:

First I dunked the card in to Distress Oxide inks that I smooshed on my craft sheet. I did add some water too. 

Next I stamped the background and inked the edges of the card. 

I then stamped the focal image on the card because the one I stamped to colour, I cannot cut out perfectly so I just glue it over the top of this one. Looks perfect ! 

Here I have glued the coloured and cut out image over the top of the one on the card. 

I have used the following stamps: 

20473 - Tina Walker Big eyed scribble girl

20682 - Surgery & Midwifery textbook

20676 - Sheet of newsprint

19567 - Writing circles background

I also used:

Distress Oxide Inks

Copic Markers

Clippings sticker

Washi tape

Thank you so much for stopping by today ! 

Travel the universe

 Hello everyone, 

For today's project I have made a journal spread. It is still my favourite thing to do! 

I think I went for the travel theme as I have not been able to go on vacation in the last 2 1/2 years due to restrictions and I have had enough. So here's to 2022 being the year where we can go back to some sort of normal. 

I have used the following stamps: 

14042 - Rose Arangement

14041 - Lady in flowered hat

19754 - Travel the universe

19761 - Map of the arctic

1692 - Early in the morning swahilis

20695 - Writing and scribbles collage

20696 - Thick Lines row

20694 - Pensylvania Railroad baggage tag

I also used:

Distress Oxide inks

Embossing powder

Copic Markers

Washi tape

a stencil

Thank you so much for stopping by today !

Not normal by Corrie

 Hello everyone, 

For today's DT post I have made an artjournal spread. I was listening to the news on the radio on a Thursday in mid November when I heard that the Government was talking about another (third) lockdown. I must say I am fed up with this pandemic and with all the measures that have been implemented and don't really work. So, I felt I had to get it out of my system and that's what I did. 

I used Amsterdam acrylic paints to create the background and a home made stencil for the polkadots. 

I added background stamping and added the face mask and the altered sentiment. 

I used the following stamps:

20547 - Corona VIrus

20550 - Face Mask

20542 - 6 Foot

20543 - Say new normal

20546 - Stay home

20541 - Worldwide pandemic

20533 - Quarantine life

Thank you for stopping by today!

Make art not war - by Corrie

 Hello everyone,

For today's project I have made an artjournal page and I had to use some Banksy inspired stamps again. I simply love them ! 

The background was made by painting it turquoise and lime and adding stencilling with the same colours, white and dark pink acrylic paint. I used Dina Wakley acrylics. I also used a brayer and white paint to tone the whole thing down again. I added stamping, doodling and washi tape and placed the soldiers on the top of the washi tape to ground them. The sentiment was cut apart and glued onto the page. I added some of the dark pink paint along the bottom edges of the words and at the end of the brush that the soldier on the right is holding. 

I have used the following stamps:

20651 - Banksy Soldiers Painting

19973 - Banksy Make art not war

20067 - Banksy By order/Graffiti area

20163 - Typeset scallop

19569 - Mesh Texture

19571 - Writing Triangles

19567 - Writing Circles background

I also used:

Dina Wakley acrylic paints:

Turquoise - Lime - Fuchsia

Amsterdam Acrylics Titanium White

Archival Inks - Aquamarine - Leaf Green - Jet Black

Washi tape

Posca white paint pen

Thank you so much for stopping by today!

Weird mister

 Hello everyone, 

Welcome to the VLVS! blog where today I am sharing a postcard.

I had a little giggle making this as I think he looks hilarious with his party hat and no clothes. 

Background was made with Distress Oxide inks: Wild Honey and Crackling Campfire.

I have used the following stamps:

18585 - Man with hands on face

19563 - Grunge circles

19015 - Dictionary page

19659 - Numbers set

20275 - We are the weirdos, mister

20040 - Party hat

Thank you for stopping by today ! 

Mark Maker

 Hi Everyone, 

I am back ! After 6 months without, I really missed the quirky, fun images of VivaLasVegaStamps! so I am really happy that I can contribute to the blog again ! For my first project I have made a postcard. Postcards are great because their size is not too intimidating and yet there is plenty of room to enjoy yourself. 

I made the background with an UmWow Studio (Hexagon) stencil, acrylic paint and a gelli plate. I added stamping and heat embossing. The main image was coloured with watercolour markers. 

I have used the following stamps:

20165 - Crossmarks background

20163 - Typeset Scallop

20169 - Art is Anything..

20168 - Mark Maker

20166 - Scribble Circle

20162 - Carved Xs

19432 - Banksy Spray can Cop 

Rest materials:

Amsterdam Acrylics

Gelli Arts Gelli plate 6 x 6 

Versafine and Archival inks

Watercolour markers

White embossingpowder

Thank you so much for stopping by today ! 

Tis the season

 Hello everyone,

Welcome to the VLVS! blog where today I am sharing a Christmas card. 

and here is how

I used some old not very sticky washi tape to create a stripe pattern on my card.

I painted roughly between the lines of washi tape to get a not perfect effect. 

This is how it looked after drying.

Next I stamped the elf and the sentiment on the card and on a piece of paper. I wanted to colour him with my Copic Markers. I stamped the head and hat again in red because I wanted his hat to be white and red stripes. 

After everything was coloured. 

The completed card. I added some Liquid Pearls over the berries of the holly but because I didn't have red I used a white one and dabbed a tiny amount of red paint over the top. The leaves were coloured straight on the card. I also lengthened the strings with a black pen and added some shading around the box so it isn't floating. 

I only used two stamps for this card:

20203 - Christmas Elf

10571 - Tis the season

Other materials:

Acrylic paint, washi tape, Copic Markers, Coloured Pencils, Archival ink, Memento ink. 

 

Into the wild blue yonder

 Hello everyone, 

Welcome to the VLVS! blog where today I am sharing a Journal spread. 

I still really like the Banksy stamps by VLVS! so from time to time I can't stop myself from using them, like today. The background is made with acrylic paints, a stencil and VLVS! stamps. I also used a little bit of washi tape. The girls was stamped on tissue paper and cut out and glued on, just because stamping in a journal can be problematic. 

I have used the following stamps:

19659 - Numbers set

19567 - Writing circles background

19565 - Measuring tape section

19571 - Writing triangles

19568 - Double Coffee rings

19430 - Banksy Balloon girl

19795 - Into the wild blue yonder

Other materials:

Dina Wakley Acrylics - Lemon, Lime, Turquoise and Cheddar

 Amsterdam Acrylics - Titanium White 

Reeves Acrylics - Mars Black

Archival inks - Jet Black, Watering Can, Tiger Lily, Aquamarine, Leaf Green

Tissue paper

Tim Holtz Washi tape 'Halloween'

Black fine liner

Thank you for stopping by today ! 

Stop me before I paint again, a postcard

 Hello everyone, 

For the second project for the month of November I have made a postcard:

And here is how I made it:

I started by colouring the paper with these two shades of Oxide inks. I then rubbed the Broken China ink pad over the stencil and spritzed it with water. I then printed it onto the card. 

After it dried, I added some stamping using Oxide and Versafine inks. 

I used an orange Distress Oxide to stamp the sentiment, I did that three times using my stamping platform. I then took the card out but not the stamp and spritzed water onto the stamped sentiment so it would run. I also added some splatters with the same orange ink. 

Next, I put the card back into the stamping platform and stamped the sentiment again but now with black ink. I like the effect. 

Next I stamped this hand print three times, again using my platform and heatembossed it with clear WOW embossing powder. I added black paint around the edges here and there and matted the card on a piece of black card stock. 

I used the following VLVS! Stamps:

19964 - Stop me before I paint again

20163 - Typeset scallop

20170 - Rows of numbers

20342 - Library return dates

20548 - Hand silhouette

Other materials:

Distress Oxide inks:

Broken China, Tumbled Glass and Carved Pumpkin

Versafine Clair - Nocturne

WOW clear embossing powder

AALL & Create stencil #103 Pebble Pile

Thank you for stopping by today !