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 ! 

Wicked

Hello everyone,

Welcome to the VLVS! blog where today I am sharing an art journal spread. I was a relatively simple one too but I enjoyed making it.

Here's how I made it:

First I painted the pages with shades of blue and purple. I mixed in white paint to get some different hues. 

Next I stamped this doily (a full list of the stamps I used is at the bottom of my post) and heat embossed it with white powder. So pretty ! 

I then added some stamping on the background.

Next I stamped, coloured and cut out this lady.

Here she is all finished on the page. I added some washi tape here and there, some doodles and a word that I cut out of a sentiment. 

I have used the following stamps:

18846 - Medium Doily

7681 - Sheer backing

20150 - String of tassels

19416 - Waybill Invoice background

19659 - Numbers set

20122 Something wicked

Other materials :

Acrylic paints: PaperArtsy

Ice Blue, Summer Sky, Snowflake and Forget me Not. 

WOW embossing powder in white 

Archival inks in Jet Black and Deep Purple

Versafine ink - Morning mist

Copic markers

Thank you so much for stopping by today ! 

We are the weirdos

Hello everyone,

I don't know about you but this strange world we live in at the moment made me want to do a different, for me, weird project, so I have made a postcard with a Halloween theme.. :o)

Here's how I made it:

I heat embossed a text stamped and the spiderweb on a piece of Mixed Media card stock, using white for the text and silver for the web. 

Next I dunked the card into these colours Distress Oxide inks, drying in between. 

Here is a detail of how it looks. 

Next I added a little black stamping and inked the edges of the card with a blending tool and the brown Distress Oxide. I then stamped the raven and the sentiment on a piece of paper. I coloured the white bits of the bird with pencils. 

And here it is all put together. I matted the sentiment onto black card stock before adhering it and also added some doodle lines along some of the edges. 

I have used the following stamps:

10599 - Spiral

20270 - Spider web in tree branches

20269 - Raven looking up

20267 - Beware of

20275 - We are the weirdos, mister

Other materials:

MM card stock 

scrap of black card stock

WOW embossing powder in white and silver

Distress Oxide inks in Ground Espresso, Peeled Paint and Spiced Marmelade

Versafine Clair Ink - Nocturne

Prisma colour pencils

Thank you for stopping by today ! 

Through the looking glass

Hello everyone,

welcome to my blogpost where today I have a mini art journal page to share. I have used some of my favourite stamps for this !

I love Alice in Wonderland ! No idea why, as I didn't even read the books when I was young.. I got into it when I started crafting. 

I started with heat embossing a page from my mini journal. I usually tear out pages, do the journal and glue them back into my book. 

Next I added colour with Distress Oxide inks in two shades of blue. 

Then I added stamping with the same inks. 

Alice was stamped on white card stock and coloured with Copic markers. I stamped the sentiment on the page too. 

And here it is all put together. I love how it came out. 

I used the following stamps:

19353 - Through the looking glass

20015 - Alice drink me

20342 - Library return dates

20343 - Victorian Flower Background

Other materials:

WOW embossing powder white

Distress Oxide inks - Tumbled Glass and Faded Jeans

Black Versafine Clair ink

Copic Markers

Thank you for stopping by today !

Winter wishes

Hello everyone,

Welcome to today's blogpost ! For today I have made a quick Christmas card just in case you might still need some!

I enjoyed making this and I have only used 3 stamps ! 

If you'd like to know how I made this then go HERE of click on the pic below ! 

I have used the following stamps:

20343 - Victorian Flower Background

20197 - Frosty the Snowman

19814 - Winter Wishes

I have also used :

WOW Embossing powder - White Regular 

Distress Oxide Ink by Ranger - Broken China & Blueprint Sketch

Copic Markers

Thank you for stopping by today ! 

Through the looking glass

Hello everyone,

The month of November has just started and that means the start of a new challenge! It is a fun one too !

Here is the inspiration board:

The words to go with this are : books, journals, alice in wonderland, gardens, garden items, terrariums, cloches, florals, pretty backgrounds, stark focal points, numbers, dates.

Of course when I saw the words : Alice in Wonderland I was sold ! I have made an Art Journal page:

This was so much fun to make ! I started with heat embossing the flowers with white embossing powder. Next I used Distress Oxide Inks to make the background. I used Antique Linen, Fossilised Amber and Peeled Paint. I used the same inks to stamp over the background here and there. Next I stamped the Alice in Wonderland figures on white card stock and gave them a tiny bit of shading, cut them out and adhered them onto the page. I also added some shading under the figures. Lastly I stamped the sentiment. 

I have used the following stamps:

19659 - Numbers Set

19353 - Through the looking glass

20015 - Alice Drink me

20016 - Mad Hatter

10528 - Rabbit looking at pocket watch

The floral stamp I used for the background and the library dates stamp are from the new release

 Plate 1508; these will be available for single purchase soon. 

Thank you so much for stopping by today !

Blondes make the best victims..

Hello everyone,

welcome to today's inspiration for the September challenge ! And this is what it is all about :

I made an art journal page for this and filmed the process too ! 

You'll find the YouTube tutorial here:

Have fun watching ! 

I have used the following stamps:

19567 Writing circles background

19566 Bubble wrap texture

19571 Writing triangles

20078 Banksy Alfred Hitchcock birds

19015 Dictionary page

19098 Bird on wire

Thank you for stopping by today ! 

I'm late, I'm late....

Hello everyone,

and welcome to my inspiration post today !

I have made an Art Journal spread and I have gone for an Alice in Wonderland theme. I love Alice in Wonderland. Strange really if you know that I only started to read the books as an adult. I got really interested when I started crafting as the characters are great for cards, tags, journals... you name it.

This spread was made in my homemade gel printed book. I learned making this in a workshop with Birgit Koopsen. You make lots of gel printed pages and then glue them together to make a book. 

There is a video from Birgit to show the process HERE. 

I started with heat embossing the Dandilion here and there on the pages. I used fine detail white embossing powder by WOW. Next I stamped the background with similar colours of Archival inks as the background and with grey and black for contrast. Next I added some washi tape and stamped the rabbit and the sentiment. 

The rabbit was coloured with Copic Markers and cut out. I rest amped him onto my page and was then able to cut off small details like the watch chain. I then adhered the coloured one over the top. I also added some shading under him. 

The stamped sentiment was cut into smaller pieces and adhered to the page. A little doodling with a white pen finished the whole thing off. 

I used the following stamps:

14103 - Dandilion Head silhouette

19567 - Writing circles background

19571 - Writing triangles

19015 - Dictionary page

10528 - Rabbit looking at pocket watch

11039 - I'm late, I'm late

Thank you for stopping by today !