Guest Inspiration Team : Preeti D.

Hi folks :)

Hope you are doing well.

Dutt Preety (Preeti D.) here from the Guest Inspiration Team. 

I'm happy & excited to share my first project for Viva Las VegaStamps! 

I've created a Grungy Art Journal Spread- "Art Is..." using some gorgeous VLVS! rubber stamps. 

Process:

1. Applied Heavy white gesso to the pages to prepare them for mixed media work

2. Sprinkled on Lindy's Gang Magicals on the pages & spritzed them with water to get an organic looking background

3. To create interest & texture in the background, did background stamping using multiple VLVS! stamps & archival ink

4. Prepared a masterboard using alcohol inks & then stamped over top with some more VLVS! stamps to create texture, then cut it into strips & distressed the edges of the strips

5. Stamped the quote and focal image onto watercolour paper, lightly coloured it with Zig markers, fussy cut these & distressed their edges

6. Created the focal clusters on both pages by layering die cuts, stamped strips, images & twine. Adhered the elements using soft matte gel

7. Darkened the edges of the pages with black archival ink & created white splatter using watered down gesso. 

 

VLVS! Supplies: 

Ethos Flower by Tina Walker

Heart by Tera CallihanTypeset Scallop 

Doodle Frame

Row of Chevrons

Art Is Anything You Can Get Away With

Row of Numbers

Ranger Archival Inkpad- Jet Black

Other Supplies:

Lindy's Gang Magicals: Sassy Sapphire, Merry-Go-Round Green, Drop Dead Gorgeous Green, Ocean Breeze Blue & Bling-y Blonde

Kuretake: Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers

Ranger Distress Inkpad- Black Soot

Ranger Alcohol Inks 

Scrapman Dies

Canson XL Watercolour Paper

Prima- Heavy White Gesso, Black Gesso & Soft Matte Gel

Thanks a lot for your precious time :)

Stay Blessed!

Preeti  

Guest Blogger : Sue Plumb X3

We are back with a 3rd project from the uber talented Sue Plumb! You can learn more about her from the 1st time she visited us.

Today she is sharing a journal page with us -- totally killer!

"This is a Paint-Me-Dori paintable fabric journal cover that I won as a prize at a scrapbooking retreat. I wasn't sure exactly what I wanted to do with it, until I was inspired by all the VLVS images I had stamped onto tissue paper (courtesy of Fiona Paltridge's stash). 

I first gave the canvas cover a quick swipe of colour using a pale aqua acrylic paint; then cut out the images I wanted to use and applied them using a matte medium to create a collage. 

The beauty of this method is that as the tissue paper dries, it virtually disappears into the background, leaving only the stamped image behind. 

Once the cover was completely dry, I added splashes of colour using Posca paint pens and black and white gesso."

Here's a list of the stamps I used on this project:

- Typeset Scallop

- She Was a Freaky

- Bloody Hand Print

- Banksy Balloon Girl

- You Had the Power/Glinda

- Circle Pattern Circle by Tera Callihan

- Kissing Skeletons

- Whimsical Lettered Man

- Butterfly Gossamer (large)

- Squiggle Heart

- Bat Skeleton

- Fuck Head

- Magic Maker Paintbrush

- Helloooo

- Whimsical Lady's Face with Tears

- Whimsical Horned Boy

Guest Blogger : Sue Plumb x2!

Did you wonder if you were going to get a DOUBLE dose of Sue?? because YOU ARE! and in fact.. you'll be getting a TRIIIIPLE DOSE! Today we have a 2nd project from the fabulous Sue Plumb! You can view more about her in the first post HERE.

Sue has put together a really incredible art journal spread for us!

"This is art journal page I created featuring a photo of me with VLVS design member Fiona Paltridge that was taken at a recent retreat.

I started by laying down my bright background colour before adding the stamping directly onto the page. 

I wanted to created a page where I could feature some of the fabulous Mary Vogel Lozinak whimsical "freak" stamps from plate #1383; so I created this to represent a shooting gallery, with myself and Fiona as the main targets. 

I think Fi and I fit right in amongst them, don't you?"


Here's a list of the stamps I used:
- Many Legged Lady
- Many Armed Clock Person
- Flamingo
- Wheel Lady
- Thin Fish in Mini Skirt
- Freaks
- We Are Not Like Others
- Doodle dots
- Bullet hole
- Dollar sign small
- You Are Beautiful
- Doodle frame

January Challenge Inspiration by DeeDee

Hiiii friends! DeeDee Catron here today to share some inspiration for the new monthly challenge! I'm also really excited to show you our first Time 2 Stamp video for 2017.. the design team is working hard on bringing more video tutorials for you to kick back and watch :) So subscribe to our YouTube channel to stay up to date!

We are also introducing a new design team tomorrow... so be back here for that, too!

Now.. this months challenge is as:

Fun right? And my take:

Here's the video followed by closeup shots and supplies:

VLVS! Used:
Deathhead Moth
Find Your Tribe
Waybill/Invoice Background

Others:
UmWowStudio Poppy Pod Skellie
Sizzix / Tim Holtz : #8 Tag Die
Canson Watercolor Paper
Liquited Gesso
Golden Gel Medium
Ranger Ink / Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Vintage Photo & Ground Espresso
Ranger Ink / Tim Holtz Archival Ink in Black Soot
DMC Floss
water, needle, scrap cardstock, paper piercer, heat gun, palette knife, canvas strings, paint brush

June Challenge

Boy oh boy the year sure seems to be flying by.

June 1st brings us a new challenge and it is FUN!

We'd like to inspire you with words like green, lime, teal, blue, black & white, bright, dots, circles, plants, leaves, sketchy, foliage, chevrons, script, doodles, other patterns, and more!

Don't forget the rules:

-Create a new project based on our inspiration board (it has to be posted this month, but you can certainly link up to other challenges as well!)

-Use at least one (but certainly more if you want) Viva Las VegaStamps! rubber stamps

(We are now allowing competitors stamps to be on your work, but please make VLVS! the focus of the project, thank you.)

-Post it to your blog with a link back to us

-Upload to our linky using your direct blog post link (You may also upload via facebook, flickr or other gallery)

You could win a Project Spotlight post on our blog + some new rubber of course.

And visit us back here for inspiration!

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Aflutter {Mail Art Monday with DeeDee}

Hiya folks :) DeeDee here today to round off the month with our last Mail Art Monday!

I created my own envelope after seeing Michele Kosciolek's version of Mail Art Monday. I also recorded all the steps via video and did a voice over for you. Please feel free to watch :) :

Not much writing from me today as most of the info is in the video.. but I did want to say I love how moody this envelope turned out even though I used pinks :) The addition of the gray, book text and stabilo all worked really well together to help tone down the brightness that would have occurred. AND those whimsical clouds are so fun (And come in two styles!) with the stabilo that I will DEFINITELY be doing that again.

I have frequently found myself stamping a lot of the new mixed media stamps on different vintage papers and I love it. It adds such great depth and character to them. Plus.. the vintage book texts look so great on artsy pieces.

Would you like to send us some Mail Art? Please feel free! I've included our address on this envelope so you can find it easily. ♥ we especially love artwork featuring our stamps.. we have TONS of display pieces all around our brick n mortar location.

Art Journaling {by DeeDee}

Hi Folks!! DeeDee here today :) I'm popping in to share some Art Journaling pages from a local class I teach. Generally the first and third Sunday of each month are dedicated to a class where I teach a really great group of local gals some mixed media techniques and products. It's a really great time and more often than not we use tons of Viva Las VegaStamps! rubber stamps. Here are a few of my favorite pages ♥:

Numbers Set | Wild Flower

Writing Triangles | Numbers Set | Large Bird Flying Left

Writing Circles Background | Numbers Set | Bubble Wrap Texture

French Writing Background | Sky of Stars Background

Other materials include paint markers, acrylic mediums, vintage papers, watercolor paper, inks, mists, acrylic paint, chipboard, stencils and more.