Where is my mind

Hello everyone,

For today's post I have made a postcard:

I recently got my hands on the new Oxide Inks by Tim Holtz and I used them on this card. I used watercolour card as that seems to work really well. I have used green, blue and yellow and they all layer over each other beautifully ! 

I smooshed the ink on my craft sheet, sprayed it with water and dunked my card into it. I did all three coloured separately but you can also use them all at the same time. 

Next I did some background stamping; using the same inks and also some black Archival ink. 

I stamped the man and the sentiment on book paper, cut them out and adhered them onto the card and to finish it off I drew some lines along the edges. 

I have used the following stamps:

19424 - Where is my mind

17659 - Stressed out man

19659 - Numbers set

10599 - Spiral

Thank you for stopping by today ! 

Be BOLD

Happy November!!!
Michele here today to share a quick tag I made with some of the stamps from the latest release at Viva Las VegaStamps!.  This is a little calm before the holiday storm, something clean and simple, a technique I personally struggle with!

I used the Magic Maker Paint Brush by Cat Kerr and Fortune Favors the Bold on this tag.

Colored with Distress Markers and the BOLD color is created with Distress Stain.

My favorite Chevron ribbon tops off the tag with a BOLD pattern.  A little thread behind the paint brush handle for a little texture...

Of course the perfect sentiment with a little doodling...

Well??  How did I do with the clean and simple??  I just never know when to stop!!!  I'll keep trying though!!
Until next time...get inky!!

A Fresh Face for the New Year...

Welcome to Viva Las VegaStamps! Susan here today and I'm so excited to rejoin my inky-stampy friends here at VLVS! It's been ages since my rubber stamps have seen the light of day so I decided to make a fun ATC using the Collage Face #18378 which reminds me of my fabulous winter hat.

I started out with some scraps of cardstock, an embossed painted paper and a mini tag and I stamped my images onto them using black archival ink. I doodled in some longer curly locks using a black PITT pen. I gave a quick color washing with Faber-Castell PITT brush pens applied with a water brush. I like the color, but my face needed a little more POP.

 

I broke out my Faber-Castell Gelatos and added some more color.

I played and smudged on the Gelatos onto my face and painted book page ATC base. I blended out the details with my waterbrush. 

I assembled the layers using Miracle Tape then spritzed with a dash of Tsukineko New Sprout Fireworks for some shimmery splatters. I finished off with stamping the word "dream" and spelled out "play" using the alphabet from the December Daily Plate #1430 by brushing my black PITT pen onto stamps – resulting in a lighter more subtle impression on top of the Gelato smudged background.

A Fresh Face for the New Year!

From Viva Las VegaStamps:

"Face Collage" #18378

"Dream" #18886

"Happy New Year" #3721

alphabet from the December Daily Plate #1430

Miracle Tape

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Thanks so much for dropping by. Don't forget about the January inspiration challenge. Just make a creation using the inspiration above and your stash of VLVS! stamps... you could win more RUBBER! CLICK HERE for challenge details. Also, you definitely want to subscribe to the blog feed and to the Viva Las VegaStamps! newsletter to be IN THE KNOW of everything going on at the Viva Las Vegastamps! store. There's so much amazing inky inspiration to see!

If you would like to see more of my creations please visit my blog, sbartist : painting in the dark HERE. I wish all of you a inky and Merry New Year in 2015!!  Sb

Doodling with a Stamped Background

Hello and Happy Thursday!  Tina here today with an Art Journal Doodle page, using stamps to create a textured, whimsical background.

I am currently obsessed with Doodling.  I love creating whimsical pages using stamps to create a wonderfully textured background. 

This is such an easy fun way to create and any stamp will do to create an amazing background.

To create my background, I started with a sheet of heavyweight watercolor paper, spritzed with multiple colors of Shimmerz Sprays!  Love the gorgeous color!

After the sprays have dried, randomly stamp on the background, overlapping images and shapes.

VivaLasVegaStamps Used:
Periodic Table
Color Wheel Lines
Design Crosses
Design Open Ovals
Texture Open Suburbia


Once you are happy with your stamping, add your doodles or whimsical shape.  I first drew my Owl shape with a pencil, then outlined the shape with a Scarlet Lime pen.

I then colored the Owl Image with Montana Markers, allowing the textured background to peek through the drawing.

Once I had finished painting the Owl image, I wanted the background to blend into the background, so I covered the entire thing (minus the owl) with watered down Gesso.  I love how you can still see the color and pattern underneath, while muting the intensity.

Here are a few close-ups of the details and doodles!

I hope you enjoyed my Art Journal Doodle page!  Thanks for stopping by!  Have a great day!

Dream Big with PanPastel / Nataliya Serova

Our fifth and final day featuring PanPastels is brought to you by Natasha Serova and she's stamping and pasteling with VersaMark! Here's another shout out to PanPastel and how neat they are to work with. I hope you've enjoyed our week long inspiration!

 Hello all, Nataliya is here :)
I think you have already seen how steep PanPastel! I'm just crazy about them, really :) I was most impressed by the ability to use it with VersaMark - the effect is simply incredible! And with PanPastel, VersaMark and, of course, stamps VLVS! I made a card about how important to dreaming.

Look how chic background turned out! I just toned it using Violet & Permanent Red Tint PanPastel.

And this is another piece of background. Here you can see how PanPastel allocates pattern made ​​using textured paste.

And my VLVS!

Writing Background 4 x 4

Waybill/Invoice Background 4 1/4 x 5 1/4

Stars 2 x 2 1/4

Washi Grid Background 1 1/4 x 5 1/2

Row of Stars 1 x 5

Moon Circle 1 3/4 x 1 1/2

Dream Big 1 x 1 3/4

Boy In Cape 2 1/4 x 3 1/2

Awake!

Hello all, Nataliya is here :)
I'm glad to meet you!
Today I'll tell you why I love stamps.
Stamps - this is the perfect tool for creating unique backgrounds :)
Yes, yes, I love to create backgrounds with stamps. You will receive a new result every time, even if you use the same stamps. It's amazing, isn't it?
Today I'll show you a small card, which I made using VLVS!

I used these stamps:

Washi Grid Background 1 1/4 x 5 1/2

Washi Chevron Background 1 1/4 x 5 1/2

Number Strip 1 1/4 x 3 1/4

It is also necessary for me:

- Watercolor paper for background

- Distress ink for stamping

- Spray to create blots

- Acrylic paint for drawing

- Pigma Micron (Sakura of America) for doodling

- fragments of book pages

To create the background in this card I used the same stamps :)

Let's stamp together!

Hello - a whimsical colored stamp

Hello everybody!! Our term is coming to a quick end here @ VLVS! and it sure has been fun!! Today I'm going to share my "tryout" piece in case I don't make it this go round -- because it was inspired my lovely teammates!!! They really do some fabulous work and I always catch myself saying "GOSH! I wanna try that"

So I did! I grabbed a not-my-typical type of whimsical stamp:

Umbrella Man (2.5x3.5)

and stamped him on 

Kromecote cardstock which Wayne recently stocked in the store! it creates such a CRISP CLEAN image -- there's no messing this up, folks! I am IN LOVE with this paper! It has a shiny side and a matte side, so it has endless possibilities! For this application I used the matte side and stamped with  Memento tuxedo black ink. 

After stamping him I colored him with Prismacolor markers in Deco Blue, Cool Gray 60% and Yellowed orange. 

I then adhered some Basic Grey paper to a recycled kraft base with Miracle Tape, gave it a little distress ink.. and glued my man down! Add a bit of doodling with a white pen and VIOLA. A fun scene, simple yet graphic and fun card to send to a close friend! 

Thanks everybody!!! -DeeDee

Will Travel For Love

Heya Bloggers!! Hope all has been well since I last talked to you :)

Today I bring a tag --- and an embossing with a little embellishment!

The stamp I chose to show off today was the Steam Engine!

3" x 2" - $9.25

This stamp is SO amazing -- it's a little diagram of a steam engine, and the detail is AMAZING. I grabbed some paper by basic grey.. cut it into a tag shape and embossed my stamp on it with smooth black embossing powder.

I then took the Stampo's Steampunk Sprockets and Gears and Stuff and added adornments to my embossing!

I did a little crackling and inking on some grungeboard.. a bit of creative "coffee ring" placement and did some doodling.. and VIOLA!

Thanks so much for continuing to check out what I have to show for VLVS! each week! There's a design team call going on right now for next term's team, so be sure to apply!!!

-DeeDee