Not in Kansas anymore by Arwen

 Hi Lovelies ❤

Today, I'm here on the Blog with a new card:

And that's how I made it:

1.) stamped my image on watercolor paper with Staz on.

2.) start coloring with different color of Distress Reinkers and a waterbrush pen.

3.) Let's add some more shading.

4.) Enough shading. Now add some white highlights on the octopus.

5.) I also add some Diamond Glaze 3D at the glasses.

6.) At least I need a text stamp. I stamp it on black cardstock and embossed it with white embossing powder. 

All stamps, I used:

- Not in Kansas anymore Otto

- You are here

other supplies:

- Watercolor paper

- Staz on

- Distress reinker

- Posca white pen

- Embossing powder white

- Diamond Glaze

See ya soon

Nevermore by Arwen

 Hi Lovelies

Back on the Blog with a new flip card:

Close-ups:

Stamps, I used:

- Raven looking up

- Nevermore

Other supplies:

- Cardstock

- Distress Reinker

- ZIG Color 

- Feathers

- 3D Foam pads

- Gems

- Bazzill Cardstock grey

- hand drawn background

- Embossing powder

See ya soon *mwah*

Tree Lady by Arwen

 Hi Lovelies ❤

Welcome back on this Blog!

Today, I wanna share my newest card.

some close-ups:

And that's the way, I made it:

1.) I want to create my background first. For this, I used embossing powder, VersaMark and my rubberstamp.

2.) After stamping the image a several times, I  melt it with my heat gun.

3.) Time to add some color. I used two different color sprays from Lindy's.

4.) Add some more background pattern with Distress Oxide.

5.) I blended the edges with a soft brush and also Distress Oxide.

6.) Now it's time to color the images, I choosed for my card.

7.) Now finally add the images onto my card. For the leaves, I used 3D foam pads.

all stamps. I used:

- Whimsical tree lady nude

- Whimsical leaf

- Doodle dots

other stuff:

- watercolor paper

- Staz on

- VersaMark

- embossing powder

- Lindy's

- Distress Oxide

- Distress Reinker

- Posca white

Hope you like it and see ya soon ❤❤❤

Halloween Greetings by Arwen

 Hi Lovelies

I'm glad, to be back on the Blog today :)

Today, I wanna share my newest postcard:

Close-ups:

Stamps, I used:

- Halloween Greetings

- Devils Trap

- Devil

- Pile of bones and skulls

other stuff:

- Black cardstock

- Watercolor paper

- Staz on

- Distress reinker

- ColorBox gold

- Embossing powder

See ya soon :)

Bride of Frankenstein

 Hi Lovelies

This is my first Blog post as a Design Team member.

I love gloomy stuff, so I decided to use the Bride of Frankenstein for my tag.

For the background, I used a barbwire stencil and embossed it with clear powder.

I used different green tones of colour spray.

The bide's face was coloured with Distress Reinker and a water brush.

The quote was embossed with white powder.

The following two images are close-ups:

Used stamps:

Bride of Frankenstein 19906

Where is my mind? 19424

Other materials:

-Distress Reinker

-Ribbons

-Eyelet

-Lindy's Gang colour spray

-Dylusion shimmer spray  

-Embossing powder clear & white

-Aquarellpaper

-Cardstock

Hope, you like my first entry :)

See ya soon!

xx Arwen

Embossing Resist with Brushos - Tag by Susanne

Hi there!

I have a tag for you today with an embossing resist technique and Brushos! It's happening very often, that people asking me what I do with my tags? Well, I use them sometimes as a simple bookmark, I glue them into my art journal I use them as a tag topper or even to decorate my shelf.

For this tag I started by stamping the "Scribble Circle" with VersaMark ink and embossed it with gold metallic powder. After that I used Brushos (Sea Green and Purple) together with water and created the background. The inside of the Circles is colored with Yellow and Alizarin Crimson. The embossed images build a nice border, so the colors will not blend into each other, if you are a little careful.
To add a bit more texture and interest to the background, I used the "Spirit Animal" stamp together with a matching ink. I stamped it randomly onto the background. I used the "Rows of Numbers" and stamped it into the circles.
The tag is adhered to a slightly bigger one from Kraft cardstock. I finished it up by adding the "Deathhead Moth", a Tim Holtz sticker and a tiny arrow.

Thank you for stopping by today!
Have a wonderful Christmas time, xx Susanne.

Supplies:
Viva Las VegaStamps!:
Spirit Animal
Deathhead Moth
Scribble Circle
Rows of Numbers
Others:
ColourCraft Brushos
WOW! Metallic Gold Powder
Archival Ink
VersaMark Ink

Adventure now or tea first ?

Nikki here, sharing some inspiration for this months Coffee Fiends challenge ... But I am a tea drinker, I don't really drink coffee ! Did I just hear you gasp ? LOL. But fear not .. I still get my caffeine fix :)

The inspiration for the April challenge includes : 

caffeine, coffee, tea, tea time, warm drinks, hyper, hype, cups, recycle, fancy, stain, spill, coffee rings, drips, drops, splatters, vintage, cardboard, corrugated,tan, brown, black, dark, roasted, light, vapor, and last of all.. date time with friends.

Here is my make : 

As my focal point I used this dapper gentleman, Man with teacup 18484. Isn't he great?

I stamped and colored him with alcohol markers and fussy cut him. The rather delicate pink bone china tea cup is embossed with clear embossing powder. I also used the tail from the Fantasy Bird 17852 to make the vapor/steam from his cuppa. Its stamped onto velum, embossed and fussy cut.

The background is sponged with tea dye distress ink and the corrugated cardboard is actually a recycled Starbucks cup sleeve :) I sponged it lightly with distress ink and added black and white splatters of acrylic paint. I also made the tea bag tag, instead of using ribbon.

This is such a fun quote from Peter Pan, and fitted perfectly with this gentleman I think. He looks like hes asking just this sort of question, or perhaps making a sarcastic remark ? LOL

Here is a close up :

If you feel inspired to come and join us, and check out the challenge HERE. 

Until next time .....  Nikki x

Why Hello

Hello ! Nikki here sharing a simple card I made using this adorable whimsical dog image : 

Don't you just love his thoughtful expression.

The dog is stamped directly onto the background with black versamark and embossed with clear embossing powder, then colored with water color pencils and white paint pen.

But its the background I wanted to talk about today. Anyone who uses acrylic paint or other mediums with a brayer, what do you do with the sheet you roll the excess paint off onto ? When you look at the sheet as a whole it might look as mess, but if you cut it down to card size, it appears quite different. You can see here some scrap papers I had used / background opportunities I had created:

I cut one of the sheets to a card front size, then stamped and colored the dog. The messy/painty paper takes on quite the different look as a background to my focal image. 

 I wanted to ground the image onto the card, but not add anything too imposing.  I masked off the colored dog as shown below and stamped a scenic image over it in grey, I used the water mill scene :

Finally I stamped the 'Why Hello' sentiment and matted the card front onto plain white card stock and onto a black card base.

I think everyone probably has scraps of paper with ink or paint on them, try them as backgrounds before throwing them out :)

Stamps used :

Whimsical dog 19774 

Why Hello 19547

Water Mill Scene 19535

Nikki x

WOW & VLVS - Double "WOW" factor!

Welcome to our blog! This week we will be swapping with the talented team @ WOW! Embossing Powder. Stamps and Embossing Powder = a match made in heaven!

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Here is a set of FOUR ATCs by Glenda Tkalac:

 Boy in cape, waybill/invoice background stamp, and Pearl Gold Sparkle Embossing Powder.

grungey guy,  the not all who wander are lost  and the stars stamp as well as the addicting Pure Gold Sparkle WOW embossing powder.

banksy diving helmet boy, row of stars and the censored stamp

Plate 916 and  Metalline Green and Nice Ice Blue WOW Embossing Powders

That's a pretty amazing set of ATCs!

Don't forget to leave comments on all the blogs this week. You can win a prize! Stop by the WOW! blog to see what their team has worked up for our swap. See you tomorrow!

Flight of the Painted Butterfly... March #12tags2015 Viva Las VegaStamps! Style

Welcome to Viva Las Vegastamps! Susan here today to share with you some inky, painted stamped goodness... inspiration courtesy of T!m's 12 Tags of 2015 for March. I've created my version of this month's tag using loads of Viva Las VegaStamps! images to set my butterfly aflight in a rainbow painted sky.

This wouldn't be entirely VLVS! style if I used my store-bought tissue tape... so I've made my own with some of my fav VLVS! stamps – it's so quick and easy! Grab a sheet of recycled tissue paper and stamp repeatedly with a variety of stamps using Jet Black StazOn Ink, filling up sheet {see below for links to all stamps used}.

Turn tissue over, line with strips of 3/4" Miracle Tape across sheet and burnish down.

Then gently tear strips apart to give a nice distressed edge. Easy-peasy!

Here's my homemade VLVS! tissue tape – it looks just as pretty as the readymade, right!

Next I applied torn sections of my various tapes to my blank tag.

Now time for the marbelized painted background using Ranger Distress Paint.

I substituted a few colors for the colors I have in my stash.

Dried background after heat setting ready for stamping!

Using Versafine Pigment Ink, I stamped the "Butterfly Striped Large" #9506, then embossed with VLVS! Ultra High Gloss Embossing Powder – which when heat set, really made the black butterfly POP off the painted tag. If I hadn't embossed it, the black stamped image would have looked dull and melted into the background. I repeated process adding the "Small Bee" #19012. I stamped each off onto removable stickyback paper to make masks and fussy cut to prepare for the gilding to come.

Since I wanted to use stamps for the gilded parts, I skipped the steps using stencil with dimensional paste. I have a secret weapon to get a real dense embossing with embossing powder that looks pretty amazing. I apply Globecraft & Piccolo Embossing Powder Adhesive {comes in a dauber top bottle} which is a nice, thick fluid that grabs a lot of embossing powder. I stamped the "Cracked Background" #16208 and "Chicken Wire" #5757 over the masked images and applied gold embossing powder... then heatset to reveal the beautiful gold gilded goodness, careful not to overheat and melt the embossed butterfly and bee. Just gorgeous!!!

Now for the finishing touches... some sari ribbon and fibers to tie off the top and a Tim Holtz Idea-ology metal word band phrase rubbed with metallic distress paints; a pen nib for the butterfly's body {seemed out of place floating in the background}; and a punched distressed painted metal foil paper butterfly using a Sizzix movers and shapers die accented with bronze gems for the body. 

"Flight of the Painted Butterfly"

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From Viva Las VegaStamps:

"Butterfly Striped Large" #9506

"Small Bee" #19012

"Cracked Background" #16208

"Chicken Wire" #5757

"Pretty Lady Stamp/Cancellation" #17538

"Paris Address" #17539

"Grunge 1787 Writing Background" #17545

"Dictionary Page" #19015

"Patent" #1687

3/4" Miracle Tape

Jet Black StazOn Ink

Ultra High Gloss Embossing Powder

Other Supplies: handmade cardstock #12 size tag; scrap of distressed aluminum tape paper; rainbow and metallic colors of Ranger Distress Paints; Globecraft & Piccolo Embossing Powder Adhesive; Clearsnap Gold Embossing Powder; Versafine Black Pigment Ink; Sizzix Movers and Shapers Mini Butterflies; Tim Holtz Idea-ology metal word band; bronze adhesive backed gems; pen nib; sari ribbon and decorative fiber.

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Thanks so much for dropping by! Ready for Spring??! I hope you will join us and play along with the March inspiration challenge {CLICK HERE for details}. Just make a creation using the inspiration above and your stash of VLVS! stamps... you could win more RUBBER! Take some time to browse around the blog here and the amazing creations from the entire VLVS! Team... 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. Hope you have a fabulous day!!  Sb