Haunted AJ page by Arwen

 Hi VLVS fans ❤

Today, it's my turn to share a project with you.

I created this Art Journal page and you can have a look on the single steps below.

Close-ups:

 The single steps - I choose some Design paper and stick some other DP on it.

 After adding a little "Month" sticker and stiching some parts by hand, I used Lindy's colorspray and some splatters of Dylusions spray.

As next step, I stamped two different images as a background.

Close-up:

At last, I choose my images, I want to use for this page, colored them, cut them and stick them onto my page.

all stamps, I used: 

- Vampire Boy 15165

- Dressform 19641

- Eye Ball 10398

- Haunted Board 19734

- Bat Skeleton 19742

- Writing Chevron 19824

 

other materials:

- Design paper

- Lindy's spray

- Dylusions spray

- Alcohol Inks

- Staz on

- ColorBox

- Distress Reinker

- Brads

- Yarn

- Sticker

 

See ya soon 

xx

Art Journal Spread by Preeti D.

Hi friends :)

Hope you are doing well.

Preeti Datta (Dutt Preety) here from the VLVS! Design Team.  

For today's post, I've created an Art Journal Spread titled Wanderlust.  

I've used some gorgeous VLVS! Rubber Stamps here. 

First, I applied heavy white gesso to the pages, to prepare them for mixed media work.

Then, stamped the background using VLVS! Stamps and Versamark sticky ink. Next, heat embossed all the stamped images with metallic embossing powder. 

 Added color to the background using Sprays & Starburst squirts. Sprayed with water to create movement.

Did additional stamping using archival ink & VLVS! Rubber Stamps.

 Next, stamped the sentiment and focal image using VLVS! rubber stamps onto white cardstock using versamark watermark ink & heat embossed them in black. Then fussy cut the images & distressed their edges. 

 Adhered a couple of die cuts behind the sentiment and focal element. 

 In the end, distressed the edges of the pages using distress inks and created white & black splatter using watered down gesso. 

VLVS! Supplies:

Row of Chevrons : SKU #19829

Rows of Numbers : SKU #20170

Row of Distressed Lines : SKU #20171

Punchinella/Sequin Waste Border : SKU #20161

Overlapping Circles by Corrie Herriman : SKU #19995

Wanderlust : SKU #19170

Beethoven : SKU #19771

Other Supplies:

Lindy's Gang Embossing Powders, Starburst Squirts & Spray

Scrapman Dies

Versamark Watermark Inkpad 

Finnabair's Heavy White Gesso, Heavy Black Gesso, Soft Matte Gel

Ranger's Archival Inkpad- Potting Soil

Tim Holtz Distress Inkpads- Vintage Photo & Black Soot

Thanks a lot for your precious time :)
Stay Blessed!
Preeti

Art Journal Page by Jenn Engle "Wings"

Hey everyone! I have an art journal page to share with you today. This one has a lot of layers, a lot of steps and a lot of my fave VLVS stamps.
To see exactly how I made it, be sure to check out the process video at the end of this post.

STAMPS USED:

Clockface
Arrow with Stars by Cat Kerr

Let's Get Lost

Wire Bird Cage

Open Up Your Heart Bird by Cat Kerr

Large Star Chart Map

STAMPS USED:

Clockface

Arrow with Stars by Cat Kerr

Let's Get Lost

Wire Bird Cage

Open Up Your Heart Bird by Cat Kerr

Large Star Chart Map

Other Supplies Used:

Distress Paint

Distress Spray Stain

Dylusions Spray

Tim Holtz Dies

Silks Acrylic Glaze

Art Stones in Medium and Small

Clear Droplets

Embossing Powder

Acetate

7 Dots Studio Word Stickers

Jewelry Wire

India Ink

Thanks for Watching!

~Jenn

Adventure awaits

Hello everyone,

Welcome to my blogpost where today I have a tag to share. I really love this colour combination and I come back to this time and time again. I tried to do it with Lindy's Inksprays but failed miserably so used Distress Oxide Inks instead (over the top). That worked out fine !

This tag was made with the following stamps:

19659 - Numbers set

19567 - Writing circles background

19569 - mesh texture

19578 - Six staples

19960 - Naked painter boy

19009 - Adventure awaits

I also used the following other materials:

Prima Art Basic Modelling paste

UmWow Studio stencil Dahlia

White gesso by Amsterdam

Lindy's Stampgang Flat Fabio Sprays

Distress Oxide Inks

Archival inks 

Thank you so much for stopping by today !

Always remember you are beautiful - by Cheetarah

Hi everyone! It's Cheetarah here and I've got a little mixed media piece I wanted to share with you today.

The really fun Whimsical Jester stamp and You are Beautiful phrase are my focal points. I have used some pigment powders, modeling paste, gelli printed deli papers and home made stencil for this piece. A full list of the stamps and materials used are listed below. I also have recorded the process video for this which you can see here on our Time2Stamp channel: 

 

So what I didn't film was the piece it started on. It was a huge cardboard piece which was mixed with collage elements and left over stamped images which I then toned down with gesso and cut up into smaller pieces to work on. On this piece I also used the papers the VLVS! unmounted rubber comes with, like the Birds on the wire. In the end I didn't use that stamp, but the paper element of it was there. I quite like how this piece turned out :) 

Here are some more close up's:

Stamps used: 

Whimsical Jester 

You are Beautiful 

Numbers set

Butterfly Specimen 

Doodle Dots 

Others:

Staz-On jet black, midnight blue, vibrant violet, black cherry, royal purple 

Color Bursts mustard, merlot, indigo 

Lindy'magical shaker oompah loompah pink 

Liquitex modeling paste and INKS! in white and gold

Art medium glue 

Tissue papers 

Random collage papers and gelli printed deli papers 

Tim Holtz Sizzix mixed media die cut for my stencil 

Black pearl rub on

Black soot distress crayon. 

Hope you enjoyed this :) Thanks for stopping by and have an awesome weekend!

Index Card Art by Jenn Engle

Hey everyone! I have a small piece of art to share today using this big, beautiful moon from the newest stamp release. 

Stamps Used:

The Moon

Mesh Texture

Double Coffee Rings

This card is fairly simple, as I wanted to highlight the Moon stamp. I started out by "smooshing" several colors of ink spray onto my background.

After that, I did some background stamping. Then, I heat embossed the moon so it would stand out. 

I added some phrase stickers, black scribbles around the edges with a FineLiner and that was it! You can check out the video at the end of this post to see exactly how I made this card and the names of all the products used.

Other Products Used:

Lindy's Stamp Gang Ink Sprays

Twinkling H2o's

Clear VersaMark Ink Pad

White Embossing Powder

Fineliner

Tim Holtz Phrase Stickers

Process Video:

Thanks for looking,

~Jenn

Find your Dream - Inspiration Art Tile by Cheetarah

Hi everyone, it's Cheetarah here today and I'd like to share with you an inspiration art tile on a 4x4 inch cardboard I made using some great Viva Las VegaStamps! images. These tiles are meant to be hung anywhere you pass daily, to remind/inspire you with a saying or image. I am planning on making more of these, but today I am showing you one and describe the technique. A full list of stamps and supplies are listed at the bottom of the post. 

So I started off with collaging some left over papers from previous projects with matte soft gel. Added some blue decoArts media paint and stamped the woman's face in so that it looks like she is peeking through the layers. I have used a doily tile stencil in the upper right corner and the lower left for some texture. Then covered the dried stencil first with a light coat of black gesso and then a light coat of Paper Artsy hint of mint. I took the postcard ATC stamp for some stamping in the background with Staz-On Midnight blue. The sprinkled some Lindy's magicals in Hi maintance magenta en time travel teal, activated it with water and let the colors work its magic!

The sentence was formed with VLVS! text stamps. These are so versitile and it's fun to create your own saying with them.  The large word dream I have cut out with my Making Memories Slice, and covered it with the same coating (black gesso and hint of mint) as I did the background only darker. Before I adhered the word to the tile, I rubbed some gold fluid acrylic paint (from DecoArtsMedia) with my finger over the texture so the word would stand out more. 

Also dry brushed with the tip of my fingers over the top textures part for more sparkle. The eye and lips are colored with Wink of Stella shimmer pens and I added some white spatters with a fluid acrylic and a fan brush. I lined the tile with a Krink waterproof marker and called it done. 

Stamps used:

Whimsical Lady's face with tears 

Find your tribe 

Have the courage

Postcard ATC size 

Others:

Gel medium

Black Gesso

Paper Artsy Hint of Mint 

DecoArts Media fluid acrylics, blue gold and white

Doily tile stencil

wink of stella shimmer pens

staz on stamping ink

Lindy's magicals

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a great day!

Nourish your soul - Art Journal by Cheetarah

Hi Everyone, it's Cheetarah here and I have this colorful and whimsical journal page I'd like to share with you today.

I really love Mary Vogel Lozinak's whimsical designs and this fairy lady I used is so fun! It's a step-out tutorial, so take a cup of your fave drink, come back, relax and read along here :) As always a full list of stamps and materials used is at the bottom of the post.

1) From my scrap box I took a piece of paper to work on. It had some texture on it already by me wiping off some excess modeling paste through a few stencils. With some gesso I created an even coating on the page and trimmed it to postcard size for my "index card size" Art journal.

2) To add a base color I have used some Paper Artsy Fresco Paints with a brush. Apply until your satisfied with the saturation and color combo.

3) Now for some "magic" - I have made some sprays with Lindy's Magical Hi Maintenance Magenta and Magical Shaker Guten Tag Teal and used these on the painted card. The teal on one end and the magenta on the other, sprayed with water and mixed until I was satisfied. The page has a nice shimmer over it now. Teal and magenta is definitely one of my fave color combo's.

4) Let's do some stamping! I've used some yummy mixed media stamps, some of my current faves. Stamped with these permanent ink pads from Staz-On to add some texture and interest to the back ground.

5) Focal Image placements: I wanted to use the Fairy lady as a focal point and have stamped her and the sentiment on empty tea bags. This was a tip from a friend of mine, it behaves just like tissue paper but is sturdier to handle and less wrinkly when applying. LOVED this tip, so I am paying it forward! I also stamped the coffee rings stamp as a "tether" for the Fairy to be placed upon.

6) After adhering the images with a bit of gloss varnish, I found the images disappeared too much into the background. Time to make them stand out! I stamped the fairy on sticker paper and the sentiment on a piece of scrap paper left over from my last art journal page. The color of that suits this page perfectly. I also created a border with Distress Crayon Chipped Sapphire and distress stain in antique bronze.

7) I colored the fairy with letraset pro markers which are alcohol based, fussy cut and adhered her to the page. It's a good thing she was already adhered with the tissue papers as all the little details were now also there. I gave her some highlights with a white gel pen and the rings some dimension with the water soluble pencils and turned them into bubbles. Adhered the sentiment with Miracle tape, added some spatters with the bronze distress stains and called it done!

I'm really happy how it looks in my little pocket postcard sized journal.

A close up shot of the finished page.  And I definitely agree with that sentiment!!

Also please come join our VLVS! Groupies on Facebook if you're not already there. We're having monthly swaps and we would love it if you would join us :)

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Stamps used from VLVS!:

Whimsical Fairy Lady 2 by Mary Vogel Lozinak

Wire Rings by Cat Kerr

Numbers Set

Doodle dots

Measuring tape Section

Double Coffee Rings

If it doesn't Nourish

Others:

Miracale tape

Crafter's Workshop Fluffy Modeling paste

Claudine Helmut's Studio gesso

Paper Artsy Fresco paint; Hint of mint, Captain peacock, Squid ink, Sugar Plum

Lindy's Magical Hi Maintenance Magenta and Magical Shaker Guten Tag Teal

Staz-On inks: Cherry Pink, Royal Purple, Midnight Blue, Vibrant Violet

Letraset Pro markers (alcohol markers)

White gel pen

Stabilo Marks All pencils in blue and white

Pentel Water Brush

Zig Wink of Stella clear

Distress Crayon Chipped Sapphire

Distress stain in antique bronze