Getting Cheeky with Art Journaling

Hi...Happy Wednesday!

Tina here today with a fun, 'cheeky' Art Journal page.

VLVS has the best stamps around.  Some are great for background stamping and some are great for capturing the perfect sentiment.  When I saw this stamp (Large Lady Leaning), I immediately fell in love with it. Perhaps because I can relate to the 'larger profile' that this beautiful woman exhibits.  ;)
Some stamps just beg to be center stage!!

 I used several stamps to enhance the background of my page, but this was one of those projects that was just simply fun and quick to finish.  

I often use song lyrics and titles as inspiration for my art journal pages, and this titles by Queen, was perfect for what I wanted to say.  ;)

  What stamps do you have but aren't sure how to use them?  I would love to see and hear your ideas.  

VLVS Stamps Used
Large Lady Leaning
 Map Background
Wildflowers Silhouette

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a great day!

Wanderlust card

Hi, Maria Potapovich (mellpellmell) is here!

Today I want to share with you one litle and very simple card.

It was made for one my friend who is the avid traveler - I think it will "hit in the topic".

 In this card I wanted to show not a tutorial and not the idea!

 It's just a reminder of a simple technique. 

This technique is known as " stamp's increasing".  It is much easier than it is called: I took a stamp, put two (or more!) imprints, cut the individual figures and "increased" with their help that imprint, which remained intact.

I've made all aforesaid for this card.

At the same time "foreground" slightly elevated on 3d foam squares.

Sometimes using this technique you can achieve incredibly chic results! So try remember it - it is unjustly forgotten!

For this card I've used 3 Women in Tubes and Wanderlust stamps. 

But I need to be honest - 3 Women in Tubes stamp I used not once but twice!

Have a creative day!

Tropical Dream Journal

Hello stampers! It's Amy here today, to share a journal I created to contain all of my hopes, dreams, and future plans. Because I hope beyond hope that my future means living in Hawaii, I created the cover of this book with tropical flair.

I started by taking an old paperback children's book and covering it with a thick layer of gesso. When it was dry, I put little drips of acrylic paints in tropical colors all along the book, and went over them with a brayer.

When the paint was dry, I stamped the background using the Map Background 4 1/2 x 4 3/4 using Momento Ink in Tuxedo Black . I then layered up some scrap papers (7 Dots Studio and vintage book pages) to create a palm tree trunk (using miracle tape), and a bit for layers along the side.

I colored on the Fancy Grass/Weeds stamp, using Copic markers in mistletoe and burnt sienna, stamped them onto a library card, and fussy cut them out. I then layered them onto the base of the "tree trunk." When that was complete, I stamped the Anchor 1 1/2x2 with the black Momento ink, and fussy cut it out as well.

I created the palm fronds, by cutting cheesecloth, and spraying it with Heidi Swapp Color Shine in Mint until it was saturated. When it was try, I arranged it to create the top of the tree, and added two brown buttons from my stash, as coconuts!
Adding the adventure awaits sentiment (stamped onto a library card), a few stamped Stars, and 7 Dots Studio alpha stickers spelling out "Dream"; as well as some UmWowStudio chipboard, completed my book cover.

This was a fun, quick, and exciting project to create, and it gives me a place to journal my dreams......which is an added bonus!

Thanks so much for joining me today, and I hope I inspired you to get inky!

Supplies Used:
Viva Las VegaStamps!: Map Background, Stars, Adventure Awaits, Anchor, Fancy Grass/Weeds.
Ink: Tsukeinko Momento, Tuxedo Black; Copic Marker, burnt sienna, mistletoe
Paper: 7 Dots Studio
Chipboard: UmWowStudio

Guest Designer Post!!

It's time for our SECOND post from Guest Designer Nat Kalbach!

To round off this fabulous week of inspiration I thought we could finish with our 2nd post from the GDT of the month!

Nat has brought us another beautiful Mixed Media piece today! 

Nat has used  

Bird Head 

and  

Map Background

She says: "So fun to be back! I totally fell in love with the Map Background stamp and when I created a transfer of a photo of Yosemite I thought that the Map Background would fit perfectly to the theme and that the roads itself would make perfect connections with the branches that transfered. I used the Bird Head to make connections and also because it had the same visual pattern for me. 

I stamped with black Ranger Distress Paint which generated a nice resist to the Watercolor and the Derwent Artbars and Inktense Blocks I used over it. "

 

Other Supplies Used:

Liquitex Gel Medium

Liquitex Acrylic Ink

Deli Paper

Ranger Distress Paint

Derwent Artbars

Derwent Inktense Blocks

Schmincke Watercolors

Graphite Marker

Prima Canvas Letters

Markers

Thanks so much for sharing your wonderful work with us Nat! We're honored to show your work on the blog and hope you had a good time using our goods :)

Everyone leave her some love!