Mixed Media Canvas by Jenn Engle

Hey everyone! I have a 4x4 canvas to share with you today. I used this Banksy stamp and made it into a really cool 3 dimensional piece for my canvas. Be sure to check out the video to see exactly how I made this project.

Stamp Used:

Banksy Child Fishing in Paper Boat

Check out the process video to see exactly how I made this canvas!
(All supplies listed & linked at the bottom of this post)

This is a very photo heavy post because I wanted you to get the best idea of how this looks in real life. There are so many different elements to it that look different when the light hits in different ways!

In the photo above and below, you can see my girl's fishing line is actually a thin wire that's 3-D!

 The brown color is instant coffee. I love using instant coffee because it gives this perfect vintage brown color that I have not been able to replicate elsewhere. Plus it smells super good!

 

Thanks for looking!

~Jenn

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Everywhere She Went - Art Journal Page by Fiona

Hello my VLVS peeps! Fiona here with you today to share a little art journal spread I created using my favourite rubber!!

"Everywhere She Went She Left a Little Sparkle"

I am really enjoying creating my backgrounds with pigment powders at the moment. I'm sort of obsessed in it actually!

It's like watercolors on steroids!! Just add water........

The effects are sensational.

Viva Lasvegastamps used include:

Plate 1478

Everywhere She Went

Whimsical Seed Pod

Glitter Whore

Whimsical Lady Grey

Dictionary Page Background

Writing Circles Background

See you all next time xx

Into the wild blue yonder.

Hello everyone, 

Today I have an art journal for my DT post. 

I coloured the rabbit ages ago with my Zig Clean Color Brush Markers (or whatever they are called). I decided to use him today. So I pulled out one of my Gelli Printed backgrounds and added some background stamping. I used Archival Inks and VersaMark with WOW embossing powder. When I was happy with that I stamped the rabbit on the page and cut out the one I had coloured. I glued him over the top. That was basically it. 

I used the following stamps:

19795 - Into the wild blue yonder

919 - Bunny looking right 

19415 - Butterfly specimens

19566 - bubble wrap texture

19568 - Double coffee rings

19571 - Writing triangles

19567 - Writing circles background

Thank you so much for stopping by today ! 

Celebrate it's Mail Art Monday! Video Tutorial

Hello Again! 

(and Happy Labor Day to those of you in the USA) 

It's me Tera, here again with another fun piece of mail art to share with you! 

For the step by step make sure you watch the short video 

(and please let me know if you like this new video format or if you prefer the older method of me talking and showing everything even though they are longer)

Stamps Used: 

Banksy Girl Floating With Balloons 1 1/2 x 3 1/2

Row of Chevrons 3/4 x 3 1/4

Until Further Notice 1 x 2 3/4

Doodle Frame 1 x 4

Writing Circles Background 1 3/4 x 4 1/2

Dictionary Page 4 x 2 1/2

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

Thank you for visiting!! 

Stay inky and have a great week! 

September Challenge Inspiration by Jenn Engle

Before I show you the project I made using the September Mood Board for inspiration, I have to make a confession. I had a hard time with this one!

So, I started looking thru my stamps and saw this adorable Creepy Rat with Cheese. Some of the prompt words for this month is critters, creatures, and creepy. I thought this lil guy fit perfectly!

I started out by coloring my guy with some copic markers, then attached him to this 7 Dots Studio paper. The only thing I did to the paper was distress the edges with Hickory Smoke distress ink.

Then, I started looking at my guy trying to think of a sentiment. This song lyric popped in my mind, "If looks could really kill, my profession would be staring". I thought this was perfect because of his blanked out creepy eyes.

I typed the sentiment out on my typewriter, colored the paper with copic markers and stuck it down. And that is it!

STAMP USED:

Creepy Rat with Cheese

Thanks so much for looking and be sure to enter our September Challenge!
~Jenn

September Challenge

It's MONTHLY CHALLENGE time! I love September because the weather starts getting cooler.. the leaves will change.. and HALLOWEEN is right around the corner. I LOVE HALLOWEEN! 

VLVS! loves Halloween, too :) Have you seen our Halloween stamps?!

Well that brings me to this month's challenge...

HAPPY HALLOWEEN! 

We are jumping right into the season and would like to inspire you with words like : bones, skeletons, garden gnomes, nymphs, goblins, ghouls, bats, creatures, critters, vampires, graveyards, catacombs, dead, death, halloween, spooky, creepy, 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!

An InLinkz Link-up

a little ***sparkle***

hi there everyone :-)))

Kassa here (Kassa Hayselden)

tis my 1st post, i'm here till Christmastime, filling in a spot that's come spare for a couple or 3 months eeeeep!

and what better way to start than to colorise this cheeky beauty designed by the uber talented Leslie Wood - 'Creepy Fairy Walking Dog' (it just tickles me pink and makes me soooo happy coloring quirky designs like this one)

i had to pop the 'fairy' with the awesome 'Everywhere She Went' text quote - fairy dust 'n' sparkle 'n' all that...

also i used 3 stamps in my background that i just know will be out on my work top forever cos they are just the kinda stamps necessary for my kinda backgrounds - i was excited to get my hands on 'em, the scribbly scalloped border is 'Doodle Frame', random dots were created with 'Doodle Dots' and the tiny circles dotted here 'n' there is 'Design Open Circles' 

so i used my coloring pencils to build up layers and layers of lush color - my Faber Castell Polychromos & Caran d'Ache Pablo pencils - i always finish off with marker pens for that extra 'PoP'

the background color is mainly from the Tim Holtz Distress range, distress paints, distress mini stencil and Ranger Ink texture paste.  i added the background stamping with the VLVS randomly here and there to create a balance around the fairy and text quote (which btw i stamped onto old book page)

lastly i added splats, drips and the 'sparkly glitter' aka Stickles...

i'm soooo happy with this magical, sparkly cover for my Micro Journal, tis full of fun, color and happy art....

thanks for stopping by today, you can leave me some love if ya likes and if you want to find more of my 'Happy Art' here's where to look...

instagram - where i post the most :-)))
facebook - where i post frequently...
blog - where i post infrequently 'tut, tut, tut lol'

Mwah Kassa xoxo

Air Mail !

Hi, Nikki here and today I wanted to share some mail art I created with a home made envelope.

I have an envelope maker and often use this instead of store bought plain white envelopes. Its so fun to use old magazines, since the background has already been started. I added a couple of stamps to the envelope and some sponging and doodling : 

The Spinning Swing Ride stamped on the left, isnt it great, and perfect for some 'Air Mail' LOL.

I also used Admit one ticket, which I stamped and fussy cut and added on. I did some background stamping with bulls eye target stamps and added a label for the address. 

Stamps used : Spinning Swing Ride 19203

Admit one ticket 19190

Bulls Eye Target solid 19196

Bulls Eye Target open 19193

This is my last creation for the Viva Las VegaStamps! DT, but I will be sticking around in the Facebook group facilitating the trades, if you would like to come and join us :) 

Hugs, Nikki x

Arist Trading Card Duo - "Frida Kahlo" by Jenn Engle

Today I have an ATC duo to share featuring a really cool new Banksy stamp, Frida Kahlo. Make sure you check out the process video at the end of the post!

STAMPS USED:

Wildflowers Silhouette

Stitching Line

Sawtooth Stitching Line

Numbers Set

Banksy Frida Kahlo

Thanks for Looking!

~Jenn

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Bloom

Another fabulous Mail Art Monday!!  Michele here with a summery postcard.

 Reminds you of summer doesn't it??  Here is how I did it.

 I started with the hexagon stencil from Um Wow Studio.

I used a black pen and traced some of the hexagons on a piece of watercolor paper.

I stamped the Wildflower Silhouette a couple of times over the hexagons.

I stamped the Bumble Bee and got out my watercolor pencils and started coloring.

I used my water pen to blend.

I finished off with some splatters with Distress Spray.

I just love that fuzzy bumble bee!!

I used the Sawtooth Stitching Lines  to create the postcard on the back.

I stamped the Bloom where you are Planted sentiment and the Single Sunflower/small with another awesome bumble bee as my message, colored and viola!

Until next time...get inky!!