Recipe for Sweets

The holidays are right around the corner, can you believe it??!
Michele here today and I was inspired by all of the holiday sweets that we all love for this set of ATC's.

Stamps used:  Stack of Macaroons, Calories Don't Count, HEHEHE, Have a Nice Day, Delight in the Little Things, Doodle Border, Recipe Card, Victorian Flourish

The ATC bases are a piece of cardstock with Dina Wakley paints on the gelli plate.  The background stamps are the colors of the paint to fade.

The Macaroons are colored with Prisma colored pencils and the filling is stickles.

The macaroon stack was cut up and arranged on the ATC's.

Some washi so the macaroons didn't look like they are floating and a little border stamping.

The edges all have Distress Ink and finally some splatters with Distress Oxide Spray.

What's your favorite holiday treat??  We have Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas all coming up quick...what will you be making??

Until next time, get inky!!

Scribble that shit out

Hello everyone,

For today's project I have made an art journal spread. I have used some of the latest release stamps. I love the scribble girls by Tina Walker and I had to use one today.

I started this page with a gel printed piece of paper and added stencilling and stamping to the background using different inks. I added some black paint along the edges to frame the pages. I used a palette knife for this.

The girl was stamped on the page and on some white card stock. I coloured her, cut her out and glued her onto herself on the page. I then coloured the earrings and necklace with a paint pen. Lastly I added the sentiment and doodled around it with a black pen. 

Here's a close up... 

I used the following stamps:

19566 - Bubble wrap texture

19567 - Writing circle background

19571 - Writing triangles

19015 - Dictionary page

20474 - Tina Walker Earrings scribble girl

20468 - Scribble that shit out

20465 - Badass

I also used:

Amsterdam Acrylics to make the gel print

Archival Inks in Aquamarine, Veridian and Jet Black

StaZon - Dove Grey

Distress Oxide ink - Tumbled glass

A flower stencil 

Black acrylic paint for edging the pages

Thank you so much for stopping by today ! 

Art Journal Page 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 Page.  

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

I was inspired by Banksy Style graffiti art and tried to depict a grungy, old wall.

I've used a wall stencil here to create the background.

  I've used 2 colours of distress oxides to create the old, worn out, grungy look. 

VLVS! Supplies:

Banksy Wall Lady : SKU #20459

Banksy Just Because : SKU #20293

Writing Circles Background : SKU #19567

Cross Marks Background : SKU #20165

Rows of Numbers : SKU #20170

Punchinella/Sequin Waste Border : SKU #20161

Other Supplies:

Maremismallart Stencil - Stoned Wall

Finnabair's Heavy White Gesso, Heavy Black Gesso

Ranger's Archival Inkpads- Jet Black and Potting Soil

Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Inkpads - Iced Spruce and Vintage Photo

Thanks a lot for your precious time :)

Stay Blessed!

Preeti

Art Journal: Perspective of Time by Cheetarah

Hi VLVStampers! Hope you all are having a wonderful day so far. It's Cheetarah here on the blog today and I have a little art journal spread to share with you made with lush VLVS! The focal point is a wonderful whimsical Scribble Girl designed by Tina Walker which is a new release! Check out the full plate HERE. Let me tell you how I made it and as usual, list of stamps are at the bottom of the post. 

I stared off in my pocket junk journal by adding gesso over some glued down ephemera (dictionary/book pages) and then scraping color with a used gift card until I was satisfied with the blend. I used midnight blue, fuchsia and a sea green acrylic paint for this. To add some more texture I took out my StencilGirl Stencils with some wonky geometrical shapes and lightly dabbed some paint through them. 

Next step I added more texture by stamping some yummy VLVS! texture stamps with Staz-On inks over the painted layer. The sentiment Past Present Future is also from a StencilGirl Stencil. I first used the sea green paint then traced it with a Fudeball pen. Now the base layer is done and went to work with the focal point. 

Tip if you want to use watercolors over acrylic paint layers: I bought this product a while back, watercolor ground by Daniel Smith Artists materials and really wanted to test it out as I love coloring images with watercolors. I applied a bit on the right page dried it with a heat tool to set then I stamped my focal image on it with archival ink. Then heat set it. My image was ready to be color in! Showing you some process shots of the coloring below:

The ground took the watercolors (Jane Davenport brand) very nicely and I was patient with adding the colors in layer and give it enough time to blend and dry until I was satisfied with the over all look of the the woman. Also the ground knocked down the background in brightness and to bring the pages together I stamped the previously used texture stamps over this layer. 

Stamped the word 'perspective' in the middle and splattered some rose gold paint & added a black border and called it done. 

Stamps used: 

Big Eyed Scribble Girl - Tina Walker  

Numbers set 

Row of numbers 

Row of Chevrons

Bubblewrap Texture 

Perspective 

Materials used:

Gesso

Dina Wakley paints

Daniel Smith watercolor ground

StencilGirl Stencils

Jane Davenport watercolors

Stazon & archival ink pads

Heat tool

black Distress crayon  

Hope this inspired you to take your your VLVS! and have a play with them!

Until next time! 

Have a lovely day.

Spooky - Halloween/October Challenge 2019

Hello everyone,

welcome to SPOOKY...

Halloween 2019.

You might have guessed but this months challenge is.....

HALLOWEEN!!! (Insert spooky music)....

so for this project I've created a little tag and Step by step instructions...

 starting off with a Dylusions Tag, I added some magazine pieces, and then layered

a Kinder Kreations Tree stencil (KK1657) with Modelling Paste.

 allowed it to dry and then covered it with Black Gesso 

 Then I got out my first of my Halloween stamps

this super cool and slightly rude 

Skeleton Family (sku: 19206)

https://vlvstamps.com/skeleton-family-2-x-4-1-4.html

with black Stazon Ink. I stamped 3 of them because I wanted to layer them up.

 Fussy cut them out, with each layer taking a little more away.

 I coloured the last one with Tim Holtz Distress Oxide in Carved Pumpkin

The top two I just used Gel Medium

and for the bottom set I used some foam mount to add a little more dimension

 Next I went back to the background and stamped

Fancy Spiderweb Corner (sku: 19208)

https://vlvstamps.com/fancy-spiderweb-corner-3-1-4-x-2-3-4.html

in the bottom corners with Distress Oxide in Hickory Smoke

added some Lindy's Gang Angel Wings Sapphire Embossing powder and heat set it.

 Then I added the "stars"

Cross Marks Background (sku: 20165)

https://vlvstamps.com/cross-marks-background-2-1-2-x-3-3-4.html

with Distress Oxide in Wild Honey and Embossed 

with Lindy's Gang Adobe Fire embossing powder

 next up I added the 

Full Moon (sku: 18911)

https://vlvstamps.com/full-moon-2-3-4-x-1-3-4.html

with Distress Oxide Blueprint Sketch and Embossed 

with Lindy's Gang Desert Moon Turquoise

 I added some fibres to the top and stitched the edges 

 then I added my Layered up Skeleton Family 

(which I added a wash of Distress Oxides: Hickory Smoke and Iced Spruce)

and finished off with 

Spooky (sku: 19735)

https://vlvstamps.com/spooky-3-4-x-2-1-4.html

with Wild Honey and Embossed 

with Lindy's Gang, Adobe Fire powder. 

I also added some colour to the background tree with Silks Acrylic Glaze Nutmeg

 the final product...

Don't forget to check out the Facebook Groupies page and Load your Halloween creations

to enter the October Challenge ( #oct19)

"Spooky"

VLVS! used:

Skeleton Family (sku: 19206)

https://vlvstamps.com/skeleton-family-2-x-4-1-4.html

Fancy Spiderweb Corner (sku: 19208)

https://vlvstamps.com/fancy-spiderweb-corner-3-1-4-x-2-3-4.html

Cross Marks Background (sku: 20165)

https://vlvstamps.com/cross-marks-background-2-1-2-x-3-3-4.html

Full Moon (sku: 18911)

https://vlvstamps.com/full-moon-2-3-4-x-1-3-4.html

Spooky (sku: 19735)

https://vlvstamps.com/spooky-3-4-x-2-1-4.html

Other materials used:

Dylusions Tag

Magazine Text

Kinder Kreations Tree Stencil (KK 1657)

Matisse Black Gesso

Stazon Jet Black Ink Pad

Ranger/Tim Holtz Distress Oxide: Hickory Smoke, Wild Honey, Blueprint Sketch, Iced Spruce,                                                                  Carved Pumpkin

Silks Acrylic Glaze Nutmeg

Thread

Live with Respect

Leanne xo

Mixed Media Card 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 a Mixed Media Card. 

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

First, I cut a panel of 300 gsm watercolour paper to create the card base. To colour it, I used Lindy's Gang Squirts and Sprays in shades of purple and pink. Dried the panel & stamped around it's edges using Versafine Onyx Black Ink and VLVS! Stamps- Overlapping Circles by Corrie Herriman, Row of Scribble Squares and A Drawing Is. Then, deckled and distressed the edges of the panel.

Stamped and heat embossed a few small panels using VLVS! Map Background Stamp in black and then coloured the panels with Lindy's Gang Squirt in teal colour. Then deckled & distressed the edges of these small panels with black ink. 

For the focal element, stamped & heat embossed in black the beautiful VLVS! Dancing Lady Stamp and fussy cut it. 

For the sentiment, stamped the VLVS! Be An Adventurer stamp in black onto a watercolour paper panel and distressed it's edges in black

Next, die cut a starry design die using white cardstock and cut paper mats for the card. In the end, gathered all the elements, created a visually pleasing composition and adhered everything using a strong glue. Used 3D foam tape under some of the layers to create dimension. Created white ink splatter to integrate all the elements. Finally, adhered all the layers to a 5 by 7 inch white card base.

VLVS! Supplies:

Overlapping Circles by Corrie Herriman : SKU #19995

Dancing Lady : SKU #19183

A Drawing Is : SKU #18795

Row of Scribble Squares : SKU #20164

Be An Adventurer : SKU #19173

Map Background : SKU #16481

Other Supplies:

Lindy's Gang- Squirts (Polite People Purple & Loonie Toonie Teal), Autumn Maple Crimson Shimmer Spray & Black Forest Black Embossing Powder

Tsukinenko- Versa Mark Watermark Ink Pad & Versafine Onyx Black Ink Pad 

Fantasy Dies

Tim Holtz Distress Inks 

Thanks a lot for your precious time :)

Stay Blessed!

Preeti