A Vintage Game of Tag

Hello, Its Me Tera here again with another fun project to share! 

Today I am sharing a fun Vintage themed Tag that I created. 

I started  with a base of patterned paper by Prima, and a main focal image that I wanted to build around. 

(From here I really got into the swing of everything and forgot to take progress shots as I went so bare with me while I try to explain my madness :-D) 

 I started by stamping Chicken Wire 3 3/4 x 4 1/2 randomly on the background in frayed burlap. 

Next I stamped the Big Ben 1 3/4 x 4 1/4 on the left side in VersaFine Sepia.

 I also inked and distressed around the edges in various shades of browns.  On a separate sheet of paper I stamped the Bearded Man 2 1/4 x 2 1/4  in verafine black and distressed it with versafine sepia. I also stamped the #7 from Plate 1430  then embossed it with black embossing powder before i cut it out and distressed it.  At the top right I stamped Butterfly Specimens 1 1/2 x 4 1/2 then also embossed it in black. To finish things off I added some film strip by Tim Holtz to the side, as well as some random spots of Tim Holtz washi tape. I popped up the 2 pieces on pop-dots, then embellished with UmWow Studio Gears. 

Below are a few more detail pictures :-D

Guest Designer : Irit Shalom

Today we have a special guest on the blog - Irit Shalom! She's been an avid fan of VLVS! for quite some time, and I'm excited to have her work featured on the blog. You won't be disappointed! She's a master stamp layerer and you're going to drool over her piece today.

My name is Irit and I am from sunny Isreal. In my "real life" I am a dentist, but for the last 5 years I do it as a part time job, because I need some extra time for my scrapping and crafting addiction and I have a lot of fun doing something else after 25 years of dentistry. I have been married for 31 years to a retired high police officer, who is the full time family cook these days. 

I am a mom to 4 grown ups: 2 sons and twin daughters. The empty nest is probably the main reason for my obsession for crafting - finally I have some time for myself. My oldest son is an army officer, married and a father of my 2 adorable grandchildren. My second son is "a world traveler" - for the last 7 years after his army service he is out of Israel for at least 9 months a year - lives and works in Spain. My twins are college graduates,just got their first real jobs and one of them is getting married in a few months.

For many years it was a polymer clay and jewelry making artist, but after I saw a scrapbook layout for the first time in my life (only 6 years ago during my visit to USA), I finally understood that I am in love with paper. Today I mostly scrap, stamp and do altered art. I have been a design team member for about 20 manufacturers in the past. Right now I design for mainly stamp and tool companies around the globe. I was published in print in Israel, USA, UK and Australia and web published in every possible on-line magazine around the world. Last, but not least- my other addiction is..... Folk dancing. So if I am not in my crafting room - I am probably dancing. I am totally thrilled to be a VLVS guest designer and hope to do my best.

From Irit: First of all I want to say huge Thanks for this chance to be VLVS guest designer for August. I got a lot of fantastic stamps to use for my projects and as I have much more at home it was very easy to make a big project and to have any stamp you need to make it.

This altered 5 paged project was made as an "inspiration lifting" art piece. But then I lifted it from myself, so it's totally right. I made a similar project like 18 months ago for the recent, just out of the print, issue of Rubber Stamp Madness and I made 4 "Houses of Everything" for the big article using RSM house template. I think that we all have a lot of different houses in our life that we fill with things we love or dream of. For the original project I picked houses of Dream, Imagination, Adventure and Knowledge.

This new project, made for VLVS Guest post was made in the similar way, but after all it's totally different. I made 4 different house shapes, free hand cut; I used only VLVS stamps, quite a lot of them; I made totally different house this time and I called them "Houses of Anything". I also picked 3 of 4 houses that are totally different from the original work: house of Memories, Hope, and Art and added the Adventure.

All of the pages were made in a similar way: resist emboss technique with white and black embossing powders over clear embossing ink. More stamping was made with black permanent ink. Some of the shapes were stamped with image masks; some were stamped one over another to make these themed collages. All roofs were separately stamped and name of the house was added with letter stickers. Over some pages I
added stamped and hand cut images for the 3d textured look. Each page was colored with inks or water colors and I added just a few chipboards and stickers to make it more interesting. And if anyone, who knows my work, wonders why this piece is so "flat" and not over embellished as my usual work, the answer is simple: I was asked to make a project with VLVS stamps. They should be a star of this piece and
not lots of embellishments and my glue gun.Thanks for reading this long post and see you again in two weeks with a totally different VLVS project.

VLVS Stamps Used:
Clockface, Flock of geese, Weathered tree, Banksy girl floating with balloons, Businessman silhouette, Butterfly specimens, Alien circle, Brick background, Film strip, Map of the world, Number strip, Solid color wheel, Washi grid background, Washi lines background, Stained glass mosaic background, Charred wood background, Cracked background, Dictionary page, Handholding circle, Sunken anchor, Explore, Nautical collage, Discover,  Destination unknown, Let's get lost, Torn paper, Color wheel lines, You color my world, Pocket watch, Watch movement, Flying watch, Swirl, Bellows camera, Clock, Writing Arrow, Dandelion silhouette


Other products:
White cardstock: American Crafts, Inks: Clearsnap, Ranger, Paints: Faber Castell DMC Gelatos, Chipboards, wood: Wycinanka, Metal: Meg's Garden, Bling, stickers: Flourish with a Bling, Letters: Pink Paislee, American Crafts, other, Other: ribbons

Art journal fun & Viva Las VegaStamps!

It's been a little while since I added to my art journal and I had a picture of the hubs and I the night we went and saw Black Sabbath in concert (awesome!!) so I decided to do a journal page with it using the fabulous Viva Las VegaStamps stamps. When I use a stencil with mists or paints I hate to waste any leftovers so what I usually do is press it onto a blank page in my journal so that I can use it on another page. This is what I started out with

 

I loved the bright colors! I then added our picture as well as some other embellies

and I stamped the numbers on the bottom and decided that I wanted to color them in with a fuschia color to make them pop more!  Here is the finished journal page

  and here are a couple close ups
 
and

and here are the stamps I used on this journal page:

the "xo" stamp 

 

and the line of chevrons stamp

and the ampersand stamp

 

and the grunge numbers from Plate 1444 

and last but not least checkerboard border

 I also used yummy Momenta inks and glimmer mists to color this page up.  Have a great day and thanks for stopping by!

love working in series

Hi Hermine here again. Maybe you noticed but I do love working in series. So here they come

 

Then I thought why on earth didn;t I make a step-by-step tutorial, so here it is. The describtion is on the photo. Its clean and simple and fun to do for beginners as well as advanced stampers.

 

step 1

 

step 2

 

step 3

 

step 4

 

step 5

 

step 6

 

finished card after removing masks. Stamps I used are: Santa smoking 1934, Clockface 19468, Merry Christmas Y'all 4619 (I cut the stamp in three parts so I can use the words seperately as well as one sentence)

And because all the cards are made the same way you will find the stamps I used for each card underneath the photo. 

 

stamps I used: Lady falling 19482,  Clockface 19468, Its your big day 19475, Celebrate 19469

 

Stamps I used: Large bird flying 19001,  Clockface 19468, Time flies 19008

 

stamps I used: Pair of boots 19239, Clockface 19468, Dream big 19047

 

stamps I used: Big Ben 19391,  Clockface 19468, You are here 19178

Hop you will have as much fun as I did.

Warmly Hermine

Used matierials:

double cardstock square

Stazon

Lyra Crayons

Santa smoking 19314

Clockface 19468

Merry Christmas Y'all 4619

Lady falling 19482

Its your big day 19475

Celebrate 19469

Large bird flying 19001

Time Flies 19008

Pair of Boots 19239

Dream big 19047

Big Ben 19391

You are here 19178

Inspired

Hello Everyone! Karen here with you again today..

for all of us inspiration comes in all sorts of forms, and at all different times..

For me,  as soon as I saw the Businessman Silhouette,

 

it's like a little light bulb went off inside my head.. I knew he just had to be paired Big Ben.

 

 For me they just go hand in hand.. and then August 1st came along and Tim Holtz posted his tag and technique for his August tag...and bang, there it was again, this stamp combo popped straight into my head  and I knew what I would be sharing with you all today.

 

I've also used the waybill/invoice background

  in my background layer as well ( this one is another favourite!!)

 

and

Not all who wander.

 

 

 add in a little distress ink, tissue tape and a few idea-ology embellishments and rub-ons, and I was done

 

 

and as always I can't not share a few close ups with you..

 

 

We'd love to hear about what you find inspiring, or a VLVS! stamp or combination of stamps that inspire you..

 

Thank you so much for stopping by,

until next time.. Happy Creating

 

Karen xx

Warning: Hardcore Cat (August Challenge Inspiration)

Welcome to Friday and a bit of inspiration, from me, Amy using the fabulous illustration for August here at Viva Las VegaStamps! This inspiration is so awesome, unique, and punk rock, I couldn't wait to dig in. I grabbed a piece of 12x12 paper from the Crowded Attic collection by Tim Holtz, and though the vintage theme is a strange mix with the graphic boldness of the inspiration board, I liked how it worked.


I began the mixed media journey here, by creating lines for the sun rays,using a ruler and a pencil. To get the brighter orange lines, I needed to cover the "white" area with a piece of paper, and on the other side of the ruler. I used Dylusions mist in Pure Sunshine, to create the orange sunbeams. When those were complete, I added Pan Pastel in orange along the edges, to soften them a bit. I stamped over the "beams" using the tire tread stamp and silver ink. For the "sun" I used the color wheel lines stamp, and overlapped it a bit in a circular area.
I added some "punch" to the plain lines, with the cracked background stamp, and gold ink. On top of all of this, I added lots of paint drippings and flickings. Hehe. The brick background was perfect for getting that "graffiti-ed wall"/Banksy's palette I was looking for.
Finally, I created a layered cluster around the photo. First, I stamped around the area with the washi grid background, and then I added some black misted cheesecloth, and popped the photo up on 3D foam dots. I stamped the area 51 warning,and the top portion of the No.5 tag using memento ink in tuxedo black, onto library cards, and cut and layered them up. All that was left, was adding embellishments, like the UmWowStudio flourish, metal bits, and alphas to create the title. Voila! I created a way to honor my sweet but hardcore cat, who lived 8 years indoors, before sneaking outside one day....and disappearing for 4 months....then returning one day looking like he had been in a gang fight. He now hangs out on our deck, and catches mice and rats that he presents to me as a lovely gift. ;)
 Thanks for having a look today, and get busy making your own creation using this month's inspiration! (here's a reminder):

Supplies Used:
Viva Las VegaStamps!:Tire tread, color wheel lines, cracked background, brick background, washi grid background, area 51 warning, No. 5 tag
Miracle Tape, Memento Ink-tuxedo black
Paper: Tim Holtz
Inks: IMAGINE Crafts
Paint: Plaid, 13 Arts
Pan Pastel-orange
Metal-Bead Landing
Chipboard-UmWowStudio

August Challenge

Hello hello hello!! It's sweltering hot here in the desert and our August Prompt kind of speaks to that!

First please visit back to our July Challenge and check out what the talented entries have linked up.

Now for our challenge this month :

Please feel free to enter any type of project; altered art, ATCs, cards, layouts, journal pages and more! Also, be inspired by whatever you want; the rays, orange, grunge, black, bombs, Banksy, rats, chains, girls on swings, splatters, drips and drops. Just go for it :) Visit us this time next week for July's winner!


Don't forget the rules:
-Create a new project based on our inspiration board
-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 tomorrow for some inspiration from Amy Lassiter.

An InLinkz Link-up