Bleached fox

Hi Hermine here with a tutorial. Using black paper and bleach. Hope you like it.

 

step 1: Take a piece of black paper, test it first to see if it will bleach, not every paper does. Take a round sponge and dip into bleach and stamp on paper. Do the same with a little one, this one did splash a bit so they look more like stars, but I don't mind, even more so I like it, it matched the dark background.

 

step 2: Take a stylus tool and tip with a ring shape, dip into bleach and stamp onto the large circles. Take a little round sponge, dip again into bleach and stamp again in the middle of the circle. Take a brush and splatter some bleach.

 

step 3: Take the clockface 19468 and dip into bleach and stamp onto the right side of the card. Clean the stamp asap.

 

step 4:  Stamp the cute fox in coat 19158 with Versamark and emboss with black embossing powder.

 

step 5: Take an old brush and discolour the inside of the fox .Stamp Writing Circles background 19567 with bleach on the left hand side of the card to balance the card a bit more.

step 6: Glue this card onto a double kraft paper square card.

Hope it inspires you.

Warmly Hermine

Used materials:

Clockface 19468

Cut fox in coat 19158

Writing circles background 19567

Feed Your Soul

Hello everyone and welcome to a new and awesome day for inspiration. 

Shanna here with a new art journal spread to share and it was extremely fun to create as I was testing some colors out to see if I would like them. 

I started out with the stamp Writing Circles Background - 19567 stamped it across my spread using the Mustard Seed Distress Paint, and with Cracked Pistachio Distress Paint I used the stamp Writing Triangles - 19571. 

I then splashed some Abandoned Coral Distress Stain on my craft mat, spritzed the puddle with water, and smoothed my pages in the puddles. I also did the same thing using some Mustard Seed Distress Ink. I really love the color scheme of this spread. 

Then I started stamping the rest of my images with some black ink. I started with the Banksy Girl Watering TV Antennae - 19603, then stamped the Three Staples 19576 in a couple places, the

Staple X - 19577 and the Stitching - 19575 too.

I stamped the Double Coffee Rings - 19568 on the opposite side of the journal to help create a little bit of a balance. I stamped my sentiment Feed Your Soul - 18926 on some white paper and cut it up to add it to the journal page using a gel medium. 

I used my Big Brush pen to shadow the sentiment well make it pop and be bolder. 

Thank you so much for stopping by don't forget to keep coming back for more inspiration from the team!

Wonderland

Hi, hi!!  Michele here today with a quick and easy background technique that you are going to love!!

You will need watercolor paper, Distress Ink, an acrylic block and spray bottle with water.

 Now I wasn't planning on being inspired by this month's challenge BUT it has been swimming around in my head for a couple of days...

 I created a pair of cards with my background technique.

My color isn't quite and razzleberry-ish but I was also inspired by checkerboard, dictionary, circles and whimsical.

VLVS!: Writing Circle Background, Tweedledum and Tweedledee, and March Hare.

I just love fussy cutting VLVS! images, they are perfect for popping up!

Other items used: G45 Mother Goose, Distress Markers, Um Wow Studio Checkerboard Mask, Dylusion Paint-black, Dylusion Spray-white, Archival Ink, white pen.

I left off the sentiment because I wasn't quite sure what I wanted...what do you think??

Can't wait to see your entry this month!!

Homemade Project Life

I bought the W R Memory Keepers 3 x 4 punch from Winners for like $16.99 and thought I would give it another try.  The last time I couldn't figure out how to open the darn thing so I returned it, plus I had bought it from my local scrap store for $33 so this time the price was right. 

I got the one with the square corners and that way I could either leave them square or round them myself with my paper rounder.

I wanted to do a page Project Life style using papers I cut with the new punch as well as Viva Las VegaStamps!.  How did I like using the punch you ask? It was pretty easy once I figured out how to open it but you do need to use a little force and it got tiring on the hands.  You wouldn't want to make a day of this that's for sure!

NOTE: you have to push down at the exact same time as unlocking this unit. I googled everywhere for this information and had to figure it out myself.  They should indicate this in the directions but they don't. 

I think this will help me use up more of my 12 x 12 papers and it will also be handy for cutting down any 4 x 6 photos.  Here are the papers I cut using a variety of ones from my massive, guilt inducing stash:

I liked how these all went together so I placed some of them onto my pocket page

Then I got the pictures I wanted to use and placed them onto the page as well and placed a few more things on.

Then I started adding some embellishments

Here is my finished page using the couple kissing, the man and woman symbol , the tag and the large arrow heart.

and here is the project without the watermark as it's cutting off the bottom of the page

and a couple close ups

I hope you enjoyed my project and until next time!

Fly.

Hello!  Mary here with a Spring-inspired card set.

I began by stamping the Butterfly Gossamer/Large image with VersaMark ink and embossing it with Wow embossing powder in Primary Ebony.

I LOVE this image!!  Because it's 4 1/2 by 3 1/2 inches in size, it can totally rock the whole front of a card without much else needing to be done.

Next, I wet the inside of the image with a wash of water before I began 'watercoloring' with a few colors of Lindy's Stamp Gang spray ink.

In total, I painted up five cards, but here's a peek at three.

When I was done coloring them up, I spattered a bit of ink to fill up a bit of that white space.

Since I wanted to wrap these pretties up as a set, I decided to create a closure with another stamped butterfly on vellum.  StazOn ink is my favorite ink for stamping on vellum, as it dries well on non-porous surfaces.

To finish up my closure, I fussy cut out the butterfly, and added it to the top of a clothes pin with some thread and sequins.

And here's a peek at the set.  I decided to stamp a sentiment at the end and used the 'FLY' portion of the Get Cape Wear Cape Fly image.

To bundle up my set, I just wrapped some May Arts silk ribbon in a couple of colors around them and clipped it in place the butterfly clip.

LOVE!

Thanks so much for joining me today.  I hope you've found a bit of stampy inspiration.  Now, go grab your favorite VLVS! rubber and get to stamping!!

xx Mary

EGGstra Special Easter Wishes...

Welcome to Viva Las Vegastamps! Susan here today to bring some seasonal crafting inspiration... and a Bunny who's all dressed up for the Easter Parade!

This project is a little altered home decor project using a leftover scrap of Ranger Distress Stain painted cardstock and a plaster egg decor piece... and my stash of VLVS! {of course}, with one "Fancy Bunny #17610" to star in this crafty redux. This egg base is partially decorated on the front and is glittered, which will make a great finish for the backside – so I will alter the backside which is flat and plain just screaming for some inky stamped goodness.

 

First thing, trace shape onto my painted scrap of cardstock, stamp bunny with Versafine ink, and make a quick mask.

I traced shape onto a section of Miracle Sheet, trimmed and adhered my stamped background with mask applied to the backside of the egg. Using purple and green dye inks, I stamped in some grass and pattern to the egg background... and my bunny is perfectly safe!

Now the magic is revealed!! A few minutes of fussy cutting is always worth it for layering stamps and seamless image. I had planned to use "Fancy Border" #18951 for grass, but it wasn't working... so I smooshed the edge of ink pad to paper making chunky grass. 

Now for the finishing touches... lots of hand coloring and doodling using a variety of pens and a waterbrush. I tied off some creme organza ribbon for a hanger at the top with a bow – and from the bottom, hung a ribbon tail with a triple matted sentiment block combining words from two different stamps. This stamped lovely is ready to hang and is super sparkly!

"Mr. Bunny brings Easter Wishes"

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From Viva Las VegaStamps:

"Fancy Bunny" #17610

"Easter" #18114

"Best Wishes" #826

"Washi Lines Background" #19073

Miracle Sheets

3/4" Miracle Tape

Other Supplies: painted cardstock using Ranger Distress Stains; Versafine Black Pigment Ink; green and purple dye inks; Sakura of America Gelly Roll Stardust Pens; waterbrush; Faber-Castell Pitt Pens; Offray organza ribbon.

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Thanks so much for dropping by! It's a brand new month - check out the April inspiration board... just makes you want to get inky. Join us and play along with the April inspiration challenge {CLICK HERE for details}. Just make a creation using the inspiration above and your stash of VLVS! stamps... you could win more RUBBER! Take some time to browse around the blog here and the amazing creations from the entire VLVS! Team... there's so much amazing inky inspiration to see!

If you would like to see more of my creations please visit my blog, sbartist : painting in the dark HERE. Hope you have a fabulous day!!  Sb

April challenge inspiration piece

Hi Hermine here with an inspiration piece for the april challenge. For more information look HERE.

The inspiration board:

 

step 1: Tear a page out of an old dictionary. Spray it with water and sprinkle some Brusho (Violet) in it.

step 2: take a brush and bleech and draw a swirl. Sprinkle with some bleech.

step 3: stamp with Stazon at the bottom  the line of Grass 19549 twice. And the Flock of Geese19465 on the left hand side.

step 4: stamp Boy in Cape 19036 on a seperate piece of paper and colour with Lyra crayons and cut out. Cover the whole image swith Versamark and emboss with Ultra High Gloss embossing powder clear. And Glue on your background. Stamp with Stazon Black the tekst Get Cape wear Cape Fly 19292.

step 5: Punch 2 circles out of black paper and cut in half. Use bleech to lighten the circles, do this twice everytime a little more to the edge. Stamp with Stazon Stars 19291 on the half circles and highlight some with a white sharpie. Glue them on the background and scribble around them with a white sharpie. Glue the background on white cardstock. 

Warmly Hermine

Used materials:

Line of Grass 19549

Flock of Geese 19465

Boy in Cape 19036

Get Cape Wear Cape Fly 19292

Stars 19291

Stazon

Ultra High Gloss Embossing Powder

 

April Challenge!

Happy April Fools day!

I can't believe it's April.. NO JOKE.

Here's another NON joke .. new challenge today!

We'd like to inspire you with words like Dictionary, script, stars, moon, celestial, whimsical, zentangle, Mary Vogel Lozinak, checker, tan, vintage, distressed, old, pink, purple, razzleberry, scallops, half circles, borders and more!

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 DT member Hermine Koster.

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