Month Challenge Inspiration Art Journal pages

Hello Everyone!
Tera here again with some fun inspiration for this months challenge board.  

It feels like ages since I've played in my art journal.  
This piece was super fun, and I plan to journal on them later. :D Some days you just need those pre-made bases for when the moment hits! 

Stamps Used:

Girl with bird cage

Stitching

Writing Circles

Wire rings

Butterfly Specimens

Plate 1455

You can find the challenge Info HERE

I started with dylusions paints, a variety of stencils, and some Tim Holtz washi tape. I used gel pens and markers to add details

Next I stamped my main images ... Which of course begged for more doodling.
(I love these stamps!)

Next I added some of my "art journal-ish" fun stamps (yes I know I use these on almost everything, but what can I say, they are fabulous.... I linked to the whole plate also because if you are like me you will need them all!!! 1455 is one of my all time fav. plates!)

Detail Pictures:

Thank you for looking! I hope you feel inspired to create also!!

Altered Folder

Hello all you awesome stampers out there. Shanna here today with an altered folder. I have some tracking sheets (water, meals, and habit tracker) I want to keep in one spot and not all over my office. So I recycled an old office folder to hold them.

So first off I covered it with gesso. 

Then I used some acrylic paint with a brayer and spread it across the folder. 

While the folder dried I used a mother color on some book paper then stamped with black in The Clockface stamp and cut it out. 

Next I stamped the Writing Chevron stamp with some acrylic paint as well. 

I used matte medium to adhere the clock face to the folder and gave a shadow outline to it with a  black gelato. 

I stamped out the gunny numbers on white paper with black in and then cut them out. 

I stamped more on the folder using these stamps and acrylic paint and then let it all dry. 

So what do you think. A fun way to add some color to your office storage? I love this folder and think I may have a couple more too make. I think I even may add some stitching to this one. 

Stamps Used:

19468 - Clockface

19824 - Writing Chevron

19827 - Doodle Dots

19193 - Bulls Eye Target Open

19452 - Grunge 1 

19459 - Grunge 8

19460 - Grunge 9

19457 - Grunge 6

Other Items:

Staz On Jet Black

Prima Impasto Acrylic Paints 

Matte Gel Medium

Black Gelato

Brayer

Thank you so much for stopping by today!

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Mail Art Monday with Susanne

Hi there!

Susanne here and I'm sharing a mail art envelope video tutorial today. Mail art envelopes are awesome! If you don't send it to a penpal you can use it in your art journals or as a gift packaging.

I hope you enjoy the video:

Here are some close-ups:

Thank you for stopping by today,
xx Susanne

Supplies:
Viva Las VegaStamps!
Doodle Leaf
Doodle Flower/ Garden
Row of Chevrons
Doodle Circle
Bubble Wrap Texture
Smear/ Smudge
Color Wheel Lines
Others:
Acrylic Paints
Gesso
Gelli Plate
StazOn Ink
Distress Marker Mermaid Lagoon

This was not my dream

Hello everyone,

and welcome to this blogpost where I would like to share an art journal page with you today !

This page was started by adding model paste through a stencil on either side; I then added the colour. Today I used de Distress Oxide inks in Fossilized Amber, Spiced Marmalade, Vintage Photo and Walnut Stain. I smooshed them onto my craft sheet and spritzed with water. I then dragged my paper through it; adding water and drying. I repeated this with all three colours. Next I added splatters and stamping. I used the same DI inks but also black Archival to stamp the background. 

The main image and sentiment were stamped on book paper, cut out and adhered on the page. 

That was it ! 

A close up of the texture. 

A close up of the lady and the sentiment.

I used the following stamps:

19567 Writing Circles background

19571 Writing triangles

19568 Double coffee rings

18338 Woman covering face with hands

19659 Numbers set

20066 This was not my dream 

Thank you so much for stopping by today ! 

Cutie Pie - by Fiona Paltridge

Hello VLVS! peeps, Fiona here with you today.

Now don't fall over but ...... I made a layout! YES! I know ... it's been a while.

I have been playing around with my new HUGE 12x12 Gel Plate making some background papers and this one appeared! I loved it so much I had to make a layout with it almost straight away.

 I layered the chevron stamp as a feature for the layout. I needed something to focus the eye on because the background was so busy.

Mind you, it probably didn't help that I added to it with my favourite writing circle stamp in gold ink. But it looks awesome ..... well I think it does.

 I also had a blast adding the Fleur de Lis stamp as part of the background. I've had this one for a while now but haven't been sure what to use it on. This was the perfect project!

Viva Las Vegastamps:

Fleur De Lis

Writing Circles Background

Writing Chevron

All Occasion Cuppa card

Hello everyone!
Today I want to share an easy any occasion card! 

This is great for men and women too!

Stamps Used: 

Man with tea cup

Invoice

Using faded jeans distress ink and the invoice stamp I created the A2 card base.  (i also used a distress stencil). I stamped the man drinking tea on a separate piece of card stock and colored him with markers. To ground him a bit on the card I used a piece of washi tape. Super simple :D 

We Are All Mad Here

Hello stamping friends!!
Michele here today with a fun door hanger to share.

This is a precut chipboard piece with a coating of heavy gesso.  The sentiment is created with chipboard letters and a heart from UmWow Studio painted with Distress Pint.

Viva Las VegaStamps used:  Mad Hatter, Alice With Hands Behind Back, Row of Books, Mushroom, Wildflower Silhouette, Chesire Smile.

I used some gold foil on the book spines.

All the images are colored with Distress Markers.

The background is Distress Oxide Ink.

You will find this hanging on the front door...is it a warning or a welcome??!!

Until next time...get inky!

Mail Art Monday - After Rain Comes Sunshine

Hey everyone it's Cheetarah here and I've got a little something special for this weeks Mail Art Monday! I've made the above envelopes for our project swap over at the VLVS! groupies on facebook. I've also filmed the process which you can see below in my first Time 2 Stamp video :)

Hope you enjoyed this MAM tutorial :) 

And here they are flying off to my partners for the swap!

(the address is on there no worries, just blocked it off for privacy reasons ;) 

VLVS! rubber stamps used

Two Whimsical Ladies under Umbrella

Doodle circle

Bubble wrap texture

Measuring tape section

Writing circles

Mail Art

Others:

Distress Oxides and regular inks

Faber Castell Artist Pitt markers

Wow clear matte embossing powders

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

June Challenge Inspiration by Jenn Engle

A new month means a new challenge here at VLVS and I am in love with the new inspiration photo.

STAMPS USED:

Nature Collage

Girl with Bird Cage

I decided to make an index card for my challenge inspiration. I started out by running my index card thru a "dots" embossing folder to play on the circles from the photo.

I used some paint that matches the photo: Folk Art Craft Paint in Pink Melon, Martha Stewart Satin Craft Paint in Pollen, and HandMade Modern Acrylic in Slate. I used the Pink Melon all over the background and the Slate to create a floor of sorts.

Still working on the background, I stamped just the script part of the "Nature Collage" stamp. Then, I scraped some Pollen paint across my card and dried that. I felt like the Pink Melon got sort of lost, so I added more of that color until I was happy.

While my background was drying, I stamped "girl with birdcage" on Bristol cardstock and colored it with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers in colors that matched the background. I glued that down on top of some matching thread, then added a quote from Tim Holtz Small Talk Stickers. I finished it off with using my sewing machine to stitch around the card.

We'd love if you joined in our June Challenge! I can't wait to see what you come up with.

Thanks for looking,
~Jenn

June Challenge - Flock o' Birds

It's time for a new monthly challenge -- and we're bringing on the PINK.

Be inspired by words like ... coral, pink, creamsicle, orange, spots, dots, birds, bird cages, FLOCKS of birds, text, numbers, invoices, crows, grunge, distressed, tan, gray, white and anything else you find inspiring from this graphic!

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!

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