Hi everyone! 

Today I have a card to celebrate women! I hope you like it :)

To make the background I used distress inks in Spiced Marmalade, Mustard Seed and Picked Raspberry.  I smooshed them with water then blended some on as well to fill the gaps and deepen the colour.

I added the sentiment so I could gauge where my lady would be standing on the card

I then made a mask of my main image so I could stamp the stars and know roughly where she would be.

Then I added to the background some stenciling (sequin waste) and some different stamps.  , I coloured some of the arrows in with a black pen.

I coloured my main image with copic pens and cut her out.

Lastly, I stuck her onto the black card so that she is standing on the sentiment. I went round the stars with a white pen and a black pen to add a bit of depth, and put a few lines of gold glitter pen (which you can't see properly in the photograph). 

And that's it!  I hope you like her!

Stamps Used

Lady Tipping Hat 2638 Plate 225

Tired of trying to cram 19833 Plate 1471

Squiggly star collage 19822 Plate 1471

Row of Chevrons 19829 Plate 1471

Rows of numbers 20170 Plate 1495

Other Items Used:

Distress inks in Mustard Seed, Spiced Marmalade and Picked Raspberry

Versafine Clair ink in Nocturn

Black 7 x 5" card

Copic pens

See you next time!

Happy Birthday ► Majo

Hi Peeps,

 it’s me again 😀

 Today I show you a birthday card for my friend who favors orange and red flowers. Red is not my color, so I stuck to the Orange.

 

I used a lot of stamps:

20343

19416

10480

Circles 19998,19999, 20000,

from the Plate 1480, designed by Tara Calihan

14093

14092

 I stamped the floral background in different colors and the circles right on top. After cutting them, I added a bit more ink and distressed the edges.

I stamped the waybill on my card and adhered the circles (flowers) with pop dots. I stamped the leafs and just fuzzy cut the stems.

The sentiment finished my birthday card.

 

While creating it popped to my mind that I had made a similar card ages ago, and see what a difference color makes:

 https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/13652863/6803322452026327458

 Posted on November,14,2019 

Looking forward to Halloween? Stay tuned.

Luv ya ♥ 

 

 

Tag trio - Banksy girls

Hi everyone,

today I want to share with you a small series of colorful tags that I created. I always like to have a little something at hand to give away when swapping ATCs. 

I started with three tags cut from watercolor paper with a size of 5.25 x 3 inch. I used Lindy's Magicals and water to create a few layers of color. Make sure to dry them beween the colors to avoid a muddy color mix.

Next, I added some of the good old mark making and texture stamps to the background. These stamps from plate 1495 are very versatile and perfect for a lot of backgrounds.
Also, I stamped three different Banksy girls on the tags. I used Versafine Claire ink for the girls as it is a very intense black and Archival ink in the background for a more distressed stamp impression. Then I inked the edges of the tags directly with the Archival ink pad.

I like adding ribbon to my tags for a finished look. Here I chose to tear some strips of cheesecloth and added some of the same stamps to these grungy strips as I have already used on the tags themselves. This really connects all the elements. Another idea might have been to 'dye' the ribbon with some colors from the background, but I think that might have been a little too much here.

From some black cardstock, I cut a base for each of my tags, a little larger than the tag to get this black edge around it. I glued them together and sandwiched the ribbon in between, secured with a little bit of liquid glue. To finish the tags, I added some quote stickers.

Hope you liked this project. Here are a few more detail photos:

Stamps used:
Carved Xs (20162)
Row Of Numbers (20170)
Cross Marks Background (20165)
Punchinella/Sequin Waste Border (20161) 
Plate 1495
Banksy Girl Floating With Balloons (19421)
Banksy Balloon Girl (19430)
Banksy Child Sitting (19940)


Other material:
- Canson watercolor paper
- black cardstock
- cheesecloth
- Lindy's magicals (teenie weenie bikini, umbrella drink pink, nuneka's purple popsicle)
- Archival Ink (jet black)
- Versafine Claire Ink (nocturne)
- Tim Holtz quote stickers

See you soon!

 

September dreams by Tracy Blackwolf

Hello all!! Happy September! 

Hope you enjoy the card I made for this post.....

I started this card by using spray stains. I sprayed those and water until I got the desired effect. I dried it and then sprayed it again until I was happy with the results. I love those things!

I took the stamp lady hair blowing, stamped her and cut out just her face.

I then Took several ink pads and collage

stamps and just randomly stamped over the card. I stamped the black nature collage stamp last. then I took the face and used foam tape on the back to give her some lift. I stamped some bugs looking at her, put some glitter glue on their wings and then took my butterfly corner punch to the corners.

layered it up and that was it! Until next Time!!

Stamps used:

Nature collage by cat kerr    20036

lady hair blowing     7006

writing triangles   19571

Stitching     19575

Mesh Texture   19569

French Writing    20646

Mosquito    1885

Other products used:

Colorbox chalk inks: Lavender ,Wisteria, yellow cadmium

Kaleidacolor ink pad: Baby powder

Versa Claire ink pad: Nocturne

Butterfly corner punch... all night media

Disstress Spray Stains: Mustard seed, Squeezed Lemonade, Wilted Violet, Shaded Lilac

This is not a photo opportunity.

 Hello everyone, 

Welcome to the VivaLasVegaStamps! blog where today it is my turn to share a project. This time I have made an art journal spread and I had to use some of the new Banksy inspired stamps again. Love them ! 

As soon as I saw this rat and the girl on the stool I knew that I wanted to make these AJ pages! 

I started with a blending tool and adding inks. I used Distress Oxide inks, Worn Lipstick, Mustard Seed and Spiced Marmalade. I then used a brayer and white paint and toned it down, especially along the edges. I then added some random stamping and used a circle stencil with more white paint. 

I stamped the main images and gave them a little hint of colour, adhered them to the page on top of some washi tape. Lastly I added splatters, doodling and the sentiment of course which I think was apt for the scene. 

I have used the following stamps:

20163 - Typeset scallop

20165 - Crossmarks background

20161 - Punchinella/sequin waste border

19607 - Banksy this is not a photo opportunity

20656 - Banksy rat photograper

20658 - Banksy scared girl on stool

Thank you for stopping by today!

DON'T WASTE A MOMENT by Fran

Hello everyone!

On Saturday it will be 20 years since the terror attacks on America.  In the UK over the last week there have been so many tv programmes remembering  the 9/11 atrocities, so today I have made a postcard to honour all those innocent people who lost their lives.  

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First of all, on a piece of 6" x 4" card I randomly stamped the background star, which I had inked in two colours - Distress Ink in Candied Apple and Versafine Clair Medieval Blue.  I felt the colour was a bit too intense so I decided to stamp it off once first to make it a little paler.

I stamped the main image in Medieval Blue on a separate piece of 180gsm paper and cut it out.

I stamped the sentiment "Don''t Waste a Moment of your Life Trying to be Normal" but discarded the words "Trying to be Normal" and mounted them on red card.

Finally I edged the card with the Medieval Blue.

STAMPS USED:

Weeping Statue of Liberty 19152 Plate 925

Don't Waste a Moment 19786 Plate 1470

Stars & Stripes Star 20609 Plate 1526 Plate

OTHER ITEMS USED:

White card

Distress ink in Candied Apple

Versafine Clair in Medieval Blue

Red Card

Hope you like this postcard. 

 Every day is a gift - live it as if it's your last!

Wall hanger by Arwen

 Hi peeps 💜❤

For today, I created a wall hanger.

I made it look like a little bit creepy - I love creepy 💀

Maybe you've watched the movie "The return of the living dead".

Love all this horror stuff. 

I also created a gift box for this wall hanger. So it's a perfect gift for a lovely person.

And that's it:

Some close-ups? Voilá :

I also added some charms:

The gift box:

The wall hanger in the gift box:

all stamps I used:

- Smear/smudge

- Cemetery

- Bat

- Striped spider

- Spider

- Realistic skull

- The return of the living dead

- Scrabble alphabet

- Bubble wrap texture

- RIP

- Skeleton punkess

- Skeleton punk

- Moon

other stuff:

- Staz on

- Cardboard

- Cardstock

- Lukas Watercolors

- Distress Reinker

- Distress Oxcide

- Chains

- Eyelets

- Charms

- Scor Pal

Hope you like it - see ya soon *mwah*