Clowning Around...

Hello Crafty Friends!

I hope you are all having a wonderful day! 

Today, I want to share this crazy clown card!  As soon as I saw this clown, I knew I had to have him!  I know a friend of mine is going to be so excited when she gets this card!!! 

Stamps Used: 
Clown
Numbers set
Solid color wheel
Color wheel lines
waybill/invoice
Torn Paper

Other Supplies used:
Distress Ink-Hickory Smoke, Black Soot, Candied Apple (oxide)
Dylusions spray ink- Black Marble
Memento Ink- Tuxedo Black
Markers- Zig clean color, Blick Studio alcohol markers

I started with an A2 card base.  The clown was the 1st thing I stamped.  I then stamped him a second time on scrap paper (to use as mask).  

Once my clown was masked off, I stamped my large circle (solid color wheel) to highlight my clown.  I also added the smaller red circles (color wheel lines), and numbers.  

To add a touch more detail, I used my waybill/invoice stamp to randomly add background.  Next, I flicked some dylusions spray inks in black marble. I also added some distress edging in hickory smoke and black soot.  

While that dried, On a separate piece of paper I stamped the "torn paper" stamp.  Using my heat tool I dried this, and cut it out.  I glued this on the card front to finish everything off. 

I hope you all enjoy this little piece as much as I do! 

Happy Easter and enjoy the rest of your week.

Destination unknown (2)

Hello everyone,

Mr. Mojo seems to have left me and because of that I decided to revisit an old idea.  For the second time this month I have used the same sentiment. I have made a simple postcard :

I cut a piece of white card stock to the size of a postcard 6"x4". I then adhered a piece of an old town map on it. With a brayer I added some blue paint and some green over the top. Next I stamped the blue X's with the same blue paint and the small X's with black Archival Ink. I used the same ink to go around the edges of the card and to stamp the men and the sentiment. I did use a Stamping tool to get a nice black impression. 

I have used 4 stamps for this card :

20165 - Crossmarks background

20162 - Carved X's 

19019 - Destination unknown

19730 - Wright Brothers walking

Thank you so much for stopping by today ! 

Flower Garden Journal Page by Fiona

Hello my creative VLVS! peeps. Fiona here with you today to share an art journal page i have made using the fabo Viva Las Vegastamps!!!

My background is all gel printed. I printed directly into my art journal. A little bit challenging but definitely worth the effort!

 I stamped once it was dry with basic black ink so the images would stand out against the busy gel printed background.

 I just love the "Doodle Flower" stamp and so I emulated it by painting in some extra flowers to make a very colourful garden on my page.

Viva Las Vegastamps! used include:

Doodle Flower

Doodle Frame

Writing Chevron

Lots of colour in this one .... A feast for your eyes. Thanks for popping by. I'll see you all again very soon xx

*A woman's place is in total control.*

Hello, my friends!

It's Majo here today to show you a rather quick card. 

The scribble circle and all the lovely girls/women designed by Mary Vogel Lozinak work so well together and with changing the sentiment you will have a very neutral image for many occasions, i.e. Birthdays, Friendship, just saying "Hello" or even with a little heart in the middle of the circle for a Valentine's card

I stamped the scribble circle and masked the middle with a piece of Post It. After stamping all the Beauties I cut my stamped sentiment apart and adhered it with pop dots and the upper one with my Tiny Attacher. 

I added some Washi Tape in between the two layers on top to give my card a bit of excitement. I adhered the panel to the card base with Miracle Tape.

Here you see all the stamps I used, except the sentiment:

Here you find all the stamps I used:

18258

18302

18264

18265

18267

18261

19161

20166

4230

Miracle Tape
 

 
I hope you all have a great start into the weekend ..... and Happy Crafting ♥

Creepy Creatures on Layered ATC's

Hi!
Elina here today sharing with you my latest VLVS! creation; a set of ATC cards!



Aren't those Leslie Wood images adorable! I stamped them on white paper, colored with Promarkers, and cut out.



For cutting I used both paper scissors and a craft knife. Some of the parts were bit tricky to cut out precisely, and I could not avoid leaving a thin white border here and there. So here's a tip: If you're bothered with the borders, use a black marker pen to cover the white areas by the stamped border lines :)

For coloring the backgrounds I used two tones of blue Distress inks. After inking the background I splashed water on the cards and dried the paper with a heat gun.  This is such a fun and easy technique to add background patterns!

I continued decorating the ATC backgrounds with two border stamps. The larger one I stamped directly on the card, and the thinner border I stamped on a piece of light blue paper.

Before gluing the standing image on the card front I stamped the image on the background. The creature's hair was impossible to cut, so the easier option was to re-stamp the image on the background, to cut out the image,  and to glue the image on top of the stamped the background..

Here are two cards of the finished  ATC set. Hope you like them! :)

For this project I used the following VLVS! stamps:

Creepy Striped Creature by Leslie Wood
Creepy Creature Sitting by Leslie Wood
Whimsical Border
Typeset Scallop






Wishing you a nice day!

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Watercolour Bookmarks | Sue Plumb

Hi everyone! 

Sue Plumb here today to share my latest design team project with you. I have been inspired by some of the fabulous tags that some of the team have produced lately and wanted to try my hand at something similar. Being the practical Virgo I am though, I really wanted them to have a purpose, so I decided to make some new bookmarks for my daughter. (She reads constantly and is always losing her bookmarks.)

I wanted to create something colourful (she loves colour) and also something that was a little bit quirky, but also with positive theme for her.

I started by cutting some white cardstock into pieces measuring 2.5x7"; then stamped the background patterns on using Staz On ink.

The stamps I used for my three backgrounds were:

- Doodle Dots

- Crackle Background

- Sky of Stars Background

- Star Sliding

Once I had the backgrounds stamped I added the watercolour using Colour Blast Colour Shimmer Dust, which I mixed with water and applied simply with a brush. (I used the colours Paris; Peacock; and Velvet.) I then set them aside to dry while I moved onto the focal images.

I used some of the left over cardstock and Staz On ink to stamp out the images that were to be the focal points.

The three stamps I used were: 

- Whimsical Tribal Face

- Striped Leggings

- Whimsical Star Girl in Frame

I used Faber-Castell watercolour pencils to apply colour to each of the images, which I then blended out using a water brush before cutting them out

I then chose 3 quotes to add to each bookmark:

- You are beautiful

- Let Fear Be by Cat Kerr

- She was a dreamer

I stamped them onto cardstock; cut them out; then blended a small amount of watercolour pencil over the top. I then used Miracle Tape to stick the images and quotes onto my backgrounds before putting them into a laminating pouch and running them through the laminator.

Once they were laminated, I cut around each of the bookmarks. I used a hole punch to add a hole to the top of the blue one before tying a small tassle to it with twine.

My daughter was THRILLED with her new bookmarks, so I think there will be more of them being made at some stage. (I think these would make great little thank you gifts / teacher presents / party favours for older children - anyone who loves to read, really!)  

Thanks for stopping by so I could share this with you. I hope I have inspired you to get inky too!

Stamps used: 

- Doodle Dots

- Crackle Background

- Sky of Stars Background

- Star Sliding

- Whimsical Tribal Face

- Striped Leggings

- Whimsical Star Girl in Frame

- You are beautiful

- Let Fear Be by Cat Kerr

- She was a dreamer

Other materials:

- cardstock

- Staz On ink

- Colour Blast Colour Shimmer Dust

- Faber-Castell watercolour pencils

- Miracle Tape

- laminating pouch

- cotton tassle

- twine

**Note: the book pictured is called "Nevermoor" by a wonderful Australian author called Jessica Townsend who lives locally to me. I highly recommend this book for anyone who has children that are Harry Potter fans, my daughter loved it**

Easter Surprise

Hello Friends!! 
Michele here and with Easter right around the corner I would like to share a couple of very quick and super cute pillow boxes.  These are PERFECT to give a little Easter surprise in!!

Stamps used:  Bunny Looking Right, Chick, Line of Grass.

I colored with Faber Castel Aquarelle pencils.

The grass is stamped in 2 colors of Archival Ink for a little depth.

These little boxes are perfect for a little treasure or treat for Easter.  I am putting little silver hand stamped initial necklaces in them for me nieces.  With some chocolate eggs tucked in there it will be a perfect little something in their Easter baskets!!

Happy Easter!!
Until next time...get inky!!

Easy Easter Card

Hello Crafty Friends!

Today, I want to share a super cute and easy Easter card.
(which could easily be adapted for any occasion)

Stamps Used:
Wind-up Bunny
Waybill/Invoice

Other Items:
A2 Card Base- Black, slightly smaller white card stock for card front
Dylusions Paint- cut grass, fresh lime
Tim Holtz products- layering stencil, distress oxide ink (broken china), Chitchat stickers
Memento ink- Tuxedo Black
Brayer
Lace washi tape
various markers

Let's Play

I started by brayering a piece of card stock with my 2 dylusions paints (all colors/products listed above), once dry I used one of my layering stencils to add some background depth.  (I used the same ink to lightly edge my card for a more blended effect). 

Next, I stamped the waybill/invoice stamp to add additional depth and visual interest.  Setting that aside, I stamped my little wind-up bunny on a separate piece of card stock.  I used various markers to color in the cute little details in my bunny, then cut her out (yep, I said her... because, why not).  

Next I began by using my Miracle tape to add my card front to my A2 card base.

I used wet glue to add my bunny, and my Tim Holtz chit chat sticker. (Of course the washi tape was plenty sticky and didn't need anything).

Well crafty friends, as you can see this is super fun and easy! 

 I hope you use this as inspiration for some cards of your own. :)

Thank you for visiting 

and

Happy Easter

(A bit early)

Destination unknown

Hello everyone,

and welcome to my blogpost for today. I have made a mini artjournal spread and I have filmed the process because it is easier than having to explain in writing how I made something ! So here are some photo's first :

Here is the link to the video: 

I have used the following stamps:

19567 - Writing circles background

19571 - Writing triangles

19338 - Colorwheel lines

19019 - Destination unknown

19681 - Whimsical tree lady nude

Thank you so much for stopping by today ! 

Watercolor Background and Stamping Journal Page with Fiona

Hello my gorgeous VLVS! peeps! Fiona here with you today to share an art journal page I have created with the amazing red rubber from VLVS!!!

 I had lots of water colour fun in the background with this one. I love the unpredictability of using water colours. They just do whatever they please ..... no point trying to control the outcome. Once I got the hang of that rule ... I then began to love using water colours in my work.

 They can be a little bit difficult to stamp onto though as they often warp the paper and make it difficult to get a clear image. So I do a little double stamping technique that I'll show you in my next VLVS! tutorial video.

I didn't over use the stamps with this page. I was looking at creating a simplistic effect. A lot of my journalling now days has got really busy and full of doodles and mark making so for this one, I wanted to pull it all back a wee bit.

 There is still some mark making but it's very tame in comparison to what I normally would do and it is with water soluble markers so it would blend in seamlessly with the background.

Viva Las Vegastamps! used:

Butterfly Lady

Butterfly Gossamer Large

Alis Volat Propriis

I hope you like my little creation and I'll be back again very soon with some more creaty arty farty stuff xx