Born to Stand Out by Fran

Hello again everyone!

Today I have made a card using some of the Alice in Wonderland themed stamps, which I hope you like.

 I used a background from my stash, which I had previously made using acrylic paint on my gel plate. I stamped the twins and Alice on thick paper, coloured them in and fussy cut them out.

I stamped the wall onto the background and used pencils to enhance the stamp with some shading.

I added some interest in the background by stamping some numbers in red, and also went round the sentiment with a red pencil, just so it wasn't plain white

I stuck everything on, and put some washy tape underneath Alice to "ground" her. Lastyly, I went round the edge of the card with a brown distress ink, and black pen.

See you next time!

Stamps Used:

TweeleDum and TweedleDee 10526

Alice with Hands Behind her Back 5559

Numbers Set 19659

Brick background 19077

Why Fit in 20082

Other items used:

Distress ink in Walnut Stain

Versafine Clair in Tulip Red

Copic Pens

Washy Tape

Polychromas pencils

Wednesday in Wonderland

Hello Crafty Friends!

Happy Humpday!
I hope you are having a wonderful week so far!

Today I want to share a super fun set of artist trading coins AKA ATCoins. 

If you are not familiar with ATCoins they a trading coins (a sturdy medium in the shape of a circle) that measure 2.5in across.

Stamps Used:

Tweedledum and Tweedledee

Cheshire Cat

Mad Hatter

xo

I started with 3 Circle base cut from cardstock on my brother scanNcut. 

I used a smashing technique with distress oxides on my craft mat to create my base background.

My images were all stamped in black memento ink, and colored with various alcohol based markers on a separate piece of card stock while my bases dried. 

Finally, when everything was dried, I cut and glued my main images onto the coins.

I used a black pen and white gelly roller to add extra detail.

I also used a glue pet to add a few dots of foil for added pop.

I hope you all enjoy these little coins! 

Have you made any yet?

Mail Art Monday

Hello Crafty Friends!

Hope you all had a wonderful weekend!
Happy Mail Art Monday!

Today I want to share a super fun postcard I created for a friend.

I wanted something fun and bright, so I went with an Alice in Wonderland theme.

Stamps Used:

Plate 1508

This book belongs to

Library Return Dates

Library Return Card

Mad Hatter

Stars

I started with a 4x6 base for my postcard. I started by stamping the Mad Hatter in memento ink and masked it off. 

Next, I stamped return library card in watering can archival ink.  To add extra detail, I stamped library return dates, and "this book belongs to". 

Next, used my distress ink to add a gradient for my background colors. 

After removing my mask, I stamped my stars in cornflower blue. 

I used various markers and colored pencils to color my Mad Hatter. 

I also used a few flicks of black dylusions ink, and perfect pearls sprays to add a bit of grunge.

I hope you all like this postcard as much as I do. 

Off to Wonderland

Hello Crafty Friends!
Happy Mail Art Monday!!!

Stamps Used:

Alice with Caterpillar

doodle frame

I started by stamping my scalloped boarder along the base. 

Then masked it off to stamp my main image. 

(for the address box I used Zig millennium markers to trace a rectangle mask.  I used the same marker to make the smoke extend to the top of the envelope)

Next, I colored my base images with blick alcohol markers. 

When everything was colored, I masked everything off and began to create clouds using a hand made stencil and distress ink. 

To finish everything off, I add finishing details with colored pencils, and a white paint marker. 

Thank you for visiting!

I hope this brings you a bit of Monday cheer.

More From Wonderland

I'm BACK with more from Wonderland!!

If you visited my last post I promised more with the Alice in Wonderland stamps and today I am sharing a couple of cards I created.

The background on this card is Distress Oxide Sprays and a harlequin thinlit from Sizzix.

The window behind the mad hatter is from Authentique paper.

Stamps used:  Cheshire Cat Sitting, That's a Horrible Idea, Possibilitarian, Alice Drink Me, Mad Hatter , Queen of Hearts

OHHHH! And look at this tag!!!

More Distress Oxide Spray and thinlit die for the background.

BUT how perfect is that Um Wow Studio chipboard word paint with Distress Paint...HEART.

I {HEART} these Alice in Wonderland stamps!!!

Until next time...get inky!!

Wonderland

Suddenly I find myself falling down a rabbit hole...

Michele here today with a set of tags, four to be exact, all using the Alice in Wonderland stamps.  I am OBSESSED with these images.
(This is going to be a picture heavy post so grab a cuppa and take a peek!)

With Distress Oxide inks and sprays I created my awesomely blended background.  I even did a little bit of masked stamping...

Stamps used:Chesire Cat Sitting, #whatever, That's a Horrible Idea, TweedleDumm and TweedleDee, March Hare, Alice with Hands Behind Back, Mad Hatter, Possibilitarian, Extra Extra

This background is oxide spray splattered on oxide ink...oh la la!!!

The oxide inks blend SO good!!!

I used Um Wow Studio coordinating chipboard piece to stamp the images on and them heat embossed with Ulta High Gloss Embossing Powder.

Water spalttering on these oxide inks is background perfection!!

The stamping is done with architval ink and the images are SO crisp!!

The contract of the raw chip with the color is also SO good!!

The washi tape grounds the images so they don't look like they are floating.

I was on a WONDERLAND roll so be on the look out later this month for some cards with these fabtastic characters!!
Until next time...get inky!!

Alice in Wonderland on Scrapbooking Layout | by Elina

Hi!
Hope you had a wonderful Christmas. My Christmas days were all about relaxing, spending time with my family, eating a lot of chocolate, and some crafting, too! :)

On Boxing Day I took out a pile of photos I had planned to use on scrapbooking layouts, chose some of my favorite patterned papers, and started playing. I had to start with a cute photo I had taken in Singapore summer '17; I knew my VLVS! 'Alice in Wonderland' stamps were going to match to it perfectly:

I started with stamping, coloring, and fuzzy cutting the stamped images:

The background I decided to keep quite simple; layers of patterned papers, splashes of white paint and black ink, and stamped patterns were all I needed.

The rabbit had too many fine details to cut out, so I re-stamped the image on the background, and glued the fuzzy-cut image on top:

Then it was all about placing the lovely images on the page! It was such a fun project to create.

My kids had a lot of fun when looking for the small Alice in Wonderland statues in the beautiful Flower Dome garden. I'm happy that this precious memory is now recorded ❤

For this project I used the following VLVS! stamps:
Queen Of Hearts 3 x 3
March Hare 2 3/4 x 3 1/4
TweedleDum And TweedleDee 2 3/4 x 3
I'm Late I'm Late 1 1/4 x 2
Mad Hatter 1 3/4 x 2 3/4
Pocket Watch 2 x 2 1/4
Cross Marks Background 2 1/2 x 3 3/4
Staple X 3/4 x 3/4
Three Staples 3/4 x 3/4

This was my last project for this year and for VLVS! design team. What a year it has been! I want to thank you all for your lovely comments and your heartfelt support.
In 2019, my VLVS! inspired projects can be viewed in my blog Elina's Arts And Crafts. Hoping to see you there!

Queen of Hearts ❤ with Elina

Hi!
A new spread is now finished in my small Moleskine art journal:

I'm in love with my new VLVS! 'Alice in Wonderland' stamps! The amount of character and expression is amazing, and I know for sure that they will be in heavy use for various types of projects.

The cool images didn't require too many additional elements, so for the background I just simply built layers of gesso, acrylic paints, gold colour cracle medium, and stamped patterns. One layer I stamped on a piece of tissue paper and adhered it to the page with collage glue; it was an easy way to decorate the layer of stencilled texture paste.

I think the simple color palette was a right choice for this page, and I'm quite happy about it's bit grungy, weather-worn look.

Here are close-ups of the main images:

For this page I used the following VLVS! stamps:

Queen Of Hearts
Mad Hatter
Texture Background
Row of Scribble Circles/Eyes
Smear/Smudge
Rows of Numbers

Wishing you a wonderful week! Hope my art journal page inspires you to take out your favourite stamps :)