Santa Mail Art

Have you all stopped by to play the December challenge yet? If not stop by because today I am here with a little challenge inspiration!

I wanted to have fun and try my hand at some Mail Art!!! 

I am not sure what to think about it all as I love it and it was my first try.

I started with a cover for where you would write the address. Then I stamped 19314 - Santa Smoking.

I stamped it again and created a mask for the santa. 

Then I used some washi tape to create my own stripes. 

Then I used some Fired Brick Distress Paint to paint on my stripes. 

This is what you get after you removed the mask and washi tape. 

I used a Pitt Pen to outline where the addresses would go. 

I added some additional stamping and thought to finish it off add some black splatter. 

Stamped Used:

19562 - Deliver To

19314 - Santa Smoking

19643 - Sawtooth Stitching Lines

19578 - Six Staples

She Was a Dreamer Art Journal Page

Hello all you lovely stampers out there. Shanna here with a little art journal inspiration to share with you today!

First I started with stamping out some Grunge Numbers 19452 - Grunge 1, 19453 - Grunge 2, 19456 - Grunge 5, and 19461 - Grunge 0. Then I cut the numbers out. 

I created a background with Distress Paints, then splashed water on the page, and then dabbed the paint off. 

I used a stencil with some black acrylic paint.

I then did some stamping with these following stamps 19015 - Dictionary Page, 

19643 - Sawtooth Stitching Lines, 19565 - Measuring Tape Section with black ink and then the 19569 - Mesh Texture with some chalk ink. 

Here is a better look at the chalk ink. 

Then I glued the 2015 down and added some splatter of gesso, stamped the heart on the white spot I made for the stamp.

I used some black cardstock to emboss 19635 - She Was a Dreamer with white embossing powder. 

Here are more close ups of the page!

I so love the doing bright art journal pages and hope to have inspired you today! 

Stamps Used:

19015 - Dictionary Page

19643 - Sawtooth Stitching Lines

19635 - She Was a Dreamer

19644 - Squiggle Heart

19569 - Mesh Texture

19452 - Grunge 1

19453 - Grunge 2

19456 - Grunge 5

19461 - Grunge 0

19565 - Measuring Tape Section

September Inspiration Tags

Shanna here to share with you some inspiration for this month's challenge.  Check out the challenge here doesn't this inspiration board look fun. 

 

I really wanted to play with some paints and inks I have.

I started with Distress Paints and sprayed the paint with water. I smooshed the tag in the puddle. 

After I heat set it I used a Twinkling H20 (Lucky Apple). 

And made it dripped down the tag. 

I want to play with some black embossing glitter. I used the stamp Poison Apple - 19702 to add the embossing too. 

I ended up making two tags. 

The first tag I added some alpha stickers to make the tag "spooky".

I used India Ink to have running black ink from the top of the tags. 

For the second tag, I loved the witch in this stamp Witch Holding the Broom - 19705. 

I followed the same background technique. 

I added the sentiment In the Pale Moonlight - 19351.

I finished off the tags with some seam binding ribbon and twine. 

Hopefully your inspired. We would love to see you play along. 

VLVS & WOW! {Shanna Shands}

Welcome to our blog! This week we will be swapping with the talented team @ WOW! Embossing Powder. Stamps and Embossing Powder = a match made in heaven!

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Today we are joined by the talented Shanna Shands! Her use of color always blows me away...

She's used : fig# - 19651, E=MC2 - 19649, Antelope Skeleton - 19654, Specimen - 19657, Bell Jar - 19660, Numbers Set - 19659 and you can get more on Shanna's blog here.

Don't forget to leave comments on all the blogs this week. You can win a prize! Stop by the WOW! blog to see what their team has worked up for our swap. See you tomorrow!

Design Team Introduction!

Since they'll be posting soon on our blog, I suppose we should be introducing the Design Team who will be taking up residence on our blog the first half of 2015!! A few of our oldies are joining us, a few newbies, too! And... maybe you'll see some familiar faces because a few of our previous DT members have come for another go 'round! Exciting!

In alphabetical order we have :

Corrie Herriman

Hi, my name is Corrie Herriman and I live in Venlo in the Netherlands with my husband David. I have been crafting all my life but only discovered rubber stamps, ink and mixed media a few years ago. I stopped working in 2010 so I have lots of time to spend on my inky hobby. I am stoked to be on this team and hope to inspire you with my, mostly colourful, projects.

Glenda Tkalac

Hi, my name is Glenda Tkalac and I live in Saskatchewan, Canada.  I love scrapbooking, making art journal pages, ATC's & canvases. I work full time but wish I could just play in my art room full time! haha  I also love watching movies, playing with paper, scissors, stamps & paints, Pinterest, funky runners, going to concerts, hoodies, Marianas Trench, baubles & purses, the Goo Goo Dolls, unicorns, rainbows, mermaids, a good laugh, Coors Light, my Sony Reader, flannel sheets, my scented wax burner, Sid Dickens memory tiles & I have a new appreciation for red wine.

 

Hermine Koster

Hi, my name is Hermine Koster and I am from The Netherlands. I am a rubber stamper for many years now, but I still can't get enough of it.  I love making cards, but also do love Mixed Media, altered things, art journaling, in fact anything you can put a stamp on.

 

Karen Knight

Hi, I'm Karen, Aussie gal, Wife and Mummy and Stamper! I love to create on tags, and am happiest when my fingers are inky!

 Mary Brockway

Hello, my name is Mary and I'm a crafty gal living in sunny AZ with my husband and three kiddos!!   When I'm able to carve out a bit of free time you'll find me in my craftin' corner with the music loud, surrounded by a pile of scraps.  I'm a huge fan of working with different types of media, from paper and clay to fabric and more.  You'll always find a stack of stamps right next to me on my table and most often, I'm covered in glitter.  Yeah, my husband loves that.  What man doesn't enjoy being dubbed 'Mr. Sparkles' at work??!!?

 

Michele Kosciolek

Hello all, Michele here and I am one super super excited crafty girl!  So honored to be a part of this team.  I hail from southeast Michigan where I recently found my way back to live out the latest chapter of my life.  When I am not crafting I am running around with my nieces who keep me on my toes!  I work for a local company and visit Los Angeles regulary, I spent 13 years there (what is that, 2 or 3 chapters?) having a ball.  These next 6 months are going to be a blast!!!

Shanna Shands   

Hi everyone I am Shanna and I am so excited to be a part of the VLVS team. I have always been inspired by previous team members creations and I am excited I get to share mine with you. I love all types of crafting and have been crafting for 4 years now. Mixed media is just such an amazing way to get creative because there is no wrong way to do it and you can use it on any project.

Susan M. Brown

During the daylight hours... I am a graphic artist working in the fast-paced printing industry. I spend my days working in a busy print shop doing my computer wizardry producing printed materials and at night... I create with abandon while all the world is asleep. My style is varied and unique – altered and edgy… using materials in new and unexpected ways - especially stamps! Its no secret I'm a VLVS! rubber addict ... I can't have enough. I'm so thrilled to rejoin the fantastic team at VLVS! and share my rubber adventures with all of you. 

That's it! Our new team :) Be sure to leave them some love and welcome them to the blog for 2015. We we will be losing a few of our members for various reasons, and we will surely miss them! So before we switch over the DT list on the right side of the blog please take a moment to visit and follow all of our current members. ♥

GDT : Shanna Shands x2

Hey everyone. Shanna here again. I am excited to share my last guest designer project with you that I created for Viva Las Vegas Stamps.

I am beyond excited to share with you a fun card I created. I got to play with a lot of mixed media products on this card. But the stamps just make it really come to life.

I used these two stamps from the plate numbered 1436. They were both stamped using Archival ink! I cut them out and mounted them to my card using some cardboard from a shipping box.

For my background I started with some twinkling h2o's, but once it was dry used a brick wall stencil and some light modeling paste. Once that dried I added some Distress Paint splatter to make the back funky and fun.

Also I couldn't help but to add flowers. I don't know why but it screamed at me add flowers!

I am so thankful DeeDee let me be a guest this month and I had fun sharing with you all and hope that you gained some inspiration! Have an awesome crafty day!