Pen Holder with Tina Walker Ladies ► Majo

 Hello Friends,

 it’s time for another AMF Project:

*ART MEETS FUNCTION*

 

I created a penholder with 3 sides this time using the fabulous images from Tina Walker.

 

I inked the panels with different colors of Pink and added some texture with a stencil. After stamping the ladies, I bleached their faces and added more ink to the “hair” and their lips.

 I stamped different images and added them to the panel. Distressing the edges finished my creation. I will fill it up with sweets to give to a friend to use it as a pen holder or the storage of beauty pencils.

Some close ups ....

I used the following stamps:

The ladies from plate 1523 

Sentiments:

This was not my dream

Why fit in ......

Inhale the future .....

 Have a wonderful Sunday, stay safe and find time to craft.

Luv ya ♥

 

Making a zine art journal with Josefine Fouarge

Hello everyone, and welcome back to the VLVS! blog. I just recently saw a post on social media about someone creating a zine art journal and I remembered how much fun they are to make. So, I decided that now is the best time to make another one ;)

If you are wondering what a zine art journal is, let me explain that briefly. It's a small journal made out of one sheet of paper. I found the pattern in a book on how to make books (I know ;) ) and have loved this pattern ever since. Super simple, you just need a pair of scissors.

I started this one from a sheet of copy paper that had printer settings printed on one side and some clean up stamp marks on the other (funny enough, those stamps are all from VLVS).

Once folded and cut, I picked a few Distress Oxide inks and smeared them on my glass mat. Then, I spritzed the ink with water and dragged my paper through the color. I repeated that a couple of times.

Not just with the Distress Oxide inks though. I also used some of Seth's new ink sprays. Same way - I spritzed the inks onto the surface and dragged my paper through it.

Then I used a few background stamps and added even more texture to the entire piece. That star you can see in the picture below was one of the clean up images.

By the way, that Mesh Texture stamp might be my new favorite background stamp...

Once I finished with the backgrounds, I focused on the front and back cover. I folded the paper in a way that the star appears on the front. Then I added a bunch of the flower stamps from Tina Walker to the front and back.

And then added a few marks with my chalk markers (also a new favorite of mine). 

I finished off with a sentiment and a few more doodles.

Here is the front.

And the back.

A few close ups.

Here are the three inner pages. All still empty, but I'll fill them for my next post. Stay tuned :)

Stamps used:

- Plate 1455

- Stitching

- Mesh Texture

- Writing Circles Background

- Plate 1512

- Ethos what are you

- Ethos Tulip

- Ethos Plant

- Ethos Flowers

Thanks so much for stopping by! I hope you got inspired by this super fun little journal and want to try it yourself!

I am not a bitch

Hello everyone,

welcome to the VLVS! blog where today I have an AJ page to share. There is a video too if you'd like to see how I made this. 

I am not sure that I like it, lol, but these things happen!

Here's the video:

 

I have used the following stamps:

20471 - Smirking scribble girl

20469 - I am not a bitch

20464 - bitch

19995 - overlapping circles 

19338 - color wheel lines

20342 - Library return dates 

Other materials :

Dina Wakley heavy body acrylics: Turquoise, Lime

Amsterdam Acrylics : Nickel Titan Yellow, Titanium White

Distress Oxide Inks: Broken China, Twisted Citron, Worn Lipstick 

Versafine Clair Nocturne

Tim Holtz Flourish stencil

Coloured pencils 

Thank you so much for stopping by ! 

Scribble That Shit Out - Art Journal Page | Sue Plumb

Hi everyone!

Sue Plumb here to share my latest design team project with you. Today I have an art journal page that I created to showcase one of the brand new stamps from the new release plate #1517, which features some fabulous arty scribble-style faces. I wanted my page to represent the creative thought process, and how therapeutic art can be.

To create my page, I started with some loose white cardstock that I had cut down to an A5 size, with the intention of punching it and putting into my art journal binder once it was complete.

I began by applying Mustard Seed Distress Oxide using a foam blending tool to the cardstock. I then took an Aboriginal inspired stencil from StencilGirl that featured a rippling wave style pattern, and applied Carved Pumpkin Distress Oxide using a sponge dauber through the stencil over the top.

For the focal image on my page, I first stamped out the Large Lightbulb using black StazOn ink onto another piece of cardstock. I then used a water brush and the Mustard Seed and Carved Pumpkin Distress Oxides to colour the light bulb image before cutting it out. 

I then repeated the process with the Tina Walker Scribble Girl with Curlers and Earrings stamp; using Barn Door; Spun Sugar; and Mowed Lawn Oxides to colour it in before cutting it out.

In keeping with the style of my chosen feature lady, I used the Scribble Circle stamp and stamped it directly onto my page background. I then took the light bulb I had already prepared and positioned it in the circle so that it was surrounded by what appeared it to be energy flowing from it.

Next, I stamped the Scribble That Shit Out phrase stamp (also from new plate #1517) along the bottom edge of my journal page. I then took my scribble lady and added some cardboard to the back of her before sticking it down slightly overlapping the light bulb in the background. (This represented her "ideas".)

I was so happy with how this page came out and I am crushing on those new scribble ladies from Tina - I expect I will be using them again very soon!

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

Stamps used:

- Large Lightbulb

- Tina Walker Scribble Girl with Curlers and Earrings

- Scribble Circle

- Scribble That Shit Out

Other materials:

- Cardstock

- Ranger Distress Oxides

- Tsukineko StazOn ink

- StencilGirl Aboriginal Stencil

Black and White

Time goes by so fast...it just doesn't make sense.  The older I get the faster is goes.

The sentiment on my card today is perfect for how I am feeling about it.

We've got stamping...with Ethos Plant, Ethos Not Everything in Black, Ethos Three Sheep all by Tina Walker.

And we've got inking...Distress Oxide Ink for a perfect blended background
We've got splattering...Distress Oxide Sprays
And we've got somne coloring,,,Posca Paint Pens

A little masking and we have our sheep in the shade of some plants.  A little coloring and we have some depth to our images.

I absolutely love the hand carved font on this sentiment!!  Oooh la la!!

Hope you are enjoying SPRING (finally!!)
Until next time...get inky!!

What Are You Made Of?

Well...is it sugar and spice and everything nice???  Or is it snips and snails and puppy dog tails????
Michele here and for me I would answer class and SASS and ...  the desire to create art!

I have LOVED using the new release from my good friend Tina Walker.  I just ADORE the look of hand carved stamps and these are oh so good!
I created a home decor piece using Ethos What Are You and Ethos Flowers.

I stamped the flowers on vintage dictionary page.

I added some length the the stems and a bit of color with my Posca paint pens.

All stamping is done with archival ink...my go to for all my stamping!!

So here is the question now...what color frame should I use?  Wood or black??  Let me know what you think.
Can't wait to hear your opinions!!
Until next time, GET INKY!!

Painted Terra Cotta Pots by Jenn Engle

Hey everyone! Since Spring is finally here, I thought I would paint some terra cotta pots for my plants. The new plate 1512 has different carved flowers that I thought would be perfect for my little pots.

Stamps Used:

Stamps from plate 1512

Wonderland

I started out with small pots that I got from the Dollar Store (3 pots for $1!) I sprayed them with 2 coats of a teal spray paint. My spray paint is gloss, so I made sure to scuff them up with sandpaper after they dried to help my paints adhere to them.

 On my first pot, I used a whole bunch of colors of Dina Wakley acrylic. I blended a little bit in between colors, but mostly I used my paintbrush to pounce blobs of colors around. I was trying my best to channel my inner impressionistic painter. I just tried to be mindful of how the colors next to each other would mix. To finish of this pot, I stamped Wonderland on tissue paper and adhered it to my pot.

For the second pot, I applied Dina Wakley Scribble Sticks to the different plants and flowers stamps from Stamps from plate 1512. Then, I just stamped them right onto my pot. It was a little difficult because the pot is curved, but if you go slow you can apply them just fine. After the scribble sticks dried, I went in with Dina Wakley acrylic to add pops of color, highlights and to fill in any areas that didn't stamp completely.

 To finish them off, I added 2 coats of Liquitex Gloss Gel to protect my pots and give them a nice shiney look.

For my final step, I put plants in my pots and set them outside by the pond. They are a nice pop of color and my mind is racing with what other stamps I can use on my pots! 

Stamps Used:

Stamps from plate 1512

Wonderland

Other Products Used:

Terra Cotta Pots

Teal Spray Paint

Scribble Sticks

Dina Wakley Media Acrylic Paint

Liquitex Gloss Gel Medium

Thanks for looking!

~jenn

baaaaa...

Hot off the presses just in time for Easter!!!

Michele here with a quick and super cute tag using some of the BRAND NEW stamps designed by Tina Walker for Viva Las VegaStamps!!

On Plate 1512 there is a trio of adorable Irish sheep.

The background is done with Distress Oxide inks.  Doodling and outlining all with Posca Paint pens.

These images are based on Tina's hand carved stamps that were inspired by her trip to Ireland.  They are SO GOOD!!!

Until next time...get inky!!!