Banksy wasn't here

 Hello everyone, 

For today's project I have made an art journal spread. 

here's how I made it:

I painted the pages with acrylic paint, making sure to leave some white space. I then added some background stamping using the same paint, white paint and inks. If you do use paint to stamp, make sure to clean your stamps straight away because if it dries you'll have a very hard job removing it. 

Next I stamped Dali and the peace symbol. Because I don't have a decent red ink pad for stamping I had to use the Distress Ink one. These are really not suitable for stamping, especially on acrylic paint. That's why it looks so patchy. I later rectified this by going over the images with a Copic Marker. This is also not a good idea as Copics don't like being used over acrylic. 

I also stamped Dali on a piece of card stock and coloured him with Copics and cut him out. 

Here you can see it all put together. 

I used the following stamps:

19941 - Banksy Salvador Dali Street artist

20653 - Banksy wasn't here

20655 - Banksy Peace symbol

19015 - Dictionary page

19567 - Writing circles background

19571 - Writing triangles background

I also used:

Acrylic paint

Copic Markers

Versafine Clair ink

Thank you for stopping by today ! 

Box for storing postcards - by Arwen

 Hi Lovelies ❤

Today, I'm here on the Blog with a new project.

I built a box to store my postcards.

And that's the way, I created it ->

1.) I used cardboard - cutting into matching pieces (one for every side, one for the bottom)

2.) Alfter gluing all pieces together - the blank is ready to processed.

3.) I used acrylic paint for the edges of the box, also for the inside.

4.) Used watercolor paper and paint it with Distress Reinker.

5.) Now it's time to use rubberstamps, to decorate my paper pieces.

6.) I used foam to stick my letters onto the front of my box.

7.) I also used foam for the bottom of my box to make it non-slip.

All stamps, I used for this project:

- Wildflowers Silhouette

- Silhouette Clumps of plants

- Scrabble Alphabet regular size

Other materials:

- Cardboard

- Watercolor paper

- Foam

- Staz on

- Distress Reinker

- Distress Oxide

- Heavy Gesso black

- Multi medium gloss

See ya soon with new projects

xoxo 

Not normal by Corrie

 Hello everyone, 

For today's DT post I have made an artjournal spread. I was listening to the news on the radio on a Thursday in mid November when I heard that the Government was talking about another (third) lockdown. I must say I am fed up with this pandemic and with all the measures that have been implemented and don't really work. So, I felt I had to get it out of my system and that's what I did. 

I used Amsterdam acrylic paints to create the background and a home made stencil for the polkadots. 

I added background stamping and added the face mask and the altered sentiment. 

I used the following stamps:

20547 - Corona VIrus

20550 - Face Mask

20542 - 6 Foot

20543 - Say new normal

20546 - Stay home

20541 - Worldwide pandemic

20533 - Quarantine life

Thank you for stopping by today!

Cigarette box by Arwen

 Hi Lovelies 

Today, I wanna share my newest project for VLVS.

I created this cigarette box.

closed:

open:

Some close-ups:

back:

All stamps, I used:

- Whimsical eyeball

- Small wasp

- Stay creepy

- Hehehe

- Devils Trap

- Whimsical horned boy

- Stich mouth face silhouette

other materials:

- Staz on

- Cardboard

- Distress Ink

- SU stamping pad

- Stencil

- Ranger Multi medium gloss

- Fabric

- Acrylic paint

See ya soon ❤

Starbound

 Hi everyone, 

For today's post I have made and art journal spread in my small journal. 

Here's how I made this:

I started with stamping the focal image with Archival ink and colouring it with watercolour markers. 

I used Amsterdam Acrylics and a small gelli plate to add colour to my pages. I just roll the paint on the plate and then press it onto the pages. I used a bright yellow, a green and an orange. 

I then took a brayer and some white acrylic paint and toned it down again. I thought the orange was to much. 

I then added random stamping and some black paint around some of the edges. I used a paletknife to scrape the paint along the edge. 

Next, I used a star stencil and white paint to add more interest and I stamped part of the main image onto the left page. I concentrated on the small text at the top and the bottom because I can't cute this out. 

Next, I added a little more stamping, some black lines, I glued down the main image and added a sentiment. I also used part of another stamp; the word alien to add over the alien's body.

I used the following stamps:

20493 - Believe in yourself and aliens

20238 - Starbound

20571 - Plus sign background

20574 - Round brushstrokes small

20247 - Grungy strip of stars

7138 - Alien Circle

Rest of the materials:

Amsterdam Acrylics

Gelli Arts Gelli Plate 

Archival inks

Star stencil

Ecoline Brush Markers

Thank you for stopping by today.

Mark Maker

 Hi Everyone, 

I am back ! After 6 months without, I really missed the quirky, fun images of VivaLasVegaStamps! so I am really happy that I can contribute to the blog again ! For my first project I have made a postcard. Postcards are great because their size is not too intimidating and yet there is plenty of room to enjoy yourself. 

I made the background with an UmWow Studio (Hexagon) stencil, acrylic paint and a gelli plate. I added stamping and heat embossing. The main image was coloured with watercolour markers. 

I have used the following stamps:

20165 - Crossmarks background

20163 - Typeset Scallop

20169 - Art is Anything..

20168 - Mark Maker

20166 - Scribble Circle

20162 - Carved Xs

19432 - Banksy Spray can Cop 

Rest materials:

Amsterdam Acrylics

Gelli Arts Gelli plate 6 x 6 

Versafine and Archival inks

Watercolour markers

White embossingpowder

Thank you so much for stopping by today ! 

Wicked

Hello everyone,

Welcome to the VLVS! blog where today I am sharing an art journal spread. I was a relatively simple one too but I enjoyed making it.

Here's how I made it:

First I painted the pages with shades of blue and purple. I mixed in white paint to get some different hues. 

Next I stamped this doily (a full list of the stamps I used is at the bottom of my post) and heat embossed it with white powder. So pretty ! 

I then added some stamping on the background.

Next I stamped, coloured and cut out this lady.

Here she is all finished on the page. I added some washi tape here and there, some doodles and a word that I cut out of a sentiment. 

I have used the following stamps:

18846 - Medium Doily

7681 - Sheer backing

20150 - String of tassels

19416 - Waybill Invoice background

19659 - Numbers set

20122 Something wicked

Other materials :

Acrylic paints: PaperArtsy

Ice Blue, Summer Sky, Snowflake and Forget me Not. 

WOW embossing powder in white 

Archival inks in Jet Black and Deep Purple

Versafine ink - Morning mist

Copic markers

Thank you so much for stopping by today !