Use Your Wings for Good

 

 

 

 

Super fun card that could be expanded into an art journal page fairly easily. Background was mostly Distress alcohol inks and oxides, with some stenciling across, stitched and fussy cut moths were layered over everything using glue and foam tape. 

Supplies:

Deathhead Moth 3 X 1 3/4

White Cardstock (60 pound or heavier is great)

Alcohol Inks in Reds, Orange and Purple

Blending Solution for Alcohol Inks

Permanent Black Ink

Pigment White Ink

Sewing machine with pink thread (optional)

Distress Oxides in Fossilized Amber and Wilted Violet 

Foam circular blending sponge

Mesh Stencil

Foam Tape

Glue

Instructions:

I usually try to make a bunch of backgrounds all at once in order to save on clean up and ink as I go. If you worry about getting ink on your hands, you can always use simple plastic gloves, but usually, I just go for it and use a Styrofoam tray to lay my white, pre-cut cards into. This paper was just cheap white card stock, porous and I cut them into standard sized postcard sizes. For probably an hour I just made all sorts of experimental color combos, using blending solution and then, allowing them to dry. The one I ended up using had a red-orange-purple combo that was pretty nifty.

Using permanent black ink, I stamped down two of the moths.  After they were dry, I took one of my sponges and dabbed it into the white pigment ink, then lightly stamped that onto the surface of the card leaving faint white circles. 

Sewing machine was ready with pink thread I had, so I just made a quick, loose border surrounding the images at the edges of the card in an enclosed rectangle.

 

After, I pulled out my Distress Oxides (Fossilized Amber and Wilted Violet) and went to town, blending across the surface and using this stencil to add more color and depth.

Stamping three of the moths on a white sheet of cardstock, I ended up coloring them with some pencils I had, then fussy cut them out.

Foam tap was doubled up on one of them, the next one had one layer and the last one, was glued directly to the cardstock.

The text came from a Tim Holtz sticker set, which completed the card.

Moths outside of the Closet

Hello Viva Las Vegas Stampers!  Do you have a bunch of alcohol inked random backgrounds laying around, waiting for some attention?  After watching a few Youtube videos, I made a bunch of these standard postcard sized backgrounds (A6 card - Dimensions: 4.5" x 5.75" ) using alcohol ink and rubbing alcohol. Just had a ball mixing all the different colors I had.  For this example, I used my purple, orange and red background.

Supplies:

Deathhead Moth 20056
Black Permanent Ink
Alcohol Inks -- red, orange & purple
White Pigment Ink
Sponge
Rubbing Alcohol [91% alcohol or higher content]
Watercolor Paper cut into A6 card - Dimensions: 4.5" x 5.75"
Flat White Card stock, smooth surface
Colored pencils
Scissors
Sewing Machine with pink thread (optional)
Foam Mounting Tape
Distress Oxide - Fossilized Amber and Wilted Violet
Tim Holtz Stencil - Mesh THS041
Tim Holtz Small Talk Stickers

Instructions:

1. Create background by laying down rubbing alcohol, then put a few droplets from your three alcohol inks randomly across the watercolor background paper.  Blend inks by rolling the inks across the paper sub-straight. Add more alcohol or inks if you need to cover your white watercolor paper.  Once you are happy with the coverage, allow to dry (can use heat to dry).

2. Stamp in permanent black ink onto the flat white card stock the Deathhead Moth three times.  Color them in using muted natural colors.  Fussy cut them out and set aside.

 

3. Stamp in permanent black ink onto the background water colored paper. 

4. Taking a sponge and the white pigment ink, dab the sponge into the white pigment ink, then tap onto the background water colored paper.  I used a circular type sponge and lightly dusted the background with white for a faded bubble-like colored sponging. Allow to dry.

 

5. If you have a sewing machine, sew back and forth, in crazy swirling, intersecting lines with a dark pink or whatever color you have on hand.  The threads should eventually frame the edges of the card.

 

6. Taking Distress Oxides and your stencil, layer on the yellow and purple across your stencil.

 

7. Once all dry, mount the fussy cut, colored moths using double-stick mounting tape over your previously black stamped images. The previously stamped moths should act like a drop shadow.

 

9. Add a saying or sticker phrase. Done and ready to display or give to someone.

Love and Bugs

Hello Crafty Friends!

Today I want to share a grungy style love card.
This card was fun and easy to create. 



Stamps Used:
Deathhead Moth
Double Coffee Rings

I started by stamping my background image in distress ink (aged mahogany).  I then added tea dye, rusty hinge, and brushed corduroy distress ink on top. 

I stitched this layer to my black base. To add depth, I added the corrugated cardboard, and a scrap of burlap.

I chose the love sticker, because I wanted something bold.  I wanted this to pop and stand out.

 

I also stamped the coffee ring stamp on the background. 

To finish everything off I added my death head moth, and some random black and white splatters. 

I hope you all enjoy this simple card as much as I enjoyed making it. Thank you for visiting the blog today! 
I hope you have a great week!!!

Easy Any Occasion Cards

Hello everyone!

Today I want to share 2 easy cards that are fun for any occasion. You can easily customize these to your exact occasion needs by just switching colors or a stamp or two.

STAMPS USED:
Color wheel lines
Solid color wheel
Scribble Circle
Row of Numbers
Death head Moth
Squiggly Star Collage

Other Products:
Distress ink and archival ink
A2 card bases in white
Cutter bee scissors for my fussy cutting
Stencil

I started with a plain white card base in A2 size. I used to distress ink to stamp the colored images, and any black details were stamped with black archival ink.

You could add pop-dots to add depth to your card, or you could do this card with lots of masking to keep everything as flat single layer card. I chose to do mine as a few flat layers. :)

(the star, the moth, and the yellow lined color wheel were my 3 layered pieces)

I hope you enjoy these cards! Thank you for visiting. 

Drips and Distress Tag

Hello Again!

Today I want to share a fun tag I created using Viva Las Vegastamps to play along with the 

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge. The theme was "Tag it"

Join the Challenge HERE

 This also goes with the Mixed Media mood boards challenge(on Facebook)

My inspiration for this tag came from Dee Dee Catron (you really need to check out her YouTube) 

The video that inspired this background can be found HERE. I pretty much followed her technique with my own twist (and w/o the amazing transfer she did... **swoon**) 

Stamps Used: 
Deathhead Moth
Cross Marks Background
Scribble Circle
Row of distressed lines 3
(Or get the whole yummy art journaly plate HERE)

Other Products:
Distress collage medium, distress crayons, gesso, Wendy Vecchi crackle paste, yellow paint, Prima rusting pastes, Tim Holtz remnant rubs, micha pieces, string, Tim Holtz tiny attatcher, StaZon Ink, distress stains

You can see my step by step pictures below, but I HIGHLY encourage you check out that video, It totally inspired me!! 

What I started with...

After Collage

Rust medium added

Stamping and more layers...

Finished :D

(detail shots below)

Thank you for visiting!! 

stay inky!!

Embossing Resist with Brushos - Tag by Susanne

Hi there!

I have a tag for you today with an embossing resist technique and Brushos! It's happening very often, that people asking me what I do with my tags? Well, I use them sometimes as a simple bookmark, I glue them into my art journal I use them as a tag topper or even to decorate my shelf.

For this tag I started by stamping the "Scribble Circle" with VersaMark ink and embossed it with gold metallic powder. After that I used Brushos (Sea Green and Purple) together with water and created the background. The inside of the Circles is colored with Yellow and Alizarin Crimson. The embossed images build a nice border, so the colors will not blend into each other, if you are a little careful.
To add a bit more texture and interest to the background, I used the "Spirit Animal" stamp together with a matching ink. I stamped it randomly onto the background. I used the "Rows of Numbers" and stamped it into the circles.
The tag is adhered to a slightly bigger one from Kraft cardstock. I finished it up by adding the "Deathhead Moth", a Tim Holtz sticker and a tiny arrow.

Thank you for stopping by today!
Have a wonderful Christmas time, xx Susanne.

Supplies:
Viva Las VegaStamps!:
Spirit Animal
Deathhead Moth
Scribble Circle
Rows of Numbers
Others:
ColourCraft Brushos
WOW! Metallic Gold Powder
Archival Ink
VersaMark Ink

Wanderlust Canvas

Hello everyone. Shanna here and I am sharing my newest altered piece.

I have played with my gelli prints in a long time and I thought it would be fun.

I altered the canvas by gluing a piece of gelli printed paper to the top. Then I layered lots of ephemera pieces. Then I used the stamp Wanderlust on the bottom piece of ephemera.

I then used the Deathhead Moth on a piece of tea stained canvas and then mounted it to the canvas with some brass brads. 

Everything got a coat of Raw Umber glaze before I added the moth to give everything a great cohesive look. 

I hope you enjoyed my canvas. Thank you for stopping by today. 

Stamps Used:

Deathhead Moth - 20056

Wanderlust - 19170

Other Items Used:

Gelli Printed paper - Dina Wakely Paints

Book Paper

Canvas

Black Ink

Brads

Fluid Matte Medium

Mixed Media Tag Tutorial by Susanne

Hi there!

Susanne here today with a mixed media step by step tutorial. I created a mixed media tag with lot of texture.

Here are the step by step instructions:

1. Draw a simple flower and add Crackle Paste. Add some stamping after the paste is dry.

 2. Mix white and gold liquid acrylics and add a thin layer to the tag.

 3. Use acrylic paint to color the flower. Let it dry.

 4. Add DecoArt media Antiquing Cream, wait until it's dry and wipe it off. Add some more stamping to the background.

 5. Add some shadows with a black Gelato. Add some additional color with Oil Pastels to the flower.

 6. Add white paint splatters and a black border with an Oil Pastel to finish the tag.

Enjoy recreating you own flower.
xx Susanne.

Supplies:
Viva Las VegaStamps!:
Waybill/Invoice Background
Typewriter Keys
Spirit Animal
Deathhead Moth

Others:
DecoArt media Fluid Acrylics (Gold, Titanium White)
DecoArt media Crackle Paste
DecoArt media Antiquing Cream Black
Staz On Jet Black Ink
Faber-Castell Oil Pastels
Faber-Castell Gelato Black