MORE TEA VICAR? - by Fran Chalmers

 Hi everyone!

Today I've made a quirky card for you, with a bit of humour (which may be British, not sure)!

First of all I smooshed a background with  distress inks in Picked Raspberry, Mustard Seed and Spiced Marmalade.

I added a couple of stamps for some interest in the background.

I stamped the main image on thick paper and coloured it in with copic pens.

I cut out and stuck the image on the card, and then printed out the sentiment, edged it and stuck it on the card.

I edged the card in Picked Raspberry and Spiced Marmalade to bring it all together.

I hope you like it!

Stamps Used:

Numbers Set 19659

Double coffee rings 19568

Coffee cups lady 18499

Other Items Used:

Distress inks in Picked Raspberry, Mustard Seed and Spiced Marmalade

Memento ink in Tuxedo Black

Copic pens

Not everything in black & white makes sense with Josefine

Hello and welcome back to the VLVS! blog. I'm sharing a new page in my zine art journal using a bunch of different stamps - some of which that were in the grab bag that I got just recently. 

The page already had a background. You can see what that looked like in my first post about this journal. I simply added a bit more stamping on top. All in similar colors with a mix of Distress Oxide and Distress Inks. Btw, the tree is not blurry. I stamped it twice, once in a lighter shade of blue and then a second time in a darker shade of blue.

The tree needed someone next to it. I wanted to make sure that the image of the statue is crisp, so I used a stamp block and put a piece of foam underneath the page - both things that help with getting a detailed image.

Since the background was rather busy, I needed a bit more to make the statue stand out. I used the Distress Inks and Oxides as watercolors and colored the statue in. Once that was dry, I went over the stamped lines with a very fine micron pen.

In the end, I added a sentiment to the right and a few more patterns to outline the sentiment.

And to add just a bit more texture, I decided to adhere the postage stamp to the top left. This has been laying on my desk for months now and I finally felt that I found a good spot for it.

If you haven't seen it yet, here is another page in the same journal.

Stamps used:

Measuring Tape Section

Smear/ Smudge

Weathered Tree

Roman Statue

Double Coffee Rings

First Class Mail

Thanks for stopping by and see you next time :)

"Love.Repeat" Art Journal Page | Sue Plumb

Hi everyone!

Sue Plumb here with my latest design team project for you. Today I have a mixed media art journal page to share that I created using a variety of stamps, inks, and assorted collage materials. This piece was inspired by a gorgeous art journal page shared last month by Jenn Engle. (You can see Jenn's page HERE) I really loved the balance between colour and white space on Jenn's page and wanted to create something similar - but with my own twist, of course.

I was working in my 9x6" Jane Davenport journal for this one (it has watercolour paper pages and takes wet media fairly well with no bleed through). I started by putting down multiple layers of Colour Blast Colour Artist Ink; drying between each one with a heat gun to get the "hard" water lines.

Once I had the colour down, I began adding some structure. I started with the Punchinella/Sequin Waste Border; which I stamped vertically using black Staz On ink.

Next, I used the Double Coffee Rings stamp with 'Mowed Lawn' Distress Oxide; stamping it several times over the top. 

I then used the Cross Marks Background with black Staz On to add some marks around the edges of the colour.

Now it was time to add some texture to my page. I used small torn pieces of washi tape and some snippets of punchinella.

I also added a piece of paper doily, some plasterer's tape, and some frayed gauze - all layered in the central focal point of the page.

I then stamped out the focal image for my page using the Squiggle Heart stamp and Staz On ink onto some white cardstock and fussy cut around it. I used a shimmery watercolour paint to colour the heart before sticking it down onto the page.

To finish off, I stamped the sentiment Love.Repeat a few times and then splattered a little bit of blue ink around the edges.

I was really happy with how this page came out - thank you Jenn for the inspiration!

That's all from me today, thanks for stopping by. I hope I have inspired you to get inky too!

Stamps used:
- Punchinella/Sequin Waste Border
- Double Coffee Rings
- Cross Marks Background
- Squiggle Heart
- Love.Repeat

Other materials:
- Jane Davenport art journal
- Colour Blast Colour Artist Inks
- Tsukineko Staz On ink
- Ranger Distress Oxide
- Colour Blast Colour Shimmer Cube
- Assorted collage materials (as listed in post above)

Ignore Reality

Hello Again, 

Happy April Fool's Day and Mail Art Monday!!!






Stamps Used:
Man with Tea Cup
Double Coffee Rings
Doodle Frame
Cow in your face
Deliver To

I started with an A2 Envelope and card base.

I forgot to take pictures until a few steps in, so I hope you understand my description.
I started by inking my man with tea cup (when inking I masked off the head on the stamp). I stamped the body in memento ink. With the body stamped and dried, I masked this area off.

Next, I stamped the cows head in memento black and masked it off too.

On the envelope, I stamped my scalloped boarder "Doodle frame", and deliver to. I masked off the address area with a small block of paper, and masked off my boarder.

(Below you can see all the pieces masked off)

With everything masked off, I used Distress Oxide inks in: mustard seed, fossilized amber, ripe persimmon, and spiced marmalade. The stencils used were the Tim Holtz layering stencils. 

The best part... removing the masks....

And coloring the base pieces.

Now, the finishing touches...

I stamped my coffee ring stamp. I added a few flicks of distress stain inks in black soot, and picket fence. I also added a matching cactus stamp.

Below on my matching card, I added a Tim Holtz snarky sticker.

I hope you all enjoy this set. This was made special for a new friend whom is also a coffee lover as well as a fan of cows. 

How do you drink your coffee? 
Mine is usually 90% milk and sugar with a hint of coffee...
AKA cappuccino, frappes and lattes

Living on the Fringe...

Hello Again! 

Today I'm going to share some super fun inspiration for the
Viva Las VegaStamps Monthly Challenge

Stamps Used:
Plate 1510
Evidence Label

Top secret 
Fringe Scientist
Circulatory system
Coffee ring stain
Double coffee ring

Other products used:
Archival ink- jet black
Distress ink-gathered twigs, ground espresso
Versafine ink- vintage sepia
Tim Holtz-index clips and mini paper clips
Tim Holtz- remnant runs
Mica Tiles
A2 sized file card

Starting with my file card base, I stamped my main image "circulatory system" in versafine ink.

I used some ink smushing to distress my card with distress ink. I also edged the card using a blending tool.

On a separate piece of cardstock I stamped the top secret,  and fringe scientist. I used distress ink to grunge them up.



To add extra depth,  I stamped my evidence stamp lightly  as well as my 2 coffee ring stamps (See stamp list above).




Lastly, I added used various remnant runs, clips, and my sheet of mica to finish the card off.

Thank you for visiting!
Hope you are all warm and safe.

Get a Cape

Hello all you stampers out there!!! Shanna here with a new art journal page to share.

So I created a new art journal page. I played with lots of textures. 

I layered gesso and stamped in it with the Double Coffee Rings and Row of Chevrons. Then layered over that with a stencil and modeling paste. After that dried I did some glazing with paint and wiped it back. 

Then I stamped the Boys with Cape on tissue paper and used a fluid matte medium to tack him down. 

I stamped the sentiment on white paper and added some pieces of fabric and tape to layer under it. 

Then I stamped the Shoes on a Wire and had a blast. sitting back and loving my page. 

Thank you so much for stopping by and you al have a wonderful day!

Stamps Used:
19292 - Get Cape Wear Cape Fly
19194 - Shoe Hanging from Wire
19036 - Boy with Cape
19568 - Double Coffee Rings
19829 - Row of Chevrons

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Index Card Art by Jenn Engle

Hey everyone! I have a small piece of art to share today using this big, beautiful moon from the newest stamp release. 

Stamps Used:

The Moon

Mesh Texture

Double Coffee Rings

This card is fairly simple, as I wanted to highlight the Moon stamp. I started out by "smooshing" several colors of ink spray onto my background.

After that, I did some background stamping. Then, I heat embossed the moon so it would stand out. 

I added some phrase stickers, black scribbles around the edges with a FineLiner and that was it! You can check out the video at the end of this post to see exactly how I made this card and the names of all the products used.

Other Products Used:

Lindy's Stamp Gang Ink Sprays

Twinkling H2o's

Clear VersaMark Ink Pad

White Embossing Powder

Fineliner

Tim Holtz Phrase Stickers

Process Video:

Thanks for looking,

~Jenn