Be able to see the beauty

Hello, Nataliya is here & VERY MERRY to all :)
Today I want to show my new page from Wall Notebook. This is the story about beauty what can be found in unexpected places. The main thing is to try to see it.

The dancing girl on a trash can, have a chance to see something unusual behind the closed door.

My VLVS!:

One Way Small 3/4 x 1 1/4

Be Adorable 1 3/4 x 4 1/2

Some People Feel/Wet 1 x 3 1/4

Dancing Lady 2 1/4 x 3 1/2

Have a beautiful day!

Night owl

Hello, Nataliya is here :)
At the end of each year, I have a problem with purchasing a new date book for scrapbooking. This year I decided to make it myself.
And now I have date book, specially for night owls :)

To create the cover I used 7Dots paper (Domestic Gooddes Collection),VLVS! stamps, Sakura of America Micron, gauze, stencil, paint, ink and medium.

Moon - the eternal companion of owls :)

And here is the main character  - owl. I colored it with alcohol ink.

First case has already been done!

My VLVS! for this project:
- Moon Circle 1 3/4 x 1 1/2
- Washi Reverse Grid Background 1 1/4 x 5 1/2
- Washi Grid Background 1 1/4 x 5 1/2
- Stars 2 x 2 1/4

Have a nice owl's night!

Be an adventurer

Hello all! Nataliya is here)
Today I want to show you my new love - Walls Notebook. It's simply amazing for stamping work & doodling.

And this is my first project, I just adore new Alice VLVS!

Adventure & dreaming...it's all about our life, isn't it?

How I made it? Stamp+Sakura Micron!

My VLVS! for this project:

Caterpillar 1 x 2 1/2

Butterfly Wing Set (2) Each 1 1/2 x 2 1/4

Pulse Rate 1 1/4 x 3

Alice With Caterpillar 2 1/2 x 3 1/4

Mushroom 1 3/4 x 1 1/2

Small Mushroom 1 1/4 x 1

Tall Mushroom 1 1/4 x 2 1/4

Sunflowers 3 1/2 x 2 1/2

Have an adventurous day ;)

Hunter

Hello, Nataliya is here :)
Sometimes, walking through the rainforest, you can meet a hunter. Or a couple, like these:

So who wins?
I don't know....

But I want to show you, how I did this work :)
1. Mask+texture paste+medium = background

 2. This is my background after the drying, you can see, that medium is clear:

3. I add some gesso on the edge:

4. And I paint it:

5. Now I stamping whith StazOn (Washi Reverse Grid Background 1 1/4 x 5 1/2 & Washi Grid Background 1 1/4 x 5 1/2):

6. Little bit of TextureZ:

7. I cute foliage & flowers and doodling their whith Sakura pen:

I wish you good hunting, arrrr!

If Camels Had Wishes

If Camels Had Wishes...Everyone Would Ride Horses!

I really love this image of a camel's head  from Viva Las VegaStamps!  I've had it for the longest time, but I wasn't sure what he was doing.  Yodeling? Blowing bubbles?  And then I saw the Dandelion stamp and I realized he was making a wish!

Supplies:
VLVS! Images Used--

Camel Head Item 12753 Plate 1140
Camel Item 4995 Plate 493
Camel Running Right Item 1722 Plate 457
Camel Silhouette Item 1766 Plate 457
Blowing Dandelion and Extra Seed by Susan M. Brown Item 19045 Plate 918

Sakura of America Gellyroll-Gold Red Stardust
Faber-Castell ArtGrip Color Pencil-107, 125, 133
Distress Markers-Mustard Seed, Spiced Marmalade, Frayed Burlap, Antique Linen, Picket Fence, Crushed Olive, Walnut Stain
Distress Ink pad-Walnut Stain
Exacompta Journal Forum

The challenge with this project was the slope of the pages in the journal.  It's a thick one and impossible to lie completely flat.  I used unmounted stamps and didn't use a stamping block for the images that fell in the crease between the two pages, so the stamps were more flexible.  I practiced a bit on other pages, curving the stamps juuuust a little before touching the page.  White space was inevitable in the crease itself, but it wasn't much, and was easily filled in using the walnut stain marker that matches the inkpad.

I penciled in the words first to be sure they would fit, and then filled them in with Distress Marker.  I outlined them with Gellyroll pens.

Then it was just a matter of coloring the background with the Distress Markers.  I colored the dark areas first, stippling and making rough circles and dots for texture.  Then I used the lighter colors blending them into the darker.  I dotted the white Picket Fence to tone down some of the colors that I felt were too bright and to add more mottling in other areas.

Thank you for stopping by, and I hope you've enjoyed my art journaling page.

Have you entered Viva Las VegaStamps! August challenge? It's great fun and a chance to share your projects with the world!

Just Keep Swimming

Hi my art friends! I have a fun tag that I created just for YOU!

I have been selected to be on the VIVA LAS VEGASTAMP DESIGN TEAM! Its a company in the United States that has thousands of unique rubber stamps, along with other art supplies.

So I am really excited to part of an awesome fun company.

Here is the complete tag I made:

Here is the stamp I used

The link to the stamp
FISHY CRACKER.

Its 1x 1 1/4 inches. I love it. I love to draw mermaids so I am sure you are going to see me use this cute little stamp again.
Here is a pic of the supplies I used.

1. Versamark ink pad
2. White embossing powder
3. White shipping tag
4. Twinkling H2Os
5. Water brush
6. The fishy cracker stamp

Note shown:
1. Sea Salt
2. Various pens for doodling.

First stamp the fish with the Versamark ink Pad, this is a clear ink, sprinkle the white embossing powder and heat emboss.
Once that is done, moisten the Twinkling H2O's with water and let them soften up a bit. Then begin to randomly paint over the entire tag. Don't worry about getting the watercolor paints on the stamp fish as the white embossed area acts like a resist.
While it is wet lightly sprinkle some sea salt on the wet areas.
Let it dry completely and then once dry wipe the sea salt off, it will leave small layered spots where the salt sucked up the paint.

Add some personal writing and doodles and a lovely art tag will appear!

This tag was inspired by "Finding Nemo". The scene where Nemo and is sad and about ready to give up and Dory played by the awesome Ellen Degeneres - but anyways she sings a song
"Hey Mr Grump Gills
You know what you gotta do when life gets you down?
Just keep swimming
Just keep swimming
Just keep swimming swimming swimming
What do we do we swim, swim, swim
OH HO HO How I love to swim
When you WAAAAAANNTTT to swim you want to swim"

So this tag was made to inspire YOU, that no matter what, just keep swimming.
Just keep reaching for your hopes and dreams. Just keep doing what your soul and heart tells you.

Here is a close up

Art on my friends,
ANg

Bottled FRANK!

 I have Bottled Frank and he is attracting flies!!! 

I am loving all the new Halloween Viva Las Vegastamps! stamps this year. There are three ABSOLUTELY MUST HAVE new Halloween plates this year. Plates # 827 (which I am using today), 1429 and 1433.

Plate 827

Kromecote Cardstock has a glossy side and a matte side, for this card I used the matte side. I love how the ink does not run or blur when the images are stamped on it. 

First, stamp the Bottle - from Plate 827 twice on paper to use as a mask. The first image, cut the bottle image out (lower left) and the second image cut the inside of the bottle out (lower right).  Now stamp the bottle onto the card. Place the first mask on the stamped image protecting the inside of the bottle when stamping the spiked fence.  Now with the second mask over the bottle stamp Frankenstein Face - from Plate 827 in the bottle with VF Olympic Green. Heat Emboss the images with VLVS! Ultra High Gloss Embossing Powder. 

Next stamp the Dripping Blood - from Plate 827 several times along the top of the card with VF Crimson Red and CTM Barn Red. Stamp the Harlequin Diamond Background using VersaMark and the Fly - from Plate 827 three times with black ink. Carefully heat emboss the images with VLVS! Ultra High Gloss Embossing Powder. Do not use the heat gun in one spot too long or the images will melt together.

To give the Bottle a glass look paint it with Sakura Crystal Lacquer mixed with Citrine.  After all the images are stamped and heat embossed and the lacquer is dry, use Tim Hotlz Tea Dye Ink and apply directly to the card.  The embossed images and lacquer will resist the ink.

Stamp "Infectious Waste" - from Plate 827 on craft color paper with black ink. Cut out in a tag shape and staple Ribbon May Arts - Grosgrain - Stitched Edge to the tag. Attach to card with VLVS! Miracle Tape.

VLVS! Stamps 

Bottle - from Plate 827
Dripping Blood - from Plate 827 

Frankenstein Face - from Plate 827
"Infectious Waste" - from Plate 827
Fly - from Plate 827
Spike Fence
Harlequin Diamond Background

Other VLVS! Products
Kromecote Cardstock

VLVS! Ultra High Gloss Embossing Powder

VLVS! Miracle Tape

Tim Holtz Distress Marker
Sakura Crystal Lacquer 

Mixer Citrine 

Ribbon May Arts - Grosgrain - Stitched Edge

Inks:
VersaFine (VF) Black
VersaFine(VF)Olympia Green
VersaFine(VF)Crimson Red 

VersaMark
Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Tea Dye
CTMH Barn Red
Craft paper

Staples 

During the seven day VLVS! All Hallow's Eve Blog I shared a new Halloween project each day using Viva Las Vegastamps! Check out my Halloween Projects with VLVS! Stamps if you have time.  

HAVE A GREAT OCTOBER!!!!

Lady With Scarf on Moon Altered Ledger

I found this old unused old ledger on one of my treasure hunts one weekend going to estate sale after estate sale. Usually I tear pages out of books and use them in other projects this time I decided to keep this ledger.  My project today is to alter this old ledger! 

Here is a close up of the finished embellishment on the cover to the altered old ledger using the Rubber Stamp Lady with Scarf on Moon from VLVS!!

Supplies:

Rubber Stamp: Lady with Scarf on Moon from VLVS!

Sakura 3D Crystal Lacquer

Terri Sproul Mixers

Tanzanite Pearl

Citrine Pearl

Gold

Pink Saphire Pearl

Garnet Pearl

Purple Pearl

Glitz Effects Gold

Creative Paperclay®

Old Ledger Book

Lace

Ribbon

Roll out the Creative Paperclay® very thin. There are two pieces of core board on each side of the rolling pin to keep the thickness even.  Place VLVS! Lady with Scarf on Moon face down on clay and roll over gently.

With a craft knife cut around the stamped image of the VLVS! Lady with Scarf on Moon. Set clay aside to dry. 

Once the clay is dry gently sand edges; use fine grade sand paper or an emery board. 

While the clay is drying adhere lace to the old ledger book with Sakura 3D Crystal Lacquer and Terri Sproul Mixers - Gold and sprinkle Glitz Effects Gold while the lacquer is still wet.

Paint the VLVS! Lady with Scarf on Moon with Terri Sproul Mixers (Tanzanite Pearl, Citrine Pearl, Pink Sapphire Pearl, Garnet Pearl and Purple Pearl) and Sakura 3D Crystal Lacquer. 

Add ribbons to the binding and 

now you have a "new" old ledger!

EYE ON FASHION of the PAST

This past week the Viva Las Vegastamps! design team  partnered with Gauche Alchemy. We have a wonderful collection of projects using products from both companies!

My project was a book titled EYE ON FASHION of the PAST. 

Only the front cover was used to in the daily post.  I am here today sharing the rest of the book. 

The base is a 5 Ring Kaiser Craft Scrapbook that was first painted brown.  After the paint dried, all pages were covered with vintage papers then inked using   Color Box Fluid Chalk Ink Pad - Rouge and Punchinello as a stencil.  Papers were trimmed then all edges were sanded.  On the cover VLVS! Fifties Eye Cat Glasses and Lady with Flowered Top. 

Note: All stamped images in this project are from VLVS!  They were stamped on sewing tissue, heat embossed with VLVS! High Gloss Embossing Powder and tinted with Tim Holtz Distress Markers.

Gauche Alchemy Supplies include: Vintage Papers including sheet music, yellow game piece as an eye glass on front , sequins, fabric cut into strips used with ribbons, Punchinello as a stencil with ink, lace black and purple, tag, Button, Bottle Cap and Gold Beads. Other supplies acrylic paint, Sakura Crystal Lacquer, Color Box Chalk Rouge, ribbon, 

Collage papers, inked using punchinella as a stencil for coverage of the background. Added pieces of doilies, colored some of the images on the collage papers with Tim Holtz Distress Markers.

Game piece over the eye on the cover... "EYE" on fashion of the past! 

Page 2 & 3 - VLVS! stamps Lady In Slacks, Lady Showing Slip and  Lady With Muff  Embellished flower cut from GA black lace. Pieces of doilies have been incorporated through out the book.  
  

Page 4 - VLVS! Lady with Pleated Skirt Another GA black lace flower with button and decorative straight pin. Tag between pages 4 & 5 purple lace, sheet music and VLVS! image of Lady Holding Up Dress. 

Page 5 - VLVS! Two Ladies Fancy Dress  another flower from the black lace.

Page 6-has this beautiful framed image. The frame is a GA bottle cap filled with Sakura Crystal Lacquer over the image, add the beads around the perimeter set aside to dry.

Pages 7 & 8 - VLVS! images Art Doll Set Large (head only) and Lady in Scarf Dress

The back of the book has been stamped with VLVS! Beautiful Women. Embellished with flower from the black lace, trim cut from the purple lace.  

To finish the project add a lot of ribbon/fabric to the rings.  On this book there is combination of both. 

Hope you enjoyed viewing my book and you are inspired to collage!

Fun Cards are Quick and Easy using New Mary Vogel Lozinak Stamps!!!

Hello and Welcome to THURSDAY at Viva Las Vegastamps!!! Susan here to bring you a few fabulous and funky cards made using a few of the new Mary Vogel Lozinak stamps. I have three plates of her images and they are just so much fun.

Did you see my "Circus Rat" earrings? Please CLICK HERE to see what you missed.

Here are three quick and easy cards I created using sketches from Operation Write Home - an awesome organization that provides handmade cards to our troops stationed all over the globe.

This card uses my FAVORITE Mary Vogel Lozinak Bird Head on a Stick stamp. I stamped this with black ink on white cardstock, then hand colored with my brand new Ranger Distress Markers and accented with Gellee Glaze Pens. The background is a scrap of Basic Grey Patterned Paper on a purple card base. The stripes are metallic gift ribbon adhered with Miracle Tape. I finished off this "Quirky Bird" with some colorful feathers. I popped him up with 3D pop dots, and he's ready for the party!!!

This card uses the festive Mary Vogel Lozinak Bird on Elephant stamped on a white coated paper. Using a direct to paper technique, I stained paper with a rainbow ink pad then misted with water. I accented the edges with antique pearl dewdrop ink, then hand-colored the image with my Ranger Distress Markers and matted on a bright blue cardstock. I layered this on top of two strips of two-tone green marquis patterned paper and topped this off with small green gems for this bird to juggle some "BLING"!

This card I stamped the Mary Vogel Lozinak Flower Background Stamp in black Staz-On ink on acrylic hand-painted paper. The paper was painted using a technique from Traci Bautista's "Collage Unleashed" Book. After inking edges with black ink, I layered the floral on a natural brown handmade paper and a hand-misted black cardstock using a mist made of Sakura 3D Crystal Lacquer and Bronze Terri Sproul Mixers! This is tied off with a simple moss colored satin bow.

Thanks so much for dropping by today! If you haven't subscribed to the VLVS Blog - you want to!!! The Viva Las Vegastamps! cast of characters will be bringing you posts every day! Don't forget to check out the Viva Las Vegastamps! store - new stamp releases have just been added. If you would like to see more of my creations please visit my blog, sbartist : painting in the dark HERE. I'll be back with another stamping adventure on June 18th. Have an inky day! Sb