"Soul" An Encaustic Panel by Jenn Engle

Hey everyone! I am super stoked to share with you how I incorporated some VLVS with my encaustic piece.

STAMPS USED:

Flock of Geese

Wire Bird Cage

If you want to see exactly how I made this, how I incorporated the stamps into encaustic and my inexpensive approach to encaustic be sure to check out the video at the bottom of this post!

STAMPS USED:

Flock of Geese

Wire Bird Cage

OTHER SUPPLIES USED:

R&F Encaustic Medium

Small Crock Pot

Canvas Panel

Vintage Ephemera

Tissue Paper

Staz-On Ink Pad

Mark Making Tools

Golden Heavy Body Acrylic in Raw Umber

UmWowStudio Soul Chipboard

Thanks for looking!

~Jenn

I Hope You Know... | Sue Plumb

Hi everyone!

Sue Plumb here to share my latest VLVS design team project with you. Following on from my previous post a couple of weeks ago when I shared an art journal page inspired by the June Monthly Challenge; I was inspired to create a full 12x12" scrapbook page that incorporated some of the same design elements. (If you missed it, you can see my art journal page here.)

I began my page with a sheet of white cardstock and stamped out my background design using Staz On ink. The first stamp I used was the Tree of Life - Tree with Roots (which is also the main inspiration image from this month's challenge). I added some variety to my "forest" by also using the Weathered Tree stamp. Besides stamping the full image, I used the very tops of the branches in various places to add depth.

For my foreground I used the Smear/Smudge stamp and repeated the image several times. Then it was time to add some colour. 

I wanted to keep the colour soft and subtle, so I used Faber-Castell Gelatos and applied the colour by scribbling onto my messy mat and then I picked the colour up with the tip of a water brush and applied it to my page, blending as I went. I started in the centre of my page and worked my way out towards the edges.

After I had the colour completed, it was time to add some more details to my page. I used the new release I Hope You Know quote stamp in the bottom left corner of my page and balanced it out by adding the Flock of Geese in the top right corner. 

I also added the Tiny Moon from the new release Plate #1500 to the sky.

I added a little more detail to my foreground by lightly stamping with my fave Doodle Dots stamp.

With all of my page background complete; I then added the photo of my children, which I mounted up on some cardboard to help it pop and then adhered to the page using Miracle Tape.

To finish my page I wanted to add a little touch of magic, so I took a sweet image I had pre-stamped onto some tissue paper using the Fairy stamp. I applied the image to some cardstock using gel matte medium, then brushed on a little colour using the Gelatos again. I then trimmed the fairy and adhered the top part of her so that she appeared to be hiding behind the log in the photo, bending her wings up from the page to add a little dimension. I also added some messy white cotton thread for a little texture. 

Don't forget to enter this month's challenge, you can link up your entry via this post HERE before the end of the month. You could win a spotlight on the blog AND some new rubber! 

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

Stamps used:

- Tree of Life - Tree with Roots

- Weathered Tree

- Smear/Smudge

- I Hope You Know

- Flock of Geese

- Tiny Moon

- Doodle Dots

- Fairy

Other materials:

- American Crafts cardstock

- Miracle Tape

- Staz On ink

- Faber-Castell Gelatos

- tissue paper

- gel matte medium

Life is an Adventure | June Challenge Inspiration | Sue Plumb

Hi everyone!

Sue Plumb here today and it's my turn to share some inspiration for the Viva Las VegaStamps Monthly Challenge with you! If you haven't already seen the June inspiration image, it looks like this...

"Let's play with LIFE. Be inspired by nature, the tree of life, trees & roots, stars, star charts, the heavens & earth, above & below. Think tandem but opposite. Yin & Yang."

I was super inspired by the solitary tree image, and I knew I wanted to create something featuring a tree and incorporating the word "life". I was also inspired by the neutral palette of the image, so I grabbed my altered book art journal to play and this is what came out...

As always, I did my best to document my process as I went along (although sometimes I get so lost in the creative process, I forget to take a picture!) 

1. I started by adding some gesso to my book page. This was not only so I could prime the surface, but also so I could strip the yellow tint to the paper back a bit.

2. I then took some old music paper and another sheet of book paper tore up some small pieces. (I wanted to add some extra interest to the page, as the one I was using was the dedication page and didn't feature much text.)

3. I collaged the pieces onto the page using matte medium.

4. I then rubbed a little extra gesso over the collaged pieces using my finger to help them blend in.

5. I felt like using a different colouring medium, so pulled out some water soluble wax pastels in raw sienna, burnt sienna and black and added some colour to the page.

6. I then used a water brush to blend and soften the lines I had drawn.

7. I used the Stitching Lines stamp to create structure in my foreground.

8. I then used the Doodle Dots stamp to add some interest to the sky.

9. I then stamped out my feature images onto some tissue paper. I chose this method as I wanted to ensure I had a good, clean image rather than stamping directly onto the book. It also gave me the ability to shuffle the images around to decide on placement.

The stamps I used were:

- Weathered Tree

- Banksy Balloon Girl

- Flock of Geese

10. I adhered my images to the page using matte medium, then took the pastels and added a little shading and colour around them.

11. I added the quote using the Choose Your Own Adventure stamp, then added the remainder with a black pen.

12. I finished with the second part of my quote in the bottom corner. For continuity, I used the word "choose" from the same stamp, then simply added the word well in pen.

I love how this page turned out and I can't wait to see how this month's challenge inspires all of you!

To enter, make sure you link up your entry via this post HERE before the end of the month.

You could win a project spotlight on the blog AND some new rubber! So what are you waiting for? Get busy!!

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

Stamps used:

- Stitching Lines

- Doodle Dots

- Weathered Tree

- Banksy Balloon Girl

- Flock of Geese

- Choose Your Own Adventure

Other materials:

- Colour Blast white heavy gesso

- Old book and music paper

- Monte Marte acrylic matte medium

- Staz On ink

- tissue paper

- Reeves Water Soluble Wax Pastels

- Ohto Fude Ball 1.5mm pen

Mail Art Monday with Shanna

Hello and welcome to a Mail Art Monday!!!!

I am beyond excited to share my latest mail art with you all. Especially with all the gelli prints I have laying around and this was a perfect chance to play with one. 

First I adhered my gelli print to an envelope. Then added some stamping. 

I added some blue gelato around the door edges and then white for an address space. 

So fun and simple! 

Stamps Used:

20113 - Whimsical Door

19825 - Doodle Frame

19465 - Flock of Geese

Other Items Used:

The Crafters Workshop Stencils

Gelli Plate

Dina Wakely Acrylic Paints

Blue Gelato

Gesso

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Mail Art Monday with Fiona

Hello VLVS groupies! Fiona here with you for a "Mail Art Monday" YAY!!!

As a scrapbooker, I often send my work to an Australian magazine to be published and to do so I send my layouts in pizza boxes! This is my latest I created using the Viva Las Vegastamps!

I've been dying to use this gorgeous Dandelion stamp ever since it arrived in the mail! After blending some Distress ink colours over the box I stamped first with water to remove some of the colour and then with black ink.

The flock of geese in the top left hand corner balance the scene. 

You can see the water mark effect here next to the "You Are Beautiful" stamp.

Viva Las Vegastamps used:

Blowing Dandelion and Extra Seed

Flock of Geese

You Are Beautiful

Happy Monday and happy Mail art day xx

See you again soon

You can do it art board

Hello my dear crafty friends and welcome to my first October VLVS post.

This art piece is a kind of " stamp first and then find the title" one and it's totally different from my usual kind of crafting.

It's a Mixed Media piece made over 8*6 chipboard with all possible mediums.

I made the background with stencils and texture paste, gel mediums and glass beads, mists, paints and two VLVS stamps that was stamped on tissue paper.

When you have a very textured piece of art the only way to stamp over it is to add your stamped over tissue image and to glue it with gel medium or Mod Podge. As I really wanted this single Man in flying machine image on my art piece I had to find the title that fits this image and the general " fly away" theme. 

I didn't want to make it general in this " Sky is a limit" style. So finally I found those very old leather letters and made this" YOU CAN DO IT" title. And it means that if you try hard- you can do everything.

Even to fly. Or even more than just to fly.

Here you can see how the image over tissue becomes the part of the art piece and you can't even see the tissue edges.

Products used:
VLVS
Flock of Geese Item 19465 Plate 1444  
Man in flying machine   Item 15967 Plate 1271
Other:
Inks- Ranger
Stencils- Tando Creative
Mists, paints- Tattered Angels
Other- texture paste, letters, tissue

Be An Adventurer

Who is up for another adventure??!!  I always am and today I am sharing a card to wish adventures to others.

Hi all, Michele here today with a fun layered background technique that can be used so many different ways!!

 I used my background for a card so I started with a bit of watercolor paper.  You could also do this on a tag or ATC...  You also need Distress ink, embossing ink and embossing power, I used Ultra High Gloss from VLVS!

I used the Numbers Set to stamp my background in Distress ink.

I gave it a quick heat set.

Then stamped the Map of the World in embossing ink.

 Sprinkled on the Ultra High Gloss embossing powder.

Heat embossed.

For a clear resist.

Then I covered the entire paper with Distress ink.

I used a baby wipe over the embossed stamp.

Then used a darker Distress ink around the edges.

I added layers of paper before I finished the rest of my stamping.

I stamped the Flock of Geese in archival ink.

Then the Toy Airplane too and embossed it.

 
I stamped Be An Adventurer on a scrap bit and tied some May Arts burlap string to the banner and poked a hole in the plane tail and tucked it under.

All the paper I used on this fun card was from my scrap bin...I LOVE it when that works out!!!

Until next time...stamp, stamp, stamp!!