Happy Days | Sue Plumb

Hi everyone!

It's Sue Plumb here to share my latest design team project with you. Today I have a mixed media scrapbook layout I created using a variety of Viva Las VegaStamps floral stamps. This page was created to document a photo from dress up night at my scrapbook retreat last year, which had the theme "Trouble in Paradise".

For my layout I began with a sheet of Bazzill Marshmallow cardstock and Ranger 'Mermaid Lagoon' Distress Oxide to create a simple watercolour style background. I swiped the ink pad onto my messy mat, added a couple of spritzes of water, then laid the cardstock over the top to soak up the colour and set it aside to dry.

With my background drying, I then set about creating the embellishments for my page. I gathered a variety of floral stamps that I thought would work well for my tropical themed page - Hibiscus Flower; Fancy Flowers; Beautiful Lily; Lilies; and finally Hawaiian Ginger for those fabulous tropical style leaves. I stamped them out onto some smooth white cardstock.

I then used my Faber-Castell watercolour pencils to colour each of the images, sticking with shades I thought would work well with my photo and give my page that "tropical vibe". I then used a water brush to blend the pencil lines, before cutting each of them out.

To construct my page, I started with the photo, adding some scrap cardboard underneath it to pop it up from the page. I then added a Cocoa Vanilla Studio floral cut file that I had cut from some white cardstock along the bottom edge of the photo.

I then arranged my stamped floral images across the page, following along the line created by the cut file. I tucked some underneath, and added others over the top using foam tape, to give the page extra dimension.

To finish off my page I stamped the Seek Paradise sentiment several times using black ink, and used some die cut words from Cocoa Vanilla Studio for my page title. I also added my handwritten journalling with a felt pen.

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

Stamps used: 

- Hibiscus Flower

- Fancy Flowers

- Beautiful Lily

- Lilies

- Hawaiian Ginger

- Seek Paradise

Other materials:

- Miracle Tape

- Bazzill cardstock

- Tsukineko StazOn black ink

- Ranger 'Mermaid Lagoon' Distress Oxide

- Faber-Castell watercolour pencils

- Cocoa Vanilla Studio 'Colour Me Happy' cut file

- Cocoa Vanilla Studio die cut title words

- foam mounting tape

- felt pen

Mail Art Monday with a grungy twist

Hello Again Everyone! 

It's me Tera here again with another fun
 Mail Art Monday tutorial

For this piece I was inspired by this months inspiration board.  I just love the vintage, grungy feel of everything.  I hope you enjoy this piece as much as I do!

(and be shocked I actually remembered to take a picture at each step!!)

Stamps Used: 
Nature Collage by Cat Kerr 2 3/4 x 3 3/4
Wire Rings by Cat Kerr 2 3/4 x 2 1/4
Typewriter Keys by Cat Kerr 2 1/2 x 4
Mesh Texture 2 3/4 x 3
Writing Circles Background 1 3/4 x 4 1/2

Other Supplies: 

Black ink (Versafine Onyx Black)

Distress inks- Ground espresso, weathered wood, Iced Spruce, hickory smoke, pumice stone

distress ink blending tools

water (for droplet effect)

Distress Spray stain -Black Soot , white (picket fence)

Microns 

Begin by masking off where you want your address to be (I traced around this with my black micron).  Next I stamped my focal image to build around in black ink.



 To start my layers for the background, and give this piece depth, I stamped the next two images in "Hickory Smoke" distress ink.  

Next, I wanted to add some more foreground/mid-ground layers so I went back to black and used some of my smaller stamps to partial stamp some of the spaces.

I liked how this step looked so I used distress inks to ink the background with my ink blending tools.  This pulls the piece together, but I wanted a little more grungy feel, so I added some water droplets, as well as drops and splatters from the 2 distress stains. 

(this is the 1st layer of ink)

I let everything dry then removed my mask to reveal the final piece.

(Now to find the perfect postage stamp to go with it!) 

The road not taken card by Maria Potapovich (mellpellmell)

Hi)

Do you  know...?

Every day goes and never comes back...

Every minute disappears at a speed a second per second...

Years run inexorably...

We grow older every minute and it does not change...

But this is not a reason to say goodbye to happiness?!

It is an opportunity to understand that you can start once again at any moment!

Life goes on! 

There is a chance and... a lot of them! Really!

If you want to know I'll tell you about the stamps I've used:

Grunge 1

Grunge 9

Grunge 8

Grunge 6

Grunge 5

Grunge 4

Grunge 2

Grunge 7

Grunge 3

Grunge 0

The Road Not Taken

Clockface 3 3/4 x 3 3/4

Always remember that the Road Not Taken! 

Remember this every moment !

Wheeling in with Spring Color

Hello stampers! It's Amy here today share a card I've made, with lots of springy bright colors. I'm happy when I see it, and that's a good thing.


I started my project by layering on two haphazardly cut squares of pretty patterned paper. I inked the edges of one paper, using walnut ink, and both edges were inked with Archival Ink in coffee. These were adhered with Miracle Tape. I tapped on a little bit of green mist, and then stamped the Arrow 3/4x1 1/2,and Chevrons 1x1 1/2, directly onto the paper, using pink and silver inks. I stamped with green ink and the chevron stamp onto a separate paper,and fussy cut this out, inked the edges, and adhered with miracle tape. The final bit of the layers of stamping was to stamp the color wheel lines stamp in the bottom corner, and the wheel from the Wheeley Monocle Face slightly off the page.



I dyed my own seam binding ribbon with the green and brown walnut inks, dried it, and adhered it using miracle tape on the back. To the tied ribbon I added some baker's twine for extra pizzaz.;) I sprayed the Prima flower with mists, adhered, and added the chipboard and metal pieces.

Finally,I colored on the wheeley monocle face stamp with a Faber-Castell Big Brush Pen in black, and then swiped on some radiant neon ink in electric pink....to give some va-va-voom to his hat, eyes, and monocle, and stamped that baby onto some heavy cardstock. I fussy cut him out, and popped him onto the paper, using foam dots. And voila! A fun, springy, and special card to pop into the mail for a friend!

Thanks so much for having a look today! I hope you were inspired to start stamping up a storm! :)
<3 Amy

Supply List:
Viva Las VegaStamps!: Wheeley Monocle Face, Arrow 3/4x1 1/2, Chevrons 1x1 1/2, color wheel lines
Ink: Tsukineko/Imagine Crafts-Delicata Silver, Radiant Neon in Electric Pink,Green
Paper: 7 Dots Studio-Messy Head
Pen: Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft, Big Brush Pen in Black.
Chipboard: UmWowStudio
Flower: Prima
Mist: Imagine Crafts-Walnut Ink in Eucalyptus, Java; Lindy's Stamp Gang-Midnight Teal Starburst; Heidi Swapp Color Shine-Teal Other: Seambinding, baker's twine, metal gears

April Showers Bring...

BEES? 

Yes they do for me HeHe : D

 (Ok, maybe it's the May flowers that d that? either way it works!)

Hello again everyone! It's Me Tera again here with you to share my take on this months super fun inspiration board! I love this board It contains some of my favorite things, But for my piece I narrowed it down to Yellow Polka Dots!! They are so cheerful!

I created this super fun Queen Bee card that can be used for any occasion. 

I started with a white card base, then added a yellow polka dot layer with a quarter inch boarder. The black piece is fiber paper. I stamped Queen Bee 2 3/4 x 2 3/4  on white card stock, then colored with various markers. 

For the finishing touched I used pop dots to pop up the bee, and added a cute yellow rose and some punched greenery. Everything was glued in place with Miracle Tape. 

Don't Forget you upload your piece for the April Challenge HERE

Watercolor Stamping {A tag}

Hey folks! DeeDee here today to share with you the Demo Tag we did this month. Each month on the 1st Sunday from 1-3 pm I do a free demo make n take style @ The Crafting Place.

This month I chose to do a little bit of watercolor stamping!

We tend to start with a #8 tag base, in this case just some cream colored cardstock. It's been distressed with Ranger's Distress Ink in Walnut Stain, and Prima's Distress Tool. I inked up the Fris ChamairisLatifolia lot all with Ranger Distress Markers and spritzed it with a squirt bottle. Then, I just stamped it down like normal.

You can see the watercolor effect really well here. To finish off the tag I stretched across some Tim Holtz tissue tape, and a piece of Mica which has been stamped with Through The Looking Glass in StazOn ink which is meant for non porous surfaces like mica.

To keep the tape and mica in place, I punched a few staples into the tag.

And all the beautiful replicas! We used a few different flowers and ink colors, but they're all so glorious! The ribbon at the top is the beautiful Silk ribbon from May Arts -- all colored (it takes it so well!!) with the distress markers.

Iris tag

Hello everyone!
Natasha is here :)
I love irises and was very pleased then find VLVS! stamp with the image of this flower - 
Fris ChamairisLatifolia lot all 3 x 5 1/4

And I made this​ tag:

I used the wood tag from Genuinely Jane Studios as a base. I covered it texture paste and add volume using the stamp - Harlequin Diamond Background 4 1/2 x 5 3/4.
After that, I painted tag whith sprays and stamp (Be Adorable 1 3/4 x 4 1/2).

To make the iris, I painted the paper (Cray-Pas oil pastels from Sakura) and stamping image above:)

Also I add little stamping tag (Tag 1 1/2 x 2 & Flora 3/4 x 1 1/2)

Have a nice day :)

Today Is Magical

Hello, my dear stampahiolics!

 

I hope you're having a wonderful day!

 

I have an art journal page to share with you today,

using two Viva Las Vegastamps, Pan Pastels, and of course,

Stickles!!

 

I hope you like it!

 

 

Want to make it?

Alllllrighty, then!

 

What you'll need:

Book to work in (mine is watercolor paper)

Pan Pastels (or other soft pastels)

Permenant inks- brown & black

Spray sealer (I use Krylon)

Tree stencil

Scraps of white card stock

Scrap of colored card stock

Die cutter

(or, alternatively, you can use a stamped sentiment)

Stickles

Scissors

Stuff to color with (I used markers)

Miracle Tape sheet

Stamps- Fairy and Lilly of the Valley

 

Create your background using the pastels.

I started with the grassy area and used three greens.

Start with the lightest color first, and work your way to

the darkest color.

Once the grass is laid in, start on the sky. I used three blues.

Once all the color is on, blend it.

Spray with sealer.

Add the trees using a stencil and brown pastel.

When you life of the stencil. lightly swipe over the page with

a cloth or paper towel, to seoften the edges.

Spray with sealer.

 

Now start stamping the flowers across the bottom of the page.

I stamped some in brown and some in black.

Color as desired.

(I used a white gel pen on some of them)

 

Now, get that white card stock out and stamp some flowers and a fairy.

Trim closely and stick the images onto the Miracle Tape sheet.

Color as desired and cut out.

I cut the flowers and just used parts of them.

Remove the liner from the Miracle Tape and place the

fairy on the page. Add the flowers in front of and around her.

 

Cut out or stamp your sentiment and add to the page.

Scribble Stickles around the words,

and use your finger to tap the Stickles around and up the page.

 

I also added black Stickles to my words.

 

Set aside to dry, and you're done!

And, here's your wiener!

 

My Dachshund Valentine card from my post on the 1st.

 



 

August Guest Designer Part II

Welcome back Conny as she shares two more pieces with VLVS! images:

-Her Blog-

She used:
Design Solid Circles

and

Post Card/Fancy

and for this one she used the Accordion Player and Fan

Facebook Fan Shares!

Today I'm sharing a couple of great pieces of work, not from our design team, but from FANS of VLVS!

Give them a big round of applause!

First up:

By Cathy Peper:

She used one of our brand new plates o' rubber : Plate 1403 and the final outcome is stunning!

and second:

By Lindsay Weirich:

She opted for a super fun father's day card using our Dog Golfer stamp.

Thanks so much for taking the time to share these with us, ladies!! We love when people share their work on our facebook!! Don't be afraid to flaunt what you've been working on using our images.