she spread her wings...

Hi everyone!!  Michele here today with a vision of spring...
Where I am it is cold and dreary and I am having visions of spring already!  I am longing for the sun to shine and the flowers to bloom.
With that in mind I created a small canvas inspired by those visions.

I started with a 5" square piece of chipboard, painted a thin coat of white gesso and then added a heavy layer of art basics light paste.

I let the paste set and dry a bit and then stamped the Clockface right in the paste.  The background color is created with Distress Stain and Ink

I stamped Fairy Girl by Cat Kerr and 2 sets of Pair of Butterfly Wings on heavy white cardstock. These are colored with Distress Crayons, cut out and layered.

The double wings bring so much texture to the canvas.

The sentiment, She Spread Her Wings, is stamped on a strip of metal and attached with some Ideology Hitch Fasteners.

I finished up with Prima flowers, art bascis glass glitter and some black thread.
Are you dreaming of spring now too??

Until next time...get inky!

Weathered Wood Background

Who doesn't love a weathered wood background???
Michele here to share a quick and easy way to create one.

Start with a piece of cardstock.

I used gel medium and painted randomly on the cardstock using a brush in vertical strokes.

After the gel is completely dry use your scoreboard and with the gel side down score every 1/4 inch.

I used Antique Linen Distress ink, the ink pad directly on the paper, for the first layer of color.

Then with a blender and Vintage Photo Distress Ink I blended the next layer of color.

I added Barn Door DIstress Ink and some stamped caution signs,  Radioactive and Caution Safety Glasses stamped with Staz On.

Here is the complete card.

Banksy Gas Mask Flower Girl is watercolored with Distress Markers adn she is holding a Prima flower.  ALong the bottom is the Wildflower Silhouette with some UmWow Studio flower confetti painted with Distress Paint. The sentiment is created with my Dymo Label Maker.

I was on a roll with my backgrounds so I also created this fun boy card.

This one has a bit less gel and some white drips on the 'fence'
Chevron Banner is stamped in Staz On directly on the fence.  I also used Boy and Dog Looking Up, Wildflower Silhouette and Boys Just Want.

A little watercoloring with Distress Markers.

UmWow Studio flower confetti painted with Distress Paint.

And a tiny bit of May Arts burlap string.

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Until next time...get inky!!

Altered Canvas by Shanna

Hey everyone. Shanna here today to share with you a fun creation. 

I have been wanting to play with this resins I got and had no clue what to do with them. Well I figured that out really quick! What do you think?

I did create a video so check it out. 

I loved using my stamps to create the background of this piece. 

I added some glass beads and glass glitter with a matte gel on some of the corners. 

Of course there is no glass on this but I thought the sentiment stamp Through The Looking Glass - 19353 was fitting. 

The stamp Pair of Butterfly Wings - 19647 went perfectly off the side of the frame too. 

Items Used:

Through The Looking Glass - 19353

Pair of Butterfly Wings - 19647

Stitching Lines -19642

Sawtooth Stitching lines - 19643

Measuring Tape Section - 19565

Double Coffee Rings - 19568

Waybill/Invoice Background - 19416

Time 2 Stamp {Fussy Cut + Cray-pas}

DeeDee here today with a Time 2 Stamp video!

You'll notice we've been doing a lot of work with Sakura of America products lately on the VLVS! blog. That's because they were kind enough to donate some beautiful supplies to the design team in return for some stamping samples with them. Check out this pinterest board for a complete collection of all we've done.

Today I'm sharing another technique: laying down cray-pas, stamping on top, and then fussy cutting to create this tag:

For the technique I used Dancing Lady and Don't Let Anyone stamps with the Expressionist set of Cray-pas from Sakura of America. Watch the details in the video here for info on laying down Cray-pas, blending them and stamping on top!

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After I did the fussy cutting and had my girl ready in the background I finished the tag with some UmWowStudio supplies (Circle Confetti mask, Star Confetti chipboard, Layered clouds) Prima Flowers, May Arts eyelet lace, seed beads, Sakura of America Micron Pigma Pen, white cardstock, gesso and a pearl brad. The paper is from 7 Dots Studio.

Home Sweet Home - 12x12 by DeeDee - GIVEAWAY WINNERS!

Hey everybody!! DeeDee here popping in to fill a quick opening!

First off we have a WINNER to announce from last week's shenanigans with the beautiful people over @ Scor Pal!

From Day three lucky commenter..

marylouh said...

The Halloween box looks so real. You can almost feel the heat coming from the flames. 2:07 PM  

 

is our winner!! Email me @ [email protected] and we'll get you your prize!
 

 

And second I'm sharing a layout I've created in celebration of our new home!!

I used Viva Las VegaStamps! stamps (Star Pin, Grid Background, Striped Border Arrow, Coffee Ring,) to create the background for this baby.

I layered up some gorgeous May Arts ribbons ( 447-1-01 | 336-38-14 | SM08 ) to embellish this layout. I clipped and layered my ribbons, along with 7 Dots Studio (Domestic Goddess paper and alphas,) Gauche Alchemy (Washi Tape,) UmWowStudio (Layered confetti chip, Black and Blue Flair, Chevron Lines Mask,) Pink Paislee (Luxe Alphas,) Prima (flower and leaf,) Tattered Angels (Charcoal Chalkboard,) My Mind's Eye (Epoxy brads,) Archival Ink by ranger in black, Stazon ink in red, a black pen.

Sing Your Song

Hello again my lovelies!

Aimee here with a fun tag to share!

 

I hope you're all doing well and enjoying the spring weather.

Time to start sprucing up our outdoor areas and take care of those

household repairs we've been putting off.

 

Here's the tag I have for you today.

Wanna make it?

Yippeeeee!!

Let's go!

 

What you need:

Label embosser with black tape

Distress Inks- Mustard Seed, Black Soot, and some blues

Blending tool with foams

Adirondack ink- Stream

Tiny Attacher or other stapler

White gel pen

Glitter gel pen

Manilla tag

STAMPS: Washi Chevorn Background  & Birds on Wire

 Supplies not pictured: heat gun, water, washi tapes, embellishment,

Dylusions ink spray (blue).

 

1. Lay stencil on tag and spray with Dylusions ink spray. Dry.

2. Ink up tag with multiple shades of blue Distress Ink.

3. Ink tag with Mustard Seed in the center of the tag.

4. Spray a little water in your hand and flick it at the tag. Dry.

5. Ink around edges with Black Soot Distress Ink.

 6. Stamp Chevron Washi in bottom area of tag, using the darkest blue Distress ink.

 Looks AWESOME, don't ya think?

 

7. Slap on some washi tapes.

 

 8. Stamp Birds using the Stream Adirondack ink. Dry well.

9. Stamp the birds again, offset, with Black Soot Distress Ink,

and emboss with the clear Embossing powder.

10. Stamp Washi Chevron near the top of the tag using the dark blue Distress Ink.

11. Use the label maker and create the sentiment. Cut apart, and attach to tag using the Tiny Attacher.

12. Trace around the embossed birds using the glitter pen.

13. Use the white pen to create white dots around the birds.

14. Add an embellishment and you're done!

As always, here's your wiener!

My sweet, adorable little Daisy Dog.