Art Journal: Perspective of Time by Cheetarah

Hi VLVStampers! Hope you all are having a wonderful day so far. It's Cheetarah here on the blog today and I have a little art journal spread to share with you made with lush VLVS! The focal point is a wonderful whimsical Scribble Girl designed by Tina Walker which is a new release! Check out the full plate HERE. Let me tell you how I made it and as usual, list of stamps are at the bottom of the post. 

I stared off in my pocket junk journal by adding gesso over some glued down ephemera (dictionary/book pages) and then scraping color with a used gift card until I was satisfied with the blend. I used midnight blue, fuchsia and a sea green acrylic paint for this. To add some more texture I took out my StencilGirl Stencils with some wonky geometrical shapes and lightly dabbed some paint through them. 

Next step I added more texture by stamping some yummy VLVS! texture stamps with Staz-On inks over the painted layer. The sentiment Past Present Future is also from a StencilGirl Stencil. I first used the sea green paint then traced it with a Fudeball pen. Now the base layer is done and went to work with the focal point. 

Tip if you want to use watercolors over acrylic paint layers: I bought this product a while back, watercolor ground by Daniel Smith Artists materials and really wanted to test it out as I love coloring images with watercolors. I applied a bit on the right page dried it with a heat tool to set then I stamped my focal image on it with archival ink. Then heat set it. My image was ready to be color in! Showing you some process shots of the coloring below:

The ground took the watercolors (Jane Davenport brand) very nicely and I was patient with adding the colors in layer and give it enough time to blend and dry until I was satisfied with the over all look of the the woman. Also the ground knocked down the background in brightness and to bring the pages together I stamped the previously used texture stamps over this layer. 

Stamped the word 'perspective' in the middle and splattered some rose gold paint & added a black border and called it done. 

Stamps used: 

Big Eyed Scribble Girl - Tina Walker  

Numbers set 

Row of numbers 

Row of Chevrons

Bubblewrap Texture 

Perspective 

Materials used:

Gesso

Dina Wakley paints

Daniel Smith watercolor ground

StencilGirl Stencils

Jane Davenport watercolors

Stazon & archival ink pads

Heat tool

black Distress crayon  

Hope this inspired you to take your your VLVS! and have a play with them!

Until next time! 

Have a lovely day.

Adventure awaits

Hello everyone,

Welcome to my blogpost where today I have a tag to share. I really love this colour combination and I come back to this time and time again. I tried to do it with Lindy's Inksprays but failed miserably so used Distress Oxide Inks instead (over the top). That worked out fine !

This tag was made with the following stamps:

19659 - Numbers set

19567 - Writing circles background

19569 - mesh texture

19578 - Six staples

19960 - Naked painter boy

19009 - Adventure awaits

I also used the following other materials:

Prima Art Basic Modelling paste

UmWow Studio stencil Dahlia

White gesso by Amsterdam

Lindy's Stampgang Flat Fabio Sprays

Distress Oxide Inks

Archival inks 

Thank you so much for stopping by today !

Wall hanger / canvas ► Majo

Good morning crafty friends!

Today I'd like to show you a little canvas I made for the front door (Unfortunately Hubby wouldn't let me hang it up.) Just kidding!

 I started with a 4 x 6" canvas and applied gesso with a stencil. I painted the panel with Dina Wakley acrylic paint.

I stamped the lovely Mona Lisa on a piece of tissue and adhered it to the panel.

I added more stamping on the background for a bit of texture using the numbers, the doodle dots and the cross stitch stamps. After adding the sentiment I distressed all edges and screwed in some rings for the hemp cord. A little wooden charm completed the canvas.

Some close ups of the textured background ....

 

I used the following stamps:

19659

1474

19485

4283

19827

Have a wonderful time and Happy Crafting ♥

Birthday Card ► Majo

Good morning, dear crafty friends.

Today I'd like to show you a birthday card I made for a close friend. 

I stuck to her favorite colors and decided since it's her 60th birthday, it should be something special. I know she adores butterflies, so of course I used one on the card.

I started by applying gesso with a stencil.

I added Distress Spray Stain in different colors, making sure to dry each layer in between. I wiped the paint off the raised parts.

After I stamped my sentiment, I added more stamping on the background for some texture. 

I cut the butterfly with a Sizzix Movers & Shapers die and applied the same colors Distress Spray Stain. After distressing the edges I adhered it with glue dots. In order to let the butterfly have some antennas, I used a butterfly stamp, which I then covered with the die cut. 

 Here are some close ups of the background ....

I adhered the panel to a black card base with miracle tape.

I have used the following stamps:

19585

9473

10599

19827

Miracle Tape

I also used:

Distress Spray Stain

Movers & Shapers - Butterfly

Stencil

Gesso 

Thanks so much for joining me here today, you all have a wonderful time and Happy Crafting ♥

Merry Christmas

Hello everyone,

Today I have a quick Christmas card to share. I filmed to process so you can see how I made this. It is very simple but not simple enough for me to stamp the sentiment straight ! LOL... Hope you can forgive me !

I have used the following stamps :

17648 Merry Christmas

19819 Sky of Stars background

20198 Christmas tree in car

Here is the link for the tutorial:

Thanks for stopping by today ! 

Art is anything you can get away with.

Hello everyone,

Today I have a tiny little book to show you. Sometimes I just fancy doing something different and one day I made a little booklet from one sheet of 12' x 12' paper. It was lying on my desk when I  thought to cover the outside of it in fabric and next to add gesso to the cover and the pages too. Before I knew it I had stencilled, stamped and doodled on the pages and this little book was born ! I love it and will make more !

Here is the outside. If you want to make one of these books; there are lots of tutorials on the internet and youtube. Just look for 'book from one sheet of 12 x 12 paper'. 

There are 8 double spread mini art journals in this book and here are the photos. 

Spread no. 1

I used an UmWow Studio stencil and Distress Oxides for this. 

Spread 2. Stencil used is by UmWow Studio and I used Distress Oxide Ink.

Spread 3. Stencil by UmWow Studio, used with Distress Oxide Ink.

Spread 4. Stencil by UmWow Studio, used with Distress Oxide Ink. 

Spread 5. Stencil by PaperArtsy used with Distress Oxide ink.

Spread 6. Stencil by UmWow Studio, used with Distress Oxide Ink.

Spread 7. Stencil by UmWow Studio, used with Distress Oxide Ink. 

Spread 9. Stencil by UmWow Studio, used with Distress Oxide Ink. 

Another view of the book. 

And the back. 

I have used a lot of stamps for this book. 

20077 - Banksy you have no friends kid

20066 - This was not my dream

19995 - Overlapping circles

19415 - Butterfly specimen

20165 - Crossmarks background

20170 - Rows of numbers

20169 - art is anything you can get away with

19939 - Banksy Child fishing in paper boat

20163 - Typeset scallop

19580 - Wonderland

19679 Whimsical lettered man

19986 - Find your tribe

19536 - Girl in princess costume

20006 - I believe in

20161 - Punchinella Sequin Waste border

19979 - Yes I can

4213 - Back again

10526 - Tweedle Dum and Tweedle Dee

19413 - Not all who wander are lost

19656 - kids in futuristic hats

19650 - Caution  - safety glasses

19953 - Queen Elizabeth

19949 - Fortune favours the bold

Thank you so much for stopping by today ! 

We Are All Mad Here

Hello stamping friends!!
Michele here today with a fun door hanger to share.

This is a precut chipboard piece with a coating of heavy gesso.  The sentiment is created with chipboard letters and a heart from UmWow Studio painted with Distress Pint.

Viva Las VegaStamps used:  Mad Hatter, Alice With Hands Behind Back, Row of Books, Mushroom, Wildflower Silhouette, Chesire Smile.

I used some gold foil on the book spines.

All the images are colored with Distress Markers.

The background is Distress Oxide Ink.

You will find this hanging on the front door...is it a warning or a welcome??!!

Until next time...get inky!