VLVS! Helmar swap

All week the Viva Las VegaStamps! design team will be showing projects using Helmar Adhesive  And the Helmar Design team is doing projects using VLVS! stamps. Be sure to go to VLVS! blog to see what my team has been doing all week long. and don't forget to leave some love while you are there. :)

 Here is my project I did for the swap.

I took a big clothespin that you get in the $1.50 bin at Micheal's. This is one side of it. I took it apart and sanded it and then Gessoed, I then did 4 coats of Magenta arylic paint. inside and out. While that was drying, I had some of the denim fabric tatter floral die that I cut while I was Austin. I took some black craft paint and some textile medium and painted the Chevron washi background stamp and stamped on to the fabric.  I then put the clothespin back together. I alternated the denim with the book paper of the tatter floral die. I used the Helmar 450 quick dry adhesive to glue the flowers layers and the bling center. I glued the flower to the clothes pin with the Craft and Hobby PVA Glue by Helmar.   I also used the adhesive to glue the 'S' clip to the clothes pin.I stamped Dream big on Kromecote with Colorbox pinkalious ink pad. slid it into the 'S' clip. 

This side I used the Grid washi background stamp on the denim die cuts to make this flower. I stamped the sun bathing bird on the matte side of the kromekote with licorice colorbox ink pad. I then stamed the sentiment "yes i'm afraid its true I've fallen in with the wrong crowd.." stamped with pinkalious colorbox ink pad. cut them apart and glued all the paper pieces with the Craft and hobby pva glue.  It still needing something so I grabbed the inkssentials Enamel accents in black and white and did some dots on both sides. 

Hope you like the project be sure to visit VLVS! blog and check out what Pinky and Kersten did to day and check out all week!

VLVS! and Helmar inspiration week sneeky peak!

Next Week the Viva Las VegaStamps! DT are teaming up with Helmar for a week of inspiration. Come look at the VLVS! blog next week(well you should always go to the blog everyday to see the fab projects the DT is doing!) to see what The DT members are doing with the Helmar adhesive. Here is a sneaky peak of my project for next week.

See ya next week!! :)

ABAC Challenge week 19

Its time for another ABAC challenge. The challenge for the ext 2 weeks is a color challenge. Here is the picture of the colors for the challenge.

Here is my result of  challenge. 

As you can see I did a journal page. I did a base coat the aqua color,. I stamped with the bubble gum pink craft paint with the Harlequin diamond background stamp. I then used the powder blue  in parts, didn't like it wipe it off with a baby wipe. liked how it turned out, so wiped some more. then I used the 6 hexagon stamp by Viva Las VegaStamps! in the paradise blue.I did outline it in black Bic pen. I stamped the chevron stamp in Razzle berry. I then did some drips in the Aqua, Razzle Berry, and Silver and some splots with the left over paints. I printed out a sentiment from Ginger's house and painted the words in the silver. I glued them to the page.

So thats it! Hope you all come play in the new challenge!

Viva Las VegaStamps! DT Tryout

It that time again! Here is my DT try out for the Next Term of Viva Las VegaStamps! Design team! I love being on this team! the stamps are awesome and made in the USA! Right in the VLVS! The Miracle tape is the only tape I ever use since I started stamping.

A few months ago I was thinking back to when I first got into rubber stamping. I think I was at a convention and thought how cool would it be to work for a rubber stamp company and get paid to play. And for the past year I have been doing just that! And its with one of the first rubber stamp companies that I fell in love with when I got into rubber stamping. How cool is that!

Here are some of my past projects that I loved doing in this past term.

These 2 go together(and I couldn't decide what to show off with my favorite projects lol). These 2 pictures  are from a ATC/Tag Swap VLVS! hosted on their FB page. It was an open theme. And I chose to do an alternative OZ  that Dorthy and Toto went to. If your on face book be sure to go to VLVS! swap FB group and join in on the fun!

This one is my latest VLVS! DT post its the inside pages of a Domino book Love how it turned out. Love that even though some parts are popped out its not bulky when its all folded.

Here is a fun card I did for the Shop your own stash challenge. It made top 3. Love the cat and the Sentiment. That plate that the sentiment is on is on my wish list. ;)

Here is a journal page I did when Viva Las VegaStamps! did a swap with Clearsnap. Love it so cute!

My final picture is a Finn inspired canvas.

So there you have it, my favorite projects with VLVS! Yeah I know there are a lot of pictures but I couldn't decide!! The past year I've been on the team has been a blast and I hope to continue working with them for the next term! So let the crossing of fingers and toes and eyes begin! :D

its a bird...its a plane...no its another domino book!

Today's project I made another Domino book. This one was so fun to make.

I used Sunshine Yellow and purple twilight Alcohol inks on the dominoes  I then stamped the brick background stamp with Black Memento ink pad. Yes,I know I should of used Stazon, but I don't have it. So, I used what I have. The edges I used my Heat and Stick embossing powder and some metallic flakes that I had in my stash for years. I stamped the superman standing image on white cardstock and black Memento ink pad. Colored him with Prisma color pencils. Glued him down on the domino and then glossy accented the domino (along with the second domino.) I also Glossy accent the sides of the domino. I took some May Arts trim that was white and colored it with some purple spray. I glued it to each domino. 

Now its time for the inside of the book. I took a piece of white cardstock cut it about 2 inches wide and 9 inches long and scored it at every 7/8ths. You should have 10 sections. But I never do, not a math wiz. lol

I took The Salted Ocean distress ink pad and sponged the color all over the paper to make it look like a sky. I stamped everything with black archival ink pad. I first stamped the Whimsical clouds. I then stamped the Whimsical trees and houses just for placement. On white cardstock I stamped the Whimsical trees and houses. I colored everything with color pencils. I also added some Glossy Accents to parts of the trees and houses. I cut them out and used foam squares to attach them to the pages. I then stamped Superman Flying and colored him in. I then stamped the Sentiment "all my Heroes where their underwear on the outside." and cut the words apart and glued them to the pages. Love how this turned out!

When everything was done. I used Miracle tape and glossy accents to attached the inside of the book to the domino covers. When dried I tied the trim in bows to close the book.

stamps used

Superman standing

Superman flying

Whimsical clouds

Whimsical tree 1

Whimsical tree 2

Whimsical tree 3

Whimsical house 1

Whimsical house 2

Brick background

All my heroes

Items used

Miracle Tape

May Arts trim

Dominoes

Alcohol inks

Black Memento ink pad

Black archival ink pad

Glossy accents

heat and stick embossing powder

metallic flakes

Prisma color pencils

spray to color trim 

Anything but a card challenge-ATC

This is my first post for the ABAC (Anything but a card )challenge blog. Thanks again to Susan for inviting me to join!

The challenge for the next 2 weeks is an ATC. No them. just make an ATC. Simple right? After making 25 ATC's for the Art retreat in Austin making one is a piece of cake!

The base is a scrap of Scrapbook paper, Out of Print by Basic Grey.I glued it onto a atc base that was already cut. I used some green craft paint and painted some of it onto a piece of bubble wrap and stamped it on the Scrapbook paper. Next I rummage through my stash and saw these rub-ons by Creative Imagination. I really never had an idea for this ATC. So once I used the Hawaii postmark it was sort of set up to be a beachy type ATC. 

I stamped the beach lady by Viva Las VegaStamps! on white cardstock with Black Memento ink pad. colored her with Prisma color pencils. Used Miracle tape to attach her to the ATC. I then Used some Mudd Puddles for the sand. The one I used is called Key Largo. I applied this with a pallet knife. While that was drying I traced some arrows from the Negatives of Grunge board elements I have. Cut them out to see which one I wanted to use. After I picked, I painted the arrow  the same green I used with the bubble wrap stamping. I wrote BAR in big letters on the arrow. I used foam tape on the arrow. I then stamped "I like being single..." on white cardstock. and cut the words and put that on the ATC with glossy accents. Lastly I put some glossy accents on the glasses of the lady.

Well thats it for me for this week! be sure to play along and upload you blog post to the ABAC blog! 

ARC: my April read

This month I read Smoking Seventeen by Janet Evanovich. Its the 17th(duh!) in the Stephanie Plum series.

Stephanie works as a Bails Bondsman for her cousin Vinnie. In this book the bail office is being rebuilt after it was caught on fire in the last book. The entire office(which is all of 4 people, Connie, Vinnie, and Lula and of course Stephanie) have been working in Mooner's bus. When the they were starting to build the new office, a body is found buried not too deep where the bond office was. Then there was another body found, and another. Meanwhile Stephanie has been trying to catch skips, one who thinks is a vampire. and one who put up a bear for his bond. Fun times! On top of that Stephaine's mom is trying to fix her up with a guy who she went to school with. As if she needs another guy to add to her mix(Morelli and Ranger). Oh and Morelli's grandmother put a curse on her.

The book like all the others is very funny. But some parts of the book I thrown in the book, because that's what happens in all the other books,(like cars blowing up). I just wish she would just pick a guy already! ::cough:pick Morelli::cough:: But it was a fun read. And will read 18 and 19 in the series.

My Art Journal page I did was based off the Circus bear in the book. OK the bear doesn't exactly look like the one in the book. I couldn't find a circus bear I liked. lol

The background I used a Stencil that I got from Jean, and used the primary colors of red, yellow and blue craft paints. After all the stencils were done I tool each color and just rubbed it over the page. If the color mixed together all good, if not all good too. The bear is a digi stamp from Birdi Brown. I colored him with crayons. The hear balloons were glitter crayons. The letters are from the $1 spot at Target. I did add glue to the back of them to make sure they stayed put.

the next book Is going to be Buffalo West Wing by Julie Hyzy