Month of Master Board Projects

Hello Everyone and Happy April!

Guess What... 

Stampotique Originals and Lindy's Stamp Gang will be teaming up for a whole month of fun and inspirational projects starting today! (the 4th!)

You can check out the Lindy's Blog Here 

You can also check out the Lindy's Color Challenge info HERE

(that's where My color inspiration for today came from)

Of Course, there will be delicious inspiration over at the Stampotique Designers Challenge HERE

Ok, So lets get on with what you came for... 

Today, I am going to share how I made my master board for a TON of my projects for this month!

(6 pieces to be exact, The 1st one is pictured above... Also my project for this Word Up Weekend) 

Warning: This is photo heavy so grab a cup of something yummy and get ready to dive it! 

I love making master boards, they are so fun and always a great start for any project.  I love that you can use them to try new techniques, or just de-stress. 

(And, if you don't like any part... just cut it off!)

(Don't judge the scary looking process, I'm Messy but I love how my projects came out!)

Lindy's Products Used: 
FLAT magicals - Caribbean Cruise
Magicals Shaker- Black Forest Black
Magicals- Sidewalk Chalk
Embossing Powder- Dandelion Yellow Green
Flat Fabio-Raspberry Lemonade (Spray)
Starburst Spray- Blue Hawaiian Blue
Starburst Spray- Rusty Lantern Lime

Stampotique Stamps:
Journey Collage
Texture Cube 1
Barcode Text
Kassa's Bloom
Script Background

To start I began with a 9x12 piece of watercolor paper. 

This is a home made stencil from one of my dies...

 (Note paper stencils are not the best with wet mediums... but this was an experiment so you get to see it all... Below are the magicals mixed with clear Gesso)

(I know scary right? Don't worry the process is scary but the final pieces come out perfect!)

Here are the 3 sprays I used on this. There are a few layers of spraying and drying with my heat tool

(Note I only use the blue to "finish off" the final card you see above...

Here you can see some of the awesome orange magicals... 

look at all those colors in just one powder!

Close up of some of the "hidden texture/text" I added with embossing powder...

It shines so beautiful in the light in real life! So hard to capture.. very pearlized and iridescent! 

Here you can see where I added some clear glossy gel medium 

(look how the colors activated around the edges... so fun!) 

More sprays and flat Magicals added to give dimension and help the numbers "pop"

(You can also see the journey collage stamp I stamped to add extra visual interest)

More Detail of everything together....

(SO... at this point I forgot to take a picture of the full piece before I cut it up... but below you will see all the fun bases I made from this one piece... Some may still look scary and unfinished.. but remember these are bases.. they will transform into beautiful finished pieces)

Below are the master board pieces I cut into 1 tag, 2 ATC's and 3 cards

(the one I used for the example card not pictured...Yep not sure how I screwed up and missed it?)

I hope this helps you to feel brave and compelled to do some experimenting of your own!

 Be sure to check back throughout the month to see what these other  5 bases have become!

Mail Art Madness

Hello again!!

I just wanted to share a few pieces of mail art that I made the other day! These were created using some super fun Viva Las VegaStamps! I love these stamps! I also used my homemade glimmer mist on all of these, and Micron's for the doodles!

Envelope #1

Stamps Used: 

http://www.vlvstamps.com/not-in-kansas-anymore-otto-by-brian-kesinger-2-3-4-x-3-1-2.html

 Envelope #2

Stamps Used: 

http://www.vlvstamps.com/couture-by-brian-kesinger-2-1-4-x-3-3-4.html

http://www.vlvstamps.com/mary-vogel-lozinak/bird-on-elephant-1-3-4-x-3.html

Envelope #3

Stamps Used: 

http://www.vlvstamps.com/couture-by-brian-kesinger-2-1-4-x-3-3-4.html

http://www.vlvstamps.com/mary-vogel-lozinak/bird-on-elephant-1-3-4-x-3.html

http://www.vlvstamps.com/mary-vogel-lozinak/wheeled-cream-cup-1-1-4-x-2-1-2.html (used the wheel for these gears on the right)

http://www.vlvstamps.com/mary-vogel-lozinak/wheeley-frog-1-3-4-x-2-3-4.html  (for the top left where the heart is hanging from) 

Happy Crafty and have a Wonderful Week!!

Viva Las VegaStamps August's Inspiration Board Challenge (2nd submission)

Hello again! Today I created a completely different piece using the Viva Las VegaStamps August's Inspiration Board Challenge.

 This time I was inspired to create a super fun birthday card. 

This months board has so much wonderful inspiration in it, so for this card I my inspired elements are the stitching, colors, paint splatters, aqua washi tape, and  the rose. 

Two Viva Las VegaStamps where used:

(Click the Images for direct links)

The background text of the screaming lady and her hat are scraps from the Bo Bunny Gabrielle Collection. She was colored using Tim Holtz Distress markers, and the ink splatters are from my home make sprays. The stamped saying has been popped up on a pop-dot for dimension. 

I hope you've been inspired too!

Thanks for stopping by and Have a Wonderful day!

So today i finally broke out my spray inks, (Which i haven't done in ages!) Here are the envelopes i sprayed and the pretty napkins after cleaning the space :D