IMAGINE Crafts & Viva Las VegaStamps!

Hiya, Folks!!  Today, the week of VLVS! and IMAGINE Crafts hoppin' lands on my little 'ol blog :-))

 

 Welcome to the IMAGINE Crafts and Viva Las VegaStamps! Blog Hop.  For the next week, our two design teams will be featuring some amazing projects featuring products from both our companies.   Amazing stamps require amazing ink, right?

Mixed Media Prize Package

We're proud to announce your chance to win one of three different Mixed Media Prize Packages from IMAGINE Crafts and Viva Las VegaStamps!  You have until midnight PST on Sunday, May 31st 2014  to comment on as many of the Design Team Blog Posts from this week as possible. On Monday, June 1st  we’ll draw three random blog posts and one comment from each of those posts will win a prize package!

Ready for some inspiration from our artists?

Here's today's posts from IMAGINE Crafts:

Cathy Andronicou

Isha Gupta

And from Viva Las VegaStamps!:

Mary Brockway

 If you're just joining us on the Mixed Media Blog Hop, here' the links to the previous days posts: Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday   ***Blog Hop Hint – if you click on a link that takes you to a page saying something like, “Sorry this page cannot be found” just click on the header at the top of the blog (usually a picture or the blog’s name) and it will take you to that blog’s most recent post. That post *should* be our hop. If not, you can probably scroll down a short way to find the hop post.

And now, on with the goods!!  Here's what I came up with...

I've really been diggin' fabric lately, so I wanted to see how a few of the lovely Memento Luxe inks played with muslin.  I just dabbed some of the Rose Bud and Dandelion inks onto a  plastic plate, added a touch of water and dropped it on!  The colors stayed true and I LOVE the bits of orange that was created where the two mixed.

To jazz up this simple embroidery hoop, I've given it a gentle whitewash with some watered down white paint and stamped it here and there with the Waybill/Invoice Background stamp in StazOn Jet Black ink.  I also took a few of the muslin scraps and stamped it with the same stamp.  I absolutely love the shabby ribbon look it created!!

To create these pretty vellum butterfly embellies, I stamped the Butterfly Specimens stamp with Memento Luxe ink in Tuxedo Black and then embossed it with Ultra High Gloss Embossing Powder.  A little more of the Rose Bud and Dandelion ink applied on the back with a Sponge Dauber, and they were ready to stick down!

The chippies were also embossed after I colored them up with the Delicata Golden Glitz ink.  While trying to heat them up, a couple of the letters flipped over and a bit of the embossing powder came off.  It created this really fun texture---so I went with it!

I gotta say, I'm super in love with this layout!!  I guess it doesn't hurt that it's rockin' the face of the cutest little girl I know :-)))

Thanks so much for stoppin' by!!

xx,

It's A Wrap!

Hello!  Today, I bring you pattern. 

Not only is stamping your own pattern a great way to jazz up your cards or scrapbook layouts, it's FAB for creating unique gift wrapping, too.

Here, I've stamped the Lightbulb image repeatedly in varying directions onto some simple brown postal paper with StazOn jet black ink to create a fun and funky gift wrap.

A bit of black jute, and this package is ready to go!!

Not only can you stamp onto your favorite papers, but fabrics, too.

I LOVE personalizing ribbon and creating all types of  stitched treasures with my custom stamped fabric.  I've found that a tightly woven, smooth fabric lends the best results.  Below, I've used a white muslin.  It's my favorite for stamping!!  And I definitely recommend using a permanent ink.  You want those images to stay put through any wear and tear.  Once again, I've used StazOn jet black ink to stamp my images every which way.

And here's a little peek at what I've done with my freshly stamped fabric...

These sweet little pockets are the perfect size for gift cards, handmade jewelry and so much more!!

I've simply folded my patterned fabric roughly into thirds and run a stitch along the edges to create a pocket.  A bit of hand-dyed ribbon colored up with my favorite Distress Inks stitched to the bottom and an eyelet will keep the pocket closed.

And finally, here's a closer look at the stamped pattern on the back.

VLVS! stamps used:

Lightbulb

Butterfly Specimens

Geo Tag Large

Geo Tag Small

Pointing Hands

Rose

I gotta say, with a bit of paper, fabric and my favorite VLVS! stamps on hand, I may never buy gift wrap again!!

xx,

Framed.

Hiya, Guys!!  Today, I'm over on the VLVS! blog with a fun, altered picture frame featuring Viva Las VegaStamps! and PanPastel.

I sooooo love how this frame turned out!!  That Gnome stamp ROCKS. My. World!!

And that sweet little heart rock??  A gift from my baby girl.  She's always bringing home random bits she's found while out and about.  LOVE!!

This Butterfly Specimen stamp is a new release over at VLVS! and it's definitely gonna get some use in my hands.

I'm all about choppin' up my stamps to better suite my projects, and this 'pure' from the Pure Imagination sentiment stamp is one of my all time fave slice-n-dices!  It's now super tiny and can fit into any nook or cranny.  If I want the whole sentiment back??  I just gotta piece that puppy back together, and I'm in business ;-)

Supplies Used:

Viva Las VegaStamps! stamps - Gnome, Butterfly Specimen, and Pure Imagination

PanPastel - Magenta and Hansa Yellow 

Thread, American Crafts jute, StazOn black ink, Dollar Store picture frame, vintage crystals, white craft paint

OKEE-DOKE!!

That is that for me.  If you wanna read all about how this puppy was put together, hop on over to the Viva Las VegaStamps! blog and check it out or you can take a peek at my little video run through below.

Thanks for stoppin' by!!

xx,