Live life

Journalpage, inspired by Viva Las Vegastamps June Swap

Live life. 
Not war, but love is the answer.

My inspiration came from the words opposite/ above and below.

''the heavens & earth, above & below. Think tandem but opposite. Yin & Yang".

Possibilities

Made for Viva Las Vegastamps May challenge.

Background with Barn door and Hickory smoke distress ink & distress oxide ink.
White and black gesso and accents with black&white gelpens.
My inspiration came from the words Octopus, RED RED RED, gray, black&white.

The inspiration on Viva Las Vegastamps challenge blog:
Be inspired by ... STAR WARS! Octopuses, Victoria, vintage, retro, tea, magic, SITH, evilness, rays, gray, black & white, RED RED RED, and anything else that strikes your fancy from the mood board.

Tranquility

Made for Viva Las VegaStamps challenge april 2018

Be inspired by words like nature, natural, trees, forests, camping, mountains, skies & water, fishing, birds, reflections, boats, dogs, gray, tan, white & black, gray + anything else that you might be inspired by!

Under the sea

Made for Viva Las VegaStamps! Monthly Challenge Februari < Under the SEA>

Background is done with distress oxide Broken China, Peacock Feathers, Faded Jeans, Iced Spruce,  Fossilized Amber and water.

The inspiration photo on Viva Las VegaStamps:

Dig deep for things with sand, coral, water, the sea, mermaids, fish & other underwater creatures! The wonderful thing about the sea is that it is full of ALL colors! You can draw inspiration from the board with teals, tans, black & white, gray, and pops of pink and green.. OR whichever color combo makes you happiest :)

First challenge 2018

First challenge in 2018 is on Viva Las Vegastamps Challenge blog and this is what I made for it:

Had a lot of trouble entering my own blog, somehow is was logged to the wrong email address.
I just found that out, and was able to change it and now it is working again, phew...

I started with 2 greens distress oxide with water. Some black & white accents, markmaking and ofcourse the lovely stamp.

The inspiration:
We'd like you to pull deep down and bring forth your muse! Show us your face... real or whimsical, use greens of any hue, black & white. Be inspired by bold patterns, circles, dots, crosses, mark making, hatches, grungy, distress, layers & more. Mary Vogel Lozinak's images are a great way to start your year of stamping.

The Witching Hour

Another month, another challenge on Viva Las VegaStamps!

Halloween themed this time.

I started with a background done with distress oxide inks & water.

Took some halloween themed stamps and drew the bats.

And ofcourse my favorite spider 😁

Love that one, use it a lot ...

The challenge photo:

We're going a little more traditional this year with yellows & oranges, black & white. Also be inspired by anything that goes BUMP in the night, creepy crawly feelings, scary ladies & witches. You can draw inspiration from bats and things in flight, moons, trees, and other lights.

Thoughts of Fall

Background is done with the gelliplate, paint & lots of stencils.
I also used stencils on top of the gelliplate background

Really like the result :-)

Made for Viva Las Vegastamps September Challenge

Inspiration words:

Be inspired by Jewel & Earth tones like mossy greens, warm oranges, pale pinks n blues. Draw inspiration from the browns and grays. Use any woodland creatures like deer, foxes, squirrels, birds and more. Trees, branches, pines, mountains... all are appropriate! Also feel free to use lots of marks & textures in your background. 

Floating on the sea

Background is done with distress oxide  & water.
Made for Viva Las VegaStamps!: August Challenge
My inspiration came from the words: sea, pink,purple, orange,blue&teal

Can you believe this challenge? um. YUM?! there is SO much goodness happening here.. we're featuring Michele Kosciolek's new TASSEL stamps! Plus anything sea or ocean related like shells, starfish, coral, sand, water and more. Don't forget to include some scenery and a lovely mermaid or two! Color choices are totally up to you, we've used pinks, purples, oranges, a dab of yellow, beautiful blues and teals & a delicious warm gray. TONS to choose from!

Summer is here

For Viva Las VegaStamps!: July Challenge

Challenge photo inspiration:
It's SUMMER time and nothing says SUMMER like ice cream, candies, desserts and melty goodness. Hear that music? GET IN LINE! Sunshine, warmer temperatures, polka dot bikinis and more! We have the WHOLE rainbow on this image so let your heart go wild and celebrate SUMMER!

Tweet tweet

Viva Las VegaStamps!: June Challenge - Flock o' Birds
Background with distress oxide spiced marmelade & worn lipstick; 'dots' with distress crayons; some stamping with the same colours.

The inspiration:
Be inspired by words like ... coral, pink, creamsicle, orange, spots, dots, birds, bird cages, FLOCKS of birds, text, numbers, invoices, crows, grunge, distressed, tan, gray, white and anything else you find inspiring from this graphic!

Seek Paradise

For Viva Las Vegastamps May Challenge

Background Distress Oxide Broken China mixed with Cracked Pistachio to get a turquoise feeling.
Added a little Iced Spruce for some grey.
Stamped the wire rings with the same colours, the rest in black.
Draw some circles through a stencil, coloured and added some glossy & crackled accents.
Fisnished with a few stripes washi tape and some rub-ons.

She's got Bette Davis eyes

For Viva Las Vegastamps April Challenge

The background is done with distress oxide cracked pistachio,broken china and water.
Several layers, in between drying with heattool.
When I was happy with it, I stamped the images; love that sheet !
Colouring is done with distress markers.

My inspiration came from the colours green, teal & white, and whimsical.

The inspiration image:

We'd like to inspire you with words like SPRING! flowers, doodles, buds, whimsical, patterns, checkerboard, stars, wings, Mary Vogel Lozinak, banners, green, teal, white, black and whatever else might strike your fancy from our image 

Who's bad

Viva Las Vegastamps Challenge March

The background is done with distress oxide wilted violet, cracked pistachio, broken china & faded jeans.

The inspiration:
Think of twilight & dusk, the northern lights, dancing and twinkling stars, beautiful skies in general and silhouettes against them. Trees, leaves, nature, animals, woods and more! We can't wait to see your inspiration

A little story

Viva Las Vegastamps!: Monthly Challenge - February

The inspiration board inspired me with colors, colors and colors.
And Banksy ofcourse :-)

Think of reds, oranges, greens, blues, pinks, purples... ALL the colors! Spray paint, art, graffiti, artists, surrealism, banksy, stripes, splatters, drips, dots and more. 

Weeds

January challenge on VivaLasVegastamps challenges us with:   foliage, flowers, weeds, nature, bugs, moths, butterflies, wings, numbers, script, invoice, background stamps, vintage, tan, black, white, brown, distressed, grungy

My inspiration came from the words weeds, nature, wings, script, vintage, brown.....

The moodboard:

Crow

Crow views me askance, it is difficult to know what he is thinking....

I made a page in my art journal VivaLasVegastamps!: December Monthtly Challenge

I let the colours inspire me.

This was the inspiration moodboard:

We'd like to inspire you with frames, scallops, doodles, vintage tones, teal, gray, tan, white, black,Christmas, trees, WINTER, snowmen, squirrels, snow angels, Victorian, house, scenery, road, snowbanks, family & more!

Documented

Viva Las Vegastamps!: November Challenge :
My inspiration came from the words harlequin, background stamps, circles, yellow, browns, distressed.

We'd like to inspire you with words like gold, warm,  yellow, tans, browns, vintage, black and white, background stamps, doodles, harlequin, diamond, distressed, polka dots, swirls, circles, hearts, stripes and more!

Demonic

Viva Las Vegastamps!: October Challenge - Demonic
My inspiration came from stripes, tans, star&dictionary, demonic

You might draw inspiration from the star and or stars, the text, dictionary, the numbers, the list aspect, stripes, oranges; tans, blacks & whites, neutrals in general, a SPLASH o' color (any color,) the demonic little being, other stamps by Mary Vogel Lozinak and or anything else you find inspirational about our mood board. 

Halloween on VLV

September challenge on VivaLasVegastamps is all about Halloween.
I made a page in my artjournal.

And this is the photo challenge:
I do have both skeleton gnome stamps, but ended up with quite something different :-)

VLV challenge 2016-08

For the August challenge on Viva Las Vegastamps:
After stamping and coloring I sealed the image with a coating. Then put distress inks salty ocean, mowed lawn and picked raspberry on my craftsheet, sprayed water en swept the card through the ink. Dried with heattool. Accents with black gesso and a sharpie.

This is the inspiration board:

We are inspiring you with words like bold, BRIGHT, intuitive, strong, women, feminine, ARTIST,artsy, splatter, script, polka dots, color blocks, numbers, alphas, pink, teal, lime green, white,black, stencils and more.