Viva Las Vegastamps - A tag

I've been playing with my Viva Las Vegastamps again and made a tag using the inspiration board on their monthly challenge on the blog.

I was inspired by the colours, the stitching, the roses and black images and made this:

I coloured the tag using Paperartsy Fresco paints and crackled them and used distress ink through sequin waste to add a bit more colour and texture. The image was stamped on a painted background and then I used more paint to colour it. The trusty sewing machine came out again and I added a bead and wire embellishment that I made a while ago.

Viva Las Vegastamps - August Monthly Challenge

There's a challenge on the Viva Las Vegastamps blog to make a project using August's Inspiration board:

I've made a canvas using the lighthouse stamp from Plate 923 and taking inspiration form the colours - just love the black with the aqua and pink. The paint splodges in the top made me think of water.

The canvas is about 7" x 5". I coloured it with Derwent Artbars which I then blended with water. I stamped the lighthouse using black Memento ink and then added gesso through a stencil to add texture to the sea and also used my fingers to add some.

I found a quote online which I printed out and then coloured with distress inks before cutting out each word and then inking around each of them. 

I then added trim, ric-rac and a few rub-ons along with a couple of watch parts that I painted.

Hope you like it!! 

I made it.....

Yes, I finally made it to my crafting corner woo-hoo!!!!

Here's a tag made with stamps from Hampton Arts/Graphic 45, Viva Las Vegas stamps and Crafty Secrets stamps.

I  think I may need a new glasses prescription though as some of that fussy cutting was an absolute nightmare!!

The tag was coloured using Distress inks. All the stamps were inked using brown Memento ink and then coloured using Derwent Inktense pencils.

I added a bit of Stickles glitter glue to the wings and on the top of the fungi.