GO FOR IT - VLVS DT Project

Here's my Viva Las Vegastamps! DT project for this week! I started off thinking I was going to try an ATC and wasn't really jazzed about it when I was done so I turned it into a card instead.

I have to say this was out of my comfort zone but I am happy I attempted it. Here is what I did...

I stamped one of the rubber stamps from

Paper Artsy Wings Plate 6

available at Viva Las Vegastamps on my surface.

I then colored it and added some Ranger Ink over top and faded a little then covered it with Gesso...and scraped so you could see the print below. I added scraps of various adhesive for the border of the image. The layer under that is a little hard to notice but it's textured paper that I added Smootch - Mocha to. For the next layer I used some orange paper from my stash and the layer under that - plain white paper. The main paper for the back is some designer paper I used - added some Sticko swirls and Darice gems. on the very top I had two really old adhesive circle stickers I put on opposite corners and on top of the upper left hand side a metal embellishment that says GO FOR IT. I thought it was really different for me so I thought the phrase was fitting not only for that but for a neat "aged" Encouragement Card or something. Sure, it's a little funky, but I thought it was fun to make.

SketchMania #43

Here is this week's sketch over at SketchMania! Participate in the challenge HERE! And below is my take on the sketch. I have to say it was a tough one for me! I decided to do a journaling page this week. I started with heavy colored cardstock and covered it with patterned paper and scraps from my scrap pile. There are 2 brads in there, too! I then covered the whole thing with Gesso. From there I colored, painted, and highlighted, and glued or stickled various sections. I added a few extras on top of that and then inked the edges of the torn paper because the Gesso naturally made that paper more 3-D than the others.

Something very different for me this week but it was FUN.

I challenge YOU to challenge YOURSELF this week, too!

Art Journaling: Model Citizen & LSS DT Project

This week I once again worked with Lindsay's Stamp Stuff Posh & Trendy Set over at MyGrafico! I have a feeling this set will NEVER get old! Lots of neat things to do with it that is for sure!

I decided to use a Digi Stamp in one of my Art Journaling Pages. This is more of a word association thing this time around. I was looking at this image and thinking "model" but I'm not much of a girlie girl so I was trying to think of another way to use the word and image of model and came up with this twist.

I'm also excited because this is the very first Art Journaling Page I used with my NEW Gesso! It's the first time I have even used Gesso! I also bought some Acyclic Paints and used one of the browns on this page around the edges. For the paint on the image itself I used 3 different colors and would like to point out that painting really isn't my forte but I am fairly pleased with the job I did here and yes I used an actual paint brush! I didn't cheat!

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I'm entering this project in the following challenges this week: