29 Again.. Birthday Card... with Tamiko

Hey good people!  It's Friday and I have a birthday card to show you ::smiles:: I combined images from the Madame Stampset and the Bingo Stampset .. They both give me a vintage feel and seem to go together.. What do you think?

I took out my water soluble crayons called Neocolor IIs, after stamping the images with an archival inkpad on 140lb watercolor paper. I used my waterbrush pens to apply color.

I also used my Wink of Stella glitter markers to add a little sparkle.  :::if you haven't noticed I LOVE sparkle:: You won't see it much in my main picture because of the lighting in the room.

Created wording of my own in my own handwriting using a waterproof pen. Then I matted the main images and a card was created.  Cute and simple..

Hope you enjoyed my card today.  Oh by the way, tomorrow October 3rd, 2015. is WORLD CARD MAKING DAY!!  Best way to celebrate is by going over to the Sin City Stamp Site/Store and fill a basket with all your cardmaking desires and make a purchase!!  Thanks for coming by!!!

Journal Page with Tamiko

Happy Fridayyyyy!  I will make this fast for you guys!  I created a journal page using the Madame Stamp Set from Sin City Stamps by Madeline Faiella.  I enjoyed creating this page.  I was even inspired further, to create a short story to go with it.  Isn't it amazing how one art project can automatically encourage another.  

The supplies used for this page are:

Sin City Stamps- Madame Set by Madeline Faiella

CottonWood Art Journal

Patterned paper

Clear Gesso

Deco Art Neon Acrylics

Deco Art American Acrylics

Deco Art Media - Matte Medium

Stabilo All Pencil (Blue)

Paint Brushes

Water Brush

small piece of watercolor paper (140lb)

Archival Ink Pad

Deli Paper

Xacto knife

I hope you all enjoyed my journal page and slide show.  I would be happy to answer any questions you may have about my project. Here is one more picture.. to get a close up of the faces. 

Don't forget that Sin City Stamps has had a 20% decrease is stamp sets alone!  

This is NOT a sale, but it IS a BARGAIN!!

 Thank you for for your time!  Have an awesome weekend!!

Mixed Media *Madame* Tags with Tamiko

Today I created a few fun tags for you with the faces from the  Madame by Madeline  stamp plate  by Sin City Stamps.  The tag is full of texture and color.  One was done with a gesso and modeling paste background and the second was modeling paste alone.  Question?  How many of you color your images in advance?  ::raises hand::  If you don't, do you wonder why I do?  I have three reasons. 1) I like to stamp my images out on various types of papers, not all images will require coloring. 2)I love to color.   I often spend hours at a time playing with different mediums laying pigment. 3) As I color I have done two things: a) created a colored image fodder- so I can grab and go for any up and coming projects; and I have also managed to at least use my stamp once!  How often do we buy things and not use them? You BETTER USE YOUR STAMPS!! ::chuckles::  Here a few tags I created.

To create today's tags I used the following:

Sin City Stamps-  Madame by Madeline Faiella 

Manilla tags

Tim Holtz's Stencil-  Doily Lace Pattern

Deco Art- Gesso and Modeling Paste

Derwent- Inktense pencils

Caran D'Ache- Neocolors II

Pentel- Waterbrush

Spatula

Helmar- PVA Glue and 450 Quick Dry

cardboard

embellishments

paper

scissors

I began by placing a thin layer of gesso on one of the tags. 

Stenciled some modeling paste on both tags.

Then I added some neocolor II

Moved the color around with my water brush.

After my backgrounds were completed for the tags, I embellished them with my pre-colored stamped images, flowers, faux ribbons and blingy goodness.  Here are few more photos.

It's the holiday weekend and you have an extra day to be with family friends and play!  Check out Sin City Stamps and get ya STAMPY AWESOMENESS on.. ::smiles and waves::  Have a safe and creative holiday weekend!!

For YOU Madame... with Tamiko

I have the most wonderful set of stamps by Madeline Faiella over at Sin City Stamps.  The set is full of very feminine women that wear adorned head pieces full of flowers and blossoms of the sorts.  I was very anxious to play and color them.  Here is what I call a shabby chic card using just one of the many images on this rubber plate.

The list of the supplies I used include but are not limited to:

• Madame Rubber Stamp Plate by Madeline Faiella
• Ranger Archival Ink Pad- Jet Black
• Derwent Inktense Color pencils
• Pentel Water brush
• Water Color Paper 140lbs
• Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Vintage photo
• Tim Holtz Distress Tool
• Water Mister
• Prima Card Stock- Ledger and Fairies
• Helmar Tacky Glue
• Helmar Tape
• Misc flowers, lace trim, flatback pearl trim and embellishments
• Scissors and paper trimmer

Took my chosen image from the plate of stamps and stamped it with archival ink on 140lb water color paper.  I like stamping on water color paper when i know i plan to get my image wet.  This reason also applies to why I use archival ink pads.  Let it dry.

Then I cut my papers and aged the edges with my distress tool and inked them with vintage photo ink pad.  I also misted the papers to move the ink and make the paper appear worn.  Adhered my papers with Helmar snail and Tacky glue.

Added lave trim and stuck it down with Tacky Glue.

I scrub colors on my water color paper and add them to my image with my water color brush.  I do it that way, because I detest seeing pencil lines in my work. I prefer to see light loose colors.  Don't forget to let your image dry.  I also like inktense in this case, because once the color dries.. it's permanent. 

Then I take my Kuretake Wink of Stella Glitter Brush in Clear and go over various parts of my image to give it a little shimmer.

added some embellishments.. they always make everything extra pretty.

Stamped Madame. Voila Shabby Chic Card!

I enjoyed using these images from the Madame Stamp set and you would too!!  Please take a moment to go over to Sin City Stamps and grab them and your other stamping needs!

Thank YOU for stopping by!!