Steampunk Airship with Sin City Stamps

Hello Peggy here to show you my last posting for Sin City Stamps! Its been a great run with some great folks and Awesome product! I present: My Steampunk Nightlight! It can be hung or attached to the wall.. I love it!

Todays supplies: 

Chipboard Airship

Silver Cardstock

Patterned Paper

Sin City Stamps

Stazon Ink Black

Crystal Lacquer

Chains, keys, gears, switches, bolts anything metal

Creativity!

I created a two inch molding out of chipboard around two pieces of a chipboard airship to create a 3d effect. I covered the outside of the ship with silver reflective cardstock. Below shows the stamps and metal pulled out for easy access and to help with the creative flow. 

I stamped my Sin City Stamps with Black Stazon Ink to create a back ground using four stamps. 

Next I placed my metal pieces in the order I wanted them to appear and began to adhere them with Crystal Lacquer.

This is my result below! I added a battery operated light for a glow and whalla! 

The top and bottom were covered with Graphic 45 patterned paper. I added a hook and chain for hanging. I used patterned paper to also create a floor to hold the light on the inside.

Ball chain was added.

That's it! I am very proud to have been on the Sin City Stamps Design Team for two terms and I wish all the best to Donna and her fabulous Sin City Stamps Creations!

Congratulations to the new team I can't wait to see what you come up with!

Warmly, 

Peggy Oliver

Background Fun with Tags

Hello! Peggy Here to show you my tags created with Sin City Stamps background set from Terri Sproul Art Journal 2 set.

Supplies used today are: 

Sin City Stamps Art Journal 2 Set by Terri Sproul

Shipping Tags

White Gesso

Brown Stazon Ink

Black Stazon Ink

Tim Holtz Distress Ink Black Soot

Tim Holtz Distress Ink Walnut Stain

Versa Mark Ink

Clear Embossing Powder

Black Embossing Powder

Tim Holtz Distress Tool

Heat Gun

Seam binding optional

 I started with White Gesso on my tags. I wanted to play with resist so after stamping my background with Stazon Ink, I embossed another background stamp on top using Versa Mark Ink and Clear Embossing Powder. I headed this to set with my heat gun.

I stamped sentiments on my tag from the same set.. it reads.. "Just Love Us + Art". I distressed using Tim Holtz Distress Inks. I tore some edges and also distressed with Tim Holtz Walnut Stain . I used a distressing tool from Tim Holtz along the edges. I had a very sturdy tag so I creased it up a little to look worn. 

Here is another White Gesso Tag with a brick background and sentiment from Terri Sproul's Set Art Journal 2. I added some stitch marks with black Sharpie fine tip. I distressed this tag with Tim Holtz Distress Ink black soot. I used Black Embossing powder on the sentiment.

Here are my final two tags! I added some custom died seam binding to match.

I hope you enjoyed my quick tags and I encourage you to come on over to Sin City Stamps and take a look at their great selection of stamps and stencils.

Fun with Sin City Stamps

Hello Peggy here to show you a quick card using Sin City Stamps. This card utilizes Pam Brays fabulous Collection.

Supplies used today:
Sin City Stamps Pam Bray Collection
Sin Ciy Stamps Terri Sproul Collection
Stazon Ink
Cardstock
Sheet of Vellum
Copic Markers
Designer paper
Embellishments

I started with a blank piece of blue cardstock. I stamped a brick background stamp also from Sin City Stamps Terri Sproul Journal 2 collection, and created this fabulous background. I apparently had black ink still on my stamp and that left random black patches in my design. Love it!

Next I stamped my dragonfly in Stazon ink on one side of vellum paper and turned it over to color with copic markers. I flipped the paper back to reveal a muted colored fly. Next I stamped a flower from the same Pam Bray collection as well as the sentiment.

I cut my papers to fit a designer paper and layered that onto black cardstock.

I added embellishments and I have a finished card.

I hope you enjoyed my tutorial and I encourage you to play with your own Sin City Stamps!

You can find those fabulous stamps and more at Sin City Stamps by clicking here. Thank you for joining us!

Steampunk Tray

Hello! Peggy here to show you how I made my shadow box out of a serving tray. This month we partnered with Walnut Hollow Prooducts to showcase Siin City Stamps.

Products used today are

Sin City Stamps

Walnut Hollow Serving Tray

Acrylic paint brown/black/gold/silver

sandpaper

Metal tape

Chipboard lettering

Chipboard gears

Tim Holtz Chipboard clock

Gold Embossing powder

Cardstock

Patterned paper

Foil embellishments 

chain

Versa Mark ink

heat gun

Distress ink

I started by painting my box brown with a large brush in the same direction of the grain.

Second coat was watered down black acrylic paint appied with a cloth

This is my result. Next distress paints in gold and silver lightly appied to the edges and outside. Now for some sandpaper to further distress the edges.

I hand cut a butterfly by folding a piece of cardstock in half and cutting half of a wing leaving the center in tact. When opened I had a matching wing butterfly.

Next I cut small pieces of metal tape and applied it solely vertically and horizontally. Then I glued chipboard gears and lettering and covered with metal tape. I used the bottom of a paint brush to bernish all indentations. I also ran some black acrylic paint over the lettering and rubbed off creating shadows in the crevasses.

Below I stamped background journaling stamps from the Terri Sproul collection as well as some steampunk images. I also distressed the edges with distress stain.

I found the perfect spot to stamp the thee headed lady by Sin City Stamps. I also needed a steampunk airshiship and balloon which I stamped on black cardstock with Versa Mark ink and gold embossed using my heat gun.

One more stamp embellishment a steampunk pocket watch stamped with stazon ink on metal.

Put it all together with chains hanging from the ballon and on the handles. A few more metal gears on the outside and thats it!

I hope you enjoyed todays tutorial! Please stop by Walnut Hollow and Sin City Stamps for your crafting needs.

Christmas Journaling Fun

Hello! Peggy here to show you a two page journal with a jingle kinda theme...I'm just in that kind of mood lately ya know with the tree an all already up. Haha So, this month we are partnering with Cottonwood Arts. 

B2 Coldpress Notebook (6.75x12)

Sin City Stamps - Terri Sproul Art Journal 2

Molding paste

Stazon blue ink

White gesso

Gelatos 

Water colors

Cardstock

Dictionary paper

Copics

glue or matte medium

The first thing I did was sketch out a santa face so I knew approx. where he would be on both pages. Then I got out my stamps and white gesso. I stamped randomly with my unmounted stamps using gesso as a resist. Next I watercolored a blue background.

I used red gelatos to bring out that resist. More background stamping this time with blue stazon ink.

Time for texture! But before this stage I used dictionary paper for a mustash. Next the molding paste. Like icing a cake! 

 I used copic markers to color his face

 More stamping with white gesso, rolling my stamp over the page with a brick background. And now embellishments with some fussy cutting and glue.

I hope you have enjoyed my goofy side as much as I had fun making it! Thank you to Cottonwoodarts our november sponsor

I hope I have inspired you to create your own goofy side!.

Thank you for joining me! Stamps and Stencils and much more can be found at Sin City Stamps

Terri Sproul,  Peggy Oliver, 

My Favorite Things...

Hello and welcome! Today I made a double page journal using Cottonwood Arts Coldpress Notebook and SinCity Stamps.

Todays supplies include:

Sin City Stamps Terri Sproul Art Journaling 2

Cottonwood Arts Coldpress Notebook 6.75 x 12

Stencils

Dictionary Paper

Molding Paste

Matte Medium 

Watercolor Paints

Lindy's Sprays 

Grey Stazon Ink

Black Stazon Ink

Gesso

Magazine Picture

Cardstock Flower

small lid

This month we are teaming up with a fabulous sponsor Cottonwood Arts. They have produced a line of coldpress journals and notebooks that can handle a large amount of medium for mixed media projects.

Today I am showing a double layout journal page featuring 

Sin City Stamps.

I started  with some ripped dictionary pages.  I placed small pieces horizontally and glued them down with Matt medium.

Next I used stencils with some molding paste. I knew roughly where I was going to place my focal image and worked around it.

With Grey Stazon ink  I started stamping with the background images from the Terri Sproul Art Journaling 2 line.

I also wanted these images in white so I used white gesso with my stamps. Keep in mind Gesso is an Acrylic so cleaning your stamps immediately is a must.  I used my finger to apply the gesso directly to my stamp. I used a small lid with white gesso to create  circles.

Next I started laying down some color with watercolors. I got a really cool resist effect when coloring on top of my stamped images.

I glued my focal image of Marilyn down with matte medium being careful not to get any medium anywhere but under my image as it will resist any colors I place on top. I wanted to tone down my colors so I created a wash with water and gesso and covered both pages. Seeing my focal image is black and white I wanted some darker colors. So I brought out my sprays and went to town with green, gold and browns.

More Stamps! Layers, layers, layers! Brick background stamp in black stazon. Next more stamping with gesso. I stamped the background words, I also stamped "My Favorite Things" beside her coffee cup.

I placed a cardstock rose in her hair and I made some of my texture pop by outlining certain elements with a black fine point pen. 

I hope you have enjoyed todays tutorial. I have to say I added alot of water and medium to this coldpress notebook and there was no piling or warping. Very impressed with this fabulous journal/notebook from Cottonwood Arts.

Check out Sin City Stamps for Journaling and crafting needs! Stamps, stencils and more....

Warmly, Peggy Oliver 

Halloween Treat Box

Hello!

Peggy here to show you how I altered this box. All month we have been patnered up with Pan  Pastels.  Now that it is officially  Fall I can't  get my mind off Halloween! This box could be used for home decor or filled with treats for a special  little ghost.

List of supplies used today :

Sin City Stamps 

Pan Pastels 

Black oven baked clay

Black Gelato

Various metal gears

Homemade Stencil

Black Acrylic paint

Rub and Buff

Fixative spray

Black Cardstock

I began by covering my box with pieces of clay that had been poked to resemble metal. I stamped my red rubber unmounted stamp into the clay and I cut around the balloon image. I baked my pieces in the oven with the given instructions on the package of clay.

I painted the box with black paint. After drying I glued each piece on the box with crystal lacquer.

I colored my pieces with my finger and rub & buff lightly catching the raised areas only. I used pan pastels on the edges of my balloon embellishment.

I created a piece of paper for the inside bottom of my box using a pan pastel blend using my soft tools sponge.  I cut out a homemade stencil and using my black gelatos I randomly  placed some bats, again using my finger for applications. I sprayed my cardstock with a sealer to ensure the pan pastels and gelatos stay in place.

I made some bats cut out of black cardstock, colored with black gelatos and edged with purple pastels.

I used some thread to simulate the bats pulling the balloon through the air.

Finally I added some metal embellishments.

I hope you have enjoyed my tutorial and I encourage you try Pan Pastels and Sin City Stamps!

Warmly,

Peggy