Not my Monkeys

Hi! I'm a HUGE fan of the Wizard of Oz, so when I realized I would be able to find many of the original illustration images here at Blank Page Muse, I was ecstatic!

Childhood memories of reading the original books and watching the movie came back to me.

  The Monkeys, as a child, scared me like you wouldn't believe, but these images makes them look so adorable.  I was compelled to make this whimsical card using a saying I tend to fall back on a lot.

Supplies:

Flying Monkey from The Wizard of Oz III Art Rubber Stamp Sheet Set SC66

Black Archival Ink
Watercolor Pens in light browns, beige, light pink, red and yellow
Cardstock White 4 x 5 1/4 (A2 envelope)
Cardstock 8.5 X 11" Purple sheet [Will be cut down into an A2 Card, if you already have a Purple cardstock card already made, use that and a small scrap of matching paper]
Bone folder
Corner Rounder
Distress Oxides: Mermaid Lagoon, Broken China and Blueprint
Blending Brush
Label Printer [If you do not have access to a label maker, printer, stencils, etc. you can always hand write the sentiment]
Post-It Notes with adhesive on the entire back or Masking Paper
Scissors
Adhesive
Double-Stock Foam Tape

Instructions:
1. Grab the stamp and ink it up with the black archival ink, stamping near the center of your white card stock and stamp off on a stack (at least 6 small sheets together) of post-it notes.  In this instance, the post-it notes were then fussy cut out once, layered one on top of the other.  Once done, separate the masks.

2. Wait for the ink to completely dry, using one mask, layer it over the center stamped image to completely cover and protect it.  Stamp another of these images just below the first, allowing the stamp to partially cover over the mask.  Once that ink is dry, place the next mask over that one to protect it.  Continue to stamp, wait for ink to dry, then cover that image, layering the Flying Monkey around the card. Fill the card as much as you can.

3.  Taking the Distress Oxides and a blending brush, begin to color the background.  Leave the masks on as you blend, going lightest hue to darkest.  Once the background is completely blended to your satisfaction, allow the ink to completely dry. Once it is dry, remove the masks.

4. Now it's time to color the Flying Monkeys using your watercolor markers!  Do not worry about shadowing or any fancy coloring techniques.  These stamps have a lot of their own details, lines and shadows, so let the stamp do it's thing!

5. Corner punch the corners. Ink the edges with the black ink pad carefully.

6. Cut a card base -- unless you already have one -- our of the purple cardstock at 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 (for an A2 envelope). Having a bone folder and Score Buddy is handy, but if you have a ruler and some sort of stick (opposite end of a pen, Popsicle stick, etc), you can make the folds as well.

7.  "Not my Circus" and "Not my Monkeys" needs to be printed off.  My old school Dymo Embossing Label Maker is one of my most prized possessions and are still being sold on Amazon (as well as other places) with varying colored tapes.  After printing those off on green tape, a scrap of purple was used to mat them.

8. Center mount the stamped card to the purple card base using adhesive (glue stick, glue dots, whatever you have on hand).  Once glue is dry, cut out several strips of foam tape, layering two on top of each other, then cut and attach to the matted text.  After, arrange "Not My Circus" slightly down from the top and center to the stamped image.  "Not My Monkeys" gets added lower, closer to the bottom of the image, center.

9. Fold over and you're done.

It's ready to be used as a note card and to bring a little attitude to your friends and family.
 No Monkey business here!

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Stamp a colorful embossed art journal page with Blank Page Muse Stamps

Greetings!  Chris here! 

Today I am excited to share with you this colorful Art Journal page I created 

using some of my favorite Blank Page Muse Stamps!  

My goal is to create a book of my art just because! I can't wait to see how the next pages turn out!

Blank Page Muse Supplies :

The Wizard of Oz III Art Rubber Stamp Sheet Set

Sequin Waste Light Art Rubber Stamp by Terri Sproul

Classic Spark Art Rubber Stamp Set

Sunflower Blossom Rubber Stamp by Pam Bray Designs

Fall Rubber Stamp Sheet Set by Pam Bray Designs

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Other Supplies:

7 Gypsies Blank Starter Journal

Distress Inks

Seth Apter Embossing Powders Baked Velvets (or other translucent colors)

Paper Doll

Chipboard Sentiment

Versamark

Paper Doily

Stamp brick road twice onto lower right corner of journal. Note I slightly overlapped the images .

Stamp Dragonfly near center of journal page.  Repeat stamping slightly off page as shown. 

Randomly stamp Sequin waste onto the page.

Stamp the sunflowers over sequin waste. 

Add Distress Inks randomly over journal page as desired.

 Cover entire page with Versamark ink and coat with Seth Apter Embossing Powder, then heat emboss. You can see the before heat embossing and after below.

 Stamp classic spark with Versamark and emboss with translucent embossing powder.

 Using a embossing marker, add embossing ink to butterflies and emboss with Seth Apter embossing powder.

 Add Versamark to paper doll and chipboard sentiment and emboss with embossing powders.

 Attach paper doll and chipboard over folded paper doily to finish!

 I hope this project inspired your inner muse!

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ATC fun with the Wizard!

Hello All Lanette Here!


Today I'm going to share a few Wizard of Oz ATC Cards created using the fun Wizard and Dorothy art rubber stamps set.

First lets take a look at my finished ATC's ,then we can take a look at how I made one of them :)

Sin City Supplies Used: Wizard and Dorothy art rubber Stamps et & Art Journal 3 Stamp Set

Other Supplies Used: Stazon Ink, Faber Castell Markers, Faber Castell Gelatos, Art Anthology Sorbet, Art Anthology Colorations Spray, Misc Stencil, Kaisercraft Rhinestones, Distress Markers, Glossy Accents & Foam dots.


Now lets look at my process......

First I stared by building my blue background. I used a bit of Gelato and a touch of gesso to make the sky. To add a bit of movement I stamped a few of the swirls from the Art Journal 3 Stamp Set using gelatos ad ink.

Next I stamped my image a few times using waterproof ink of coarse. I stamped my ATC, and another watercolor tag for all the extras I needed to cut out. I used Dorthy standing in Sunflowers from the Wizard and Dorothy art rubber stamp set.

Then I moved on to coloring, I used a bit of Distress Markers for this :)

Now it was time to add the grass. To create the crass I used a thin brush and more Gelato. 

 Next it was time to cut all my bits and pieces out.
(I cut Dorthy out and two additional sunflowers.)

After cutting all my bits I placed them on my ATC, I even gave my Sunflowers a little pop with a couple foam dots. To finish the ATC off I edged it with my Black PITT Marker.

 And there you have it a quick ATC to trade with your artsy pals!! Before you go lets take another look at all four tags....

Thank you so much for stopping by today!

I hope that I have inspired you to have some inky fun of your own!

After all time flies! You gotta get inky when you can!

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Presenting The Wizard of Oz and New Stamp Sets

Hello everyone.  Barbara here with my first post for June.  Today, I want to show you one of the new chipboard book products and matching stencils and die cuts from Sin City Stamps.  This is the Tin Man Chipboard Book, and I knew I had to have it as soon as I saw it.  I've had this Graphic 45 paper collection sitting around waiting for the perfect moment to use it, and here it is.  Sin City Stamps is releasing 18 new stamp plates, and three of them are from The Wizard of Oz, and all of them will be available to purchase next week, beginning 9 June.  So, I decided to get my book ready so that when I get the stamps, I can "go to town" working in my book.  I have posted pictures of the new stamps at the end of my post, but first, lets look at the book.

Supplies used:



Sin City Stamps Tin Man Chipboard Book; Lion Die Cut; Lion Stencil; Scarecrow Stencil;  Scarecrow die cut TIn Man Stencil; Tin Man die cut Girl Stencil; Girl with Dog die cut

Graphic 45 8"x8" Magic of OZ paper collection

Core-dinations card stock

IMAGINE Crafts/Tsukineko IrResistible Bronze Texture Spray; Memento Luxe Peanut Brittle;

Derwent Inktense Blocks

Black gesso

Ruby Slippers and Tiara glitter glue

Metallic rub-ons Kit #1

Rays embossing folder



Directions:



In order to determine how I want to color my chipboard cover, I first needed to decide what paper I wanted to show through the cut out portion.  So, I chose Poppy Fields as my background.  In this picture, you can see all the chipboard pieces you get with your book.  Don't you just love them?

Next, I used black gesso to paint the front cover and only around the edges on the back cover.

Spray front and back of cover with Bronze Texture Spray, allowing sprayed side to dry before turning over to spray the opposite side.



Apply metallic rub-ons in various metal colors over the entire book cover, front and back.  It may not be obvious in the photos, but I used a copper color on the scarecrow, silver on the tin man, red on Dorothy, and gold on the lion.  A mix of copper, gold, and silver were applied all over the remaining areas.  It looks fabulous in person and really brings out the texture from the Goosebumps spray.

Here is a closeup of the texture achieved with the Goosebump, and how awesome it looks on this high quality chipboard.

Cover inside back cover with 5-5/8" square of Yellow Brick Road paper, edged with Peanut Brittle ink.  Punch binding holes before moving on.

Cover outside back cover with 5-5/8" square of Emerald City paper, edged with Pistachio ink.  Punch binding holes.

Now that I have my book covers prepared, I then trimmed various papers and card stock to 5-⅝" square, punched holes in each, and set my prepared book and pages aside. 

Here is what you get when you order the stencils and die cuts. This one is the Girl Stencil and matching die cuts. The die cuts come solid and in outline form. Can you see the possibilities with these?  Let me show you a few ideas I have come up with.

Remove cut out bits from one of the die cuts and set aside.  Paint a second, complete die cut with white gesso and let dry.

I first applied color using Inktense Block colors and a water brush.  I allowed it to dry, then came back and applied Neon ink pad colors in Electric Blue and Electric Green (dress), Memento Luxe Peanut Brittle (hair, basket), and StazOn Jet Black to the dog.  I did not worry about going over the lines at this time.

Another option is to use a paper piecing technique. Here, I show where I have used print paper for her dress and shoes.  I also removed her face from the outline image, as it will be adhered over the painted image. You could do this entirely, or add it to your painted piece, as I have decided to do.

Emboss Rays onto tan card stock with embossing folder, sand high spots and add Rusty Hinge ink.

Adhere Dorothy to page, as shown.

Here, I just wanted to show you how the stencil matches the die cuts exactly.  What does that mean to you?  Well, for one thing, you could apply color directly through the stencil onto your page, or apply it to your die cut, coloring each section individually, if you prefer.  The possibilities are endless with these products.

Now, how about those chipboard die cuts that came with the book?  Well, as I said before, this is high quality chipboard, and it stood up to my abuse using lots of water with my Inktense blocks and other wet media, such as the glitter glue I also added to it.

And here's a look at the entire page.  Isn't is just fabulous with those die cuts and chipboard accents?  I am so loving these products.

And here is a closeup of Dorothy, where I gave her basket a bit of a "weave".   You see, you can have so much fun decorating these.  I even gave a "spark of life" to little Toto by giving him that ever so necessary white dot to his eye.  

Well, this is very much a work in progress.  I had hoped to have a few more pages done, but my allergies got the better of me and I was, as they say, a bit under the weather.  However, my book is ready to accept all of those new stamps that Sin City has coming out.  And without further adieu, here they are!!

 Well, are these stamps just awesome?  I want them all.  If you are still here with me after all this, then thanks for sticking with me.  I had a lot of news to share, and I hope you enjoyed my WIP today.  Please stop back next week to see what I have added to my book, and any other creative activities I can come up with.



Thanks for stopping by, and be sure to visit the Sin City Stamps online store for all of your art stamping needs.



Have a wonderful, creative weekend!!!



Barbara