Mixed Media Canvas Journal Cover

Hello, Peggy here to show yow how I used Sin City Stamp to create this canvas journal cover. 

Supplies used today:

• Sin City Stamps
• Art Journaling by Terri Sproul
• Steampunk World Clock
• Key Trio
• Journal/book
• Gesso
• Acrylic paints
• Gelatos
• Canvas
• Stazon ink, black
• Molding paste
• Stencils
• Versa Mark ink
• Embossing powder
• Heat tool

I started with a cheap, not so pretty, dollar store book and painted it with black gesso.

Next I used a left over piece of canvas (approx.4x4) and frayed the edges. Then I took out my Faber Castel gelatos and randomly placed several colors, purple blue, green and yellow down and used my finger to blend and move the colors. I took out some of my favorite stamps and sparingly stamped in black Stazon. I used partial stamping meaning I rolled my unmounted stamps to give me a partial image.

I also used white gesso with my stamps. I used my finger to apply the gesso so I could control how much ended up on the stamp. Too much would result in an unclear image. I immediately placed stamps in water after use to ensure it would not ruin my stamps.

Next I desided to add some texture with molding paste and stencils. Then it was time to add some bright colors. I used red, yellow and teal and placed vertical and horizontal lines and dots of color. I wanted some black to pop as well so I used a cap from a bottle to make circles.

I stamped the word Journal in versa mark ink and I used black embossing powder. I heat to set and cut out my letters.

Finally I layered my canvas with some matching cardstock and adhered all layers including letter placement.

Thank you for joining me and be sure to checkout Sin City Stamps for all your stamps, chipboard, stencils and more...

Sin City Stamps Design Team Blog Going Crazy For Girls Autograph Book

HI All Lisa here

My daughter was going to a large concert in our area called Van's Warp Tour

we were going to getting lots of autographs so I wanted to do something special for her.

Below is the step by step and list of products used.  The new Sin City Stamps Chipboard Pieces the new girl line is so cute…

I put the book together with an old Chipboard Album I had - I don't have any of the details I guess I took it out of the packaging years ago and it was just sitting in a box.  I adhered different scrapbooking paper to the inside pages. I put some printed burlap on the cover and then I ripped up some handmade paper to the front and started to play with my Lindy Stamp Gang sprays…  this is where I was before I really got creative.

While I like the color…. of course it didn't look good - and then my box arrived from Sin City stamps  I pulled out these new Chipboard girls and BOOM… And Idea - Nicole with going for 4 other girls so this cover was perfect.

Here's a peak of the few pages on the inside of the book

So each page we had the bands sign and I had a Instant Photo Camera Fuji I used this to take the photos of the bands signing the book - or of her and them - and on 1 side has the photos and the other would be the autograph.

Pulled out my Stencils from Sin City Stamps (See below for details) - and Light Modeling paste.

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Then while the book was drying I pulled out the Chipboard Girls and my Lindy's Stamp Gang sprays with a paint brush and just started painting the girls.

Once the girls were done and drying - I took to my Lindy's Stamp Gangs and prayed the cover - lots of different color just spray until you get the look you like.

I then took Aleene's Tacky Glue and attached them onto the book.  

I also filled in some spots with Black Paint - as well as around the edges.

Some close up photos

Thank you for checking the blog out 

List of Supplies

Chipboard Album

Lindy Stamp Gang Sprays

Sin City Stamps

Girl #1 Chipboard Pieces

Girl #2 Chipboard Pieces

Girl #3 Chipboard Pieces

Girl #4 Chipboard Pieces

Girl #5 Chipboard Pieces

Clock Stencil

Key Stencil

Entangled Stencil

Here's some fun photos from the concert… I tried to get the book now that it has all the instant photos with autograph but my daughter is too busy at looking that the memories to release it back to me.

WildHeart Art's~ "Create Journal Fun in 5-10"~ Design Team Project for Sin City Stamps

"Create Journal Fun in 5-10"

Many of us struggle to find the extra time to be able to be creative but it is so important with all the craziness in  our daily lives to find the time! What I try and do is when I have a couple of  extra minutes I put color down using Gelatos or Dylusions Ink Sprays to create a colorful wash and then leave it to dry until I come back to it later. This creates one less step next time when I come back to it and more time to just play! 

So I started this project with a pre -color washed 5 x 7 journal page and the rest to complete took less than 10 minutes! And  it is now ready for me to write on the page next time.

~Supplies~

5 x 7 journal page( pre color washed)

Sin City Stamps ( Art Journaling with  Terri Sproul)

Orange Ink Pad

Embossing Pad

Heat gun

Embossing powders

Signo Uniball White Gel Pen

Gelly Roll Pens

  1) Here is the color washed page all dry and ready to go

2) Use your embossing pad to stamp the selected stamps from Art Journaling  with Terri Sproul  stamp set and apply as shown. 

3)Sprinkle the embossing powders over the stamped areas, turning the page to cover all the embossing ink and tipping the rest off and returning back to the container.

 4) Apply a heat gun to the embossed areas and be careful as it heats up fast. You can see here where there is a "sheen" to the embossing powder... that means it has melted and is finished.

 5) I then used a Signo white gel pen and Gelly Roll  gel pens to add some doodles to the page for interest and texture.

 6) To make the page "pop" I outlined the letters and stamped design with the white pen also.

Here you have your finished journal page in less than 10 minutes, all ready for some heart felt words, sayings or just  capturing and writing down..... a day in your "Life's Story".

Have a beautiful creative day and enjoy!

In Love & Faith

Sherri

Alice in Wonderland Scarf

I made a scarf that can also be worn on the Mad Hatter’s Hat!


I used Alice Art Rubber Stamps and Alice 2 Art Rubber Stamps  from Sin City Stamps for the embellishments.   If you are an Alice in Wonderland fan, you will love these new stamps!

Here’s how I made the scarf.

Supplies:
Ink (I used ColorBox Chalk Ink in dark brown.)
Muslin (Mine was prewashed and tea dyed.)
Lace
Trims
Thread

I started by choosing some pretty blue lace wide enough for a scarf and cutting a length that would yield 64” after hemming.  I hemmed the ends.


I stamped the images onto the muslin with the Chalk Ink.  When it dried, I heat set the ink with my iron.  For more information about stamping on fabric, read this post.


I used a rotary cutter to trim around the images.


I chose some trims.  I didn't end up using everything in the picture.


Then I pinned the trim and the image to the scarf, stitched them in place, and trimmed them.



You can wear it as a scarf.  Here it is on a dressform.


Or you can wrap the scarf around your Mad Hatter’s Hat.


I really like it on my Mad Hatter Hat!

Steampunk Style Masculine Card With A Spark

Happy Independence Day!  I hope everyone is enjoying a wonderful holiday with family and friends.     I am so excited to get to play with my new Sin City Stamps collections.  I love making cards, and my father's birthday is coming up.  I thought the Classic Spark stamp plate images would work beautifully for a masculine card, as well as my "go to" Art Journaling with Terri Sproul stamp sets.

Supplies used:



Sin City Stamps:  Classic Spark; Art Journaling with Terri Sproul

Ink Pads:  VersaFine Smokey Grey; StazOn Black; VersaMark; Salty Ocean, Brushed Corduroy Distress

Silver embossing powder

Pan Pastels:  Red Iron Oxide, Bronze

Soft palette brush tips

Dylusions Spray Inks:  Squeezed Orange, Calypso Teal, White Linen

Tim Holtz Courtyard die

Tim Holtz mirror sheet

Sakura 3-D Crystal Lacquer

Charcoal Pencil & Blending Stump



Directions:



Cut newsprint card stock to 6-1/2" x 9", fold in half to make 4-1/2" x 6-1/2" card.

Stamp harlequin background with Slate Grey over pre-printed invoice paper.

Use a Softt sponge to add Pan Pastels to entire stamped sheet.  Interesting how the stamped harlequins picked up the color  of the Pan Pastels to become  a new color.

Heavily distress edges and ink with Brushed Corduroy ink.

Adhere this to center of card front.

Stamp screw along pre-printed tape measure paper with grey ink, heat emboss with silver embossing powder.

Adhere stamped tape measure strip along bottom edge.

Die cut a piece of chipboard with Courtyard die.

Stamp random images from the Art Journaling with Terri Sproul stamp set with black StazOn ink.  Looks like a bit of a mess, but wait.

Add colors to the chipboard using Dylusions Squeezed Orange and Calypso Teal spray inks.  Spray lightly with White Linen, and again with the orange and teal.

Remove die cut from chipboard piece and adhere to card front.  I later added some of the center pieces back into the die cut, as well as some of the center pieces I cut from another piece of the mirror card.

Stamp "A Real Classic" onto a Tim Holtz ticket stub, ink edges with Brushed Corduroy, adhere to card front at an angle. 

Stamp winged spark plug onto a piece of cork paper.  Stamp just the spark plug a second time.  

Color image with Squeezed Orange on a sponge.  Then apply Salty Ocean around the edges of the wings.  Fussy cut around the image and adhere to card front.



Cut out only the spark plug, adhere with pop dots.



Stamp light bulb onto scrap of print paper, cut out and adhere to card front beneath spark plug.  Add glossy dimension with 3D Crystal Lacquer.

Use charcoal pencil and blending stump to give a shadow effect to all of the elements.  See finished card photo above.



I hope you enjoyed my masculine card project today, and will try making one of your own with these techniques.  Oh,  by the way, have you seen all the new stamps and chipboard available at Sin City Stamps. They are awesome.  I even have a new Gothic Shrine chipboard piece that will be super fun to alter and decorate.  Stay tuned for more on that, because I am going to have a giveaway for one.



As always, thanks for stopping by, and be sure to check out the rest of the team's projects this month.



Have a happy and safe holiday.



Barbara