~IndigoEarth and WildHeart Art Studios~: WildHeart Art "Under Water Fantasy" Sin City Stamps Design Team Submission

~Under Water Fantasy~

Design Team Submission for Sin City Stamps

One of my favorite mixed media tools are rubber stamps! They are so fun and versatile and can add a uniqueness to any art project . Sin City Stamps has a wonderful selection of unique rubber stamps and my idea for this project was to use their flower stamp on the journal page. I then created detail with pens,markers and glitter glue. The background was so fun, just doing random sprits with Dylusions Ink sprays and whatever random shapes appeared when sprayed, was what I went with ( live on the edge I say:). As you can see, the shapes that I saw in the ink sprays were that of mermaids. The main shapes as you see here where then outlined and then embellished.

Supplies

Journal Page 8 1/2 X 11

Sin City Stamps-"Natural Beauty" ( Plate of Rubber) Flower stamp

Archival Stamp Pad in Black

Sketch Pencil

Dylusions Ink Sprays ( in shades of orange,yellow,pink and turquoise)

Sakura Gel Pens-(Gelly Rolls in asst colors)

Gold Marker

Micron black pens in 03 and 05

Tim Holtz Stickles ( in assorted colors) Glitter Glue

Work Fixative Spray to seal journal page

1) Randomly spray a journal page with the ink sprays ( no gesso prep is necessary) and move the page around so that the ink runs and creates some interesting shapes to work with. Let dry fully when you are happy with the background.

2) Get an idea from the shapes that you have created with the ink spray what direction you would like to go in and an idea of where you would like to place the stamps on the paper.

3) Ink up your stamp and place on the paper.

4) Sketch out your design around the stamped areas, following the ink designs .. create something magical!

5) Once you have the details down go back over the lines with a micron pen.

6) Now for the fun part.. Creating all the wonderful details! I used the Gelly Roll Pens to add sparkle and shine, a gold marker for the flowing hair on the mermaids and added the Stickles here and there for some added pop!