This week at Vera Lane studio

 Hello everyone, 

and Happy Thursday ! Today's Vera Lane Studio projects are two postcards. I love making postcards because they are small and yet big enough to get enough in. 

I love this monkey; he is from the "Monkey Shines" set and I printed, coloured and cut him out. I made the background with Distress Oxide ink by smooshing it onto my craft sheet and dunking the card into it. I put some washi tape down to stand him on and used a snarky sticker as a sentiment. 

You find this cheeky monkey and his friends HERE. 

This cutie is from an older set called 'Cosmos' and I think she looks adorable in blues and browns. I had this background lying around. It was made with a stencil that I used to print with Distress Oxide Inks. I added washi tape (AALL & Create) and a piece of book paper, some stamping with Janet's 'Background Noise' stamp set for AALL & Create and some black paint along some of the edges. The sentiment is from the same set. 

You'll find Cosmos HERE.  

Thank you so much for stopping by today !

Halloween

  Hello everyone, 

For today's VivaLasVegaStamps!  post I have made a Halloween themed journal page:

Here's how I made it:

I stamped the moon with the bats first on the page to determine where I wanted it. I also stamped it on a piece of paper that was coloured with Distress Oxide Inks and shaving foam. I am going to cut that one out and adhere it onto my page where the other one is. 

Next I used Distress Oxide Inks in Weathered Wood and Black Soot to colour the background. I used the smoosh and dip method, drying in between layers. 

I added some background stamping and cut out the yellow moon. 

When the moon was put in place I added some stencilling with a Tim Holtz stencil and Distress Oxide inks, again Weathered Wood and Black soot. 

Next I stamped my images...

Coloured them with my Copic Markers..

And adhered them onto my page. I put down some washi tape first to sit them on. 

I decided not to use the words Trick or Treat that come with this cat stamp because they were to big in relation to the rest of the page. But I found another stamp which had the word Halloween in it which I thought would be perfect. I did add some black pen around the word and dragged my black ink pad along the edges. 

And there you have it ! 

I have used the following stamps:

8586 - Bast Witches

20267 - Beware of

20272 - Jack O' Lantern

20271 - Bats over moon

20278 - Glycerine

20277 - Ext. Witch Hazel 

20554 - Trick or treat dancing cat

Other materials:

Mixed Media paper

Distress Oxide Inks:

Black Soot

Weathered Wood

Versafine Clair:

Nocturne

Morning Mist

Copic Markers

TIm Holtz stencil TH147

Tim Holtz Halloween washi tape

Thank you so much for stopping by today ! 

 

A postcard inspired by Abs..

Hi everyone, 

On Saturday 17th of October I was watching the Rewind of the Hochanda shows for AALL & Create's 4th birthday and I got inspired by Abs's demos. So I created this postcard with one of Bipasha's new stamps.

Here's how:

I started off by printing this stencil on a piece of Mixed Media paper. I used Distress Oxide Inks in Mustard Seed and Cracked Pistachio.

 Next I took this fish from Bipasha's new Ocean Wonder stamp set and stamped it onto my card. I used Versafine Clair. 

Next I used Distress Inks and Distress Oxide inks and a water brush to add colour to the fish and the flowers. I used the same-ish colours as are in the background. 

Next I added stamping with this 'Numerator' set by Tracy. I used Distress Oxides in the same colours as the background but also my black Versafine Clair ink. 

Lastly I added some doodle lines. 

I have used the following materials:

Stencil #105 - Lotza Trianglz by Autour de Mwa

Stamp set : #386 - Ocean Wonders by Bipasha Bk

Stamp set #400 - Numerator by Tracy Evans

For more information about all the fabulous AALL & Create products, please visit:

www.aallandcreate.com/boutique 

Thank you for stopping by today ! 

AJ made on a dreary. rainy afternoon.

 Hi everyone, 

I have an artjournal spread to share with a video. I made this on a rainy Sunday afternoon with different materials. 

I have used AALL & Create, PaperArtsy and Ranger/Tim Holtz materials. 

You'll find the video HERE. Or you can click on the link below. 

I hope you enjoy the video ! 

Thank you for stopping by ! 

This week at Vera Lane Studio

 Hello everyone, 

For this weeks DT post for Vera Lane Studio I have made a Christmas card and a postcard. 

This cutie is Cindy Lou Who and she and her tree were printed, coloured and cut out. I kept it simple with some Christmas background paper on which I put some white paint with a brayer to make the images stand out better. 

You'll find Cindy HERE. 

So this postcard was made on a piece of patterned paper. I just added a little bit of paint with a brayer, some stamping with Janet's 'Background Noise' stamp set for AALL & Create and a doodle border. I also added some AALL & Create washitape and then added my images from the set ' The Grinch' that I printed, coloured and cut out. The sentiment is from the set 'Cindy Lou Who' that came out a little while ago. 

You'll find the Grinch. HERE

Thank you so much for stopping by today ! 

A hug in a cup - a mini canvas for AALL & Create

 Hello everyone, 

welcome to my blog where today I am sharing a mini canvas made with some of the new release stamps from AALL & Create. They are fabulous ! 

.. and here is how:

I started with a mini canvas (10 x 10 cm - 4" x 4") and applied texture paste through this stencil. When this was dry I added a layer of clear gesso because I was going to use pigment powders and that way the surface is all the same. In the end I used acrylic paints so the gesso was really not needed. 

I added some washi tape just for some more texture and interest. 

I painted the canvas with PaperArtsy Fresco paints in two shades of blue and cream in the middle. You can see the washi tape still in the top left corner. I also added some stamping with this set and some inking along the edges. 

Next I stamped out this fab little girl by Janet Klein for AALL & Create. 

I coloured her with my Copic Markers... and cut her out. 

and here it is all put together. 

I have used the following AALL & Create products:

Stencil #97 - Starry night by Janet Klein

Stamp set #418 - Tea Time

Stamp set #338 - Background Noise by Janet Klein

Thank you for stopping by ! 

What time? AJ pages just for fun

 Hi everyone, 

Just a quick note to go with my AJ pages that I did today, just for fun. I recorded the process too ! I used all AALL & Create products, mostly new release. I hope you enjoy watching the video, link below..

You'll find the video HERE

Or you can go via the pic below, just click on the word 'YouTube' at the bottom on the right. 

Thank you for stopping by today ! 

This week at Vera Lane Studio

 Hello everyone, 

and happy Thursday ! For today's DT post I have made two postcards. 

This postcard was made with a background that I had lying around for ages. It just never seemed to work with anything I did. So today I decided I would make it work. I printed and coloured the little girl from the 'Hello Pumpkin' set and cut her out. I added some washi tape (AALL & Create) and some stamping (AALL & Create, set Background Noise by Janet) and placed her on the card. I added the sentiment and some doodling and that was that. 

You'll find this cute 'batgirl' HERE.

This postcard was made with a background that I made a while ago with Distress Oxide inks and a stencil. I printed and coloured this delightful little girl called "Just add water" and cut her out. I put some washi tape (AALL & Create) down and also added some stamping with Janet's set "Background Noise" for AALL & Create. The sentiment is a snarky sticker by Tim Holtz which I thought suited her perfectly because she looks really fed up ! lol 

You'll find her HERE. 

Thank you for stopping by today.. 

Creatures of the night

  Hello everyone, 

For today's VivaLasVegaStamps! post I have made a postcard. I have used a mix of new and older stamps for this. 

I have made the background with Distress Oxide Inks. I used the smoosh the inked and dunk method, drying between layers. The images were coloured with coloured pencils. 

Stamps used: 

20571 - Plussign background

20270 - Spiderweb in tree branches

20566 - Priest in robes

20552 - RIP

20564 - Cross grave stone

20556 No tears for the creatures of the night

Other materials:

Distress Oxides : Peeled paint, Ground Espresso and Carved Pumpkin. 

White pen for splattering

Coloured pencils

Versafine ink 'Nocturne'

Thank you for stopping by today ! 

It is always possible... a journal page for AALL & Create

 Hello everyone, 

welcome to my blog where today I am sharing an art journal page made for AALL & Create. I used some of Bipasha's stamps for this and I can't wait to start working with the new ones that come out on Wednesday ! 

and here's how:

First I cut a piece of paper to 6x6 and printed this stencil on it. I rubbed it with Distress Oxide ink in Vintage photo and Speckled egg. 

After I used a brayer and some white paint along the edges I used this stamp again with Distress Oxide ink ( Antique Linen) to add some more interest. 

Next I stamped some flowers partly along the edges and added some black paint to accentuate the black ink. 

 Next, I stamped the typewriter stamp on my project, first I used Speckled egg, then a grey VersaFine and lastly a black Versafine, starting on the top and bottom, working my way to the middle. I also stamped just the typewriter on some separate paper and cut it out. I will glue this over the top. 

And here you see how that looks. I also used part of the sentiment that is above the typewriter and stamped it on a piece of paper to cut into strips and adhere. 

I think it came out quite neat ! Oh, I forgot, I also added a tiny piece of the fabulous washi tape on the right hand bottom, just because I could ! lol 

I have used the following AALL & Create materials:

Stencil #109 - Superbly square by Autour de Mwa

Stamp set #324 - Blooming Beauty by Bipasha BK

Stamp set #325 - Time Up by Bipasha BK

Stamp set #385 - Scripted Squares by Bipasha BK 

Washi tape #4 - Encrypt by Autour de Mwa

For more information about all the AALL & Create products please visit:

www.aallandcreate.com/boutique 

Thank you for stopping by today !