Don't give up

 Hello everyone, 

Happy Thursday! For today's Vera Lane Studio Project I have made a mini journal page. I have used the newly released 'Marathoners' and combined it with one of Janet's stamp sets from AALL & Create. 

I started this postcard with a piece of watercolour paper and stamped one of the houses of stamp set #283 called Homebody repeatedly for the background. I then used a thin wash of watercolour to give them some colour. I added a little shading with pencils. 

I then printed and coloured the girl runner and the finish board with Copic Markers  and cut them out. I adhered them on the card, adding some shading with a black pencil underneath both. A sentiment from the set finished it off. 

Lastly I glued it onto a piece of black card stock to frame it. 

You'll find the Marathoners HERE. 

Thank you for stopping by today ! 

Born to explore

 Hello everyone, 

It is Tuesday so that means another project for AALL & Create. This week I have made a card. I wanted it to look a little vintage so I used muted colours but I don't know whether I succeeded in making it look vintage or if it is just well muted... lol.. 

Here's how I made it:

This stencil was perfect for what I wanted to make. I put it onto a piece of watercolour card using Graphite paste. It dries black with little glittery specs in it. 

After I added colour with watercolours and pigment powders and it had dried I added some stamping with this large background stamp by Abs. 

Next I stamped this girl and watercolored her. 

Here's a close up. 

The sentiment came from this set but I made one out of the two saying: born to explore.

Here it is put all together. 

I have used:

Stencil # 8 by Bipasha Bk

Stamps:

#58 - Scribble It by Autour de Mwa

#653 - Camping by Janet Klein

#654 - Don't feed the bears by Janet Klein

For more information about all the AALL & Create products and a list of stockists worldwide, please visit:

www.aallandcreate.com/stockists 

Thank you for stopping by ! 

Friends..

 Hello everyone, 

and Happy Thursday ! For today's Vera Lane Studio project I have made a tag with the newly released set called 'Ground Music'. 

I used a gelli print from my stash and added white paint & stencilling with the same-ish colours of Distress Oxide ink. I really like this tone on tone effect. I added some stamping and washi tape and printed this lovely girl. I coloured her and cut her out. I then put her onto the tag with a sentiment from the same set. 

You'll find this gorgeous girl HERE.

Thank you for stopping by! 

Sending sunny thoughts..

 Hello everyone, 

For today's AALL & Create project, I have made an artjournal page with all Bipasha products. 

Here's how I made this: 

First of all I stamped the mug and the sunflowers on watercolour paper. 

While my stamping was drying I added texture paste through this stencil onto my background which is Mixed media paper. 

When the texture paste was dry I sprayed the page with a Dylusions Ink spray. I haven't used these for ages and I wanted this colours. It is Calipso Teal. 

After it dried I used a brayer and white paint to tone it all down and grunge it up a little.

Next I watercolored the flowers and the mug and cut them out. 

This is what I had in mind. 

Before I added the stamping I added some Inktense pencil around the texture paste circles. It makes them stand out a little more. I used a bit of green and a bit of blue. I then added stamping with yellow, brown and black ink and went around the edges of the page with the brown ink pad. 

I also splattered onto the page with a white, black and yellow paint pen. I love how grungy it looks now. 

Next I added washi tape and placed the mug with flowers on the top to ground it. I also added some washi tape in the left hand top corner for balance. 

Lastly I added the sentiment. 

I have used the following AALL & Create products (all by Bipasha Bk):

Washi tape #24 - Power Words

Stencil #147 - Coffee Stains

Stamps:

#647 - Basic Tags

#552 - Scripted Cross

#457 - Background Voices

#643 - Hot Drinks

#642 - Caffeinated

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

www.aallandcreate.com/stockists

Thank you for stopping by today ! 

This week at Vera Lane Studio

 Hello everyone, 

Happy Thursday ! For today's Vera Lane Studio post I have made a postcard. I have used the adorable Tweet and BunnyBoy set for this Easter themed card. 

The background was a mop up page from the gelli plate to which I added some stencilling, stamping and a few pieces of washi tape. (All by AALL & Create)

I printed the girl and coloured her with Copic Markers, cut her out and placed her on the washi tape to ground her. 

You'll find this cute little girl and a little boy too HERE. 

Happy Easter everyone ! 

Thank you so much for stopping by today !

Hope this brightens your day

 Hello everyone, 

For today's Guest Design project for AALL & Create I made a journal page. 

Here's how I made this:

On a piece of 6 x 6 Mixed Media paper I heat embossed this fabulous stam and then dunked it into Distress Oxide inks. I used Worn Lipstick and Spiced Marmalade. I then splashed some water on it to create some lighter spots. 

I also stamped the flower I wanted to use as a focal point. 

Next I used this fab stencil by Bipasha to add more interest. 

Next, stamping. I used grey and black ink to add some dark areas. Later I used a brayer and some white paint to tone it down slightly but also to make it look a little more shabby. 

I have actually stamped this stamp whole and keep cutting out the pieces that I want. 

The flower is now coloured. I used Distress Ink in Peeled Paint and Worn Lipstick to colour it. For the middle I just added some yellow dots with a paint pen. 

Here is is all put together. I matted the page on some black card stock and then glued it into my journal. 

I have used :

Stencil : #147 - Coffee Stains by Bipasha Bk

Stamps:

#543 - Reckoner Digits by Tracy Evans

#350 - Splattered Numbers by Tracy Evans

#663 - Garden Mashup by Tracy Evans

#648 - Friendship Florals by Trace Evans

#630 - Basic Sentiments by Bipasha Bk

For more information about all the AALL & Create products and a list of worldwide stockists, please visit:

www.aallandcreate.com/stockists

Thank you so much for stopping by today ! 

This week at Vera Lane Studio

 Hello everyone, 

Happy Thursday ! For today's Vera Lane Studio project I have made a postcard. I used the set "Spring Dress" which was released this week. She is adorable. 

I used a  brayer to add the turquoise acrylic paint to the card and let it dry. I then did the same with the fuchsia colour. When that was still wet I put one of Janet's stencils on it and wiped away the paint in the openings of the stencil with a baby wipe. I then took the stencil off and dried it. 

As always I rolled over some white acrylic paint to tone it down. Next I added the stamping and some washitape.  (All AALL & Create)

Next I resized and printed the little girl, coloured her with Copic Markers and cut her out. I placed her on the washi tape to ground her. I added a sentiment from the same set and that was that ! 

You'll find this new set called "Spring Dress" HERE. 

Thank you for stopping by today ! 

Go fish

 Hello everyone, 

For today's AALL & Create project I have made a triptych with ATC's. I used some older sets because I had an idea for them. I love the look on the boy's face like he is shocked about the idea of going fishing in the fishtanks/television.. 

Here's how:

I started with stamping the elements I needed on watercolour paper. 

I then coloured all the images in with watercolours. I had to change the background for the photos as the colours got really distorted. That happens sometimes when it is a sunny day and when I used yellow/orange and blue tones.. 

After I painted the background too I added some stencilling with Distress Ink and a blending tool.

I then added some stamping, not too much as I liked it as it was. 

I then mounted the cards on brown card stock and then on yellowish designer paper. 

for this project I used the following materials:

Stencil: 

#96 - Dandelion Field by Janet Klein

Stamps:

#476 - Happy Hour by Janet Klein

#315 - Go fish by Janet Klein

#338 - Background Noise by Janet Klein

If you would like to own some AALL & Create products please follow the link where you'll find a list of worldwide stockists:

www.aallandcreate.com/stockists

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Happiest birthday

 Hello everyone, 

I am back with more inspiration for our challenge "Spring" over at Country View Challenges. Remember though, I want to see Spring colours but also other Spring things like Spring flowers or baby animals. 

I have made a birthday card and of course there is a video tutorial too ! 

I really like how this came out ! 

If you'd like to see how I made this card please hop over to my YouTube channel :

VIDEO

Or you can click on the picture below:

Thank you for stopping by today ! 

Hello Spring

 Hello everyone, 

Today is the 1st of April and that means another new challenge over at Country View Challenges. This time I am hosting and the theme is Spring but I would like to see Spring colours AND spring things, like Spring flowers and Baby animals... I have made a postcard and of course there is also a VIDEO. 

If you would like to see how this postcard came together, please visit my YouTube channel:

HERE 

or click on the picture below:

Please play along with us and you might win a £20 gift voucher for the shop ! 

Thank you for stopping by today, I'll be back soon with more inpiration !