Beauty abounds

 Hello everyone, 

For today's AALL & Create project I have made a journal page. This week I have used mainly products by Bipasha Bk. Her flower and bird drawings are superb! 

Here's how I made this page:

First I made a 'mop up' page with the gelli plate. I just put on different colours of acrylic paint, usually light colours, making sure I keep complementary colours separate so I don't make mud. 

Next I added a stencil print with Distress Oxide ink.

Next I stamped part of the top left flower on my page in three places and heat embossed them with white powder. I know you can't see them yet but you will....

I then used watercolour markers to cooler them. I used the paint pen for the hearts of the flowers adding little dots. 

Next I stamped randomly with Versafine Clair. I usually use a light colour for the bigger stamps and grey and black for the smaller ones. 

This is the bird I was going to use. I coloured him in pink and didn't like it so stamped him again and coloured him blue the second time. Much better ! 

How lovely is he?

Then I got carried away and forgot to take more pictures. I only added a piece of washi tape and glued the bird down. The sentiment is a piece of washi tape that I mounted on a piece of paper. I also added white splatters using a paint pen. 

I used the following products:

Washi tape:

#31 - Take Risks by Autour de Mwa

#24 - Power Words by Bipasha Bk

Stencil:

#127 - Bloomed Roses by Bipasha Bk

Stamps:

#443 - Scripted Circles by Bipasha Bk

#568 - ABC's by Bipasha Bk

#710 - Perched Among Petals by Bipasha Bk

#745 - Visiting The Flowers by Bipasha Bk

#748 - Add A Motto by Bipasha Bk

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

www.aallandcreate.com/stockists

Thank you so much for stopping by today ! 

This week at Vera Lane Studio

 Hello everyone, 

For this weeks Vera Lane Studio project I have made an ATC with the set 'Bookshelf' which was released this week. 

I printed and coloured her, then cut her out together with one of the sentiments of the set. 

The background is from my stash and all I added was white paint with a brayer and a few pieces of washi tape. I also doodled around the cared and underneath the words. 

You'll find 'Bookshelf' HERE.

Thank you for stopping by today.

Gym and tonic

 Hi everyone, 

Welcome to my blog where today I am sharing a card I made for AALL & Create. I used another one of the Miss Dees. I think she is hilarious. I did change the sentiment a little to make it fit my feelings towards exercise. Lol

Here's how:

First, I made a gelli print with this stencil and acrylic paint. 

Next I added stamping, I used Versafine Clair Inks. 

I then used white paint to tone it down, added white splatters with a paint pen and went around the edges with a pallet knife and black acrylic paint. 

Next I stamped the Dee I wanted to use and some sentiments which I will use to make a new sentiment. 

I added washi tape on the card for Dee to stand on and coloured her with Copic Markers. Initially I coloured her pants and scrunchy blue but then decided green would be better so I just went over with a green marker. I then cut her out and assembled the sentiment.

The finished card. Lastly I glued the panel onto a white card and added turquoise pencil under the words. 

I have used the following materials:

Stencil #136 - Bug Hotel by Autour de Mwa

Washi tape #20 - Verde Que Te Quiero Verde by Janet Klein

Stamps:

#339 - Colour Theory

#692 - Africal Voices

#758 - Hidden Words

#789 - Workout Dee

#786 - Travel Dee

#785 - Therapist Dee

All by Janet Klein

For more information and a list of worldwide stockists, please visit:

www.aallandcreate.com/stockists

Thank you for stopping by ! 

This week at Vera Lane Studio

 Hello everyone, 

Happy Thursday! 

For today's Vera Lane Studio Project I have made a tag.

This cutie is from the set 'Sweet life'.  I printed and coloured her and cut out. The background is a mop up page from the gelli plate to which I added a little stamping. I added some of Janet's washi tape and placed her on top. I coloured some of Tim Holtz' crinckle ribbon and I added the sentiment and some doodling and that was that! 

You'll find here HERE.

Thank you for stopping by today ! 

Anything is possible

 Hello everyone, 

Welcome to another project for AALL & Create. This week I have used Tracy's stamps, stencils by Abs and washi tape by Bipasha for an artjournal page. 

Here's how:

I had this piece of typing paper in my stash. It was used to mop up the last bits of paint from my gelli plate after a printing session. Sometimes the mop ups are nicer than the actual prints I think. So, I added stencilling using the same ish colours ink. I used Distress Oxide inks in Salvaged Patina and Rusty Hinge.

After the stencilling I used a brayer and some off white paint to tone it down a little. I then added stamping in the same colours as I used for the stencilling. 

Next, more stamping, this time with grey and black Versafine Clair inks. 

Added some washi tape. I chose this one because it had some of the same colours as my background. I just cut out the different 'passport stamps'. 

Using a black marker went around the edges of the paper and I also added black splatters with a paint pen. 

Next I stamped the butterfly that I wanted to use for my focal point. I stamped it on a piece of card that I dunked into the same Distress Oxide inks again. I also toned that down with the same off white paint. 

I then added some colour with watercolour markers and white splatters and doodles for which I used a white paint pen.

Stamping the sentiment. 

And here it is all put together. 

Because it was typing paper I put the whole page on a sheet of 'stick it'. I basically made it into a huge sticker and then put it in my art journal. It is nice and flat now. 

I have used the following AALL & Create materials:

Stencils:

#39 - Lotza Dotz by Autour de Mwa

#105 - Lotza Trianglz by Autour de Mwa

Washi tape:

#14 - Passport Stamps by Bipasha Bk

Stamps:

#757 - Tickets by Tracy Evans

#304 - Heartfelt by Tracy Evans

#755 - Round Digits by Tracy Evans

#730 - Geometric Butterflies by Tracy Evans

#533 - Bring On The Sentiments by Tracy Evans

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

www.aallandcreate.com/stockists

Thank you for stopping by ! 

 

 

This week at Vera Lane Studio

 Hello everyone, 

Happy Thursday ! 

For today's Vera Lane Studio post I have made a postcard with an older set called 'French Holiday'. 

The girl and the dog were printed and coloured, then cut out. I made the background with a stencil print. I rubbed Distress Oxide ink over a stencil, spritzed with water and printed it on the paper. I added white paint to tone it down, some stamping and a strip of washi tape to put the image on. I added a sentiment from the same set and that was that ! 

You'll find this adorable set HERE. 

Thank you for stopping by today !

Annoying you...

 Hello everyone, 

Welcome to my blog where today I am sharing a postcard that I made for AALL & Create. 

Here's how:

I made a background on watercolour paper with Distress Oxide inks. I used Tumbled Glass and Broken China. I also used a brayer to add some white paint over top.

Using this cat with the fishbowl as a focal point. I was going to use part of the bad cats sentiment but decided against it later. 

Bit of stamping here and there. The circles were embossed with white powder. I also stamped the cat on the card so I got all the little marks around it. I can't cut those out.. 

Added some orange and white splatters and some washi tape. The cat was cut out together with the little fish on the side. I coloured them with watercolour markers. 

In the end I decided on this sentiment, but only because I actually do not really like cats....lol I am a dog person.  

And here it is all together. I added some orange with a watercolour marker on the bottom of the words. 

I have used :

Stencil #136 - Bug Hotel by Autour de Mwa

Washi tape #19 - Wishy Washi

Stamps:

#787 - Valentine Dee by Janet Klein

#457 - Background Voices by Bipasha Bk

#625 - Vine by Tracy Evans

#366 - Roundly by Autour de Mwa

#793 - Bad Cats Club by Dominic Phillips

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

www.aallandcreate.com/stockists

Thank you for stopping by ! 

Happy Birthday

 Hello everyone, 

I am back with the second project for the first Challenge over at Country View Challenges for this year. The theme is Time/clocks and was set by Evelyn.

Here's how:

Started with stamping this stamp by Tracy Evans for AALL & Create. (#733 - Temporal)  I stamped the butterfly another time to layer of the top. 

Coloured the butterfly with Distress Ink re inkers and a brush. I then cut it out. 

The background was watercoloured with a mixture of Distress Inks and watercolours. I kept adding layers until I was happy.

I layered the butterfly on top and added shading around it so it looks to stand out. 

I added a sentiment, another set by AALL & Create , this time by Janet Klein. (#666 Every Day Sentiments) 

I matted the panel on some grey card stock and then adhered it to the card. 

We would like it if you played along with us! You could win a £20 voucher for the shop. Just remember to read the RULES before you enter ! 

Thanks for stopping by today !