Merry Christmas

Hello everyone,

welcome to my blog and happy Thursday !

Today's post for Vera Lane Studio is a card with the new Mr. & Mrs. Claus, a postcard and an ATC which I already shared on the VLS fb page because it is for this month's swap.

A CaS Xmas card with the newly released Mr. & Mrs. Claus.

You'll find them HERE. 

This lovely girl was coloured by me to send with the ATC below. We swap ATC's every month over at Vera Lane Studio FB page. The theme this month is 'coffee and/or tea'. My make is below. 

This lovely girl bathing in her cocoa is HERE

This is the ATC for this month. I love Calacas. He is an older image but I think he is great. You'll find him HERE. 

Thank you for stopping by today ! 

Sandy toes !

Hello everyone,

and welcome to my weekly post for Vera Lane Studio. I have a postcard to share and also the ATC for the monthly swap which is hosted by Stephanie this time. She chose the theme of 'Christmas in July'.

I used a background from my stash for this card. It was made with the gelli plate and Copic Refills. Will have to make some more soon as my stash is getting very low ! I resized, printed, coloured and cut out the girl, the cloud and the sentiment.. Placed them on the card on top of a torn strip of washi tape and that was that ! I love how it turned out. 

You will find this set HERE

This is my ATC for this month's swap. I used one of the baubles; isn't she cute ! 

You will find this set HERE. 

Thank you so much for stopping by today ! 

Be sparkly

Hello everyone,

and welcome to Vera Lane Sunday ! Every Sunday I post a project for Vera Lane Studio and if you haven't heard from them you should have a little peek... so many great images..

For today I have made a postcard with the 'Sparkles and Sprinkles' set to send with the ATC for the month of August's swap themed ; "Add some sparkle".

Love this set.. the girls are fabulous. I paired her with one of the sentiments that come in the set too. I used another gelli printed background and made sure to add lots of glitter and sparkle ! Shame it doesn't really show in the picture... 

This is the ATC I made for the swap :

The bee also comes in the set and I paired him with some dictionary paper that I die cut in the shape of a heart and another sentiment from the set. 

Thank you so much for stopping by today ! 

ATC swap

Hello everyone,

At the Craftorij there is a monthly ATC swap and for September the theme was 'winged'. I made 4 ATC's, three to swap and one for me. Here they are:

I cut these ATC's out of a gelli print and added some stamping and doodling. I added part of this winged girl and the word angel. I think they came out really pretty ! 

Thank you so much for stopping by today.

Diamonds are a girl's best friend.

Hello everyone,

I regularly take part in swaps. Like this one where the theme was 'Diamonds are forever'.

This is what I made :

Really simple ATC's. Base is a gelli print, stamp by Dina Wakley over top and added some bling and a sentiment. Done ! 

I also made two cards to go with the ATC's. I used the same stamp on a pre-made background (brush, rubbed dry into the paper then stamped with water), this time without bling, added a sentiment & voila! 

Thanks for stopping by today ! 

When the rain begins to fall.

Hello everyone,

For the monthly ATC swap over at the Craftorij,  organised by Wini, I made these ATC's for the theme "rain".

I stamped the zebra on the ATC and on some masking paper. I then cut out the one on the masking paper and stuck it onto the one on the ATC. Next I stamped the drops over the top with Versamark ink and embossed it with white embossing powder. Still leaving the mask in place, I  took a blending tool and some Distress inks in greys and blues and coloured the background.

Next I took off the mask and coloured the zebra lightly with colour pencils. I then stamped the sentiment on a piece of separate card stock. I only used part of it. I cut it apart and coloured rainbow colours on the word 'rainbow', also using colour pencils. 

Lastly I glued the sentiment on the ATC. 

I used stamps from :

Katzelkraft, for the Zebra and the raindrops

Carabelle for the sentiment

Hopefully the recipients will like them. 

Thank you so much for stopping by today ! 

Surprise...

Hello everyone,


I did it ! I didn't think I would manage but I finished my ATC's for the latest Stampotique swap this afternoon. Normally I wouldn't share them before people had received them but we had to put a photo in the album so it is not a secret. And here they are :

The background was brayered with acrylic paint and after drying I stamped them randomly and did a little stencilling with white paint. I stamped the cat and the box on white card stock and coloured both with Copic Markers, I cut them out and adhered them to the ATC's. I stamped the sentiment and doodled a line around the cards. 

That was it ! 

Thank you so much for stopping by today ! 

Atlantis

Hello everyone,

Every month I try to take part in an ATC swap which is organised by Wini over on the Craftorij FB page. The theme in September was buildings and this is what I made :

These ATC were all made by stamping (stamps by De Stempelwinkel, Stampingback and Art Journey) and masking and the colouring was all done with Copic Markers. I hope the recipients liked them ! 

Thank you for stopping by today !