This week at Vera Lane Studio

Hello everyone,

and happy Thursday ! For today's DT post I have made a card with the newly released 'It's a Party' collage sheet and have done a page in my art journal with one of the 'Mermen'.

This card was made with a mop up page from the gelli plate. I just added some random stamping and some pinkish ink around some of the edges to match her eye and the polkadots on her hat. 

I printed her and the hat and sentiment and adhered them to my gel printed paper. 

You will find this fab collage set HERE. 

This page was made with the gelli plate, I added some crayon on some of the circles (Stencil AALL & Create) and some stamping too. I used Janet's stamp set 'Background noise' by AALL & Create. 

I printed the merman and the fish and coloured them with Copic Markers. I spend ages finding a sentiment and almost gave up when I saw these pieces of text in one of my 'tear up' books. 

You will find this Mermen set HERE. 

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 2 postcards.

The first is this lovable Ragdoll from this week's release. I resized and printed him, coloured him with Copic and coloured pencils and cut him out. I put him on this piece of gelli printed paper from my stash. You'll find the "Ragdolls" HERE.

This postcard was made with "Dream Fairy"; this is an older set but still available HERE. 

I made a background with a Tim Holtz die and Neocolors II. I printed the fairy, coloured her with my Copics and placed her on some tissue paper and glued her to the card. I then added the sentiment which is from the same set. 

Thank you so much for stopping by today ! 

Some days..

Hello everyone,

For today's post for Katzelkraft I have made a tag.

I used my long ignored Neocolor II Crayons for the background and stamped over the top with Distress Oxide Inks in similar colours. 

I stamped the cup and the meerkat, coloured them and cut them out. I then cut a slit in the coffee in the cup and slid the meerkat in so it looks like he is standing in the coffee.  I placed the cup on a piece a washi tape to ground it and added a Snarky Sticker from Tim Holtz. 

I have used the following stamps:

KTZ130 - Mini Background

KTZ199 - Five O Clock 

KTZ216 - Les Suricates 

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Is it wine o'clock yet?

Hello everyone,

and welcome to my blogpost for VivaLasVegaStamps! I have made a tag and it wasn't without problems... lol. Sometimes you have something in your head and it just doesn't work out that way so this tag is actually my second attempt !

and.. in the end I still added the washitape and the ribbon. I didn't film this as I thought it was finished but I kept looking at it and thought it needed something else. 

Here's the video:

I have used the following stamps: 

20170 - Rows of numbers

20165 - Crossmark background

10599 - Spiral

19487 - Banksy sweeping under lady

18567 - Is it wine o'clock yet

Thank you so much for stopping by today ! 

Dare !

Hello everyone,

and welcome to another post for Visible Image featuring the samples I made for the Create & Craft TV show from the 16th of April.

This first project was made with one of the awesome MDF Monoliths. I gessoed it and then put some white crackle paint on it. I love watching the crackles appear. Next I coloured it with Lindy's Stampgang Sprays. I sprayed some acrylic varnish over the top as Lindy's sprays are water soluble. 

Next I added more colours with Faber Castell Big Brush Markers as I thought it was to pale. These are permanent after drying. I then used my trusty credit card again and made some lines with black paint. I also used a background stamp from another set. 

A used a bottle cap and some more paint to add the circles on the right. 

The lips were stamped on tissue paper and then adhered to the Monolith. 

I did stamp the sentiment straight on but had to do some 'restoration' work with a black marker because the surface is oneven so I didn't get a good impression. 

The back was done much the same; I just added the circles with a stencil and heat embossed them with a dark pink embossing powder by Lindy's Stampgang. 

Here you can see that they are easy to mail too as you can take them apart. Of course when they have reached their destination they can be glued together. 

This card was really simple. I just cut four pieces of pattern paper and stamped the lips on each. I adhered the pieces to a card panel and matted it on black card stock. The whole thing was then added to a white card. The sentiment was made with sticky letters. 

This last card was made by glueing a piece of music paper that was torn not cut onto a card panel. I coloured the panel with water-soluble crayons and used the credit card yet again to create some lines with black paint. I also splattered some white an black paint drops on it. I stamped the lips on the card directly but that failed miserably so I had to do it again. As I didn't want to start again I stamped it on a piece of pattern paper with text on it, tore it out and adhered it. I liked it ! The sentiment was stamped directly onto the panel and doodled around with a white gel pen. 

I used the following stamps:

Sing

Dare to be different

and of course a

Monolith

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A horsey postcard

Hello everyone,

It is the 1st of November today, can you believe it ??? Time flies.. But it is also my turn to show a little project for Roc's DT. I made a postcard !

I gessoed a postcard and dried it with my heat tool. I then used my Caran d'Ache water soluble crayons to get some colour on, blending the colours with my fingers. I then used a stencil and a VersaMark ink pad en heat embossed the leaves. I used a copper and an ochre embossing powder both by WOW. I doodled around and on the leaves. I stamped the background lightly too. Next I die cut the little fence form wood grained paper and stamped the horse. I used my Copic Markers to colour the horse and also the fence. I then glued everything together. Lastly I used my Glossy Accents to accentuate the eyes and the hearts. 

I used the following stamps:

Heart Vine

Horse 

You can find all Roc's Stamps HERE and her lovely blog HERE. 

Thank you so much for stopping by ! 

Union Jack with bulldog ..

Hello everyone,

This is my second post for today and this challenge is the one from Crafty Individuals.
The theme for September is 'Anything goes', so I made this card:

I started with a piece of white card stock, slightly smaller than my card front. I coloured this piece of card stock with Neocolors. These are water-soluble crayons and I love them. I created the Union Jack flag using different shades of yellows and oranges and a touch of red. I just scribble them on and blend them with my fingers. I outlined the lines with a black crayon. 

Next I randomly stamped the background and went around the outside of the card with the same black crayon; later on I decided it was not black enough and I went around again with a black ink pad. The bulldog was stamped with Memento black ink and coloured with Copic Markers. I then cut him out and adhered them to the card on top of some washi tape to ground him. Lastly I stamped the sentiment, cut it apart, glued it on to the card and went around it with a black pencil. The panel was then adhered onto a blank card. 

Thank you so much for stopping by today ! 

Wilbur is home.... and the result of the giveaway !

Hello everyone,

Wilbur is very pleased to be home. His holiday was good but also a little cold and wet.
He did have lots of nice food and wine and did enjoy it. Here he is:

The winner of the give away will get this postcard along with these goodies :

So, I wrote down all the names of everybody who left a comment on Facebook or on my blog and that looked like this :

With my eyes closed I pulled out a name :

Congratulations Tracy !! Please PM me your address and these goodies will come to you ! 

I hope you all enjoyed Wilbur's adventures ! 

Thanks for stopping by today ! 

Craftorij Zomer Challenge/Postcard a day : day 11 - 15

Hello everyone,

After being on holiday last week I had a bit of a catch up today.. and I am still not there... Oh well, another day tomorrow...
Here are my day 11 - 15

Day 11 - Bottles/Glass

Day 12 - Pocket

Day 13 - Poem

Day 14 - Selfie 

Day 15 - Transparant 

I really enjoyed making these. I hope you enjoyed looking ! 

Thank you so much for stopping by ! 

Happy birthday

Hello fellow Crafters,

Another helping of new release Stampotique stamps for you today ! I can't stop playing with them..

I had the base of this card lying around for ages. I used model paste and Caran d'Ache Neocolors and then put it away. Today I thought it would made a great base for a birthday card.

I started with doing a bit of background stamping. Not too much as I thought it was nice as it was. I dripped some white India Ink on it and doodled around the edge. Next I stamped the girl on white card stock, coloured her and cut her out. When I put her on the card I thought it needed more so then I thought about the dog in the box. The box is part of a new stamp by Daniel Torrente. It is basically a huge pile of boxes of which I used only the bottom one. I coloured it the same way and cut it out. I then stamped the dog and coloured him too. The whole scene was assembled on top of some washi tape. Lastly I stamped the sentiment. 

I matted the card panel on some black card stock and then put the whole thing on a white card. 

I used the following stamps :

Vintage bill

Towering gifts

Dog Cube

Stalks

Happy birthday

Thank you for stopping by today ! 

Hope you like it....

Being a lady ..

Hello fellow Crafters,

Yesterday afternoon I had a great time in my craft room ! I made this postcard:

This stamp is one of my newer ones and I wanted to use it. I started with a piece of card stock that I coloured with Neocolors. I always do this in the same way : Scribble the colours on liberally, blend with a baby wipe. Scribble again and then blend with my fingers. That way you get good coverage. This time I painted a layer of clear gesso over the top, just to see what would happen. Not much, lol... The colours starts moving a little bit but not much. 

Anyway, next I used a stencil and some background stamps. I also splattered white ink on it and added some washi tape here and there. 'Moth Fab' was stamped on the card and on white card stock. I coloured the one on the separate card stock with Copic Markers and then cut her out. I adhered her on top of the other one on the card. That way you don't have to cut out all the details. I typed the sentiment and doodled around the words, cut them out and adhered them. 

I used all Stampotique Stamps :

Moth Fab

Circles Cube

French journal page

Fax to Wolfgang

Thanks for stopping by ! 

Hope you like it....