Throw on a crown..

 Hello everyone, 

For today's AALL & Create post I have made a journal page. It could also easily be a 6 x 6 card. 

Here's how:

FIrst I stamped this little girl and coloured her. I then cut her out. I wanted her to be a queen so I stamped, coloured and cut out a crown as well. As always I used Copic Markers for the colouring. 

I then made a gelli print. First I used a brayer and rolled a light yellow on the plate. I then placed the stencil and put some paper on the top. I rubbed the paper to get the paint off in the holes of the stencil. I then took the paper off and used pieces of sponge to add the blue in the flowers and green in the leaves. I used two shades of blue and two shades of green.

Here's a better look. I waited until it was dry and then used my brayer again to roll white paint over the plate and then took a print.. 

This is what that print looked like..

After toning it down, I added some stamping using black, green and grey inks. 

I also added a few pieces of rub-on and went around the edges with a black stamp pad, but only where the stamping is. 

Next I added some washi tape.

The sentiment came from this set.

And here she is all put together looking fabulous! 

I have used the following AALL & Create products: 

Washi tape #18 - Poets by Janet Klein

Washi tape #68 - 7 Seas by Janet Klein

Stencil #138 Rosy Posy by Bipasha Bk

Rub-Ons #3 - Greeny Meanies by Autour De Mwa & Co

Stamps:

#284 - Hat Dreams by Janet Klein

#973 - Equations by Janet Klein

#706 - Queen Dee by Janet Klein

#1132 - Blooming Wildly by Janet Klein

#1181 - Dot Dash Grid by Autour De Mwa & Co

#1162 - Cirque by Autour De Mwa & Co

#1156 - Numero Uni by Autour De Mwa & Co

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

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Travel

 Hello everyone,

For today's AALL & Create GDT post I have made a 6 x 6 card/artjournal page. I have used some of the new products and some old ones too. 

Here's how I made this:

I started with brayering a layer of light blue paint on my card stock. 

When the blue paint was dry I bartered over a layer of white acrylic paint and before it dried I put this stencil on the card and wiped away the paint in the stencil openings with a baby wipe. This gave a really nice effect I think. 

Next I heat embossed parts of this stamp with white embossing powder. 

I also stamped it a few times with grey ink. 

Some text, I always stamp some text. 

With paint pens I added some splatters. 

I added some washi tape to put my focal point on and a few pieces around the edges.

Next, I stamped the focal point. This is really a Christmas set but I wanted to show that you can use it in another way too. 

Here is is all put together. I went around the edges with a black ink pad and added a piece of Janet's ephemera which inspired the colours of this page. 

I have used the following products:

Stencil #171 -Circle Dance by Janet Klein

Washi tape #56 - Passports Please by Janet Klein

Ephemera #14 - Let's Go by Janet Klein

Stamps:

#692 - African Voices by Janet Klein

#895 - Passport Stamps by Janet Klein

#1000 - All Aboard by Autour de Mwa & Co

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

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Thank you for stopping by today !  

I'm glad I met you...

 Hello everyone, 

For today's AALL & Create GDT project I have made an artjournal spread.

Here's how:

I used a brayer and light blue and purple paint to get some colour on the pages. I let it dry in between layers. I then used white acrylic paint to tone it down.  Next I used this stencil and the same light blue paint to add the circles. I then toned it down again with white paint.

I added stamping using Archival and VersaFine Clair inks. (I just use inks by the colours I want, I don't look what type of ink they are). 

Next I stamped the tall girl and the sentiment. 

I wanted to add some washi tape but didn't like it until I had just a small piece in the top right corner. I also doodled around the pages with a black pen.  

I then put everything together. 

I have used:

Stencil #136 - Bug Hotel by Autour de Mwa

Washi tape #17 - Mix & Match by Janet Klein

Stamps:

#813 - Smile by Janet Klein

#758 - Hidden Words by Janet Klein

#523 - Flower Pops by Janet Klein

#692 - African Voices by Janet Klein

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

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Thank you for stopping by. 

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.. 

Dogs, dogs and more dogs !

Hello everyone,

For today's project for AALL & Create I have made a mini book with a single sheet of 12"x12" paper. I have some step-by-step photos, just in case you want to have a go too. There are also numerous tutorials on YouTube, just search for 'book from 12"x12" paper.

This is the front, the back isn't very interesting so I didn't take a picture of that. 

Here is how I made it:

One sheet of 12 x 12 pattern paper. I folded in half and then in half again from both sides. So you get 4 squares horizontally and 4 squares vertically. 

Next, cut into the left fold up 3 squares, do the same on the right. Then turn the paper over and do the same in the middle but from the other side. You can see what I mean in the picture above.

Now you need to decide which side of the paper you want to be showing. Start folding up and down from the left bottom corner and go around until it looks like this. You can always turn the folds the other way if you want to other side of the paper. It will also make a difference to the amount of double pages you get. I got 8 in the end. 

Here is my folded and glued book. You do have to glue some parts together to get a working book. But this is clear when you have folded it. 

I decided in the end to cut a bit of the end (after folding and gluing) because I had 5 dogs so I wanted 5 double pages. 

After giving every page a rough 2 layers of white gesso I started decorating, I used this fab stencil and the gorgeous flower stamps by Bipasha alternatively. 

A little more stamping with black for contrast. 

Stamping out the stars of the show ready for colouring. 

For the outside of the book I used a piece of fabric, added some gesso and used the same stencil as in the book. I added some stamping and the sentiment.

Here are the finished pages:

I added some washi tape here and there and some pencil doodles. I added some clipping stickers as sentiments as well as using the sentiments from the set. 

I have used the following AALL & Create products:

Stamp sets:

#373 - Rescue Puppies by Janet Klein

#338 - Background Noise by Janet Klein

#324 - Blooming Beauty by Bipasha Bk

Stencil:

#85 - Abundance by Olga Heldwein

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

www.aallandcreate.com/boutique 

Thank you so much for stopping by today !