Dearly departed, a halloween scene

 Hello everyone, 

It is October and that means another new challenge starts over at the Country View Challenges blog. This time the lovely Monika chose the theme and she went for 'Halloween - create a scene' and although Halloween is not really celebrated here in Holland I had loads of fun making a card with a spooky scene. 

We would love you to play along but make sure to stick to the rules that you can find on the CVC blog. We notice more and more people taking part that are not sticking to the theme. Unfortunately that will mean you will be deleted but worse, you won't have a change of winning that £20 voucher. 

I also filmed the process as I usually do so you can see how I made it. That leads me to my question for you. I know there are some of you that really enjoy my videos but if I look at the statistics I see that most people don't even watch until the end, hardly anybody leaves a comment and sometimes these comments are criticisms about the music or something. So, I am wondering whether it is really worth doing them as they are quite a bit of work. I'd like to hear your thoughts, either in English or Dutch.

Anyway, here's my card:

Here's the link to the

VIDEO

Or you can click on the picture above and then on the YouTube link at the bottom. 

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 ! 

Limited edition

Hello everyone,

For today's AALL & Create GDT post I have decorated a MDF Monolith using all Tracy Evans stamps. I also used a stencil by Olga Heldwein.

And here's how I made this:

First I gessoed the MDF stand and then sprayed them with Dina Wakley's gloss sprays. I used Lemon and Lime. Later I added a touch of Cheddar. 

When this was all dry I stamped it with Archival inks in roughly the same colours. 

Next I added black paint along the edges and used this stencil to add some modelling paste. 

I did the same to the back. 

Next I sprayed some card stock with gloss spray, using Cheddar, Turquoise and Ocean. After drying I placed these pieces in my stamp platform and stamped the butterfly. 

I cut it out and added the yellow pen nib to add some contrast. I also doodled along some of the lines of the butterfly with a white pen. 

And here it is all finished ! I added a word chip by Tim Holtz on which I added some of the turquoise spray along the edges. I also cut it in two pieces. 

The back of the stand.

I have used the following stamp, all by Tracy Evans:

#267 - Nature Elements

#304 - Heartfelt

#302 - Going postal

#307 - Overlapping texture

and a stencil by Olga Heldwein:

#2 

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

www.aallandcreate.com/boutique 

Thank you so much for stopping by today ! 

Hey Foxy

Hello everyone,

For today's AALL & Create GDT post I have made a card with a your tube tutorial.

Here are some photos and if you are looking for the video, it is at the bottom... 

First I coloured the fox and cut her out. 

Next I made the background. I used Dina Wakley gloss sprays. I then stamped and stencilled the background. 

Here is the finished card. 

You'll find the YouTube tutorial HERE. 

Or you can go via this pic:

I have used the following: 

Stamps:

#288 - Foxy Friends by Olga Heldwein

#292 - Scripts by Bipasha BK

#304 - Heartfelt by Tracy Evans

Stencil:

#11 by Autour de Mwa

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

www.aallandcreate.com/boutique

Thank you for stopping by today ! 

A little book for AALL & Create

Hello everyone,

and welcome to my post for AALL & Create this week. I have been having lots of fun with the new release and couldn't resist making a little book with some of Janet Klein's new stamps because they are so adorable! It is a long post so grab a drink and sit back and enjoy!

This is the front of the book. 

Here's how I made it:

First I made the backgrounds. I used my gelli plate and stencils for this. I made 5 double background and 2 halves for the front and the back of the book. I used the Eileen Hull passport die to cut out the pages; that is why there are holes in the middle but I didn't think that was a problem.

The next step was using a brayer and rolling over some white paint and using these two stamp sets by Tracy Evans from the new release to add some interest. 

I did the same to the cover pieces. 

Next I added some more stencilling with white paint, a blending tool and this stencil. 

I then stamped all the little figures on the backgrounds to determine the layouts and also to make sure that even if I didn't cut out the ones on the white card stock (see photo below) perfectly, they still would look perfect on the pages. 

I also stamped them all on white card stock and then coloured everything with my Copic markers. I then cut everything out and adhered the images to the pages:

It was then time to put the book together. I did this by gluing the back of the right hand page of the first little scene to the back of the left hand page of the second one, then the back of the right hand page of the second one to the back of the left page hand of the third etc. I continued until all 5 little journal spreads were glued together. 

Like this. 

I used a piece of cotton to use as the spine of the book. I glued this half on the front and half on the back of the book when closed. Don't do this to tight because your book won't stay closed. 

Lastly I glued on the front cover and the back cover:

Here is a look at the individual pages:

Pages 1 and 2

Pages 3 and 4

Pages 5 and 6

Pages 7 and 8

Pages 9 and 10

I thoroughly enjoyed making this but it was a lot of work. You could of course make journal spreads and collect them until you have enough to make into a journal. It could be more pages than I have done here. 

I used the following stamps:

#262 - Mesh by Tracy Evans

#234 - Brush Flower by Tracy Evans

#251 - Pixie Dust by Janet Klein

#255 - Bird Lover by Janet Klein

#256 - Cat Love by Janet Klein

#257 - Lil' Magic by Janet Klein

#258 - New Day by Janet Klein

#259 - Pineapple Queen by Janet Klein

Stencils:

#39 - Lotza Dotz by Autour de Mwa

#45 - DIgital bubbles by Autour de Mwa

#2 by Olga Heldwein

#80 Lushy leafy by Olga Heldwein

#77 Sunflower power by Olga Heldwein 

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

www.aallandcreate.com/boutique

Thank you so much for stopping by today !