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 ! 

A little book for the 'texture' challenge over at Country View Crafts !

Hello everyone,

for the second inspiration piece of the texture challenge set by the lovely Miriam over at Country View Challenges I have made/decorated a little travel journal.

I have used the Eileen Hull Passport die for this....

I haven't yet put any signatures of paper in it but I will.. 

If you'd like to see how I made this then please hop over to my YouTube channel HERE, or click on the pic below.. 

Thank you for stopping by today ! 

Vintage journal

Hello everyone,

For today's AALL & Create post I have made a small journal. I recently acquired the Eileen Hull Passport die and decided to use it for this book. I added a heart, also a die cut, and some beads. Of course there are lots of AALL & Create stamps and a stencil too ! I decided to glue the covers on the front of the flap that forms the spine and not on the back. This way it is easier to decorate.

And here's how:

After die cutting the book, gluing it together and punching more holes in the middle ( I wanted to do a pamphlet stitch ) I painted it with a very light blue acrylic paint. I then overpainted with white and put the number stencil on. I wiped away the paint through the stencil with a baby wipe and some more after taking the stencil off. This gives a nice worn look. 

Next I stamped the cover in some places with VersaMark ink and heat embossed it with copper embossing powder. I also stamped with light blue Distress Oxide ink and heat embossed with clear powder. 

A detail of the copper embossing. 

Next I inked the edges and decided to go vintage ! I used Olga's 'Vintage assorted' set to stamp some more. 

I added splatters with a black and a white paint pen. The heart is a Tim Holtz die and I treated it with crackle paint and the same blue ink as the cover. I added the two birds from the stamp set. Looks like they are in love, doesn't it!  I also inked the folds to make it look old. I also added one of the birds on the back of the journal. 

Close ups.. 

Love how it turned out ! 

For the final touch I added three signatures of paper and bound them with a pamphlet stitch. I then added beads to the threads. 

I have used the following stamps and stencil:

#67 - Vintage Assorted by Olga Heldwein

#211 - Count on you by Aida Domisiewicz

#30 Number stencil by Autour de Mwa

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

www.aallandcreate.com/boutique

Thank you so much for stopping by today ! 

No journey is too great...

Hello everyone,

Welcome to my blog and Happy New Year !
Today a new challenge starts over at Country View Challenges. The theme was set by Christine and she chose 'Landscape/cityscape' and I chose to make a cityscape in my art journal. I filmed the process to if you would like to see how I mad this. You'll find a link below.

Or you can click HERE to go straight to YouTube. 

We would love you to play along with us ! You could just win a £20 voucher to spend in the shop! Just read the rules first. You'll find them HERE.

I will be back soon with more inspiration.