This week at Vera Lane Studio

Hello everyone,

and Happy Thursday to you. For today's Vera Lane Studio Post I have made a postcard and an ATC.

This postcard was made with a piece of watercolour paper and Distress Oxide sprays. I then added some paints with a brayer to get it more the same colours as the girl, adding mostly ochre. I also added a piece of old booktext. The girl was coloured with coloured pencils. 

I have used the newly released set called : 'Heart and Star' and you can find it HERE. 

The second project is a little ATC with one of the collage sheet Fat Cats. I think he is hilarious.. lol 

I added a piece of a doily to the gel printed ATC and some washi tape for him to sit on. The white dots and the sticker finished it off. 

You'll find the Fat Cats HERE. 

Thank you for stopping by today ! 

Live the life you imagined

Hello everyone,

There is a challenge blog called 'A Vintage Journey' and as some of you might know I really love vintage. So after looking for quite some time I finally decided to play along with November's challenge which is called "Cracking up !" And no, they are not all mad; it is about crackle... I happen to love crackle so I crackled my heart out on this project which is an art journal.

I used crackle paste and a stencil on the background and painted it this pastel blue when it was dry. The crackle was accentuated with antiquing cream and Distress Ink. I added some stamping and some splattering too. I added crackle paste to the little panel and treated it in mostly the same way. I added some torn ribbon, some book text and a die cut doily to make the panel a little more interesting. I also added a number plaque and the photo is one of a pack of Tim Holtz, I think they are called lost relatives or something. I coloured her a bit with pencils. 

Lastly I put everything together and added the sentiment. 

Thank you so much for stopping by today ! 

She was a wildflower

Hello everyone, 

and welcome to today's UmWow Creative Team post. 

For today's post I have created a tag :

I will try and explain how I made this...

First, on a gessoed tag, I applied Golden's Glass Bead Gel through some sequin waste. 

This is what that looks like :

I then added some spray inks. I used Lindy's Stampgang Sprays. 

Next I added a doily. 

It just adds a little subtle detail I think. I also added some background stamping. I used a little script stamp by VivaLasVegaStamps!

Next I started to work on the chipboard:

I used a green Copic marker to colour the stem and added some gesso to the flowers. I then added some colour with coloured pencils. 

Next I put the whole thing together:

I also added some doodling around the edge and a sentiment. I stamped it on white card stock, inked the edges and matted it on a piece of brown pattern paper. I then adhered it to the tag with dimensional tape.  Lastly I added some lacey ribbon. 

Here are some close-ups... 

 I hope I have inspired you to dust off those chipboards and start using them.. they are so versatile..

I have used only one today :

You'll find it HERE.

Floral set, I used the bluebell. 

A card just for fun !

Hello everyone,

I had a great day in my craft room today ! Even though it is 30 degrees outside I decided I'd rather craft than while away the time in the sun... yep, I know, weird !! lol
First I did some DT work and after I finished what I had to do I fancied a little play with my new Crazy Dog stamps. They are so adorable. I also decided to have another go with the Distresss Crayons to see if I like them any better...

I also recently bought this Doily Die by Tim Holtz and I love it.. It is nice and small and so detailed. This one was lying around on my desk. I cut it out of white paper and adhered it to a gessoed piece of card stock with Distress gel medium. 

I then added the Distress Crayons, blending them with a damp finger. When it was all done I wiped over it with a baby wipe that was not too wet and created this worn look which I really like.

I still don't know how to fix these crayons but I thought I spray them with fixative which seems to have done the job. 

Next I stamped the background a little (all stamps used are by Tim Holtz). I thought it would be nice to keep the dog a little lighter; I stamped him on a piece of paper from a flyer and added some shading and colour with coloured pencils. After colouring I cut him out and adhered him to the card. I added some shading under him and stamped the sentiment. I used a white pen to add some highlights to it. Lastly I drew a line around the panel and adhered the whole thing to a white card.

This was so much fun ! 

Thanks for stopping by today ! 

Enchanted

Hello everyone,

Just a quick one from me today. I made this journal page a little while ago after watching a Kate Crane video on Wanderlust. I was a little intrigued by her background techniques and had to give it another go.

I don't love it but I quite like it and some of the element I will use again, like the black around the edges. I'm not sure about the doodles though.... 

Anyway, thank you for stopping by today and Happy Easter !