Annoying you...

 Hello everyone, 

Welcome to my blog where today I am sharing a postcard that I made for AALL & Create. 

Here's how:

I made a background on watercolour paper with Distress Oxide inks. I used Tumbled Glass and Broken China. I also used a brayer to add some white paint over top.

Using this cat with the fishbowl as a focal point. I was going to use part of the bad cats sentiment but decided against it later. 

Bit of stamping here and there. The circles were embossed with white powder. I also stamped the cat on the card so I got all the little marks around it. I can't cut those out.. 

Added some orange and white splatters and some washi tape. The cat was cut out together with the little fish on the side. I coloured them with watercolour markers. 

In the end I decided on this sentiment, but only because I actually do not really like cats....lol I am a dog person.  

And here it is all together. I added some orange with a watercolour marker on the bottom of the words. 

I have used :

Stencil #136 - Bug Hotel by Autour de Mwa

Washi tape #19 - Wishy Washi

Stamps:

#787 - Valentine Dee by Janet Klein

#457 - Background Voices by Bipasha Bk

#625 - Vine by Tracy Evans

#366 - Roundly by Autour de Mwa

#793 - Bad Cats Club by Dominic Phillips

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

www.aallandcreate.com/stockists

Thank you for stopping by ! 

Talking to the stars

 Hello everyone, 

Today is the 1st of June and I will be going on my holidays ! Yay ! I did manage to make a postcard for the new challenge over at Country View Challenges though. The theme is star shapes/astronomy and was set by the lovely Sue. Here's it is:

If you would like to see how I made this postcard then please head over to my YouTube channel

HERE 

or click on the picture below:

We would love for you to play along with us but make sure to read the rules first, you'll find them on the Country View Challenges blog 

HERE

Thanks for stopping by ! 

This week at Vera Lane Studio

Hello everyone,

and Happy Thursday ! Welcome to my weekly Vera Lane Studio blogpost. This time I have made a mini art journal page and a postcard.

This cutie is from the newly released set "Goodnight moon", I coloured her with Copics, cut her out and made a night sky background for her. I added splatters and yellow embossed chip board stars. 

You'll find 'Goodnight moon' HERE. 

This is an oldie called 'Under the sea' and is available on request. 

I arranged the images on a my computer to made a bit of scene, printed it on watercolour paper and then used my watercolours to colour the whole postcard. I added a clippings sticker as a sentiment. 

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 ! 

Born to be wild

Hello everyone,

For today's VivaLasVegaStamps! post I have made an art journal spread in my mini Moleskine journal.

And here's how:

I started with gessoed pages and painted them with these acrylic paints. 

Next I used this fab stamp called "Rose Bush" and heat embossed it with a very light yellow embossing powder by Lindy's Stamp Gang.

Of course I stamped the background randomly as always ! 

Colouring the focal image; isn't he cute ! 

All put together it looks like this. I added a piece of dictionary paper saying 'fox' and a sentiment that I thought would be fitting. 

I have used the following stamps:

19158 - Cute fox in coat

19565 - Measuring tape section

19577 - Staple 'X'

19965 - Born to be wild

20146 - Rose Bush

19416 - Waybill Invoice background

19415 - Butterfly specimens

Other materials:

PaperArtsy Fresco Finish Acrylics - Zesty Zing - Limelight - Hey Pesto

Archival inks - Leaf Green - Watering can - Jet black

Lindy's Stamp gang embossing powder - Dandelion Yellow Green

White pen

Copic Markers

dictionary paper

Thank you so much for stopping by today ! 

Paint your own reality

Hello everyone, 

I was asked to make some samples for the Hochanda TV shows of AALL & Create on April 3rd and of course I made some. It is so exciting to see your samples on TV! 

I forgot to take WIP photos unfortunately but I'll try and explain here how I made this. This flag came from a pad full of flags. I just tore one out. I glued dictionary paper on it and then embossed it with Seth Apther's Vintage Beeswax Baked Texture embossing powder. I did two layers. I then inked the edges of the flag with brown Archival ink. 

Next I stencilled the blue circles on it using the Digital Bubbles stencil. I heated it again and the paint sort of goes into the embossing layer. 

I then stamped Frida and the sentiment, coloured Frida, cut her out and adhered her to the flag. I also inked up the word strips of the sentiment and glued them on too. 

I have used the following stamp:

#184 - Little Frida

Stencil:

#45 Digital bubbles

You'll find more information on the fab AALL & Create products here:

www.aallandcreate.com/boutique

Thank you so much for stopping by today ! 

Bloom love grow

Hello everyone, 

I was asked by Abs to make some samples with the new release stamps for the AALL & Create Hochanda shows ! Of course I couldn't say no to that ! 

This one is a 6 x 6 panel which I love making ! 

and here's how:

I used a brayer and two shades of blue acrylic paint to get some colour on this panel which is cut from Mixed Media paper. I added some stamping, partly with blue Archival ink and partly with white paint. Just make sure to clean your stamps straight away ! 

Next I added some stencilling. I used VersaMark ink and this fab embossing powder by Seth Apter. 

I then added some more stamping with Orange Distress Oxide ink and added the silhouette with modelling paste. 

Next I stamped some flowers and made a sentiment from some of the words of this fab stamp set by Tracy ! 

I coloured the flowers with Copic markers and added some orange on the sentiment. I didn't use this in the end because it was much whiter than the silhouette so I found some paper that was about the same shade of white and matted it on black card stock. 

I have used the following AALL & Create materials:

Stamp #161  Ladybug

Stamp set #140 Doodled blooms

Stencil #80 Lushy Leafy

Stencil #75 Illusion

You'll find more information about the AALL & Create products here:

www.aallandcreate.com/boutique

Thank you so much for stopping by today ! 

Your crazy is showing

Hello everyone, 

I was very happy to be asked by Abs of AALL & Create to make some samples for the Creative World fair in Frankfurt in Germany which took place on 26th - 29th of January. I will share all of them in the near future. I hope you'll like these new released stamps by Olga Heldwein ! I will list all the stamps, old and new, under the photos. 

How cute is he??? For this 6 x 6 panel I used acrylic paint, lots of layers... I stamped the background, using inks and embossing powder. I also added splatters. The dog was stamped, coloured and cut out. I adhered him onto a white circle to make him stand out more and then lastly added a Snarky Sticker. 

I used the following stamps: 

Stamp set #142 Edison game

Stamp set #125 For the record

Stamp set #170 Dog Attitude

For more information about all the fabulous AALL & Create products and a list of worldwide stockists, please visit the website HERE.

Thank you so much for stopping by today ! 

Calm & bright

Hello everyone,

welcome to my 'Happy Thursday' blogpost for Vera Lane Studio. I have made a card and a postcard for today.

I heat embossed the snowflakes and then used Distress Oxide Inks to colour the background. The tree lady was resized, printed and coloured with Copic Markers. I then cut her out and adhered her onto the card. I did make the area behind her a little lighter with white paint so she stands out more. I then matted the sentiment on some black card stock and adhered that too. I also added two staples. 

You'll find Calm & Bright HERE.

This postcard was made with pattern paper and book pages. I added some gesso in the middle of the paper to make it even lighter and not so busy. I coloured the gift bag and glued one of the holly branches from the Holiday Collage set onto it. The gift is also from the same collage set and comes coloured, just like the holly. I arranged them onto my card and added the sentiment. 

You'll find the collage sheet HERE. 

You'll find the gift bags HERE.

Thank you so much for stopping by today !