This week at Vera Lane Studio

 Hello everyone, 

For this week's Vera Lane Studio project I have made a postcard with the newly released 'Tiny Royals', these are part of the squishy collection by Janet. They are very cute ! 

I printed the images, then coloured them and cut them out.  I also printed one of the sentiments from the set. For the background I used Distress Oxide inks in Mustard Seed and Rusty Hinge for the yellow and Dusty Concord and Wilted Violet for the purple. I rubbed the ink pads on my craft sheet, spritzed with water and dunked my card (watercolour paper) into it. I dried it and used a brayer with white paint to tone it down. I added some stencilling and stamping with the same inks and a black Versafine Clair. Next, I put down some washitape and glued the images and the sentiment on the card. Some doodle lines under the words finished it off. 

You'll find these fun "Tiny Royals" HERE.

Thank you for stopping by today! 

This week at Vera Lane Studio

 Hello everyone, 

For this week's Vera Lane Studio post we are going hiking ! 

So, for something different this week I printed the elements of this new set called "On the trail" on a piece of watercolour paper and decided instead of always going for my Copic Markers to do a little watercolour painting. So that's what I did. It is actually more difficult than you think but in the end I was happy with the result.

You'll find this new set 'On the trail' HERE. 

Thank you for stopping by today ! 

What the quack

Hello everyone, 

For today's AALL & Create GDT post I have made a one layer card.

There isn't much too it so here goes:

I stamped all the images from the two stamp sets, masking as I went along. I wanted the ducks to be in the 'windows'. 

I then coloured everything with watercolours, trying to keep it a little artsy and not too precise. 

Some close ups.

When I was happy with it I splattered some white and black paint on it. I then layered the panel on a piece of black card stock and then onto a white card. 

These ducks crack me up.. 

I have used two stamp sets:

#78 - Quirky circles by Louise Nelson

#135 - Quack the Duck by Olga Heldwein

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

www.aallandcreate.com/boutique

Thank you for stopping by today ! 

Be happy

Hello everyone,

For today's Katzelkraft post I have made a tag. I cut it out of watercolour paper and then stamped the images on it, masking where needed. Next I coloured everything with watercolours and added shading with coloured pencils.

I used two stamp sets:

KTZ152 - Les Chats Russes

KTZ205 - Les Ballons

Thank you for stopping by today ! 

Ho! Ho! Ho!

Hello everyone,

Today I am sharing my second post for the "Christmas" Challenge over at Country View Challenges. I decided to go a little different today and deviate from the traditional colours. I have made a mini Art Journal page. You can still play along with us and might win a £20 voucher for the shop if you win ! Just read the rules before playing !

And here's how:

I started with a mini Moleskine watercolour journal. I glued a piece of dictionary paper over my page. 

Next I added a layer of gesso and then coloured the page with Distress Oxide Inks.

I added one of the sentiment stamps of this PaperArtsy set as a background stamp with Distress Oxide Ink. 

Next, I stamped Father Christmas on the page and on a piece of watercolour paper. I watercolored the one on the white paper and cut him out. 

Cute in blue, don't you think ? 

And this is the end result. I used some washi tape for him to stand on and added the Ho! Ho! Ho! sentiment from the same stamp set which I also painted with watercolours. 

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 ! 

What else ?

Hello everyone,

Today, for Katzelkraft, I have a card to show you ! I fancied doing some watercolouring and that is what i did.

This was a really simple card. I stamped the images on watercolour paper and watercoloured them. I then added a little coloured pencil here and there, some background stamping and matted it on a piece of black card stock.  

That was it ! 

I used the following stamps:

KTZ169 - Dreamer, English quotes 

KTZ142 - es Anthropomorphes - Rabbit

KTZ205 - Ballons

KTZ179 - Les Rats des villes

Thank you for stopping by today ! 

Discover love

Hello everyone,

I have been so busy with lots of different things that today I took some time out to do some crafting just for me. I made a postcard for the challenge over at Rubber Dance. I really enjoy playing in challenges but don't get much chance to do so.

The theme for this month's challenge is Turquoise, Orange and Lime and/or use hearts. I have used both:

The background was made with Distress Oxide Inks on watercolour paper. The Oxides are so cool ! I used all Rubber Dance stamps and a sticker by Tim Holtz for the word 'love'. 

Thank you for stopping by today. 

Art is life

Hello everyone,

and welcome to my blogpost for Hobbycompleet De Duif where today I am sharing a card. In the middle of last month I was sent some Dina Wakley goodies and this is the last of the five projects I made with them. 

I started with a panel of watercolour paper and used the method where you smoosh the Distress Oxide ink on your craft mat, spray with water and then dunk your panel in it as often as you'd like. When I was happy and it had dried I stamped the background with one of the sentiment stamps in the same colour inks and doodled around the edge with a black pen. Next I stamped the girl with my stamp platform and heat embossed her with clear powder. I stamped the sentiment onto white paper, cut out the words and adhered them to the panel. I doodled around the words too and then lastly splattered some white paint on it. 

The panel was then adhered to a card. 

Thank you so much for stopping by today ! 

Stop thinking, just create

Hello everyone,

and welcome to my blogpost where today I am sharing a card that I made with Dina Wakley's new goodies for Hobbycompleet De Duif.

I started with a panel of watercolour paper and used the method where you smoosh Distress Oxide ink on the craft mat, spritz with water and dunk your card in it. Repeat as many times as you want. I used Twisted Citron and Broken China. 

next I stamped the background using Distress Oxides for the circles and Versamark for the script and little blocks. I then heat embossed the script with white WOW embossing powder and the block with clear WOW embossing powder. 

I distressed the edges of the panel and then stamped the sentiment on a piece of vellum with black Archival Ink. This was then also heat embossed with clear powder and stapled in place. 

The panel was then adhered to a card. 

Thank you so much for stopping by today ! 

If you never try

Hello everyone,

Today I have a card to share. I made this with Katzelkraft stamps. I have had this flower set in my stash for ages but hadn't done anything with it.
So I thought I'd use it today.

I used a piece of watercolour for this card and started with repeatedly stamping one of the flowers with VersaMark and heat embossed them with WOW white embossing powder. 

I then coloured the card panel with Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers and a water brush. The sentiment was stamped on a piece of vellum and wrapped around the panel. I matted the panel on a piece of black card stock and the whole thing on a white card. 

I used the following stamps:

KTZ175 - Les Eglantines

KTZ169 - Dreamer

Thank you for stopping by today ! 

Warm wishes

Hello everyone,

Today I have a Christmas card to share, yes you heard it correctly ! A Christmas card; I must say I was shocked when I received these stamps in the post for my DT Hobbycompleet de Duif in August!!

But anyway, I made a card with it and I filmed the process..

He is rather cute isn't he !!! 

I have used the following materials:

• Crafter's Companion Watercolour Card
• Crafter's Companion Neenah Classic Crest Card
• Woodware clear stempel JGS527 - Self Portrait
• Stampendous stempel DCR102 DECOR Snowflakes
• Wow Opaque Bright White embossing powder WL01R
• Copic Markers : 0 - 100 - C1 - C3 - C5 - C7 - C9 - B95 - R20 - R27 - R29 - R35 - R39 - RV69
• Distress Oxide inkt - Broken China

Thank you for stopping by today ! 

Perfectly flawed

Hallo allemaal,
Hello everyone, 

en welkom op mijn blog waar ik vandaag voor Hobbycompleet de Duif een Art journal pagina laat zien die gemaakt is met aquarel verf en 2 stempels.

Today I have an art journal page made with 2 stamps and some water colour paint. 

Op aquarelpapier heb ik deze mooie dame gestempeld maar wel de haarlok die over haar gezicht hangt gemaskerd omdat ik dat niet mooi vond. Daarna heb ik de afdruk en de ruimte eromheen ingekleurd met aquarelverf. Een enkele tekst stempel maakt het af.

I stamped this lovely lady on water colour paper but did mask off some of her hair that goes across her face. I didn't like that. After stamping I painted the girl and the background with watercolours and when dry added the sentiment. 

Ik heb de volgende materialen gebruikt :
Materials:

Stempels/stamps:
Penny Black - Isabelle 40549
Visible Image - Own it
Aquarel verf
Crafters Companion Aquarel papier

Dat was het voor vandaag ! Leuk dat je er was !

Thank you for stopping by today ! 

Did I roll my eyes out loud ?

Hello everyone,

and welcome to my blogpost for Stampotique Designers' Challenge. Today sees the start of a new challenge and it is all about single layer projects.
Here's mine:

It is an ATC on watercolour paper. 

I stamped Cooee and the sentiment, coloured everything with watercolour markers and added the spirals with Distress Oxide ink. I doodled around the card and that was that ! 

I used the following stamps:

Cooee

Phrase Cube #2

Spiral Daydream 

Thank you so much for stopping by today ! 

Daydreams

Hello everyone,

I really enjoyed making this card with the Distress Oxide Inks for the DT of HobbyCompleet de Duif. I think it came out really lovely ! 

The card panel is made with Watercolour paper and I have dunked it into Distress Oxide inks in the colours Spiced Marmalade, Fossilized Amber, Vintage Photo and Walnut stain. 

I have finished it off with stamps by PaperArtsy (ELB34) and Tim Holtz - Stampers Anonymous (CMS269). The flowers were stamped on marker paper and lightly coloured with Copic Markers, cut out and adhered to the panel. Lastly the panel was adhered to a blank card base. 

Thank you so much for stopping by today ! 

Foodie

Hello everyone,

and welcome to my first blogpost for VivaLasVegaStamps! for 2017 ! I am happy that I am still on the DT team and I look forward to sharing my projects with you !

For today I have made a simple postcard:

I started with a piece of water colour paper sized 6" x 4". I coloured it lightly with watercolours and stamped the macarons on it. I did stamp them separately too on more watercolour paper. 

Underneath the macarons on the card I added some shading with a darker colour. Next I watercolored my macarons. Don't they look tasty ! After colouring and drying I cut them out and adhered them to the card on top of the stamped image. I added the sentiment which I clear embossed because it goes a little blacker then. Lastly I added the dots around the edge of the card. 

I used the following stamps:

20010 - Foodie

20014 - Stack of Macarons

19827 - Doodle dots

Thank you so much for stopping by today !