This week at Vera Lane Studio

 Hello everyone, 

Happy Thursday ! For today's Vera Lane Studio project I have a postcard to share. It is a postcard from London as our Janet Klein has been visiting London and brought out this set for that especially. 

I made the background with a years old stencil by Visible Image which I think fits perfectly. I coloured the images and cut them out then adhered them to the card. I found a postage stamp that worked well colour wise so I decided to use that. I used an AALL & Create stamp by Tracy for the postmark. I stamped it around the edge here and there and added some more stamping with a text stamp by Janet. 

The sentiment is London Slang for a cup of tea and I thought that was quite funny! 

I added some shading under her and Big Ben and that was that !

You find the London Goofball HERE. 

Thank you for stopping by today ! 

Confident

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For today's AALL & Create project I have made a card with all Tracy Evans stamps. Just the stencil is by Abs. It came out exactly as I wanted but this was the second attempt as the first background was too dark. 

Here's how:

First I used a scoreboard and a scoring tool to make the ridges in the card stock. I then swiped Distress Oxide ink over it to give it some colour and visual texture. I used Fossilised Amber. 

Next I stamped the flower on it. I was worried it wouldn't stamp right because of the texture but it was not problem. 

I had already coloured the flowers for the other background that is now in the bin, but I decided to add some more colour. I painted them with Distress Oxide inks; I used Fossilised Amber, Rusty Hinge and Cracking Campfire. I also coloured the buds on the card. 

I added a little bit of stencilling to add more interest. I used Oxide Ink in Rusty Hinge. 

Some stamping, of course! 

I went around the edges with a blending tool and Distress Oxide ink Ground Espresso to give it a bit more of a vintage feel. I also stuck the flowers on, I used dimensional adhesive. 

Next I stamped part of this stamp and heat embossed it with ochre yellow powder. I then cut the sentiments apart, putting the ones that I wasn't going to use away for later. 

I splattered some white acrylic paint on the panel using a Posca white paint pen and added the sentiment

. 

My white card base was too stark for this card so I took my Ground Espresso Distress Oxide Ink and went around the edges. 

When the ink had dried I glued the card panel to it.   

I have used the following AALL & Create products:

Stencil:

#45 - Digital Bubbles by Autour de Mwa

Stamps:

#304 - Heartfelt by Tracy Evans

#350 - Splattered Numbers by Tracy Evans

#752 - Elegant Stems by Tracy Evans

#754 - Power Of The Word by Tracy Evans

For more information about all the fantastic AALL & Create products and a list 

of international stockists, please visit:

www.aallandcreate.com/stockists

Thank you for stopping by today! 

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 "My Vespa". 

How cute is she! I printed her, coloured her with Copic Markers and then cut her out. The background was  made with a gelli plate and an AALL & Create stencil. I added some stamping and doodling and then glued her, the road markings and the sentiment on the card. 

You will find My Vespa HERE.

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Eat cake!

Hello everyone, 

For today's AALL & Create project I have made a journal page. I had this cupcake stamp for a while but hadn't yet used it. So today was the day! 

Here's how I made this:

Sometimes, when I have been gelliprinting there is a lot of paint left on the plate. So, when this happens I fill in the holes (the areas where there is not paint) with colours that go with what is left on the plate. I then let it dry, add a thin layer of white and pull a print. This cleans the plate and also gives you interesting prints, like this one. 

I tried something new today with this stencil. I dabbed white paint on it, sprayed it with water and printed it on the page. It didn't work as well as I thought it would, so I sprinkled white embossing powder over the wet paint and heat embossed it. 

Next, stamping, using similar colours ink and black. 

I then stamped the cupcakes and the sentiment I was going to use. I also rubbed some black acrylic paint along the edges where the black stamping was, to frame the page. 

Adding some washi tape so the cakes sit on a base and are not floating. 

Watercoloured and ready to be cut out.

All put together and ready! I matted the page on some black card stock, always makes things pop! 

I have used the following AALL & Create products:

Stencil:

#128 - Hexagons & Buds by Bipasha Bk

Stamps:

#646 - Cupcakes by Bipasha Bk

#457 - Background Voices by Bipasha Bk

#383 - Scripted Hexagons by Bipasha Bk

#489 - Wisecracks by Autour de Mwa

Washi tape:

#24 - Power Words by Bipasha Bk

For more information about all the fabulous AALL & Create products and a worldwide list of 

stockists, please visit:

www.aallandcreate.com/stockists

Thank you for stopping by today! 

 

This week at Vera Lane Studio

 Hello everyone, 

Happy Thursday ! For today's Vera Lane Studio project I have made a postcard with the little Halloween goofs. They are so cute ! 

I made the background with Distress Oxide inks and a blending tool. I toned it down with white acrylic paint and did some stamping using Janet's stamps for AALL & Create. I also printed the AALL & Create Cobweb stencil on the card using black oxide ink. 

I coloured the little peeps with Copics and cut them out. I adhered them onto the postcard with some washi tape and one of the sentiments of the set. 

You will find this set called 'Time for Halloween' HERE. 

Thanks for stopping by ! 

Meow..

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For today's AALL & Create GDT post I have made a card with one of Dominic's cats. I am more of a dog person but I do like these stamps. 

Here's how I made it:

I painted a card panel with shimmer watercolours and added some stencilling with white acrylic paint. The paints are not as shimmery as I expected them to be. 

I added some stamping here and there. 

Next I stamped and coloured the cat; I then cut him out. 

When I put the cat on the panel I thought it was too stark a contrast with the pale background so I added some more stencilling in black to balance it a little better. I also drew a line around the edges. 

I also added black washi tape and pink and white splatters. 

I only used part of the sentiment that says: You had me at MEOW. It would have been to m much on this card. Instead I added some of the 'You had me' as a background stamp. Lastly I added some white dots to the black areas of the cat to make it a little less black.

I have used :

Stencils:

#39 - Lotza Dotz by Autour de Mwa

#89 - Dahlias by Autour de Mwa

Stamps:

#338 - Background Noise by Janet Klein

#494 - X or O by Janet Klein

#366 - Roundly by Autour de Mwa

#792 - Had Me At Meow by Dominic Phillips

Washi tape:

#24 - Power Words by Bipasha Bk

For more information about all the AALL & Create products and a list of international stockists, please visit:

www.aallandcreate.com/stockists

Thank you for stopping by today ! 

This week at Vera Lane Studio

 Hello everyone, 

Happy Thursday ! For today's Vera Lane Studio project I have made a double journal spread with the stencil/pigmentpowder technique. I can't get enough of it... 

This is Scorpio, she is not new but her male version is. He came out this week but I prefer the girls.. 

I coloured her with Copics, then cut her out. I used the sentiment that came with the boy version.

You will find girl Scorpio HERE.

You will find boy Scorpio HERE. 

Thank you for stopping by today !