Monday 24 September 2018

* Vera Lane Studio: Cloud 9


Hello!

At Vera Lane Studio we have a new release. It's the lovely Cloud 9 and this digi set comes with a pre-coloured collage image, a black & white digi stamp and two sentiments.

I used the pre-coloured image for my card:



I sized the image, printed it out and fussy cut it and it was ready to go - super quick and easy! I decided to add some blue to her eyes and a little pink to her lips. My background is made from acrylic paints with some stencilling in the centre and some text stamping along the edges. Black and white paint spatters were added and the edges inked in black.
I made a cloud out of marabou feathers - how lovely that she's floating in the sky! The sentiment was cut into strips and outlined with a black fine liner.



That's all from me for today.
I hope you'll come along and play on Vera Lane. 
It's such a friendly, fun place to be!

  


Thanks for stopping by today.
xoxo

I'd like to play along in these challenges:

All Sorts challenge  #486 Water or colour blue 28/09
Jo’s Scrapshack #252 AG 28/09
Crafting from the Heart #221 AG 30/09
Pammies Inky Pinkies Challenge #1838 AG 30/09
Everybody Art #432 AG 01/10
Brown Sugar #282 AG 02/10 #3
Corrosive Challenges #9 AG 30/09 #3

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Saturday 22 September 2018

* Vera Lane Studio: Fisherwoman


Hello!

Last week at Vera Lane Studio we had a new release - the cute and quirky Fisherwoman and this digi set comes with a pre-coloured collage image, two black & white digi stamps and two sentiments.

I used the pre-coloured image for my card:



The Fisherwoman was sized and printed out several times and then fussy cut. I only needed one Fisherwoman, but wanted the fish from the other images. I gave the Fisherwoman brown eyes and added Glossy Accents to the fish to make them shine.
The background was inked with Distress Oxides in Vintage Photo, Brick Red and Mustard Seed. Stamping was added with oxides around the edges with a flourish stamp and in the centre with some dots. Black paint splatters were flicked on with a fan brush and the edges stamped with a grunge background stamp in black ink.
I added some texture trim and hessian trim to ground the images and attached the Fisherwoman and her fishy catch on foam dots to pop them off the card. The sentiment was cut into strips, adhered and outlined in black.

Fisherwoman


That's all from me for today. 
I hope you'll come along and play on Vera Lane. 
It's such a friendly, fun place to be!

  

 
Thanks for stopping by today.
xoxo

I'd like to play along in these challenges:

Pammie's Inky Pinkies #1837 AG 23/09 (#2)
Artistic Inspirations #207 AG 30/09 (#3)
Everybody Art #432  AG 30/09 (#2)
Corrosive Challenges #9 AG 30/09 (#2)
Brown Sugar #282 AG 02/10 (#2)
613 Avenue Create #213 AG 04/10 (#3)
Crafty Friend #93 Autumn  05/10
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #90 AG 06/10 (#3)
Creative Crafters #8 JFF AG 08/10 (#3)

I'd really love some feedback :)      
I read and appreciate all your comments. 

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Wednesday 19 September 2018

* Vera Lane Studio: Frankie's Mansion


Hello!

At Vera Lane Studio we have another new release today. It is Mansion Gates, a set which is incredibly versatile. I chose to team it with Frankie and Carlos to make a Halloween card; they are welcoming you 'foolish mortals' to their home :) 


I chose a background of creepy trees, added the Mansion Gates png image and printed it out. I coloured the gate posts and the gargoyle with Copic markers and inked around the edges in black. Frankie, Carlos and Corbett, the crow, were printed separately, coloured with Copics and fussy cut. I glued Corbett directly to the  background as if he is sitting on top of the gate and popped Carlos and Frankie on foam tape for dimension. The sentiment, from Mansion Gates, was cut into strips, adhered to the background and outlined with fine liner in black.

  

I love Frankie's high waisted trousers - they remind me of Simon Cowell!!


How cute is Carlos! And Corbett, the crow, is creepy cute and quirky! The gargoyles can be used separately to the stone/brick pillars and the gates could be the entrance to a princess's palace or to a spooky old house where witches gather - just use your imagination and the list is endless!

Mansion Gates


              Frankie                The Little Witch            Hayes and Carlos
   

That's all from me for today.
I hope you'll come along and play on Vera Lane. 
It's such a friendly, fun place to be!

  


Thanks for stopping by today.
xoxo

I'd like to play along in these challenges:

*Allsorts Challenge #485 Create a scene 21/09 (#2)   
Jo's Scrapshack #251 AG 21/09 (#2) 
Pammie's Inky Pinkies #1837 AG 23/09
Shopping Our Stash #372 Welcome Home 24/09 
Artistic Inspirations #207 AG 30/09 (#2)
Everybody Art #432  AG 30/09
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #90 AG 06/10 (#2)
Creative Crafters #8 JFF AG 08/10 (#2)

I'd really love some feedback :)      
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Monday 17 September 2018

* Vera Lane Studio: Frankie and Bride


Hello!

At Vera Lane Studio we're getting ready for Halloween with two creepy-cute new sets released today. One set is called Frankie and the other is Bride (of Frankenstein) and they go together perfectly!

Here is the card I made:


I inked some mixed media card with Distress Oxides and blending tools, masking off a circle shape to represent the moon. I dry embossed the inked paper in a birch tree embossing folder and swiped Black Soot Distress Ink over the raised tree trunks, smudging onto the sky to suggest the inky darkness of night time.
Frankie and his bride were coloured with Copics and pencils and fussy cut. They are glued directly onto the embossed background and one of the sentiments, from the Bride set, was cut into strips, adhered and outlined in black.
I matted the background onto purple card and placed it onto an orange coloured card to pick up colours from the background.



Frankie                                Bride (of Frankenstein)
   


That's all from me for today.
I hope you'll come along and play on Vera Lane. 
It's such a friendly, fun place to be!

  


Thanks for stopping by today.
xoxo

I'd like to play along in these challenges:

Allsorts Challenge #485 Create a scene 21/09 WINNER, TOP 5
     
Jo's Scrapshack #251 AG 21/09 TOP 3
Crafty Friends #92 Emboss 21/09
Crafters Castle #9 Halloween 21/09 (#3)
Daring Cardmakers JFF Who's the (Em)boss 22/09
Dragonfly Dreams # Sept AG 27/09 (#3)
Crafting With Friends #73 AG 27/09 (#2)
Angie's Digital Stamps #24 AG 28/09 (#2) TOP 3
Artistic Inspirations #207 AG 30/09
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #90 AG 06/10
Creative Crafters #8 JFF AG 08/10

I'd really love some feedback :)      
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Friday 14 September 2018

* Vera Lane Studio: Autumn Sunflower ATC


Hello,

Here is my second ATC for the Vera Lane Studio ATC swap:


I used Sunflower as my focal image and teamed her with the hedgehog from Helga's Hedgehog. I coloured the images with Copics and added some white Posca pen highlights. The images were then fussy cut. 
My background is acrylic paint with a little Vintage Photo stamping and some black paint splatters. I added some raffia trim to ground my images, then applied some strokes of gold acrylic paint all over. The sentiment was printed, cut into strips and outlined with black fine liner. To finish, I added some gold crystal gem trim to the top left corner and inked the edges in black..

Sunflower                                        Helga's Hedgehog
          

That's all from me for today.
I hope you'll come along and play on Vera Lane. 
It's such a friendly, fun place to be!

  


Thanks for stopping by today.
xoxo

I'd like to play along in these challenges:

Little Miss Muffet #197 AG 19/09
QKR Stampede #313 AG 21/09
Aud Sentiments #212 Fall 25/09
Cardz 4 Galz #80 Thoughts of Fall 27/09
Colour Crazy #37 AG 27/09
Crafting with Friends #73 AG 27/09
Through the Purple Haze #148 Bright Colours 30/09

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Wednesday 12 September 2018

* Gecko Galz: Ritzy and Glitzy


Hello!

It's my DT day at Gecko Galz and, as the theme for this month's customer challenge is Putting on the Ritz, I thought I'd stay broadly within that theme for my projects.

Firstly, I made a trio of ATCs:


I used the Blooming Water ATC sheet for the backgrounds. This set is incredibly beautiful - it has the most vibrant colours.


The ladies on all three ATCs come from the Nouveau Goddess Jewel collage set. The images were enlarged,  printed and fussy cut. The edges of the image were inked with vintage Photo Distress Ink, as were the edges of the background paper.


I matted the paper onto black card stock and drew some faux stitching around the edges with a black fine liner.


A small butterfly from Butterly Kisses was added to each ATC, being glued in the centre and leaving the wings free gives them a 3D appearance. The sentiments come from the Journal Toppers Kit.

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Next I made a 4 x 4 inch card using the In Marble Halls paper and another Nouveau Goddess Jewel.


The card has a simple design, using the enlarged Jewel as a card topper. Both the card topper and the background paper were inked around the edges in black and were matted onto black paper. Four die cut corner scrolls were added to the card to frame the image.


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My final project is a wall hanging. 
I used three card beer mats as the base of each panel. The beer mat had a wood-like appearance and so I didn't feel the need to cover it with paper.


The images are from the Butterfly Kisses collage sheet - I resized them, printed them out, cut them and distressed the edges before inking the edges with Vintage Photo.


I used an embossing ink pen to go over the words Hope, Joy and Faith and then heat embossed them with gold embossing powder.


I printed two of each image out, so that I could cut the main butterfly from each and add it as a 3D element by gluing it down just in the centre.


The three mats are held in place by twine secured at the back of each mat. I added some wooden beads in-between each mat and at the base.

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My Putting on the Ritz customer challenge inspiration pieces  and details can be found here:




That's all from me for now!



I hope you'll join our Putting on the Ritz challenge where the Winner will get 
$25 shopping spree 
at the Gecko Galz shop.

The only rule is that you must use at least one Gecko Galz product ...
(this can be one of the freebies or, of course, you can buy at the Etsy store!) 
Also if you sign up for the Gecko Galz newsletter, you'll be able to claim a free collage sheet each month and get first claim on the $1 Wednesday deals!

Please pop over to the Gecko Galz blog to see the fabulous designs by the very talented DT.

We also have a Private Facebook Group where there are 4 monthly challenges, each with a collage sheet prize. Come and join us!

I'll be back on the 12th with more Gecko Galz projects.

Here's all the info you need:

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Thanks for stopping by today.
xoxo

I'd like to play along in the following challenges: 

ATC Trio
Pammie's Inky Pinkies #1836 AG 16/09 (#2)
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #89 AG 15/09 (#3)
Crafting By Designs Encouragement 20/09
Crafty Creations #374 AG 26/09
Corrosive Challenges #9 AG 30/09 (#2)
Card
Jos' Scrapshack #250 AG 14/09
Penny's Challenges #397 AG 19/09
Creates and Makes #24 AG 24/09
Crafty Gals Corner #174 3+ Layers 26/09
Dragonfly Dreams AG 27/09

Wall Hanging
Crafty Catz #428 Add a Butterfly 14/09
Crafting from the Heart #219 AG 16/09
Artistic Inspirations #206 AG 16/09 (#2)
Shopping Our Stash #371 Upcycle 18/09  TOP 3

TTCRD  AG 18/09
Creative Moments #152 AG 25/09
Butterfly Challenge #107 Butterfly & Layers 28/09
613 Avenue Create #213 AG 04/10 (#2)

I'd really love some feedback :)      
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