Craftilicious Creations: Matchbox

Monday, 16 January 2023

Vera Lane Studio: Sweet Life

Hello

Welcome to two new followers - Pam Tiedtke and Margreet Burger. Thank you for having interest in my blog :)

It's Monday and my DT day at Vera Lane Studio.

Today there is a new digi set release called Sweet Life. It features two girl digis and two sentiments and is perfect for occasion cards and journal pages.

I made a small card and a decorated box of chocolates:

My digis are coloured with Copic markers and the background is a gelli print made with acrylic paints and a stencil.

I deconstructed a jumbo match box so that I could put an acetate window in the front and cover with the patterned card.

The chocolates are some of my favourites, a brand called Lily O'Brien's ...

Sweet Life

That's all for now.

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

Here's all the info you need:

Vera Lane Studio Blog

***Vera Lane Studio Facebook Group***

Vera Lane Studio You Tube Channel

Vera Lane Studio Etsy Shop

AALL & Create carry Janet's clear stamp sets, stencils and Washi Tape.

A list of stockists can be found here.

I'd like to play along in these challenges:

A Gem of a Challenge #1 AG 20/01

* Pammies Inky Pinkies #2302 AG 22/01

A Perfect Time to Craft #1 AG 27/01

Pearly Sparkles Challenge #80 No Design Paper 27/01

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #198 28/01

613 Avenue Create Jan AG 31/01 TOP ROCKER

A Place to Start Jan AG 31/01 Rising Star

Corrosive Challenges #1 AG 31/01

Through the Purple Haze #200 AG 31/01

Thanks for stopping by today.

xoxo

Monday, 23 August 2021

* Vera Lane Studio: Little Miss

Hello

Happy Monday! I hope the new week finds you fit and well.

Today I am sharing my DT project for Vera Lane Studio.

I have used a digi set released a short while ago and called Little Miss.

I have had a set of Bare Basics matchboxes for a while and thought it was time to use one. It turned out that the size of the top of the cover is the same as an ATC. Anyhow, I also decided it was time to start using up some of the painted and inky papers I have in my stash, otherwise, why save them?

I used some brayered acrylic paint backgrounds for my panel pieces. The opener is a Tim Holtz brad.

Here is the top of the matchbox. I added some white embossed stamping using one of Janet Klein's Background Noise stamps, available through AALL & Create. I added some tone on tone text stamping and some black stamping around the edges (also from the Background Noise set).

The little character was coloured with Copic pens and her eyes given some definition with Polychromo pencils. I inked the snippets of the sentiment and the edges of the topper with black ink, adding a hand doodled border.

The drawer of the matchbox was lined with Power Words washi tape #24 (designed by Bipasha Bk for AALL & Create). I also added two of the words, torn away from the rest, as grounding for my Little Miss.

And lastly, here is what I am keeping in the drawer ... some of my coloured and fussy cut Vera Lane Studio stamps - it is surprising how many will fit into this small space!

I think this would also make a beautiful little gift box.

Little Miss