* AALL & Create: With Brave Wings

Hello!

Today is my GDT day at AALL & Create and this time I have a mixed media plaque to share.

I had a lot of fun fussy cutting and colouring the beautiful flowers. The angel and her sentiment make me so happy.

I used Janet Klein's beautiful #357 Fly stamp set along with Bipasha's #324 Blooming Beauty as my focal images and worked on a piece of card which I glued to the mdf plaque once it was finished. 

Here is my step by step process:

1. I stamped the images I would need, making several copies of the flowers so that they could be layered.

2. I used Copic markers to add colour to the images and fussy cut them. I added extra colour with pencils. The fussy cut, coloured flowers and leaves were layered onto a fussy cut white image where just the branches had been coloured: this gives some texture and dimension. 

3. The card base was prepared by adding structure paste with a palette knife to give a distressed look. I used PaperArtsy Fresco paints to colour the textured card.

4. The card base was stamped with the flower boughs and also with  #366 Roundly in Speckled Egg Distress Oxide. Some texture paste was applied through the #39 Lotza Dots stencil and white paint splatters were added. An Artful Days frame was painted in white and stamped with Versafine Claire Warm Breeze, then added to the central part of the card.

5. The plaque base was prepared with a coat of gesso, then mermaid paint followed by Inky Pool applied with fingers.

6. The base of the plaque has some text stamping from the Blooming Beauty stamp set.

 

7. The pretty fairy was coloured to match the flowers. She was fussy cut and added to the circular spotlight frame on top of some cheesecloth. Her sentiment was cut into strips and inked along the edges and adhered within the spotlight. 
8. The flowers were arranged around the spotlight on foam pads for dimension. The flowers were splattered with white paint.
9. The plaques was adhered to its base.

Here are a few more photos: 

Stamps used:
#324 Blooming Beauty
#357 Fly
#366 Roundly
Stencil used:
#39 Lotza Dots 

To see the stamps, stencils and dies used, please visit 
AALL & Create Boutique.

You'll find lots of inspiration on the 
AALL & Create Facebook Page  and on Instagram

That's all for now.

Thanks for stopping by today.

xoxo

I'd like to play along in these challenges:

* We Love 2 Create AG Mixed Media 24/09

* Creative Artiste #64 AG Mixed Media 27/09 WINNER

* A Perfect Time to Craft AG Sept 27/09 DT FAVOURITE

* Classic Design Challenge AG Sept 27/09

* Penny's Challenges #480 AG 29/09

* Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday Sept Things with Wings 30/09

613 Avenue Create AG 03/10

* Dare 2B Artzy Favourite Colour 04/10

* Crafty Creations #413 AG 07/10

Creative Crafters #32 AG 08/10 TOP 3

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* Vera Lane Studio: Rapunzel

Hello

It's my DT day once again for the fabulous Vera Lane Studio. 

This time I used Janet's  Rapunzel stamp set available through AALL & Create and made a journal page.

As usual, I coloured the image with Copics and added some white Posca pen highlights. The background is brayered PaperArtsy Fresco paint, with stamping from Janet's Dandelion Field stencil in white paint. There is more black stamping, using Janet's Background Noise stamp set , also from AALL & Create, around the page edges. The images were fussy cut and grounded with washi tape. White paint splatters were added and the page framed with black ink around the edges. 

Janet Klein's stencil and stamp designs are sold by AALL & Create. Check here for local stockists.

        Rapunzel #380       Background Noise #338
  

          Dandelion Field #96               

     

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

Thanks for stopping by today.

xoxo

I'd like to play along in these challenges:

* Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #141 AG 19/09
* PIP #2037 AG 20/09
* A Gem of a Challenge #19 AG 22/09
* Cardz TV #123 AG 24/09
Angies Digital Stamps #46 26/09 TOP 3

All Fun Challenges #15 AG 26/09
613 Avenue Create Sept AG 01/10
*Jans Digi Stamps Sept AG 04/10

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* AALL & Create: Hot Air Ballon & Galleon Sailing Ship Mini Journal

Hello!

This week for my AALL & Create guest spot, I made a mini journal. The focal images are from the beautiful #319 Magnify It stamp set by Bipasha.

The hot air balloon is the front cover and the galleon sailing ship is on the back cover:

I used quite a few stamps to create the cover backgrounds and the inside pages. I have a photo step by step tutorial:

1. Paperartsy Fresco paints in Mermaid and Inky Pool were applied to white card with a brush and baby wipes. Texture paste was added through part of the #92 Swallowtail stencil.

2. White Fresco paint was added with a baby wipe to lighten up the background a little.

3. The focal image was stamped and Stamp # 336 Bold Alphas was stamped around the edges in Versafine Clair Warm Breeze.

4. The sentiment from the hot air balloon stamp was heat embossed in black and splodges from stamp #362 Splodge were heat embossed in white.

5. Several more hot air balloons were stamped.

6. The balloon parts were fussy cut ready to be glued in place and layered.

7. The #262 Mesh stamp was heat embossed in gold around the edges of the cover.

8. The balloon parts were assembled and some added to foam tape to give dimension.

9. The binoculars were fussy cut twice and glued together. Gold wax was applied to the stencilled texture paste sun and a piece of the #14 Cell die was used to frame the bottom left corner. 

10. The back cover was made in the same way as the front but this time using the galleon sailing ship.

11. The inside of the book is made from painted and stamped white card. Stamps used were # 364 Intersecting Circles, # 262 Mesh and #338 Background Noise.

12. Sentiments were added to each page using Tracy's stamp sets #164 Flourish, #199 Ecclectic Stems,  #213 Flourishing Vase and Olga's #273 Unfurling Petals.

The book was then assembled with each page having tuck spots, flaps or tags. The front and back covers were made from kraft card with the image panels glued on top. Ribbon was used as a closure.

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Here is the front cover in close up. Can you see the balloon is dimensional, made up of layers that have foam tape to help shape them? I was pleased with the Swallowtail stencilled sun detail.

Here is the back cover. The ship and sails are dimensional too, the sails are billowing in the wind. I added some Tim Holtz stars which I heat embossed with gold powder.

 The inside of the journal is made of painted pages with stamping around the edges and lovely, inspiring sentiments.

Stamps Used:

#164 Flourish
#199 Eclectic Stems
#213 Flourishing Vase
#262 Mesh
#273 Unfurling Petals
#319 Magnify It

#336 Bold Alphas

#338 Background Noise

#362 Splodge

#364Intersecting Circles

Stencil: 
#92 Swallowtail
Die:
#14 Cells

  

To see the stamps, stencils and dies used, please visit 
AALL & Create Boutique.

You'll find lots of inspiration on the 
AALL & Create Facebook Page  and on Instagram

That's all for now.

Thanks for stopping by today.

xoxo

I'd like to play along in these challenges:

* QKR Stampede #406 AG 14/09
* A Bit More Time to Craft #123 AG 14/09

* Time Out Challenges #170 Adventurous 23/09
* A Perfect Time to Craft AG Sept 27/09
* Classic Design Challenge AG Sept 27/09
Art Journal Journey Texture 30/10
* CCC Digi Creations #118 Monochrome 30/09
613 Avenue Create Sept AG 01/10
* Ikes World Challenge Under the Weather 03/10 TOP 3

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* Path of Positivity: Take Time to Smell The Flowers

Hello!

Happy Monday!
I hope you are staying safe and well.

Today is the start of a new Path of Positivity challenge.

This month the theme is Anything Goes with the optional twist of Family Ties.

Prizes this month include:

• $12 gift certificate from Bugaboo Stamps our guest sponsor for this month, for a person chosen in a random draw based on all qualifying entrants. 
• ONE image (value of $5 or less) from Scribbles Designs, for the post or project that the team deems most inspiring of the bunch based on all qualifying entrants.
• One digital image from Creative Bug Digital SnapShots for each person chosen as a DT Delight.

So, our optional theme this month is Family Ties.  
Families are a very important part of our lives. This month create a project that shows one of your own family connections. 

Please remember in order to be eligible for the prizes your project must be positive, inspirational, motivational or encouraging in some way. 

I was lucky to receive an image from Bugaboo Stamps, our sponsor for this month, and quote from Décosse's Dynamite Doodles.

My card represents my family tie with my sister. She is the kindest, most caring person I know and she will do anything to help anyone! She always puts her own needs behind those of her family and friends and I feel the sentiment expresses what she needs to be reminded from time to time.

I used the Pretty Flower Girl digi stamp from Bugaboo Stamps with a sentiment, Take Time ... Set 1 from Décosse's Dynamite Doodles. I coloured the image with Copics and fussy cut it. I used Alizarin Crimson Brushos, sprinkled lightly onto 300 gsm card and lightly spritzed with water, to create the pink background. I overlaid a die cut white card to let the pink show through and adhered the image in place. The sentiment was cut with a banner die and adhered on foam tape for dimension.

Many thanks to Bugaboo Stamps, this month's guest sponsor,

and to Scribbles Designs as the ongoing sponsor of the challenge


We would love to see your creations! 
Just make sure that your entry is positive, inspirational, motivational or encouraging in some way!
The link up is here: Challenge #83 Path of Positivity.

 

That's all for today! 

I'll be back in two weeks with my midway Path of Positivity project

Thanks for stopping by today!

xoxo

                                                                                                                                            

I'd like to play along in these challenges:

* Catch the Bug Sept AG 12/09
Creative Moments #198 AG 20/09
* A Perfect Time to Craft AG Sept 27/09
* Classic Design Challenge AG Sept 27/09
* Lets Create and Craft #163 AG 30/09
* Jans Digi Stamps Sept AG 04/10

I'd really love some feedback :)      

I read and appreciate all your comments. 

xoxo

* Vera Lane Studio: Caffeina

Hello!

Once more it's my DT day at Vera Lane Studio and we have a new release today. It is the sweet Caffeina who loves her tea and coffee.

Here is the card I made:

I teamed coffee-loving Caffeina with the Food Stall, also a new release from last week. I coloured the images with Copics and pencils and fussy cut them

The background was made using Janet's Dandelion Field stencil as a stamp by applying Distress Oxides (Dried Marigold and Vintage Photo) all over, spritzing with water and stamping. Water droplets were sprinkled and blotted to bleach out some colour. Extra stamping was added, in Dried Marigold and Antique Linen, using Janet's Background Noise splatter stamp. The edge of the background was inked and stamped in black, then a scribble border was drawn.

Caffeina                                   Food Stall

     

Janet Klein's stencil and stamp designs are sold by AALL & Create. Check here for local stockists.

Dandelion Field #96                                    Background Noise #338

     

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

Thanks for stopping by today.

xoxo

I'd like to play along in these challenges:

* Allsorts Challenge #588 Hand Coloured Image 11/09

* Crafters Cafe #250 AG 13/09

* Crafting Happiness #65 AG 13/09 TOP PICK

* PIP #2036 AG 13/09

* Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #141 AG 19/09

* Angies Digital Stamps #46 26/09

613 Avenue Create Sept AG 01/10

*Jans Digi Stamps Sept AG 04/10

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* Artsystamper: Watercolour Flower Kit

Hello!

Happy Monday!

Today sees the start of a new challenge at the Artsystamper Challenge Blog. 

Each challenge runs for two weeks and starts on the first and third Monday of the month. 

The theme for this challenge is Anything Goes.

I hope that you can find time to join in the fun!

The winner will receive the stamp set of their choice from TheArtsystamperShop. The Winner and Top 3 will receive a badge for their blog.

Beverly Cole’s selections offer stamps and sentiments in each set as well as pre-coloured images for easy, last minute cards. Why not take a moment and check out what she has in store!

For this challenge, the DT are using Beverly's Watercolour Florals Cardmaking Kit. This is a fabulous kit and has all you need to make quick, simple, yet gloriously gorgeous cards. It would make a perfect gift for a friend!

Beverly has a You Tube video showcasing how you can use the kit.

At the moment there is a half price sale at The Artsystamper Shop - it is the perfect time to stock up on your card making digital stamps and papers.

Here is my card:

I used the pretty grey floral paper to showcase the gorgeous watercolour image. The sheets are intended to 'Print and Go'. I edged the paper with Smoked Hickory Distress Oxide. Next, I simply chose a stitched square die to cut out the floral image and a slightly larger die to cut out the pink mat. I actually cut out two floral images so that I could fussy cut elements from the second one to pop on foam dots to give a little dimension. I inked around the edges of the fussy cut elements to add more definition and visual texture. The sentiment was simple cut and popped on foam tape. 
I think this is such a pretty card. The whole set is fabulous and well worth purchasing, especially as there is 50% off through to September 15th!

That's all for today! 

I hope you will hop on over to Artsystamper Digitals Challenge Blog and enter our challenge! You will also see more inspiring designs from the Artsystamper Addicts Design Team ... so much fun.

I'll be back with another Artsystamper project in two weeks time.

Meanwhile, please check out:

 TheArtsystamperShop Etsy

Artsystamper Digitals Blog

Artsystamper (YouTube)

The Artsystamper Addiction (FB Public Group)

Artsystamper Challenge Blog

Thank you for stopping by today!
 

I'd like to support the following challenges:

* Crafting Happiness #65 AG 13/09
* Pennys Challenges #479 AG 15/09
* Creative Moments #198 AG 20/09
* Crafty Creations #413 AG 30/09

* Lets Create and Craft #163 AG 30/09

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