Vera Lane Studio - Smile

Happy Saturday!

Today I'm sharing my Vera Lane Studio DT project featuring this week's release called Smile which is available from the Etsy shop.

 

I made this little card for my project this week. I used the Gel Press to make the background using the Tre Fiori stencil and Paperartsy Fresco Paint in Guacamole and Orchid. I then stamped the grid stamp from Visual Ingredients using Verdant versafine clair ink. Next I stamped the circles and script from Background Noise in Purple Delight versafine clair. I finished the background stamping with the numbers stamp from Background Noise in Nocturne black versafine clair.I finished the background with a piece of Janet's Wishy Washi tape and a doodled edge with my black fineliner.

 

 

 

I then coloured the Smile girl with my copic markers and added some highlights with my white gel pen. I fussy cut her out and added her to the background. To finish off I added the sentiment and doodled around the edge of it.
 

 Image - Vera Lane Studio (Smile)

Colouring Medium - Copic Markers

Stencil - AALL & Create (#116 Tre Fiori)

Paint - Paperartsy Fresco Acrylic Paint (Guacamole, Orchid)

Stamps - AALL & Create (#338 Background Noise,#404 Visual Ingredients)

 

Washi Tape - AALL & Create  (Wishy Washi)

 

Versafine Clair - Nocturne, Verdant, Purple Delight

White Gel Pen

Black Fineliner

We would love to see your makes over on the Vera Lane Studio Facebook Group or tag us on Instagram using #veralanestudio

Cass xx

 

Sweet Stampin' Challenge

 Saturday and time for another  

Sweet Stampin' Challenge

 

The theme from Team Wendy is

 

Gingham/Plaid

 

I decided to make a slimline card using the Slimline Check die from Lisa Horton. I cut the checked die twice in red and white card. I glued them together slightly offset. I then glued it to the blue base. I then adhered it to the white card base.

Next I coloured the fab Gnome Tower from Twistoon making the gnomes red, white and blue to make the plaid. I added some white highlights with my gel pen. Next I adhered them to the card with 3D foam pads and finished it with the sentiment from Stamping Bella.

 

 

 

 Image - Twistoon "Gnome Tower"

 

Colouring Medium - Copic Markers

Dies - Lisa Horton (Slimline Check)

Sentiment - Stamping Bella

White Gel Pen

3D Foam Pads

Don't forget to pop by the Challenge Blog and see all the fab DT creations from Team Wendy.

Remember you MUST use a stamp (Rubber,Clear or Digi)

 

 TFL

Cass xx

 

Vera Lane Studio - No Kidding

Happy Saturday!

Today I'm sharing my Vera Lane Studio DT project featuring this week's release called No Kidding which is available from the Etsy shop.

 

I've made an accordion card this week. I scored a 10" x 4 ¾" piece of card at 2½, 5 and 7½ inches.I hand drew a line of hills on some card and cut it out using each piece like stencils so I could ink up the sky first using Tumbled Glass and a little Salty Ocean. I then used the other half of the card so I could ink up the grass using Lucky Clover. I then stamped over the grass using the scribbly stamp from the #338 Background Noise stamp set using Lucky Clover again so it was tone on tone.

 

 

I coloured Billy the little boy, 3 goats and the grass tufts from the No Kidding set with my copic markers. I also coloured one of the suns from the Suns set. I added the little boy on the first page then 1 goat on each of the others along with the grass tufts. The sun was added to the last page along with the word Shine from the washi tape.

To finish off I added the words to the Little Goatherd song from The Sound Of Music for a little bit of humour! 

 

 

 Images - Vera Lane Studio "No Kidding" "Suns"

Colouring Medium - Copic Markers

Distress Inks - Tumbled Glass, Salty Ocean, Lucky Clover

Stamps - AALL & Create #338 Background Noise

 

Washi Tape - AALL & Create #6 Crafty

 

White Gel Pen

 

Black Fineliner

 

 

We would love to see your makes over on the Vera Lane Studio Facebook Group or tag us on Instagram using #veralanestudio

Cass xx

 

Digital Guest Designer - Whimsy Stamps

 I'm delighted to have been asked by the lovely Wends to be a Digital GDT for Whimsy Stamps for the month of July.

For my third and final project I've made a slimline card using Hipster Mae. 

I printed out one of the Whimsy Stamps Hearts A Flutter digi papers and cut it out with the Whimsy Stamps Slimline Card Builder die. I coloured the Some Odd Girl Hipster Mae for Whimsy Stamps digi image and added highlights with my white gel pen. I then fussy cut her out. Next using the Slimline Coffee Cup SVG from Simply Crafty SVG, I cut it out on my ScanNCut. I adhered the digi paper to my card base and then added the slimline coffee cup. After that I added my fussy cut digi image and added the Thanks A Latte sentiment from the digi image set to finish off.

Image - Whimsy Stamps Some Odd Girl "Hipster Mae"

Colouring Medium - Copic Markers

Dies - Whimsy Stamps "Slimline Card Builder"

Papers - Whimsy Stamps "Hearts A Flutter" Digital

SVG - Simply Crafty SVG "Holiday Coffee Slimline Card"

White Gel Pen

Check out all the other inspiration on the Whimsy Stamps And Inspiration Facebook group.

Cass xx

Digital Guest Designer - Whimsy Stamps

 I'm delighted to have been asked by the lovely Wends to be a Digital GDT for Whimsy Stamps for the month of July.

 For my second project I've made a circle card using the Elania mermaid digi stamp.

 I cut my circle background out and using Tumbled Glass and Salty Ocean Distress Oxides spritzed with some water on my glass mat, I smooshed the colours on using scrunched up cellophane. Drying it between colours. I then blended the same colours through the bubble stencil using my blending brushes. Once that was done I added some extra colour to the outside of some of the bubbles using the Ecoline waterbrush markers and pulled the colour out with my waterbrush. I then stamped the plants and little circles from the Art By Marlene #47 set in Versafine Clair Monarch. I used my white gel pen and used the stencil to create white circles of varying sizes. I then used my white and violet Posca pens to add some paint splatters.

I coloured the beautiful Elania mermaid with my Copic markers adding highlights with my white gel pen. I mounted her on 3D foam pads and adhered her to the card. I printed out the sentiment from the Whimsy Stamps Best Fishes digital set and added it too. To finish off I added the Bubbles from Little Things from Lucy's Cards

Image - Whimsy Stamps Wee Stamps "Elania"

Colouring Medium - Copic Markers

Dies - Lil Inkers Stitched Circles

Distress Oxides - Tumbled Glass, Salty Ocean

Stencil - Dusty Attic Bubbles

Stamps - Art By Marlene #47

Sentiment - Whimsy Stamps  Best Fishes (Digital)

Ecoline Waterbrush Markers - Deep Green, Ultramarine Deep

Versafine Clair - Monarch

Little Things from Lucy's Cards - Bubbles 

White Gel Pen

3D Foam Pads

 

Check out all the other inspiration on the Whimsy Stamps And Inspiration Facebook group.

Cass xx

 

 

Vera Lane Studio - Seagulls

Happy Saturday!

Today I'm sharing my Vera Lane Studio DT project featuring this week's release called Seagulls which is available from the Etsy shop.

 

I've made a postcard this week. I took the AALL & Create Pebble Pile stencil and using Tumbles Glass and Salty Ocean distress oxides I blended the ink through the stencil using my blending brushes. I then added some washi tape to either side. Next I stamped in the top left using the Going Postal stamp set and Versafine Clair Nocturne. I printed and coloured three of the seagulls and three posts using my Copic markers. I then adhered two at the bottom and one upside down in the top right. I added the sentiment and doodled around the edge with my black fineliner.

Love the expressions on their faces!

 

 Images - Vera Lane Studio (Seagulls)

 

Colouring Medium - Copic Markers

 

Stencil - AALL & Create #103 Pebble Pile

 

Stamps - AALL & Create #302 Going Postal

 

Distress Oxides - Tumbled Glass, Salty Ocean

 

Washi Tape - AALL & Create #17 Mix And Match, #3 Ponder

 

Versafine Clair Nocturne

 

White Gel Pen

 

Black Fineliner

We would love to see your makes over on the Vera Lane Studio Facebook Group or tag us on Instagram using #veralanestudio

Cass xx

 

Digital Guest Designer - Whimsy Stamps

 I'm delighted to have been asked by the lovely Wends to be a Digital GDT for Whimsy Stamps for the month of July.

I've made this slimline card using the Bumble Bear Smile digi stamp.

I made the background panel using  Wild Honey and Fossilized Amber Distress Oxides. I cut it out with the Whimsy Slimline Card Builder die. I then added the honeycomb die cuts to the top and bottom of the panel. I added some black paint splats and the mini bumble bee embellishments and matted it onto black card.

I coloured the Bumble Bear Smile image with my Copic markers and cut it out. I then adhered it to the card. I finished off with the Bee Happy Sentiment.

Image - Whimsy Stamps Meljens Bumble Bear Smile

Colouring Medium - Copic Markers

Dies - Whimsy Slimline Card Builder

Memory Box Open Studio Distressed Baptisia Collage

Distress Oxides - Wild Honey, Fossilized Amber

Posca Black Paint Pen

White Gel Pen

Mini Bee Embellishments

Check out all the other inspiration on the Whimsy Stamps And Inspiration Facebook group.

Cass xx

Vera Lane Studio - Sherlock Holmes

 

Happy Saturday!

Today I'm sharing my Vera Lane Studio DT project featuring this week's release called Sherlock Holmes which is available from the Etsy shop.

 

 I'm a huge Sherlock Holmes fan so I asked Janet if she would draw a Sherlock Holmes character and she didn't disappoint! (not that she ever does!)

I went with a small double journal spread.  I smooshed Squeezed Lemonade, Rustic Wilderness and Vintage Photo spritzed with water over both pages until I got the look I was happy with. I also scribbled the Deep Yellow Ecoline pen on my glass mat and added some water. I used this to add some darker yellow areas. 

I then stamped the #262 MESH stamp randomly over the pages using the same Oxide colours. Next I used the  #456 Snippet Alphabet and stamped 221B (Baker Street) in Versafine Clair Nocturne a couple of times including off the page. I also added some question marks (Whodunnit?)

I then used one of the stamps from #211 Count On You and stamped it a few times. I then cut out some shoeprints on my ScanNCut and used them as a stencil. I sponged through with Black Soot.

I finished the background with some white paint splatters.

I then coloured and cut out Sherlock, Toby and one of the sentiments,

I printed out the dictionary definitio of detective and adhered it on the right page. I then added Sherlock and Toby just above it.

I finished the pages by adding the sentiment to the left hand page and doodling around it with my black fineliner.

 

Elementary Dear Watson!
 

 Image - Vera Lane Studio (Sherlock Holmes)

 

Colouring Medium - Copic Markers

 

Distress Oxides - Squeezed Lemonade, Vintage Photo, Rustic Wilderness, Black Soot

Stamps - AALL & Create #456 Snippet Alphabet, #262 MESH, #211 Count On You

 

Versafine Clair - Nocturne

 

White Posca Pen

 

White Gel Pen

 

Black Fineliner

 

Ecoline Brush Pen - Deep Yellow

 

We would love to see your makes over on the Vera Lane Studio Facebook Group or tag us on Instagram using #veralanestudio

Cass xx

 

Sweet Stampin' Challenge

 Saturday and time for another  

Sweet Stampin' Challenge

 

The theme from Team Wendy is

 

Unusual Hair Colour

 

I used this image from Tiddlyinks called Briar for my card. I coloured her with my Copic markers giving her red hair. Once she was coloured I cut her out.

I cut a circle from the Helly Rebel Belle papers and added a black scalloped circle behind. I then dabbed silver acrylic paint on the barbed wire laser cut frame from Dusty Attic. Once it was dried I adhered it to the card.

 

 I splattered some red Posca paint over the background. I then mounted the image on 3D foam pads and adhered it to the card. To finish off  I die cut the Be Unique sentiment twice and glued them together for some dimension.

 Image - Tiddlyinks (Briar)

Colouring Medium - Copic Markers

Papers - Helly (Rebel Belle)

Barbed Wire Frame - Dusty Attic

Sentiment Die - Creative Expressions

Silver Acrylic Paint

White Gel Pen

Red Posca Paint Pen

3D Foam Pads

Don't forget to pop by the Challenge Blog and see all the fab DT creations from Team Wendy.

Remember you MUST use a stamp (Rubber,Clear or Digi)

 TFL

Cass xx

Crafts Galore Encore July Challenge

As it's the first of the month, today I'm sharing my DT card for Crafts Galore Encore.   

For July it's another anything goes challenge.

 

The sponsor this month is Bugaboo Stamps and the prize is a $12 store voucher. 

I used the Birthday Troll from Bugaboo Stamps as the little girl loves Trolls. I coloured the image with my Copics and cut it out using a circle die.

I layered circles in pink card and some of the Nitwit papers to co ordinate with the base paper. I added a number 3 to the smallest circle and popped some 3D foam pads behind it for some dimension.

I cut out the Whimsy Happy sentiment die and added it to the bottom left and stamped the word birthday below it. I finished off with the PC printed sentiment and added the name using mini alpha stickers.

Image - Bugaboo Stamps (Birthday Troll)

Colouring Medium - Copic Markers

 Dies - Memory Box (Wrapped Stitched Circles) 

Whimsy (Happy Sentiment)

Papers - Nitwit Collections 

Mini Alphabet

White Gel Pen

3D Foam Pads

Don't forget to pop by the Crafts Galore Encore challenge blog to see all the fab DT creations.

We would love to see your creations. You can enter up to 3 times and it's always Anything Goes.

Cass xx