Wicked Wednesday Strolls Down Vera Lane

It's Wicked Wednesday ATC Challenge Blog time and this week our sponsor is Vera Lane Studios.  I love how quirky and fun the Vera Lane images are for creating.  Since the owner, Janet, was so generous with the Design Team, we each did multiple ATCs.  I've used the following sets:  Whimsical Mermaid, Quirky Zombie Couple and Cat, and Whimsical Princess and Frog.  Our theme this week is  Splatters and Sprays.  I'm not going to follow my usual format this week but I will list the basic supplies used.

Zombie Cat Outside

Zombie Cat Inside

Whimsical Princess and Frog

Whimsical Mermaid

These are the products I've used for all three ATCs:

Vera Lane Studio© Quirky Zombie Couple and Cat

Vera Lane Studio© Whimsical Princess and Frog

Vera Lane Studio© Whimsical Mermaid

Stampendous® Cat Sayings Perfectly Clear Stamps

Stampendous® Vintage Letter Rubber Stamp

Stampendous® Golden Sand Embossing Powder

Stampendous® Mixed Media White Paper

Memory Box® Viola 6x6 Paper Collection

Memories Mists® Sprays, Various Colors

Copic® Markers

Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink Pad by Tsukineko®

Delicata™ Golden Glitz Ink Pad by Tsukineko®

Viva Decor® Pearl Pen™ in Ice White

Artist Loft™ Watercolors

atyouSpica™ Glitter Pens

VersaMarker™ Watermark Ink Pen

Green, Purple and Blue Cardstock by Bazzill Basics Paper®

Zip Dry™ Paper Glue by Beacon Adhesive

That's quite a list of supplies!  LOL!  Thanks so much for stopping by today.  I hope you enjoy my projects, I had a lot of fun creating them.  Come and play along with us and show us your best ATCs, I can't wait to see what you create!  Have a blessed day!  

Hugs,

Lea

Going Batty...

...for all things SPOOKY!  Are you ready to be spooked, mystified and magically transported to the land of Halloween and holidays? Hop on board the Dream Team train as we journey through all things Mysterious and Magical through the month of October. Our guest "engineer" is Miss Eerie herself, Alison Heikkila. October promises to be a very bumpy ride...

Here's my project for this week:

I love, love, love Halloween!  It's so creepy and cool!  Kinda like my card!  I knew what I wanted to do as soon as October hit!  For starters, I airbrushed my background on to a piece of Neenah starting with some greens for grass.  I just quickly cut a paper "stencil" to create my hills.  Next using a Copic, I added my moon using a Spellbinders Circle Die as a template.  I added a little light halo around the moon with a lighter yellow Copic.  Next I airbrushed a variety of grays creating my spooky sky.  Rather than spray on some Iridescent Memories Mists, I brushed it on with a paint brush.  I was really going for a misty, foggy kind of look.  I then stenciled my bat on using Stencil  LL 525 Bats with a Gold Brush and a Memento Tuxedo Black Ink Pad.  There are three bats on the stencil but I just wanted the smallest one.  Once I had that done, I used DX 7020 Leafless Tree Die and cut a tree out of black cardstock and then I cut the tree in half with my paper trimmer.  I set the pieces of tree aside and hand cut three "tombstones" out of white cardstock, colored them with Copics and added a little Prismacolor Pencil for my definition.  I glued the tombstones on with Zip Dry, added a little grass with a Copic and then airbrushed a little "mist" over them.  I glued my tree pieces on and then attached the whole thing to a black card base.  Voila!  Creepy card complete!

Now it's time to check out the rest of the team's projects.  Be afraid, be very afraid!  Bwahahahaha!  Your next stops can be found here:

Dream It Up! 

Alison Heikkila (guest designer)
Lea Kimmel (me)
Louise Healy 
Stacey Rumsby 
Terrece Siddoway 
Wendy Jordan 
Pam Hornschu 
Cherylynn Moser

Thanks for stopping by today!  Enjoy the chills and thrills of October!  I'll see you again soon!

Hugs,

Lea

Spring Tree

Hi there!  It's spring and I'm ready for some happy!  Some Dreamweaver Stencils happy!  That means I have a sweet little project for you today that made me happy while I was creating it and I hope you like it too.  This is the first in a series of four small canvases I'm creating with one of my favorite stencils, LX 7020 Leafless Tree.  I absolutely love this stencil!  I have a thing for trees, I always have, I always will!  I don't know what it is about them but they just speak to my soul.

You might wonder how this little canvas fits into the current monthly challenge at Dreamweaver Stencils, it's easy!  I used Memories Mists for almost all of my color!  I used Stormy Water, Amaretto, Plum Sake and  Iridescent Memories Mists.  I did use another brand of ink for my green as I don't have any from Dreamweaver in my personal stash, I know I will have to fix that!  May I just say, I love how easy it is to mix the Memories Mists with the paste to create a variety of paste colors!

So here's how I created this little canvas!  First of all, I gave it a wash of gesso just to give it a little tooth.  When that dried I took the Stormy Water and Iridescent sprays, mixed a little of each together, watered it down just a little and and brushed it on leaving room at the bottom for my "grass."  Next I took some green spray and watered it down just a little and brushed it on.  There was just a slight overlap of the blue and green which gave me that nice dark green line.  Once my background dried, I mixed my paste for my tree with some white embossing paste, matte black embossing paste and some Amaretto (brown) spray.  After I anchored my stencil down, I spread my paste, removed the stencil and set it aside to dry some more.  Once it was dry, I mixed my "blossom" paste using white embossing paste and Plum Sake spray.  Using a brush I just dabbed it on all around the tree making sure I had plenty of yummy texture!  Using my finger, I went back and dabbed some more of my "tree" paste on the trunk of the tree to give it more texture as well..  I set it aside one final time and waited for it to dry before taking my pictures.  Fun, easy and kinda happy!  Here's a close-up of the tree:

Every spring here in North Carolina, we have these beautiful trees with pink blossoms that look pretty much just like this!  Here's a partial picture of my inspiration:

So that's it for me today, I'll post the next one in the series soon!  More members of the Dream Team have created special projects for your viewing pleasure and inspiration and can be found here:

Dream It Up!
Lea Kimmel (That's me!)

Alison Heikkila
Louise Healy
Stacey Rumsby
Terrece Siddoway
Caroline Duncan
Pam Hornschu
Cherylynn Moser 

Feel free to leave some love for us and don't forget to play along.  Mr. Linky on the Dream It Up! blog is just waiting for you!  Thanks for stopping by and I'll see you soon!

Hugs,

Lea