Inspiration using Pretty Penny xx

 Good morning xx

A quick post from me today to share my samples for the recent Pretty Penny collection,  launched on Create and Craft,  and available from Stamps By Me xx

Beautiful collection of stamps, dies and stencils.  

Hope you like them all. Check out the Stamps By Me website for these products,  and many more xx 

Crafty hugs xx 

Hope, balance and good luck

Hi everyone xx

Hope you're all well and have a lovely day planned xx

I thought I'd share a card I made using one of my favourite collection of stamps. The Circles of Light Collection by Stamps By Me. ..such unique, beautiful and versatile stamps.
For this sample I used the gorgeous Feather

Also used:

Distress Oxides : Wilted Violet, Iced Spruce
Versafine : Smokey Grey and Black onyx
Feather and heart stencils from my crafty stash
Black micron pen

I blended the Wilted Violet DO through a large heart stencil and then through a small hearts stencil
The gorgeous Feather was stamped in black onyx versafine
I added some depth by blending Iced Spruce DO lightly through a feather stencil
I drew round the heart with a black micron pen and added a few dots, to tie it in with the stamped image
Once dry I matted it onto black card and then adhered to card blank

 I hope you enjoyed today's make and love this gorgeous Feather stamp as much as I do

Thankyou for stopping by
Crafty hugs xx

Graffiti

Hello everyone
How's your week been?

I'm back on the Bee Crafty blog with my weekly post, and today I'm showcasing the fantastic Graffiti Area stamp, inspired by Banksy

Also used:
Inkable : Metal Work Alpha 
Backdrop stamps
Distress Oxide : Fossilized Amber, Iced Spruce
Versafine : Black onyx
Black pen

Ink through the Metal Work Alpha template randomly, with the Fossilized Amber DO
Stamp the number backdrop randomly,  in Iced Spruce DO
Ink up the Graffiti Area stamp in Black onyx versafine and stamp in the middle
Adhere this to card blank then draw wiggly lines around it, with a black fine line pen

Many thanks for popping by and I'll be back next Thursday with another Bee Crafty make

Crafty hugs xx

Golden Butterfly. . From Bee Crafty

Hello

It's me again and I'm back with another blog showcasing the beautiful products available from Bee Crafty 

For this week's post I got out those gorgeous
Birds and Butterflies 

I also used:
Script background stamp
Ticker Tape Stamp set
Golden Gate Lustre Luxe 
Pixie Powders
Distress Ink: Black Soot
Black onyx versafine

• Create a random background using Pixie powders (I used gold). Then splatter Black Soot Distress ink over the area
• Use black onyx versafine to add some random Script on opposite sides 
• On a seperate piece of card stamp a butterfly in Black onyx versafine. Colour in with the Golden Gate Lustre Luxe,  mixed with a little water. Cut out.  Stamp a second butterfly and heat emboss in black. Use the Lustre Luxe again to colour in. Cut out and adhere on top of the first butterfly,  with 3d glue gel, ensuring the wings can lift up. Adhere to card 
• Stamp and cut out the Ticker Tape sentiment and adhered with foam pads
• Mat onto black card and adhere to card blank 

Well that's this week's sample for you. I really hope you enjoyed today's post. .many thanks for popping by 

Crafty hugs xx 

Snowdrop

Hi everyone xx

Thought I'd share a sample I made to showcase the beautiful new
Snowdrop stamp set by Honey Doo Crafts 

Also used:
Pattern paper
Versafine : Smokey Grey
Kuretake clean colour pens
Clear gems
Rainbow mirri

The Snowdrop was stamped in Smokey Grey versafine and then coloured in using
Blue Haze and Green Shadow Kuretake pens, and a water brush
The sentiment was also stamped in Smokey Grey versafine


I hope you love this beautiful stamp as much as me lol

Crafty hugs xx

Animal Farm stamp set by MFT

Hi everyone

It's Monday and I'm back with my weekly blog for Bumbleberry Papercrafts

I'm showcasing the Animal Farm stamp set from My Favourite Things

I've incorporated some of my dies from my own crafty stash,  to show how versatile this set is and how you can use it with any of your other products

Also used :
Kuretake clean colour pens
Coloured paper
Versafine : Black onyx, Smokey Grey
Dies from my crafty stash

• The fence and grass were cut using dies from my crafty stash and adhered to card blank 
• Stamp out the characters in Smokey Grey versafine,  colour in with Kuretake clean colour pens and a water brush and cut out
• Adhere using 3d glue gel to add dimension 
• Stamp sentiment in black onyx versafine
• I stamped a couple of clouds (from my crafty stash) but you can create clouds using some torn paper and inks

I hope you'll agree that this set, whilst cute, can be used in so many ways and can be combined with anything you have sat in your craft room

Many thanks for popping by and I'll be back again next Monday with another post for 

Bumbleberry Papercrafts 

Crafty hugs xx 

Floral Corner Flourish by Honey Doo Crafts

Hello everyone

Today I'm sharing another of my cards to showcase products from  Honey Doo Crafts 

This card uses the following stamp sets:
Floral Corner Flourish 
Birthday Sentiments 

Also used:
Pixie Powders
Gold embossing powder
Versmark

• Cut a square of gold mirri slightly smaller than card blank and a square piece of white card slightly smaller than this 
• Create a background using Pixie powders 
• Stamp the Floral Corner, and sentiment,  in Versmark and heat emboss in gold
• Adhere this to gold mirri and then onto card blank

Simple, but beautiful 😊😊

Thankyou for stopping by 

Crafty hugs xx 

Animal Farm by My Favourite Things

Hello everyone xx

How was your weekend?  Any crafting done?

I'm back today with my weekly blog for
Bumbleberry Papercrafts  and today I'm showcasing the Animal Farm stamp set from
My Favourite Things

Also used :
Kuretake clean colour pens
Versafine : Black onyx, Smokey Grey
(Photo stamp from my crafty stash )

• Stamp 3 photo frames in black onyx versafine ink.  You can also stamp squares instead, or die cut squares and mat and layer them 
• Stamp the characters,  in Smokey Grey versafine,  in a separate piece of card
• Colour in with Kuretake clean colour pens and a water brush and cut out
• Trim them to fit inside your frames
• Stamp sentiments in black onyx versafine

A simple but fun way to showcase the characters and, as I've shown, if you don't have a photo frame stamp there are lots of other ways to get a similar effect

Many thanks for popping by and I'll be back with another Bumbleberry Papercrafts post next Monday 

Crafty hugs xx 

Kind Thoughts...by Stamps By Me

Hello everyone  xx

Today's blog showcases a few more samples for the new
Kind Thoughts 1&2 die sets from
Stamps By Me

Also used:
Colour To your World stamp set
Detailed Flourish die
Distress Oxides
Distress Inks
Versafine
Pixie Powders
Circle die
Pearls

This sample incorporates the beautiful Colour To your World lamination stamp set,  inked in Cracked Pistachio DO and Wilted Violet DI and word dies from both sets of the new Kind Thoughts dies

The Detailed Flourish die was used to cut out these leaves from a background made using Pixie powders
The Kind Thoughts 1 die was cut from black card and adhered to a circle die cut

Many thanks for popping by. .. hope you like today's makes using the beautiful scripted word dies

Crafty hugs xx

Kind Thoughts word die samples for Stamps By Me

Hello everyone xx

Hope you're having a lovely weekend.  I've been busy sample making.

Today I'd like to share some more of my samples for the newest word dies released by
Stamps By Me 

These are from the Kind Thoughts 2 die set.
A selection of word dies, in a beautiful script font, perfect for all occasions

Also used:
Splatter Art 1 die set
Watercolour Flowers stamp set
Thanks stamp set
Distressed Patterns stamp set
Oh Happy Day stamp set
Versafine
Distress Inks
Distress Oxides

The Splatter Art and Celebrate dies were cut out in various coloured paper. The background was created by putting Squeezed Lemonade, Chipped Sapphire and Peacock Feathers Distress Inks on a mat, spritzing with water and mopping it up on the card.

The Distressed Patterns stamps were inked up in Peacock Feathers and Twisted Citron DO.  The Thanks die was cut from black paper and the smaller sentiment was taken from the Thanks stamp set

I hope you liked these two samples.
Many thanks for popping by
Crafty hugs xx

Imagine Design Create Butterfly Dreams

Hi everyone  xx
Are you all having a lovely day?

I'm back with a sample, as a Guest designer  for
Imagine Design Create 

You'll also find my post over on their blog

For this I've used Butterfly Dreams 

Also used :
Distress Oxides : Picked Raspberry, Worn Lipstick, Peacock Feathers, Wilted Violet, Fossilized Amber
Purple paper

• Cut a square of purple paper and adhere to card blank 
• Cut a slightly smaller square of white card 
• Ink up the butterflies in each of the Distress Oxides,  stamping them around the card to create a butterfly square
• Splatter spots of inks all over the card
• Ink up the sentiment in a few of the colours snd stamp in the centre 
• Adhere this to card blank to complete 

How quick and easy was that!! Lol. But such a pretty effect and you can use any combination of colours to create different looks

Many thanks for popping by 

Crafty hugs xx 

Kind Thoughts wrap around samples for Stamps By Me

Hello everyone

I'm back again with a couple more samples to showcase the beautiful new
Kind Thoughts 1 & 2 die sets from
Stamps By Me . For both samples I used the wrap a round card design, my favourite layout for the moment. ..lol

Also used:
Masking tape
Beautiful stamp set
So Thankful For stamp set
By The Moonlight stamp set
It's All about The Trees stamp set
Distressed Patterns stamp set
Distress Oxides
Kuretake clean colour pens
Versafine
Stickles
Abstract brush

Masking tape was adhered along bottom edge of card blank, which was laid out open.
The beautiful So Thankful For stamp was inked up on black onyx versafine and stamped across both the back and the front of the card blank
Beautiful,  from the Kind Thoughts 2 die set was cut out from black card and patterned black/white paper and adhered alongside edge of card blank, at different lengths
The small sentiment from the Beautiful stamp set was stamped in black onyx versafine
The leaves were coloured in Green Shadow kuretake clean colour pen

The Distressed Patterns stamp was inked in Iced Spruce DO along the bottom of the open card blank.  The trees were first inked and stamped in the Iced Spruce and then again in Black onyx versafine,  to create depth. The moon was also inked in the Iced Spruce
The sentiment was die cut from the Kind Thoughts 1 die set
To complete I used the Abstract Brush to dabble Frosted Lace stickles over the trees snd along the bottom of the card

I hope you've enjoyed looking through today's post

Many thanks
Crafty hugs xx

Vintage Flowers by Honey Doo Crafts

Hi everyone  xx

Hope you're all well. Today . M sharing a sample to showcase the gorgeous
Vintage Flowers stamp and die, available from
Www.honeydoocrafts.co.uk 
The Birthday Sentiments stamp set was also incorporated into the sample

Also used:
White embossing powder
Versmark Ink
Kuretake clean colour pens
Deep Lagoon versafine
Pearls

Stamp the flowers in Versmark ink and heat emboss in white embossing powder. Stamp two more on a seperate piece of card, also heat embossing in white
Cut out the two individual flowers using the coordinating die
Colour all the flowers in with Kuretake clean colour pens
Stamp the sentiment in the Deep Lagoon versafine then adhere the two flowers with glue gel
Add pearls to finish off

These flowers are beautiful whether stamped flat or layered up to create 3d flowers

Many thanks for popping by
Crafty hugs xx

Kind Thoughts die and Watercolour Flowers by Stamps By Me

Hello everyone

Hope you're all well and have a lovely weekend planned xx

I'm back today with some of my samples for the new Word dies being released by
Stamps By Me .
The Kind Thoughts 2 die set.
Beautiful script style word dies, suitable for many occasions

Also used:
Watercolour Flowers stamp set
Beautiful stamp set
Pixie Powders
Kuretake clean colour pens
Versafine
Coloured paper

The background was created using Pixie powders.
The flowers were stamped in Smokey Grey versafine and coloured in with Kuretake clean colour pens

The flowers were stamped on a white card panel, in black onyx versafine.
The Beautiful die was cut out in the centre of the panel. (Set aside the cut out word for another card).
The panel was backed with red spotty paper and matted on black card.
The stamped sentiment is from the Beautiful stamp set

Another two samples using these beautifully scripted dies

Many thanks for popping by
Crafty hugs xx

Floral Posy by Honey Doo Crafts

Hello everyone

Hope you're all well xx

I'm excited to share another sample using the gorgeous new Floral Posy from
Honey Doo Crafts 
I also incorporated a sentiment from
Birthday Sentiments stamp set

Also used :
Distress Oxides : Peacock Feathers, Wilted Violet, Picked Raspberry, Spiced Marmalade, Fossilized Amber
Distress Inks : Black Soot
Black onyx versafine
Stickles

• Blend your Distress Oxides to create the background. Add some water droplets and dry off with paper towel.  Ink around the edge with Black Soot to draw your eye into the image
• Stamp the flowers in black onyx versafine, using first and second generation stamping to create more depth
• Stamp the sentiment in black onyx versafine 
• Assemble card 
• Add stickles to centre of the flowers 

I hope you enjoyed today's post and many thanks for taking the time to look 

Crafty hugs xx 

Floral Posy stamp set from Honey Doo Crafts

Hello everyone 😊

I'm excited to share another DT sample using the beautiful new Floral Posy stamp set from
Honey Doo Crafts . A sentiment from
Life Events  stamp set was used

Also used :
Distress Inks : Picked Raspberry, Worn Lipstick, Peacock Feathers
Black Onyx versafine
Masking tape
Texture stamps from my crafty stash

• Use masking tape to mask off a square panel 
• Blend the Distress inks to create a background,  spritzing water and drying off with a paper towel
• Stamp the flowers in black onyx versafine, using first and second generation stamping 
• Add a few random texture stamps 
• Remove masking tape 
• Stamp the flower again in black onyx versafine so it goes slightly off the page
• Finish off by stamping sentiment 

I hope you've enjoyed today's post and many thanks for popping by 

Crafty hugs xx 

Floral Posy stamp set from Honey Doo Crafts

Hello everyone

Today's blog post is a sample I made to showcase the very pretty
Floral Posy from Honey Doo Crafts 
I also used Birthday Sentiments 

Also used:
Masking tape
Pixie Powders
Distress Oxides : Spiced Marmalade, Picked Raspberry, Wilted Violet

• Mask a panel off on your open, flat card blank
• Create a background using Pixie powders 
• Stamp the flowers in the Spiced Marmalade and Picked Raspberry Distress Oxide 
• Stamp the butterflies in Wilted Violet and the sentiment in Picked Raspberry 
• Remove masking tape

Many thanks for taking the time to look at my blog 

Crafty hugs xx 

Moon and Birds On A Wire stamp set by Bee Crafty

Afternoon  lovely crafters xx

How are we all?

Been having a play and made this CAS card using the beautiful stamps from
Bee Crafty . I sometimes think less is more and like to let the words and images do the talking. I hope you agree.


Moon
Birds On A Wire  
Circle of Friends

Also used:
Distress Inks : Shaded Lilac, Broken China, Tumbled Glass, Mowed Grass
Black onyx versafine ink

• I cut a strip of black card and slightly narrower strip of white card, to fit across my card blank 
• Setting the black card aside,  I blended the blue DI'S over the panel. This was adhered to black card with wet glue and set to one side
• I stamped the Moon on a seperate piece of card,  firstly in the Mowed Grass DI. I then reinked the Moon in Broken China, turned it 180 degrees and stamped over the blue stamped image. This created a two tone Moon
• I die cut the Moon with a circle die

• I placed the Moon over the strip to allow me to work out where I wanted the Birds on A Wire to be stamped, so the end would sit behind the Moon
• I stamped it in black onyx versafine ink 

• I masked off my sentiment stamp and used the panel as a guide so I could stamp part of the sentiment above the panel and the rest below. I used the black versafine ink 

• I then assembled the elements of the card using wet glue, and foam pads behind the Moon

I hope you like my use of these stamps 

Please check out the Bee Crafty website for lots more fabulous products   

Crafty hugs xx 

Large Snowflake by Honey Doo Crafts

Hello everyone xx

Today's second blog is another sample to showcase the fabulous new Large Snowflake from
Honey Doo Crafts

Also used :
Pixie Powders
White opal embossing powder
Frosted lace stickles
Distress Oxide: Peacock Feathers
Stiched frame die

• Cut out a framed aperture with a die
• On a seperate piece of black card create a background using Pixie powders 
• Stamp and heat emboss the Snowflake onto the background, in the white embossing powder 
• Adhere behind aperture then adhere to card blank 
• Stamp sentiment in black onyx versafine 

Many thanks for taking the time to visit my blog today 

Crafty hugs xx 

With Love and Flowers photo frame

Hello everyone

I am lucky enough to be on the Design Team for Stamps By Me  and got to sample the absolutely fantastic Words stamp sets and dies. Each stamp set consists of one large solid word then lots of little add-on sentiments.
As soon as I saw them they cried out home decor so here's a photo frame I made using the
Beautiful word stamp set. I incorporated it with the beautiful  With Love and Flowers stamp set.

Also used:
Smokey Grey versafine
Black onyx versafine
Distress Inks : Fired Brick
Distress Oxides : Peeled Paint

• Ink up the solid stamp in Fired Brick DI and Peeled Paint DO,  spritz with water and stamp on to a piece of card, the same size as the photo frame
• Ink up the outline stamp in Smokey Grey versafine and stamp over your stamped image
• Splatter some of the Fired Brick and Peeled Paint randomly over the card
• Stamp the Beautiful sentiments in Black onyx versafine 
• Assemble your photo frame once dry

I hope you enjoyed today's post. Think I'll  be making many more items of home decor incorporating these fantastic large word stamps

Thankyou for taking the time to look 

Crafty hugs xx