Music to the ears

Good morning everyone xx

As it's Thursday I'm back with another blog for Bee Crafty 
Following on from my blog last week, showcasing my samples for the recent Music show on Hochanda, I've been playing with those same stamps...which I have to say I LOVE!

I've done two cards using the fabulous
Keyboard stamp. One is suitable for a male and the other a female. This shows just how versatile this stamp can be just by changing a few components of your card

Also used:
Sound Waves stamps: Dots,  Wibble
Circle easy frame Inkable 
D'Inkables: Sunset, Regular Dots, Honeycomb
WORDage: Life Is Good,  Friendship
Large Butterfly 
Butterfly trio
Distress Oxides 
Distress Inks 
Mica Powders
Black onyx and Smokey Grey versafine
Clear embossing powder

Blend Spun Sugar , Worn Lipstick and Tattered Rose Distress Inks through the circle easy frame. Remove frame.
Using same inks, randomly blend through the Sunset and Honeycomb D'Inkables. Draw round a few random honeycombs with a black pen
Stamp the Keyboard, Friendship stamp and Sound Waves (Wibble), in black onyx versafine
On seperate piece of card stamp and heat emboss the butterflies and coloyr in with Mica Powders and a water brush
Adhere using 3d glue gel

For the male version blend Iced Spruce and Faded Jeans Distress Oxides and use the Regular Dots D'Inkable
The Dots Sound waves stamp was stamped in Iced Spruce DO and the Life Is Good sentiment in Smokey Grey versafine
The Keyboard was stamped in black onyx versafine


Two different cards using the same elements with a few adaptations.

I hope you enjoyed today's post and I'll be back next Thursday with another Bee Crafty blog post

 Crafty hugs xxx

Animal Farm meets O's&X's

Hello everyone xx

Hope you all had a fab weekend.

As it's Monday I'm back with my weekly blog for Bumbleberry Papercrafts

I've been playing with the
 X's&O's set again...love it lol

Today I combined it with some of the characters from the Animal Farm stamp set

Also used:
Distress Oxide : Cracked Pistachio
Smokey Grey versafine
Kuretake clean colour pens
Heart stencil

• Blend Cracked Pistachio DO in an ombre effect, getting lighter towards the top of the card blank 
• Blend some of the ink randomly through a stencil 
• Stamp the noughts and crosses grid in black onyx versafine 
• Stamp the Animal Farm characters on a seperate piece of white card, in Smokey Grey versafine ink. Colour in with pens and cut out
• Adhere with 3d glue gel 
• Stamp sentiment in black onyx 

How much fun us this set..so versatile.  The options are limitless 

Thankyou for stopping by and I'll be back next week with another blog for Bumbleberry Papercrafts 

Crafty hugs xx 

Happy Birthday Flourish from Honey Doo Crafts

Hello xx

How are you all? Got anything planned for today?

I'm back with a sample for Honey Doo Crafts 

For this I've used the pretty
Happy Birthday Flourish 

Also used:
Pixie Powders
Versafine
Frame die

I created a background using Pixie powders then stamped the Happy Birthday Flourish in black onyx versafine
This was adhered behind my stitch aperture frame
Parts of the Happy Birthday Flourish were stamped to peek out from behind the aperture frame, before it was adhered using foam pads

And that is today's make using the pretty flourish stamp

Thankyou very much for stopping by
Crafty hugs xx

Music DT Samples for Bee Crafty

Hi everyone  xx

As it's Thursday I'm back with my weekly blog for Bee Crafty  and today I get to blog all my samples for the recent Hochanda show. ..I hope you got your stamps..you will not be disappointed! !
I have to say this is my personal favourite collection that I've samples for Bee Crafty. .well to date anyway lol

I used the following Music products :
Music Splash Art stamps: Microphone, Keyboard,Guitar
Sound waves Border set: Wibble, Heartbeat,  Aztec, Dots
Backdrops XL: Fur Elise Music Border 
WORDage: Music words and accessories (Treble Clef)
Inkables : Star Lattice, Multi Stars, Welded Music
D'Inkables : Cracked Glass, Regular Dots

Also used:
Distress Inks 
Distress Oxides 
Versafine
Lustre Luxe 
Versmark
Embossing powder
Acrylic Paints

Distress Oxides: Spiced Marmalade,  Picked Raspberry, Twisted Citron, Peacock Feathers and Wilted Violet

Pixie Powders. Versafine : Black onyx

Versafine: Black onyx

Versafine: Black onyx.  Clear Embossing powder.  Versafine Clair: Verdant.
Acrylic Paints: Orange, Dyna 359

Distress Inks : Twisted Citron, Peacock Feathers, Wilted Violet, Spiced Marmalade.
Versafine Clair: Verdant, Purple Delight
Black onyx versafine

Distress Inks : Squeezed Lemonade, Worn Lipstick, Spiced Marmalade.  Black onyx versafine

Red Acrylic Paint. Distress Oxide : Black Soot.
Black onyx versafine.  Versmark.  Black embossing powder.

Versafine Clair : Verdant.  Versafine : Deep Lagoon.  Distress Ink: Mermaid Lagoon

Lustre Luxe : Lavender Quartz, Ocean Blue.
Versafine : Deep Lagoon

Distress Oxides : Wilted Violet, Spiced Marmalade, Black Soot.
Versafine : Black onyx


Well that concludes today's post. I hope you enjoyed looking through my samples and I hope you got your stamps and have as much fun playing with them as I did!! I'll be back on the Bee Crafty blog next Thursday

Crafty hugs xx

Daisy Display stamp with Mica and heat embossing technique

Hello everyone
How are you? Any plans for today?
I'm back today with a couple of cards I made to showcase the very pretty
Daisy Display stamp set by Honey Doo Crafts 

Also used:
Life Events stamp
Friendship Quotes stamp
Birthday Sentiments stamp
Mica Powders 
Embossing powder 
Gold gel pen
Clear gems

To create the background, behind the circle aperture, I spritzed some card with water then brushed Tangerine Fizz and Pink Sapphire Mica Powders over it. The flourish from the Birthday Sentiments stamp set was inked in Versmark and stamped on the background then more of the mica powders were brushed over the stamped images
The flowers were stamped and heat embossed in gold then cut out and adhered around the aperture
The sentiment is from Life Events and was also heat embossed in gold

The flowers were stamped and heat embossed in Green Tourmaline Pearl embossing powder and coloured in with Lime Zest and Raspberry Ripple Mica Powders,  mixed with a little water
The sentiment from the Friendship Quotes was stamped in black onyx versafine with a few random flowers stamped around it

I hope you have enjoyed today's post

Many thanks for popping by
Crafty hugs xx

X's and O's by MFT

Hello everyone

It's Monday..again! Lol. Which means I'm back with another blog for
Bumbleberry Papercrafts 

Today's I'm showcasing the brilliant
X's and O's set by My Favourite Things
I love this set..so much fun and very versatile

Also used:
Distress Oxides 
Black onyx versafine
Versmark

• Blend Worn Lipstick, Fossilized Amber and Spiced Marmalade Distress Oxides all over the front of your card blank
• The noughts and crosses grid was stamped in black onyx versafine 
• The shapes were stamped in the same Distress Oxides then the line was stamped in black onyx,  through the hearts line, and a few others
• The sentiment was stamped in Versmark and heat embossed in black 

How fun and adaptable is this set..for male , female, children... Watch this blog for more samples using this set

Thank you for popping by 

Crafty hugs xx 

Car stamp set by Honey Doo Crafts

Morning  crafters

How are you? Hope you all have a good day

For this post I'm showcasing the cool
Car stamp from Honey Doo Crafts 

Super cool and very versatile

Also used:
Dad stamp set
Embossing powder 
Black onyx versafine
Chevron stamp from my stash
Distress Oxide: Iced Spruce

The cars were stamped and heat embossed in Green Tourmaline Pearl and Sapphire Blue Pearl embossing powders
The sentiment, from the Dad stamp set, was stamped in black onyx versafine
I added some chevrons, in Iced Spruce to create the road

I hope you like today's samplenusing this super cool stamp

Crafty hugs xx

Falling Flowers- Versmark/Mica dry brush technique

Hello everyone 😊

Hope you're all well and have a lovely day planned. . Will it involve crafting? Lol

I'm back today with a couple of cards made to showcase the beautiful
Falling Flowers stamp set available from
Honey Doo Crafts 

Also used :
Birthday Sentiments stamp set
Friendship Quotes stamp set
Mica Powders 
Embossing powder 
Distress Oxide
Versafine
Versmark
Gel pen

For this sample I used the Versmark resist technique.
The Falling Flowers and Birthday sentiment, were stamped and heat embossed in white and matted onto white card
The Falling Flowers were then randomly stamped, coming down from the top of the open card blank, in Versmark and then brushed over with White Opal mica powder. The Versmark grabs hold of the mica and creates this beautiful soft image.
With this technique you need to "set" the image with spray/cheap hairspray

The panel was masked off with tape, then Cracked Pistachio Distress Oxide was blended within it
The Falling Flowers and Friendship sentiment were stamped in black onyx versafine


I hope you've enjoyed today's makes using this gorgeous stamp set

Many thanks for popping by

Crafty hugs xx

Pocket Watch, Owl and cogs stamp sets by Bee Crafty

Hello everyone xxx

Hope you're all good and have a lovely day planned.

I'm back with my weekly blog for
Bee Crafty. I'm showcasing the beautiful Time stamp sets again.  Love these,  so versatile and can be for men and woman alike
Stamp sets used :
Pocket Watch
Cogs
TIME
Owl
Birds On A Wire 

Also used:
Inkables Template : Brick wall
Dinkables Template : Chain Link
Distress Oxides  : Peacock Feathers, Twisted Citron, Fossilized Amber
Black onyx versafine ink

• To begin I cut two squares of white card, in decreasing size, slightly smaller than my card blank 
• I inked the Pocket Watch in Black onyx versafine ink 
• I then inked through the two templates in the Fossilized Amber and Peacock Feathers 
• The Pocket Watch was then masked off
• The cogs were stamped in all three Distress Oxides,  ensuring some were stamped over the masking sheet. This would create the effect of sitting behind the Pocket Watch 
• I then removed the mask and stamped two cogs over the edge of the Pocket Watch, to give the illusion of sitting in front of it
• The Owl and Birds On A Wire were stamped in the black versafine,  off the edges of the card 
• To complete I stamped the TIME section of the sentiment stamp in the Peacock Feathers 

I love the versatility of all the Time stamp sets and love creating depth and dimension using the masking technique 

I hope you've enjoyed looking through today's post. I'll be back again same time next week with another Bee Crafty make 

Crafty hugs xx 

Postcard Envelope and Sealed With Love dies

Hi everyone xx

I'm back with two samples I made to showcase the new
Postcard Envelope die
Sealed With Love dies
Postcard Stamps

These are all new and available from
Stamps By Me .
I used them to showcase the new Postcard stamps.  However the versatility of these envelope/seals dies is unlimitless.  Weddings, invitations...

Also used:
Wildflower stamps
Vintage Sepia versafine
Decorative papers

I used patterned papers for the first sample, and stamped the postcards in black onyx versafine.  They were left uncoloured as I thought it would make a lovely gift for someone who could colour them in themselves,  depending on the recipient.
I die cut the Heart Sealed With Love die to use as a closure

The second was cut from a cream sheen paper and flowers from the Wildflower collection of Silhouette stamps,  were stamped in Vintage Sepia versafine, on the front and back of the envelope.
The postcards were stamped in Walnut Stain DI and a water brush was used to "drag" the ink, creating a subtle watercolour effect
The Heart Sealed With Love die was used on this sample

I hope you like these samples
Thankyou very much for stopping by
Crafty hugs xx

Postcard stamp and die collection from Stamps By Me

Hello everyone  xx

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

I'm back with some more samples for the new
Postcard stamps and dies collection being released now on c&c, by Stamps By Me 

I used:
By The Lake
By The Tree
Follow The Path

Today's samples are all watercoloured using the new Artist Watercolour Wheel.  I'm very new to watercolourin so these were a challenge but the images made it so easy.
Hope you like them.

Also used:
Best Wishes die Tag 3
Tall Flowers die
Artistic Stitch Frame die
Wildflower stamps
Distress Oxides
Distress Inks
Versafine

I used the spotlight technique for this sample with By The Lake..adhering the square panel temporarily,  before stamping image in Smokey Grey versafine
I used the Artist Watercolour Wheel and a paint brush to colour it in.
The sentiment die is from the Best Wishes die Tag 1

I used a square die to create a frame
The image, By The Tree,  was stamped in Smokey Grey versafine and coloured in using the Artist Watercolour Wheel

I used the Artistic Stitch Frame die to create a frame for By The Lake , which was stamped in Smokey Grey versafine.
It was coloured in using the Artist Watercolour Wheel
Tall Flowers dies were used to create a 3d dimension to the sample

The Artistic Stitch Frame die was used again to frame the Follow The Path image... however my twist on this stamp was to make the "path" a river. .gives more versatility to this stamp!
It was coloured in using the Watercolour Wheel
Wildflower 4 & 5 were stamped in Cracked Pistachio and Peeled Paint Distress Oxides to add some dimension to the sample

I hope you enjoyed looking through today's post .. I had lots of fun colouring these in.

Crafty hugs xx

Streets of Old

Morning everyone

Hope you all have a lovely day

I'm excited to share more samples for the brand new Eureka Picture Perfect Postcards collection of stamps, tools and dies being released today on c&c by
Stamps By Me 

Stunning hand drawn scenes that can be watercoloured or used in a more contemporary way.

Today's samples are using the very beautiful and quaint
Streets of Old stamp set

Also used:
Cross Stitch Frame die
With Love Tags 2 die
Wildflower stamps
Newspaper Cuttings stamp
Distress Oxides
Distress Inks
Versafine
Stencils

I used Walnut Stain DI to "age" a photo frame, then painted a layer of Mod Podge to set it.
Fossilized Amber DO was blended onto some card and the Newspaper Cuttings stamped randomly in Brushed Corduroy DI
The Streets of Old were stamped in Walnut Stain DI and the ink dragged with a water brush, to emphasise the darker areas

The Streets of Old were stamped onto cream card, in Brushed Corduroy DI and the ink dragged with a water brush
The Wildflower 4 & 5 were stamped in a mixture of Peeled Paint and Fossilized Amber DO and Brushed Corduroy DI

The background was created using Worn Lipstick, Iced Spruce and Fossilized Amber DO. These were applied to a glass mat, spritzed with water and the card dragged through the inks
The Streets of Old were stamped in Brushed Corduroy DI and the knk dragged into the shadow with a water brush
The Cross Stitch die was used to frame the stamped image
The sentiment die is from With Love Tags 2 die set

I hope you like this beautiful image as much as I do.

Many thanks for popping by and I'll be back tomorrow with a few more samples

Crafty hugs xx

Over The Hill

Evening crafters xx

I'm very excited to showcase the beautiful new  Eureka Picture Perfect Postcard Collection of stamps and dies being released tomorrow on c&c by
Stamps By Me 

These samples are using the very beautiful
Over The Hill stamp set

Also used :
Distress Inks
Distress Oxides
Embossing powder
Artist Watercolour Wheel
Versafine
Stickles

The image was stamped in Versmark and heat embossed in black
The background was created using Squeezed Lemonade DI and Fossilized Amber, Spiced Marmalade, Worn Lipstick and Black Soot
Distress Oxides
Water was spritzed over background and dabbed off with a paper towel
The sentiment was stamped in black onyx versafine

The trees were stamped twice in Iced Spruce DO. Once onto a panel of white card and then onto a scrap piece of card, from which two of the trees were cut out
The images were then coloured in using the Artist Watercolour Wheel and a paint brush
The two trees were adhered using 3d glue gel and stickles added to the snow
The sentiments were stamped in Smokey Grey versafine

I love this tree stamp and it coordinates so beautiful with the other tree stamps recently released by Stamps By Me

Many thanks for popping by and I'll be back tomorrow with the more samples for this collection

Crafty hugs xx

The Struggle is Real by The Ink Road

Morning crafters

As it's Monday I'm here with my weekly blog for Bumbleberry Papercrafts 

I was so pleased to get to sample one of the new stamp sets by The Ink Road, as we are the only stockist of their products in the UK! !

This is The Struggle Is Real  stamp set. A fab sentiment stamp set covering some of those moments/events we're never sure what to say....

For this sample I also used :
Altenew Watercolor Frames stamp set
Distress Oxide : Twisted Citron, Picked Raspberry
Distress Ink: Mermaid Lagoon
versafine : Black onyx

Love this sentiment which means
Seize the day.... How appropriate can that be for so many occasions and events

I used the solid square frame with the Distress inks and oxides then the outline one in black onyx versafine

The sentiment was stamped in black onyx versafine and to finish I stamped the Exclamation Mark randomly by the frames

I hope you like my interpretation of this stamp set

I'll be back next Monday with another post for Bumbleberry Papercrafts

Crafty hugs xx

Pocket Watch, TIME and Time Flies stamps by Bee Crafty

Hi ... I'm back again

Here's another card I made whilst playing with my stamps from Bee Crafty and this card is based around a DT sample I made for the Time Hochanda show. I loved how it came out so I thought I'd make a slight variation to it

I used the following stamp sets :
Pocket Watch
TIME
Time Flies

Also used:
Inkables Template: Circles
Dinkable Template: Chainlink
Distress Oxides  : Peacock Feathers, Fossilized Amber
Smokey Grey versafine ink

• I cut a panel of black card and a slightly smaller panel of white card 
• The Pocket Watch was stamped in Smokey Grey versafine ink off the edge of the left hand side of the card panel
• Masking off the Pocket Watch,  I inked Fossilized Amber Distress Oxide through the Circles Inkable
• I repeated this with the Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide through the Dinkable Chainlink template
• Keeping the mask in place, I stamped the various cogs, in the Distress Oxides, in a random manner around the Pocket Watch 
• The mask was then removed 
• I inked up the TIME section of the sentiment only, in the Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide and stamped it in a graduated pattern down the right hand side
• This was then adhered to the black card and adhered to card blank with wet glue 
• To complete I inked up the Time Flies section only, of the sentiment and stamped it in the Smokey Grey versafine ink 

I hope you like the use of these stamps and please check out the Bee Crafty website for lots more fabulous products 

Crafty hugs xx  

Pocket Watch and BEAUtanicals stamp sets by Bee Crafty

Afternoon  everyone xx

Been having a "play" with some of my gorgeous stamps from Bee Crafty and thought I'd blog this card
I used the following stamp sets :
Pocket Watch 
BEAUtanicals Wildflower
BEAUtanicals Ground Elder
Friendship

Also used:
Distress Oxides : Twisted Citron, Picked Raspberry
Distress Inks   : Worn Lipstick
Inkables Tempate Brick Wall
Smokey Grey versafine ink

• To begin I cut two pieces of white card, in decreasing size, slightly smaller than card blank 
• On the smallest mat I inked through the Brick Wall template in the Worn Lipstick Distress ink
• The Pocket Watch was stamped in Smokey Grey versafine ink in the centre of the card 
• Using the Twisted Citron Distress Oxide, I stamped the Wildflower stamp, randomly across the left side of the page
• I inked up the Ground Elder stamp in the Picked Raspberry Distress Oxide and again stamped it randomly. I also did second generation stamping, ie stamping a second time without reinking the stamp. This adds the effect of light and shade
• The Friendship part of the sentiment stamp was inked up and stamped in the Smokey Grey versafine ink 
• I then assembled the layers of my card using wet glue

I love the combination of all these stamp sets. I hope you do to. 

Thankyou for taking the time to have a look at todays play

Crafty hugs xx

Majestic Mare and Fancy Flourish stamp sets from Honey Doo Crafts

Hello everyone xx

How are we all? Anything planned for today?

I'm sharing a few cards I made using  the very stunning
Majestic Mare and
Fancy Flourish stamps.
Both are available from Honey Doo Crafts

Also used:
Dream Sentiments stamp set
Birthday Sentiments stamp set
Mica Powders 
Distress Oxides
Embossing powder 
Versmark Ink
Kuretake clean colour pens
Glossy paper
Versafine
Gel pen

To create the background I spritzed  water all over the card then brushed Sour Grape, Blue Diamond and Purple Topaz Mica Powders over the top
The Fancy Flourish was stamped in Versmark and then Mica Powders were brushed over the top. Brush off any excess
The horse was stamped and heat embossed in black then coloured in with Kuretake clean colour pens
Before adhering the mica background, stamp the Fancy Flourish randomly,  over the card blank,  in black onyx versafine
Adhere Mare with foam pads

The Fancy Flourish, and Dream Sentiment, were stamped and heat embossed in gold
White Opal mica was mixed with a little water and then the flourish was randomly painted with a small brush

Picked Raspberry, Wilted Violet, Cracked Pistachio and Worn Lipstick Distress Oxides were pressed onto a glass mat, spritzed with water and then the square of glossy photo paper  (cut to size), was dabbed into the ink. It was dried off in between each layer of ink, until the desired effect was achieved
The Mare was stamped and heat embossed in silver then coloured in with Kuretake clean colour pens
The Birthday Sentiment was stamped in the Picked Raspberry Distress Oxide

And that's today's post.  I hope you enjoyed looking through and please leave a comment

Crafty hugs xx

Ladies Profile

Good morning crafters 😊

What are we all up to? Any crafting on the agenda?

I'm back with my weekly Bee Crafty DT blog over on Buzzy Goings On At Bee Crafty Blog 

I've been combining all my favourite stamps again, with my favourite ever colour,  Cracked Pistachio. ..lol. I just LOVE this shade of green and today it's combined with blues

For this sample I've used:
Splatter Swirl Upright Rectangle Frame
Ladies Profile 
BEAUtanicals Wildflower 2
Life &Rain

Also used:
Distress Oxides : Cracked Pistachio
Distress Inks : Salty Ocean, Tumbled Glass
Smokey Grey versafine ink
Dinkables: Chain Link, Honeycomb

• I inked up the Splatter Swirl frame in Cracked Pistachio DO and stamped it in the centre of my card blank 
• Having masked the frame off, I stamped the Ladies Profile in Salty Ocean DI
• On the opposite outside edge corners of the frame, I blended Tumbled Glass DI through the Honeycomb stencil and Cracked Pistachio DO through the Chain Link stencil 
• The Wildflower was then stamped randomly in both the Salty Ocean and Tumbled Glass DI'S 
• To complete I stamped the sentiment in Smokey Grey versafine ink 

I hope you like both the combination of stamps, and colours, I've used as much as I do

Many thanks for popping by and I'll be back again next week with another Bee Crafty blog

Crafty hugs xx 

Silhouette stamp collection from Stamps By Me

Good morning everyone

I've been very busy sampling the absolutely gorgeous new Silhouette stamp and die collection from Stamps By Me  which are being showcased tomorrow on c&c

For these samples I've used:
Wildflowers 1,2,3,4,5
Wild Trees
Leaf 1 die
By The Moonlight stamp
Distressed patterns stamp
Distress Oxides
Distress Inks
Versafine
Stencils/templates
Clear gems
Embossing powder
Versmark Ink

Used Wildflower 5 stamp set
The background panel was created using Iced Spruce DO, which I blended over the flowers that had been stamped and heat embossed in white
The Distressed Patterns stamp was inked in the Iced Spruce around the edges of the white layer, to create a frame

Used Wildflower 4 and 5 stamp set
Cracked Pistachio and Worn Lipstick Distress Oxides were blended through a Mondrian template.
Honeycomb and a harlequin stencil were inked through randomly over the top of the Mondrian stencil,  to create extra depth
The flowers were inked through areas of the framed stencil in black onyx versafine

Used Wildflower 2 and By The Moonlight stamp set
Cracked Pistachio and Peeled Paint Distress Oxides were blended through a square stencil, which was also slightly twisted and inked around the edges again, to create a shadow effect
The grasses were stamped in a combination of Olympia Green, Vintage Sepia and Habanero Versafine.  The moon was stamped in Iced Spruce DO

Used Wild Trees stamp
Fossilized Amber and Spiced Marmalade Distress Oxides were blended through a leaf stencil
The stamps were inked up in Vintage Sepia versafine

Used Wildflower 2 stamp
The Leaf 1 die was used to cut out an aperture. A background was created, on a seperate piece of card, using Worn Lipstick and Fossilized Amber DO. The moon stamp, from By The Moonlight,  was stamped using water to create a bleached out effect.
The grasses were stamped in Spiced Marmalade DO and Fired Brick DI.  The sentiment stamped in Habanero Versafine. This was then adhered behind the Leaf aperture panel, before matting and layering onto card blank


I hope you like these stamps as much as I do. They stamp beautifully and are so versatile,  as you can see from these samples

Thankyou very much for stopping by

Crafty hugs xx