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Afternoon crafters xx

I wanted to do a quick blog post to show you  my first EVER Art Journal page (or is it called a spread? 😂)
For those of you who follow me you'll know I love my stamping and getting inky. I've always done this through my cardmaking, Design Team samples and some mixed media, mdf, frames etc.
I wanted to try something a little different that would still allow me to stamp.
So an Art Journal arrived. .. and I have sat and stared at it for a week with no clue of where to begin 😂😂
I think the panic was..what if I do something wrong... I can't just throw it away in the bin (like I usually do)... it will be recorded there, in the journal for me to see!
But then I realised it really doesn't matter! It's MY Art journal. We all make mistakes and it's part of the learning process...so here I go...a new year..a new challenge... Hope you like it xx

I hope you like my first journal entry... hopefully there will be many more lol

Crafty hugs xx 

Circles of Light Collection

Good morning everyone xx

How are you all?

I'm excited to be sharing some of my samples for the classy and unique new
Circles of light Collection.
A collection of 7 stunning stamp sets and coordinating dies, by Stamps By Me
Rose, Poppy, Daisy, Lily,
Feather, Butterfly, Thistle

For this blog I'm showcasing my samples for the Rose, Daisy, Poppy, Butterfly

These are so different and versatile and I hope you enjoy looking through my samples xx

Also used:

Distress Oxides
Distress Inks
Gilding Wax
Mica Powders
Embossing powder
Versmark
Kuretake clean colour pens
Versafine

Rose and Butterfly stamp and die 

Distress Oxides 

Black onyx versafine 

Daisy stamp and die

Pixie Powders 

Distress Oxides 

Blue pearls

Poppy stamp and die

Distress Oxides 

Smokey Grey versafine

Butterfly stamp and die

Daisy stamp

Distress Oxides 

Kuretake clean colour pens  

Distress Oxides 

Kuretake clean colour pens 

Distress Oxides 

Wildflower stamps 

Distress Oxides 

Newspaper Cuttings stamp 

Honeycomb stencil 

Distress Inks 

Gilding Flakes 

Kuretake clean colour pens 

Distress Oxides 

Texture Circles stamp set

Honeycomb stencil 

Gold embossing powder 

Mica Powders 

Gilding Wax 

Kuretake clean colour pens 

Distress Oxides 

Distress Oxides 

Wildflowers stamps

Oh Happy Day solid stamp 

Much Loved Friends solid stamp 

Distress Oxides 

Celebrating You stamp 

Kuretake clean colour pens 

Gold embossing 

Mica Powders 

Distress Oxides 

White embossing 

Distress Oxides 

Concertina card 

Distress Oxides 

I hope you've enjoyed looking through today's samples.

There will be another blog to follow, showcasing my samples for the remaining Circles of Light stamp sets 

Crafty hugs xxx 

Tim Holtz Crazy birds and Polkadoodles Daisy stamp sets

Morning crafters.
Hope you're all well. Back to work for me after two weeks off for Easter.

I'd like to share another make using the fabulous Crazy Birds stamp set.  This time I combined it with the beautiful Polkadoodles Daisy stamp set

I stamped the first crazy bird, in Versafine black onyx ink, at the fore front of my composition and then, using a masking technique, I stamped the remaining  3 crazy birds so they appeared behind each other.  

I then stamped the beautiful Daisy stamp so it sat behind my group of birds

I also stamped flowers, butterflies etc around the card and added the sentiment. 

All the images were then coloured in with Kuretake clean colour pens to complete. 

Thankyou for stopping by 

Crafty hugs xx 

Stamps By Me Ltd You Touch My Life Daisy stamp set

Morning crafters.
I'd like to share my first DT sample for one of the new stamp sets being launched by Stamps By Me Ltd on 14th March. Available to buy from
Www.stampsbyme.co.uk

For this sample I stamped..heat embossed and cut out several of the beautiful Daisy stamps.
These were then coloured in using Kuretake clean colour pens.
I layered shaped white cardstock onto a white card blank, then attached the Daisies using wet glue and foam pads to create different depths of dimension. 
To finish I stamped the sentiment in Versafine ink and added gems

I hope you like this. And would love to read your comments
Crafty hugs xx