New day, new you

Hello everyone xx

Thought I'd pop a quick post on to show you my latest Art Journal spread.
As some of you know I set myself a New Year challenge to try something different in my crafting. ..so I started an Art Journal. .. and I'm loving it!! Totally addicted.  It's so uplifting and anythings goes
Hope you like today's make xx

For this spread I used a range of watercolour inks, stencils and stamps by Stamps By Me, as well as a bit of doodling lol

I hope you like today's Art Journal spread 

Crafty hugs xx

Life is to short to drink cheap wine..

Hello everyone xx

Anyone got any crafty plans for today?

I'm here with a couple of samples to showcase the fun and elegant
Life Is too short to drink cheap wine stamp set by Stamps By Me 

Also used:
Newspaper Cuttings stamp
Distressed Patterns stamp
Versafine
Versmark
Gold embossing powder
Acrylic Dyna paints
Distress Oxides

The newspaper cuttings, distressed patterns  and sentiment stamps, were inked up in Iced Spruce DO
The outline stamp was also inked up in Iced Spruce and the solid stamp in Aged Mahogany DI

I stamped and heat embossed the sentiment and outline image in gold embossing powder.
The solid stamp was inked up with Dyna acrylic paint.
To complete I randomly splattered gold Dyna acrylic paint


I hope you got liked today's' makes using this versatile stamp set

Thankyou for stopping by
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

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

Stamps By Me distressed patterns and abstract shape stamps and dies

Hello everyone  xx

How excited am I to be sharing more of my   samples for the new stamps and dies by Stamps By Me

Think distressed textures, abstract and geometric shapes, scribble art... need I go on! Thrown in are some gorgeous stamps too... so here are the rest....

Distressed patterns stamp
Newspaper cuttings stamp
Abstract circles stamp

Also used:
True Friends stamp
Love and Hope stamp
Be Glamorous stam
You stamp set
Distress Inks
Distress Oxides kuretake clean colour pens
Versafine ink

• I blended Tumbled Glass and Peacock Feathers DI to create background 
• The Distressed Patterns were stamped in Peacock Feathers DI and Faded Jeans DO 
• True Friends solid stamp was done in black onyx versafine ink and the You stamp n Faded Jeans DO 

• The Distressed Patterns and Abstract Circles were stamped in Iced Spruce DO 
• The beautiful Be Glamorous flower was stamped in Smokey Grey versafine and coloured in with Kuretake clean colour pens and a water brush 
• The fabulous Love and Hope sentiment stamp was stamped in black onyx versafine 

I really hope you love these stamps as much as I do and these samples show that you can use them with ANY stamp you have in your crafty stash

Thankyou for stopping by 

Crafty hugs xx 

By the Moonlight and Abstract Flowers stamp sets by Stamps By Me

Hello everyone  😊😊

So excited to share more of my samples for the new stamps just released by Stamps By Me
I've also incorporated the brand new distressed stamps and their stiched frames

For these samples I've used
By The Moonlight stamp
Abstract Flowers stamp
Distressed Patterns stamp
Paper Stitch Frame die


Distress Inks
Distress Oxides
Embossing powder
Versmark Ink
Kuretake clean colour pens
Versafine ink
Rainbow Mirri

• I used one of the Distressed Pattern stamps, with Peeled Paint DO to stamp the "ground"
• The trees were stamped in Olympia Green versafine and Iced Spruce DO,  to create depth
• White embossing powder was sprinkled over trees and heat embossed from underneath
• The moon was stamped in Iced Spruce DO and the sentiment in Olympia Green versafine to complete 

• Using torn paper I created hills, on card die cut with the Paper Stitch Frame die, in Tumbled Glass DI. I stamped the trees first in the Tumbled Glass and then in Faded Jeans DO to create more depth
• The moon was created using a circle template and Iced Spruce DO 
• Opal sparkle embossing powder was sprinkled on top of trees and heat embossed from below
• The sentiment was stamped in the Faded Jeans DO. 
• On the card blank I stamped some trees off the edge, in the Faded Jeans DO  then adhered the stamped frame with foam pads 

• Stamped and heat embossed this gorgeous stamp in gold embossing powder 
• Images were coloured in with Kuretake clean colour pens 
• The sentiment was also stamped and heat embossed in gold I hope you enjoyed looking at my samples for these new stamp sets

Crafty hugs xx