Hello you...

Hi happy crafters xx

Guess what I've been playing with for my weekly Bee Crafty blog post?..  its those fabulous Doodle Art stamp sets again 🤣 I can't get enough of them . So much fun and versatility 😁

For today's make I used:
Doodle Art regular Bird
XL Everyday Sentiments 
Distress Oxides 
Piece of bubble wrap!
Kuretake clean colour pens
Sparkle pens
Gelli plate

I created this background with my Gelli Plate,  Distress Oxides, and a piece of Bubblewrap 🤣

(You can get similar effect by applying the Distress Oxides to an acrylic block and spritzing with water. Press on to card blank, then stamp bits of the bubble wrap, inked up with a contrasting colour Oxide).

I stamped some of the elements randomly around my card, in black onyx Versafine. 

The bird and flowers were stamped in black onyx Versafine, coloured in with sparkle pens and cut out, before adhering with 3d glue gel. 

I also coloured in the leaves and branches of the swirl foliage, with my kuretake clean colour pens.

I stamped the Sentiment in Versafine and finished by drawing a wiggly frame around the inked panel.

And there we go 😁

Thanks for popping by and I'll be back soon 

Crafty hugs xx 

Laugh Loud

Good morning crafters xx

It's Thursday which means I'm on the
Bee Crafty blog today xx

I've been playing with the stunning Time Measure stamp set xx

Also used:
Everyday sentiment 2 set
Dinkables
Texture, circles and film strip set
Kuretake clean colour pens
Distress Oxides
Versafine

To begin I stamped the fabulous Time Measure stamp in black onyx Versafine.
I used my Kuretake clean colour pens to colour in the 2 butterflies, within the design
I stamped some of the texture circles randomly in Distress Oxides
I also blended Distress Oxides through the Honeycomb, and Dots and Lines Dinkables.
The sentiment was stamped in black onyx versafine and a black wiggly frame was drawn around the edge of the card.
I adhered the card to the front of the card blank to complete my make.

Thankyou for popping by and I'll be back again soon.

Crafty hugs xx

Doodle Art Bird

Morning xx

Hope everyone is good. Any crafty plans for today?

I've been getting a bit festive, (yes its August!!) with my Doodle Art sets. These make such fun and festive Christmas cards and here are a selection of cards using the delightful Bird, as the focal image. Love the wellies and this image is perfect for a couple of little girls I know 😁

Hope you enjoy today's weekly Bee Crafty blog post xx

Products used:
Doodle Art sets: all of them!! 🤣
Distress Oxides
Versafine
Kuretake clean colour pens
Sparkle pens
Gelli Plate

Whilst I have made my backgrounds for these particular cards, on my Gelli Plate, you can achieve a similar effect by applying Distress Oxides to an acrylic block. Spritz with water and apply the ink direct to the card blank. Then stamp your desired images within the inked panel to create a random design

All my images were stamped in Black Onyx Versafine as I like the bold, contemporary feel of this look. It's simple, crisp, clean and fun..just like me?? 🤣

I coloured in some aspects of the images, either with kuretake clean colour pens or sparkle pens, but you can use whatever you have in your crafty stash 

I hope you enjoyed looking through today's post. I'll see you again soon.

Crafty hugs xx

Christmas Doodle Art samples

Hello xx

I'm so excited to be sharing my Christmas Doodle Art samples on the Bee Crafty blog today . I hope you got your orders in as these designs are stunningly gorgeous and so versatile xx

Products used:
Doodle Art Christmas Tree
Doodle Art Snowflakes
Doodle Art Robin
Dinkables
Snowflake 1 Inkable
Distress Oxides
MDF Artboard 
Kuretake clean colour pens
Sparkle pens
Embossing powder
Pearls
Gelli Plate

Used my Gelli Plate to create a Distress Oxides background

Baubles coloured with sparkle pens.

MDF inked with Distress Oxides.

Snowflakes coloured with Sparkle pens and the Robin with Distress Oxides.

Texture paste through Snowflakes Dinkable

Cut out snowflakes on patterned paper 

Gelli Plate Distress Oxides background 

Snowflakes cut from patterned paper 

Using Distress Oxides, sparkle pens and kuretake clean colour pens 

Using Distress Oxides, sparkle embossing powder and kuretake clean colour pens 

Coloured using Kuretake clean colour pens 

Versafine and red sparkle pen 

Wallet and voucher Card.

Black embossing powder 

White gel pen

I had soo much fun with this collection and it combines perfectly with all the other Doodle Art stamp sets.

I have made more samples using ALL the Doodle Art sets which I'll share over the coming months

Crafty hugs xx

April Swallow...

Morning crafters xx
Im on the Bee Crafty blog today with a Calendar page I made using the beautiful Swallow stamp. I combined it with one of the gorgeous Mandela Inkables, to create this beautiful spread

Also used:
Distress Oxide
Versafine
Kuretake Clean Colour pens
Sparkle pen

I began by stamping my beautiful Swallow in Smokey Grey Versafine.
I coloured it in with Kuretake Clean Colour pens and a water brush. I added some sparkle to the feathers using a clear Sparkle pen.
I inked through random sections of the gorgeous Mandela with my distress Oxides to finish.
Simple but soo effective

Thankyou for stopping by for this weeks post

Crafty hugs xx

Birds, Feathers and skull....

Morning crafters

I'm back on the Buzzy Goings On At Bee Crafty Blog with a card I made using the gorgeous
Skull with Birds and Feathers. I absolutely love this image and it's so versatile xx

Also used
Life is good sentiment stamp
Versafine
Kuretake clean colour pens

I stamped the gorgeous image in Smokey Grey versafine and coloured it in with my kuretake clean colour pens and a water brush
I stamped the sentiment in the same Versafine
This was matted onto rainbow mirri and set to one side
I stamped the image several times, onto white card, cut out some of the flowers, and coloured them in.
On a seperate piece of card,  slightly smaller than my card blank, I carefully inked up the flower on the stamp with Distress Oxide, and multi stamped it randomly,  to create a background.
This was matted onto rainbow mirri
My card was then assembled with the flowers being shaped and adhered with 3d foam pads

I hope you'll agree that this image can make a really pretty card and therefore has so much versatility

I'll be back again soon with another Bee Crafty make
Crafty hugs xx

Giraffe Safari

Hello xx

I've been playing with the beautiful Scenery Animal collection again... just love them all lol.
As it's my turn on the Bee Crafty blog today,  I thought I'd share one I made using the stunning Giraffe, together with the small Silhouette Safari Giraffe.

Also used:
Silhouette Tree Perennial 
Silhouette Tree with birds 
Everyday Sentiments 1 XL 
Distress Oxides 
Kuretake clean colour pens
Versafine
Kraft bag

The Giraffes, Trees and sentiment were all stamped in versafine - Black onyx,  Vintage Sepia and Olympia Green 

The Tree with Birds was randomly stamped in Vintage Sepia, coming down from the top of the bag

To add a hint of colour I used Kuretake clean colour pens to colour in the scenery, within the Giraffe, and a hint of extra green in the large tree 

I hope you like today's post, and the recipient likes my gift bag 😊

I'll be back again soon 

Crafty hugs xx 

Beautiful Carnation

Hi everyone

Today I'm over on the Bee Crafty blog  with a gift bag I made using the very beautiful
Carnation flower stamp. I combined it with the Butterflies and Dragonfly.

Also used :
Everyday Sentiments 1-XL 
Versafine
Kuretake clean colour pens
Sparkle pens
Kraft bag

The images, and sentiment, were stamped in Black onyx versafine ink and dried with heat gun

The flowers and Butterflies were coloured in with Kuretake clean colour pens 

To add some interest I coloured over the Butterflies and Dragonfly with a clear Sparkle pen

To complete, I added some dots with a black pen, to create some Butterfly trails

Thankyou very much for stopping by today and I'll be back soon with another Bee Crafty make 

Crafty hugs xx 

Campervan Adventures...

Hello

How are we? Been up to any crafty fun? I have..I've been playing with all my older stamp sets in my crafty stash.  I forget i had many of them lol. One of my favourites is this Campervan stamp set... flower power...love it lol

Also used
You stamp set from Julie Hickey
Versafine
Kuretake clean colour pens
Masking tape

Such a fun set to play with
Hope you liked today's makes

Happy crafting

Xx

Beautiful inside and out

Good morning crafters xx

I'm excited to be sharing my samples for the very beautiful new collection of stamps and dies by Stamps By Me 
Beautiful inside and out
A collection of celebration inspired stamps, and coordinating dies, beautiful and versatile

Also used:
Favourite Things Circles of light stamp
The Comeback stamp set
Ornate Watercolour Frame die
Distress Oxides
Kuretake clean colour pens
Embossing powder
Mica Powders

Gold embossing powder 

White mica powder 

Kuretake clean colour pens 

The Comeback stamp set

Kuretake clean colour pens 

Distress Oxides 

Beautiful Inside and out stamp and die

Endless Love stamp 

Day to Remember flower die 

Distress Oxides 

Kuretake clean colour pens 

Beautiful Inside and out stamp and die

Endless Love stamp and die

Favourite Things stamp

Distress Oxides 

Kuretake clean colour pens 

Ornate Watercolour Frame die 

Kuretake clean colour pens 

Distress Oxides

Kuretake clean colour pens 

Black onyx versafine 

White embossing powder 

White Generation Inx 

Distress Oxides 

White gel pen

Love word stamp

Distress Oxides 

White gel pen

Pearl embossing powders 

White Generation Inx 

Kuretake clean colour pens 

Shaker card

Cake die

Kuretake clean colour pens 

Gold embossing powder 

 Mica powder 

Flower dies

Dies

Distress Oxides 

I used the left over cut out, from the wreath die, as a stencil to create the background panel

Die

Distress Oxides 

(Stamp from one of the Just The Right Words 2 stamp collection )

I hope you have enjoyed looking through these samples and can see the versatility of these stamps and dies.

Thankyou for stopping by 

Crafty hugs xx 

Let's rock and roll....

Hi everyone

Hope you're all well and having lots of crafty fun xx

I've been playing with older stamps in my crafty stash again and made a few cards using the fun jukebox stamp set. Brings back lots of childhood memories. ..dancing  with my sisters to my dad's favourite type of music...

Also used:

Distress Inks
Kuretake clean colour pens
Versafine
Clear embossing powder
Stencils
Number stamp

I hope you enjoyed today's makes. I've had lots of fun playing with older stamp sets that you forget you've got lol

Crafty hugs xx

Letters Inspire You....

Good morning crafters xx

Hope you're all well and having lots of crafty fun xx

Today I'm excited to be sharing my samples for the gorgeous new
Letters Inspire You stamps and coordinating dies by Stamps By Me 
Toni will be launching these on c&c today xx

These are versatile large letters that come with a selection of add-on words beginning with the letter... fun, versatile and suitable for every occasion. The coordinating dies brings your crafting to another level

Also used:
Don't worry be happy stamp set
Thanks word stamp set
Kuretake clean colour pens
Distress Oxides
Gilding Flakes
Pearl green embossing powder
Vellum
Versafine
Versafine Clair

Don't worry be happy stamp

letter die

Distress Oxides 

Kuretake clean colour pens 

Black onyx versafine 

Distress Oxides 

Kuretake clean colour pens 

Kuretake clean colour pens 

Black onyx versafine 

Kuretake clean colour pens 

Distress Oxides 

Smokey Grey versafine 

Letter die

Distress Oxides 

White gel pen

Letter die

Embossing powders

White gel pen

Distress Oxides 

Deep Lagoon versafine 

Kuretake clean colour pens 

Vellum

GildingFlakes 

Pearl Green embossing powder 

T die 

Thanks word stamp set

VersafineClair

Kuretake clean colour pens 

Distress Oxides 

I hope you enjoyed the different ways I used these stamps and dies.  Fun and versatile and suitable for any occasion 

Crafty hugs xx