Samples for Bee Crafty Hochanda show

Morning lovely crafters xx

I'm on the Bee Crafty blog today with my samples for the recent show, where the lovely ladies showcased some of Sam's favourite designs 😁😁

Products used:
Seahorse
Conch Shell
Jellyfish
Unicorn Magic
Dragons Eye
Dream of Dragons 
Triceratops
Tyrannosaurus Rex 
Distress Oxides
Dinkables
Mandala Inkables
Dylusions Sprays
Embossing powder
Sparkle pens
Kuretake clean colour pens

Kuretake clean colour pens 

Black Versafine

Shaving foam technique 

Distress Oxides 

Glossy Accents

Gelli Plate

Acrylic paint 

Honeycomb Dinkable

Leaf stamp from Dinosaur set

Used Unicorns hair as foliage 

Smooshed effect using Inks

Gold embossing powder 

Clear sparkle pen 

Distress Oxides 

Black Versafine 

Ticker Tape Sentiment

Gelli Plate 

Distress Oxides 

Dinkable:leafy branch

Stonewall Inkable

Dylusions Shimmer and Ink sprays

Sparkle pens

Mandala Inkable

Distress Oxides 

Inks

Black Versafine 

I hope you enjoyed looking through all my samples for the show.

Have fun playing with all your Bee Crafty goodies.

Crafty hugs xx

Do something today...

Hi crafters xx

 I'm on my blog with a quick post to show you my latest Art Journal spread 😂
I love the freedom to chuck anything at it..and see where it leads you. I very rarely plan what I'm going to create lol
My first New Years challenge was to start an Art Journal.  The second was to try my hand at watercolouring/painting. For this spread I painted my own Daisies. .. I know they're not great but it's a start lol

I used Acrylic paints for this spread. 

I also used texture paste through some stencils by Bee Crafty (and other ones I had in my stash). The sentiment was also by Bee Crafty.

I sketched the Daisies first then pined them with acrylics 

Thanks for taking a look

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

Pontilism samples for Hochanda

Morning crafters

I'm excited to be sharing my samples for the gorgeous new Pontilism flower stamps released yesterday's, by Bee Crafty, on Hochanda.
The detail in these gorgeous designs is amazing...

Also used:
XL Creativity words 
Ticker Tape stamp - set 2
Mandala Inkables 
Dinkables
Distress Oxides 
Mdf Artboard 
Ink
Shaving foam

These first 4 samples, using Distress Oxides and spritzed with water,  combined with the XL creativity words,  shows off these gorgeous stamps perfectly 

An ink and shaving foam background 

Distress Oxides 

Distress Oxides, Dinkables, texture paste, Crackle stamp and Gilding Wax 

Distress Oxides 

Mandala Inkable 

Inks and an acrylic block , spritzed with water 

Inks through a circle easy frame Inkable 

Black gesso 

White Ink

Blue/pink ink pad

Distress Oxides 

Mandala Inkable 

I hope you love these gorgeous images as much as I do. 

I'll be back again soon 

Crafty hugs xx 

Life is good...

Hello lovely crafters xx

It's my turn over on the Bee Crafty blog today and I'm sharing a card I made using the beautiful Mandala 3 Inkable. I love these, so versatile and can be used with other stamps etc, or as a stand alone xx

Also used:
Inspirational Words 2 - Life is good 
Gold embossing powder
Distress Oxides 
Dinkables

To create this sample I applied Versmark ink to the Mandala Inkable then laid a piece of card over it and rubbed my hand across it firmly.  Make sure you always keep one hand on the card at all times, as you rub firmly with the other 

I heat embossed the Versmark image with gold embossing powder 

The Distress Oxides were blended all over the card. I used Abandoned Coral, Squeezed Lemonade and Wild Honey

Whilst the ink was still wet I spritzed water through parts of the Honeycomb Dinkable then dabbed with a paper towel. This gives a subtle bleached effect

I inked the Distressed Harlequin Dinkable with Abandoned Coral DO

The sentiment was stamped in Versmark on to black card, and heat embossed in gold

The card was assembled to complete today's make

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

Crafty hugs xx  

Friendship

Hi crafters xx

I'm back on the Buzzy Goings On At Bee Crafty Blog  and today's make is using one of the Bansky Inspired stamps
Girl Watering Aerial . I also used the bird from the Little Friend stamp set

Also used:
Friendship stamp
Mandala 7 Inkable
Distress Oxides 
Versafine

For this sample I blended Distress Oxides through the Mandala 7 Inkable 

The beautiful Bansky image was stamped in Smokey Grey versafine 

To finish I masked off the Friendship part of the sentiment stamp, stamping it in one of the Distress Oxides used for the background 

A simple but effective layout 

Thankyou for popping by today and I'll be back again with another Bee Crafty make soon

Crafty hugs xx 

Life is good

Morning crafters xx

It's Sunday so its my turn over on the
Buzzy Goings On At Bee Crafty Blog

Today I'm sharing a card I made using the beautiful Birds and Dragonflies and I incorporated them with one of the Mandala Inkables. .. a gorgeous combination

Also used
Inspirational Words 2
Distress Oxides
Dinkable

I blended Wilted Violet, Peacock Feathers and Shaded Lilac DO through the Mandala 3 Inkable 

The Birds On A Wire were inked up in Black onyx versafine and the beautiful Dragonfly,  and sentiment,  in Smokey Grey versafine 

I think the mandala really sits well with these gorgeous stamps, hope you agree

Until next Thursday 

Bee Crafty xx

2 for 1....

Hi crafters

Couldn't resist playing with the gorgeous
Seahorse stamp set so thought I'd share my make over on the Bee Crafty blog 
Today you get 2 for the price of 1, with 2 makes using this gorgeous image
The first is on a Calender I'm working on and the second is a card  xx

Also used :
Texture Circles 
Everyday Sentiments 1 XL 
Mandala 7 Inkable
Distress Oxides 

On a seperate piece of card, measuring the width of my Calendar, I created a background using my Sparkle pens
The Seahorse was inked up in several shades of Distress Oxides and then random Seaweed stamps were stamped across the bottom in coordinating Oxides
(A couple of my own sentiments were stamped but you can use any of the many Bee Crafty sentiments available)
I layered this onto black and glitter card then adhered to my calendar

For this sample I started by blending a mixture of Distress Oxides through the beautiful Mandala Inkable

The gorgeous Seahorse was then stamped in two different shades of Distress Oxides

I randomly stamped the seaweed,  air bubbles and texture Circles, in coordinating shades of Distress Oxides, in first and second generation stamping, to add depth to the image

The sentiment was inked up in several shades to complete this make

Hope you've enjoyed looking through today's post and I'll be back again soon with another Bee Crafty make

Crafty hugs xx

Be Yourself. ..

Hi crafters xx

I'm back today with another make over on the
Buzzy Goings On At Bee Crafty Blog 

I thought I'd have a play with my beautiful Mandala Inkable and combine it with the fabulous Skull stamp! And what a combination. .I think they really work well together

Also used
Pixie Powders
Inspirational Words 2 - Be Yourself
Black onyx versafine
Distress Oxides
Clear embossing powder

I made a background using my Pixie Powders and left it to dry naturally

I inked through the Mandala 3 Inkable with Wild Honey, Squeezed Lemonade and Spiced Marmalade Distress Oxides 

The skull was stamped in black onyx versafine and heat embossed with clear embossing powder  

I randomly stamped the splatter part of the skull stamp, to add effect, around my Pixie Powders background  

The sentiment was stamped in black onyx versafine and again inked around the edges using the splatters from the skull

I assembled the card to complete 

I hope you like the combination of the pretty Mandala with the fabulous Skull!! 

I'll see you all next Thursday with another Bee Crafty blog 

Xx