Inspiration using Pretty Penny xx

 Good morning xx

A quick post from me today to share my samples for the recent Pretty Penny collection,  launched on Create and Craft,  and available from Stamps By Me xx

Beautiful collection of stamps, dies and stencils.  

Hope you like them all. Check out the Stamps By Me website for these products,  and many more xx 

Crafty hugs xx 

Endless possibilities

Hello everyone xx

A quick post today with a page from my Art Journal.
I'm trying to draw/paint flowers so here's my attempt...hope you like it xx

I used acrylic paints to create my background  and to add some depth I blended Distress Oxides through a stencil by StampsBy Me.  I outlined it with a fine black pen.

Having sketched my flower I painted it with acrylics. 

The sentiment is also by Stamps By Me 

Hope you liked today's attempt lol

Crafty hugs xx

Life is good

Hi everyone xx

Hope you're all well xx
A quick post from me today with a page from my Art Journal.  I've been trying my fans at drawing /painting flowers... I will have to keep practising lol
I'm loving the freedom of using an Art Journal. ..just see where it takes you...

Distress Oxides were used to create this background together with the bleaching technique through some stencils 

The flowers, hearts and circles I drew were painted with acrylic paints

I did some doodle writing in the background before adding the sentiment by Thirsty Brush & Co 

I hope you enjoyed today's make 

Crafty hugs xx

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

Good vibes only

Hi everyone xx

Just popped on to show you another Art journal spread... sorry if I'm boring you with these now...I'm addicted 😂😂

I used Distress Oxides on this spread, to create my background and flower/sentiment stamps and dies from Thirsty Brush & Co as my focal point 

I also used a selection of stencils and combined them with my own doodling

Thankyou for popping by 

Crafty hugs xx 

Dream Live Laugh

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 

Flower meets words

Hi everyone

Just thought I'd pop on and share my samples for the brand new
Flower meets Words stencils being released on c&c today by Stamps By Me 
The collection comprises of beautiful Flower layering stencils and fabulous bold word stencils. Versatile,  beautiful and a must have collection xx

White ink

Distress Oxides 

Gilding Flakes 

A seperate colour for each layer 

Distress Oxides 

Distress Oxides /Inks

White Ink

Distress Oxides 

Sparkle pens 

Lustre Luxe paste

Distress Oxides 

Distress Oxides 

Distress Oxides 

Washi tape 

Distress Oxides 

Distress Oxides 

Washi tape 

Torn paper die

Distress Oxides 

Floral Splendour 2 collection

Hello crafters xx

Hope you're all well xx

Today I'm sharing my samples for the beautiful Floral Splendour 2 stencils by Stamps By Me.   Beautifully designed and so versatile.
Toni will be demoing these on c&c on the 8th April xx

Floral Splendour 9-13 stencils

Also used:
Gilding Flakes
Distress Oxides
Pixie Powders
Lustre Luxe acrylic paste
White gel pen
Black fine line pen

Distress Oxides 

White gel pen

Gilding Flakes 

Distress Oxides 

Pixie Powders 

Black pen

  

Distress Oxides 

Wildflowers stamp set

Distress Oxides 

Distress Oxides 

Lustre Luxe paste 

Gilding Flakes 

Get your happy on sentiment stamp 

Distress Oxides 

All Things Grow With Love stamp 

Distress Oxides 

Honeycomb stencil 

Script stamp 

Distress Oxides 

I hope you like these stencils as much as I do and my samples inspired you

Crafty hugs xx

Flower stencils from Stamps By Me

Good morning everyone

How are you? Anyone been crafting... I have 😊

I'm soo excited to be able to showcase a brand new set of products released by Toni Darroch from Stamps By Me tomorrow on c&c.
Delicate and gorgeous flower Stencils that are intricate in design but so easy to use. They also have amazing versatility as you can hopefully see from my samples xx

Products used:
Floral Splendor stencils 1-8

Word stamp sets
New Beginnings stamp set
Celebrating You stamp set
Get your happy on (sentiment) stamp set
Don't worry be happy (sentiment ) stamp set
Synergy Dies - Kind Thoughts 2
                           Tags Die
Distress Oxides
Distress Inks
Lustre Luxe
Texture Paste
Versafine
Gilding Wax
Gilding Flakes
Generation Inx 
Pixie Powders
Mdf plaque
Canvas
Gel pens
Kuretake clean colour pens
Texture stencils from my crafty stash

Together word stamp
Spots stencil
Distress Oxides
White/black gel pens

Lustre Luxe
Synergy Die- Kind Thoughts 2
Kuretake clean colour pens

Gilding Flakes
Distress Oxides
Dont worry be happy stamp set (sentiment )

Beautiful word stamp set
Distress Oxides
Honeycomb stencil
Versafine - Deep Lagoon
White gel pen

Wildflower 4 stamp
You word stamp
Distress Oxide
Distress Ink
Deep Lagoon versafine

Celebrating You stamp set
Tags 2 die
Distress Oxides
Versafine Black onyx
White and black fine line pens

Get your happy on sentiment stamp
Versmark
White embossing powder
Generation Inx W01
Black onyx versafine

Mdf plaque
Texture Paste
Lustre Luxe
Synergy Die- Kind Thoughts 2
Distress Oxides
Dots stencil

Wildflower 2 stamp set
Distress Oxides
Versafine - Olympia Green

Synergy Die- Kind Thoughts 2
Lustre Luxe

New Beginnings stamp set
Distress Oxides
Kuretake clean colour pens
Versafine - Black onyx
Black pen

You word stamp set
Heart template
Distress Oxides
Distress Inks
Versafine - Deep Lagoon
White gel pen

Texture Paste
Canvas Board
Distress Oxides
Distress Inks
Lustre Luxe
Gilding Wax
Stencils - Honeycomb, Splatter

Synergy Die - Kind Thoughts 2
Pixie Powders
Gel pens- black , gold

Well I hope you'll agree that these stencils are not only gorgeous and intricate, but so versatile, and as my samples have shown, they can be used with so many techniques

Many thanks for popping by and I hope you've enjoyed my samples

Crafty hugs xx