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

Bee Crafty samples for Hochanda show

Hi everyone xx

I'm so excited to be sharing my samples, on the Bee Crafty blog, for the fabulous new stamps launched on Hochanda... love these

Products used :
Dragon
Dragons Eye
Unicorn
Sentiment stamp
Dinkables
Distress Oxides
Inks
Gilding Wax
Embossing powder
Pixie Powders
Texture Paste
Watercolour pencils
Transfer Foils

How fabulous and versatile are these? Hope you love them as much as I do

Until my next blog

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 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

Splatter Swirl Upright Rectangle Backdrop Frame from Bee Crafty

Morning everyone  xx

What have you got planned for today?

I'd like to share a canvas I made using the following :
Splatter Swirl Upright Rectangle Backdrop Frame  (Bee Crafty) 
You stamp set (Julie Loves...)
Lustre Luxe: Sea Green, Lavender Quartz (Bee Craft)
Texture Paste
Stencil
Black Onyx Versafine ink

To begin I used texture paste through a stencil and dried it off with heat gun 

 Next i blended the Lustre Luxe's over the canvas 

I stamped the You sentiment on black card with the Sea Green Lustre Luxe and cut it out

The Upright Rectangle Backdrop Frame was stamped onto the canvas in black onyx versafine ink, as was the remainder of the sentiment stamps

I also stamped parts of the Upright Frame around the canvas, in the black ink

I adhered the cut out 'You' sentiment with 3d pinflair glue gel  to complete my canvas 

I hope you like the canvas and many thanks for popping by 

Crafty hugs xx 

Lovely Lily and Music stamp sets by Honey Doo Crafts

Good morning everyone xx

It's the weekend..Yay.  What have you got planned?

Today I'm sharing a Canvas I made using :
Lovely Lily stamp set
Music stamp set
Both available from
Www.honeydoocrafts.co.uk 
Also used:
Texture Paste
Acrylic Paints
Dyna Paints
Distress Ink : Cracked Pistachio,  Shaded Lilac
Gold Gilding Wax

To begin I blended Cracked Pistachio and Shaded Lilac distress inks all over the canvas, varying the shades from light to dark

I mixed some of the inks into my texture paste and went through a dotty stencil

The main Lily was stamped in black onyx versafine ink 

Using Pebeo Dyna paints and a water brush,  I coloured in the Lilies.  Beautiful shimmer

The Music stamp was held in the palm of my hand and stamped randomly in the black ink 

I also stamped some circles in a blue acrylic paint

To finish I highlighted the edges of the canvas and over the texture paste dots, with Pebeo gold gilding wax 

Thankyou for taking the time to take a look and please leave a comment.  I do read them all

Crafty hugs xx 

Honey Doo Crafts Butterfly Border, Cherry Blossom and Whatever you Want To Be stamp sets

Good morning crafters

A sunny morning here in Kent. Hope you have a lovely Saturday x

I'd like to share a DT sample I've made using the following stamp sets

Butterfly Border, and matching die
Cherry Blossom
Bee Whatever You Want To Bee

All these stamps are available from
www.honeydoocrafts.co.uk

To begin I cut some kraft card slightly smaller than the card blank, and inked around the edges with a white ink pad

I used some white texture paste,  randomly through a brickwork stencil then adhered this to card blank with wet glue

The Butterfly border was stamped twice, in black versafine ink,  coloured with Kuretake clean colour pens and cut out with a coordinating die

The Cherry Blossom flowers were also stamped in black versafine ink and coloured with the pens, before cutting them out and shaping them.

I adhered one of the Butterfly Borders to the card using pinflair glue gel

I cut a few of the butterflies out of the second border and attached them with the glue gel too

To complete I stamped the sentiment in black versafine ink

Thankyou for stopping by
Crafty hugs
xx

Stamps By Me All Things Grow With Love stamp set

Morning everyone

Sharing another of my DT samples using the gorgeous All Things Grow With Love stamp set by www.stampsbyme.co.uk

I used texture paste through a stencil to create the background and then stamped the image onto white card. This was coloured in with Kuretake clean colour pens and cut out.

I edged the kraft card with white shadow ink before mounting onto card blank with foam pads

The flower was also adhered to card blank with foam pads,  having first tied twine round the stem.

A sentiment completed this sample

I hope you like it and would love you to leave a comment / follow my blog

Crafty hugs

Xxx