Life is good

Morning crafters xx

Just thought I'd do a quick blog to show you my latest Art Journal spread. 
I decided to try something new for 2019 so got an Art Journal, stared at the blank pages for about a week lol and then just started creating. And I have to say I'm now hooked! Lol.

The other new year challenge was to try watercolouring so for this Art Journal I painted my own flowers. .. 2 new challenges in one go 😂

I used acrylic paints to create the background and a mixture of background stamps and stencils by Stamps By Me and Bee Crafty.  

I loved painting the flowers, albeit very hesitantly lol. They were painted onto light watercolour card and cut out

I hope you like today's make and I'll be back soon with some more Art Journal spreads 

Crafty hugs xx 

Wonderful in every way

Morning crafters xx

As it's Thursday,  it's my turn over on the
Buzzy Goings On At Bee Crafty Blog 

Today I'm showcasing the very beautiful
Carnation large flower stamp. I've teamed it up with the gorgeous Swallow ..a gorgeous combination I think x

Also used
Everyday Sentiments 1
Bark - Positive
Sparkle pens
Kuretake clean colour pens

For this sample I took the pens straight to the stamp, applying the ink using the side of my pens, so as not to ruin the hairs

I spritzed with water before stamping the images

Using a water brush, I moved some of the ink around, whilst still wet, to give a watercolour effect

The sentiment was stamped in Vintage Photo DO

I hope you enjoyed today's post and I'll be back next Thursday with another Bee Crafty make 

Crafty hugs xx 

Poppies from Honey Doo Crafts

Hello xx

I'm back today with a couple of DT samples to showcase the brand new
Poppies stamp set available from
Honey Doo Crafts 

A beautiful and versatile stamp of one of my favourite flowers xx

Also used:
Birthday Sentiments stamp set
Watercolour Pencils
Water brush
Versafine : Smokey Grey
(Birds on a wire stamp from my stash)

To create this effect use temporary adhesive to hold the panel strip in place, then stamp the full length poppies over both the card blank and panel strip.
Remove panel strip and stamp rest of poppies and Butterflies
Colour with water colour pencils and a water brush
Adhere strip panel to a black strip panel then line stamped images up and adhere to card blank before stamping sentiment

Images all stamped in Smokey Grey versafine and coloured in using water colour pencils and a water brush

I hope you like both samples using this very beautiful stamp

Many thanks for popping by

Crafty hugs xx

Time for tea...

Good afternoon everyone xx

Hope you'e well and having a lovely day planned

I'm so excited to share more of my samples for one of the new stamps available from
Honey Doo Crafts 

This is the utterly gorgeous
 Time for tea stamp set. I LOVE this stamp design and it comes with a coordinating sentiment stamp set Tea... which also includes some quaint small embellishment stamps too

Also used:
Poppies stamp set
Versafine: Smokey Grey, Olympia Green, Habanero
Distress Oxides: Iced Spruce, Cracked Pistachio Embossing powder : Copper
Versmark
Watercolour Pencils
Water brush
Kuretake clean colour pens
Patterned papers
(Clock stamp from my crafty stash)

Cracked Pistachio Distress Oxide was blended to create a panel. The embellishment stamps from the Tea.. stamp set were stamped in Olympia Green and Habanero Versafine,  in first and second generation stamping
The Time for tea was stamped in Versmark,  on seperate card, and heat embossed in Copper. The flowers were coloured in using Kuretake clean colour pens. Once cut out it was adhered with foam pads

Having masked off two of the cups, the Time for tea was stamped in Smokey Grey versafine and the flowers colouredin with water colour pencils and a water brush
The sentiments were also stamped in Smokey Grey versafine
The cup was masked off and the clock was stamped in the Smokey Grey versafine
Some of the flowers from the new Poppies stamp set were stamped in Smokey Grey versafine on seperate card.  Coloured in with water colour pencils then cut out and adhered with 3d glue gel

The Time for tea was stamped in Smokey Grey versafine on different patterned papers and each of the cups cut out then adhered together. The flowers were coloured in using water colour pencils and a water brush
The small embellishment stamps were stamped in Iced Spruce DO onto some pink patterned paper which was adhered to card blank
More patterned paper was torn and adhered to the card blank before adhering the Time for tea stamped image with foam pads
The sentiment was stamped onto paper in smokey grey versafine, torn and then adhered to card
To complete,  several flowers from the Poppies stamp set were stamped in Smokey Grey versafine onto seperate paper, coloured in with water colour pencils and then adhered with 3d glue gel

I hope you enjoyed today's post and love this gorgeous stamp set as much as I do!!

Thankyou very much for stopping by

Crafty hugs xx

For The Love of Stamps Tons of Fun stamp set

Morning crafters.
Hope you're all well and looking forward to a crafty day xx

I wanted to share a few cards I made using this really cute stamp set.

I was asked to make a few CAS cards and this is the result.

In each of these I stamped the images in smokey gray versafine ink.

They were coloured with Kuretake clean colour pens and a water brush.

In the first one I used a masking technique to create the impression of dimension withing the layout.

I hope you liked them all

Crafty hugs xx

Stamps By Me Stamp and Scratch Congratulations stamp set

Morning crafters.
Hope you're all well and have a lovely day.

Here is a fun card I made using the cute Congratulations stamp set by
  www.stampsbyme.co.uk 

I first used my kuretake pens, and water, to create this smooshed watercolour background.

I matted it onto yellow card before using foam pads to attach it to card blank

Using smokey gray versafine ink, I stamped the elephant onto white card then using my kuretake pens and a water brush, i coloured him in.

He was cut out and attached to card blank using foam pads and a sentiment stamped to finish x

Hope you like it and would love to read all your comments.

Crafty hugs xx

Stamps By Me Sunflower stamp set

Evening crafters.
Hope you all had a fab Sunday. I've been busy making some samples for a new launch...so watch this space.

In the meantime here's a happy card I made using the delightful Sunflower stamp set available from www.stampsbyme.co.uk

I created a watercolour, smooshed background with distress inks and  kuretake clean colour pens, whilst also using a resist pen to add some swirls.

I then stamped and heat embossed the sunflower and coloured it in using the kuretake pens. 

The background was matted onto black card then attached to card blank with foam pads, before adding the sunflower with 3d gel.

The sentiment was stamped in versafine to complete.

Hope you liked it and many thanks for taking the time to look.

Crafty hugs xx

Stamps By Me All Things Grow With Love and You stamp set by Julie Hickey

Good morning everyone.
Hope you have a relaxing and crafty filled Sunday x

I'd like to share a card I made using the gorgeous
All Things Grow With Love stamp set by www.stampsbyme.co.uk
And the You sentiment stamp set by Julie Hickey

I stamped the outline flower stamp with versafine black onyx ink, randomly over the bottom of the card blank

I then applied kuretake clean colour pens direct to the solid flower stamp, using a variety of different colours. I wanted them all to be different shades, but have the purple in common.

I spritzed the stamp each time before stamping over the outline stamped images

Using a water brush I added water around the outside of the flowers, then dropped the ink from the glass mat, allowing it to run/smoosh around.

The sentiment was stamped in versafine black onyx ink

I matted some monochromatic paper onto the card blank then used foam pads to adhere the topper.

Thankyou so much for stopping by. Please leave a comment as I read them all

Crafty hugs xx

Stamps By Me Ltd Amazing Daisy stamp set

Afternoon crafters.

Here's another card I've made using the beautiful  Amazing Daisy stamp set from Stamps By Me Ltd

I love the subtle effect of the light grey flowers that allow the dark purple ones to "pop"

I used kuretake clean colour pens, with a water brush to achieve the watercolour effect.

Hope you like it and thankyou for stopping by.

Crafty hugs
Xx

Stamps By Me Ltd Amazing Daisy stamp set

Afternoon everyone.

Wanted to share a couple of cards I've made using a new stamp set I bought from Stamps By Me Ltd

It's called the Amazing Daisy, and aptly named I think!
It's a gorgeous large lamination stamp which consists of an outline stamp and then a solid block stamp of the petals. 
The Sentiments on there are beautiful to.

For both of these cards i stamped the images in Versmark ink then used kuretake pens and a water brush to get the beautiful watercolour effect I so love at the moment. 

I also smooshed ink around the flowers for added depth.

I hope you like them and please go check out their website for more gorgeous stamps.

Thankyou  xx