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

Egyptology

Hello crafters xx
Hope you're having a lovely week

I'm back on the Bee Crafty blog today with a couple of cards using the Egyptian Inkables and Dinkables. Eye catching and unique. 😊

Products used :
Inkable: Flying Horus
Dinkables: Horus Head, Lotus Vase, Flying Kestrel, Triangle Lattice
Life Words 1 stamp collection
Egyptian Border stamp
Egyptian Vulture stamp
Distress Oxides : Fossilized Amber, Vintage Photo

I masked off a grid then inked with Iced Spruce DO to create panels
I then inked through the Dinkables with Victorian Velvet DO
I added a touch of Triangle Lattice to each panel
The words were stamped in Versafine
More Triangle Lattice effects were added around the words to complete

I blended the Distress Oxides through the Kestrel Inkable then added highlights with a white gel pen
The Vulture and WISDOM were stamped in Vintage Photo DO. I blended out some of the DO with a water brush
Holding the Border stamp in the palm of my hand, I stamped parts of it randomly in Fossilized Amber DO

I love these templates. ..such focal points

Many thanks for popping by and 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  

Da Vinci inspired

Hi crafters

I hope you caught the Hochanda show earlier in the week, showcasing the fabulous Da Vinci inspired stamps and products by Bee Crafty.
I'm on their blog today with my samples for the show

Products used:
Leonardo
Leonardo Signature 
Vitruvian Man 
Sforza Horse 
Da Vinci Wings 
Large Creativity Words
TIME sentiment  
Script
Crackle
Cogs
Dinkables
Mdf Artboard Tag
Distress Oxides 
Versafine
Gilding Wax
Transfer Foil

Distress Oxides 

Dinkables 

Transfer foil

Distress Oxides 

Water pen

Distress Oxides 

Dinkables 

Distress Oxides 

Dinkables 

White ink pad

Gilding Wax 

Distress Oxides 

Versafine 

I hope you've enjoyed looking through today's samples for these fabulous products 

I'll be back again soon 

Crafty hugs xx 

Beautiful Wolf...

Hello crafters

I'm on the Bee Crafty blog today with a make using one of my favourites. .the gorgeous Winter Wolf..I LOVE Wolves so this is just the perfect image for me 😘

Also used:
Distress Oxides 
Smokey Grey versafine

Having masked off a panel, I blended Distress Oxides, stamped the Moon in one of the Oxides, then splattered droplets of water,  before dabbing excess water off with paper towel 

The gorgeous Wolf was stamped in the Smokey Grey versafine and to finish I stamped the sentiment in one of the Distress Oxides 

Simple, clean but beautiful.  And the image does all the hard work 

Many thanks for popping by 

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 

Fallen Angel

Hi crafters xx

I'm back with another make on the
Buzzy Goings On At Bee Crafty Blog  and today I'm showcasing the fabulous Bansky Inspired
Fallen Angel . I decided to combine him with another Banksy Inspired set, Graffiti Area .

Also used :
Graffiti Alpha 
Texture Circles
Distress Oxides 
Versafine
Black pen

A fun and vibrant make that can be altered just by using different coloured inks

I randomly inked up the Graffiti Area with a mixture of inks then spritzed it with water before stamping it. This gave it a slightly watered,  paint look to it

I did the same with the Graffiti Alpha stamp, which I held in the palm of my hand and stamped bits randomly around my Fallen Angel image

The Texture Circle stamp was inked up in Black onyx versafine and randomly stamped on the edges 

To complete I drew a wiggly frame around the card blank

I hope you enjoyed today's make and I'll see you back here soon with another Bee Crafty make 

Crafty hugs xx 

Collage ART

Hello crafters xx

Today on the Buzzy Goings On At Bee Crafty Blog I'm showcasing my samples for this week's Hochanda show. .. the fabulous Collage ART stamps.  Full of eye catching detail and so fun and versatile. My samples are using
Walking Together and Light Up

Also used:
Art Journal Border stamps : Diamond Straight,
Lines Waves,  Oval Wave
Large Creativity Word stamps
Dinkables
Distress Oxides
Mdf Artboard
Easy frame Inkable 
Sparkle pens
Versafine

Sparkle pens 

Large Creativity Words

Dinkables : Regular Dots 

Circle easy frame Inkable 

Large Creativity Words 

Dinkables : Triangle Lattice 

Distress Oxides 

Large Creativity Words

Mdf Artboard 

Acrylic Paint 

Dinkables : Spiderweb 

Gilding Wax 

Distress Oxides 

Dinkables : Circles 

Foil

Large Creativity Words 

Distress Oxides 

Large Creativity Words

I hope you enjoyed looking through today's samples and can see the versatility of these fabulous stamp sets, that can be used in part, or as a whole.

I'll be back next Thursday with another Bee Crafty blog 

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 

Skull and Halloween samples for Bee Crafty

Good morning everyone xx 

I'm excited to be back on the Buzzy Goings On At Bee Crafty Blog with my samples for today's Halloween themed Hochanda show

Loving the new Tattoo based Skull stamps, to enhance the existing collection of Halloween stamp sets.

I also used the following products :

Skull 

Skull Background 

Skull with Top Hat

Creativity Words

Everyday Sentiments 1 XL 

Dinkables

Acrylic Paint Gilding Wax 

Distress Oxides 

Metallic Markers 

Sparkle pens 

Heat resistant acetate 

Gold embossing powder 

Versafine 

Versmark 

Acrylic paint dripped from top 

Acrylic paint 

Gilding Wax 

Ledger 

Distress Oxides 

Metallic Markers 

Distress Oxides 

Sparklepens 

Kuretake clean colour pens 

Distress Oxides 

Dinkables Spider web

Sparklepens 

Heat embossing

Heat resistant acetate 

How cool are these stamps and the new Tattoo style ones are just awesome.  Check out the website for lots more fabulous products 

Www.beecrafty.net 

I'll be back again soon 

Crafty hugs xx 

Dreams...

Hello everyone xx

I'm over on the Buzzy Goings On At Bee Crafty Blog today with a card I made using the gorgeous Butterflies, Bird on a Branch and Ground Elder stamps
As the summer holidays are now at an end this will be my last Sunday DT blog post..I'm back to my once a week post on Thursdays xx

Also used
Every Hour is a Dream stamp
Flock of Birds
Sparkle pens
Versafine
White gel pen

I cut out a circle aperture on black card, using one of my nesting dies, and set this to one side

I then cut out a circle slightly bigger than the aperture and used Sparkle pens to create a background

The Ground Elder was stamped in black onyx versafine in first and second generation, to create depth

The Bird on a Branch and Flock of Birds was also stamped in the Versafine

I adhered circle background behind the aperture then adhered this to the card blank

The sentiment was stamped in the Versafine, matted onto black card and adhered with foam pads

A drew a white wiggly frame around the black card, to complete this sample

I hope you have enjoyed today's make and I'll be back again soon with another Bee Crafty make

Crafty hugs xx

Hello You

Hi everyone xx

I'm back on the Buzzy Goings On At Bee Crafty Blog with a card I made using a couple of the Banksy Inspired stamps.
Girl with club 
Boy with Dog

I decided I wanted to get inky/messy lol so thought the use of the Texture stamp sets would suit this look well

Also used:
Texture Borders 
Texture Circles 
Pixie Powders
Distress Oxides 
Versafine

I made a background, on watercolour card, using Pixie powders as I hadn't played with these for a while
I then stamped some of the Texture Borders and Circles in Distress Oxides and Versafine, randomly over my background, thinking about where I was going to be placing my main images.
I dried off the background before stamping my girl and boy in black onyx versafine
Once dry I matted this on to black card and then adhered to card blank

I hope you enjoyed today's inky make and I'll be back again soon with another Bee Crafty make

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

LIFE... Do something today x

Hello my lovelies

Hope you're all well and have a good day ahead of you xx

I'm on the Buzzy Goings On At Bee Crafty Blog today and I thought I'd share a card I made using the gorgeous Butterflies, Tall Teasel and Dandelion set. These are all so beautiful and compliment each other well

Also used
Ticker tape sentiments
Dinkable - Distressed Harlequin 
Distress Oxides 
Sparkle pens

I cut a panel of white card and slightly bigger one in black

I masked off a panel on the white card and blended a few Distress Oxides,  drying each layer in between, after spritzing with droplets of water

The Oxides were also blended through the Distressed Harlequin Dinkable

The masking tape was removed

I inked the Tall Teasel in pink and black and stamped it twice

The Dandelion set, and Ticker tape sentiments, were stamped in black onyx versafine

On a seperate piece of card I stamped 3 butterflies, coloured with Sparkle pens then cut them out

These were adhered with foam pads to create some height

I love the combination of all these stamps...I hope you do to

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

Crafty hugs xx

Winter Wolf

Hi everyone xx

Hope everyone is well. I'm back on the
Buzzy Goings On At Bee Crafty Blog with a sample using the absolutely gorgeous Winter Wolf stamp. I LOVE Wolves so to be able to have such a stunning image to play with is heaven xx

Also used :
World Map stamp
Snowflakes - Feathery 
Distress Oxides 
Versafine

I stamped the World Map in Distress Oxides to create the background 

The gorgeous wolf was inked up in both Smokey Grey versafine and Distress Oxides to create this effect

A few stamped snowflakes finished it off

This gorgeous image does all the work 😘

Until my next Bee Crafty blog 

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 

Ratzzi and Ghetto get musical

Hello crafters xx

I'm back on the Buzzy Goings On At Bee Crafty Blog today with a fun make using some of my favourite Banksy stamps
Ghetto Rat
Ratzzi
I combined them with some of the fabulous Music themed stamp sets.
The Dots Soundwaves and the Fur Elise Music Backdrop stamp.

Also used:
Everyday Sentiments 1 
Texture Border stamp set 
Distress Oxides 
Pixie Powders
Versafine

Background was created using Pixie powders 

The Ghetto Rat and Ratzzi were stamped in black onyx versafine 

I held topper in place with temporary adhesive then stamped the Soundwaves in the Versafine, so it stamped both on the card blank and the topper

I then randomly stamped the Fur Elise and Texture Borders, in Distress Oxides,  both on the topper and card blank

I matted topper onto black card stock then adhered this to card blank, ensuring the stamped Soundwaves lined up. 

To complete I stamped the sentiment in Distress Oxide 

I hope you enjoyed today's post and liked the combination of the two Rats, and the music themed stamps

Crafty hugs xx 

Nature...

Hi crafters xx

Hope you're all well and have a lovely day planned
I'm on the Bee Crafty blog today and I decided to try something new. I bought some natural Slate coasters and had a go at stamping on them. Have to say once I got the hang of it I was on a roll...and will be doing more no doubt lol

I used:
Large Butterfly
Large Sunflower 
Maple Hand Drawn leaf
Versmark
Embossing Powders
Metallic Markers (from my crafty stash )
Varnish

When stamping/heat embossing on these you MUST use a GLASS MAT as it will get very HOT

Do NOT touch the slate coaster during and after heat embossing as it gets extremely HOT. It takes a long time for the slate to cool down

Anti Static the coaster before stamping your image in Versmark.  Press and hold down firmly for a minute or so to allow the Versmark to soak into the slate properly

Apply embossing powder 

Heat. (Please note it takes a long time for the embossing powder to melt!!! )

Once dry and the slate has cooled right down then you can colour in your images.

I used metallic Markers from my crafty stash 

Once dry I applied several coats of Varnish 

I hope you liked today's makes..I  enjoyed making them 

I'll be back soon with another Bee Crafty make 

Crafty hugs xx