I am the Dragon

Hello crafters xx

I'm on the Bee Crafty blog today with a spread from my Art Journal using the absolutely fabulous Dragon stamp 😊 How awesome is this image. I also combined it with the amazing Dragon Eye
I'm loving using my Art Journal. ..it allows so much freedom in my creativity.

Also used:
Script stamp
Inks
Dinkables
Versafine
Distress Oxides
Glossy Accents

I prepped my pages with white Gesso before creating a "smooshed" background with my inks. (You can create same effect with Distress inks,  Oxides or other water based ink pads).

I randomly stamped the script and the scales stamps over the pages. To get a more random effect I like to hold the stamp in the palm of my hand.

I blended Black Soot Distress Oxide through the brick wall Dinkable.

On seperate card I stamped the Dragon and Eye in Green Distress Oxides,  spritzing with a little water to allow colours to me slightly. 

I cut these out then added glossy accents on the centres of the eyes and allowed them to dry.

Using the cut out Dragon as I guide I blended through the Feathers Dinkable with Distress Oxides, to create the effect of fire coming from the Dragons mouth.

Once my background and Dragon was dry I adhered them to the spread.

I stamped the sentiment on white card, cut through out and adhered them.

To finish I drew a wiggly frame around the edges. 

I hope you enjoyed today's post and I'll be back again soon 

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 

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

Work hard play hard

Hello everyone xx

A quick post today with an Art Journal page I made.
As well as starting an Art Journal my other New year challenge was to try watercolouring /painting. So for this page I had a go at drawing and painting my own flowers ... early days lol

Distress Oxides and Gossip watercolour inks by Stamps By Me, were used to create the background and paint the flowers

I fiddled circles in the background to create a bit more depth

The sentiment is by Bee Crafty Stamps

I hope you like todays post

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

Flying high

Hello crafters xx

I'm back on the Bee Crafty blog with a make using the beautiful Winter Owl stamp set.
I've combined it with the Snowflake Inkable...a perfect combination

Also used:
Silhouette Tree with birds 
Snowflakes - Feathery 
Distress Oxides 

The Distress Oxides were blended through the Snowflake Inkable and a few Snowflakes stamped randomly around to create more interest

The Owl, Tree and Moon were stamped in Smokey Grey versafine 

A quick but effective card with a stunning image 

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

Crafty hugs xx 

February's Ponies

Hi crafters xx

I'm back on the Bee Crafty blog with another page from this year's crafty Calender.
For February I used the Bee Crafty
Silhouette Ponies, Silhouette Tree with Birds and Flock of Birds xx

Also used:
Distress Oxides
Versafine

On a panel of card the width of my Calendar,  I used Distress Oxides to create a background. I used torn bits of paper to create my hills.

I stamped the first tree, and Flock of Birds, in Smokey Grey versafine and then the second tree in black onyx, to create dimension

The Ponies were stamped in the Black onyx.  

I matted this onto black card and adhered across top of calander 

To finish I stamped a couple of the Ponies in the bottom right corner of the calander page 

I hope you liked today's post..see you all again soon

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

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

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 

For You...

Hello everyone

I'm on the Bee Crafty blog today with two makes using the absolutely beautiful Sunflower. A stunning hand drawn flower that stamps so brilliantly

Also used :
Everyday Sentiments XL 1
Distress Oxides 
Dinkables
Sparkle pens
Bark Positive stamp
Foil

For the background I used my sparkle pens, a large brush and water. Creates a beautiful blended rainbow effect which you can also get using Distress Inks and Oxides
I stamped random bits of Bark and blended Distress Oxides randomly through Honeycomb stencil. I used a fine line pen to add some effect to the honeycomb shapes
Using a water brush I bleached out a sun
The Sunflower and sentiment was stamped in black onyx versafine and I added a few white highlights with a gel pen

I applied Distress Oxides direct to the stamp, spritzed with water and stamped onto my card stock. 

Using a craft knife I cut around the Sunflower, so the edges of parts of it sat over the panel, which was same length as my card blank 

I applied transfer foil to base of my Sunflower. I also applied some to the base of my card blank

The panel was adhered to card blank and I added wiggly lines down each side of the panel, with a black pen

The sentiment was stamped in white, to complete 

Many thanks for popping by and I'll be back again soon 

Crafty hugs xx 

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 

Idea, Create, Art

Hello Crafters xx

Something a bit different from me on the
Bee Crafty blog today. I set myself a couple of new challenges for the New Year. The first one was to try my hand at Art Journalling.
So here's my first Bee Craft Art Journal spread. Hope you like it xx

Products used :
Ladies Profile 
Maple leaf
Oak leaf
Trio Butterflies 
XL creativity words
Multi mini Distress Diamond 
Dinkables
Inks
Texture Paste
Black pen

This is the completed Art Journal spread 

I first covered the pages in white gesso

Texture paste was randomly applied through the Honeycomb Dinkable

Once dry I smooshed watercolour inks over both pages. (You can use any inks, distress oxides, whatever you have in your crafty stash). I dried in between each application, building up the layers until I was happy

I stamped the Ladies Profile, Oak and Maple leaves around the edges of the pages, in black onyx versafine ink 

I then stamped 3 more butterfly's "flying" on the left page, and drew in a butterfly trail

Holding the mini Distress Diamond stamp in the palm of my hand, I randomly stamped parts of it in Black Soot Distress Oxide  

I then drew a wiggly black frame around the edge of my two page spread    

I stamped the large Creativity Words on a seperate piece of card.  Cut them up, added wiggly lines around each, then adhered to my pages

And here was the final result. For one of my first Art Journal spreads, I was really happy with the way it turned out. Hope you like it

Crafty hugs xx