Some late Saturday DT Inspiration for Bee Crafty....

Hi everyone.....I'm very late today with my Saturday Inspiration for 

BEE CRAFTY

I didn't get started crafting this week until Thursday, after a really horrible tummy bug, last weekend, and it seems I've been chasing my tail ever since.....

Anyway, I've made 2 completely different cards this time.....must admit, not sure if I like any of them, but thought I'd show you anyway.

For the first card, I only used red and black ink with the 'Splash Art Guitar Set'

I stamped the guitar twice, fussy-cut then covered it with Glossy Accents.

 The second card only uses the very pretty 'Inkables' template, DAMASK.....  I inked through the template with Adirondack inks, spread it with clear texture paste, then covered the paste with micro beads. Once the texture paste dries, the inks really show through the glass beads.....I love the effect.

 Just a simple card, but I like 'simple' now and then ......

Well, that's it for this week, catch you all soon....happy bank holiday weekend.

Barbara xx

New Stamps from Bee Crafty.....Saturday Inspiration

Morning everyone...... wow, don't these Saturday's come around quickly??

Today I want to show you a card made with brand new stamps, from
BEE CRAFTY 
which were on Hochanda this week.

 I certainly LOVE them all, and couldn't decide which to use first, but the 

Splash Art Guitar Set won....find it HERE

This was a simple card.....!!

I stamped the images from the Guitar set, in black Versafine then heat-embossed with clear embossing powder. I stamped the guitar again,  fussy-cut it out and mounted it on top of the main image.

The background was made with distress inks and finger daubers.

A bit of matting and layering and I was done.......
White Linen and black smooth cardstock is from PAPERMILLDIRECT

 

 I made a couple of others, which I'll show tomorrow....in the meantime, have a great weekend and don't forget to pop over to BEE CRAFTY to checkout the new stamps.

Barbara x

A Little Canvas for Bee Crafty......

Morning everyone, Saturday again, and that means it's my turn for the inspirational blog at
BEE CRAFTY 

This week I fancied doing something a bit different than a card so decided to make a little canvas for my new craft room.

I chose a set of stamps that don't often 'get an airing' on the blog.....

The Village - Millbank 

Fabulous for 'new home' cards too, which is really the reason I bought them.

First I covered a small canvas with Dylusions paint,  inked through a couple of stencils, then stamped a few images (stamps used listed below)

Next I stamped the houses again on contrasting inked card, and fussy-cut them out.

Once these were adhered to the canvas, I simply added a bit of interest with a white pen.......

Voila! done ....

I used a small piece of voile for a hanger.

This certainly looks bright, hanging in my craft room, and I LOVE the sentiment ;-)

Stamps used are :-

The Village - Millbank

Da Vinci Script

Background Distressed Flower Border

Stencils used are :-

Inkables Template - Chainlink Fencing

Inkables Template - Honeycombe 3

Well, that's all for this week, but don't forget Bev is back on Hochanda on Tuesday with some amazing new stamps....can't wait to get my hands on them!!

Catch you all soon,

Barbara xx

Please leave a comment if you've enjoyed looking, I appreciate them all x

Lavinia Stamps New Challenge

Hi everyone.....just a quick post tonight from me to let you all know about the brand new monthly challenge from

LAVINIA STAMPS

Pop over to the Lavinia Stamps Facebook page to enter your creation....it's sooooooo easy!

The prize is a whopping £40 to spend on Lavinia products, and I can definitely recommend the new stamps, they're fab.

Here are my DT samples for this month......The theme is 'Add Some Glitter'

Linen textured card and Pan Pastels.

Stamps used are :-

Dancing with Dawn.

Fairy Buttercups

Vine

Cherry Blossom Tree

This card is for our gorgeous little Eva's 3rd birthday on Friday....she loves fairies.

This was just one stamp,  

the Background Script...really love the design of this.

I used a tiny sentiment die from Penny Black for the sentiment.

For this little card, I just used a selection of the very small stamps from Lavinia, and different coloured Distress Inks

I think the 'masked off' corners are quite effective

Well that's it for now..... hope you get the chance to join the challenge this month.

Back soon,

Barbara.

 xx

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Saturday Inspiration for Bee Crafty........

Morning everyone....excited today as I'm off to Ally Pally with my lovely friend Jean and her 'just as lovely' daughter. 

Will certainly be calling to say hello to Bev at the BEE CRAFTY stand. .....might treat myself to a few things too (who am I kidding....I have a list as long as my arm!)

Anyway, on to my Saturday inspiration.
ALL CARDSTOCK IS FROM PAPERMILLDIRECT

I chose to use the pretty butterfly this week from 'Winged Things' - butterflies set 1 -  and stamped many times on a piece of inked card. (Adirondack inks, Pool, Sunshine Yellow and Citrus) I used the masking technique, so as not to over-stamp.

I mounted the sentiment onto black cardstock and added an extra butterfly, coloured with Sakura pens and Promarkers. Some white highlighting, a bit of matting and layering and I was finished.

Hope you like it enough to leave a comment, they are always appreciated.

Barbara x

DT sample for Bee Crafty......

Morning everyone, Saturday already.....and today I host my monthly workshop in Chippenaham. Guess which stamps we'll be using this month? BEE CRAFTY ...yeah!!

However today I'm showing a card which is totally different from what I normally do.

 I had a piece of painted cardstock in my 'scrappy' box, so decided to chop out a few holes....

I printed the sentiment onto a scrap of card, cut it into pieces and used the

Backdrops Frames ~ Style Wire Circle Sm/Med. 

Still not sure if I like it, so much out of my comfort zone.....

Let me know what you think, please.

Catch you all soon,

Barbara xx