Very Last Post of 2016 for Bee Crafty.......

Morning everyone, and welcome to my very last post of 2016.....

Again, because I haven't been crafting for a couple of weeks, I've picked out a few more of my favourite DT samples which I've made for Bee Crafty over the past year.

All Stamps, stencils, distress inks, etc. can be found on the Bee Crafty website (HERE)

 As you can see, I have more than one favourite ....... ;-)

Well, hope you like this little selection, and also hope it has given you some inspiration to join the Bee Crafty challenges in the coming year.

All that's left to do now is wish you all a very happy, healthy & peaceful 2017.

 Thanks for all the wonderful comments left for my creations on the Bee Crafty Facebook page (and lots of others).

See you all next year!

                                                                        Barbara xx

A Few 'Bee Crafty' Favourites from 2016

Hi Folks, no time to craft this week, but just thought I'd show a few of my fave DT cards using stamps from

 BEE CRAFTY 

These were from earlier in the year....I'll have a few more to show next week, before having lots of new creations to blog.

All stamps, stencils and inks can be found on the Bee Crafty website.

All cards are made with cardstock from  

PAPERMILLDIRECT

 Hope you like this batch of DT work.....

Have an amazing Christmas & New Year, with lots of good wishes for 2017.

Thanks for popping over to my blog during the past 12 months.

Barbara.

xx

With Love....At christmas

Hi again, Barbara here with a very quick post, my weekend inspiration for BEE CRAFTY......I don't know about anyone else, but my feet haven't  touched the ground this week, lots of baby-sitting and not much time to craft I'm afraid.

 I made a card last weekend for a friend using ALL Bee Crafty stamps, but forgot to take a photo before I posted it, so I re-created it for my son & d-i-l using a computer generated sentiment.

I've used white 'Hemp' cardstock from Papermilldirect as a base and extra layers, then stamped the holly and fir branches from Large Fir Fronds & Holly and Swirl border (find them HERE ).... I used various shades of green Adirondack inks. The holly leaves were stamped 5 more times onto scrap card then fussy-cut. I mounted them around the main image, just to add a bit of interest.

I then added a load of coloured jewels to brighten it up.

 Hope you like it....

Don't forget to get your entries into the Bee Crafty monthly challenge on Facebook.....there's a prize of £20. You MUST use Bee Crafty stamps though, of course.

Back soon with another post.

Barbara x

Saturday/Sunday Inspiration for Bee Crafty.....

Hi everyone, I'm late with my DT post for BEE CRAFTY .......My feet haven't touched the ground this week, although I'm sure you will all be the same......unless you're an organised type of person, which I'm am definitely not!

Anyway, here is my DT card for this week, made with snowflakes, HERE .....white, coloured & black embossing powders and an inky background from my 'inky store'.

The cardstock is the fabulous new 'Hemp' from PAPERMILLDIRECT.

 After die-cutting four squares, I stamped each one with a selection of snowflakes in various embossing powders.

I inked the extreme edges with distress ink, and added a sentiment.

Double-mounted onto white 'Hemp' cardstock and 'voila', finished.

Hope you like it ;-)

Catch you soon,
Barbara x
Don't forget Bee Crafty have a December challenge with a prize of £20....pop over to the facebook page for more details xx

Lavinia Stamps ~ December Challenge

Hi everyone,

The December challenge at LAVINIA STAMPS has started.....The theme this month is 

'MAGICAL'

The prize, as always, is a fabulous £40 Lavinia Stamps goodies, of your own choice, so get those entries in. Go to the Facebook page HERE to read full details of how to enter.

These are my DT samples for this month.....

 All card stock is from PAPERMILLDIRECT which has been coloured with Pan Pastels.....it's the new 'HOPSACK' textured card and I love it!! Looks just like canvas 😀

Lavinia Stamps used are :-

Woodland Hares

Fairy Buttercups

Icicles

Bubbles
The 2nd card uses a Lavinia Stamps die :-
(Not sure if these are still available, sorry.....I'll find out though and update this post)
The gorgeous sparkly card comes from PAPERMILLDIRECT, link as above.

Here is a close-up, hope you like it......

Well, that's it for today, catch you soon,

Barbara x

Season's Greetings Everyone...

Hi again......here I am with another Christmas card made with BEE CRAFTY  stamps.

All stamps used can be found on the Bee Crafty website, link above .....

I started off with white 'hemp' cardstock from PAPERMILLDIRECT and three colours of distress inks, Bundled Sage, Peeled Paint & Forest Moss with which I stamped the Large Fir Fronds ~ HERE

I stamped the Christmas Baubles ~ HERE in Versamark then heat-embossed with fine, gold embossing powder. I coloured them red with a little bit of Festive Berries distress ink and a water-brush.

I stamped the sentiment and heat-embossed in gold.

I mounted the topper onto red and green card-stock from PAPERMILLDIRECT and adhered to a white base.

Well, that's it for another week.....hope you like this very 'clean & simple' card.

It would be great if you could leave a comment.

Back next week,

                                                                         Barbara x