Spring Flowers for a 'Bee Crafty' Spring Saturday.......

Hi everyone, Saturday again, and what a beautiful morning it is here....hope you all manage to see some lovely sunshine this weekend, Summer is on it's way....yay!!

This week, for my BEE CRAFTY DT card, I've used the gorgeous stamp called 'Star Flowers' from the Fabulous Flowers set.....this is the first time I've used this particular stamp, but it's so pretty, I'll certainly be doing more with it.

 Firstly I covered a piece of linen cardstock with Pan Pastel chalks in yellow & red, then I stamped the 'Star Flowers' twice in Versafine 'vintage sepia'. On a separate piece of chalked card, I stamped again, and cut-out a few of the flowers.

I stamped the sentiment also from BEE CRAFTY (love this one) and layered up the flowers. I ran around the edges of the flowers with gold wax, but it looks white on the pic, sorry ........I added a butterfly from the 'Butterflies Set 1' and matted onto black cardstock and a white card base. A few dots of 'Stickles' on the flower centres and 'voila, done'!

Well that's it for this week, hope you like my card enough to leave a comment, they are much appreciated.

Happy weekend,

Barbara xx

Lavinia Stamps - New-Look Challenge

Hi everyone, I'm back again, this time with details of a new-style challenge from

LAVINIA STAMPS

Much easier than the previous method, all you need to do now is upload your entry to the Lavinia Stamps Facebook page....you're allowed THREE entries, and there's a £40 prize, so what are you waiting of??

Here are my DT cards for this challenge....The theme is 'use any colour you want' ....easy peasy!
ALL CARDSTOCK IS FROM PAPERMILLDIRECT

 The background on this card is made with marbling inks and I've used 'Glow Flowers' and 'Bubbles' stamps.

 I've used 'Fairy Thistles' on this card with a background of gilding flakes.

On this last card, I've made another small background of gilding flakes and stamped with 'Dragon Pods'.

Hope you feel inspired enough to leave a comment, and of course to join in the challenge.

Catch you soon,

Barbara xx

Another Saturday Blog for Bee Crafty.....

Hi everyone, Saturday again and time for another BEE CRAFTY blog.

Did you all see the new Bee Crafty stamps on the Hochanda channel earlier this week?? They looked fab and were quickly sold out.

All the samples I made for the shows are on the Bee Crafty facebook page, if you missed them.

Today's card is made using Ground Elder, Teasel and birds stamps along with Pan Pastels.

 I really like using Pan Pastels, they are so quick and easy to blend!

Why not checkout the new sets of stamps at Bee Crafty..... There are lots of other products for sale too, especially if you like using inks, paints, stencils etc

Back soon, have a great weekend,

Barbara

xx

Your comments are always greatly appreciated.

New Stamps from Bee Crafty......

Morning everyone, just a quick blog this morning to show you one of the fabulous new stamps from

BEE CRAFTY

This set is called 'Ground Elder', and Bev Tonks of Bee Crafty will be unveiling THREE new sets on Monday 29th February on Hochanda TV.

 I've used Dylusions Paints (also available from Bee Crafty) on a small canvas,  over-stamped with the 'ground elder' and Versamark then heat-embossed with gold and copper 'fine detail' embossing powder.

 A few spots of liquid pearls, some twine for a hanger and it was done .....

 Hope you like it....

Don't forget to set your recorders for Monday....11am, 2pm and 5pm, where you will find this canvas, and all the rest of the work from the DT.

Catch you soon,

Barbara xx

 

Inspired by Banksy at Bee Crafty.....

Morning everyone, and happy weekend! 

I'm a bit sad as Alan has just left for Heathrow, en route to Singapore for work.....it's gonna be a long week :-( but I have plenty of work & crafting to be getting on with, so hopefully I won't get too bored.. haha....as if!

Anyway a quick post to show my weekly DT work for

 BEE CRAFTY

I inked the background with a few different shades of Tim Holtz distress ink....Scattered Straw, Ripe Persimmon, Fired Brick.

I then used the 'Inkables' templates,  Chainlink, Brick Wall with Hole and Honeycombe 3, and inked through with Fired Brick and Frayed Burlap (all inks and templates available from Bee Crafty)

 

 I stamped around the edges with part of the Splatter Swirl and the bottom edge of the Greatness Words.  The words were stamped again on a spare piece of inked card and cut out.

Lastly I stamped Ghetto Blaster from the Inspired by Banksy range, with Versamark ink and embossed with black embossing powder.

So that's it, job done, hope you like it!

Hope it inspires you to pop over to the Bee Crafty website. There are some fabulous products on there, and Bev will be back on HOCHANDA  with fabby new stamps on 29th February.

Don't miss it!

Barbara xx

 

Bee Crafty Stamps and Pan Pastels........

Morning everyone, back again with another DT project for BEE CRAFTY

This week I've made a few tags with the BEAUtanicals range.....(love these)

Bev, from Bee Crafty will be back on Hochanda on Feb 29th, so make sure you get this date in your diary ;-) Brand new stamps....can't wait!

Anyway, here are the tags I've made.....

Pan pastels on linen card stock gives a lovely textured effect. 

Stamps used, Cow Parsley, Poppy Heads, Dandelion, and Wordage.....

I've used Branches, Poppy Heads, Da Vinci Script, and 'Greatness' wordage stamps here.

Cow Parsley, and stamps from the 'Wordage' collection on here. Loving the way I can use only a couple of words from any one stamp, if needed....... means they are so much more versatile.

Hope you like the finished tags......they will be going up on the wall in my new craft room, over the next few days.....it's almost finished, yeah!!!

Catch you soon, Barbara x

First Post for Bee Crafty.....

Hi folks, back today with my very first blog post for Bee Crafty....I joined the Bee Crafty DT this week, and I'm really looking forward to using their fab stamps and products.

For this first blog I've used the very popular 'Bokeh' technique....it's been around for quite a while, but this is the first time I've used it.

ALL cardstock is from

PAPERMILLDIRECT 

ALL other products from

BEE CRAFTY

Ink your chosen colours onto smooth cardstock, then  apply white ink through a stencil.

I've used an 'Inkables' stencil from 

BEE CRAFTY.

Chop out the centre of your inked piece of card, add your chosen sentiment then mat onto black cardstock.

Mount onto a black card base and add a die-cut or embellishment.

The black card, is an alternative way of using this technique.

 

Catch you all soon,

Barbara xx

Simple embossed frames.......

Hi folks, I'm on holiday at the moment, so this is a scheduled post......hope it's worked ;-)

I've made a few cards with cardstock from

PAPERMILLDIRECT  

(as usual)

This lovely sentiment is from

BEE CRAFTY

 

Another sentiment from

BEE CRAFTY 

 

This butterfly stamp is from

VISIBLE IMAGE

Well, that's all for today. Why not pop over to the Papermilldirect blog, there is a tutorial on how to do an embossed frame.

Catch you soon,

Barbara x

Fab new stamps from Bee Crafty

Well, surprise, surprise.....3 blogs in one day after SIX WEEKS! Can you believe that?

Last week I finally had the chance to use a few stamps that I bought from 

BEE CRAFTY 

All cards made with cardstock from

PAPERMILLDIRECT 

CHECKOUT THEIR FAB NEW OFFER 

 SAVE 15% on all Pick & Mix Boxes until 5pm on Wednesday 20th January!  No code needed.

 

 This card features the

Splatter Swirl Elongated Rectangle  and Wordage (Laugh, Live, Dream)

I've used the Splatter Swirl Circle on this card and Wordage (Never Regret)

 

Same stamps here as in the first pic, and all I've done is rotated the stamp and joined two together. Love the effect. 

Well, I'm worn out now and as we're going on holiday on Wednesday, I'm signing off for a few days.

Catch you all soon,

Barbara  x

I must use some old stamps.....before I buy new!

Hi again.....just wanted to show you a card I made with a couple of Visible Image stamps. This idea was floating around my head over Christmas, but I only had time to get it on paper a couple of days ago.....I love the effect, what do YOU think??

Back soon with another post.....yeah!

First Workshop of 2016......

Hi everyone, and a belated Happy New Year to you all.....can't believe it's 6 weeks since I blogged, it's shocking! LOL

Last Saturday was our very first workshop of 2016....we had a great day making masterboards, inspired by my lovely friend Eileen Godwin.

Here are some of the results

Aren't they all fabulous?

I'll be back soon with lots more 

Barbara xx

Last Challenge of the year at Lavinia Stamps

Hi again everyone, another quick blog from me tonight, 'cos I'm late showing my Lavinia DT samples, whoops.......

This month, the challenge theme at 

LAVINIA STAMPS

is 

LET IT SNOW

.......and don't forget, you don't even need a blog to enter the challenge, you can enter by email.....the prize is a massive £40 worth of fantastic products.

Here are my DT cards.

ALL cardstock is from

PAPERMILLDIRECT 

 

The backgrounds are made with Brusho's, and the stamps used are Merry Christmas sentiment and Zen snowflakes

I did two identical cards in 

contrasting colours.

Distress ink background, 

Spotty Toadstool, Merry Christmas sentiment and a tiny £1 star stamp

This background is made with distress inks.

Stamps used are Wild flower, Vine and Gaggle of Geese.....a little splash of white ink for snowflakes finishes off the scene.

Well, that's it for tonight, off to put a few more Christmas lights up.....yeah!

Catch you all soon,

Barbara x

New tutorial on the Papermilldirect blog

Morning everyone, how's things??

Still no craft room for me, as the room I intend is still packed to the ceiling with packing boxes....hey-ho.

I managed to clear a tiny space yesterday, to do my DT project for 

PAPERMILLDIRECT

If you pop over to their blog HERE you can see the full tutorial for these tags....I really enjoyed making them.

I've used the gorgeous Zen Snowflakes and a selection of £1 stamps all from

 LAVINIA STAMPS

 Distress inks from TH and of course all cardstock is from PAPERMILLDIRECT.

That's all for now, hope you have time to leave a comment on here AND pop over to the Papermilldirect blog to leave a comment or 'like' there.

Barbara xx

November Challenge for Lavinia Stamps.

Hi everyone, I can't believe it's 4 weeks since I blogged......at one time I used to blog EVERY day!

Anyway, we finally moved on 20th October, and I absolutely LOVE our new house. My new craft room is not sorted yet, and has to be decorated and recarpeted.....that will be after Christmas though, as we have lots to do before then. 

Anyway, our new challenge has started at 

LAVINIA STAMPS

This month the theme is CHRISTMAS......(such an easy theme, so we are hoping for tons of entries!!)

All you have to do is use Lavinia Stamps as your main image. You can even enter by email if you haven't got a blog....what could be easier??

I only had time to make one card this month...

These are the stamps I used :-

Have a Fairy Merry Christmas,

Icicles,

Dancing Till Dawn,

Christmas Tree Group,

Creeping Vine

I also used distress inks and white linen cardstock from

PAPERMILLDIRECT

Well, that's all for tonight, but I have lots more to show you over the next few days....

Call back soon xx

  

Lavinia Stamps October Challenge......Glitter & Gems

Whoopsie, I'm late with my post for the new challenge at

LAVINIA STAMPS 

This month the theme is GLITTER & GEMS

If you haven't got a blog, you can enter by email, simply be following the link on the challenge blog.

Here are my DT samples:-

Lots of glitter and sequins on this card made with a Lavinia die....

Celtic Dreams - Night Falls

All cardstock from 

PAPERMILLDIRECT .

I cut the die out about 6 times, then mounted them on top of each other to give lots of depth.

This is a shaker card, made with the fabulous Zen Butterfly and Leaf Trail.

Another shaker card made with 

Christmas Tree Group, Stars 1, and Icicles.

Don't forget to pop over to the Lavinia Stamps challenge blog to checkout inspiration from the rest of my teamies.

Back soon with pics from my Chippenham workshop, held today, another great laugh ;-) 

Barbara x