Batch Cards for Papermilldirect.....

Hey, A very, very quick post today, to say I have a new post on the Papermilldirect blog.

I made a batch of colourful cards with their 'Colourflute' card stock....find it HERE....white hammered card, and a few Tim Holtz dies.

So easy, but quite effective, and handy to have if you need a card in a hurry.

Back soon,

Barbara x

Saturday is Bee Crafty day......

Hi everyone, Barbara here again, with my Saturday inspiration for BEE CRAFTY....these weeks sure fly around quickly!

I've made a very clean & simple card for today's blog, using Autumnal colours.....

  After masking off the bottom part of the card, I blended  3 shades of distress ink, (Mustard Seed, Dried Marigold and Ripe Persimmon), to make a sort of sunset.
White hammered, and black smooth card stock from
PAPERMILLDIRECT 

The stamps I've used are :-

1) Branch, from the BEAUtanicals range - HERE

2) Flock of Birds, from Winged Things - HERE

3) Sentiment from Wordage range - HERE

I used Versafine, Onyx Black for the stamping.

3 sequins were all it need to finished. 

If you've enjoyed looking, it would be great if you could leave a comment....good or bad, they're always interesting to read.
Well, I'm off to do a clock workshop this morning, so better a get a move on.....

Catch you next week,

Barbara x

Bee Crafty DT Inspiration

Hi again, Barbara here with another Saturday post......I've been very busy crafting this week as holidays are almost here and I've been trying to get ahead of myself instead of procrastinating (I'm the World's biggest procrastinator!)

Anyway, as well as doing some samples for the upcoming show at Ally Pally for 

BEE CRAFTY 

I've made a clean & simple card to show you this week.

 After die-cutting a circle and frame in white linen, from 

PAPERMILLDIRECT 

I stamped Ground Elder, Tall Teasel, Teasels and sentiment from the BEAUtanicals range, HERE using a Kaleidacolor inkpad (Caribbean Sea)

I added a few sequins and dotted some Glossy Accents around the image, to finish.

Quick, clean, simple but quite effective.

Hope you like....

Catch you soon,

                                                                        Barbara x

Lavinia Stamps - September Challenge

Hi all, September already....how did that happen??

I'm back today with my DT projects for LAVINIA STAMPS

The theme this month is AUTUMN HUES.....and as usual there is a £40 prize for the winner (random.org)

ALL CARD STOCK IS FROM PAPERMILLDIRECT

Products used :-

White linen / Buff / Brown Mocha card from

Papermilldirect.

Oak leaf stencil

 Lavinia stamps, Sentiment - HERE

Vine - HERE

Various Adirondack inkpads

Same card stock and inks as above.....

Stamps used are:-

Autumn Leaf - HERE

Sentiment - HERE

Don't forget to get your entry into the challenge....just imagine being able to choose £40 of Lavinia products....fabulous!

Back soon,

Barbara x

(it would be great if you could leave a comment while you're here xx)

Hochanda Samples for Bee Crafty

Hiya, I'm back with the rest of my makes from the recent BEE CRAFTY Hochanda show.....

Bev launched THREE new sets of stamps on the show, and you can find them on the Bee Crafty website, of course.

Yuletide WORDage Set - HERE 

Yuletide Set - Fir trees & fronds - HERE 

Yuletide Set - Holly swirl tree & Borders - HERE

Too many pics to go into detail about, but if you have any questions re-backgrounds, etc......please just ask. 

ALL CARD STOCK IS FROM PAPERMILLDIRECT

Do you have a favourite??

I do, but I'm not telling ;-)

Have a great Bank Holiday weekend.......I always think Summer is over on the Tuesday after BH Monday, good job I still have lots of holidays to look forward to ;-)

Catch you soon,

Barbara xx

Bee Crafty Saturday.......

Hi everyone, another quick post today, as we're heading off for a few days and I still have tons to do.....Just wanted to show you a couple of Christmas cards made for the recent BEE CRAFTY show on Hochanda.
All cardstock is from Papermilldirect, except the gold Mirri card.

 This was was created with the circle 'Inkables' and the small stamp from the new Yuletide set - Holly Swirl Tree & Borders. I used a Kaleidacolor inkpad so the leaves would be varigated. The sentiment is from the Yuletide Wordage set

I wanted this one to be elegant.....so kept to black and gold. Same set of stamps, but I heat-embossed the image and sentiment. I didn't add any embellishments as I don't think it needed anything.

Hope you like them.....lots more to come over the next few days.

Would love to read some comments if you have time to leave one.

Happy weekend,

Barbara.

Saturday is Bee Crafty Day...!

Morning, happy weekend to you all.....I'm back with my Saturday inspiration for 

BEE CRAFTY

 This is an old card, sorry.....  I've been busy all week with new designs using the next release of Christmas stamps which will be on Hochanda, Aug. 18th.....and there's only so many hours in a day, unfortunately. (I could do with about 50 hours per day at the moment ;-) )

Anyway here is my card :-

I water-coloured the background with Distress inks then used the following stamps,

Inspired by Banksy - Hope - (small)

Backdrop borders - Distressed Stars

Wordage - Definition Girl

The topper was matted onto black, then onto a white linen base card, both from

PAPERMILLDIRECT

Keep a lookout for Beverley, Aug. 18th on Hochanda for the new stamps (and more! ).....I can guarantee you'll love them!!

Catch you soon,

Barbara xx

Lavinia Stamps-New Style Challenge.....

Hi everyone, I'm back today with my DT work for the latest challenge from

LAVINIA STAMPS

The challenge has slightly changed this month....you will still upload your entries to Facebook, but the winner will be decided by 'Random.Org', as it was very difficult for us to choose a winner.....this way, everyone has a fair chance whether you are a beginner or a more experienced crafter.  And......the prize is still a whopping £40!

The theme this month is 'NO BLACK'

These are my challenge samples:-

All cardstock is from 

PAPERMILLDIRECT 

Stamps used :-

Fairy Thistles using Forest Moss distress Ink (not black)

Fairy Orbs

 Stamps used:-

Vine 

and

Sentiment.

Stamps used :-

Nigella Damascena,

Dandelion

and

Sentiment.

All stamps can be found on the Lavinia Stamps website.....new stamps are being revealed very soon, can't wait to see them ;-)

That's all for today, back soon

Barbara 

xx

Saturday is here again......

Morning everyone, today is my Chippenham workshop, so this is a very quick post....I'm still on a 'high' from my birthday yesterday, I had such a wonderful day....LIFE IS GOOD! 

Anyway, here is my weekend post for

 BEE CRAFTY

I've used the Octagon Inkable frame - HERE 

After inking both the positive & negative parts, I stamped three of my favourite Bee Crafty stamps, Ground Elder,  Ferns and Branches - HERE 

 A sentiment from the BEAUtanicals range, a few sequins and I was done.

Hope you like it.

ALL CARD STOCK IS FROM PAPERMILLDIRECT

This week will be spent making samples for the next Bee Crafty show on Hochanda (Aug 18th), so next week I may have a sneaky peek for you :-)

Have a great weekend,

Barbara xx

Hi everyone, late again this week with my Saturday Inspiration.....I have been lost-off with the days this week, but that's nothing unusual, I'm always chasing my tail....

Anyhow, just quickly wanted to show you the last few cards I made for the most recent Hochanda show, using Bev's fabulous new Banksy XL stamps from
BEE CRAFTY

 Ghetto Rat XL & Friendship sentiment - HERE

Background made with Inkables and Distress Ink.

 Ghetto Blaster XL - Greatness Girl sentiment - Soundwaves (Dots and Wibble)  - HERE 

Background made with Brusho's, (and a bit of doodling)

 Hope XL and Friendship sentiment - HERE 

Background made with Brick wall Inkables & Distress Ink.

 Greatness Girl XL - Soundwaves Dots - HERE

Background made with Brusho's

Balloon Girl and Friendship sentiment - HERE 

Background made with Distress Inks.

Well, that's it for this week......we're just waiting for our new stamps to arrive, then it will be busy, busy, busy again, preparing for the next show on Hochanda (Aug.18th)

Have a good weekend,

Barbara xx

Bee Crafty - Hochanda Samples.....

Morning everyone, bit late today with my post, so won't waffle on......we're actually moving stuff back into our new kitchen today after SIX weeks of living in 'limbo', so I'm a bit excited!

Anyway, just wanted to show a couple more cards I did as samples for the recent Hochanda shows for 

BEE CRAFTY 

 Hope you managed to get some of the new Banksy XL stamps, they will come in very handy, I'm sure.

Two completely different styles for these......on this card I've heat embossed Hope in black & the balloon in red, then cut them out and adhered to 4 layers of white linen card. 

Find Hope & balloon HERE ....and the sentiment HERE

All cardstock is from PAPERMILLDIRECT

This card started with a background made from Distress Stain, swiped across white cardstock.....I then stamped the Flower Riot and sentiment stamps with white embossing powder and heat embossed.

I added a bit of colour to the flowers, and inked through the brick inkable to give another layer to the background.

Then all I had to do was cut a white frame and mount onto a balck mat.

Find Flower Riot HERE, 

Sentiment HERE 

and

Brick Wall Inkable HERE

Hope you like what I did with these fab stamps.....keep an eye out for more samples coming over the next few days.

Happy weekend

                                                                        Barbara xx

Have you entered the Lavinia Stamps challenge yet??

The Lavinia Stamps challenge still has 2 weeks to run.....the prize is a £40 voucher to spend on Lavinia products, it's a no-brainer!! Check the LS facebook page for full details of how to enter.

HERE 

 Here are my DT creations

The theme this month is 'ADD A FAIRY'.....simples! 

Hope you like them.....it would be great if you leave a comment while you're here

Barbara xx

New Stamps from Bee Crafty.......

Morning everyone, Barbara here again with a card made with a new stamp from

 BEE CRAFTY

These stamps will be unveiled on Hochanda on Tuesday 19th July, but thought you might fancy a sneaky peek..... they are HUUUUUGE! (this is a 7" square card)

 The background is made with a selection of Ranger Alcohol Inks, which was matted onto white linen cardstock then black, from 

PAPERMILLDIRECT

 I stamped the 'BALLOON GIRL' in Versamark, heat-embossed with black embossing powder then 'fussy-cut' it out.

Once the sentiment was in place, I simply mounted the image with foam pads.

These larger size stamps will be fab for scrapbooking, journalling or simply making large cards.

Well, that's it for now, I'll be back tomorrow with my Lavinia samples for the July challenge.

Catch you then,

Barbara xx

Bee Crafty samples ......

Morning everyone.....Well after a third week without a kitchen, I'm beginning to get a bit frazzled....and because I can hardly get in my craft room, I'm just showing you the rest of the samples I made for the last Bee Crafty show on Hochanda.

All card stock was supplied by 

PAPERMILLDIRECT

 I did the background for this card with Dylusions paint.....it's actually much more vivid in real life!

 This card and the one below were made using the oak leaf stencil/mask and distress inks.

The masks are fabulous for either using on their own or mixing with various stamps, as I've done on these cards. 

All stamps used are from the BEAUtanicals range HERE

I've just rec'd the new stamps which will be shown on Hochanda on 19th July, so guess what I'll be doing this week......if I can get into my craft room!

Catch you all soon,

                                                                       Barbara x

Chippenham Workshop samples

Hi everyone, we had another great day at Chippenham Craft Workshop on Saturday.......

This month I made a monolith/plaque as inspiration for the ladies. There were lots of butterflies, and lots of 'fussy-cutting', but they all managed so well. Checkout the post on Barbara Daines-Crafts,  Facebook, to see all the lovely creations.

This is my workshop sample......we did some cards too, but I'll show those later...

A close-up of the 'gem' detail.

There are over 60 butterflies on here....most of them were 'fussy-cut'....yawn! but I love the effect.

Hope you like my little plaque....please leave a comment if you've enjoyed looking.

Catch you soon with more samples from the workshop and my DT samples from the next Lavinia challenge which starts on 7th July.

Barbara xx

Another Saturday, another Bee Crafty DT card

Morning all, thanks for popping over to see what I've been up to this week.

Saturday is my usual spot for BEE CRAFTY and this week I've gone back to a pretty little butterfly stamp that I've used quite a lot in the past..... I just love it's simplicity.

I stamped the butterfly with Versamark over a piece of card which had been coloured with Brusho's, then heat embossed in white.

A simple sentiment stamped onto black card and again heat-embossed was all I needed to finish this easy card.

The stamps used are:-

Butterfly from Winged Things - HERE

Sentiment from Hope & Faith Infinity - HERE

Thanks for looking today, hope you can pop back in a day or so for more Bee Crafty DT samples

Until then, have a great weekend.

Barbara xx

 

More Alcohol Inks.......

Morning everyone, and a bit better start to the day than yesterday, I can see some sun....yay!

Anyway, just thought I'd show you a few more of the alcohol ink cards I made as samples for my latest Chippenham Workshop. I'm still loving the inks, and will be using them on a regular basis, now that I've bought more ;-)

All card bases and 'mats' are from PAPERMILLDIRECT, and the inked pieces are done on Yupo paper.

 Love the colours on this one

 This was also one of my samples for the BEE CRAFTY show on Hochanda, last week....I 'fussy-cut' that tree....yawn!

And another sample for Bee Crafty, using the tree stamp from the BEAUtanicals range, HERE. 

The sentiments are from the 'Wordage' range on the Bee Crafty website.

Just stamped with Stazon, onto an alcohol ink background.

Hope you like them.

Catch you soon,

Barbara x

Saturday's Sure Do Come Around Quickly at Bee Crafty.....

Hi again, just a quickie today showing one of my DT cards for the Hochanda show yesterday with Bev of 

BEE CRAFTY

 Did you see all the fabulous new releases of leaf stamps, aren't they great?

I chose to use the oak leaf stamp for this card and first stamped both sizes of leaves onto gold mirri-card with Stazon. Then I fussy cut them out......not as much of a chore as I thought, LOL

I mounted 3 of the leaves in the corner, with silicone gel, then added a twine bow, onto a piece of black smooth cardstock from 

PAPERMILLDIRECT.....

Mirri-card is very hard to photograph.

In opposite corners I made some dots with a Versamark pen, then heat-embossed in gold.

Added one of my favourite sentiments, HERE 

and I was almost done. All that remained was to mat onto more mirri-card, then onto a black base.

Voila! done ;-)

Hope you enjoyed the shows, I'll be showing you more of my DT work over the coming days.

Catch you soon, have a good weekend,

Barbara x

Lavinia Stamps Challenge......Still Time To Enter

Hi everyone, just wanted to remind you, there is still time to enter the challenge at

 LAVINIA STAMPS (FACEBOOK PAGE)

...to be in with a chance of winning £40 of Lavinia products.

This was my DT creation for the theme of 'ANYTHING FOR A FRIEND'. 

  I plan to put a bookmark in the next few cards I send out.

Back tomorrow with my Saturday post for Bee Crafty.

Barbara x

A Canvas for Bee Crafty

Hiya, happy Saturday......

This is another quick blog, I'm afraid, as this weekend is the Scarecrow Festival in our old village, and I have arranged the 'Craft Market' part. I'm selling my cards, as always, so we're hoping for a very busy weekend.

My inspiration for BEE CRAFTY this week is a little canvas.

I've used Dylusions for the background, then overstamped with 'Flower Distressed Border' find it HERE

 I stamped the flower part on a separate sheet of card, a couple of times, fussy-cut, inked them in a contrasting colour then triple embossed them to bump up the shine.

 I used another of my favourite background stamps in a couple of places, the Da Vinci Script....find it HERE

 The background spots were made with a small piece of sequin waste, and the sentiment is another favourite of mine, which can be found HERE

 A little bit of gold wax around the edges, some Rangers 'Stickles' and a piece of twine completes the canvas. 

If you have found some inspiration from this project, it would be great if you could leave a comment, they are always appreciated.

Catch you soon,

Barbara x