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

Snowflakes Everywhere.....

Hi again, I'm back with my usual Saturday post for BEE CRAFTY and this week I have a snowflake card to show you.

I've used colours not usually associated with Christmas....green, turquoise and yellow. I love using these three together, and have made quite a lot of cards recently with them.

 I started off by blending the inks together, then when dry I wiped over with an anti-static pad. The snowflakes were stamped in Versamark and heat-embossed in white. I cut a small piece of vellum, heat-embossed the sentiment, then attached it to the inked card. A few twinkly stars and a die-cut reindeer finished it off. The topper was then mounted onto white 'hemp' textured cardstock.
ALL CARDSTOCK USED IS FROM PAPERMILLDIRECT

What do you think??

The stamps used were from the Snowflake Flurry Set - HERE

and separate snowflakes - HERE

Find the sentiment - HERE

That's all for now, catch you soon,

                                                                         Barbara xx

New MDF Samples for Bee Crafty.

Hi bloggers, back again.....this time with a scheduled post, as I'm in Singapore at the moment, just checking out some craft shops and doing a bit of Christmas shopping.

Beverley of BEE CRAFTY is on Hochanda on today with some of the new MDF tags etc.

Here are the samples I made for the shows.

The background on this tag was made with Dylusions paints and stamps from the Wordage section HERE

and Backdrops & Textures HERE 

 

I've inked this tag with Adirondack inks then used the same stamps as above.

This small tag has been double-embossed, but the same stamps have been used with a distress inked background.

On this plaque, I've used glittered texture paste through a stencil

Find the stencil HERE

Well, that's it for today, hope you enjoyed the shows with Bev, back soon with a Christmas card....for a change.

Have a good weekend,

Barbara x

Lavinia Stamps Challenge - half-way post

Hi folks, just a quickie today to remind you to get your 'Lavinia Stamps' creations uploaded. 

Find all details of the challenge on the  Lavinia Stamps Facebook page - HERE

This is  the card I made for half -way....the theme for November is LET IT SNOW.
 We're off to Singapore tomorrow, Thursday ,and I have tons to do, so this is a very simple card, I'm afraid.

I used the Autumn Tree - HERE

It didn't need much more except a tiny sentiment tag and some 'Stickles',,,,phew!
  We've had some amazing entries in the challenge so far.

Don't forget, the prize is a massive £40 of products.

Catch you soon,

Barbara x

Hochanda Samples for Bee Crafty

Morning everyone, I'm back with my regular slot for Saturday inspiration at BEE CRAFTY and thought I'd show the rest of my samples from Bee Crafty's recent shows on Hochanda....

 ALL CARDSTOCK IS FROM PAPERMILLDIRECT

I inked the background then stamped the feather in Versamark and heat-embossed with gold embossing powder.

The sentiment was stamped onto vellum. 

Find the feather stamps HERE

This one was stamped in various distress inks, using only half of the feather stamp.

Again, the panel on here was inked and stamped with Versamark then heat-embossed in bronze.

Another easy card, using part of the feather stamp and heat embossing.

I've mounted the stamped section onto gold corrugated card from PAPERMILLDIRECT

Well, that's it for this week.....I've been busy working on samples for the next Hochanda shows, so keep a lookout for some sneaky peeks.

Catch you soon,

Barbara x

Bee Crafty - Saturday Inspiration

Hi everyone, welcome back to my Saturday inspiration post for BEE CRAFTY 

I've used the 'Poppy' stamp again (find it HERE) .... it's so pretty, I think it's sad to only use it once or twice AND we like to get mileage out of our stamps....don't we??

Today I've teamed it with the beautiful new, white 'Hemp', intensive red, and lime green cardstock from PAPERMILLDIRECT

 I stamped the poppy head THREE times and decoupaged it.....the stem & leaves were stamped TWICE and also decoupaged.

 I added a few seed beads to the centre of the poppy to give it a bit of interest, and added some shading to the stem, leaves and seed pod with a Promarker.

Two die-cut corners and a few sequins finished it off.

Hope you like it.

Beverley and Bee Crafty are at the NEC this weekend, so if you're going, pop along and say 'hello'

Back soon, have a good weekend.....

                                                                     Barbara x

Let It Snow........November Lavinia Stamps Challenge

Morning all, from a beautifully sunny day in Wiltshire.....

Just a quick post to say that the November challenge for LAVINIA STAMPS is now live.

The theme this month is 'LET IT SNOW'.

Entries can be uploaded to the challenge via the Facebook page....and the prize for the winner is a massive £40 of products! (only Lavinia stamps to be used)

Here is my DT sample for today, I have another which I'll post in a couple of days.

 I've used navy smooth, sky blue and the new 'HOPSACK' card stock from PAPERMILLDIRECT for this card....I just love the texture of it.

The background was made with Pan Pastels, and stamps used were 

Three Dancing Fairies - HERE

Autumn Tree - HERE

Sentiment - HERE

Lots of glitter and shiny bits.

Hope you like it...

Back soon with another DT sample

xx

It's almost 'Poppy Time'.......

Morning everyone,  here I am again with my regular Saturday post for BEE CRAFTY

Today I want to show you a tag I made using the 'LIMITED EDITION POPPY' stamp...(find it HERE)

This stamp is brand new for 2016, and £2 from every sale is going to this years Poppy Appeal.

This was a very easy make......I started by cutting a tag shape out of black cardstock. Then I stamped the poppy TWICE onto red card, and the leaves & stem onto green card (all from Papermilldirect)

I decoupaged the poppy head to give it some interest and overlapped the seed pod, so it fit the tag a little better

All it needed then was the sentiment and a scrap of ribbon......I think 'Less is More' on this occasion.

Hope you like it, please leave a comment if you've been inspired.

Back soon,

                                                                          Barbara x

Limited Edition Poppy Stamp from Bee Crafty

Morning all, back again with a new stamp from BEE CRAFTY

Beverley has released this gorgeous poppy stamp as a tribute for Remembrance Day.....it's a limited edition, and £2 from every sale goes to the Poppy Appeal.

I've made a few cards already with it, and will show them over the next week or so......

This card was done on the fabulous new 'Hopsack' cardstock, from PAPERMILLDIRECT and as you can see, the image stamped beautifully. Look at the texture on the card, isn't it great?

I stamped with Versamark and heat-embossed the image, then did a bit of water-colouring with my distress inks.

In the background, I've part-stamped using the Da Vinci script (find it HERE) ...I love this stamp for backgrounds, and you'll find it quite a bit on my DT work for Bee Crafty.

The poppy stamp and sentiment can be found HERE  

But, don't forget it's a LIMITED EDITION.

Hope you like my creation.....I'll be back soon with more.

Have a good weekend,

                                                                      Barbara x

Lavinia Stamps - Mid-month Inspiration

Morning everyone, back again with a couple of cards I made for the LAVINIA STAMPS October challenge.

The theme this month is 'Blue, Purple or Both'

I've used some brand new card stock from 

PAPERMILLDIRECT

called 'Hemp'....It's fab, I love it!!

 Stamps used in this card :- Seaweed, Maple Leaf, Fairy Barnacle and Large Deer.

Loads of Ranger 'Stickles' and a few sequins to finish it off ......

~~~~~

The second card features the stamps :- Willow and one other that I will have to find the name of, sorry x (and a sentiment)

Please leave a comment, if you've enjoyed looking, they are all appreciated.

Catch you soon, Barbara x

Bee Crafty Sneaky Peek.....

Morning everyone, I'm back today with a sneaky look at the stamps Bev of BEE CRAFTY is bringing to Hochanda on Monday 17th Oct. 

Sometimes when I receive my DT stamps, I look to see how many ways I can use them, and often I chop them up to make other images.

I've done just this with the set called 'Feather Dreamer' (find it HERE ) 

All the card stock is from PAPERMILLDIRECT

 I cut the feather in two, and used the larger part for this card, masking and stamping with Adirondack inks on hammered card.

What do you think??

It would be great if you could leave a comment....good OR bad, it's the only way we know if we're 'hitting the spot' with inspiration.

Catch you soon, don't forget to checkout the times for the Hochanda shows......a little birdie tells me there's some fab new products, but you'll have to tune in to see what they are!

                                                                    Barbara xx

Here We Are Again......

Hi everyone, well, here we are again....another Saturday blog post for  

BEE CRAFTY

This is probably my last 'Autumnal' card, as Christmas is now in sight, which means making Christmas cards....millions of them! ....and as there are some fab new Christmas stamps available from Bee Crafty,  I need to get busy!

I've used an Inkables 'brick wall' template for the background - find it HERE

The stamps are from the Ground Elder set - find it HERE   

I used 3 shades of distress ink for the background

 Hope you've enjoyed looking today....

I'll be back next week with a sneaky peek of samples for the next Bee Crafty, Hochanda programme.

Catch you soon,

Barbara

xx

Saturday Inspiration for Bee Crafty

Hi everyone....yes, it's Saturday again, and time for my weekly inspiration for 

BEE CRAFTY

These are the samples I made for the recent programmes on Hochanda, showing the fabby new Christmas stamps.....I love them all, but only got the chance to make a few cards, due to holidays. Watch out for more samples over the coming weeks. 

ALL cardstock is from PAPERMILLDIRECT

Find the new sets os stamps HERE 

If you've enjoyed looking, please leave a comment.

Have a good weekend,

Barbara xx

Lavinia Stamps - October Challenge....

Hiya folks, Pinch punch and all that.....

Just got home after a fabulous holiday in Croatia, wow what an amazing country, can truly recommend it!

Today sees the start of the October  challenge at LAVINIA STAMPS and if you haven't seen the fab new release of stamps....GET OVER THERE NOW, they're amazing!!

Here are my DT samples....I'll be back with more, mid-month, but in the meantime, don't forget, the prize for the winning challenge entry is a massive £40

All cardstock from

PAPERMILLDIRECT

  I've used Pan Pastels for the backgrounds.

Stamps used :-

Shoal of fish - HERE

Seaweed - HERE  

Sea Bubbles - HERE 

Fairy Barnacle - HERE 

Alana - HERE 

Lots of Ranger 'Stickles. 

Stamps used :-

Fairy Barnacles - as above

Sea Bubbles - as above

Seaweed - as above

Guinevere - HERE 

 

Stamps used :-

Seaweed - as above

Fairy Barnacles - as above

Sentiment - HERE

Sacred Tree - HERE

Small Pixies - HERE

Hope you likey....catch you soon

Barbara xx

Bee Crafty DT samples from Ally Pally....

Morning everyone.....this is a scheduled post as I'm in Croatia on holiday...yeah!

Last weekend, BEE CRAFTY was at Ally Pally, and launched a fab new range of MDF projects. All the DT got a few to play with, and these were my shapes.....

 For this one, I first covered with a coat of white Gesso, then inked over with Adirondack raspberry pink. Using Versamark, I stamped the Ground Elder - HERE, Tree Branch - HERE and sentiment -  HERE,  then heat-embossed  with silver & white embossing powder. I messed around too much with this one, and didn't like it ......

 Now this one I think is much better.....quite a large MDF piece, so I thought it needed to be classy & elegant. Black & gold is always a favourite choice for me, if I'm doing 'elegant'! I simply covered the front of the plaque with black smooth cardstock then stamped and heat-embossed the Ground Elder - HERE, Teasels - HERE, Tall Teasel - HERE and Sentiment HERE in fine gold embossing powder. (this is my favourite, and a great size to work with)

This was a small plaque, so I painted it with Dylusions acrylic paint in yellow & lime.....(so much brighter than in the pic). I stamped the Teasels, ( as above ) and Sentiment (as above) in Onyx black, Versafine, and added some yellow Stickles - HERE

Well, hope you've enjoyed seeing my MDF pieces, I'll be back next weekend with a sneaky peek of the brand new Christmas stamps.....and they are FABULOUS!!

Catch you later,

Barbara xx

It's Autumn at Bee Crafty

Hi again, back with another quick post.....quick, because I'm going on holiday to Croatia TONIGHT!! (so my next few posts will be scheduled)

This is another Autumnal card using one of the leaf 'Inkables'....

I really LOVE the Inkables which are on the BEE CRAFTY website HERE , they are so versatile and because they have a 'positive' AND 'negative', can be used in so many ways.

This card uses the Easy Frame - Maple - HERE for the background, and I've inked through it with various colours of Distress Ink.

The next step was to stamp the images in black Versafine -  Tall Teasel and Teasels from the BEAUtanicals range - HERE and a sentiment from the Wordage range - HERE

All that was left to do was add a few sequins ......see, told you it was quick!

Hope you like it....

Well I'm off to pack now, but will be back soon with a scheduled post.

Catch you soon

Barbara x

PS.....Bev & Bee Crafty are at Ally Pally this weekend. If you're there, call in to say 'Hi' x

Lavinia Stamps Challenge....Reminder

Hi folks, back today with a little reminder about the September challenge at 

LAVINIA STAMPS 

The prize is a whopping £40 of products, so what are you waiting for...? All levels of expertise welcome, and as the winner is drawn by Random.org,  everyone has an equal chance of winning !

All card stock is from

PAPERMILLDIRECT 

(White linen, Brown mocha)

Products used on this tag :-

Pan Pastels

Background Stamp - HERE

Leaf Trail - HERE

Nigela Damascena - HERE 

Adirondack inks

Cardstock white linen & buff'

Kaleidacolor inkpad - Desert Heat

Stamp - Vine - HERE

Off to pack my suitcase now, hols is a couple of days....yeah!

Catch ya soon...

Barbara xx

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)