Bee Crafty Samples for the Craft Store

 Hi There! Did you see Bee Crafty's Bev on the Craft Store last week with the new tag inkables?  They are sooooo cool! I have loved playing with them and still have them out on my desk! Here are the samples I made.  First up is a card where I used them to emboss through using speckled egg embossing glaze.

Next I used them to add distress oxide ink to a smooshed background...

And here I used them to add texture paste then dry brushed dylusions shimmer paint over them and the pop out mdf elements. 

 I also used them to add texture paste once more to an mdf arch plaque.

For the cover of this notebook I used them over a gelli print. 

As well as the samples above I made a bag using calico.  I painted the fabric with gesso and Dylusions paint, stencilling and stamping it with the products that were on the show. 

I also used gelli print papers to create this mini book featuring the Dragonfly stamps

You can find the Tag inkables here

The bird and butterfly regular stamps are here

The bird and butterfly XL stamps are here

The dragonfly stamps are here

The coffee stain stamps are here

The stitch border stamps are here

The big number stamps are here

The ledger stamp, inkwell and nibs are here

Dies for birds and butterflies can be found here

Dies for the dragonfly set can be found here

MDF artboards etc can be found here

Pop-out MDF can be found here

Dylusions paint is here

As Bev and Sam had been so busy with the show, I did their Try it out Tuesday facebook Live and made a concertina tag book and tag backgrounds using the new inkables and tag dies. I finished them off using some Doodle Art stamps

You can find the Facebook Live here 

Thanks for looking! 

Facebook live Earrings for Crafty Individuals

 

Hi There! 

Last week I was asked by Jean of Crafty Individuals to step in and do her facebook live on Wednesday. It was a pleasure to help out and I made some shrink plastic earrings. You can watch the video on the Crafty Individuals Shop facebook page here:

Crafty Individuals Facebook live from Wednesday 12th January 2022

The Stamp I used can be found here 

I did a test to see if the size would be suitable first

I have made a few pairs of Earrings using Crafty Individuals stamps over the past couple of years....

I have discovered that there are some lovely starter kits on Amazon if you haven't done anything like this before, that aren't too expensive. 

All of Jean's lives can be found here on the facebook page - If you are stuck for inspiration or mojo, it is a great place to start x 

Thanks for looking! 

A Vintage tag

 Hi there! I have made another tag this week, and this time I have gone for a vintage vibe. Here is how I made it.

I began with a Dina Wakely size 10 mixed media tag. (I cut 2 cm from the bottom as I intend adding it to a journal page later.) 

I used a blending brush to apply distress oxide inks over the whole tag.

I splattered water and sprayed a little Distress oxide spray in wild honey across the tag. 

When it was dry I used the metalwork alpha 6x6 inkable to add the numbers top and bottom.

I stamped the dotty borders around the tag, 

then added the smaller stamp from the ledger measure down the left side.

I stamped the pocket watch stamp (no longer available, but there is a pocket watch a little smaller that you could stamp then cut out on the other Ledger measure stamp) onto a book page using versafine clair pinecone ink . I blended a little distress oxide ink on it to age it and cut it out. 

Using collage medium, I stuck it to the tag and left it to dry.

I stamped the Time sentiment in versafine clair ink onto a scrap of Dina Wakely collage paper and cut it out. 

I worked out where I wanted to place each part of the sentiment before sticking it down with more collage medium. 

Here is the finished tag with a gold mat and some lace and twine added.

This is what I used:

Dina Wakely Tags size 10

Distress oxide inks in Antique linen, Tea dye, Vintage photo and Walnut stain.

Distress oxide ink spray in Wild Honey

Metalwork Alpha inkable

Texture borders stamp set

Ledger Measure stamp set

Pocketwatch stamp

Time sentiment stamp

Versafine Clair ink in Pinecone

Book page

Dina Wakely  plain collage paper

Tomorrow, Bev and Sam are on The Craft Store at 1pm with some gorgeous new tag inkables that are a Must-have! Here is a sneaky peek at one of the samples. 

I will be doing a Try it out Tuesday takeover Facebook Live tomorrow evening at 8pm over on the Bee Crafty Facebook page. Hope you can join me! 

Thanks for looking and for all your lovely comments. They are very much appreciated.

A swallow tag

Hi There! As the theme for this month's challenge over in the Bee Crafty Facebook group is tags, I thought I would make a tag this week. 

I began by cutting the biggest tag from mixed media card using the Bee Crafty Dies. 
 

Next I sprayed it with Dylusions sprays and left it to dry.

Once it was dry I used the dotty dinkable and black soot oxide ink to add some stencilling and also brushed a little ink around the edge of the tag. 

I stamped some of the coffee stain rings and numbers using versafine clair ink over the tag

on a seperate piece of card I stamped the swallow stamp and die cut it

I painted it using distress inks.

I added some white highlights on the tag using a white posca pen and then stamped some of the small words too.

Once it was dry I added the swallow to the tag with 3d glue, along with a little black thread under the swallow and some fibres to the tag top.

Here is the finished tag.

I used:

Tag dies

Dinkables set 2

Coffee stain stamp set

Small words stamp set

Birds and butterflies regular stamps

Birds and butterflies regular dies

Dylusions sprays in Lemon Zest and Blue Lagoon

Black soot Distress Oxide ink

Versafine clair in Warm breeze and nocturne

White posca pen

Thread

As Jane said in her live last week, tags are a great way of experimenting and just having a go when mojo is lacking. It is equally easy to do this sort of background a little larger and use it on a card or a journal page.

Thanks for looking! 

Crafty Individuals Samples

 Hi All! In the mad rush towards Christmas, and with preparing samples for two shows in quick succession, plus a holiday, I completely forgot to post my last lot of Crafty Individuals samples! So sorry, but hopefully they will add a little cheer to your day! 

First is the little canvas I made, using 3 of the fishes.

Another of the fishes on this card, along with the older stamps that were on the show and some CI papers too.

Next we have those brilliant Dogs, who all look a bit worried, lol

and these two are feigning innocence I think 

The fish can be teamed up very simply on a smooshed background.

The dogs look equally good stamped onto book paper or patterned paper...

or simply coloured.

finally, here are the shrink plastic earrings I made using the fish. 

You can find all of the stamps, stencils and papers used to make these on the Crafty Individuals website. The fabulous fish and dog stamps designed by Sharron Bates are here.

Thank you so much for your kind comments. I hope to get round to visiting you at the weekend x

BuJo Birdwatching

 Before I start today's blog post I wanted to say a huge thank you to all those who visit my blog and take the time to leave lovely comments. I must apologise that I have been very lacking in returning your visits. I will try harder in 2022! Happy New Year to you and lets hope this is a better one for everyone!

 I have kept a minimal Bullet Journal in 2021 and found it was better suited to me than a diary. I have had pages more specific to my requirements this way.

As many of you know I love watching the birds in the garden and one of the things I did last year was to make a garden bird list for my bullet journal. I have loved filling it in and enjoyed seeing the population changes from one month to another, so decided to do another for 2022. Here is a step by step for how I made it.

I began by drawing 12 boxes using the BuJo templates ( I had to adjust the length of the vertical boxes slightly)

Next I stamped the months of the year in the boxes. The super skinny slim border is great for getting up close to the edge in a ring bound journal. 

I used a pale green highlighter through the BuJo template to highlight the months.

I stamped some of the botanical springs in Distress oxide inks around the edges of the boxes.

I used the mirror blocks to stamp a reverse image of the bird at the top of each page.

Using second generation ink I stamped another bird facing each of the others.

Using the typewriter alpha I added the year and then used a coordinating gelly roll moonlight pen to write Garden Birds at the top of the page. I added a few more doodles and then got my bird book out to colour the finches in different ways. 

Here are the finished pages. Here is last year's page filled in:

 It was so exciting to see two birds I had not seen in our garden before in the 22 years we have lived here - the Brambling and the Lesser Redpoll. 

To create this years and last years page I used:

BuJo templates #1

A6 Botanical Sprig stamp set 

Months, Days and Dates stamp set

Birds and Butterflies regular stamp set 

Mirror Blocks stamps

Typewriter Alpha stamp set

Sakura Sigma Micron pens 

Sakura Gelly Roll Moonlight pens

Versafine Clair ink in grey

Distress oxide inks in Kitsch Flamingo, Salvaged Patina and Peacock Feathers 

This sort of page could be used for all sorts of things from when things flower in the garden, to butterflies, bees or other creatures. 

Thanks for looking!