Colourific is going to Hochanda

Hello everyone

and welcome to my blog.

A very exciting post for me to share today.
COLOURIFIC IS GOING TO HOCHANDA
Im so excited to see Annelies and my teamie Alice demoing, and sharing with you all, the amazing stamps from Colourific.
They will be on Hochanda on Sunday 26th of January at 12 noon. 

Dont miss it :-)

(The new stamps wont be in the Colourific store till after the show, but do pop over and check out all the other amazing stams)

But let me share with you one of the samples Ive made for the show.
The stamps are amazing.

This one is a journal page and I used a couple of the new stamps sets for it. 

I used:

• A5 Zen Ladies B
• A6 Whispering Hearts
  
  I also used 
• Jornal page
• Distress inks
• Distress Sprays
• Distress Crayons
• Tim holtz Stencils
• Clear paste
• Mister with water
• Diecut Sentiment
• Gilding wax
• Archival black ink pad & stamping blocks

I started by making my background. There isnt much rhyme or reason to it really. A few sprays here, a bit of crayon through a stancil there. A bit of water here and there..
Its why I love making journal pages. I really just have fun with the colours.

I added the clear paste through a stencil to get the measuring tapes done and left that to dry. Once dry I stamped my Zen lady and added my hearts.

My hearts are from the Whispering Hearts stamp set. I simply stamped them onto scrap pieces of card, coloured with distress ink and cut them out.

I finished the project with a diecut greeting from my stash and a bit of guilding wax here and there.

And that is all from me for today.

Thank you for popping by and for any comments left behind.

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 Happy Crafting

BeeCrafty Inspiration - Journal page with New ART STAMPS.

Hey Bloggers and Welcome..

Once again my turn to share a bit of inspiration for  BeeCrafty..
For today I've made a journal page with one of the new Art Stamps. You can find them all in the STORE

 

 I started by stamping my art stamp right in the centre of the page and heat set it with white embossing powder. The stamp I used is called "Circle of life". I love this stamp. Its so unusual, but it was also the inspiration for this page. I used a few more stamps to finish the page. I used the "Texture Circles" and I used the bottom of the "Fly Away" stamp. I stamped using the "Picket Fence" Distress ink hence the smokey colour of the stamping. I finished the page using the "Circles" Dinkable with a white gel pen.

And that is it for today. Thank you for popping by and for any comments left behind.

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 Happy Crafting

Art Journaling and a Lustre Luxe Tag..

Hey Bloggers
And Happy New Year to you all..
My first blog post of the year is for
BeeCrafty.

Over the holiday, I took a wee break from crafting as my mojo has been hiding for a while. In order to kick start the mojo a wee bit I decided to try out a bit of art journaling. Its not something I do often but I was inspired by my teamie Jane and her amazing art journaling.. Mine is only beginner pieces compared to Jane's so do pop over to see her amazing journal.

I started colouring the whole page with purple Lustre Luxe. I used the easy frame circle stencil as well as few of the Dinkables to add more colours of Lustre Luxe. For the 2 suns I added the Lustre Luxe with a wee spatula so its raised, just like using paste. For all the circles I just used blending foam.
And then it was really just doodling. I used a white gel pen as well as a black sharpie.
I did think of adding a greeting but decided just to leave it.. But you never know,  might go back to it lol...

Right, while I was playing I went for a second page. This one is using the circle wire style frames with Oxide inks. I also used the feather and the spotty Dinkable. I finished with the "Angry Bubbles" sentiment stamp.

Well that is really it for today, but before I go I want to share a few tips for using Lustre Luxe..
Let me post a few pics and I'll explain as we go..

I made these 2 little tags, but I didn't like the border I made down the bottom, but stamped with Archival ink, the ink was gonna come off.

So I decided to cover up the tag and start over.
1st coat of Lustre Luxe going on, already great cover..

2nd coat, only the black showing through..

 

And the full tag now covered.. It took 4 thin coats of Lustre Luxe to fully cover and no tag wasted..
Now.. Tip no 1:
Leave each coat to dry for a few mins. Lustre Luxe pretty much drys instantaneously but I find that if you leave it for a few minutes, the next coat goes on a bit smoother.

 Before and after..
After my tag was dry I used a shimmer spray made also from Lustre Luxe to add the gold shimmer and then the circle wire style frames with Oxide inks.
The shimmer spay is made by filling a mini mister with water (fillit only half way with luke warm water) and a wee lump of Lustre Luxe. Shake well.
Tip 2: Empty out your mini mister after use and clean mister well as I left mine and mister was all clogged up.

And that is it for today. Thank you for popping by and for any comments left behind.

Dont forget to come visit me on FaceBook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, Youtube or my FB page.
 Happy Crafting

BeeCrafty Inspiration

Hello Blogger friends 

 and welcome to my blog.

Its my turn to share a bit of inspiration for BeeCrafty.
I have a couple of journal pages to share today.

This page is made using alcohol inks on top of vellum. You add a drop or 2 of alcohol ink and blow on it with a straw. It gives a cool effect and was really fun making.
I then took my vellum and stuck on to one of the pages from the BeeCrafty Journal. I stamped and heat embossed in black and added a few black paint splashes to finish.

This was my second attempt with the alcohol ink. Although I didnt stamp onto it, I wanted to share it. This page is also stuck into my journal.

 This one is one of the half pages. Its distress ink and more distress ink through the dinkable stencil. I then stamped and heat embossed in white and finished by making the little white dots around the edges with a white marker.

Goodies I used:

Journal
Selection of Banksy Inspired stamps
(Im linking to the whole section as there are so many amazing ones)

Feather Dinkable Stencil
(again linking to the whole section, not to be missed)
Distress ink
Embossing powder
White marker
Alcohol ink

  And that is really it from me today. Thank you for popping by and for any comments left behind.

Dont forget to come visit me on FaceBook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, Youtube or my FB page.
 Happy Crafting

BeeCrafty Inspiration - Journal pages.

Hello 

And welcome to my blog..

A quick post for today as I am officially on holiday in July and not "allowed" to work. I snug in to after getting kiddies to bed lol..

Anyway.. I want to share woth you a few pages Ive done for my BeeCrafty Journal.
You might have seen the BeeCrafty show on Hochanda a while back where Sam introdused the Journals. The quality is amazing and I love how I can add and take away pages at will.

Here is a few pages Ive done:

 I used one of the Kraft card Pages for this page but gave it a coat of Lustre Luxe in gold.
The splatters on top was made with alcohol ink and a straw. My greeting is stamped and heat embossed with black embossing powder, as are my brackets. I used the border stamps all the way around. Pic is of my "puppy" Hodgins.

This one is simply a play of Lustre Luxe on one of the half pages. I used Lustre Luxe through the kindness stencil and just added more Lustre Luxe of the page once word was dry.

Now, List of goodies Ive used for these pages:

Journal
Lustre Luxe
Sentiment Stamp
Embossing Powder

And that is all from me today. Thanks for popping by and for any comments left behind.

Dont forget to come visit me on FaceBook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, Youtube or my FB page.
 Happy Crafting

BeeCrafty Inspiration - Journal..

Good Morning Bloggers..

Once again wednesday and my turn to share a bit of inspiration for 

BeeCrafty.

I was due to share my journal that I made for the last BeeCraft show on Hochanda, last week, but then the new Lustre Luxe landed and I HAD to make a youtube about them lol..
You can find it HERE if you want to watch it. 

So I decided to move journal to this week instead.. There is a lot of pics to share and i wont bore you with how I made each page. Hoever, If you have any questions, please just leave them in the comment section, or send me a message on Facebook. 

 I have used a selection of stamps, all from BeeCrafty. Find them HERE.
Ive also used several different mediums. Distress inks, embosing powders, paints, think a bit of crayon, stencils, stamps etc.. 

Some of the pages are just me having a play. Some pages I made fully and others was me trying out new tecniques to play with further at a later date.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  But that is all from me for today. Hope you have gotten inspired to go and have a play.

Thanks for popping by and for any comments left behind.

Dont forget to come visit me on FaceBook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, Youtube or my FB page.
 Happy Crafting