Say it with flowers.

Hi it's me again and I'm back with a little blog with something new that I have used this month. I took full advantage of Country View Crafts advent event and treated myself to some fresco chalk paints and Jofy stamps. With the new year being well and truly underway I thought it's about time I cracked them open and that's just what I did. I decided to decorate a door hanger for my mum's friends who have a cafe. I often stop by there for a coffee over the weekends and they are always spoiling us with cake and tasty treats so one good turn deserves another.

For this project I used:
Grunge paste
Fresco paints
Jofy stamps

I decided to stamp the cafe name on the reverse.

I would like to enter this into the following challenge:http://countryviewchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/happy-2015.html
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Happy crafting,
Clare x x x

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Bubbly Judith

Thank goodness it's the weekend! This week saw the launch of Dylusions new paints, boy am I excited! They are available at Bee Crafty to pre-order for the beginning of February. Yes I have already ordered mine and I can't wait to play!

Back to this weeks make I have chosen to use Judith from the FASHONettes stamps.

 

For this card I have used:

Fashionettes - Judith

Backdrop soapy bubbles

Backdrop Zebra

Wordage Life & rain (The word 'life')

Wordage Live with no excuses (The word 'love')

Distress inks

Promarkers

Embossing powders

 

I started of by stamping and heat embossing Judith (sounds painful) and then masking her so I could ink in a background of picked raspberry. Using a purple ink pad I stamped the bubbles and zebra backgrounds. Judith was coloured in using promarkers. In random areas of the bubbles I painted on some mica powders from my stash. I stamped the sentiments onto some coordinating card and cut out the words 'love' and 'life'.

Thank you for visiting today, have you all been crafting, buying crafty bits or are you all holding out for the new releases? I love to hear your thoughts and comments.

 

Happy crafting,

Hugs,

Clare x x x

 

 

 

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Looking beyond the imperfections!

Hi it's Clare here and I'm back with my weekly Bee Crafty blog. I've gone a bit banksy this week, have a look and see what happened.

For this card I used

Banksy inspired ghetto blaster stamp

Wordage being happy stamp

Backdrop soapy bubbles stamp

Inkables template metalwork alpha

Distress inks

 

 

 

First of all I stamped the soapy bubbles in a grey ink, then over the top I sponged through the stencil faded jeans and peacock feathers. The sentiment and ghetto boy was stamped with black ink and then heat embossed with clear embossing powder. I stamped a mask of ghetto boy, cut it out and then stamped/masked him again in three different colours. To finish off I blended faded jeans around the outer edge of the card.

 

Thank you for taking the time to have a look at my blog, see you soon.

 

Happy crafting,

Clare x x x

 

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Happy New Year Bloggers

Happy new year to you all, I hope you have had an amazing christmas and enjoyed the New Years celebrations. I for one have enjoyed the rest and feel recharged from being off work. I could come close to say that I could quite get used to hibernation and happily shut myself away for another couple of weeks. Alas this is not to be as it is back to work for me on Monday. Boo!

 

Well on my return to blog land I bring with me my latest DT make for Bee Crafty.

 

For this card I used:

Inspired by davinci - science of beauty stamp

Inspired by davinci - Script stamp

Inkables mask - damask

Wordage stamp - joy is a flower

Distress inks

Promarkers

Flowers

 

I stamped the image first and did a second stamp on a post-it to make a mask. For the background I used bundled sage, through the Inkables mask I sponged iced spruce. The script stamp was stamped with antique photo. I then smugged antique photo around the outside of the card before matting and layering. I used some flowers from my stash but Bee Crafty have a great selection of flowers to choose from.

 

That's my first blog of 2015 with many more to come. Wishing you all an amazing crafty year!

 

Crafty hugs,

Clare x x xx

 

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Happy New Year Bloggers

Happy new year to you all, I hope you have had an amazing christmas and enjoyed the New Years celebrations. I for one have enjoyed the rest and feel recharged from being off work. I could come close to say that I could quite get used to hibernation and happily shut myself away for another couple of weeks. Alas this is not to be as it is back to work for me on Monday. Boo!

 

Well on my return to blog land I bring with me my latest DT make for Bee Crafty.

 

For this card I used:

Inspired by davinci - science of beauty stamp

Inspired by davinci - Script stamp

Inkables mask - damask

Wordage stamp - joy is a flower

Distress inks

Promarkers

Flowers

 

I stamped the image first and did a second stamp on a post-it to make a mask. For the background I used bundled sage, through the Inkables mask I sponged iced spruce. The script stamp was stamped with antique photo. I then smugged antique photo around the outside of the card before matting and layering. I used some flowers from my stash but Bee Crafty have a great selection of flowers to choose from.

 

That's my first blog of 2015 with many more to come. Wishing you all an amazing crafty year!

 

Crafty hugs,

Clare x x xx

 

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Merry christmas everyone!

Hi blog land here I am with my rather Christmassy Bee Crafty blog. I didn't post anything last week as I had a rather crazy brainstorm to decorate my daughters bedroom. She is now settled into her new room for christmas, I have finished work and can now relax a little before the big day.

I have posted 2 cards this week to make up for not posting last week. Bee Crafty have a fantastic range of Yuletide stamps so why not take this opportunity to get ready for next years celebrations. There is 20% off Bee Crafty Stamps until Monday 22nd December so why not take the opportunity to set yourself up for some new year projects.

To make this card I have used:

Yuletide fir tree stamp

Yuletide snowflakes

Yueltide seasons greetings

Backdrop borders grasses

Embossing powder

Salty ocean distress ink

 

 

For this card I used:

Yuletide holly swirl stamp

Seasons greetings stamp

Can I take this opportunity to wish you all a very merry christmas! I hope you've all been good and Santa brings you lots of crafty goodies. I'll be back in the new year with some more Bee Crafty inspiration.

 

Christmas Crafty Hugs,

Clare x x x

 

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Oh Christmas Tree!

It's Clare here once again for Bee Crafty and I have another christmas themed card for you. I thought that I would try something on craft card this week.

 

For this card I used:

Yueltide christmas tree stamp

Yueltide seasons greetings stamp

Inkables off set dots mask

Dylusions White linen ink

Distress ink

Liquid pearls

Embossing powder

 

 

I started off with my craft card and the Inkables template and dabbed through some white linen dylusions ink with a sponge. After that I stamped the tree and sentiment with watermark ink and heat set with a pearly embossing powder. With festive Berries distress ink I brushed around the edge of the card. After matting and layering I added my favourite little liquid pearls to the tree in red and green to the tree and some random opal white to the outer edge. Finally I added some gems from my stash for a bit of bling.

 

 

Thank you for having a look at my post today.

 

Crafty christmas hugs,

Clare x x x

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