Scrap Boys - Christmas Tags

Today has been a busy day.... 

Op shopping for those hard to find illustrated garden and bird books for my "one day" junk journal

Vets with the little ones for their yearly jabs - the furkids not amused

3 Christmas cakes all started

And finally some craft - Christmas tags for my cousin

I found this Paper pack last month called Scrap Boys from my local Scrapbooking store called Craft Haven.

I loved the colours in this Christmas range so snapped it up.

 So I finally decided to crack that seal open and start creating.

Im sure they will look lovely attached to pressents under a tree. I really enjoyed making these knowing who was going to get this set :-)

 Happy crafting

Tracy

Bee Arty - Enjoy

Morning Bee Arty Fans

I am back again to share my latest Design Team card

In case you aren't aware - and I'm sure all you Bee Arty fans are... Time Flies collection has a 12x12 page in it that is Time -  cut and colour.

This perfect for all you card makers like myself, for a quick easy solution if you don't happen to have any stamps.

As always with people I colour skin and hair first with my copics

Then the rest is coloured matching the paper I have choosen - in this case I have picked from the same collection Time Flies

Below I cut out strips to frame her on the card

But before that I wanted to add a bit of stamping to the background.

I used a stamp out of a set called Life is Tough

I then gathered some elements from Time Flies collection that were left over from previous projects and hand cut 2 banners.

Once I had destressed all edges I placed and glued all together

I really do love this collection. Im down to my last scraps and really not sure what to do next!

Until next time... Happy crafting

Bee Arty - Escape The Ordinary

                                                           Good Morning Bee Arty Fans

I'm back again again to share my latest design team card

I have wanted to use this stamp for a long time, its called Kind Heart.

At this stage I had no idea on what I was making , I just kept stamping, and what you cant see is a bowl of chips which I ate while waiting for inspiration!! LOL

After some thought... and a lot of chips later I picked out some paper from Time Flies Kit and started colouring..... still at this stage... no clue as to what I was doing... but.... I did know I was going to fussy cut, (no surprise there!)

And here we go... out with the scissors

I carried on, until I had enough coloured to layer up using foam dots

Once all layered, on the main stamped picture I grunged it up a bit using inks one of the stamps from Life is Tough Stamp Set

Fussy cut pieces and words from Time Flies Paper Collection

And glued it all together

I loved how this card turned out considering I had a complete mind blank to start of with.

If you have this stamp I would love to see your take on it :-)

Until next time... Happy crafting

Bee Arty - Together Forever

                                                      Good Morning Bee Arty Fans

Today I am sharing my grungy distressed card which I think could go to a female or male

As always I start with the paper I want to use - in this case it is from Spread Your Wings collection. I also fussy cut a label that I wanted to fit behind the image.

I then stamped and coloured the rose image from Forever Stamp Set

Next I wanted to add some detail to the backing paper so it wasnt so plain - I used the stamp from Life is Tough set. 

When Im adding a stamp onto the background, I never used a stamping block, I dont want a perfect impression as its just in the background and not the focal point

Yes, yes, yes... more fussy cutting... got to have those butterflies!

Finally I inked up all the edges giving it a grungy distressed look

Once I had an idea on placement all elements were glued down

Hope you are having a wonderful day and I have inspired you to get those stamps out.

Until next time... Happy crafting

Art By Marlene

Hello, I bought an Art by Marlene, Die and die cut blocks a few months ago and its been sitting in my draw just waiting for me to create with it.

Well over the last few nights after work I have been playing.... with no thought process, idea or plan... just playing... and I must say I am loving the results....

 Below are some pictures of each of the pages I have created so far... and at the bottom I will list everything I have used for these super simple little pages

Below is the Art by Marlene Die 

Also used

Art by Marlene Die cut Blocks (I have used images out of the two blocks I have)

Distress oxide inks

Random stamps for edges

Katzelkraft - Bad idea???

Morning - well this card is very appropriate for me today!.... I decided enough was enough, time to sort my craft room out.... which is definitely a bad idea, because when I started it was a gloomy overcast New Plymouth day, and now its a beautiful sunny Spring day.... and Im surrounded in paper, pens, ribbon, stamps... no way can I leave this mess now!....

In saying that, I have found and sorted a lot of goodies I forgot I had... I can see a lot of tags coming up

This card is made from 3 different stamp sets from Katzelkraft - Carte Postal, Relax and Frogs

 

Bee Arty - Stamps

 Good Morning Bee Arty Fans

 Today I am showing you a great idea on how to use those scraps you just cant bare to throw away

I am always on the hunt for ephemera for my cards and now my very first junk journal. So I decided to make some stamps using left over paper from Spread Your Wings collection

Firstly I cut the paper to the size I wanted - 3 x 4.5cm. Stamped and coloured the rose from Forever Stamp set to match the paper and then fussy cut the butterflies from the same collection 

I then used the brick stamp that comes in the Life Is Tough Stamp set as a background element

Fussy cut the roses then glue into place. I then inked up the edges

Now time to glue onto an old paper page. You can use any glue for this, I brushed matte meduim over the top to give it a bit of protection.

I left to dry for a couple hours then cut around edges making sure to left some of the text from paper showing as a boarder

I was really pleased on hoe these turned out... I ended up spending a whole afternoon relaxing making at least 50 of stamps!

Until next time... Happy crafting