Great day for that's Crafty

Morning everyone, usually I'm over at That's Crafty but today they have gone somewhere special. You can see some of their new products on the Telly today at 11am. Yes that's rights they are on HOCHNADA yay! And our very own Lauren will be demoing their products. Wishing you every success!  

So I thought I'd show you some of the creations I made for samples for the show starting with ATCs and a great holder for them

 

 

This little coaster was featured in Craft Stamper this month as That's Crafty offered some fab goodies free for subscribers 

And of course last week I shared one of my girls 

You can see that the substrates will take about anything you can throw at them which is great for me as I love building texture. As part of the design team I do receive products to work on free but my opinions are my own, and I love these.

 

Take care as always 

Hugs Debs xxx

The Robin and the Girl

Good Morning everyone, I hope you are well. Today I'm at That's Crafty's blog where I'm sharing an MDF tag. As I was writing this post, I sensed that a story was forming somewhere in my mind, and it will be about the Robin and the girl. Now, this isn't a coincidence,  as I have wanted to get started on a project based on an online workshop with Robin Laws called the Story Tellers Art, and now I can.  I'll tell you more about this in another post, as I want to share a peep of today's project.

Please visit That's Crafty to see the full project and how I created this tag.

 

Take Care as always Hugs 

Debs xx

Journal Page keeping the White

Hello everyone, happy bank holiday weekend! Hope you have some fab stuff planned, whether out and about or sofa surfing, make it fun. Tonight I'm sharing a journal page over at Paper Artsy. There has been some fantastic themes and this one is a favourite of mine, mainly because I find it so challenging.

Here's a peep, I hope you like it as I love creating it

 

 

Take everybody hugs

Debs xxx

 

 

Figures!

Good morning everyone, today starts a new challenge at That's Crafty's challenge blog, and the theme is Go Figure. As always, there  are some wonderful creations by my teammates which you can see here.

And if you are a lucky winner you will receive £20 to spend in the shop 

For my piece I created a journal page.  

  I started by using three numbers stencils and heavy bodied Acrylic paint in yellow and deep ink, on a journal page which had been used to mop up.  

 

On top of this I used anther stencil and very dark blue paint to form the focal point. I love stencils like this, as you can use them as they are or use bits of them to buil up layers.

 

 

You can see below how I fitted more numbers into the centre, just for fun!

 

 

So, I hope we have inspired you to have a go. You have two whole weeks and with this weekend having 3 days that

Gives you plenty of time to play.

 

 

Materials I used

Dina Wakley from Ranger, Media Heavy bodied paint

Andy Skinner for DecoArt stencils - sun burst, Industrial Elements, French Elements and Made to Measure

 

 

Take care for now as always, 

Hugs Debs xxx

Busy thinking

Morning lovelies, what is going on with the weather? Daffodils in December and snow in April, poor plants don't know what's going! Anyway, today is my day to share some art with you over at That's Crafty, here is a peep.  

 

I hope you get some time to pop over and have a look. Take care as always hugs Debs xx

Faux Ceramic Heart

Hello everyone It my turn over at That's Crafty where you can see the full detail of this project 

 

Take care as always hugs Debs xx

Let's Face it

Morning everyone, today sees the start of a new Challenge over at That's Crafty and the theme is let's face it. So come on get out those pencils and paints or whatever you like to use and have a go. If you win you will get a £20 voucher to spend in the shop.

Here's my lady and there are lots more inspiration from my teammates on the blog. 

I started with my background using lots of Dinky stencils from that's crafty, Fresco acrylic paint from Paper Artsy and highlights from Distress crayons by Ranger.

 

 My face was drawn with a Stabilo All in black with some crayons for colour.

 

I'm also going to enter my face into the lovely Kim Dellow's face it Friday, I haven't plaid for a while, but Kim invites us to link up our faces to her blog.

 

Take care as always hugs Debs xxx

 

It's all blue

Morning everyone today I have a card over at That's Crafty here is a peep but all the details are over on the blog.

 

Don't forget to come back tomorrow as a new challenge starts, take care as always

Hugs Debs xx

 

New Challenge

Morning everyone, I feel like the white rabbit this morning, running late! A New challenge started on Sunday at Mixed Media World and the theme is Cogs chosen for us by the very talented Georgie. This month we are sponsored by GlitzCraft so you could win a £15 voucher to spend in their shop. There are some fab makes from my teamies so go check them out if you have the time.  

I couldn't do a cogs project without using rust could I? Or crackle? 

Layered up MDF tags, one crackle, one rusty

Rusted up my cogs, sprayed my torn doily and stuck in place

Added my hearts and glass bellie

The fibres were added for contrasting colours.

 

 

 

That's Crafty - MDF tags

DecoArt - sand paste, Media Fluids, weathered wood,

Finnabair for Prima, cogs and hearts

Prima, fibres

 

Thanks for popping by, see you soon 

Take care as always 

Hugs Debs xxx

Fab Weekend planned

Good morning everyone, what a weekend I have planned, first on Saturday Ive got my journalling class at Birds in the Barn 10-4pm. It's will be a fabulous day, where I will teach my ladies techniques they can use in their journal, or anywhere else they choose, as well helping them create there own page unique to them.  Here is a peep,  

       and on Sunday    10-11:30 I'm delighted to be on the Paper Artsy Stand demoing alongside Leandra, (yes I know, the boss!), lol! Only joking, I'm really looking forward to it. I'll be working on my journal and some tags, creating texture with Fresco Acrylic Paints as well as playing with Slick Stix, and Collage Mediums from Ranger, as well as some Hot Picks and Everything Art stamps.  Pop over and say hello if you are there, it will be lovely to meet you.   Here's a sample  

    . 2 pm -3:15 I'm honoured to be on That's Crafty stand doing make and takes (MAT) with their fabulous MDF and grey/white board ATCs.  Some of my team mates from That's Crafty's Design Team will also be doing MATs with other products from the substrate range, so if you get a chance book on to one us you are sure to have fun, as well as take away a reminder of your day.   Here a look at some of the samples.   

What a fun weekend! I hope you have a good weekend too! Take care Hugs Debs xxx

Strength

Morning everyone, today is my turn over at That's Crafty and I have a page about Strength. Here's a peep

 

Hope you get to pop over and see how I created this page. Take care as always

Hugs Debs xxx

 

That's Crafty New Challenge

Hello crafty friends and followers, today is the Start of a new Challenge over at That's a Crafty and the Theme this week is All Things Bright and Beautiful. Is love you to pop over there and see what fabulous makes the team have for you this week. Enter the challenge and you could win £20 to spend in store.

Heres my creation for you

 

 

I used Prima Color bloom spray initially and using Stencils From That's Crafty and a baby wipe removed the colour through the stencil. Once dry I added some Bronze Crackle Paste from Prima, and another stencil from That's crafty.

 

Stamped the flowers onto Smoothy Card from Paper Artsy, and dried them off. I used a watercolour from Cosmic Shimmer plate 4 then put to one side to dry, and once so, cut them out. I went over the black to make sure it was seen. Added some stamping and th then it was finished. Here are some close up.

 

   

 

 

 

   

 

 

Well I hope you enjoyed my project and I cannot wait to see what you create.

Take carer hugs Debs xx

 

New Challenge

Morning everyone, yah! It's Friday and it's the first of April which must mean it's a new challenge over at Country View Crafts. The lovely Monica chose Spring for her Theme. How fabulous! The team have some wonderful inspiration for you, so hope you will be able to enter. If you win you get a £20 voucher to spend in the shop. Ooh I'm so excited, cannot wait to see what see what you all made.Here's my 1st creation for this month.

Let me talk you through what I did. Using coldpress watercolour paper I spritzed the card and while still damp added fluid watercolour paint from Ecoline. These are beautiful paints so vibrant. I allowed these to dry and then used White Acrylic to paint my flowers.

On top of the white paint I outlined the flowers with a black pen. I used a loose scribbled effect as I love this way of defining element. Each card was decorated slightly different but they all shared common themes, such as the colours and style. I edge the water colour paper and stuck them in place on the card.

I hand wrote my sentiments, partly because I want to use more of my own writing, and I also wanted them to be from me fully. I actually made two sets of cards, some I sent to my family and the others I abandoned in random places while on Holliday. I hope this encourages you get out the paints or pencils or pens, or all, whatever you like to creative with and create something which bring Spring you you.

Take care for now and I'll see you soon

Hugs Debs xx

 

Mini Art

Good morning to all you lovely peeps in blog land, today in sharing some mini Art over on That's Crafty's blog, here is a glimpse but as usual all the details can be found here.

If you get a chance, pop in tomorrow as it's the start of a new challenge at That's Crafty, and there is some great inspirations to be seen.

Take care as always hugs Debs xx

 

Journal page

Hi everyone, today I gave a page to share over at That's Crafty, it's a bit different for me but I enjoyed creating it. Here is a peep  

  Take care as always 

Hugs Debs xx

Sunday sketch

Evening everyone, I've been catching up on some blogs and came across Sunday Sketch on my crafting teamie Donna and thought as I was too tired to paint anymore today I would curl up with my pencils and do a little face. I had forgotten how much I liked using pencils, Prismacolor of course. I added some Inktense as well some Stabilo All in white to add some depth as I only brought some flesh making colours with me. I'm going to link this to Sunday Sketch and even though it's a bit late I'm also linking to Kim Dellow's show your face.

 

The painting I was doing earlier is below.

 

Take care as always

Hugs Debs xxx

Loving the colour

Evening peeps yes two from me today. I've been playing this afternoon after watching the latest video from the Wanderlust course I am doing. This week we had a lesson from the wonderfully talented Flora Bowbly.

As before, no tutorial but I will share my photos. I'm also entering this into the current challenge at Anything but Cute who's theme is crazy for colour

 

 

 

 

 

And the final pieces which I have framed

 

So loved playing with paint which was Dina Wakley's heavy bodied Media line for Ranger.

Thanks for popping in take care as always,

Hugs Debs xxx

 

A day with Dina

Morning friends and crafters happy Saturday, and for me today is very special as at 3pm today 5yrs ago I married my wonderful husband. Here is a quick pic 

Anyway, back to Dina

I had an amazing day. Dina really is a good teacher, I loved the way she gave feedback and knew exactly what to say to get people  back on track. I have admired her style for a while now, as well as having her books I have taken several on line classes, so when I had a chance to do a class with her it had to be done. I want to be more free and loose with paint and this class helped with that.

 

And here is what I completed 

For obvious reason I wont share the process. 

 

 

The day went so fast but at the end Dina, Kate Crane ( yah got to meet Kate too - I've done some of Kate's online classes and love her style as well) and myself did some selfies and here they are.  

If you get the chance to either of these ladies classes do it because they are amazing!

 

Take care as always 

Hugs Debs xx

Journal page

Hello everyone, today is the start of a new Challenge at That's Crafty and the theme is Red and Green should never be seen. Please check out the challenge guidelines to make sure you qualify and if you win you will receive a £20 voucher to spend in the wonderful shop. My teamed have some fabulous inspiration for you, and we have a new person who has joined the team. I won't tell you more so you will have to pop over and see, lol.

So to my inspiration, well tell me I cannot do something and what will I do, yep do it lol. So here is my journal page.

 

I didn't take many photos but here is a rundown of what I did and used.

 

In my Small Finnabair journal I scraped white Gesso over the page quite thickly and then scratched some pattens using the double edged texture brushes from Fiinnabair. Once dry I added colour using some Dina Wakley heavy body Acrylics over the page leaving some white areas. Used stamps by Everything Art for Paper Artsy and red paint randomly on the page.

 

 

 

I tried not to over think this as I wanted to keep it loose. I used some of my painty lids and bottle tops around the page to add some interest as well as an old harlequin stamp ( sorry don't know who by) and a floral stencil. Around the edge I added black to form a frame and finshed with a sentiment.

I hope we have inspired you to have a go, and enter the challenge. I also hope you can pop back over the weekend as I will be sharing my adventure at Art from the Heart with Dina Wakley. Take care as always

Hugs Debs xxx

 

 

Colourful girl

Morning everyone, today I have a girl to share over on That's Craft's blog. I hope you can pop along to see the full girl and how I created her. His a peep.

Take care as always 

Hugs Debs xxx