Bee Happy

I just wanted to share with you a fantastic new product that we are stocking.

It one of those items that looks boring unto you try it and then realise the possibilities are endless.

It is Tim Holtz Embossing Diffusers from Sizzix. I can only describe it as a positive and negative for embossing.

You get 3 plates that have different shapes cut out, but you also get the cut out piece.

Where the plate is will be embossed and where it's missing will be plain.

I will show you.....

The above is using the Bubble and Honeycomb Set of Texture Fades, Small Bee from Cart Us clear stamps and quote from Tim Holtz Words for Thought CMS132. The Tickets are cut from Sizzix Framelits. Distress Inks are Mustard Seed for the background and Wild Honey for the raised area.

The above is using just the circle plate and the honeycomb folder. Sentiment from Darkroom Doors Chocolatier.

I love the new mini's from Paper Artsy the flower is MN71 and the background is MN74 which was stamped using Versafine Vintage Sepia, before putting it through the Bubble folder and highlighting the raised areas with Frayed Burlap Distress Ink.

Moving on to Christmas and I must say that the sun has got his hat and about time too.

I have used the Tim Holtz Christmas Background and border set of Texture Fades along with the Santa stamp off Mini Holidays CMS066 also a Tim Holtz item.

This time I added the Reindeer And 25 from the Sizzix Movers and shaper set.

Hope you all had a nice weekend I did. I managed to dig up my potatoes not a very good crop but the 5 chickens enjoyed helping and eating the worms.

Jack and Bru have a new hobby... Waiting for the mouse to pop out of the wall.

Bless

Bye for now and I'll be back soon.

Sharon

Cut N Dry technique

What have we done to deserve this awful weather, oh well we can always get crafting.

I have been having a little play with cut and dry felt. I added the picture just in case you have forgot what it looks like and you know you have some somewhere.

Firstly stamp onto the cut & dry felt using Archival Ink or Versafine. The stamp is Lynne Perrella 012.

Then colour in using Distress Reinkers.....

It does not matter that it blends into the other colours....

Hope you can see the effect you can get...

I also used a different smaller stamp to get a variety of colour on the same cut & dry felt.

Then pop it in a ziploc or similar bag for a rainy day. If it does dry slightly you can use Ink Refresher to  moisten it again.

Next I painted a tag and sponged more paint through a stencil.

Then added the cut out picture I had stamped.

This idea works really nice with flowers and butterflies as well, where you want lots of colour.

Hope you enjoyed this and maybe have a go yourself.

Well it's just about time for our walkies before the rain starts again, so by for now and I shall be back soon.

Sharon