Don't Think Less Of Yourself.....

Have been doing a lot of art journaling in my junk journal, following the prompts of Care December from Everything Art (video shorts are on my YouTube Channel). Through doing that, I have re-discovered some fabulous inspirational quotes amongst my words and collage bits and pieces. 

This is one of them: Don't think less of yourself if you can't be fearless. Doing it afraid is just as brave. Really love this - there are times I put off doing things because I am scared that the outcome won't be what I want. Sometimes we just need to get on with it regardless. 

I have been using this colour combination during Care December, so decided to stick with it for this spread. Full list of products used at the bottom of the post. Click on any of the pictures to watch the video of my process.  

Products used: Arteza 14cmx14cm watercolour sketchbook Distress Oxides and Inks: Peacock Feathers, Salvaged Patina, Speckled Egg, Tea Dye, Saltwater Taffy, Tattered Rose Distress Oxide Sprays: Tea Dye, Tattered Rose Daler Rowney Mixed Media Paper *Imagination Crafts Mixed Media Spray - Light Green *Kanban Spring Silhouettes *These are very old products from my stash

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Happy crafting,

Cxxx

Create Art - Inspire - Art Journal Page

A break from the Christmas makes!! Today's share is an A5 art journal page created on Daler Rowney Mixed Media Paper. Click on the pictures to see the YouTube video of my process.

The pocket and tags are Elizabeth Craft Designs 744: Planner Essentials 26 - Planner Pocket 4 - Tag and Toppers, while the words are from both that set and from their Art Journal 1782 Butterfly Pocket Insert set. 

Full List of Products Used:

Elizabeth Craft Designs 744: Planner Essentials 26 - Planner Pocket 4 - Tag and Toppers;

Elizabeth Craft Designs -  Art Journal 1782 Butterfly Pocket Insert set;

Elizabeth Craft Designs - Planner Essentials - Reinforcements 2

Daler Rowney Mixed Media Paper;

Distress Inks/Oxides/Oxide Sprays - Evergreen Bough, Picked Raspberry, Scattered Straw, Spiced Marmalade;

Distress Spray Stain - Picket Fence;

Cosmic Shimmer Pearlescent Watercolour Ink - Flamingo Pink, Golden Sunrise, Ray of Sunshine, Holly Green;

Julie Hickey Designs Clear Stamps - Garden Blooms, Floral Buttons;

AALL & Create Clear Stamps - #362 Splodge, #351 Alphabet Splatter;

AALL & Create Stencil - #125 Lotza Semicirclz

Elizabeth Craft Designs Art Journal S040 Pattern Stencil Pack

Spectrum Noir Finesse Waterproof Ink - Pebble

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Happy crafting,

Cxxxx

Amy Design - Sympathy Flower

I have three projects in today's post. Two use the gorgeous Amy Design Sympathy Flower. I have included the third as I used the Creative Expressions Paper Panda Petite Fleur Frame on one of the cards, and I had another card to share that used the same frame.

The first card is a small 4x4card, using the Sympathy Flower to create a simple sympathy style card. The sentiment is Julie Hickey Designs Everyday Sentiments. 

The second show that it doesn't just have to be for a sympathy card. This anniversary card uses Card Deco Frame Card Lacy Dots 4K for the base, and Creative Expressions Paper Panda Petite Fleur Frame (cut in half), along with a Julie Hickey Designs Everyday Sentiments stamp.

The final card today shows the Petite Fleur Frame in its entirety, teamed up with Elizabeth Craft Designs 1592 Garden Notes Nasturtium dies.  The colouring is Saltwater Taffy Distress Oxide.

Click on the photos to see the video demonstrations. Thank you for popping by. 

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Happy crafting, 

Cxxxx

Crafter's Companion - Botanical Garden Cut & Emboss Folder

Two projects today using the Botanical Garden Cut & Emboss folder from Crafter's Companion. One is a card, and the other a box.

For the card, I inked the folder with Bundled Sage Distress Oxide, and then cut it out from pale green card. The brick effect through the aperture is created using AALL & Create Stencil #38 Cracked Walls 2, and Antique Linen Distress Oxide onto cream card. The flowers are using Elizabeth Craft Designs 1638 Garden Notes Crocus.

For the aperture box, I used Centura Pearl Snow White Hint of Gold card, with Elizabeth Craft Designs 1590 Garden Notes Grecian Windflower.

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Thank you for popping by and happy crafting, 

Cxxxx

Mixed Media A4 Tag

Was looking through my stash and came across a pack of Stamps Away Stamp and Ink Board Large Tags. I must have had them years, so thought it would be fun to have a play and see what I could do with them. Click on any of the pictures to watch my You Tube video showing my process, and feel free to subscribe while you are there. 

I thought this sentiment fitted well with the wording on the "clock" which is Time Brings Flowers. 

List of supplies used:

Stamps Away Ink and Stamp Board Large Tag

Stamperia Rice Paper DFSAA4446 - Little Bird on Branch

Stamperia Rice Paper DFSAA4447 - Round Clocks

Greyboard - circles cut with Crafter's Companion Debbie Shore Metal dies - Circles

Imagination Crafts Satin Finish Decoupage Glue

Imagination Crafts Transparent Relief Paste

Imagination Crafts Structure Paste

Sara Signature Enchanted Christmas -Forest Vines Stencil

AALL & Create Stencil #38 Cracked Walls 2

Imagination Crafts A4 Stencil - Crackled Feather.

Elizabeth Craft Designs - 1639 Garden Notes English Rose

Daler Rowney Mixed Media Paper

Distress Oxides: Spun Sugar, Crushed Olive, Bundled Sage, Victorian Velvet, Saltwater Taffy

Distress Oxide Sprays: Bundled Sage, Peeled Paint

Distress Spray Stain: Picket Fence

Stampers Anonymous - Tim Holtz Collection - Just Thoughts

Distress Ink: Ground Espresso

Embellishments from stash: cotton lace, paper roses and flowers, clear embellishments

Thanks for popping by and happy crafting,

Cxxx

Art Journal - Blue & Cool Colours

Another Art Journal play, this time in my Pink Pig Journal. This is one where I may follow a prompt or play with some products. And unlike my Arteza journal, I am not so fussed about the outcome - it's the playing and process that's important with this. 

It's the second attempt at videoing myself and I am still having teething problems. I had an issue with the focus of the camera and paused the video to sort it. Then forgot to start it again. That said, it gives an idea of how I put it together.

To start with, the prompts I have cut up in my box are from Mixed Media Arts. I don't use them too often, so there's plenty to work with. This time I chose Blue and Cool Colours. I don't generally just randomly pick one, as I still struggle with that. When I use them, I need to give myself a feeling of knowing what I can do. 

To go out of my comfort zone I use Everything Art (click here for their courses). I dip into the 100 steps and have signed up for the Care December. Kasia and Jamie give more than just a word prompt. They give you prompts for the techniques and products - and often a video - so I feel a bit more supported. 

I tried to show the products more - but still feel that I need to work on that. And as the video missed some of the process, I will give you a full list further down. And it seems Blogger only allows videos of under 3 minutes - so am going to have to give that some consideration too.

After the video paused, I used Structure paste through the stencil you could see. And then Lunar Paste through the Whitewash stencil. And on the other side, a couple more of the Elizabeth Craft Designs stencils with Chipped Sapphire Distress Oxide. I also did some stencilling on the coloured part of the shell.

The edges of the pages were painted with the Turquoise Cascade and Nearly Navy Inks.

Products Used:

Rice Paper - I use this to clean up ink, and then it provides me with a quick background like this one

White stamping card

Cadence Satin Finish Decoupage Glue

Amy Design Ocean Wonders Shell die set

Cosmic Shimmer Watercolour Ink - Peacock Teal

Cosmic Shimmer Pearlescent Watercolour Ink - Nearly Navy, Turquoise Cascade

Cosmic Shimmer Pixie Powder - Aqua Lagoon

Cosmic Shimmer Pixie Sparkles - Blue Wish

Cosmic Shimmer Lustre Polish - Snow and Ice

Cosmic Shimmer Luna Paste - Moonlight Ocean

Imagination Crafts Sparkle Medium - Midnight Ice

Imagination Crafts Structure Paste

Imagination Crafts Stencils - Whitewash, Chevron + not sure of the other one

Elizabeth Craft Designs Art Journal SO40 Pattern Stencil Pack

AALL & Create Stamp Set - #351 Alphabet Splatter

Distress Oxides - Weathered Wood, Iced Spruce, Mermaid Lagoon, Chipped Sapphire

Thank you for popping by. 

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Happy crafting, 

Cxxxx

It's Not Who You Are That Holds You Back .....

Had a play in my art journal yesterday. And also had a play at creating a video/reel of it. I don't think I did too badly for a first attempt.

I have four different journals - some have more in than others. This one is one I tend to do double page spreads with a quote and an image. It's just something I like to do - and the quote is usually relevant to how I am feeling at the time. And I think this is where I am at the moment. Having recently retired from a long teaching career - a job which is all consuming but gives you a purpose and identity - I am currently struggling to know exactly what I am. Looking for what I want to do now seems to throw up an endless list of what I am not. 

This is the finished project - not entirely the way I initially envisaged it - but I always enjoy the process. And this is one journal where I want to like the end product. I have another where I have experimented or followed prompts, and in that one there is a lot that I don't like - but that helps me to sometimes just let go of the end product and focus on the process. 

Here is the speeded up and edited video, having removed all the faffing and prevaricating.

Products used:

Arteza 14cm x 14cm Sketchbook

Distress Oxides: Picked Raspberry, Ripe Persimmon, Fossilized Amber

Distress Mica Stains: Winterberry, Flickering Candle, Jack O' Lantern

Distress Archival: Vintage Photo

Stamps: Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous Just Thoughts (very old set); AALL & Create #662 One Of A Kind; Imagination Crafts Texture Stamps (from two different sets - both old)

Stencils: AALL & Create #147 Coffee Stain; #38 Cracked Walls 2

Tim Holtz Stamping Platform

Tim Holtz Stamping Blocks

Blending Brushes - cheap ones from Amazon

Cream card from stash

Thank you for popping by. 

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Happy crafting, 

Cxxxx

Eizabeth Craft Designs - 1478 Garden Scene

Today's share contains a couple of cards using Elizabeth Craft Designs - 1478 Garden Scene die. This is very much like a "Create a Card" type die. These are great for creating quick cards, as the work is pretty much done for you.

I chose to use two different techniques. The first one is an inked background using Mermaid Lagoon and Cracked Pistachio Distress Oxides and Sprays. The sentiment is from Julie Hickey Designs - Everyday Sentiments.  I love the Tim Holtz Distress Range - particularly the Oxides and the Oxide sprays. 

The second one is the quickest way to use this type of die, where patterned papers make the background. Again, the sentiment is from Julie Hickey Designs - Everyday Sentiments. 

Click on the images to see the video demos, and please feel free to follow me here on my blog, or on FaceBook, Twitter, Instagram or Pinterest.

Happy crafting, 

Cxxxx

Leap Frog!

Had the chance to play with some AALL & Create stamps. This is one of my projects with #327 Ribbit Ribbit. With the sentiments Leap  &   Frog in the set, I just had to do a Leap Frog card. Click on the picture to see the video demo.

I used Carved Pumpkin, Squeezed Lemonade and Twisted Citron Distress Oxides to create the background. 

Thanks for popping by, and I hope I have given you a little inspiration. Feel free to follow me here on my blog, or on FaceBook, Twitter, Instagram or Pinterest. For lots of video demonstrations, pop over to the Hixxy Studio YouTube channel to subscribe. The main items I use can be found on the Hixxy Crafts website - have a look under the Hixxy Studio tab.

Happy crafting,

Cxx

Earth Laughs In Flowers

Today I am sharing a Journal page, created using Julie Hickey Designs Dinky Circles die set, Sweet Pea die set, and stamps from Daisy Blooms and Garden Blooms. I made it to fit my TN, which I created a while ago. Click on the picture below to go to the video demonstration. 

I used watercolour card with Salvaged Patina, Cracked Pistachio, Kitsch Flamingo and Squeezed Lemonade Distress Oxides. 

I used the flower from the Dinky Circles die set to create a stencil, which I inked through, and I also used the little stamp from Daisy Blooms too. To create the feeling of the flowers having foliage, I stamped the focal stamp from both the Daisy Blooms and the Garden Blooms sets onto the card, with Cracked Pistachio. It doesn't stamp particularly well as the card is textured, but it gives enough of an impression that I was able to then paint the leaves with the ink.

I used more watercolour card to mop up the ink from when I made the background, and then die cut this for the flowers and for the letters.

Thanks for popping by, and I hope I have given you a little inspiration. Feel free to follow me here on my blog, or on FaceBook, Twitter, Instagram or Pinterest. For lots of video demonstrations, pop over to the Hixxy Studio YouTube channel to subscribe. The main items I use can be found on the Hixxy Crafts website - have a look under the Hixxy Studio tab.

Happy crafting,

Cxx

Circles Everywhere!!

 Today's share is a card made using some lovely Julie Hickey Designs products. The stamps are Floral Buttons, and I have also used the Dinky Circles die set.

The button stamps themselves are cut by hand and not with dies, as this follows the free-hand way in which they are drawn. The mats and layers are using one of the Dinky Circles.

For the background, I used Scattered Straw, Bundled Sage and Weathered Wood Distress Oxides and Oxide Sprays, along with the the tiny stamps from the set, and a stencil I made using the flower from the Dinky Circles.

Thanks for popping by, and I hope I have given you a little inspiration. Feel free to follow me here on my blog, or on FaceBook, Twitter, Instagram or Pinterest. For lots of video demonstrations, pop over to the Hixxy Studio YouTube channel to subscribe. The main items I use can be found on the Hixxy Crafts website - have a look under the Hixxy Studio tab.

Happy crafting,

Cxx

Floral Easel Card

Hello! Today I have an easel card to share, using Julie Hickey Designs Floral Fantasy and Floral Foliage stamps. This would make a great card for Mother's Day. Click on the picture for the video link. I must apologise, as this one was a bit rushed on the live, and not totally completed. Hopefully, there is enough information both there and here combined.

The base of the card is made from a piece of purple card, 4 3/4" wide x length of A4. It is scored at 5 7/8" and 2 7/8". Before folding and burnishing, you need to cut a rectangular aperture. I used a 4" x 5" rectangle die - but you could cut it by hand if you need to. This is cut in the end with the score line. 

 

I also cut three frames - each uses a piece of card 5 7/8" x 4 3/4", and I used the same rectangle die.

For the acetate, I have two pieces - one is stuck onto a double sided adhesive sheet. I used Alcohol Inks to create a background in the bottom and left of each piece. The colours I used are: Purple Twilight, Watermelon and Pool.

For the flowers, I stamped three of each and used Squeezed Lemonade, Ripe Persimmon, Picked Raspberry and Seedless Preserves Distress Oxides to colour them in.

I stamped one of the images from the Floral Foliage set. These are almost impossible to cut out as a whole piece, but I cut it into individual leaves to tuck in amongst the flowers. I coloured these with Twisted Citron and Mowed Lawn Distress Inks. 

The sentiment stamp is from the Fantasy Floral set, and I cut the letters using Julie Hickey's Sweet Pea Alphabet set. You need to cut two sets, so that you can cover up the glue on the back. Do the same for whatever you stick the sentiment on.

The piece of acetate that is on double sided sticky, needs to be attached to a piece of white card. You can do this either before or after you stick the card to the base of the easel. One of the frames then goes over the top of this to hide the edges. The other two frames are used to sandwich the other piece of acetate, which is attached to the top of the easel.

I used glue gel to attach the flowers, and the glue doesn't really stand out against the alcohol ink, so doesn't need covering on the back. The leaves are tucked in amongst the flowers. The little hearts are part of the Alphabet set.

Thanks for popping by, and I hope I have given you a little inspiration. Feel free to follow me here on my blog, or on FaceBook, Twitter, Instagram or Pinterest. For all the videos, pop over to the Hixxy Studio YouTube channel to subscribe. And FB lives are streamed on both the YouTube channel and the Hixxy Crafts FB page. The main items I use can be found on the Hixxy Crafts website - have a look under the Hixxy Studio tab.

Happy crafting,

Cxxx

Colourful Parrot

 Along with the Peacocks, the Amy Design: Colourful Feathers range also features Parrots. Here is a card I have made with one of the 3D Push Outs, and I have used the tail feather die from the Peacock set to create a stencil for inking through.

In this sample, I have worked with ovals as that is the shape of the decoupage. The Distress Oxides I used were Picked Raspberry, Kitsch Flamingo, Twisted Citron, Cracked Pistachio and Peacock Feathers.

For the video, I demoed using a circular decoupage, with different colours. I cut a piece of stamping card, just marginally smaller than the piece I wanted to ink onto, and cut a circular aperture (oval for the sample) roughly in the middle. I then placed this onto my piece for inking, and sealed around the edge with low tack tape. 

 

I then used my brushes to ink through the circle, and briefly heat set it. Having previously cut the feathers die in stamping card, I laid this over the circular opening, and inked through it to create the pattern. The colours of ink I used in the demo are Candied Apple, Squeezed Lemonade, Mowed Lawn, Tumbled Glass and Mermaid Lagoon.

I cut a frame from the same card as the base to go round the inked area, and I cut a mat to go under the decoupage.

If you would like to watch the video demo, then please click on the main photo above.

Thanks for popping by, and I hope I have given you a little inspiration. Feel free to follow me here on my blog, or on FaceBook, Twitter, Instagram or Pinterest. For all the videos, pop over to the Hixxy Studio YouTube channel to subscribe. And FB lives are streamed on both the YouTube channel and the Hixxy Crafts FB page. The main items I use can be found on the Hixxy Crafts website - have a look under the Hixxy Studio tab.

Happy crafting,

Cxxx

Peacock Doily Card

Peacocks seem to be very "on-trend" again, at the moment. And today, I have a peacock themed card to share!! This ones uses the Amy Design:Colourful Feathers 3D Push Out, and also the Peacock die from the same collection. 

For the background, I inked a piece of stamping card with a combination of Wild Honey, Peacock Feathers, Lucky Clover and Blueprint Sketch Distress Oxides. 

The doily on which the decoupage image sits, is made up of two of the tail feather pieces from the die set.

They line up really well to make the complete circle doily! Matting and layering it all onto some co-ordinating card makes the colours pop! It's as easy as that!  If you want to watch the video of the demo, then click on the main picture.

Thanks for popping by, and I hope I have given you a little inspiration. Feel free to follow me here on my blog, or on FaceBook, Twitter, Instagram or Pinterest. For all the videos, pop over to the Hixxy Studio YouTube channel to subscribe. And FB lives are streamed on both the YouTube channel and the Hixxy Crafts FB page. The main items I use can be found on the Hixxy Crafts website - have a look under the Hixxy Studio tab.

Happy crafting,

Cxxx

Butterfly Pocket Journal Page

Today's share is using the Elizabeth Craft Designs: Art Journal - Butterfly Pocket Insert. It is designed to fit in the original (A6 ish) ECD Traveller's Notebook (TN), but the height is about the same as the XL square - and so fits in there, and therefore with the faux leather cover that I made before.

This is a HUGE die set. You get the die to cut the pocket insert, which has a lovely Mandala style cut out design. There is a separate die to cut out that same design on other parts of the pocket - or on the fab size tag die that comes with the set. There are also three side-on butterflies - but you can cut them twice and create a full front-facing butterfly. There are also a range of words in a really funky font - with extra individual letters for any that are not covered in the words!! 

So, the "worker" die cuts out a piece that is divided into three. Two parts fold and stick together to from a pocket - which the tag fits into. The other part creates the other half of your page-  so it opens like a card (I will have a blog for one that I made soon) - which then fits over the elastic in your TN.

I used an A4 piece of mixed media paper, and inked it with Prize Ribbon, Scattered Straw and Bundled Sage Distress Oxides. I also sprayed the paper with the same colours. I spritzed my mat with water, and mopped this up on the BACK of the card - as both sides will be visible (see the part where the word "creative" is).  

Using the same colours, I inked through several stencils from the Elizabeth Craft Designs: Art Journal - Pattern Stencil Pack. This is a lovely set of little stencils - perfect if you take crafting supplies with you when you travel.

I picked out some yellow, green and blue card from my scraps box to complement the colours, using this for the die, the letters and some of the butterflies. 

  

And it now sits inside my TN.

  

Thanks for popping by, and I hope I have given you a little inspiration. Feel free to follow me here on my blog, or on FaceBook, Twitter, Instagram or Pinterest. For all the videos, pop over to the Hixxy Studio YouTube channel to subscribe. And FB lives are streamed on both the YouTube channel and the Hixxy Crafts FB page. The main items I use can be found on the Hixxy Crafts website - have a look under the Hixxy Studio tab.

Happy crafting,

Cxxx

Underwater Scene

This is the third of the three watery themed cards I did on a FB live a while back. The videos are available on the Hixxy Studio You Tube Channel. They are cut from the whole live show, so the beginnings and endings are not seamless - but you should get the idea.

For this one, I used white stamping card and inked lightly with Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide. I wanted a pale and patchy effect, as I then sprayed Mermaid Lagoon Distress Oxide Spray over the top and blotted it with rice paper. The whole things was edged with Mermaid Lagoon Distress Ink - or Oxide.

I used Distress Inks to "paint" the little pieces with: Scattered Straw for the sandy background; Wilted Violet for the fish; Abandoned Coral, Mowed Lawn, Twisted Citron and Lucky Clover the the corals and seaweeds; Hickory Smoke for the sharks; Mermaid Lagoon for the bubbles Worn Lipstick, Antique Linen and Ripe Persimmon for the shells and starfish. 

It is then just a case of assembling the scene as you wish. It's a gorgeous little set to play with - and you could cut multiples of all of the dies if you wish.

Thanks for popping by, and I hope I have given you a little inspiration. Feel free to follow me here on my blog, or on FaceBook, Twitter, Instagram or Pinterest. For all the videos, pop over to the Hixxy Studio YouTube channel to subscribe. And FB lives are streamed on both the YouTube channel and the Hixxy Crafts FB page. The main items I use can be found on the Hixxy Crafts website - have a look under the Hixxy Studio tab.

Happy crafting,

Cxxx

Porthole Card

This is the second of the three watery themed cards I did on a FB live a while back. The videos are available on the Hixxy Studio You Tube Channel. They are cut from the whole live show, so the beginnings and endings are not seamless - but you should get the idea.

This card combines two fabulous Amy Design dies. One is the Fishing Net from the Maritime collection. The other is Sea Life from the Underwater World collection. I used brown for the base card, with gold mirror card and a wood effect paper from Crafter's Companion. The idea was to be looking out from the inside of a boat into the water outside.

The fishing net is cut in Kraft card to give it a natural feel, and I made the porthole from gold mirror card, using nesting circle dies. I cut a larger circle to put the underwater scene on, and a smaller frame to go over it. 

The underwater scene is created on a circle of stamping card. I started with Salty Ocean to cover the whole of the circle - not worrying about any patches. I then sprayed it with water and blotted it. I used the dies from the Sea Life set to cut the coloured fish, sharks and shells to arrange. There is a larger die that cuts out a large piece like the sea floor. I did this in green and just cut off the seaweed and algae pieces. I arranged them onto the inked piece, stuck this onto the solid mirror circle, and then placed the frame over the top. The little flat backed pearls create the effect of the porthole. I finished it off with some twine to blend in with the netting.

Thanks for popping by, and I hope I have given you a little inspiration. Feel free to follow me here on my blog, or on FaceBook, Twitter, Instagram or Pinterest. For all the videos, pop over to the Hixxy Studio YouTube channel to subscribe. And FB lives are streamed on both the YouTube channel and the Hixxy Crafts FB page. The main items I use can be found on the Hixxy Crafts website - have a look under the Hixxy Studio tab.

Happy crafting,

Cxxx

Beneath the Ocean

On a live a few weeks ago, we had an underwater theme. I made the canvas that is on an earlier blog, and three cards. This is the first of the cards. The videos are available on the Hixxy Studio You Tube Channel. They are cut from the whole live show, so the beginnings and endings are not seamless - but you should get the idea.

I have used a 3D Push Out from Amy Design: Underwater World collection, along with the Fishing Net die from the Maritime collection. If you have not seen the Push Outs before, they are decoupage sheets and each one has 3 different designs on it. Have a look at the video to see how they work - click on the photo for the link.  

The background is created on white stamping card with Iced Spruce, Faded Jeans and Wilted Violet Distress Oxide Sprays. Once dry - you can blot it with rice paper if you want - edge it with Faded Jeans Distress Oxide.

The net was cut in Creative Expressions Steel Pearl Card, and the letters with Trimcraft's Banner Alphabet dies. The added embellishments are little seed beads from my stash, stuck on with 3D glue gel.

Thanks for popping by, and I hope I have given you a little inspiration. Feel free to follow me here on my blog, or on FaceBook, Twitter, Instagram or Pinterest. For all the videos, pop over to the Hixxy Studio YouTube channel to subscribe. And FB lives are streamed on both the YouTube channel and the Hixxy Crafts FB page. The main items I use can be found on the Hixxy Crafts website - have a look under the Hixxy Studio tab.

Happy crafting,

Cxxx

Queen Bee

This Queen Bee card consists of an inked background teamed with a Jeanine's Art Buzzing Bees 3D Push Out. The black die cut is from Elizabeth Crafts Art Journal collection, and is called Honeycomb dots, and the letters are Trimcraft Bunting Alphabet.

The background is a piece of patterned paper (a sort of bright yellow brick wall) that I sprayed with the Distress Oxide sprays in Fossilized Amber and Spice Marmalade. I used the same colour ink pads and IndigoBlu's Queen Bee Mini stamp set, to add more texture to the background.

Thanks for looking, and feel free to click on the picture to see a video of how I created this.

Happy crafting,

Cxxx