Shabby Chic Canvas

Hi all

Today is new challenge day over at Happy Little Stampers , this months Mixed Media challenge theme is 

So for this months challenge I have done something a little different to my usual and gone for a bit of a shabby chic look.

Now for some close up photo's of the canvas

The products I used to make my canvas are as follows:

8x10 Canvas (used the reverse side)

White Gesso

Paper Napkins

Matt Medium

Creative Embellishments Chipboard Pieces - Bird Cages, Branch, Vine

Pearl Acrylic Paint

Chocolate Brown Acrylic Paint

Gold Acrylic Paint

Paper Flowers

Gloss Glitter Varnish

3D Butterfly Embellishments

I hope this has inspired you and I look forward to seeing your challenge entries. 

Our winner for this challenge will receive a $20 coupon to spend at the shop. If you use stamps by Happy Little Stampers and you are our random winner, your prize will be doubled

Kelly

Xx The Crafty Bat xX

I would like to enter this piece into the following challenges:

More Mixed Media Challenge - Anything Goes + Optional Black

Creative Artiste Mixed Media Challenge Blog - Anything Mixed Media Goes

Altered Eclectics - Anything Goes Mixed Media

A Inky Mess - Anything Mixed Media Goes 

A Perfect Time To Craft - Anything Goes

Classic Design Team Open Challenge - Anything Goes

Mix It Up Challenge - Anything Goes + Optional Aperture

World Wide Open Design Team - Anything Goes 

Halloween ATC Swap

Hey Hey All

I thought I would share with you all my recent ATC's that I created for the Halloween ATC Swap organised by Charmed Cards and Crafts.

They had to be Halloween and have texture everything else was up to us, so of cause I had to take part and here they are 

I love love love how they turned out and I really did not want to part with them lol but I did send them on to Karen ready to be swapped.

Here are some close-up individual pictures of the ATC's 

I hopE you like what I have done with these ATC'S and they give you some inspiration.

Now while doing this blog post I  had a message from Karen with some BAD news, the ATC's have gone missing in Royal Mail GRRRR! all she has got is an empty envelope mailed to her.... The envelope has come un-sealed even though I asked the Post Office to tape it for me as I always do and they always have done UNTIL NOW!!!!.... So my awesome ATC's are missing and so is the self addressed return envelope which we include in, for Karen to send our swaps to us.

I am beyond devastated ..... Going to fly off into my dark little corner and cry for a while 

Kelly 

Xx The Crafty Bat xX

October Mission Inspiration

Hi Crafters

Today I thought I would share with you all a new art journal page I have done after following the October Mission Inspiration by Mike Deakin.

I have been a followers of Mike's for some time and love the mission Inspiration prompts but have not got around to trying one until now... For October Mike put together 2 versions and of cause I went with the Halloween one.

Here are the prompts

Now for what I have done following these prompts 

I love how this page turned out especially as it was my first time taking part int he Mission Inspiration, the quote I have added to my page reads " Shadows of a thousand years rise again unseen, voices whisper in the trees TONIGHT IS HALLOWEEN" The quote is by Dexter Kozen.

The products I have used for this page are as follows:

Pebeo Dyna Acrylic Paint - Iridescent Green Yellow

Dyusions Paint - Pure Sunshine, Tangerine Dream

Indigo Blu Acrylic - Aladdin

Fabric

Black Gesso

White Ink Pad

Damask Stamp

That's Crafty - Skull Stencil 

White Gel Pen

I hope you like what I have done and it gives you some inspiration, If you would like to check out Mission Inspiration you can fdn the group >> HERE <<. Each month new prompts are released.

Kelly 

Xx The Crafty Bat xX

Halloween Mixed Media Tag

Hey Crafters

So today I have my day three of seven days of Halloween makes to share with you all, this one was also done for a Halloween Tag swap I have taken part in.

So here is my Halloween tag

I love how this tag turned out and I hope the person who will be receiving it also loves it just as much as I do.

A close up of the tag 

For this tag I have used the following products:

That's Crafty Tag Surfaces

Texture Paste

Spider Web Stencil

Halloween Papers

Spider Webbing

Spellcast Ephemera and Fussy Cut Pieces

3d Gloss Gel Medium

Owl Charm

Orange and Black Ribbon

Metal Corners

Prima Alchemy Opal Magic Wax - Green

Kelly

Xx The Crafty Bat xX

Halloween Mini Top Hat

Hey Crafters

Today is my second make in my 7 days of Halloween and as I previously mentioned on my last post that these will be spread out and not 7 consecutive days.

So here is my Halloween Mini Top Hat 

This was a lot of fun to make and I have so many ideas for different themes for my Mini Top Hats so watch this space ;) 

Now for more pictures 

Supplies used are as follows:

Texture Paste

Dylusions Stencil

Clay Skeleton Hand Embellishment

Spider Webbing

Fake Spider

Feather

Black Gesso

IndigoBlu Metallic Paints - Emerald City and Aladdin

Dyslusions Paint - Squeezed Orange

Prima Alchemy Wax - Amethyst

I hope you like what I have done here and it inspires you, Please do keep a look out for more of these Mini Top Hats in different themes.

Kelly 

xX The Crafty Bat Xx 

I would like to enter this piece into the following challenges:
Bleeding Art - October Challenge Halloween

Altered Halloween Pumpkin

Hi Crafters

Today is the start of my 7 days of Halloween makes, now before I go any further I just wanted to say that it will no be 7 consecutive days, as I am off on a Crafty Retreat this weekend so most of my craft supplies are packed up ready eeeeeek.

Anyway enough of the babbling on........

Here is what I have been busy creating, well altering and making it different than your usual pumpkins.

I have to admit I absolutely love how this turned out, I had a rough idea in mind and it came out even better than I thought when I had finished this one I had another two ideas so you may see another two altered pumpkins sometime this month.

Now for some more pictures of the pumpkin

Now who wouldn't want to display this elegant but eerie pumpkin all year round hehe.

Supplies used to create this are as follows:

Prima Marketing IOD Moulds

Prima Marketing Paper Clay

IndigoBlu Metallic Paints - Miss Moneypenny and Emerald City

Black Gesso

Gold Acrylic Paint

Prima Art Alchemy Opal Magic Wax -  Green Brocade

I hope you like what I have done, as much as I have bringing it to life.

Kelly

Xx The Crafty Bat xX

Mixed Media Tag

Hi all

Today is new challenge day over at Happy Little Stampers , this months Mixed Media challenge theme is 

I am sure there are many of you who like me struggle when it comes to doing something masculine, but I really did enjoy doing my inspiration piece and I hope it gives you plenty of inspiration too.

I thought I would show you all how my project first starts out as I like to call it planning my layout so here it is 

This stage is where i place my embellishments and other bits on and start to play around with where I want things to be until I am happy, I then take a quick picture so I have a reference to look at for when it comes to sticking everything down. As you have probably noticed the base layers are already done.

Now to show you what it looks like once It is all complete 

Now for some close up's of the tag to show the detail and texture 

I also took a couple pictures of the tag with my flash on to show off the colours 

The products I used to make my tag are as follows:

That's Crafty - Tag Surface

That's Crafty - Bits and Pieces Grey board - Small Cogs

3D Printed Cogs

Brick Wall Stencil

Texture Paste

Sand Texture Paste

Glass Bead Gel

Matt Medium

Old Book Pages

Cheesecloth

Tim Holtz - Small Talk Stickers

Tim Holtz - Paper Dolls

IndigoBlu Acrylic Paint - Kingfisher and Miss Moneypenny

Black Gesso

Imagination Crafts - Medium and Large Artsy Stones

Glossy Accents

Distress Stain - Vintage Photo 

Fabric

I hope this has inspired you and I look forward to seeing your challenge entries. 

Our winner for this challenge will recieve a $20 coupon to spend at the shop. If you use stamps by Happy Little Stampers and you are our random winner, your prize will be doubled

Kelly

Xx The Crafty Bat xX