Art Journal Play Time

Hey Hey 

Today I  thought I would share with you all a double page layout in my large Dylusions Art Journal.

This time I didn't use any texture pastes etc and just kept it simple with minimal supplies a bit of a back to the basics.

So here is what I came up with although it was more of a go with the flow play

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For this layout I used the following supplies:

Large Dylusions Art Journal

Distress Oxide Inks

Water Spray

Cog Die Cuts in Kraft Card

Tim Holtz Small Talk Stickers

Tim Holtz Paper Dolls

It is quite surprising what you can achieve with just a few supplies which is something we seem to forget when we are so used to using texture paste and more, as we say less is more at times and i really enjoyed doing this with little supplies, it was a bit of a Grab 5 like Adele (Inkie Quill) does.

I hope you like what I have done here and it inspires you 

Kelly

Xx The Crafty Bat xX

Monthly Crop Motivational Challenge (January)

Hi all

Today I wanted to share a scrapbook layout with you all.

As some of you know each month I attend a local Crop with my best friend wellmy best friend and the wonderful Cal who runs the crop worked together to start a Motivation Inspiration Challenge for each month as a bit of fun.

So this started in January and yes I know I am a little behind in sharing this with you so here goes.

For January we had to include the following 5 prompts in our creation, It could be a scrapbook layout, Card, Mixed Media project anything you wanted as long as it involved the following prompts.

As soon as I saw the prompts on the 1st Jan I noticed the Lilac and Autumn and you guessed it thought oh no how am I going to incorporate those together, So I got my thinking cap on and played around with a few ideas until TAADAAA!!! Light bulb moment.

And here is my scrapbook layout.

As you can see I have done a 12 x 12 layout now if you have been following my blog for some time you will know I haven't been a scrapbooker for long but have to admit I am really enjoying the journey.

To do this I used my scrumptious Distress Oxide Inks to create the background using the smooshing technique, I also die cut some leaves out on my big shot and again used my Distress Oxide inks to colour them. (Prompt Autumn)

The quote and the picture of me (Prompt Selfie) was printed out on my Canon Selphy and backed onto the some beautiful Designer Series Paper, the quote I found on google images and is a well know quote from Harry Potter (which i love) it reads " Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times. If one only remembers to turn on the light" - Albus Dumbledore (Prompts Motivational and Use a Quote)

Even though in this picture you can not see it, it does have a lilac background to it YAY lilac. (Prompt Lilac)

I also used my Crushed grape Mica Spray on the layout and on the leaves so this added more of a lilac look to it and lastly used Shaded Lilac Distress Ink on the edges on the layout. (Prompt Lilac)

I hope this gives you some inspiration also and you have enjoyed seeing what I did by incorporating the 5 prompts.

Kelly

Xx The Crafty Bat xX

Butterfly Bliss Easel Card

Hello lovelies.

Today I have a new creation I have been working on to share with you all, I have to admit I absolutely love how this piece turned out and I am sure you will all get some beautiful inspiration from this piece.

Here is what I have been working on "Butterfly Bliss"

Here are some more pictures of this beauty of a card complete with various little gift boxes.

One last picture of the whole card.

The gift box which is situated in the card at the top can be removed from the card.

For this card I used the following products:

Visible Image Large Butterfly Stamp

Visible Image Own Kind Of Beautiful Stamp

Visible Image Butterfly Inkognito Stamp

Distress Oxide Inks

Purple Card Stock

Thick Whisper White Card Stock

Pool Party Card Stock 

Fresh Florals Designer Series Paper

Eastern Palace Designer Series Paper 

Soft Sky Ribbon

Window Sheets

Fresh Fig Ribbon

Bow Builder Punch

Simply Score Board

Stampin' Trimmer

Paper Snips

Tombow Glue

Glue Dots

Gift Box Punch Board

I hope you have enjoyed taking a look at this beautiful card I have created, I am sure it will give you lots of inspiration.

Kelly

Xx The Crafty Bat xX

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Crafty Creations Challenges - Anything Goes 

Crafty Gals Corner Challenges - Anything Goes

Creative Moments - Anything Goes/Purple Paradise

2 Crafty Critter Crazies - Anything Goes (must feature a creature)

Classic Design Team Open Challenge - Anything Goes

The Crafters Cafe Challenge - Shaped Card

Crafty Animals -  Anything Goes 

3D Fairy Shadow Box Frame

Hello my wonderful Crafters and welcome back to my little crafty cave.

Today I am sharing with you the other piece I made while at the Crop last Saturday, here we have a lovely Fairy Shadow Box Frame

 This one I did in 3 parts - The picture was handmade, The frame handmade and then the beautiful flower.

To do the fairy scene picture I used the following products: 

Distress Oxide Inks - Cracked Pistachio, Broken China, Wilted Violet, and Iced Spruce

Blending Tool

Inkylicious Stencil

Lavinia Stamps 

To make the frame I used:

Simply Score Board

A4 Basic Black Cardstock

Tombow Glue

To make the flower I used:

Big Shot

Heart Felt Rose Die

Whisper White Cardstock, which I had done the smooshing technique on with a number of different Distress Oxide Inks

Tombow Glue

As you will have noticed some of the products are linked to My Stampin' Up Store such as the cardstock, glue, big shot, and score board.

I hope you have enjoyed looking at my last piece I did while at the crop and I hope to do more of these fairy scenes as I have missed doing them and they look sooooo pretty with the oxide background.

Xx The Crafty Bat xX

Bloobel Progressive Challenge April

Hi all

So this month's progressive challenge theme over at Bloobel Stamps is Flower Garden this one has been so much fun I absolutely love Lisa's digi stamps.

So for my entry I did this for this month.

Aren't these flowers brill :) 

For this piece I used the following products:

Distress Oxide Inks

Spectrum Noir Markers

Promarkers

Bloobel April Progressive Digi Stamps

Imperfection Is Beauty Stamp By Visible Image

Kraft Card

I love how the background came out with using my oxide inks and I have to say I could have played with these inks all day.

To find out more about the progressive challenge join the Bloobel Facebook Group HERE

Bloobel Digi Stamps can be purchased HERE

I can not wait to see what Lisa has come up with for next month's challenge

Xx The Crafty Bat xX

Distress Oxide Play Time

Hi all 

Well as you have noticed things at Crafty Bat HQ have been hectic but I finally got around to having a quick play with my Distress Oxide Inks YAAAAY!!

So here we are this is what I have been up to with them I did some tags to start with and I have to say I absolutely LOVE how the Oxide inks work even the finished results are AMAZING.. One of the things I LOVE LOVE LOVE about them is how they light up in water hits them *swoon*

On the top tag I used Wilted Violet, Cracked Pistachio and Salty Ocean then on the bottom tag I used Worn Lipstick, Fired Brick, Spiced Marmalade and a bit of Worn Lipstick

Here is what happened with the first tag, I couldn't resist not using my latest additions to my Visible Image Stamps here I used Face It and Own It with the border being the stars from the Rock Out Set 

Aren't the colours stunning

The second tag has not been completed yet but as soon as it is I shall show you all :). I am also going to be doing a journal page using the oxide inks.

Xx The Crafty Bat xX

Happy Crafty Post

Hi all 

Today I thought I would share with you all my latest crafty happy post that arrived yesterday morning.

Now I have stopped swooning, squealing and being over excited about these arriving with me I can show you all EEEEEKKKK!!!

My Distress Oxide's arrived WOOP!! If you do not know what they are, well they are a fusion of pigment and dye ink oooooo!!

These were a Birthday present off my dad which he pre-ordered the full set for me from the fantastic Art From The Heart, these were a fantastic price for all 12 they do also sell these in singles at a fab price too. 

The colours are as follows: Faded Jeans, Fired Brick, Spiced Marmalade, Worn Lipstick, Broken China, Iced Spruce, Walnut Stain, Fossilized Amber, Cracked Pistachio, Vintage Photo, Peeled Paint and Wilted Violet.

They arrived beautifully wrapped which I thought was a lovely touch from the company, I really can not wait to get stuck in and start playing and experimenting with them I will definitely be sharing what I do with them with you all and I will also be doing some comparisons against the Distress Inks.

If you have not seen how these work as of yet and are curious and can not wait until I show off some makes with them, then you can find some fantastic videos on You Tube of Tim Holtz demoing them, HERE is one of many also there is a video of Tim Holtz explaining them HERE and the lovely Jennifer McGuire has done an Introduction to Distress Oxide Inks HERE. 

So keep your eyes open for those blog posts which I am hoping will be very very soon.

Xx The Crafty Bat xX