Steampunk ATC's

Hi all

Well it has been a while but I have a few new things to share with you all, starting with some Steampunk ATC's.

These ATC's were done for a swap I took part in, back in May run by Charmed Cards and Crafts and of cause I loved every minute of making and swapping these.

So here is what I came up with

This picture was taken with the flash

Without Flash 

I used a number of different products to achieve these ATC's, here is a list of what was used

Thick White Cardstock

Modelling Paste

Stencil

Black Gesso

Miss Moneypenny Paint from Indigoblu

3D Printed cogs

Die Cut Cogs from greyboard 

Sentiment stamp from a Visible Image stamp set 

Prima Opal Magic and Alchemy waxes 

Copper Embossing Powder

I love love love how they turned out and the way the prima waxes really bought out the detail of the cogs etc.

I hope you like what I have done and if yu would like to take part in the swap you can find all details over on the Facebook Group >> HERE <<

Kelly

Xx The Crafty Bat xX

An ATC Day

Hi all

Today I am sharing with you all my latest ATC's that I have been working on and I intended on using some stamps and stencils that I had not got around to using.

The first one I have to share with you is this beauty, recognise the butterfly???

For this one I used the following:

Vellum Butterfly - Visible Image Stamp Large Butterfly 

Watercolour Card 

Dylusions Ink Sprays 

Dylusions Mica Ink Spray

Recollections Stamp (Sentiment and Arrows)

White Gel Pen

The next ATC to show you is one of my most favourite I have done so far 

For this one I used the following:

Watercolour Card 

Distress Inks 

Blending Tool 

Lawn Fawn Sending Hedgehugs Stamps

Distress Ink Marker - Black Soot

White Gel Pen

Inkylicious Stencil

The third ATC I did is this one 

For this one I used the following:

Watercolour Card 

Distress Inks 

Blending Tool

Bee Crafty (Inspired by not endorsed by Banksy) Stamp

Recollections Stamps (Sentiment and hearts)

Versafine Black Ink 

Stamp Perfect Tool

And last but by no means least.... Free Spirit ATC 

For this ATC I used the following:

Watercolour card

Distress Inks 

Blending Tool 

Recollections Stencil and Stamp (sentiment)

Dove Crafts Stamp

Vellum

Versamark Ink

WOW Embossing Powder 

White gel pen

So there we have all of the ATC's I have done and now added to my collection I really enjoy doing these and they are ideal for trying out new techniques on. I hope you have enjoyed looking at these and find some inspiration from them.

Xx The Crafty Bat xX 

Playing With Vellum

Hello all :)

Today's post is as you can guess from the title about playing with Vellum, now I have never used vellum before and after watching one of Jennifer Ever's videos on You Tube where she did some beautiful Vellum Butterflies I just had to give it a try.

So here they are 

I used the following products:

Vellum

Spectrum Noir Markers 

Black Embossing Powder by WOW

Versamark Ink Pad 

Visible Image Large Butterfly Stamp - left butterflies

Recollections Stamps - middle and right butterflies

Heat Tool

Stickles - Diamond and Star Dust

Do Crafts Pearl Effects 

I love how these turned out, I will admit I was a little nervous with how they would turn out especially with using stickles on them but remembered that Jen's turned out beautifully and low and behold so did these, I left them over night to dry and then fussy cut them out.

I intend to use these on different projects so keep a look out for those and I am sure you will recognise them when you see them.

Xx The Crafty Bat xX

Forest Friends

Hi all.

Well I am back again as I managed to get in my craft room again today YAY!!, So i decided to do a make with some bits I hadn't got around to using yet.

I am really chuffed with this piece love how the colours have come through and how the whole thing comes together perfectly.

So here it is 

Forest Friends

To do this piece I used the following products:

Smooth white card

Distress Inks

Distress Marker

Inkylicious Stamp 

Inkylicious Stencils

Lavinia Stamps

WOW Embossing Powder - Gold 

The picture really does not show how beautiful and vibrant the colours really do look, I really enjoyed doing this piece and already have my next make idea. So make sure to keep a look out for that :D 

Xx The Crafty Bat xX

Imperfection Is Beauty Canvas

Hi all

Today's post is to show you all a Mixed Media Canvas I have done. It took me some time to decide on what I was doing today as I have so many ideas and techniques I want to try I couldn't choose.

So here is my Imperfection Is Beauty Canvas 

To do this canvas I used the following and the resist technique: 

20 x 20 cm Canvas 

Versamark Ink Pad

WOW Embossing Powders in White and Gold 

Black Gesso (On The Sides)

Brusho's - Cobalt Blue, Emerald Green, Violet

Bo Bunny Glitter Paste - Caribbean

Visible Image Stamps - Imperfection Is Beauty Set

Dylusions Floral Flourish Stencil 

I think the sentiment from this set fits perfectly with this canvas piece as I do not think it is as perfect as i would have liked and shows Imperfection Is Beauty :D 

I hope you liked seeing this piece as much as I liked putting it together.

Xx The Crafty Bat xX

Inspirational Monolith

Hi all :)

Today's post is to show you all what I have been busy doing today.... I finally got around to using one of the Visible Image MDF Monolith's I have been meaning to make something with these since I got them few months ago.

Here it is.... This picture shows front and back I will also add individual pictures with a list of products used for each side and will link to the stamps and monoliths used.

I have had some new goodies so wanted to get to work with some of them and make something inspirational.

Side One

To do this side I used a number of different materials and I have listed the below:

 Brusho's in the following colours - Purple and Turquoise 

 Cosmic Shimmer Pixie Powders in the following colours - Midnight Blue, Emerald Green and Purple Violet

300GSM Watercolour Card

MDF Monolith

Cosmic Shimmer Gilding Polish

Memento and Versamark Ink

3D Glitter Glue 

WOW Embossing Powder - Gold 

Visible Image Stamps - Sparkle In The Rain and Smile Sparkle Shine

Side Two 

For this side again I used a number of different materials and will list them below including linking to the stamps used etc.

300gsm Watercolour Card 

MDF Monolith 

Cosmic Shimmer Pixie Powders- Scarlet Mist and Purple Mist

Versamark Ink

WOW Embossing Powders - Black and Gold 

Visible Image Stamps - Take The Moment and Tomorrow Doesn't Exist

The base of the monolith I used a Star stencil, Versamark Pen and Gold WOW embossing powder.

I hope you like what I have done with this monolith and it gives you some inspiration, I absolutely love the look of both backgrounds and the pixie powders really do give a beautiful shimmer, unfortunately the camera couldn't pick this up.

Xx The Crafty Bat xX

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

Inspiration Destination - Anything Goes Challenge No:114

Crafting With An Attitude - Anything Goes Challenge 22

Aud Sentiments Challenge Blog - Anything Goes + A Sentiment

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes 

New Crafty Goodies

Hi all

Today's post is all about some new craft materials I have had over the past few weeks and thought I would show you all :)

So a for a while now I have been very intrigued about the Gelli Plates, So I started to watch some demo's/tutorials on You Tube some being from Lavinia Stamps and was really impressed with what you can do with the Gelli Plate and even more surprised that you can use a number of different materials with it also.

After seeing what you can do I started to look around everything I needed and realised I would have to get things bit by bit UNTIL.... I was looking through Lavinia Stamps website and come across the Gelli Plate Starter Kit :O and looked at what you get in the kit at the fab price they have it all for including getting to choose ANY two of their stamps with the kit... I was SOLD!!!

It arrived SUPER quick and I was so excited... Here is the kit

As you can see it comes in an A4 storage box which alone are about £2 each.. Now I bet you are wondering what you get in the kit?? 

Well here we are everything you get 

Included in the starter kit is the following:

Brayer Roller 

Gelli Plate 3" x 5"

Stamp Block

Pack of Matt Card 

Set of Distress Inks 

Versafine Onyx Black 

Versafine Deep Lagoon

Perfect Pearls

Glitter 

and ANY 2 Lavinia Stamps (I chose Eden and Spiral Of Spells)

You can get the kit HERE

The next thing I got was some Adirondack Ink Pads which have been discontinued so can be very hard to get hold of... The reason why I wanted these inks is because I have noticed on the majority of the videos I watched on the Gelli Plate people were using these inks as they give the best coverage and print. The distress inks do also work but sometimes you will find you will get a droplet effect with them which I would prefer a cleaner finish. So I searched all over and found a couple places that sell them and then I checked Ebay and so glad I did someone was selling them on auction the seller had put up different listings some were for 4 some were for 3 inks. One of the sets I bid on I lost :( GUTTED!! BUT I did win two lots YAY!! and at BARGAIN prices. These are the colours I have so far.

Lastly this week I got some awesome new materials from my local craft centre to do more Mixed Media Art work :D EEEEKKK!!!

We have some Cosmic Shimmer Pixie Powders, Black Gesso, Stencil, Spatulas, Crackle Paste, Modelling Paste, White WOW Embossing Powder and of cause ANOTHER Lavinia Stamp :D 

I can not wait to get stuck in with all these beauties and share with you all what I have been up to I am mostly excited about getting stuck in with the Gelli Plate and the Cosmic Shimmer Pixie Powder's. I will of cause share with you all what I make and will of cause share my views on the Pixie Powders.

Xx The Crafty Bat xX

Imperfection Is Beauty Canvas

Hi all and welcome back to The Crafty Bat blog.

Today I have been busy working on another mixed media art canvas board piece, using some fantastic stamps by Visible Image, Distress Inks, Ink Sprays, Embossing Powders. I shall link to the stamps used at the end of this blog.

The main focal point of this piece is the beautiful Death Head Moth  along with the lightbulbs which is part of a set of stamps called Glimmer Of Light.

Other stamps used are The Galaxy Set, and Imperfection Is Beauty stamp all by Visible Image.

I started off by using distress inks to cover the canvas board it self, I then stamped on the swirls from the Galaxy Set once that was all done I set my canvas board to one side.

Next I got some watercolour card and used my Ink Sprays I only used two colours out of the ones i have, once i was happy with it I used my heat tool to dry it and then took my Moth stamp inked it up with embossing ink and stamp where i wanted them and then used some black embossing powder and then used my heat tool to set it, I did the same with the sentiment. The light bulbs were stamped with embossing ink again but onto smooth white card and I then used the black, and silver embossing powders for the cable part and some Glow In The Dark embossing powder for the light bulbs, this was all then set with an heat tool

Lastly i fussy cut all the parts out and made the wings curled under to give a 3D effect, these were then all glued into place once I was happy with where I wanted them.

Stamps used from Visible Image

Glimmer Of Light

Imperfection Is Beauty (Now apart of the Inkognito flower set)

Galaxy Set 

I hope you like what I have done I really enjoyed making this piece with some of my favourtie stamps

The Crafty Bat

Special Make for a Special Nephew

Well today is my relax day at home so I thought I would share with you all a latest piece which was made for my nephew for his 15th Birthday which was on Friday. 

Now my nephew is special needs he has ADHD his mental age is a lot younger than he actually is and he has a heart condition so can be tricky to buy for so I thought I would do something special for him.

So with in mind I know he loves his computer, Games, Making music and listening to it especially Dubstep I had one of those DING LIGHT

BULB moments on what I could do for him.

Here it is....

Products used for this were: Ink Sprays, Visible Image Stamp, Bee Crafty Stamp, Pc and Printer, Watercolour Pens, WOW Embossing Powder and a Heat Gun.

So he is a teenager who loves his music what better what to show this than doing his name in a Graffiti font. I printed it out coloured it in, in his favourite colours and fussy cut it out.

 Stamped the headphones,Parental Advisory Signs, Music On World Off sentiment, and Skull onto smooth white card and used different WOW embossing powders and embossing glitters. One of the Parental Advisory signs was embossed in glow in the dark embossing powder.

I set these to one side until I was ready to fussy cut them all out. So the fun part getting messy and creative with the wonderful Dylusions Ink Sprays I used three colours once I was happy and it was dry I then took the stamps which I had stamped and embossed earlier and fussy cut them all out, I then played around with where each peace was going around his name as that was my focal point. Once I was happy with the placements I then glued them into place.

I left this over night to fully dry and set then framed it in a lovely black 30x25cm frame which can be hung or stood.

The birthday boy LOVED it!!! and said OH Wow that is cool Thank you. 

So that is one happy nephew and one happy auntie

Hope you enjoyed looking and get inspiration from this any questions feel free to ask :)

Links to where you can get the materials used:

Visible Image Stamps - http://visibleimage.co.uk/shop/

Bee Crafty Stamps - http://www.beecrafty.net/stamps.irc

Wow Embossing Powders - http://www.wowembossingpowder.co.uk/

Dylusions Ink Sprays - http://www.afth.co.uk/dylusions---ink-sprays-476-c.asp

Have fun guys and be creative

The Crafty Bat