Mystical Night Fairy Keepsake Box

Hi Crafters

So today I thought I would share with you one of my latest fairy keepsake boxes, and I have called this one Mystical Night.

I love how this one turned out, and here it is 

The inside of the box 

I love creating these beauties although they take a lot of work and time to do as every part is done from scratch, the finished piece makes it worth every second.

This beauty and a couple more of my fairy keepsake boxes are now available to purchase over on my Conscious Crafties Store >> HERE <<

Kelly

Xx The Crafty Bat xX

August Crop Artist Trading Coin Swap

Hi all

I thought I would pop on and share with you all this months Artist Trading Coins for the monthly swap we have at Crop Central

This Months theme is Mystical (Fairies, Dragons, Wizards, Unicorns etc)

So here is what I have done

I went for Unicorns this time as I do a fair bit with fairies on so fancied a change, to do these coins I used the following supplies:

2.5 inch circle Die

Distress Inks - Wilted Violet, Picked Raspberry and Carved Pumpkin

For The Love Of Stamps - Unicorn Dreams

Spectrum Noir Markers

Wink Of Stella - Clear

I can not wait to swap these with the lovely ladies at crop this Saturday  and to see how we have all taken the theme and made it our own and different.

Why not give Artist Trading Coins a go yourself they are a lot of fun and addictive, I can not wait to find out what next months theme is going to be.

Kelly

Xx The Crafty Bat xX

Fairyland Sunset Keepsake Box

Hi all and welcome back to my blog 

Today I have a NEW Fairy Keepsake Box to share with you all, This one has been made to go up for sale in an online market night.

I have called this box Fairyland Sunset

I love making these keepsake boxes as each time they are so different I do have plans for more keepsake boxes and not all fairy ones ;) So keep your eyes open for those.

I handcraft these keepsake boxes from scratch using high quality materials and a lot of love and care goes into each one, These can take me anything from 1 to 3 days depending on the design and detail going into them. Each panel design is done one by one using a mixture of inks, stencils and stamping.

Now for individual pictures to show all the detail.

Lid Detail

Side Detail

Front and Back Detail

Inside Lid Detail

I hope you love this one just as much as I do. These boxes make great gifts for fairy lovers and all things mystical.

This one and more of my handmade products will be available to purchase on 3rd Feb at 6pm in the Mermaid Kisses and Pixie Wishes Market Night on Facebook >>>> HERE <<<< You will need the code word to purchase anything in the market night which will be released upon opening over on my Facebook Page >>> HERE <<<

Kelly

Xx The Crafty Bat xX

Fantasy Fae Frame

Fantasy Fae Frame

DT Project Using FAE 3 By Morgan's Artworld for

A Perfect Time To Craft Challenge 11 
1st November - 27th November

Come along and join in the fun Challenge. You can enter with any image, its an Open Challenge. 

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Products I used to make my DT Project are as follows:

Fae 3 Digi Image

Shadow Box Frame

Black Card Stock

Spectrum Noir Markers

Distress Inks 

Rubber Stamps

Tombow Glue

Scissors

Please support this wonderful Artist by visiting Morgan Fitzsimons shop on this link HERE! 

You can also find more Images over at Crafts and Me Store by Morgan Fitzsimons HERE!

You can find Morgan's amazing non fiction colouring book HERE

You can also find Morgan's colouring books HERE

Come along and join Morgan's Artworld Facebook Group.

You can join Facebook Group on this Link HERE! 

I hope my DT Project has given you lots of inspiration and I am looking forward to seeing all your challenge entries.

Kelly

Xx The Crafty Bat xX

Challenges Entered:

Classic Design Team Open Challenge - Anything Goes

Crafting From The Heart - Anything Goes 

Make My Monday - Anything But A Card

Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Digi Chooseday Crafting Challenge - Anything Goes

The Fairy and The Unicorn Challenge - Anything Goes/Optional Theme Witching Hour Halloween

Mystical Notebooks and Diary

Hey Hey 

Well it is very hectic here which is one of the reason why I am a little quiet on the blog front at the moment but there is some posts to come :)

I have been very busy over the last few weeks firstly making products for the Halloween Market Night I took part in then I had class kits to prepare ready for my Stationery Box Class in November and then getting other products made for the next market night all while doing my Design Team projects. I love keeping busy 

So enough blubbering on here is some NEW products which will be available in the Mystical Magical Myth Market Night on 4th - 5th November on Facebook.

First up I have done two A5 Notebooks the first one features the beautiful Unicorn from the Believe In Unicorns Stamp Set

Then we have the second A5 Notebook which I have used a mixture of different stamps on

Finally this beauty which is a Week to View 2018 Diary

The backgrounds on each one of these has been achieved by using Distress Inks and the blending tool along with the stamps and a stencil.

I hope you have enjoyed seeing these latest pieces I have been busy working on and hopefully will become a permanent product on my Facebook Page and Etsy Shop

Kelly

Xx The Crafty Bat xX

Fairyland Keepsake Box

Hi all

Today I have a new keepsake box I have been working on over the last few days to show you all, this beauty is going to be available to purchase in another Market Night I am taking part in.

So lets get to showing you the keepsake box

I absolutely love how this turned out and I will most definitely be doing more, Now to show you the rest of the box

Now for the inside of the box 

And last but not least a final picture of the top of the box 

I hope you have enjoyed seeing my latest keepsake box and you like it as much as I do and it gives you some inspiration.

Now to tell you all where you will be able to purchase this piece.... This will be available in the Mystical Magical Myth Market Night on the 4th November - 5th November. There will be more products from me available on the night and from other sellers, I hope you will join us and do some online shopping from the comfort of your own home.

Kelly

Xx The Crafty Bat xX

Magical Wonders

I have been wanting to try something different with a background for a while so today I finally got around to doing it... The first attempt I wasn't happy with so in the bin it went I'm sure many of us have done that lol.

I absolutely love how this turned out in the end, there is one stamp that I have had for a while that I have been wanting to use but could never think so after having a look around on Pinterest for some inspiration I had an idea in mind and have to admit it come together so much better than I could have hoped for.

Here we have Magical Wonder

I just love how the colours work so well together everything about this piece I LOVE!!, I decided to frame this piece and have to say framing it gave it that finishing touch

I only used THREE colours of distress inks for the background :O Yes only 3, I also used the splashed water effect on the background a little and the baby wipe technique for the moon. This has all been done on smooth white card.

Products Used:

Distress Inks

Stamps

Stencil

Baby Wipe

Water

Smooth White Card

Frame

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Artisitic Inspiration: Anything Goes 

Crafty Boots Challenges: Things with wings

Craft your passion challenges: Always Anything Goes 

Crafting With Attitude: Anything Goes 

613 Avenue Create: Anything Goes 

Creative Artiste: Anything Mixed Media Goes
Crafting When We Can: Circles

Xx The Crafty Bat xX

Sometimes We Need A Little Magic

Hello all

Well it has been a while since I did a post a lot has been going on with my handmade business, family and other things which I don't want to bore you with. 

So what have I been doing?? Well not a great deal really which I am gutted about as I love getting messy with my inks etc. All being well this will now change and I can get on with being creative.

Today I am sharing with you my most recent make which features one of Visible Images stunning stamps, a Inkylicious Stencil and Tim Holtz Distress Inks. This piece has been done on some beautiful smooth white card and then mounted into a lovely frame.

Here we have it 

I absolutely love this stamp and the quote which comes with it, This was one of my purchases when Visible Image had the summer sale on, I couldn't not get it.

Never forgot "Sometimes We Need A Little Magic"

xX The Crafty Bat Xx

Sunset Dreams

Hello all

Today I am sharing with you another mixed media art piece using the following materials: Framed Canvas, Lavinia Stamps, Distress Inks and a Circle Template.

I have called this piece Sunset Dreams, I absolutely adore Lavinia Stamps as you have so much freedom with them and not only that you can just sit and look at the stamps and think of a scene to do and they are super quality... This make of stamps is just one of my favourite brands to use.

So here we have the beautiful Sunset Dreams 5x5 Canvas

The stamps used from Lavinia Stamps are called: Star Gazing and Creeping Vine and you can find them both on the website below 

Lavinia Stamps Shop

Thank you for stopping by and for taking a look, if you have any questions feel free to ask :) 

The Crafty Bat 

Fairy Wishes

Hi all and welcome back to The Crafty Bat.

Today's post is to share with you all another mixed media piece which has been done on a canvas board. I had so so so much fun doing this one I had been itching to get going with something like this.

Lets get to it, For this piece the materials I have used are as follows: Distress Inks, Blending Tool, Template, Stamps and a Canvas Board.

So to start this beautiful beautiful piece off I firstly had to decide which way I wanted it to go Horizontal or Vertical I went with Horizontal to fit more detail in. Now to play about with a circle template as to where I wanted it to go once I was happy I temporary stuck it down using a bit of sticky off sticky notes ;) (This tip i picked up from a You Tube video).

Next the colours of distress inks to give me the look I wanted once I had chosen I used my mini blending tool to firstly cover the whole canvas board In one colour starting off the canvas and gradually on to it in a circular motion. 

The next colour I worked from the centre of the circle temple and out onto the canvas building the colour up slowly until I was happy. I then removed the circle carefully and then in small bits distressed the middle of the circle.

Once all the colours were built up to how I wanted them too look for the sky it was time to do the ground, I tore off some paper not being careful with it at all so I got a nice wavy (hilly) look this was then placed where I wanted it at the bottom of the canvas and was taped down either side on my desk so it would not move. Again working off the paper and onto the canvas in a circular motion I slowly built up the colour. I then carefully removed the torn paper to reveal a nice wavy (hilly) looking ground.

Now the fun part the stamping... The stamps I used are from Lavinia Stamps, Dylusions Stamps and Bee Crafty Stamps.

So I carefully positioned where i wanted my main feature stamp, inked her up using Black Memento ink, next I did the Vine stamping in the same way then used a lovely grass border stamp by Bee Crafty and lastly the lovely Dandelions from a set of Dyslusions Stamps by Dyan Revealey.

Here we have the finished piece... Fairy Wishes

I hope you have once again enjoyed coming over and taking a look at what I have been up to, I will link below where you can get the stamps from that I have used here.

The Crafty Bat 

Lavinia Stamps - http://laviniastamps.com/

Dysluions Stamps - http://www.afth.co.uk/dylusions---rubber-stamps-424-c.asp

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

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

Anything Goes - 613 Avenue Create

Things with wings - Crafting When We Can Challenges

Anything Goes With A Stamp - Penny Black and More Challenge

Anything Goes - Stamping Sensations