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

ATC Coin Swap - Theme Vintage

Hi all

I hope you have all had a lovely weekend

 Today I have some new ATC Coins to share with you all which were done for this months Crop Central swap which took place on Saturday 8th.

This month's theme was Vintage, and here is what I did

The products I used are as follows:

White Thick Cardstock

2.5 inch Circle Die

Gold, Silver and Bronze Metallic Paint

Vintage Photo Distress Stain

Tim Holtz Tissue Wrap - Melange

Black Lace

Tim Holtz Paper Dols

Tim Holtz Clippings Stickers

Matt Medium

Black Soot Distress Ink

As you can see I made 5 of these coins, 3 were for the swap and 2 I have kept for myself so I have a spare for any future swaps and one to keep in my collection.

I really enjoy doing these and taking part in swaps for them, they are so quick to put together.

I hope they have given you some inspiration and I would love to hear of any swaps you take part in.

Kelly 

Xx The Crafty Bat xX

Vintage Artist Trading Coins

Hi all

When i first saw Artist Trading Coins I thought they looked really cool and knew I had to give them a go at some point, So after seeing lots of different inspiration and watching a few you tube videos of different people doing them I jumped on the bandwagon as they say.

So here are the ones I have done

My Inspiration for these came from watching Mike Deakin as soon as I saw him use the paper dolls I just had to do my own as I love love love how they look.

The supplies I used to create them are as follows:

Thick White Cardstock

Neon Acrylic Paints

Brayer

Bubble Wrap

White Acrylic Paint

2.5 inch Circle Die

Tim Holtz Paper Dolls

Tim Holtz Small Talk Stickers

Black Soot Distress Ink

I can not wait to make more in the vintage theme with the paper dolls and in other themes especially as I am taking part in a swap each month at my local crop, For this month I kicked it out off with the theme Music and everyone who took part made 3 to swap and they all were amazing, next month is going to be just as amazing and I am sure I shall what I do, I forgot to photograph the my Music theme ones :( oops 

They are so easy to do, so much fun and very addictive I hope these have given you some inspiration to make your own.

Kelly

Xx The Crafty Bat xX

I would like to enter into the following challenges:
A Vintage Journey - Sentimental

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

No Flash

 Flash

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