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

Mixed Media Tags

Hi all

Today's post is something a bit different which i have been meaning do for a while now, I have been doing some Mixed Media Tags, I had so much fun doing these and plan on doing more.

Here are the three tags that I have completed so far.

As you can see they are all different, I am going to list what I used for each one and show you an individual picture for each one too.

So the first one I did was this one

For this tag I used the following:

Tim Holtz - Manila Tags

Brusho's

Dina Wakeley Stamp and Stencil Set - Silhouetted Essentials

Dylusions Stamp Set - Hearts Edge Set 

Inkylicious Stamps - Dancing In The Rain Set (one of the sentiments)

Distress Ink

Mini Mister

Blending Tool

Memento Ink 

Stampeeze

The next tag I did was this one and I have to admit i love how this one came out.

For this tag I did the monoprint technique for the background and used the following materials:

Tim Holtz - Manila Tag

Distress Inks

Mini Mister

Blending Mat

Heat Tool

Visible Image Stamp - Leave Your Fears 

WOW Embossing Powder - Gold 

Stampeeze 

Versamark Ink 

Memento Ink - Black 

The last tag I did using the monoprint technique was this one

For this tag I used the following materials:

Tim Holtz - Manila Tag

Blending Tool 

Distress Inks 

Mini Mister 

Blending Mat 

Heat Tool 

Stampeeze 

Lavinia Stamps - Fox 1 (Kernal), Moon, Fairy Lanterns, and a Tree

Inkylicious Stencil - Sun/Moon Valley and Mountain 

Babywipe 

Memento Ink - Black 

Versafine Ink 

Versamark

WOW Embossing Powder - Silver 

I hope you like what I have done on these tags and they give you some inspiration. I will definitely  be doing more mixed media tags as i really did enjoy bringing these to life and trying something new... I LOVE the Brusho's if you have not tried them I definitely recommend them.

Happy Crafting

Xx The Crafty Bat xX