Little Bird ATC

Hi everyone I hope your month has been great, if you ask me it's just going too fast. 

Today I would

like to share an ATC I have made using the wonderful darkroom door stamp Love Birds.

the background is coloured using distress ink pads and Gesso. I have created the texture using the Memory Box stencil, texture wave and scraping gesso through it. after that I have coloured the entire background with distress ink pads in Rusty hinge and dusty concord and spritzed with water to work the colours together.

Have a fantastic day and don't forget to stop in at Bizzy becs store, you still have a couple of days to use your coupon sale discount.

See  you soon

Mandy

butterfly shadow box

Can you believe that it's already October and the weeks are really flying by.

 Today I would like to Share with you a shadow box I have made using the darkroom door butterflies stamp. I really love this stamp!

The background cardstock has been stenciled and stamped with many layers including ink, gesso and acrylic paint.

I have stamped the butterflies in StazOn black ink and then coloured with Dylusions ink sprays. i do this by using a waterbrush filled with the ink as I can control where the colours need to go.

The frame has been painted with gesso and acrylic paint and the stenciled using Pattern Raymelle memory box stencil and coloured with distress ink pads in Vintage Photo, tea dye, and antique linen.

Thanks for stopping by, and don't forget you can get these great products over at Bizzy Becs online store!

Dylusions ink sprays in pure sunshine,sweetened orange, dirty martini, cut grass, vibrant turquoise and melted chocolate.

Darkroom door stamps: Essentials collection butterflies, criss cross, damask and chicken wire.

Memory box Stencils: texture Diamond and Pattern Raymelle.

Distress inks: pumice stone, Brushed corduroy,vintage photo, tea dye and antique linen.

cu soon

Mandy 

Butterfly card

Hi this is a card I have made for a friends birthday. It has a clean look about it.

I have Stamped out the Darkroom Door  butterflies in StazOn black ink and coloured them with peerless watercolours. After they were dry I have cut around the wings only allowing me to raise them for a great 3D effect. 

The Birthday sentiment is from Bizzy Bec's Online store's Digi Freebies.

I have cut out the sentiment as well as framed it using the Victorian Frames die from Memory box. I have used a seam binding ribbon that I have coloured using a Distress re-inker in weathered wood.

I am really pleased with how the card turned out, thanks for stopping by and don't forget to stop in at Bizzy Becs Store.

Bye for now

Mandy 

It has been a long time!

Hi there well so much has happened since I've posted here. This is my first post for Bizzy Becs Store, and I am looking forward to the challenge of getting my Blogging grove on. the creating hasn't stopped but somehow the sharing did.

I am really getting into mixed media journaling and drawing these days so i will share many new adventures with you.

Today I would like to share with you a mixed media journal page that I have made using lots of goodies.

      

I Love layers and ink and I have created the background of my page by using a technique that Finnabair,( Anna Dadrowska), has used by glueing tea bag tags down and then dry brushing them with gesso.

I have then used distress ink pads in Chipped Sapphire, Iced spruce, and Peacock Feathers to colour the  background. Then I went a it crazy with texture paste and some stencils. 

 then I stamped a few textures to add some depth.

The feathers are die cut then scribbled on with some white acrylic paint to add texture and spritzed with perfect pearl mists before glueing down.

I have used one of my own hand drawn faces for my main focal image and glued that down too!

The final touch is some die cut lettering and a word sticker from Heidi Swapp's range.

I have used a variety of layers here and I think they have come together really well.

You can get the following products from Bizzy Becs Online store so go have a look.

Arleens tacky glue,Ranger distress ink pads,Impression obsession Die -Feathers,Darkroom door texture stamp-Harlequin, Darkroom door eclectic stamp-coffee stain, perfect pearl mists-Biscotti and blue patina, memory box stencils-texture diamond and Rings & puddles,memory box letter die- alphabet soup. 

My fantastic new Cargo Case

I just picked up my new Tim Holtz cargo case on Saturday from Scraptivate, and I must say I LOVE IT!

I decided to attack it right away before packing it full of my supplies.

 Front view with 10 little collection chipboard houses.

 Back view, this side has 11 little houses on it

 Detail view

 More houses!

 All a little bit different.

 I just love this little guy!

 Side view

Side detail.

I have used Kaiser Craft paper to cover the case , from the Peachy Keen Collection. The chipboard pieces are from 2 Crafty, 3 Strips  in  "Wrought iron" design and the 2 end pieces are called "Arlenes corners". All the chippy pieces have been painted brown and glued down with Mod Podge. 

If you haven't thought to get one of these Cargo cases, dont hesitate, you need one!

Run in to Scraptivate NOW! You can get everything you need there.

Oh and tell them I said hi!

Thanks for stopping in.

XOX

Printers Tray from Collections

We are well into January now and I can't believe how quickly the time has flown. The holiday season seems to be just a memory! I have enjoyed several weeks off work and put the time to good use by having a huge clean-up in my studio space.

I did find a bit of creative time too! I will say i really enjoyed putting together one of the collections printers trays. I decided to start with a dark background, so I painted the whole piece in black gesso before using golden fluid acrylic paints to colour up each compartment.

I am really pleased with the end result and I think it looks a little different as I have not used any patterned papers.

 I have used goodies that I  had put aside for a "special" project! Now instead of sitting in a drawer or a box, they are on display.

 here I have used a Tim Holtz fractured Doll dressed up with some paint and a pair of brass charm wings.

Brass charm painted brown and cobalt turquois( golden fluid colour and my favorite!),  then rubbed back to give an aged effect.

 I love these little music paper rolls! Especially with the pen nib.

 Detail on the 7 Gypsy vials 

 Little bits of colour.

This is  a collections key lock in chipboard and a couple of seed pods.

 Watch parts and a collections butterfly.

Other than the collectable bits and pieces, you can get all these goodies from Scraptivate, my printers tray is there on display too so stop in and say hi to Natalie.

Poor neglected blog!

it really has been too long since I posted here! Sorry! Life has been so busy and I don't really know where the time goes.

Those of you who know me will laugh when I say that I am always at Scraptivate....I can always be found in a workshop or class!

on Saturdays I am in both Kelsey's ATC class in the morning and Natalie's Mixed media class in the afternoon! To get things rolling here on my sad little blog I would love to share with you my cover from the  mixed media classes. I have decided to work from a book instead of loose pages, I hope you like it.

 

 journal front cover

journal back cover

( notice the title of the music paper I was given! how could I cover it up! )

i promise i will share again really soon

xox