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Hi everyone, dropping in today to share with you a fun little ATC that I have made.

I have used the following in this creation:

Stencil:  Memory Box - Birch Trees

Die:  Memory Box - Woodland Branch

Stamp:  Darkroom Door - Robin

Ink:  Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pads - 

Tumbled Glass, Stormy Sky, Weathered Wood, Black Soot,

Hickory Smoke, Fired Brick, Rusty Hinge, Vintage Photo and

Ranger Archival Ink - Jet Black

Gesso: Dina Wakley Media - White Gesso

Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher

Sentitment:  Collections words

Over at Bizzy Becs Super Savers has now been extended until the end of January, so pop on over and grab yourself a bargain.

Bizzy Becs has also extended their Design Team Call - see here for all the details.

I am also entering my ATC into Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge as this week its stencil week.

Have a fabulous week, happy crafting

Karen

Noel .......

Hi everyone, 3 weeks to go ... can you believe it,  this year has flown.

Today I would like to share with you my very first Christmas card for this year.  Yes I am a bit behind but I hope to add this one over the next week or so.

For my card I have used a gorgeous stamp from Darkroom Door - Brushed Christmas Vol 2, it is the largest ornament in the set and I thought it would make a great Christmas Tree, so upside down it went.  Have to say I am very happy with the way it turned out.  

The snowflake embellishment is a die from Memory Box - Shimmering Snowflakes.

Darkroom Door and Memory Box are available as a preorder by Bizzy Becs online store, together with lots of other goodies.  Supersavers on back on until 5th January 2016 and there are some gorgeous things is Bizzy Becs Choice.

Today is also the start of our new Anything Goes Challenge for December, so get crafty and come on over and join us.

Thanks for dropping by, have a wonderful day.

Karen 

Best Wishes ...

Hi everyone,

Hope you are all enjoying this beautiful weather we are having in Perth today, just gorgeous.

It has been a crazy busy week for us this week, our son and partner are moving back in today  until their new place becomes available.  So we have been moving furniture out to make room,  cleaning and scrubbing and clearing shed space to store furniture...amazing how you spread out when they move out.  But it is all done now so can now relax.

I managed to sneak a bit of time to make a card,  so today I would like to share it with you.

I have used the following:

Stamp set:  Full Bloom Vol 1 - Darkroom Door

Distress Ink Pads: Fired Brick, Barn Door, Shabby Shutters & Forest Moss

Memory Box Stencil: Mesh

Gesso - Claudine Hellmuth Studio Gesso

These are all available as a preorder via Bizzy Becs Online Store Here:

The ribbon, flower, cardstock and bling are from my own stash.

Until next time, Happy crafting.

Thankyou for popping by.

Karen

Happy Birthday

*   Not sure what happened but this didn't post when it should have done, whoopsie!!  *


Hi everyone, well the holidays for me are coming to an end sadly and it is back to school in a week, I have very much enjoyed not having to rush around in the morning and instead have had very relaxing mornings and enjoyed the time  cooking and catching up with family and friends.

Over the holidays we have been working around the house catching up with unfinished projects and as I type this am slowly getting the feeling back in my right hand.  Spent most of a day filling in holes and gaps in the kitchen.  Oh my,  talk about dead hand can hardly use it, and extremely sore but on the bright side there are no more gaps...

Today I would like to share with you a card I made using Darkroom Door Stamp - Full bloom V1, Distress Ink Pads in Picked Raspberry, Worn Lipstick, Peeled Paint and Crushed Olive.  These are all available to pre order together with lots of new goodies at Bizzy Becs online store.

Until next time, happy crafting.

Karen

Happy New Year....

Happy New Year hope you all enjoyed a wonderful Christmas and New Year Celebrations.

At  Bizzy Becs it is the start of a brand  new challenge for 2015

'Anything Goes'

For my card I have used  Lawn Fawn Dies - Tag you're it and Small Stitched Rectangles, Poppy Stamp Die - Teacup Stack and Darkroom Door Stamp - Full Bloom Volume 1 for the sentitment.

These are available as pre-orders at Bizzy Becs online store and while you are there check out the new look store and all the other goodies that are available to order.  

Also the New Year sale has been extended to 13th January 2015 so don't forget to your codes for discount.

Thanks for dropping by, have a fabulous day.

Happy Crafting

Karen

Carved Birds ...

Hello again, today I would like to share with you a card I have made using another Darkroom Door stamp.  Gosh I just love these stamps.

My bird is from the set called 'Carved Birds' Vol 1 and is one of many that you can order via Bizzy Becs online store here.  I stamped the bird using Distress Ink Pad in Picked Raspberry and the Happy Birthday sentiment is a die from Impression Obsession called 'Greetings Top Edger'.  The tag has been cut using a Memory Box die ' Distressed Tag'. These and a whole lot more are available via Bizzy Becs.  

Today is also the last day of the coupon sale so pop on over, great time to arrange your Christmas pressies for your crafty friends or yourself.

There is also time left to join us for this months challenge.

Until next time, happy crafting.

Karen

Best Wishes

Wow can you believe it, there are only 7 weeks until Christmas!  How fast has this year flown, just crazy.

It is also the start of a new challenge at Bizzy Becs Store Blog and our challenge this month is 'Anything Goes'.  

I have been playing with one of my new Darkroom Door stamps, Robin isn't it devine, so very cute.  I stamped it onto some watercolour paper and coloured it with Distress Ink Pads in Weathered Wood and added a touch of  Scattered Straw for the beak. 

I also used Spellbinder Petite Circles and a Lawn Fawn die - Tag You're It.  This was teamed up with some gorgeous Green Tara Roses in various sizes.  The sentiment best wishes is a new Tim Holtz stamp Simple Sayings and is from my own stash.

 Bizzy Becs online store has a great selection of  Stamps, Distress Ink Pads, Dies, Flowers and other goodies  for all your crafting needs, so pop on over and check it out. MFT dies have just been added to the store too!

Also remember that if there is something you would like that is not listed just drop Bec an email and she will let you know if it can be sourced.

So please join us for our new challenge and don't forget to check out the rest of the Design Teams inspiration.

Until next time

Happy Crafting

Karen

Words that Inspire

Hi, well can you believe how many sleeps are left until Christmas.  This year has just flown by, so so scary.

Recently I joined on online group that use inspiring quotes as Art Journal Prompts and it is so much fun.  Today I would like to share with you the first of my journal pages inspired by a quote by Maya Angelou ~ Be a Rainbow in someone else's Cloud!

The background is a paper napkin with skeleton leaves which I attached to my journal with gel medium.  I then gessoed over the napkin to tone down the leaves onto which I sprayed Dylusions Ink Sprays and spritzed them heavily with water so that the coloured pooled and ran.

The colours used are Bubblegum Pink, Lemon Zest, Fresh Lime, Squeezed Orange, Vibrant Turquoise,  London Blue and White Linen.  

As I know that Dylusions Inks will always move when wet I sealed the area that was to be  stamped with Schmincke Universal  Fixative and allowed it to dray thoroughly  before applying the paint.

The image is a Darkroom Door Line Art Stamp called  "Leafy Lady" which I stamped onto the page, hand drew shoulders and coloured the face and shoulders  with Ceramcoat acrylic paints, Molotow markers and Prisma colour pencils.  

A reminder that there is still still time to join us for this months "Anything Goes" challenge at Bizzy Becs and that the Coupon Sale has been extended to the 31st October so hop on over and check out the recently added goodies at the store.

Thanks for dropping by, have a fabulous crafty week.

Karen

Warm Wishes

Hi welcome back to another month and the start of another challenge at Bizzy Becs.

Today I would like to share with you my card for this month. 

 Quite by accident I was playing with my Liquid Pearls ( Gold Pearl and Onyx Pearl) and was trying to put dots around the flowers and it looked well just awful.  So in an attempt to remedy this I got out the old credit card and scrapped the pearls around the background and tahdah ;  success, love how it turned out. 

The stamp set I used is from Darkroom Door and is called Bold Blossoms and together with lots of others is available via Bizzy Becs online store.  Because I had already embossed the flowers with white embossing powder it acted as a resist and just by wiping with a baby wipe I was able to remove the liquid pearls from the flowers.

I inked around the edge of the card with Distress Inks in Pumice Stone and Black Soot,   cut a little tag and using the sentiment from the set,  embossed it with black embossing powder and a couple of rows of machine stitching around the outside, done.

Here is a little close up view of the finished embossing and background.

Thanks for popping in, please check out the rest of the DT gals inspiration here and join us for this months anything goes challenge.

Happy Crafting

Karen

Just for You

Yeah!  Spring is here and I just love spring, it is my most favourite season of all, flowers blooming, birds busy making nests and lots of butterflies and dragonflies flitting around the garden.

September is also the start of a new "Anything Goes" challenge at Bizzy Becs and the card I made features a Darkroom Door stamp "Butterfly" which I have coloured with Distress Stains (Rusty Hinge, Scattered Straw, Squeezed Lemonade, Peacock Feathers, Peeled Paint and Broken China).  I have also used Darkroom Doors Texture Stamp "French Script"  for behind the Butterfly and Garden Greetings for the sentiment.  I also used the Distress Stains to dye the silk ribbon.  It is interesting to note that even through I used the same colours as I coloured the Butterfly with,  when combined onto the ribbon it has gone a bit more green that I had hoped - note to self a bit more blue next time.

There is another fabulous prize up for grabs this month for our lucky winner a Die-Namites Die - kindly donated by Bizzy Becs online store, so please join us for this months challenge, we love seeing your creations.  Before you do check out the Design Teams creations and welcome our new DT member Mandy.

Thanks for dropping by and happy crafting.

Karen

Garden Greetings

Hi everyone, just dropping in to share an ATC I made using a stamp set from Darkroom Door called

Garden Greetings.  The background was made using Gesso and a Memory Box Stencil "Textured Mesh".

I double stamped the Carnation first using by black stamp pad and then went over the top using Distress Ink Pads  in Festive Berries, and on the stem I used Shabby Shutters, and Peeled Paint.  I inked around the dictionary meaning with Old Paper.  

Don't forget there is still time to join us for this months "Anything Goes" Challenge.

Thanks for dropping by hope you have a fabulous day.

Happy Crafting

Karen

Dashing Gents

Hi everyone its time for a new "Anything Goes" challenge over at Bizzy Becs .

My card for this month features "Dashing Gents" a stamp set from Darkroom Door.  This stamp and many others is available from Bizzy Becs online store.

I have also used Bizzy Becs free Oval Sentiments, Tim Holtz Distress Ink Walnut Stain and Green Tara Hession Ribbon.

The patterned paper, silver foil tape and Tim Holtz embossing folder are from my own stash.

So jump over to Bizzy Becs store blog check out this months creations by our Design Team and upload your creations and join us for this months challenge.

Look forward to seeing your wonderful creations, remember it can be anything a card, a layout even an off the page project.

Happy Creating

Karen

Thinking of You

Its time for a new challenge over at Bizzy Becs.   We are going with "Anything Goes" again this month and the winner of this months challenge will win an Impression Obsession Die,  kindly donated by Bizzy Bec's online store.

For my card this month I have used Distress Inks to colour my stamped image and then fussy cut the stamped image out and layered them onto my card.

The distress inks used to colour the daffodils are Shabby Shutters, Spiced Marmalade, Squeezed Lemonade and Wild Honey and applied with a waterbrush.  The stamp is called "Garden Greetings" and is by Dark Room Door and include the greeting used plus a couple more.  The patterned paper is from a 6x6 paper pack, all of these and lots more are available to purchase from Bizzy Becs online store.

Pearls, ribbon and cardstocks are from my own stash.

Thanks for dropping by, happy crafting.

Karen

 

Butterfly

Hi everyone.

I hope that you had a wonderful Easter and didn't eat too much chocolate, lol and if you are in the West like me are enjoying the last week of the school holidays.  For me this break has gone way too fast.

For my card today I took inspiration from a card that I found online and just had to case it, so very pretty.

I have used some of the amazing Dark Room Door stamps that are currently available at Bizzy Becs Online Store. I used white embossing powder on the French Script it unfortunately hasn't photographed very well and is sitting beneath the stencilling.

Here is a link to all the goodies used for my card.  These are all available via Bizzy Becs on line store.

Distress Ink Pads:        Pumice Stone, Evergreen Bough, Picked Raspberry. Embossing Clear

Darkroom Door:           Butterfly, Garden Greetings, French Script

Memorybox Stencil:    Disperse

Perfect Pearl Mist:       Perfect Pearl

From own stash:          Zing embossing powder White, Strano designs - Ribbon Stiff, Portacraft Rhinestones

There is still time to join us for this months challenge "The Sweetest Thing."

Until next time, happy crafting.

Karen

Love

Hi and welcome to  a new challenge at Bizzy Becs Store Blog.  This month being February our challenge is Love/Friendship and is brought to you by our DT gal Sally.

The prize this month is a mystery surprise stamp from Wild Rose Studio and is kindly donated from Bizzy Becs online store.  So pop on over an check the fabulous inspiration this month from the rest of the DT gals.

I have kept my card this month quite plain and simple, but love the white and red.   To create my card  I  used Dark Room Stamp Set "Hearts" which I embossed with white and black embossing powder and a Memory Box Die "Virtuoso Music" onto White Bazzill card stock.

Dark Room Door stamps are available to preorder at  Bizzy Becs  together with Memory Box Dies, you can find them here.

With Valentines Day just around the corner now is the perfect time to get creating a make a card for that someone special in your life and at the same time join our challenge this month and be in the running for this months prize.

Thank you dropping by, happy crafting.

Karen