Lavinia stamps Christmas walter

Hi Everyone!!!

I have to admit I'm actually excited about making christmas cards this year, I normally leave it right until the last minute. So Christmas card making is definatly in full swing.

I thought I'd start with a really simple card using lavina stamps, and for this one I only used three sets of stamps. Sometimes its so easy to get carried away using lots of stamps to build a scene but you dont always need to.

I started by stamping the gorgeous Walter in red and black ink by carefully applying red ink to the jacket, wiping any excess ink off, then used a sponge dabber to apply the black ink the rest of the image. I will do a little video on how this was done very soon. Apply masking fluid to the image. Then colour the background with inks to create a snowy scene. I added some pink and bright blue to the sky to create an aurora borealis look. 

Remove the masking fluid.

Stamp the foliage in black ink. Colour the foliage and walter with distress pencils. 

Water down a small amount of white gesso and use a fan brush to splatter snow over the entire card.

Add some glossy accents and finish by mounting onto black card and onto a card blank. 

All products used on this card can be purchased from thats crafty.

Walter

Mystic evergreen

Holly

Glossy accents

Distress pencils

White gesso

Thanks for visiting

X-Dena-X

Thats crafty new stamps

Hello!!!

Firstly I must start by apologising as in my last blog post I mentioned I'd be back with another post the next day, unfortunatly life sometimes gets in the way and the next 2 months are actually very busy months for  me! Anyway back to crafting!!!

For today's blog post I'm sharing two cards featuring some of the newly launched stamps along with just a couple of older ones snuck in. 

As you can see the main focal image on both of these card are the same stamps. I always think it's amazing how many different styles of cards can be created with the same image.

For the first card I decided to go with a slightly aged vintage look. I used the fab new inky script background (whick is one of my fav stamps that'll be used allot - for those that know me will know that I love a good script background stamp) with another older favourite - dried botanicals. 

Here is a list of the items used on this card.

Dried botanicals

wildflowers postmark

Inky script

Distress inks

Gold embossing powder

As you can see for the next card I decided to go with bold bright colours.

Here is a list of the items used on this card. 

Distress inks

Wildflowers postmark

Wildflower script

Thank you for visiting.

X-Dena-X

Thats crafty Tealight houses

Hello!!

Today I'm sharing some more samples of MDF kits that was recently launched by Thats crafty.

These are such sweet little tealight houses. Theres several different styles available and they could be decorated in so many ways. 

**Please Note - These minitare houses are only suitable for battery operated tealights - not to be used with a flamed candle.

These have all been painted with Thats crafty multi surface paints. I then used a mixture of paints, sakura pens and black fineliner pens to add some finishing touches like the little vines, flowers and picket fence.

All products used on these samples can be found on the Thats crafty website. 

Dinky house 1

Dinky house 2

Dinky house 3

Paints

Thanks for visiting 

Join me again tomorrow and take a look at some of the card samples I made using some of the new stamps.

X - Dena - X

 

Thats crafty Dreamcathers

  Hello!!!! 

Have you seen the new products that laucnhed this week? Oh my goodness - I'm super excited about this launch - mainly because of the dreamcatchers. For those that have followed me for a while will know that I make things to sell online and at markets. I have in the past made dreamcatchers but have had difficulties finding MDF blanks that I actually like. Well I went a little giddy with excitement with this collection. 

They're not only great if you're making to sell but also to decorate and give as gifts. They'd also make great gifts as just a kit for someone else to decorate. The best bit is that they're all very reasonably priced!

There's so many different ways to decorate them. They can be painted and just use the MDF feathers that come with the kit or you can really go to town and add gems, ribbons, fibres and even real feathers. Honestly you can just have so much fun with them. 

For these dreamcatchers I used a selection of Thats Crafty paints including  some of the metalic and interference paints. I used some of my favourite wax paste to add a touch of gold (absolutly love that stuff!) I then added some jems, ribbons and different fibres from my collection. 

I have recorded a video on how I decorated one of these but I'm just waiting for my son to help me edit it as I'm not great when it comes to technology!

Please see below for a list of Thats crafty products used.

Aztec dreamcatcher

Butterfly Dreadcatcher

Flower Dreamcatcher

Moon Dreamcatcher

Wax Paste  

Thank you for visiting.

Join me back here tomorrow to see what else I've made using products from the new launch. 

X - Dena - X

Lavinia card

 Hi Everyone

I'm back with another witchy make using lavinia stamps.

For this card I decided to use Brushos for a change. 

I started by spraying some water on a piece of card that will fit on a 5x7 card blank, then sprinkled some moss green Brushos on. Keep spraying with water and add more Brushos until you've achieved your desired background. Remember less is more with Brushos!! Use a piece of kitchen towel to remove any pools of water. Dry with a heat gun.

Stamp the images in blank using a stamping platform.

Darken the edges with some green distress ink. Use a circle mask to create a moon and some torn paper to create a horizon line. 

Stamp the foilage in black and green inks. 

Stamp the creatures in black ink. 

Use a ball tool to randomly add some yellow dots to create some orbs. 

Stamp a few smaller bats by carefully inking just the smallest bat.

Finally add some white dots to the yellow orbs and add some white highlights. 

All products used on this card can be purchased from That's Crafty

Witch stamp

Starmoth stamp

Raventhorn

Rats

Blackthorn chapel

Cats

Orachard grass

Bats

Brushos

Distress inks

Circle mask

Yellow paint

Thank you for visiting

X - Dena - X

Stamperia masters of magic easel card

Hello!!!

For Todays project I decided to use an older stamperia masters of magic collection as it worked really well for the recipient of this card whose really into playing cards and magic.

To make this easel card simply score an extra line along the centre of a 6x6 card and fold. 

This was so easy to decorate as I litrally just cut up some of the papers and layered them onto some black card then onto the cardblank. 

I used a pencil around the edge of the Rabbit to make the image pop!

I used the lovely grungy letters from the Thats Crafty alphabet set to personlise. I absolutly love this set, it's so usefull for adding a personalised touch to a project.

I then used the sentiment from the pablo set and created a wedge for the easle part to rest onto using heavy body glue so it's slightly raised.

All products used on this card can be found on the That's crafty website

Masters of magic

Alphabet set

Pablo

Heavy body gel

Thank you for visiting 

X - Dena - X

 

Stamperia - gear it up for Christmas

  Hi Everyone!!!

I really felt like making a Christmas card so for today's project I used the Stamperia gear it up for Christmas collection from That's Crafty. 

This isn't my usual style of card as I prefer to use inks and stamps, however this collection is crammed with so many gorgeus papers, toppers and embelishment pieces - making it really easy to put a card or even journal page together. 

I distressed the edges of some Kraft card and used gold wax around the edges and did the same with the smaller background panels.

I then simply used some of the stickers on the snowglobe and around it. 

To finish I used some of the Rub ons to fill in some of the blank areas and along the left hand side edge to add some interest. 

All products used on this projects can be found below.

Gear it up Junk journal booklet

Rub ons

Distress tool

Gold wax

Thank you for visiting

X - Dena - X

Witches Gromoire box frame - Dena Rangeley

 Good Morning!!

For today's project I'm sticking to the halloween theme and decided to decorate this rectangle art shrine with the Ciao Bella witches Grimoire junk Journal book. 

        

Once the art shrine was glued together I painted it with Black Gesso.

Cut a bacground to fit the back panel of the art shrine. 

Cut the floral piece to roughly fit the frame and affix. Use a craft knife to carefully cut a hole in the centre and use a nail file to sand away any extra card around the frame.

Carefully cut out some of the smaller elements and affix to the frame, overlapping the different pieces to add diemension. 

Finally add some glossy accents to some of elements.

All products used on this project can be purchased from Thats Crafty.

Witches Grimoire junk journal

Art Shrine

Black Gesso

Mod Podge

Glue

Glossy accents 

Thank you for visiting.

X - Dena - X

Hanging skull

 New Launch!!!!

Have you seen the new newest That's Crafty launch - Its deffinatly a spooktacular one!!

For those of you that have seen me on social media before will know that I'm a little obsessed with skulls and all things dark and wierd. So when I first saw this I couldn't wait to get started. Its perfect for halloween or for anyone who just loves skulls.

I decided to decorate this one to give the skull a realistic look. I used a selection of that's crafty multi-surface paints and chalk paint to decorate and then used pencils to add the details to the skull and crows. I also added some glossy accents to the crows eyes. 

The skulls have been backed with black card. 

I then used ribbons and fibres from my stash to attach the smaller elements and left a few extra strands hanging down. 

Make sure you check out our Facebook group to see how the rest of the design team have decorated theirs - each one has been decorated completly different.

Please see below for links to prducts used.

Hanging Skull

Chalk paint

Paints

Glossy accents

Thank you for visiting. 

X - Dena - X

 

Hi Everyone!!

It's been a while since I've used this blog.

Due to the new facebook rules about the amount of links pages can post per month I thought it would be a good idea to start posting on here again. 

Today I'm sharing my latest project using a selection of lavinia stamps.

 Did you know That’s crafty now sell the Lavinia calendars? These would make such great Christmas presents, could you imagine receiving one?

The card base is so nice to work on. I started by creating a rectangular stencil to create the scene within it directly onto the calendar. I used distress inks to create the landscape scene and then stamped a selection of Lavinia stamps to build this witchy scene.

All products used on this calendar can be purchased from that’s crafty.

Rats - https://www.thatscrafty.co.uk/lavinia-stamps-stamp-set-ragwort-and-strawson-lav1077.html

Pumpkins - https://www.thatscrafty.co.uk/lavinia-stamps-stamp-set-murk-and-mist-lav1073.html

Scarecrow - https://www.thatscrafty.co.uk/lavinia-stamps-stamp-hob-lav1072.html

Deadwood branches - https://www.thatscrafty.co.uk/lavinia-stamps-stamp-set-deadwood-lav1069.html

Witch - https://www.thatscrafty.co.uk/lavinia-stamps-stamp-marcie-lav916.html

Grass - https://www.thatscrafty.co.uk/lavinia-stamps-stamp-orchard-grass-lav672.html

Wolf- https://www.thatscrafty.co.uk/lavinia-stamps-stamp-maka-lav535.html

Bats - https://www.thatscrafty.co.uk/lavinia-stamps-stamp-set-bats-lav167.html

Calendar- https://www.thatscrafty.co.uk/lavinia-stamps-2027-calendar-ls102.html

Tree- https://www.thatscrafty.co.uk/lavinia-stamps-stamp-set-moonbark-lav1045.html

Shrooms- https://www.thatscrafty.co.uk/lavinia-stamps-stamp-mushies-lav945.html

Trees - https://www.thatscrafty.co.uk/lavinia-stamps-stamp-set-tree-scene-lav219.html

Distress inks - https://www.thatscrafty.co.uk/tim-holtz-distress-ink-pads.html

Circles -https://www.thatscrafty.co.uk/thats-crafty-a4-stencil-circles-tc40002.html

Thank you for visiting.

Dena x

 

OH RATS!!!! Not another year older card using products from Thats Crafty

 Good Afternoon All!!

Goodness it's been such a long time since my last post again!!! I think the past year has been a complete whirlwind and I just haven't managed as many videos and blog posts as I was hoping for. So lots of changes again.... As some of you know I've joined a couple of new design teams, one of them being Thats Crafty. 

That's Crafty is a fab craft store that sells not only their own brand of stamps, stencils, paints, MDF kits etc. But also stocks a huge range of other brands and crafting essentials. This is great as it means I get to play with so many different crafty products. 

I usually make a weekly project to share and this is todays project using mainly Katzelkraft stamps.

Unfortunately Katzelkraft no longer make stamps, which I'm gutted about as I love them!! Anyway you can still purchase some of the stamps from That's Crafty so go grab them quick while they're still available.

Now I'm afraid I didn't take photos of every step so hopefully I can just talk you through it.

Die cut a circle out of white card.

Stamp the rat in black ink and apply masking gel. 

Use a black castle arts pencil to colour the ground.

Cover the black area with scrap paper and spray the background with That's Crafts matte spray.

Stamp some textures from the hidden grove stamperia and the Arden Makers Marks set in cracked pistachio and  Peacock feathers.

Randomly stamp a few numbers from the Katzelkraft Les numbers set in uncharted mariner.

Use a glue eraser to remove the masking gel.

Colour the rat with Castle Arts pencils.

Use a paper blending stump and blending solution to smooth and blend the colours in. This process is great for blending colours into white areas and it gets rid of those pencil lines. 

Mount the circle onto a slightly larger black layer.

Cut a piece of white card measuring approx 11.5cm square and mount onto a piece of black card. 

Cut a piece of black card 5.5cm x 11.5cm.

Stamp a mixture of numbers in VersaMark ink and emboss with white embossing powder. Sprinkle some white embossing powder in random areas and heat from behind. You don't actually need to stamp the entire piece as most of it will be covered, I just got a little carried away!!

Mount the black strip down the centre of the white card then mount the topper.

Write the sentiment on a strip of white card and mount onto black card. I tried to write the sentiment very random and abit funky. Secure in place.

Cut out some strips of black card. Snip a triangle out of one end and secure in opposite corners.

Die cut the largest square from the crealies nesting dies in white and mount onto black card.

Finally secure all the pieces onto a 6x6 card blank.

Shopping list

Rats stamp

Number stamps

Makers marks stamp

Hidden Grove stamps

Nesting Dies

Oxide Inks

VersaFine Clair

VersaMark ink

Flat Matte sprays

Glue

Castle Arts pencils

Paper blending stump

Blending solution

Black fine liner pen

White card

Black card

6x6 card blank

Thank you for visiting and hopefully I'll be back soon with another post!!!

Dena xx

Visible image Winter blue theme - sparkle in the rain

Good evening All!!!

I can't believe how long it's been since my last blog post, an awful lot has happened including a huge house move from London to Norfolk!!

This year my aim is to record more demos on upload them onto my YouTube channel. So if you'd like to check that out please follow the link below.

Dena Rangeley's YouTube channel

This card and ATC was made for January's winter blues ATC swap over on the visible image group.

Cut a piece of card slightly smaller than a 4x6 card blank.

Sprinkle a small amount of elf pretty gets gritty explosion powder on your messy met and spray with water. Smooch your card into the mixture then dry with a heat gun. Go in a second time and pick some more inky mixture up on the card and dry with heat gun. You can repeat this step until you're happy with the outcome.

Use a blending brush to darken the edges of the card with uncharted mariner Distress Oxide.

Stamp the rain from 'sparkle in the rain' stamp set in uncharted mariner repeatedly over the whole card.

Stamp the lady image and sentiment in VersaFine Clair - twilight ink and emboss with ultrafine clear embossing powder.

Use a torn piece of scrap paper and lay it over the top section of the card, use a blending brush with uncharted mariner to create a horizon line so it looks like the lady is actually standing on the ground and not floating in the air.

Stamp the water puddles in VersaFine Clair twilight.

Add some white highlights using a white sakura pen.

Mount the card topper onto a piece of dark navy card then onto your 4x6 card blank.

As you can see I also made a matching ATC. In order to fit the text on the ATC I snipped the words out and mounted them randomly.

Shopping List

4x6 card blank

White card

Navy card

VersaFine twilight ink pad

Uncharted mariner

Blending brushes

Stamping block

Wow ultrafine embossing powder

White Sakura pen

Visible Image - sparkle in the rain stamp set

Thanks for stopping by - I hope to be back again soon!

Dena xx

 

Crafty Individuals August launch

Hi Everyone!!!

Did you manage to catch the latest launch of Crafty Individuals stamps, stencils and papers on Create and Craft TV earlier this month? There's a fab collection of funky floral designs drawn by Sharon Bates, a new wood grain stamp which I just love and is perfect if you love creating your own background's, and a dreamcatcher which I was lucky enough to have drawn and turned into a rubber stamp. 

Here are some of the samples I made along with a list of all the new stamps. As you can see I seem to have had a bit of an obsession with circles and used them in several of my samples this time round.

CI-635 Wood grain stamp

CI-636 Dreamcatcher

CI-634 Floral leaves

CI-633 Floral buds

CI-632 Floral blooms

Thank you for visiting!!

X - Dena - X