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

 

Crafty Individuals bird card

Hi Everyone!!

I made this card yesterday and couldn't resist using the new woodgrain background stamp from Crafty Individuals. This has to be one of my favourite background stamps - It's so versatile and just goes so well with so many stamps.

Start by cutting a piece of white card to fit on a 7x7 card blank.

Using a blending brush, colour the background with tea dye distress ink.

Stamp the Woodgrain background along one side. You'll need to stamp it again on the bottom half as the stamp won't be big enough to cover the whole piece of card. I used a piece of thin copier paper to cover the stamped image then stamped it a second time. If you feel there is a definite line along the join use a rubber tip tool to pick up some brown ink and blend the lines into each other until your happy with the overall look. 

Randomly stamp some more of the woodgrain stamp on the right hand side the card. Then stamp part of the Inky Script background in the empty spaces. 

Darken the edges with your blending brush and brushed corduroy distress ink. Add some faded blue distress ink in places. 

Using a scoring board score along the main wooden planks to add some texture.

Flip the card over and score along all the edges of the card to create a beveled edge.

Mount the background onto black card then onto your pre-folded 7x7 card blank.

Stamp the A is for apple bird image in black and emboss with clear embossing powder. 

Cut the image down to size.

Stamp and emboss the branches from the Be wild elements stamp set and some foliage around the bottom.

Hold a piece of scrap paper where you'd like your horizon line and lightly add some faded jeans distress ink to the top section. I didn't bother masking the image on this occasion as I coloured with colouring pencils. Cover the skyline with scrap paper and lightly add some peeled paint distress ink to the grassy area.

Colour the image with your desired medium - I used the Castle Arts Gold pencil set. Using a green pencil add some shading under the log and apple.

Use a ruler add a thin border around the edge of card using a black sharpie. 

Cut a piece of brown card just slightly larger than your topper. Add some Rose gold gilding polish from creative expressions around the edges. 

Finally mount onto a piece of black card then onto your main card. 

Thank you for joining me.

X - Dena - X

 

Visible Image ladybird card

Good afternoon!!

We're currently away for a few weeks house hunting in Norfolk, but of course I couldn't come away without the crafting essentials and as the weather hasn't been the best I've been able to squeeze in some crafty time.

I made this card using a selection of Visible image stamps. 

 

Cut a piece of card to fit a 6 x 6 pre-folded card blank. 

Stamp the ladybirds in black ink and emboss with clear embossing powder.

Apply a thin layer of pebeo masking fluid to the ladybirds with a synthetic brush.

Spray the card with a fine mister spray then sprinkle a combination of lime green and lemon brushos. Don't forget less is more!!

You can add more water and brushos until your happy with the overall look. If your card is too wet use some kitchen roll to dab some of the ink up.

Dry with a heat gun.

Stamp the sentiments in black ink and emboss with clear embossing powder.

Randomly stamp the circles from the chain reaction in rustic wilderness Distress oxide. 

Use some kitchen roll to dab off any ink on the masking fluid. 

Use you finger or a glue eraser to remove the masking fluid. 

Colour the ladybirds in your preferred medium, I used Ecoline water colour pens - 334 & 442. Use a water brush to blend the colours.

Add some highlights with a white sakura pen.

Finally mount your topper onto black card and onto your pre-folded 6x6 card blank.

Thank you for joining me, hopefully I'll be back in a few days with another post.

X - Dena - X

 

Ballet card - Visible image stamps

Evening All!!

I'm so behind with editing my blog posts at the moment so trying to play catch up, just hope I can remember how I made them all.

This card was made using the fab Born to perform stamp set from Visible Image.

Cut a piece of white card to fit a pre-folded 6x6 card blank leaving room to mount onto black. 

Stamp the ballet dancer in black ink and emboss with clear embossing powder.

To create the background I actually used some 'homemade sprays'. I spinked a small amount of Brushos into a mini mister spray bottle and filled with water and voila! You could actually use spray stains but I don't have any at the moment so making use of what I have in my stash and they actually work really well.

Spritz yellow ochre over the stamped image, then alizarin crimson around the edges. Dry with a heat gun. 

Spritz some bronze distress mica spray to add some shimmer.

Place the Supernova stencil over the stamped image and apply some picked raspberry distress ink with a blending brush.

Stamp and emboss the wording and randomly stamp the stars around the edge.

Mount the topper onto some black card then onto your main pre-folded card blank. 

Add some white highlights with a sakura pen.

Finally add some glossy accents to a couple of the smaller stars to add some interest. Make sure you keep the card on a flat surface while it dries.

 Thank you for joining me.

X - Dena - X

 

Bee Crafty Ladybird card

Hi Everyone!!

Made this really quick card last night using Doodled Ladybird and Art backrounds 1 from Bee Crafty.

Cut a piece of card to fit a pre-folded 6x6 card blank.

Stamp the ladybird twice in black ink and emboss with clear embossing powder. 

Using a synthetic brush apply a thin layer of Pebeo masking fluid to the ladybirds.

Spritz the card with a fine mister spray bottle of water then sprinkle a small amount of lime green and yellow Brushos over the card. Don't forget less is more!!! Spritz with more water if needed and apply more Brushos until your happy with the overall look. If you do find you have too much just dab with some kitchen roll to remove a little ink. The background will need to be completely dry to continue stamping but you can speed this process up by drying with a heat gun.

Stamp the random circles from the art backgrounds stamp set in Twisted Citroen oxide ink.

Stamp the borders and some of the other elements in versafine black ink.

Remove the masking fluid with a glue eraser. 

Colour the ladybird and border using your preferred medium, for this I used my new Ecoline water colour pens.

I then ran a black ink pad around the edges of the card. I would normally mount the card onto black but I have to admit I was being very lazy and couldn't be bothered to pull all my black card out as I did make this really late at night. 

Finally mount the card topper onto a pre-folded card blank.

Thank you so much for joining me!

X - Dena - X

 

 

Studio light butterfly card

Hi Everyone!!

Right I think this will be my last post for tonight and I hope to finish editing my last few posts tomorrow.

This is another really lovely stamp that again doesn't need much work.

Cut a piece of card down to fit on a 6x6 card blank.

Stamp the gorgeous butterfly stamp from Studio Light in black ink and emboss with clear embossing powder.

Sprinkle some pretty gets gritty explosion powder (I think I used Dragon - it was a while ago that I made this card) into a paint palette, sprits with water and apply to the background with a paint brush.

Colour the butterfly and flowers, for this I used Castle arts gold pencil set. I've never really enjoyed using colouring pencils but I have to say I absolutely love this set. 

Use a dark green pencil to add some shading around the butterflies and flowers - this really makes the image pop. 

Mount your stamped image onto a 6x6 card blank.

Thanks for joining me.

X_Dena_X

 

Crafty Individuals bird card

Hi Everyone!!!

Sharing this card I made for my Grandad's birthday.

I've just noticed this photo is a little blurry - not sure how that happened.

Stamp the lovely Bird stamp in black ink and emboss with clear embossing powder.

Using a blending brush, carefully add some clouds to the background with faded jeans distress inks. To do this lightly ink to lower section, then place the clouds stencil to cover the lower section of the image and flick the ink away from the stencil (being careful not to apply ink to the bird). Move the stencil up to create the second layer of clouds. Keep going until the whole sky is covered, keep swapping and changing the cloud stencils to create different shape clouds.

Colour the rest of the image, for this I used Ecoline water colour brush pens.

Cut to size and mount on a piece of black card. 

Take another piece of card and stamp inky script in brown ink. Use a blending brush to apply a mix of tea dye and faded jeans distress inks. Tear the edges.

Cut the woodgrain paper into a square and mount onto a piece of black card. Then mount onto a 7x7 card blank.

Stick the script into place.

Using  silicone glue stick some sisal fibers in place, then stick the bird image over the fibers. 

Stamp and emboss the sentiments, cut them down to size and mount onto black card.

I'm not sure what make the Grandad sentiment is, I've had it several years and don't seem to have its original packaging. 

Thank you for joining me.

X-Dena-X

 

Bee Crafty - Bee card

Hello!!!

Finally managed to sit down and edit a few blog posts this evening so I'm starting with my most recent makes using one of my new stamps from Bee Crafty stamps. This stamp is perfect for creating a really quick and simple card.

Stamp the scripted bee stamp in black ink and emboss with clear embossing powder.

Spray the background with pretty gets gritty sprays. I actually made my own using the powders in a fine mist spray bottle with a little water, but you can buy the actual sprays. These leave a lovely shimmer on your project.

Colour in the Bee and the honeycomb, for this I used my new Ecoline water colour brush pens - which I absolutely love and of course I'm going to have to buy some more colours at some point.

Mount onto a piece of black card and then onto a pre-folded A5 card blank.

Finally add some glossy accents to the wings and some of the honeycomb to add some interest.

Thanks for joining me.

X_Dena_X

 

Happy Fathers Day - dog card

Hello!!!

I have this very quick card to share with you today. As you can see this is the card I made for my son to give my partner/his step Dad for Father's Day. 

You could still do something very similar and just change the sentiment.

I started off by arranging some words on the computer, I used Word Art (Microsoft Word) to insert this hollow, black outlined sentiment and printed it off. You could obviously use any sentiment.

Cut the card down to fit on a pre-folded 5x7 card blank. For this card instead of using a standard card blank where the fold would normally be along the longest part of the card (in this case along the top) I decided to make my own blank to have the fold along the side. To do this you will need an A2 size piece of card.

Stamp the lovely quirky dogs in black ink and emboss with clear embossing powder.

Colour the dogs and the sentiment in coordinating colours. I used castle arts gold pencils. 

Using a small brick stencil lightly apply some brown distress ink in background with a blending brush.

Use a piece of scrap paper to mask off the top part of the card and apply some grey ink to make it look like the road.

Dab some distress inks (that coordinates with the colours used on the sentiment) onto a tile/messy mat and using a watery fan brush add a few inky splatters around the text to make it look as if its been spray painted on. 

Add some glossy accents to the dogs eyes, nose and dog tag.

Using a black fine liner pen add a few dashes to make it look like the dogs are speeding past.

Finally stick the topper onto your card blank. 

Thank you so much for joining me, I'll be back soon with some more makes. I currently have several projects sitting in the drafts ready to be edited. 

X - Dena - X

 

Bee Crafty Bee card

Morning All!!

I made this Bee card over the weekend and thought I'd share it with you all. I've had my eye on this stamp set for some time now and finally gave in and bought it and now I can't seem to put it down.

Cut a piece of card to fit on a 7x7 card blank.

For the next step I actually used Brushos. I normally get really frustrated with them as I can never achieve the outcome I imaged. I started by spritzing the card with water and sprinkled a small amount of yellow ocre Brushos in one corner. I then added another mist of water, a little bit more yellow and dabbed some of ink off with a piece of kitchen roll. I kept doing this until I was happy with the overall look. The key to using these is LESS is most defiantly more!!

Spray a fine coating of Tim Holtz Bronze Mica spray over the card. 

Use spiced marmalade oxide ink to stamp the lovely border from the Bee Mine set along 2 edges. Then randomly stamp the hollow and solid honeycomb in the background leaving the top right corner blank. 

Stamp a few of the hollow honeycomb in black ink.

Using a fine liner black pen (I used a Micron pen) draw a little doodled border around the edges of the two stamped sides. 

This main card topper can now be stuck onto your pre-folded 7x7 card blank.

Die cut a few different sized hexagons and using a blending brush colour with distress oxides. 

Stamp the solid honeycomb on two of the hexagons.

Stamp a small section of the border stamp on another two of the hexagons, then draw the same doodled border around the edges.

Colour one of the smaller hexagons with Rose gold gilding polish. 

Stamp the largest bee on the final hexagon shape. You only need to make sure the bees antennas are completely stamped.

Stick the hexagons in place. I used pinflair glue to raise a few of them to add a little dimension. 

Stamp the words 'BeeYouTeeFul' in the top right corner, then stamp the two smaller bees. Don't worry about colouring them. These bees will be layered with another piece of card. Stamping them first means you wont need to cut the antennas out in the next step.

On a separate piece of card stamp and emboss all three bees. Colour with your desired medium, I used spectrum noir tri-blend pens. Then cut them out. Don't worry about the antenna - they can be cut off. Snip into the wings slightly and use a pencil or paintbrush to curl the wings.

Finally stick the Bees in place, again using pinflair glue to raise the wings.

If you'd like to purchase this lovely Bee set pop over to the Bee Crafty website.

Thanks for joining me.

X - Dena - X

 

Crafty Individuals June launch

Hello Everyone!!

Yet again I've been neglecting my blog. We've got rather allot going on at the moment as we're hoping to move very soon so have been busy sorting the house out as well as creating design team pieces and trying to keep my little shop going. I will try to post every now and again but have several posts ready to be edited that I hope to publish very soon.

Anyway enough about that, did you manage to catch the latest launch of Crafty Individuals stamps on create and craft at the beginning of June? They released a fabulous collection of 'favourite stamps' that has been shrunk down into a 'mini' collection. So, if your into making ATCs or like to create smaller pieces then this collection is definitely for you. You'll also find a few new Christmas designs drawn by the very talented Sharen Bates. 

Below is a list of stamps that was in this launch so do pop along to the Crafty Individuals website and check them out!!!

CI-627 - Cat and Dog

CI-629 - Zebra and Giraffe

CI-628 - Hare, seagull, butterfly and swirls

CI-436 - Inky Script

CI-284 - Life's a beach

CI-573 - Counting down background stamp

CI-547 - Pablo penguin

CI-567 - Luigi the llama

CI-456 - Robin

CI-630 - Christmas Arthur car

CI-631 - Christmas tree 

Here are a few sample I made for the show.

Thank you for visiting 

X - Dena - X