Don't Think Less Of Yourself.....

Have been doing a lot of art journaling in my junk journal, following the prompts of Care December from Everything Art (video shorts are on my YouTube Channel). Through doing that, I have re-discovered some fabulous inspirational quotes amongst my words and collage bits and pieces. 

This is one of them: Don't think less of yourself if you can't be fearless. Doing it afraid is just as brave. Really love this - there are times I put off doing things because I am scared that the outcome won't be what I want. Sometimes we just need to get on with it regardless. 

I have been using this colour combination during Care December, so decided to stick with it for this spread. Full list of products used at the bottom of the post. Click on any of the pictures to watch the video of my process.  

Products used: Arteza 14cmx14cm watercolour sketchbook Distress Oxides and Inks: Peacock Feathers, Salvaged Patina, Speckled Egg, Tea Dye, Saltwater Taffy, Tattered Rose Distress Oxide Sprays: Tea Dye, Tattered Rose Daler Rowney Mixed Media Paper *Imagination Crafts Mixed Media Spray - Light Green *Kanban Spring Silhouettes *These are very old products from my stash

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Happy crafting,

Cxxx

Create Art - Inspire - Art Journal Page

A break from the Christmas makes!! Today's share is an A5 art journal page created on Daler Rowney Mixed Media Paper. Click on the pictures to see the YouTube video of my process.

The pocket and tags are Elizabeth Craft Designs 744: Planner Essentials 26 - Planner Pocket 4 - Tag and Toppers, while the words are from both that set and from their Art Journal 1782 Butterfly Pocket Insert set. 

Full List of Products Used:

Elizabeth Craft Designs 744: Planner Essentials 26 - Planner Pocket 4 - Tag and Toppers;

Elizabeth Craft Designs -  Art Journal 1782 Butterfly Pocket Insert set;

Elizabeth Craft Designs - Planner Essentials - Reinforcements 2

Daler Rowney Mixed Media Paper;

Distress Inks/Oxides/Oxide Sprays - Evergreen Bough, Picked Raspberry, Scattered Straw, Spiced Marmalade;

Distress Spray Stain - Picket Fence;

Cosmic Shimmer Pearlescent Watercolour Ink - Flamingo Pink, Golden Sunrise, Ray of Sunshine, Holly Green;

Julie Hickey Designs Clear Stamps - Garden Blooms, Floral Buttons;

AALL & Create Clear Stamps - #362 Splodge, #351 Alphabet Splatter;

AALL & Create Stencil - #125 Lotza Semicirclz

Elizabeth Craft Designs Art Journal S040 Pattern Stencil Pack

Spectrum Noir Finesse Waterproof Ink - Pebble

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Happy crafting,

Cxxxx

Eizabeth Craft Designs - 1478 Garden Scene

Today's share contains a couple of cards using Elizabeth Craft Designs - 1478 Garden Scene die. This is very much like a "Create a Card" type die. These are great for creating quick cards, as the work is pretty much done for you.

I chose to use two different techniques. The first one is an inked background using Mermaid Lagoon and Cracked Pistachio Distress Oxides and Sprays. The sentiment is from Julie Hickey Designs - Everyday Sentiments.  I love the Tim Holtz Distress Range - particularly the Oxides and the Oxide sprays. 

The second one is the quickest way to use this type of die, where patterned papers make the background. Again, the sentiment is from Julie Hickey Designs - Everyday Sentiments. 

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Happy crafting, 

Cxxxx

Circles Everywhere!!

 Today's share is a card made using some lovely Julie Hickey Designs products. The stamps are Floral Buttons, and I have also used the Dinky Circles die set.

The button stamps themselves are cut by hand and not with dies, as this follows the free-hand way in which they are drawn. The mats and layers are using one of the Dinky Circles.

For the background, I used Scattered Straw, Bundled Sage and Weathered Wood Distress Oxides and Oxide Sprays, along with the the tiny stamps from the set, and a stencil I made using the flower from the Dinky Circles.

Thanks for popping by, and I hope I have given you a little inspiration. Feel free to follow me here on my blog, or on FaceBook, Twitter, Instagram or Pinterest. For lots of video demonstrations, pop over to the Hixxy Studio YouTube channel to subscribe. The main items I use can be found on the Hixxy Crafts website - have a look under the Hixxy Studio tab.

Happy crafting,

Cxx

Underwater Scene

This is the third of the three watery themed cards I did on a FB live a while back. The videos are available on the Hixxy Studio You Tube Channel. They are cut from the whole live show, so the beginnings and endings are not seamless - but you should get the idea.

For this one, I used white stamping card and inked lightly with Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide. I wanted a pale and patchy effect, as I then sprayed Mermaid Lagoon Distress Oxide Spray over the top and blotted it with rice paper. The whole things was edged with Mermaid Lagoon Distress Ink - or Oxide.

I used Distress Inks to "paint" the little pieces with: Scattered Straw for the sandy background; Wilted Violet for the fish; Abandoned Coral, Mowed Lawn, Twisted Citron and Lucky Clover the the corals and seaweeds; Hickory Smoke for the sharks; Mermaid Lagoon for the bubbles Worn Lipstick, Antique Linen and Ripe Persimmon for the shells and starfish. 

It is then just a case of assembling the scene as you wish. It's a gorgeous little set to play with - and you could cut multiples of all of the dies if you wish.

Thanks for popping by, and I hope I have given you a little inspiration. Feel free to follow me here on my blog, or on FaceBook, Twitter, Instagram or Pinterest. For all the videos, pop over to the Hixxy Studio YouTube channel to subscribe. And FB lives are streamed on both the YouTube channel and the Hixxy Crafts FB page. The main items I use can be found on the Hixxy Crafts website - have a look under the Hixxy Studio tab.

Happy crafting,

Cxxx

Porthole Card

This is the second of the three watery themed cards I did on a FB live a while back. The videos are available on the Hixxy Studio You Tube Channel. They are cut from the whole live show, so the beginnings and endings are not seamless - but you should get the idea.

This card combines two fabulous Amy Design dies. One is the Fishing Net from the Maritime collection. The other is Sea Life from the Underwater World collection. I used brown for the base card, with gold mirror card and a wood effect paper from Crafter's Companion. The idea was to be looking out from the inside of a boat into the water outside.

The fishing net is cut in Kraft card to give it a natural feel, and I made the porthole from gold mirror card, using nesting circle dies. I cut a larger circle to put the underwater scene on, and a smaller frame to go over it. 

The underwater scene is created on a circle of stamping card. I started with Salty Ocean to cover the whole of the circle - not worrying about any patches. I then sprayed it with water and blotted it. I used the dies from the Sea Life set to cut the coloured fish, sharks and shells to arrange. There is a larger die that cuts out a large piece like the sea floor. I did this in green and just cut off the seaweed and algae pieces. I arranged them onto the inked piece, stuck this onto the solid mirror circle, and then placed the frame over the top. The little flat backed pearls create the effect of the porthole. I finished it off with some twine to blend in with the netting.

Thanks for popping by, and I hope I have given you a little inspiration. Feel free to follow me here on my blog, or on FaceBook, Twitter, Instagram or Pinterest. For all the videos, pop over to the Hixxy Studio YouTube channel to subscribe. And FB lives are streamed on both the YouTube channel and the Hixxy Crafts FB page. The main items I use can be found on the Hixxy Crafts website - have a look under the Hixxy Studio tab.

Happy crafting,

Cxxx

Beneath the Ocean

On a live a few weeks ago, we had an underwater theme. I made the canvas that is on an earlier blog, and three cards. This is the first of the cards. The videos are available on the Hixxy Studio You Tube Channel. They are cut from the whole live show, so the beginnings and endings are not seamless - but you should get the idea.

I have used a 3D Push Out from Amy Design: Underwater World collection, along with the Fishing Net die from the Maritime collection. If you have not seen the Push Outs before, they are decoupage sheets and each one has 3 different designs on it. Have a look at the video to see how they work - click on the photo for the link.  

The background is created on white stamping card with Iced Spruce, Faded Jeans and Wilted Violet Distress Oxide Sprays. Once dry - you can blot it with rice paper if you want - edge it with Faded Jeans Distress Oxide.

The net was cut in Creative Expressions Steel Pearl Card, and the letters with Trimcraft's Banner Alphabet dies. The added embellishments are little seed beads from my stash, stuck on with 3D glue gel.

Thanks for popping by, and I hope I have given you a little inspiration. Feel free to follow me here on my blog, or on FaceBook, Twitter, Instagram or Pinterest. For all the videos, pop over to the Hixxy Studio YouTube channel to subscribe. And FB lives are streamed on both the YouTube channel and the Hixxy Crafts FB page. The main items I use can be found on the Hixxy Crafts website - have a look under the Hixxy Studio tab.

Happy crafting,

Cxxx

Flowers in Umbrella

Sharing a tag today, made using Crafter's Companion White Stamping Card, sprayed with Wilted Violet, Picked Raspberry, Spiced Marmalade and Fossilized Amber Distress Oxide sprays.

The die set I used to create the image is a Thinlets set from Sizzix called "Flowers in Umbrella". There are lots of lovely little dies in this set, and it is absolutely perfect for using up scraps! 

Click on the picture to see a video of how I made this! 

Happy crafting, 

Cxxx