Swanning around

 In case you haven't seen I have started making my own stamps for Crafty Purple Frog. I am so excited to be able to bring my drawings "to life" :D So far there are two main animal stamp sets. One is this swan from the Spread your wings set and the other is a badger from The Sett stamp set. For this card I have combined some of the little extras in the badger set with the swan. I think the swan looks ready to go to the theatre in his smart out fit. For the back ground I used some distress oxide inks along with one of the stencils that is in the Top hat layering stencil set. Rather than layer them all up I just used the dot stencil and moved it around to make a pattern I was happy with. 

The sentiment is from the sentiment sett. I embossed it with white Wow! Embossing powder so it stands out well against the black card as well as adding a touch of texture. 

I don't know about you but I am so looking forward to being able to get out to events like the theatre again one day. I hope you are having a good week so far and staying safe.

 I am entering this card for the following challenges:

A bit more time to craft - Anything goes

Crafters cafe - Anything goes

A perfect time to craft - Anything goes

Colour it, create it, show it off - Anything goes

Crafts Galore encore - Anything goes

2 crafty critter crazies - Anything with a critter goes

Classic design challenge - Anything goes

Clever Dexter - Anything goes

Country View - Birds and bees

Crafty Animals - Anything with an animal goes

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Huge hugs

Amy xx

How are you doing friend?

I really love playing with this badger from Crafty Purple Frogs The Sett stamp set and cropping it to just his face and neck gave me this idea. The sentiment is from the Heffy Doddle Close at heart sentiment set.  For the back ground I masked off the bottom of the card and then used the Heffy Doodle Circles of life stencil, Time for Tea beautiful blender brushes and distress oxide ink to add some interest and colour to the back ground. I coloured the badger with spectrum noir tri-blend pens and put him on some foam pads to give a bit of dimension.

 This was such a quick and fun card to make. I hope you are all OK and having a good week so far?

I am entering this card for the following challenges:

Dream valley - Anything goes 

Make my monday - Clean and simple

Dare 2 be Artzy - Anything goes

Lil patch of crafty Friends - Anything goes

Thank you for taking the time to look at my blog. I would love it if you would follow me and leave me a link to your blog so I can follow you back.

Huge hugs

Amy xx

A card and something a little different

I thought I would try something a bit different with my badger stamp set from Crafty Purple Frog. I got this little wooden box and a pyrography set a while ago and felt like it was time to get it back out again. 

I stamped the images onto the box and then traced them with the pyrography tool to burn the lines into the box. I am really happy with how it turned out :D

I used the stamp set caller "The sett" for the badger and the little hearts and sentiment are from the "Sentiment sett".

 To go with the box I also made a card using the badger from "The sett" I coloured the badger and his champagne in with spectrum noir tri-blends. I added some glossy accents to the champagne glass so it looks shiny. For the background I used the "Top hat" layering stencil along with some distress oxides and beautiful blender brushes. For the sentiment I have used the "Sentiment sett".

I am entering this card for the following challenges:

2 crafty critter crazies - Anything with a critter goes

A bit more time to craft - Anything goes

A perfect time to craft - Anything goes

Crafty gals corner - Add a heart

Creative moments - Anything goes

Classic design challenge blog - Anything goes

Crafts galore encore - Anything goes

Crafty Animals - Anything animal goes

The house that crafts built - Anything goes

Crafty Friends - Animals/birds

The sisterhood of crafters - Anything goes

Creative crafting uncles - Wildlife

Thank you for taking the time to look at my blog. I would love it if you would follow me and leave me a link to your blog so I can follow you back.

Huge hugs

Amy xx

2 ways to add a veil to the badger from Crafty Purple Frogs "The Sett"

 

This is a very quick video to show 2 ways to add a veil to the badger from Crafty Purple Frogs "The Sett" It shows both masking and where you can cut the veil if you want to make it as two separate pieces that you can then add together.  

This is an example of a finished card using the cut version.

For this card I used the "Flowers & Berries" set to make a background and the "Sentiment Sett" for the congratulations sentiment which I embossed with some Wow! gold embossing powder. 

Thank you for looking and if you are free there will be another crafty chat session at midday today UK in the Crafty Purple Frog facebook group that you can join :D

I am entering this card for the following challenges:

2 crafty critter crazies - Anything with a critter goes

A bit more time to craft - Anything goes

A perfect time to craft - Anything goes

Classic design challenge blog - Anything goes

Crafts galore encore - Anything goes

Crafty Animals - Anything animal goes

Crafty Friends - Animals/birds

Creative crafting uncles - Wildlife

Thank you for taking the time to look at my blog. I would love it if you would follow me and leave me a link to your blog so I can follow you back.

Huge hugs

Amy xx

3 tone colour map for the badger from The Sett

  I have come up with a little colour map that might help you if you are trying to work out how to give this cute little badger from "The Sett" a bit more definition. 

This is going to look scary but I wanted the different colours to stand out clearly from each other.

To use this you will want three tones of whatever colour you want to make the badger. A dark, mid and a light tone. For my example I used a Spectrum noir tri blend as the one blend has all 3 tones I need in it. 

Once you have your colours you can follow this to give you an idea of where I put my dark, mid and light tones:

I have also done this short video showing how I colour this cute badger using this 3 tone map :D

Here is the final card I made using the coloured up badger, some of his accessories along with a sentiment and the borders from the "Sentiment Sett".

I hope you will find this useful and that you have lots of fun colouring and making :D

I am entering this card for the following challenges: 

Gem of  challenge - Anything Goes

Crafters Castle - Anything Goes

Alphabet Challenge - W is for Woodland Flora or Fauna

Colour crazy - Anything colouring goes

Creative fingers - Anything Goes

As you like it - Use your favourite type of stamp (photopolymer because I like to see exactly where I am stamping :) ) 

Huge hugs

Amy xx

Crafty Purple Frog has their own stamps and stencils!!!

 

 It is time to show you the full release! This is my first ever own release and I am so excited to be able to share it with you. This is s very quick video just to go over all of the products and a load of idea for you. If you want to see them in more detail they are now in the store to be able to view and will be in stock to buy from tomorrow (19th of Feb 2021). 

I have spent so long dreaming of making my designs real and this is just the start. My stamps will be focused around nature and wildlife starting with our UK wildlife. I have always really loved nature and the lock down has made me appreciate even more the beauty that is all around us. I hope you all love them as much as I do and I can not wit to see what you all create with them :D

You can find all of the Crafty Purple Frog lines in the store HERE

Huge hugs 

Amy xx

Fancy a cuppa?

 

This is the second sneak peek of the first ever release by Crafty Purple Frog. This adorable badger is part of a stamp set called "The Sett" a bit of a pun as badgers live in setts. There is also a sentiment set to coordinate with the bargers call "Sentiment Sett" There are more accessories with this badger so you can really go to town dressing it up and having fun :D

For my background I used some clear Wow! embossing powder to do an ink resist technique on white paper. I used beautiful blender brushes and distress ink then the tiny heart that is in the Sentiment Sett with the same colour distress ink to give it a soft tone on tone feel. I coloured the badger with spectrum noir tri blends.

The new release will all be available in the shop from Friday the 19th of Feb. I hope you are enjoying these little sneak peeks :D

I am entering this card for the following challenges:

 

The funky Junkie - Mostly neutral

Crafty Sentiments - Anything goes

Creative Moments - Anything goes

Through the craftroom door - Anything goes

Thank you for taking the time to look at my blog. I would love it if you would follow me and leave me a link to your blog so I can follow you back.

Huge hugs

Amy xx