My Favourite Crafty Things 2016 | Inks | #2

Hello there, back again with the second in my mini series of my favourite crafty things. Today is inks and we all need inks of all kinds don't we? There is so much choice in what to purchase and it can me mind field too. So I thought I'd share with you the inks I personally turn to on regular basis.

Paintbox Pigment Ink Option Pads by Colorbox - A rainbow of 12 stunning colours per set that suit would any occasion. Stamp together or you can lift each one out individually. Pigment inks are wonderful to have in your stash as they are a lot thicker than dye based inks and do tend to have glycerine base. I purchased mine many years ago when from eBay when I got the three sets for around £12 but you can still purchase them but they can be hard to get hold of as stock does get snap up pretty quickly. 

Perfect Medium Ink - This is one thing I just can't be without and always make sure I have one to hand, I tend to re ink the pads myself using  glycerine that you can purchase from most pharmacies, just add a few drops to the pad and allow to soak into the foam ink pad. This ink is so handy for watermark stamping and embossing too. 

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink Pad - This ink is fade resistant and will be water resistant once dry, suitable for many paper surfaces and works well with alcohol markers and will not bleed. Absolute delight to use and does what it says. 

Versafine Onyx Black Ink Pad - I have used this particular ink pad since I began crafting and I know that it's so reliable and so perfect for picking up that fine detail. I also think it lasts a lot longer than other inks I've tried in the past. Versafine is made by Tsukineko, who are highly regarded in the craft industry. 

Distress Inks - Well I love my distress inks as they are so versatile for stamping, watercolouring and different watercolour effects and will work well with water as they as water based ink. I don't own that many of the colours but the ones I have do get used on regular basis. They can be re inked with their reinkers. 

  

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I will be back soon for the last one of the series, hope you have found this series of help to you and would love you to let me know what are your favourite inks? Enjoy the rest of your weekend. 

Forever Friends | Fabulous Friends

Hello all, well it's been rain, rain followed by even more rain here. It's been like this for ages and it does not seem to change. Oh well it's winter and you expect bad weather in the winter. I decided to spend some time in my crafty space this afternoon...certainly the best place to be than being in the rain. Well I was looking through my clear stamps box and found these super cute Forever Friends bears, so just had to use them, I simply adore these cute little bears and have done since I was little. Not met anyone as yet who doesn't dislike them, well how could you.  

On with the card itself, started with A4 white card cut down to 29cm x 10.5cm and folded with bone folder to make tent fold card. Cut down piece of Coredinations core essentials cardstock slightly smaller than the card blank and lightly embossed diagonal lines with the Crafter's Companion - The boxer board and embossing tool. 

Adhere this to card blank with double sided tape. Next using Silhouette Cameo, I cut the nested stitched rectangle using neenah solar card and die element was purchased from Sarah Hurley's Designs at the Silhouette store. Stamped the Forever Friends image on the bottom right of the nested stitched cut out with Memento black ink pad and acrylic block.  

Coloured in the image with WHSmith Artist Colouring Pencils, once finished I cut some EVA fun foam to fit to the back of the matt and adhere with doubled sided tape. Then adhered the layer to the card blank using the same double sided tape. 

Using Perfect Medium I stamped CB "Fabulous Friend" on some matching core'dinations card (rubbed the card with a little baby powder first, to stop any static) poured over Wow opaque white embossing powder and heat set with a heat tool. Cut the strip down and adhere to the card using Stix2 5mm double sided foam squares. Added a little sparkle to the hot cross buns with clear wink of stella pen and to finish added a few sequins with micro glue dots.

I thought this was super cute design and love the fact that the bear is holding hot cross buns, to those who don't know what they are, over in the UK they are famously eaten at Easter, but can be eaten at any time..They are lovely sweet buns that are lovely toasted and with spread of butter and jam..yummy. Oh it's made me hungry now talking about hot cross buns, I could just eat one now with a lovely cup of tea...what bliss. 

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Sending Love and apologies

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Well I love the coloured pencils look so much at the moment, so decided to give it ago for myself and had the perfect Clearly Besotted stamps to use. 

Cut a piece of A4 white card down to 27cm x 9.7cm folded at the top with bone folder, take a piece of Neenah desert storm kraft card and cut down slightly to fit the card blank. Stamped the stem first, then the rose head and finally the jar using acrylic block, memento tuxedo black ink. I drew the stem longer with Whisper black pen, so it reached to the bottom of the jar, as the stem was a little short.

Coloured in the image using WHsmith soft colouring pencils. I wanted this to look as realistic as possible and made sure I added the right shading. Once colouring is completed, stamped Sending Love to middle right side of the jar, using the same memento tuxedo black ink.   

Using Wink of Stella fine clear glitter pen, added some glitter detail to rose head. Cut a piece of funky EVA foam down to fit the matt layer and adhered with double sided tape, then adhere the whole piece to the card blank. Adhered three sequins using tweezers and glue dots to finish. 

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