Top Hat Stencils - Crafty Purple Frog

 28th May,2021

Good Morning, today I am back with another blog about Crafty Purple Frog stencils and today we are using the Top Hat stencils.  There are 3 stencils that make the total image, the top hat, the hat band and dots.

But of course we don't have to use them in that way, the band for the hat is a seperate stencil so why not use them on their own to make a funky background, I have used neutral colours for mine but there is a whole rainbow of colour out there to be explored...go ahead and create.

Not only can we use the dots with the top hat but we can also use them alone to make a bright and vibrant background (I plan to team it with Party Mouse at some stage).

Remember I have only given a few options, but you could use the band and dot together, the dots as a single row, try an ombre effect with any of them for an awesome look. Don't forget to try different mediums like paste, embossing powders, maybe using the correct sandwich you will beable to get the to dry emboss through the machine of your choice.

I would love to see some of your ideas.

Happy Crafting

Lucy x

Supplies used from Crafty Purple Frog

Top Hat Stencils

Bee Kind

 May 21st, 2021

Hi folks, Im back again with another crafty make using items from Crafty Purple Frog.

Today we have a quick and simple card using the bee from the Blooming Marvelous Stamp Set.

I used the largest Honeycomb stencil to form a back ground by blending with Dried Marigold Distress Oxide Ink to get a lovely smooth and not too harsh blend of colour, I faded this out towards one side to give abit more texture and because I didn't want solid colour across the whole thing. I stamped out the bee and coloured using Spectrum Noir Tri-Blend Markers and to add some shimmer I embossed the wings with WOW! Clear Hologram Sparkle embossing powder.

I then chose my sentiment and stamped it out onto white card and cut ot out using the banner from Tag Along die set from Heffy Doodle and layered this onto black. I worked out my positioning and attached both the bee and sentiment on foam pads to my card. Using a black fine liner pen I drew in little lines to look like the bee had flown from sentiment to the otherside of the card.

Thank you for reading and happy crafting

Lucy xx

Supplies used from Crafty Purple Frog

Blooming Marvelous Stamp Set 

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

WOW! Clear Hologram Sparkle Embossing Powder

Specctrum Noir Tri-Blend Markers

Tag Along Dies from Heffy Doodle

Distress Oxide Inks

Mushroom Stencil by Crafty Purple Frog

 

Hi everyone, I am back with a quick post today to show a couple of different ways to use the mushroom stencil by Crafty Purple Frog.

Ok then, I find the best way for me to get them lined up is to write on them, this way is saves me a bit of time fiddling about. I used Distress Oxide inks in Pumice Stone and Festive Berries to complete the mushroom...using the full mushroom cut out first with Pumice Stone and then aligning the other stencil over the top with the Festive Berries to get the whole Mushroom or toadstool.

Once you have that image you have the choice to leave it like that or add an outline using the small mushroom stamp from the Foxy Stamp Set, it is easy to line up using the stamp on an acyrlic block but if you go abit squiffy like I have on a few it really doesn't matter.

A fun way is to use the top of the mushroom in a yellow colour to make cheese and use it along side the Party Mouse Stamp Set which you will see me do in a upcoming post.

Thank you for reading.

Happy Crafting

Lucy

xx

Supplies used from Crafty Purple Frog

Mushroom Stencil

Foxy Stamp Set

Party Mouse Stamp Set

Roses Are Like Friends

 May 7th, 2021

Hi all, I am back today with a gorgeous and classic looking card for you using the Blooming Marvelous Stamp Set by Crafty Purple 

To start with I wanted a sparkley but not blingy look to this card and as I seem to be addicted to the WOW!Clear Hologram Sparkle Embossing Powder I opted for that. I used Sookwang heat resistant doubled sided tape and layed out stripes across my card base, removed the release paper and covered with the embossing powder and heat set it until the magic happend and I was left with sparkly stripes of goodness.

I then proceeded to stamp out the rose from the Blooming Marvelous Stamp Set in Memento Tuxedo Black ink and coloured it in using Spectrum Noir Tri-Blend marker is the dark red blend. I stamped a couple of leaves and coloured them in the same way using the light green blend and then added a few highlights to the rose and leaves in a white gel pen.

Using foam pads or tape I popped up the rose and attached it to the bottom left hand corner of my card and placed the leaves behind it and secured in place with wet glue. I then picked out my sentiment, stamped it out and used the Stitched Nesting Dies from Stampin Up to cut out an elegant shape on white card, this didn't look right on its own so I added a layer of red card behing it to compliment the rose and stuck it flat to the card on the top right. To top the card off I used some bubbles from Little Things from Lucy's Cards.

Thank you for taking time out to read this post. Have a great weekend.

Happy Crafting

Lucy xx

Supplies used from Crafty Purple Frog

Blooming Marvelous Stamp Set

Spectrum Noir Tri Blend Markers

WOW! Clear Hologram Sparkle Embossing Powder

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

Supplies not from Crafty Purple Frog

Sookwang Heat Resistant tape

Stitched Nesting Dies from Stampin Up

Bubbles from Little Things from Lucy's Cards

Party Mouse

 April 29th, 2021

So we made it through to the last day of Crafty Purple Frog sneek peeks and here we are with the Party Mouse, another very enjoyable stamp set to use.

To start with I layered a C6 card blank with black card and then another white layer with I stamped the confetti elements of the Party Mouse stamp set in various colours of Versafine Clair ink, I used Warm Breeze, Purple Delight and Fantasia to give a fun and vibrant background. I then wents ahead and stamped the mouse, a party hat and various cupcakes, coloured them in using Spectrum Noir Tri-Blends and added some highlights with a white gel pen to the hat. I then thought mmmmm frosting and went ahead and added embossing ink to the icing part with an embossing pen and then went ahead and used WOW! Hologram Sparkle embossing powder which gives a beautiful shimmer.

I found some dies in my stash that seemed to work with the card and cut a sizeable matt out of white card, I then went ahead and gently added a light blend of Scattered Straw Distress Oxide over the top, I went slightly darker on the outside to draw the eye in.  At that point I had made a party mouse song up in my head and was humming when it struck me the mouse should look like he is having a party too..so I cut round his little mousey paws/hands and inserted a small piece of cake, after all we all need cake on our birthday...right!

I then added the mouse to an action wobbler and foam pads to the cup cakes and added them to my card along with the sentiment have a mice day, which I just love.

I so hope you have enjoyed this sneek peek series I know I have. Watch out for more posts here and on social media in the coming weeks.

Take Care and Happy Crafting

Lucy xx

Supplies used from Crafty Purple Frog

Party Mouse Stamp Set - Available 30th April

Spectrum Noir Tri-Blends

Distress Oxide Ink

Versafine Clair Ink

WOW! Hologram Sparkle Embossing Powder

WOW! Embossing Pen

Supplies not from Crafty Purple Frog

My Stash Dies - From Stampin Up

Action Wobblers

Birthday Fox

 April 28th, 2021

Here we are on Wednesday with a Foxy sneek peek using the Foxy stamp set from Crafty Purple Frog.

Off we go, I first used my cloud stencil from Inkylicious and Distress Oxide ink to blend over the background for a fluffy cloud effect. I then used the Grassy Lass Dies from Heffy Doodle to cut out some different layers of grass and I chose to do this in a couple of different colours to add abit more pop to the card. I then went ahead and stamped the fox, his attire, and mushrooms, I always stamp, colour and cut more than I need just incase I want to go mad or save them for another project.  I knew I wanted some dimension on the card so I placed all the bits on the card (I find this really helpful as I have stuck to many things down in the past only to find I have got it wrong)! once I decided on my layout I then added foam tape or pads to the back to get the require dimension I wanted.

This really was a fun card to put together and this card is perfect for a man however Mr Fox can also be a Foxy Lady! Hope you have fun when you get your set home.

Happy Crafting

Lucy xx

Supplies used from Crafty Purple Frog

Foxy Stamp Set - Available 30th April

Happy Birthday Everyone Stamp Set - Available 30th April

Blooming Marvelous Stamp Set - Available 30th April

Grassy Lass Dies from Heffy Doodle

Distress Oxide Inks

Spectrum Noir Tri-Blends

Supplies not from Crafty Purple Frog

Inktlicious Lovely as a Cloud Stencil

HapBee Birthday

 27th April, 2021

Hello, as promised I am back again with another sneek peek from Crafty Purple Frog. This time I am using the Blooming Marvelous and Happy Birthday Everyone stamp sets along with the Hexagon layering stencil.

This time I used a standard C6 card base. Taking my blender brushes I used Distress Oxides in Carved Pumpkin, Fossilised Amber and Dried Marigold and layered up my stencils from biggest to smallest, you coud also do smallest to biggest too, I only blended over 2 thirds of the card and faded it out towards the top and bottom as I wanted a more muted effect. Once I had done this I stamped out the bee and rose and coloured them with Spectrum Noir Tri-Blend markers, I added some higlights to the rose with a white gel pen from my stash and they decided I wanted some leaves so I stamped and coloured 3 to add to the rose. After I coloured the bee covered him in VersaMark ink and the embossed twice with WOW! Clear Gloss Ultra High embossing powder. My bee cracked as I man handled him too much but I actually really like the look as it adds more texture.

I then grabbed my stamping platform and popped my card in and once I decided the rose was going in the bottom left of the card I placed the happy birthday stamps and inked them up and stamped a couple of times for a dark and crisp sentiment, I then placed the bee over the PY of happy and there we have a HapBee Birthday Card.

Thank you for joining me again today.

Happy Crafting

Lucy xx

Supplies from Crafty Purple Frog

Blooming Marvelous Stamp Set - Available 30th April

Happy Birthday Everyone Stamp Set - Available 30th April

Happy Birthday Everyone Stamp Set - Available 30th April

Spectrum Noir Tri-Blends

Distress Oxides

WOW! Clear Gloss Ultra High Embossing Powder

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink