Halloween Artist Trading Coins | Halloween Series 2018

Hello Lovelies!

Today I have a fun Halloween tutorial to share! My annual Halloween Series is in full swing and I created some Halloween Artist Trading Coins!

Scroll for tutorial below!

I watercolored these Stampotique Original stamped images with the Tombow Dual Brush Pens. I then went over the images with the Tombow TwinTone Markers to add shadowing and accentuate certain areas. See below for a full supplies list!

Supplies Used:

• Stampotique Images
• Echo Park Bewitched Bat Stencil
• Prima Texture Graphite
• Tombow MONO Multi Glue
• Tombow Dots Adhesive Runner
• Tim Holtz Gothic Stencil
• Papercakes Jeepers Creepers Collection
• Papercakes October Nights Collection
• Tombow Dual Brush Pens-Primary
• Tombow Monotwin Marker
• Tombow TwinTone Markers-Brights

• Distress Ink:
• Black Soot
• Milled Lavender
• Dusty Concord
• Wild Honey
• Dried Marigold
• Peeled Paint
• Shabby Shutters
• Blending Tools

• Dylusions Sprays:
• Cut Grass
• Crushed Grape
• Black Marble

These were so much fun to make! I hope you enjoy watching my tutorial:

Thanks for stopping by!

Serena Bee

Making A Pocket Letter

Hello lovelies!

I'm back with another pocket letter share, i have 4 more videos in the waiting to share and i can't wait! I am having a blast making these pocket letters and i try to do something different every time. I'm also filming each and every pocket letter i make and i even have a behind the scenes video to share! 

Here is the link to my video:

I really love my build a bow kit pocket and the giant blings that i picked up in a recent haul 

here are some up close pictures:

Thanks for stopping by! I'm currently working on a tim burton themed pocket letter!

Have a good one,

Serena

My Second Pocket Letter Tutorial

Hello Lovelies!

I'm back today with another pocket letter share! this is my second pocket letter and tutorial and i am having a blast making them!

I won't go into too much detail except this pocket letter was made for a special friend who shared with me something she handmade so i wanted to give back something handmade and added one of my Bracie Designs bracelets! I think it's such a cool way of giving a gift like this.

Here is the video!

And here are some still shots!

 Thanks for stopping by!

Serena Bee

Stampotique Tag

Hello lovelies!

I'm back with yet another Stampotique anything goes challenge entry today. All month long the anything goes challenge has been going on  and you have up to 5 chances of entering to win and this will be my 5th and last time entering the challenge. Wish me luck *crosses fingers* mama needs new stampotique goodness!

I made this little tag for a friends' daughter. I know its simple but I can't get over its cuteness!

Products Used:

-black recollections card stock (Michaels)

-Spellbinders Nestibilities scalloped oval dies

-white polka dot fabric tape

-Memory Box bat dies

-L'il Tatawea (stampotique.com)

-Studio G alphabet wood blocks (Michaels)

-white Gellyroll pen

-stickles

-copic markers

Hopw you like my little tag! 

Thanks for stopping by

Serena Bee

Ornament+Stampotique Christmas Card

Hello Lovelies!

I'm back with yet another xmas card I made for the Stampotique "anything goes" challenge over at their blog. I will also be entering this in the Simon Says Stamp "anything goes" challenge as well.

Here is an ornament shaped card I made. 

Look at all the sparkle!

Products used:

Holiday paper from Recollections (Michaels)

Twinkie wood stamp (Stampotique.com)

Hat from Christmas cube (stampotique.com)

Ornate Ornament dies (Spellbinders)

Red Bling (Dollarama)

Alpha Stickers (Dollarama)

Stardust Stickles

Eucalyptus Stickles

I think this is the best way for me to write up what products I from now on. If you ever want to know more about a product in detail you can just ask me in the comment section.

Thanks for stopping by and a very Merry Christmas to all! Thanks for following my blog, the support means a lot!

Serena

Hey Lovelies,

I have a new stampotique project to share but this time it is a birthday card. All month long stampotique's designer challenge is "anything goes".

Here is my card: 

I used Twinkie and one of the new party hats stamp cube from Daniel Torrente. I also added some birthday stickers, washi tape, and colored it up with copics.

Hope you enjoyed my card, thanks for stopping by.

Serena

Here Comes Sandy Claws Card

Hello lovelies!

I am following along with the challenges over at the stampotique blog and decided to make a Christmas card for each week. All month long their theme is anything goes so that means you can enter up to 5 times!

I made a shaker card using Dweeze and the christmas cube stamps.

Thanks for stopping by!

Serena

Jingle Bells Xmas Card: Stampotique Challenge SDC176: Anything Goes, Week 2

Hello Lovelies

For today's blog post I have a xmas card share that I made for the new Anything Goes Week 2 challenge over at the Stampotique Challenge Blog.  It's 'anything goes' all month long so we can enter up to 5 times to win one of two 30$ prizes!

I used the stamp Noelle for this card, she is one of my favorites. I decide to keep it on a simple white background and used some of the Stampotque presents cube and embellishments along with a red border sticker, some washi tape and punch out snowflakes. I loved the look of those snowflakes on the previous card I made so I decide to use them again. 

For the sentiment I wanted something sassy to make the stamp so I found this sentiment around on pinterest and used alpha stickers to spell it out.

I hope you enjoyed this card share. I'm busing working on more holiday cards for my crafty friends. these are the cards I have so far, I believe I have 10 more to make, eek! 

Thanks for stopping by!

Serena Bee

SDC174 Challenge: Stripe Background Christmas Card

Hello Lovelies!

Today I have a Christmas card to share. I made this card for the new Stampotique challenge. For this challenge we were asked to create your own striped background and I decided to create my own with paint. Remember to click the link to play along with the new challenge.

I love how it turned out. I love the added touch of the thin gold washi tape.

Thanks for stopping by,

Serena Bee

Halloween ATC Tutorial {Best Costume Awards} | Halloween Craft Series #5

Hello Ghoulies!

Welcome back to another halloween craft series post! But first, happy October! I am so excited that fall is here and halloween is on the way. I love October and have so many Halloween projects in mind, I just love crafting during this time of the year.

For today's  5th project I created Halloween ATC for a Stampotique swap. I had a lot of fun playing around with paints which I haven't really done in a while and created some fun backgrounds with stencils and modelling paste. Here is a look at what I made:

I even made matching envelopes to go with each ATC.

Here is the best costume:

Here is the cutest costume:

And here is the scariest costume:

And of course I have a process video up as well:

That's all for today. Let me know which ATC or should I say your favourite costume is :)

I will be entering this in the Stampotique Halloween Challenge as well.

Thanks for stopping by!

Serena

SDC: Newspaper or Magazine

Hello Lovelies,

I'm back today with an art journal page I made for the recent Stampotique challenge which is to use a piece of actual newspaper or magazine clippings on your project. 

Here is what I made:

I used 3 magazine clippings: the black and white background, Batboy's new body, and the sentiment. The background was made using distress paints and metallic blue paint. 

I used Batboy's head on the body and also used the stamp 'heads' and cut out 3 little heads and colors it all in with copics in E50, W1, W3.

Thanks for stopping by!

Serena

Sing A Song | Stampotique ATC Swap

Hello Lovelies,

I must admit I haven't been feeling the best again so I haven't been making much projects or youtube videos. I became sick again for the 2nd time this month but I am starting to feel better. So I joined a Stampotique ATC swap for the month of July and the theme is "Sing a Song". Not gonna lie, it took me a long time to make these 2 little ATCs  but I like how they turned out.  I will be entering these ATCs in different challenges. For the Sing a Song swap I decided to use song lyrics/song titles.

This first ATC will be entered in Haunted Design House "number of the beast" challenge to celebrate the 666+1 followers. You had to use a monster or beastie or anything that you  can be inspired with from the challenge name. 

So I used Mink by Stampotique because she gives off a creepy beastie feel and I love it! And my song lyric is from the song "Skulls"  by one of my favourite bands The Misfits. I hope it is beastie enough. The background was made using gel medium and a Tim Holtz stencil called Shattered. I love how it turned out and I applied my own homemade high flow acrylic black paint on top.

For my second ATC I made it with the new Stampotique Challenge in mind. The theme is "love, anniversary, wedding" and I went with love.

The song I picked is called "Give Me Love" by another one of my favorite bands The Used. The heart in the background was made from one of my homemade Gelli Plate and I just stamped on it and cut out heart shapes. I used various heart punches and glitter tape to punch out hearts. And I love the little acrylic flower on her hair. The stamp I used is Chicken by Stampotique.

I will also enter this ATC in Simon Says "anything goes" challenge.

Thanks for stopping by!

Serena

How Sentimental

Hello Lovelies,

Today I have an entry for Stampotique's recent challenge which is "sentimental". And the page I'm about to share with you was one that I didn't think I would share with anyone because it is one of my most personal art journal pages I feel I have ever made. 

I made this page to document something important that happened to me, my boyfriend left to go to Italy to work for 5 months and I am so happy and proud of him but a part of me also felt lost in a way. Without going into further details; this is why this page was made.

I used so many different paints and sprays to create the background along with many different stamps. I used Minky girl stamp and colored her in with copics. 

The sentiment is written using rub-on letters.

And I used a number stencil by Dylusions with modelling paste to add random numbers all around the pages. These numbers represent the time and days he will be away.

 This page is very sentimental to me and I hope Stampotique members will like it.

Thanks for stopping by!

Serena

SDC 150th Challenge!

Hello Lovelies!

I have a quick post today, I made this birthday card for a friend's birthday but I thought it would be fun to use my Stampotique stamps to recreate her family: her, her husband, and her 2 boys. I Decided to make an easel card simply because I haven't made one in a while.  I am entering this card into Stampotique's Celebration challenge for their 150th challenge! They are also looking to fill some guest designers spots with this challenge (wish me luck!).

I was contemplating wether or not to use a birthday sentiment but I had this project life card sitting on my desk so I decided to just go with that so I trimmed it and glued it down to the bottom section of the card. I think it's a fun sentiment to remember to enjoy and celebrate life!

I got a little messy with the background and used my Silks Acrylics Glazes on a piece of black and white patterned paper. I then hand drew a black and white border and used my super thin black and white washi tape to recreate that border all along the bottom half of the card. I think it turned out pretty cool.

 I also used some heart blink and black enamel accents on the sentiment and on the little dots on the background and I used some enamel accents on their eyes as well.

Thanks for stopping by!

Serena