New Stamps and a bit of news!

 

Hi There! I am here with a few samples that I made using the brand new Autumn and Winter stamps from Bee Crafty, released yesterday.  First up is a little journal page (on the right) featuring the Mixed Leaves Art Stamps, swirling over a smooshed stormy sky background.

This Bauble card was made using the Doodle Art Baubles, over a background of splattered Distress spritz on black card.

Next we have the Doodle Art Christmas Pud, which is a beautiful big stamp! I made it into a round easel card and it needed very little else.

Also on the Doodle Art Baubles is this beauty, which I teamed up with a smooshed and stamped background.

The Doodle Art Pumpkins are just so beautiful and I have paired them up on both of the following with kraft card to make the colours pop!

As you can see the new stamps are absolutely gorgeous! I am so excited about using them and have many more plans for projects. 

You can find the whole of the Autumn and Winter collection here with a lovely saving if you buy the whole bundle of stamps. There are also some fabulous transparencies too! 

AW24 Collection

I didn't make quite as many samples as I intended due to a little mishap. This was why there was no blog post last week.

Fortunately I am left handed, so I am still managing a few bits of crafting. I discovered I can certainly still colour and cutting out is okay in small doses. If all is well when I have my next xray on Friday I should be able to try a few more things. Here's a couple of Baubles, coloured, cut out and waiting to be put onto a card very soon. 

Thanks for looking! 

Another Autumnal Journal Page

 

Hi There! I am here with another simple journal page inspired by Autumn, which is the theme of our challenge this month in the Bee Crafty Stamps Facebook Group.

I began by cutting a piece of greyscale catalyst card to fit my page in my 5x5" notebook. 

I blended Distress ink in autumn colours across the page and sponged walnut stain around the edges.

Using Spiced Marmalade Distress Oxide I stamped the small gerbera and some of the words randomly around the page

Using Versafine Clair Acorn ink I added the corner stamp at each corner to the background

Next I inked up the large leaf stamp from Journaling Essentials # in Black Versafine Clair and stamped it across the page. 

Finally I added the sentiment using Wordy stickers and used a white gel pen to add some faux stitching around the edges.

I used:

Bee Crafty Catalyst Cards #2 - A5 Greyscale

Bee Crafty Doodle Art Gerbera stamp set

Bee Crafty Journaling essentials #7 stamp set

Bee Crafty Wordy Stickers #3 B

Distress ink in Peeled Paint, Crackling Campfire, Mustard Seed and Walnut stain

Distress oxide ink in Spiced Marmalade

Versafine Clair ink in Acorn and Nocturne

small square notebook (5x5")

Thanks for looking! 

My Favourite Season

 

Hi There! I'm here with a double page journal spread today to welcome in my favourite season, Autumn. 

I began by stamping the page with random patches of the Background script and crackle stamps using Desert Sand Versafine Clair ink. 

Next I used the Dinkables set 14 leaves, sponging Distress oxide ink over them and also spritzing the inky leaves with water and laying on top.  

I added a few sprays of Distress Spritz on to the inked background and dried using a heat tool. 

Once it was completely dry I added the wordy sticker sentiment. I often leave the sentiment till last and don't leave enough room, so I thought it would be good to try it the other way around this time! 

Next I stamped some doodle Art Mushroom on to some watercolour card.

I cut them out and coloured using Ecoline markers and a wet brush. I coloured the spots on the mushrooms using Gelly roll Moonlight pens.

Finally I attached the mushrooms to the page using a little matte medium, grounding the smaller ones using a little brown ink. 

I used:

Small square sketchbook

Background Script Stamp

Background Crackle stamp

Dinkables Set 14

Wordy Stickers- Autumn B

Doodle Art Mushroom Stamps

Versafine Clair ink in Desert Sand and Nocturne

Distress Oxide ink in Crackling Campfire, Spiced Marmalade, Vintage Photo, Mustard seed and Shabby Shutters

Distress Spritz in Barn Door, Fossilized Amber and Spiced Marmalade

Matte Medium

Watercolour paper

Ecoline Pens

Gelly Roll Moonlight Pens

Thanks for looking! 

Gerbera Garland

 Hi There! Thought I would show you how I made this card today. 

I began by stamping the smaller gerbera in Black versafine Clair multiple times and cutting them out

On a 5.5" square of white card, I drew a wavy line using the tag inkable from set 5 with pencil.

I stamped 3 different freehand borders up to the wavy line using 3 different colours of versafine clair ink. 

Next I blended 3 coordinating distress oxide inks onto the gerberas and stuck them on to the wavy line with matte medium, overlapping them slightly. I also sponged a little ink around the edge. 

I chose a sentiment form the Wordage Everyday Sentiments 1 set and stamped it in black versafine ink.

Finally I matted and layered the panel onto a 7x7" card blank.

I used;

Doodle Art Gerbera stamp set

Freehand borders stamp set

Inkables Tags set 5

Versafine Clair ink in Nocturne, Bali Blue, Lilac Bloom and Avacado

Distress Oxide ink in Wilted Violet, Peacock Feathers and Twisted Citron 

Matte Medium

7" square card blank

5.5" square of white card

Thanks for looking! 

A Super Quick Journal Page

 

Hi there! I'm back from my holiday and here with a super quick journal page for my step by step today.

I began by cutting a piece of the Catalyst card to fit my page and stuck it down using matte Medium. 

Next I stamped the Moonflower using versafine clair black ink and cut it out.

Then I coloured it with some pastel highlighters and added some accents with Gelly Roll Moonlight pens

On the catalyst card I drew a rough cercle in the middle using a distress crayon and smudged it with my finger.

Finally I stuck the image and a wordy sticker to the page, adding some faux stitching. 

Here is the finished page once more.... 

And here it is with it's partner in the journal.

I used:

Bee Crafty Catalyst Cards #2 Full Colour A5

Bee Crafty Moon Flower Stamp set

Versafine Clair Black ink

Highlighter pens

Gelly Roll Moonlight Pens

Distress Crayon - Any coordinating shade will do

Wordy Stickers 1B

Matte Medium

12cm square sketch book

As the papers and the stamps are new this would be perfect for entering into this month's challenge over in the Bee Crafty Facebook group, where the theme is Something New.

Thanks for looking! 

Wear Your Best Smile Card

 

Hi There! I am here with a step by step for this super quick and simple card today.

I began by cutting the catalyst card to fit a 6x6 card, sponging a little brown ink around the edge

Next I cut out the leaf transparency, but not too close to the image

On a scrap of card I stamped the flower from Journaling Essentials #8 twice using versafine ink. I coloured them and cut them out, creating a smaller layer. 

I layered it up and attached the transparency and the flower to the card using matte medium.

Finally, I added a transparency sentiment to finish it off.

I used:

Journaling Essentials #8 Stamp set

Bee Crafty Catalyst Cards #2 full colour A5

Bee Crafty Transparency prints- Birds and sprigs

Bee Crafty Transparency Prints- Creative Words Black on White

Matte Medium

Black Versafine ink

Coloured pencils

No Live from me tonight as I am away from my craft table. Why not use the time to enter the Bee Crafty Challenge over in the Facebook group.

Thanks for looking!

Bloom and Grow

 

Hi There! Thought I would share how I put together this quick mini journal page with you using the new Catalyst cards and stamps from Bee Crafty. 

I began by cutting a piece of catalyst card to fit the page of my 5x5 journal. I rounded the corners to match the page. 

Next I used the innie leaf mask from dinkables set 14 and some picked Raspberry Distress oxide to add a leaf. 

On a scrap of white card I used versafine Clair ink to stamp the small gerbera and leaves from journaling essentials #2 before cutting them out. I used coloured pencils to colour the gerbera.

I also stamped the sentiment from the gerbera set and added a faux stitched line with a gelly roll moonlight pen. 

Finally I added all the elements into the journal and stuck them using Matte Medium

Here's the spread with the page I completed for 7th August's blog post. 

I used: 

Bee Crafty Catalyst Cards #2 A5 full colour

Bee Crafty Dinkables set 14 

Journaling Essentials #2 stamp set

Doodle Art Gerbera stamp set

Versafine Clair ink in Verdant, charming pink, Nocturne and Green Oasis

Picked Raspberry Distress Oxide

5x5" notebook/ journal

All of the new stamps, papers and transparencies can be found here.

Thanks for looking!