Three little flowers

 

Hi There! I am here with a very simple card for you today, but perfect for our theme over in the Bee Crafty Stamps Facebook Group Challenge (where the theme is 3). 

I began by blending 3 shades of distress oxide inks through the mandala inkable, top left and bottom right on a 6x6 white card.  

Next I cut out 3 x 4cm squares of coordinating plain paper and stuck them down the middle of the card with matte medium. 

On a piece of vellum/ parchment paper, I stamped one of the flowers from journaling Essentials #4. I stamped it three times and white embossed them.

I cut out the flowers and shaped a little with a ball tool before attaching to the card using foam pads. 

Next I stamped the dotty line border around the corners top right and bottom left using one of the inks. 

I then stamped the sentiment on a scrap of card using one of the inks. 

Finally I added the sentiment to the card using more foam pads. 

I used:

6x6 white card

Mandala Inkable #1

Distress oxide inks - I used Cracked Pistachio, Peacock Feathers and Wilted Violet

Journaling Essentials #4 stamp set

Small Words stamp set

Vellum/ Parchment paper

Versamark ink pad

White embossing powder

Coordinating paper cut into 4cm squares

foam pads

Matte Medium

Hope you like it! I also hope you can join us for our challenge. 

Don't forget, if you find yourself on the Bee Crafty Website from my blog post, you can get yourself an extra 10% off by using my discount code! Just pop BEESALLY10 in at the checkout x

Love Bird journal page

 Hi There! As it is February I thought I would have a little play with some hearts in my 5x5 notebook journal.

I began by cutting a piece of catalyst card to fit the page, rounding the corners and sticking it down.

Next, I used the same design of catalyst card but in greyscale to cut a heart from. I matched it up to the design and drew through the 4" easy frame heart inkable.

Once I had cut out the heart, I sponged some uncharted Mariner around the heart and around the edge of the page. 

Using a blue pen from the gellyroll moonlight pen set, I added some hearts through the dinkable at the top of the page. 

I stuck down the greyscale heart, matching up the papers and added some faux stitching and highlights with the blue and white gellyroll pens.  

On a scrap of white card I stamped the words love and you from Mixed Messages #3 in versafine clair inks. I also stamped a small bird from Journaling essentials #6, cutting them all out. 

Finally, I added them to the page using matte medium and shaded a little pencil around love on the greyscale heart. 

Here is a look at the finished page again alongside the one opposite that I completed in my facebook live last week. you can find it here.

I used:

Catalyst Cards set #1 A5 in both Greyscale and full colour

4" heart easy frame

Dinkables set #14

Journaling essentials #6

Wordage Mixed Messages #3

Versafine Clair ink - I used Warm Breeze and Paradise

Coordinating distress oxide ink - I used uncharted Mariner

Gelly Roll Moonlight pens

Pencil for shading. 

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Thanks for looking! 

Three little Birds

 

Hi There! We have a brand new challenge over on the Bee Crafty Stamps Facebook group where the theme is 'three'. Here is a little inspiration as to how it could be interpreted. 

I began by smooshing 3 colours of Distress oxide onto a DL sized piece of mixed media paper. I dried it then added splatters of the same inks across all three colours

Next I stamped a set of leaves (from Journaling essentials #2) in each colour onto the corresponding area of the same colour. 

Using the 3 'rainbow' stamp from Journaling essentials #5 and the small circle, I added more stamping to the background (in sets of 3). I also sponged a little of the Mermaid Lagoon ink around the edge of the background. 

On a separate piece of card I stamped the 3 birds from Journaling essentials #6 and cut them out.

I also stamped the sentiment from Ticker Tape #1 in summer breeze versafine Clair

Finally I added the panel to a DL sized card, attaching the birds and sentiment with foam pads. 

I used:

Journaling Essentials stamps  - I used set #2, #5 and #6

Wordage Stamps - Ticker tape #1

Distress oxide inks - I used Picked Raspberry, mustard seed and Mermaid lagoon

Versafine Clair inks - I used Charming Pink, Warm Breeze and Golden Meadow. 

mixed media paper

Scrap of white card

foam pads

There is so much fun to be had using the inspiration of the number 3, and no matter how few supplies you may have, it is still possible to join in! Looking forward to seeing lots of entries! 

Don't forget, if you find yourself on the Bee Crafty Website from here, you can get yourself an extra 10% off by using my discount code! Just pop BEESALLY10 in at the checkout x

Thanks for looking! 

Same but different

 Hi There! Ever since Bev and Sam brought out the full colour and Greyscale catalyst cards, I've been meaning to have a go at something like this journal spread. Here's what I did.

I began by putting the same design of paper on opposite pages of my journal, one in greyscale and one in full colour. 

Once this was stuck to the page, I added some black soot distress oxide through a D'inkable in the same place on each side.

On a separate piece of card I stamped the Doodle Art gerbera and two butterflies, cutting the gerbera in half. I coloured in one pair with ecoline pens to match the background.

Just inking the centre of the butterfly I added the antennae and body to the pages, making sure there was enough room for the wings to lay flat.

I added the coloured flower and butterfly to the greyscale page and the white to the colour page. I also stamped the worker stamp a couple of times on each page in opposite corners.

I used white gel pen to add highlights to the coloured butterfly and flower....

and gelly roll moonlight florescent pens to add to the white butterfly and flower. 

Finally I added wordy stickers to both pages.

Here's another look at the finished pages. 

I used:

Doodle Art Butterfly stamp set

Doodle Art gerbera stamp set

A5 Catalyst Cards set #1 in full colour and Greyscale

Dinkable from Set 3

Wordy stickers (I used 2B)

Black Soot Distress Oxide ink

Versafine Clair black ink

Ecoline brush pens 

Gelly Roll Moonlight Pens

Matte Medium

 Also, If you find your way to the Bee Crafty Website through me, you can claim yourself 10% off by entering  this code at the Checkout:  BEESALLY10

There are just 2 more days to enter the challenge in the Bee Crafty Facebook Group,  where the theme is Vivid.

Thanks for looking! 

Go For It!

 

Hi there! Thought I would show you how I made this card for my blog post today. 

I began by covering a tag inkable in distress oxide ink, giving it a spritz of water then laying it ink side down on a piece of mixed media or watercolour card. I did this three times with the three different colours then dried with a heat tool. 

Once this was dry I added some more colour using the same inks and blending brushes. 

Next I took the innie from the 4" star easy frame and blended black soot distress oxide over it. I did this 3 times too. I also sponged a little black ink around the edges

using the Background Script stamp I added some patches of script randomly around the card using the black soot Distress Oxide ink

Next I added a few patches of Distress Spritz over the panel.

I cut the 3 words from the transparency sheet and added them to the stars using matte medium. 

Finally I attached the whole panel to a DL sized card. I did contemplate adding more to it, like white pen or butterflies but decided it was fine as it was. 

I used:

Mixed media card 9.5 x 20.5cm

DL card

Tag inkables - I used set 2 - Check out the offer on these at the moment

4" star easy frame 

Background Script stamp

Distress oxide inks - I used Black Soot, Abandoned Coral, Mustard Seed and Lucky Clover

Mister bottle

Distress Spritz - I used Worn Lipstick

Transparency Prints - I used Spontaneous words black on clear

Matte Medium

There is just over a week left to get your entries into the Vivid challenge over on the Bee Crafty Stamps facebook group. I hope you can join in and also take advantage of the tag inkables offer! Also, If you find your way to the Bee Crafty Website through me, you can claim yourself 10% off by entering  this code at the Checkout:  BEESALLY10

Thanks for looking! 

Beautiful Butterflies!

 

Hi There! I am here today with a step by step tutorial for this journal page. 

I began by spreading matte medium over the page and adding scraps of map, music paper and book pages. I also added some tissue that had been used to mop up some distress oxide sprays (Wild Honey and Salvaged patina)

Next I smooshed some cracked pistachio over the whole page. 

Using the Dinkable from set 13, I added some uncharted Mariner Distress Oxide and inked around the edge of the page.

I also added some texture paste through the dinkable from set 2

Once the texture paste was dry I gave it a little spray with uncharted Mariner Distress spritz, tilting the page to make it run, before setting aside to dry.

On a separate piece of card I stamped the doodle art butterfly twice in Memento ink and coloured with alcohol markers. I cut these out.

using the stamp without an acetate block I added the antennae and body of the butterfly to the page twice. I also stamped a couple of one of the small worker stamps by the page edge.

Finally I added the butterflies, some white splatters, a wordy sticker and some gelly roll moonlight pen highlights to the page. 

Here is the page once more...

...and here is a close up of one of the butterflies.

I used:

5x5" notebook

Matte Medium

Scraps of book paper, music, map, tissue or catalyst card

Distress Oxide inks - I used Cracked Pistachio and Uncharted Mariner

Bee Crafty Dinkables sets 2 and 13

Texture paste

Distress Spritz - I used Uncharted Mariner

Doodle Art Butterfly stamp set

Memento black ink

Alcohol markers

Gelly Roll Moonlight pens

Posca pen for white splats

Wordy stickers - I used 2B

I think this fits the the theme on our bee Crafty Stamps group challenge at the moment, which is Vivid. Hope you can join in! 

Thanks for looking!