Challenge inspiration

 

Hi There! I am here with a little inspiration for the new challenge over in the Bee Crafty Stamps Facebook group, where the challenge is 'Paint'. 

I began by painting the background of my coaster with Dylusions paints. 

When this was dry I added some white gesso through the Bakewell Big one inkable. 

Using the worker stamps from the doodle Art Cone Flower stamp set, I added a little stamping in black Versafine Clair ink. 

On a separate piece of card, I stamped the smaller cone Flower in the same ink and cut it out. I coloured it using distress inks. 

Finally I added it to the background along with some wordy stickers, adding some faux stitching with a gel pen and a fine liner. 

Here it is once more. 

I used:

Doodle Art Cone Flower stamp set

Big ones inkable - Bakewell 

Black Versafine Clair ink

Distress inks  - I used Ripe Persimmon, Mustard Seed and Rustic Wilderness 

White Gesso

Dylusions paints - I used Crushed Grape, Periwinkle and Polished Jade

Matte Medium

Thanks for looking and I hope it has inspired you to enter the Bee crafty Stamps Facebook Group challenge. 

Learn from Yesterday Art Journaling

 

Hi There! Here's a journal spread that I created using the latest stamps, Dinkables and Catalyst Collage papers from Bee Crafty. Let me show you how I did it.

I began by painting the right page of a double in my Kraft journal with white gesso.

Next, I added some drops of laidback lilac, peony blush and pure sunshine Dylusions paint, and spread them around with my fingers.

Once this was dry I used the lines Dinkable to add some polished jade dylusions paint...

and some white gesso through the Dotty Dinkable. 

I added my selected Catalyst collage paper, torn to fit, to the left page with matte medium. 

Using the same dinkables and paint I added some dots and lines to the left page. I also added a few scraps left over from the papers to the right page with matte medium. 

On a piece of white card, I stamped the largest cone flower and coloured it with coloured pencils. Then I cut it out. 

Finally, I added it to the right page with matte medium, along with some wordy stickers. 

Here are the finished pages again.

I used:

Catalyst Collage papers - I used Birds and Sunflowers A5

Dinkables set 15

Doodle art Cone Flower Stamp set

Wordy Stickers 3B

Dylusions paint - I used laidback lilac, peony Blush, Pure sunshine and polished jade

White gesso

Black ink - I used Versafine Clair Nocturne

Coloured pencils

Matte Medium

There's almost a week left of September , so please don't forget to get your entries in the Bee Crafty Stamps Facebook Group challenge, where the theme is Embossing.

Thanks for looking! 

Hey Sunshine!

 

Hi There! I thought I would show you how I made this simple card today using the gorgeous new stamps from Bee Crafty. 

I began by stamping the beautiful larger coneflower in black Versafine Clair ink and coloured it in using ecoline pens. Once it was done I cut it out. 

Next I took an A5 base card and fastened a big one inkable to it using masking tape. Through the inkable I blended 3 distress oxide inks. 

I added to the background by stamping various stamps from Journaling Essentials #9 in lost shadow Distress Ink. 

Next I added a border using several worker stamps from the Cone Flower set, also in Lost shadow ink

I used a sentiment from Mixed Messages #4 stamp set in Purple Delight Versafine Clair ink.

I used 3d foam pads to add the cone flower to the front of the card. 

Finally I added some white highlights to the flower using a gel pen. 

I used:

Bee Crafty Doodle Art Cone Flower stamp set

Journaling Essentials 9 stamp set

Wordage Mixed messages #4 stamp set

Big ones inkable 

Distress oxide inks in Spiced Marmalade, Mustard Seed and Picked Raspberry

Distress ink in Lost Shadow

Versafine Clair ink in Nocturne and Purple Delight

A5 card

3d foam pads

Ecoline pens

White gel pen

I will be live over on the Bee crafty Facebook page at 8pm this evening, so please tune in if you can! 

Thanks for looking! 

Samples for Bee Crafty

 

Hi There! I hope you were able to see the new products launch by Bee Crafty yesterday. I am here sharing the samples that I made. 

My first is a very simple white embossed cone flower card, using the same techniques as last week's blog post. 

Next up I used the A4 catalyst collage papers- Birds and Sunflowers. The rich colours on these papers are wonderful! 

I created this rainbow journal spread using Journaling Essentials 9 stamp set. 

Here's another card made using the gorgeous Doodle Art cone flower stamps. 

For these two samples I used the Catalyst collage papers- painted petals and portraits along with the Journaling Essentials 9 stamp set

There are loads more samples from the  Creative Team to come as well as on the Facebook group.  I can't wait to see what you create with these gorgeous stamps and papers

Here's some links for you- there are some fab multibuy offers at the moment!

Catalyst Collage papers  

Doodle Art Cone Flowers stamp set

Journaling Essentials #9 stamp set

Dinkables set 15

Thanks for looking! 

Hello September

 

Hi There! Thought I would share a bit of embossing with you today, as our new challenge over in the Bee Crafty Stamps Facebook group is embossing. This can be heat embossing or dry embossing, so here I am using heat embossing. 

I began by blending autumnal colours of Distress oxide inks over a 4x4" piece of watercolour card. 

Once this was dry, I stamped the leaves in Versamark ink and sprinkled with clear embossing powder

Using a heat tool I melted the embossing powder and then let it cool. 

Over the top of this I sponged a good layer of Ground Espresso Distress Oxide ink.  

Next i spritzed with some coordinating Distress spritz and left to dry before a quick polish of the embossed areas with a soft cloth.

Finally I added a wordy sticker sentiment. 

Here is a close up of that shimmer too. 

I used:

Mixed Leaves art stamps

Distress oxide inks - I used Mustard Seed, Rusty Hinge, Peeled Paint, Crackling Campfire, Walnut stain and Ground Espresso

Clear Embossing powder

Versamark ink

Distress spritz - I used Spiced Marmalade, Barn Door and Walnut Stain

Autumn Wordy stickers

I will be live this evening on the Bee Crafty Facebook page with more ideas for our embossing themed challenge.

I am a little late today because I am catching up with chores after Black Belt Camp at the weekend. 12 hours of karate over 2 days at Keele University.  Here's a couple of photos 

Thanks for looking! 

Faux bleached flower

 

Hi There! I am here with a really simple card  today. Here is how I made it.

I began by blending 3 shades of Distress oxide across a piece of Watercolour paper. 

Once this was dry, I stamped the dandedaisy in versamark ink and heat embossed in white. 

I painted the flower with water and also splattered the background with water. I mopped the excess water and colour with a dry cloth. 

Using the same colours of distress spritz, I added some colourful splatters too.

                                      

Finally, I added a border stamped in Wilted violet ink and added the panel to the front of a 7x5" white card.

I used:

Dandedaisy stamp set

Versamark ink

White embossing powder

Distress oxide - I used Wilted Violet, Picked Raspberry and Fossilized Amber

Distress Spritz - I used Wilted Violet, Picked Raspberry and Fossilized Amber

Thanks for looking! 

Dragonfly Ripples

 

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

On a 6x4" plain white card blank I added some ink blended dots through a Dinkable from set 2 using Picked Raspberry Distress oxide ink. 

I stamped a doodle Art mandala in Versafine Clair bali Blue ink in the opposite corners. 

On a scrap of white card I stamped the Doodle Art Dragonfly in Memento ink and coloured it with Alcohol markers before cutting it out. 

Next I added some of the yellow and green pen to the stamped mandalas. 

I also added a few pink and white highlights to the Dragonfly with gellyroll moonlight pens. 

on a separate piece of card I stamped the sentiment, cut it out and matted it onto a scrap of turquoise paper. 

Finally I added both the sentiment and the Dragonfly to the front of the card using 3d foam pads. 

I used:

Dinkables set 2

Doodle Art Mandalas set #1

Doodle Art Dragonfly stamp set

Small Words stamp set

Versafine Clair Bali Blue ink 

Distress oxide ink in Picked Raspberry

Black Memento ink

6x4 base card

Gelly Roll moonlight pens

Alcohol markers

Those mandalas make it ideal for entry into our Circles challenge over in the Bee Crafty Stamps Facebook Group so I do hope it has inspired you to have a go and enter! 

Thanks for looking!