Blues

 

Hi There! We have a new challenge in the Bee Crafty Facebook Group where the theme is Blues, so here is a little inspiration for you.

I began by spraying a piece of mixed media card with 3 shades of Distress oxide sprays. 

I dried this and also smooshed another couple of pieces for future projects with the overspill onto the glass mat.

I used the star Dinkable and the embossing dabber to add embossing ink to 2 thirds of the blue background....

...before adding sparkly clear embossing powder and heat setting it.

Using another dinkable, I added prize ribbon distress oxide to the remaining 3rd of the background. 

I matted and layered this onto a 5" square white card. 

Next, I stamped the Christmas tree in brilliance ink onto a piece of frosted shrink plastic. 

I carefully cut this out trying to avoid smudging the wet ink, before shrinking and drying with a heat gun. If you haven't used shrink plastic before, it is good to have a pokey tool or tweezers to hand as it wriggles as it shrinks. 

Finally I added the tree, along with a wordy sticker sentiment to the card using 3d foam pads. This was a really fun make. 

I used:

Dinkables - I used dinkables from set 1 and set 8

Bee Crafty Doodle Art Christmas tree stamp set

Winter wordy stickers

9cm square mixed media card

Distress Oxide sprays

Embossing dabber

Clear sparkle embossing powder

Shrink plastic

Distress oxide ink - I used Prize Ribbon

Brilliance ink - I used Mediterranean Blue 

5x5" white card

3d foam pads

Thanks for looking! 

Tis the Season... well almost!

 

Hi there! Wreaths are one of my favourite things to create on a Christmas card and there are lots of small worker stamps on Bee Crafty Stamp sets that lend themselves to this. Here's a card I made using the Baubleicious worker stamps. 

I began with a 4x4inch square of cream card. I used the 4" circle easy frame to blend around with my brown ink brush (There was enough ink on the brush to do this without reinking it)

Next I used the pine branch from the worker stamps to add some stamping in Desert Sand memento ink

I also added some leaves in new sprout to the background. 

I added some darker green leaves around the original circle. 

Using Rhubarb Stalk ink, I added the sentiment in the middle and some berries around the wreath. I then matted and layered it onto coordinating card and a cream 5" square base card.

I added lots of berries and spots of glitter glue using a variety of Stickles and Liquid pearls.

Finally I used a green colouring pencil to colour in just the central leaves. The last two steps would have been better done the other way round! 

Here is the finished card again.

I used:

Baublelicious Stamp Set

4"Circle Easy Frame

Inks - I used Memento inks in Desert sand, New Sprout, Bamboo Leaves and Rhubarb Stalk

Green colouring Pencil

Stickles Glitter Glue and Liquid pearls

4" square of cream card

5" square base card

Coordinating card for matting and layering

There are just 4 more days to enter the challenge over in the bee Crafty Stamps Facebook Group. The theme is Sparkle, so a little glitter glue is all you need! 

Thanks for looking! 

Another sparkly card

 

Hi There! I am here with another sparkly seasonal card for my Bee Crafty project this week. Here's how I made it. 

I cut a square panel of grey card and used the easy frame circle and white ink to create an outline for my wreath. I also sponged white ink around the edges. 

Next I used the leafy stamp from the Baubleicious stamp set to stamp around the circle in brown ink. 

Using green ink I added more foliage from the same stamp set around the circle. 

I used the small berry stamp to add to the wreath using plum coloured ink. 

Using metallic water colour paints I painted the leaves in green. I splattered the card with the paint brush too. 

Using red metallic watercolour paint I added some more slatters to the card and left it to dry. 

I used liquid pearls and Stickles glitter glue to add berries to the wreath.

On a separate piece of card I stamped the sentiment from the same stamp set in red ink and heat embossed it using crackling campfire Distress glaze

Finally I matted and layered the panel to a square card and added the sentiment on 3d foam pads to the centre. 

Here's another angle so you can see the sparkle.

I used:

Doodle Art Baubleicious stamp set

Easy Frame circle (I used the 6" but I think the 4" would work equally well)

White ink

Brown green and plum coloured ink (I used memento but Versafine Clair would work too)

Versafine Clair Strawberry ink

Distress Embossing glaze - I used Crackling Campfire but Lumberjack Plaid or Candied apple would be equally good

Grey card

White base card

Paper for matting and layering

3d foam pads

I am pleased with how this one turned out! Thanks for looking and don't forget to enter the challenge! 

Quick and Sparkly!

 

Hi There! I am here again with some inspiration for the Sparkle Challenge over in the Bee Crafty Stamps Facebook group. Here is how I made this super quick and easy card (quick except for the drying time!)

I began by applying some Stickles glue gel through the star dinkable from set one onto a piece of black card. I set this aside to dry. 

On a piece of red card I stamped the bauble and heat embossed in a sparkly gold. 

I matted and layered the dry strip of black card and added it to the front of a white 6x6" card. 

I added a sentiment in red ink and cut out and added the bauble using 3d foam tape

Here is the finished card.

I used:

Dinkables Set 1

Doodle Art Baubleicious stamp set

Stickles glitter gel

Gold embossing powder

Versamark ink pad

Strawberry Versafine Clair ink

Red card, Black card

White 6x6" card base

Thanks for looking! 

A bit of sparkle

 

Hi There! We have a new challenge over on the Bee Crafty Stamps Facebook group where the theme is Sparkle, so I thought I would share a single layer Christmas card with you today. Here is how I made it.

I began by heat embossing a Doodle Art Bauble onto an A6 white card blank using some silver sparkle embossing powder.

Next, I stamped the same bauble onto a post it note and cut it out to make a mask. 

Placing the mask over the embossed image I place a Dinkable on top and used masking tape to secure it to the card. I then blended Blueprint sketch and Peacock Feathers Distress ink through the dinkable. 

After removing the mask, dinkable and tape, I used some metallic watercolour paints to paint the Bauble. 

I used a silver pen to add strands of thread for the bauble to dangle from. 

Finally I added a sentiment from the mixed messages Christmas set. 

Here is the finished card once more....

And here is a close-up of the sparkle. 

I used:

Doodle Art Baubleicious Stamp set

Dinkables Set 15

Mixed Messages: Christmas

Versamark Ink pad

Silver Sparkle embossing powder

Metallic watercolours

Distress inks - I used blueprint sketch and peacock feathers

Post it notes for masking

masking tape

Thanks for looking! 

Resting Witch Face journal page

 

Hi There! I am here with a simple journal page for my blog post today. Here's how it came together. 

I chose an autumn portrait catalyst Collage paper and trimmed off the white edges. I then stamped some elements from Journaling Essentials #9 around the page using walnut stain distress oxide. 

I stamped the Doodle Art pumpkins on a scrap of paper and watercoloured them using more distress oxide inks. 

Next I stamped some leaves from the Art Stamp mixed leaves set and smooshed them with contrasting distress oxide inks

Once these elements were dry I added the page to my journal and the leaves and pumpkins to the page. 

using both stardust and white gelly roll pens, I added some highlights to the page, both on the catalyst collage paper and the stamped items. 

I finished off the page by adding an autumn wordy sticker, adding more faux stitching around the sticker. 

I used:

Catalyst Collage papers - Autumn Portrait A5

Journaling Essentials #9 stamp set

Art Stamps - Mixed Leaves

Doodle Art Pumpkins stamp set

Autumn Wordy Stickers B

Distress oxide inks - I used walnut stain, Carved Pumpkin, Peeled Paint, Crackling Campfire and Aged Mahogany

Black Versafine or versafine clair ink

Gelly Roll moonlight pens

Thanks for looking!