Wednesday, 27 May 2026

Moths and inkables

 

Hi there! I am here today with a journal spread that starts with inkables, so more inspiration for this month's challenge. 

I began by wiping a distress oxide ink pad across the bakewell inkable. I spritzed it with water then laid it onto the pages.
Next I smooshed some Rusty Hinge distress oxide over the top. 
When this was dry, I used the small butterfly easy frame innie to add some walnut stain distress oxide ink like a shadow. 
On a separate piece of card, I stamped the two middle-sized moths and coloured them using ecoline markers before cutting them out.  
I added some stamping using the same inks and the Journal Art Elements 3 stamp set. 
Finally I added the moths to the page using matte medium, along with a wordy sticker and a few white pen highlights to the moths.

I used:
Butterfly easy frame - I used the smaller 4" one
Journal Art Elements 3 stamp set available in this bundle
Distress oxide inks - I used Walnut Stain, Mermaid Lagoon and Rusty Hinge
Black versafine Clair ink
Ecoline markers

You have until Sunday Evening to enter the challenge so get those inkables out and have a play x
Thanks for looking! 

Wednesday, 20 May 2026

A sparkly daisy card

 

Hi There! I have a card for you today incorporating some embossing and some faux bleaching. Here's how I made it. 

I began by blending distress inks across a 6x4" piece of satin finish card. 


I used a dinkable from set 11 to add a little more of the Mermaid Lagoon ink 
Once this was dry, I gave it a wipe with an anti-static cloth before stamping the Doodle Art Daisy in Embossing ink and heat embossing it using white embossing powder. 
I painted the daisy with water and lifted the colour using a piece of paper towel. I also gently spattered across the abandoned coral ink and lifted the colour from there too. 


using the same distress inks I stamped the border and another worker stamp around the panel.
Using some metallic watercolour paints I added some paler colours to the daisy. 
I used the same Dinkable to add ink to two corners of an A5 base card. 
I layered the inky panel on to some coordinating paper and added it to the front of the card. 
Finally here's a close up of the shimmery paint on the daisy. 

I used:
Dinkables - I used set 11
Distress inks - I used Abandoned Coral and Mermaid Lagoon
Embossing Ink
Metallic paints
Satin finish card
A5 base card

Thanks for looking! 

Wednesday, 13 May 2026

Inkables Inspiration

Hi there! I am here with a simple card using stamps and inkables today. As our theme on the Bee Crafty Stamps Facebook group is to use inkables I thought this would provide a little inspiration.  Here's how I made it.
 
I began by blending rusty Hinge ink through a dinkable to create the background.

Next, I stamped the Doodle Art Cone Flower onto some watercolour paper  using Versafine Clair ink and cut it out. I coloured it using ecoline markers
Using some of the smaller stamps from the Coneflower set I added a little stamping around the edge of the card in Versafine Clair Strawberry ink.
Using the dotty stamp from the set, I added a little more to the background in Rusty Hinge Distress ink. 
I added the cone flower on 3d foam pads to the background along with a wordy sticker sentiment. I also added some white pen faux stitching. 
Here is the finished card again. 
I used:
Rusty Hinge Distress ink
White pen
Ecoline pens
3d foam pads
6x6 card

Thanks for looking! 

Wednesday, 29 April 2026

My most favourite Bee Crafty Colour Palette yet!

 

Hi there! I had a lovely time playing in my journal with the latest Bee Crafty Palette. Here's what I did. 

I began by sponging Broken China and Twisted Citron across a double page in my 5x5" journal. 
Next I used the Fern Flourish and Bakewell Inkable: Big ones and blended through some Villainous Potion and Rustic Wilderness Distress Oxide inks.

I also sprayed a little Twisted citron Distress Spritz through the inkable. 
Whilst the background was drying I stamped the Doodle Art Dragonfly in Versafine clair black ink and coloured it using broken China and Villainous potion Distress Oxide inks. I also added a few white pen dots. 
Once the background was dry I added some stamping using the smaller stamps from Journaling Essentials #9 and the same distress oxide inks. 
Next I added the dragonfly to the page using matte medium. 
On a scrap of lime green card I stamped the ticker tape sentiment in black versafine clair. I cut it out and added it to the page with matte medium. 
Here are the finished pages again. 

I used:
Distress Spritz - Twisted Citron
Distress Oxide inks in Villainous Potion, Rustic Wilderness, Twisted Citron and Broken China
Black Versafine Clair ink
White posca pen

Thanks for looking! 

Wednesday, 22 April 2026

A Very Quick and Simple Card

 

Hi There! Today I am here with a step by step for a very simple card using this week's crafty Palette. Here's how I made it. 

I began by using masking tape to secure Inkable Mandala 4 to the front of an ivory deckle edged 6x6" blank card. I blended Picked Raspberry, Broken china, Cracked Pistachio and Aged Mahogany through the inkable. 
On a scrap of cream card I blended striped of the same inks and then stamped the smaller Lillius onto the blended ink with Versafine Clair black ink.
Next I cut out the flower and attached it to the front of the card using 3d foam tape.
I added gold liquid pearls to the stamens and used the gelly Roll moonlight sparkle pen to go over the flower to make it twinkle.
Finally I added the sentiment from the Lillius set using Black versafine Clair ink. 
Tod you it was quick and easy! 
I used:
Distress inks in Broken China, Picked Raspberry, Cracked Pistachio and Aged Mahogany 
Black versafine Clair ink
6x6" ivory deckle edged card blank

There is just over a week left to get your entries in to the Bee Crafty Stamps facebook group challenge where the theme is Spring Zing (Spring images and/or Bright Zingy colours) 
I hope you can join in the fun for a chance to win a prize! 
Thanks for looking! 

Wednesday, 15 April 2026

Journal pages using this week's Bee Crafty Palette

Hi There! This week I thought I would have a little play with the Bee Crafty Palette in my journal. Every week Bev is providing some inspiration on the Bee Crafty Facebook page for the new colours. Some folk might find 5 shades of brown a bit tricky, but to me it gave off vintage vibes, so here's what I did. 
 
I began by smooshing some Rusty Hinge distress oxide ink over a double page in my journal. 

I also smooshed some Vintage photo distress oxide ink. 
Using the same ink I used a tag inkable from set one and blended through it around the pages. 
Next I used the script stamp (not on a stamping block) to add patches of script in Ground espresso Distress oxide ink.  
To finish off the background, I added a few splatters of the Ground Espresso and some white splatters too. 
I chose one of the small images from the front A4 sheet of Autumn portraits Catalyst collage papers. I cut it out and blended a little ink around the edges. 
On a scrap of paper, I stamped the large flower from Journaling essentials set 8, cut it out and coloured it using rusty hinge Distress oxide ink. 
I added both of these to the pages with matte medium, adding a few highlights with a gold pen. On the background, I also added a little stamping using a smaller stamp from the journaling essentials set already mentioned. 
On a piece of rust coloured paper, I stamped and heat embossed a ticker tape sentiment in white. 
I cut this out and added it to the pages with matte medium. 
Here are the finished pages once more. 

I used:
Distress Oxide inks in Rusty Hinge, Vintage Photo and Ground Espresso
Versamark ink
White ink/ paint or posca pen for splatters

I will be live at 8pm this evening on the Bee Crafty Facebook page. I hope you can join me. 
Thanks for looking!