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! 

Circles Galore!

 

Hi there! For the month of August, over on the Be Crafty Stamps facebook group we have a challenge theme of Circles. Here's how I made the card above which has oodles of them. 

I began by blending ink from my blending brushes in a rainbow around the 6x6 inkable, Swirling circles. There was enough left over ink on my brushes to not need to ink them up again. 

Next I used the doodle Art mandala stamps to stamp over the inked background in Versafine Clair Desert sand ink.

 I also used some small circular stamps from Journaling essentials #3 to fill in the gaps amongst the mandala stamps. 

On a separate piece of card I stamped the Doodle art Dandedaisy in Black versafine Clair ink. 

I coloured it using ecoline pens and cut it out. 

Using 3d foam pads I attached it to the background panel, along with a sentiment and added the whole thing to the front of a 6x6 white card blank. 

Here is the finished card again.

I used:

Swirling Circles inkable

Doodle Art mandala stamp sets

Journaling Essentials #3 stamp set

Dandedaisy stamp set

Everyday words stamp set

Versafine Clair ink in Desert sand and Black

Ecoline pens

6x6 white card

5.5x5.5 card panel

Distress oxide inks (already on my brushes, but most likely Lumberjack Plaid, Spiced marmalade, mustard seed, Twisted Citron, Peacock feathers, blueprint sketch and wilted violet)

I hope this has given you the inspiration to look through your stamps and inkables for circles and have a go at entering the challenge! 

Thanks for looking!

Be Authentic Journal page

 

Hi There! Thought I would share how I made this Journal page with you today. 

I began by painting the two pages with Dylusions paints in Peony Blush, Laidback Lilac and Blue Lagoon.

Once this was dry I used a sharpie and a white gel pen to add borders to the stripes on the left hand page. 

I stamped the leaves onto the Right hand page using versafine clair black ink.

In the stripes, I also stamped some of the circular worker stamps in the same ink. 

Next, I used more of the worker stamps, but stamped these in lost shadow Distress oxide ink on both pages. 

I used the sharpie and the white gel pen to add the words, before stamping around both pages using Wilted Violet Distress Oxide ink.

Here's a final look at both pages again.

I used:

Journaling essentials #4

6" square Kraft Journal

Dylusions paints - I used Peony Blush, Laidback Lilac and Blue Lagoon

Black Sharpie pen

White gel pen

Distress oxide ink -I used Lost shadow and Wilted violet

Black versafine clair ink

Thanks for looking! 

Speak Your Truth Journal page

 

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

I began by blending Distress oxide ink in wavy lines across the pages. This page had had some matte medium and tissue paper applied to the centre where the book was falling apart a little. 

Next I inked up the Dinkable with Black soot, sprayed with water and pressed onto the pages 3 times. 

I used the same inks to colour a seperate piece of paper . 

I stamped the Doodle Art Gerbera large flower onto this and cut it out. 

On a scrap of the remaining paper I also stamped the small gerbera and cut that out too. 

I stamped a leaf from Journaling essentials #3 onto a scrap of white paper several times and cut those out too. 

using some of the other stamps from the set I added stamping around the page. I added the large flower and 5 leaves to the right page using matte medium.

I found a sentiment to add to the left page on a transparency sheet and added it using matte medium again. 

Finally I added a few white splatters with my posca, stuck the small flower in the bottom left corner with the remaining leaves and added white highlights to both flowers using a gel pen. 

I used

5x5" square notebook

Distress oxide ink in Picked Raspberry, Seedless Preserve, Wilted Violet, Blueprint Sketch, Peacock feathers and Black soot

Dinkables set 12

Doodle Art Gerbera stamp set

Journaling Essentials #3 stamp set

Transparency Prints - speak your truth

Black versafine Clair ink

White gel pen

White Posca pen

Matte Medium

There's only a little over a week left to enter the Vintage Challenge on the Bee Craft stamps group on Facebook. I do hope a few more people can find the time to enter. 

I will be live this evening on the Bee Crafty Facebook page at 8pm with more vintage inspiration. 

Thanks for looking!