Favourite colours and stamps

 

Hi There! What do you do when your mojo is on holiday? I get out my favourite colours and favourite stamps and just have a play. This card was the result of just such a play. 

I began by painting a piece of watercolour paper with laidback lilac, blue lagoon and fresh lime dylusions paint using a wet brush and blending the edges together

Once this was dry, I painted white gesso through the Circles Big one inkable using a stencil brush. This too was left to dry.

I used the Mandala stamps to add to the background, stamping in Versafine Clair Summer Breeze and embossing with clear embossing powder. 

I matted and layered this onto a White A5 card. 

On a piece of mixed media card I stamped the sunflower, using versafine Clair, and coloured it with Ecoline markers before cutting out.

I attached this to the background using ultra thick gel medium. 

on a scrap of card I stamped the sentiment from mixed messages 1 and sponged a little ink around the edge, shaping the ends of the strip. 

Here is the finished card again. 

I used:

Dylusions paint in Laidback Lilac, Blue Lagoon and Fresh Lime

White gesso

Big ones inkable - Circles #1

Doodle Art Mandalas #2 stamp set

Doodle Art Sunflower stamp set

Versafine Clair in Summer Breeze, Nocturne and Monarch

Clear embossing powder

Ecoline markers

Ultra Thick gel medium

Mixed Messages #1 stamp set

I really enjoyed making this card and it certainly helped to find my mojo again. 

Thanks for looking! 

A Quick and Simple card

 

Hi There! I am here with a super quick and easy card for you today using today's and yesterday's January Savers. 

I began by placing the scales inkable over a 6x6 white card blank and blended teal, yellow and magenta ink through using blending brushes.

Next I stamped the larger flower from blooming blooms, and a smaller one either side of it, using Versafine Clair ink.

Using a 0.05 micron pen, I extended the stem to the bottom edge of the card.

I coloured the flowers using ecoline brush pens. 

I created a border around the card using the small squiggle from Blooming Blooms. 

Finally I stamped the sentiment from ticker tape 4 onto a scrap of card and cut it out, attaching it to the card using 3d foam pads.

Here is the finished card again.

I used:

6x6" card blank

Scales 6x6 inkable

water based dye ink in teal, yellow and magenta (Memento or Distress ink will both work)

Blooming Blooms stamp set

Micron pen

Black Versafine Clair ink

Ecoline markers

Ticker Tape 4 stamp set

3d foam pads

I do love a card that comes together as quickly as that did! Thanks for looking and don't forget to check out todays final January saver!

Dream big!

 

Hi There! Thought I would show you how I made this Journal page that would work equally well on a card. 

I began by smooshing Spiced marmalade and picked Raspberry Distress oxide ink onto a mixed media page

Next I used Dinkables from  sets 2 and 8 to add more of the same distress oxide inks 

I used the stitched borders and the script background stamp to add a little random stamping around the page

On a separate piece of card, I stamped some flowers from journaling essentials 3 in versafine black ink.

I cut out and coloured the flowers with ecoline pens. 

I stamped a border from freehand Borders 2 in the same versafine ink and added the flowers, leaves and stems using Matte Medium. Finally I added a sentiment using the Picked Raspberry Distress Oxide ink.

Here's the finished card again.

I used:

Distress oxide inks in Spiced Marmalade and Picked Raspberry

D'inkables Sets 2 and 8

Stitch border stamp set

Script Background stamp set

Journaling Essentials 3 stamp set

Freehand Borders 2 stamp set

Mixed Messages 1 stamp set

Versafine ink

Ecoline pens

Matte Medium

Do keep your eyes on the Bee Crafty Facebook page, Instagram and YouTube as there are all sorts of challenges, offers and prizes as May marks the 21st birthday of Bee Crafty! 

Thanks for looking! 

A quick and simple Christmas card

 

Hi There! Are you beginning to panic a bit about Christmas yet? I have made very few cards so far this year and need to get a move on! Here is a very simple one to get me started. 

I began by placing the circle from the 4" easy frame in the centre of a 13cm square card, Then placing the snowflakes multi inkable over the top, taping them down at the corners. 

I used salvaged patina distress ink to blend through the stencil taking care to keep the circle central

I removed the snowflakes inkable and added more ink around the edge of the card and the edge of the circle.

I stamped the sentiment in the centre of the circle with versamark ink and heat embossed it with gold powder.

I stamped the poinsettia in black ink onto a scrap of card and coloured it using ecoline pens

I attached it to the card with ultra thick gel medium. 

Finally I added the liquid pearls around the circle 

Here is the finished card again.

I used 

13cm square white card

Yuletide everyday Christmas Circles

Poinsettia Regular stamp set (discontinued but the XL one is here)

4" circle easy frame

snowflakes multi inkable

Salvaged patina distress ink

Versamark ink

Versafine clair black ink

Ecolines

Gold embossing powder

Ultra thick gel medium

On Wednesday I did a facebook live and created these cards. 

You can find the live here if you haven't seen it yet.

Thanks for looking! 

A Bee Crafty Journal page

 Hi there! Thought I would share a journal page I finished yesterday. Here's how I did it.

I began by spraying the tag inkable with frayed burlap distress oxide spray  and pressing it onto the page. I spritzed it with a little water to get another impression at the top of the page, and tried to go for a third, but there wasn't enough ink left.

I cut a piece of Dina Wakeley collage paper big enough to fit the central area and stuck it down with Distress Matte Collage medium. 

Next I stamped the coffee stains and numbers randomly around the page using peacock feathers distress oxide ink.

I used distress crayons to add a little colour into the coffee stains. 

I stamped and die cut the large butterfly and coloured it using ecoline pens

I die cut a circle from black card and the words from the acetate sheet

Using the collage medium I added the circle, words and butterfly to the page. 

Here is the finished page....

and here is the page opposite it's partner in my journal. If you want to see how the other page was created you can find the live here.

I used:

Dylusions Creative Journal Mini

Inkables tags set 2

Dina Wakeley Collage papers - text collage

Distress oxide spray - frayed Burlap

Distress oxide ink- peacock feathers

Coffee stain stamps

XL birds and butterflies stamps

XL birds and butterflies dies

Ecoline pens

Distress crayons

Collage medium

Transparency prints - Spontaneous words black

Thanks for looking! 

Blue...

 

Over in the Bee Crafty Stamps Facebook group, our challenge theme for this month is 'blue', so I made this card as a little inspiration. 

I began by blending three shades of blue oxide ink over a 15cm square piece of mixed media card.

I splattered it with water and brushed pewter distress spray stain.

Once this was dry I used one of the latest dinkables to add some ink to the background.

I added some distress crackle paste through the brick dinkable with a palette knife and dried with a heat gun. 

I used the Journal art elements 3 and distress oxide inks to add some stamping to the background.

On a scrap of watercolour card, I stamped the largest of the dandedaisies and coloured it with ecoline pens before cutting it out. 

On an 18cm square card, I used the new texture discs to add a little shading. 

I stamped a sentiment from ticker tape 4 in versafine black onto white card and added it to the background, along with the flower using foam pads. 

Here's a close up of the texture and that beautiful flower.

I used:

Distress oxide ink in Prize Ribbon, Uncharted Mariner and Broken China.

Dinkables set 2 and 11

Distress crackle texture paste

Journal Art Elements 3

Doodle Art Dandedaisy stamp set

Ecoline pens

Texture discs set 4

Wordage ticker tape 4 stamp set

Versafine black ink 

Thanks for looking and please do make something that is predominately blue to enter in the challenge!