The Sun Will Rise...

 

Hi There! Thought I would share a bit of journaling with you today. Here's how it came together. 

I began by spraying the page with Salvaged Patina Distress Oxide spray, Tarnished Brass Distress stain and Fossilized Amber Distress Spritz. 

When this was dry, I stamped clocks and cogs in Peacock Feathers Distress oxide ink across the page. 

Next, I added some script in Vintage Photo Distress Oxide ink...

along with some stitchy borders and a little stencilling through a texture disc. 

In my stash I found some teal coloured parchment paper. I heat embossed the leaves on it before cutting them out. 

I stamped the rainbow bird and painted it using pastel shades of distress oxides.

Using Matte Medium, I attached the leaves and bird to the left page. 

On the right page I added a transparency sentiment.

Here is  the finished page again. 

I used:

Time is Free Stamp set

Background Script Stamp Set

Journaling Essentials #6 Stamp set

Rainbow Birds stamp set

Texture Discs set 4

Distress oxide spray - I used Salvaged patina

Distress spray stain - I used Tarnished Brass

Distress Spritz - I used Fossilized amber

Distress oxide inks in Vintage Photo, Peacock Feathers, Squeezed Lemonade, Dried Marigold and Spun Sugar

White embossing powder

The Best things take time transparency sheets

Matte Medium

I will be live at 8pm this evening over on the Bee Crafty Facebook Page. Do join me if you can. 

Don't forget, if you find yourself on the Bee Crafty Website from my blog post, you can get yourself an extra 10% off by using my discount code! Just pop BEESALLY10 in at the checkout x

Thanks for looking! 

Grungy flower card

 

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

I began by smooshing a piece of watercolour paper with Distress oxide inks.

Next I rubbed a little microglaze through the tag inkable before spraying with Walnut stain Distress Spritz before leaving it to dry.

Using the Background script stamp without putting it onto a block, I added some patches of stamping in Tea Dye Distress oxide. 

On another piece of card I stamped the flower from Journaling essentials #8 3 times and coloured it in, cutting it out to layer it up.

I used more stamps from this set to add to the background, before matting and layering it onto a card base

I also stamped some of the leaves from Journaling essentials #3 onto a scrap of smooshed card.

On a scrap of dark brown card, I stamped the sentiment in Versamark ink and heat embossed it in white, before adding all the elements to the card base using either foam pads or matte medium.

Here is the finished card again. 

I used: 

Tag inkables set 1

Script background stamp

Journaling Essentials #3 and #8 stamp sets

Small words stamp set

Distress oxide inks in dried Marigold, Cracked Pistachio and tea Dye

Distress Micro glaze

Distress Spritz in Walnut stain

Versafine Clair Pinecone ink

Versamark ink

White embossing powder

Cream A5 card

Watercolour card 6x4"

Dark brown card for matting and layering and the sentiment

Thanks for looking! 

Another Autumnal Journal Page

 

Hi There! I am here with another simple journal page inspired by Autumn, which is the theme of our challenge this month in the Bee Crafty Stamps Facebook Group.

I began by cutting a piece of greyscale catalyst card to fit my page in my 5x5" notebook. 

I blended Distress ink in autumn colours across the page and sponged walnut stain around the edges.

Using Spiced Marmalade Distress Oxide I stamped the small gerbera and some of the words randomly around the page

Using Versafine Clair Acorn ink I added the corner stamp at each corner to the background

Next I inked up the large leaf stamp from Journaling Essentials # in Black Versafine Clair and stamped it across the page. 

Finally I added the sentiment using Wordy stickers and used a white gel pen to add some faux stitching around the edges.

I used:

Bee Crafty Catalyst Cards #2 - A5 Greyscale

Bee Crafty Doodle Art Gerbera stamp set

Bee Crafty Journaling essentials #7 stamp set

Bee Crafty Wordy Stickers #3 B

Distress ink in Peeled Paint, Crackling Campfire, Mustard Seed and Walnut stain

Distress oxide ink in Spiced Marmalade

Versafine Clair ink in Acorn and Nocturne

small square notebook (5x5")

Thanks for looking! 

Wear Your Best Smile Card

 

Hi There! I am here with a step by step for this super quick and simple card today.

I began by cutting the catalyst card to fit a 6x6 card, sponging a little brown ink around the edge

Next I cut out the leaf transparency, but not too close to the image

On a scrap of card I stamped the flower from Journaling Essentials #8 twice using versafine ink. I coloured them and cut them out, creating a smaller layer. 

I layered it up and attached the transparency and the flower to the card using matte medium.

Finally, I added a transparency sentiment to finish it off.

I used:

Journaling Essentials #8 Stamp set

Bee Crafty Catalyst Cards #2 full colour A5

Bee Crafty Transparency prints- Birds and sprigs

Bee Crafty Transparency Prints- Creative Words Black on White

Matte Medium

Black Versafine ink

Coloured pencils

No Live from me tonight as I am away from my craft table. Why not use the time to enter the Bee Crafty Challenge over in the Facebook group.

Thanks for looking!

Smile Sunshine!

 

Hi There! For my blog post this week I thought I would try and use some pastel colours.... 

I began by stamping the Doodle Art sunflower in Memento ink then coloured it using Alcohol markers

On a 6x4 piece of mixed media card I blended Spun Sugar and Tumbled Glass Distress oxide. 

I placed the Circles 1 Big ones inkable over the inky background and blended a little Picked Raspberry Distress oxide in through it. 

I removed the inkable and used the same ink to stamp some of the stamps from Journaling Essentials #3 in the circles and around the edges.

I matted and layered the background onto a 5x7" card, then added the sunflower and a wordy sticker sentiment on foam pads. 

Here is the finished card again, which turned out a lot less pastel than I intended! 

I used:

Doodle Art Sunflower stamp set

Journaling Essentials #3 stamp set

Inkables: Big one Circles 1

Wordy Stickers 3

Distress oxide inks in Tumbled Glass, Spun sugar and Picked Raspberry

Memento Tuxedo black ink

Alcohol markers

5x7 card

6x4 piece of mixed media card

Coordinating card for matting and layering

Foam pads

These colours are not my usual go to colours, but I love the way it turned out! There is a brand new challenge over on the Bee Crafty Facebook group where the theme is 'Things with Wings'. I do hope you will come and join in the fun! 

Spots on rainbows!

Hi There! I am still loving playing with the latest stamps, Wordy stickers and D'inkables from Bee Crafty. Today I decided to get inky whilst providing a little more inspiration for the monthly Facebook group challenge, where the theme is spots. 

I began by inking a piece of watercolour card with a rainbow of distress oxide colours. 

Next I sprayed the leaves from the D'inkables with water and laid them on the inked surface. After a few seconds I lifted them off and blotted the excess water. This is known as faux bleaching. 

Once this was dry, I used another of the dinkables to add a little gesso inbetween the leaves.  

I added some more ink (seedless preserves and black soot Distress Oxide) through another D'inkable, along with Some stamping around the edges and in the middle. I set this aside to dry thoroughly.

I cut some circles (you could use dies or punches) from white card in two different sizes. I added faux stitching around them. 

I added wordy stickers to some and stamped on the others using stamps from Journaling Essentials #3

Finally I attached the white spots to the background using 3d foam tape, and attached it to the front of a 6x6" card.

I used:

6" square card blank

5.5" square of watercolour card

Distress Oxide inks in Lumberjack Plaid, Mustard Seed, Lucky Clover, Blueprint Sketch, Seedless Preserves and Black Soot.

Dinkables set 14

Mini mister

gesso

Journaling Essentials #7 stamps

Journaling Essentials #3 stamps

circle punches or dies

Black fine liner pen

Wordy Stickers #3

Foam pads

I hope you like the results and I hope you will join in with the challenge. I will be live this evening at 8pm over on the Bee Crafty Facebook page doing some journaling with the new stamps if you fancy joining me there too. 

Thanks for looking! 

Spots!

 

Hi there! After last week's launch I was asked how I made a similar card to this, so here is a step by step tutorial to show you.

I began by selecting the papers - the same design but one in greyscale and one in colour. 

Next I used circle punches to cut circles from the colour sheet, which I then stuck onto the greyscale sheet in the correct position using matte medium. 

I blended a little coordinating ink around the edge then matted and layered onto an A6 base card.

I selected a sentiment from the transparency sheet and trimmed and added to the card with Matte Medium.

Next I stamped the leaves from Journaling Essentials #7 using two shades of Versafine Clair, clear embossed and cut it out. 

Finally I attached the leaf to the card using 3d foam pads. 

Here's another example using the same techniques, but with added stamping to create a border. 

For today's card I used:

A6 base card

A6 Bee Crafty Catalyst cards #1 in greyscale and colour

Transparencies - A5 creative words

Journaling essentials #7 (and #6 for the bird version)

Versafine Clair ink - I used Charming Pink and Summer Breeze

Clear Embossing Powder

Matte medium

Paper/ card for matting and layering

I've chosen the theme of spots for this month's challenge over in the Bee Crafty Stamps Facebook group, so please come and join in!