Connect with nature journal page

 

Hi There! Here is a page in my little journal that I made. Here's how I did it. 

I began by blending Mermaid Lagoon and Wilted violet Distress oxide ink down the page. 

Next I took a piece of stamping tissue and stamped it with the script background stamp in Bali Blue Versafine Clair.

I added it to the page using matte medium and left it to dry.

Once it was dry I removed the excess tissue from the edges and used the innie from the 4" circle easy frame to draw around with a distress crayon. I blended this with my finger

Using opaque texture paste and a tag inkable I added the swirl bottom left. 

I had a Doodle Art dragonfly already stamped on to catalyst card that matched beautifully. I used a quicky glue pen and some gilding flakes to add a few highlights to the dragonfly and a faux stitched line to the background, before adding the dragonfly using matte medium.

Finally I added the wordy sticker sentiment.

I used:

Background Script stamp

Doodle Art dragonfly stamp set

Easy Frame Circle 4" 

Inkables tag set 4

Bee Crafty Stamping Tissue

Bee Crafty Catalyst card A5

Wordy stickers 3B

Distress oxide ink in Mermaid Lagoon and Wilted violet

Versafine Clair ink in Bali Blue and Nocturne

Matte Medium

Texture paste

Distress Crayon

Quickie glue pen

gilding flakes

Small journal/ sketchbook

Sorry I was missing last week. After 4 months of living with us after they had sold their house, our daughter and her partner got the keys to their new house. We helped them move in over a couple of days and they have been busy unpacking over the weekend. It's not easy when your possessions are spread between both parents houses and a storage unit. It sounds like they are making good progress now. 

I will be live tonight over on the Bee Crafty Facebook page. I hope you can join me! Thanks for looking! 

More things with wings inspiration

Hi there! Here's a clean and simple card I made yesterday and a step by step tutorial to make it.
 

I began by adding masking tape to two sides of a 14cm square of white card. I blended a light dusting of Mermaid lagoon Distress ink to the lower left corner.

Next I blended some Pine Cone Distress ink through the Jungle Leaves Big one inkable. 

I stamped the Butterfly in Versafine Clair Nocturne ink and removed the masking tape. 

On a piece of Catalyst card, I stamped the butterfly again. I cut it out and added a few highlights using a yellow gelly roll moonlight pen. 

I added this to the background along with a wordy sticker before adding a black border to the panel using a sharpie pen. Finally I attached the panel to a 15cm square white card. 

I used:

Bee Crafty Inkables - Big one: Jungle Leaves

Bee Crafty Doodle Art Butterfly Stamp set

Bee Crafty Catalyst Cards #1

Bee Crafty Wordy Stickers 1

Versafine Clair ink - Nocturne

Distress ink - Mermaid Lagoon and Pine Needles

Gelly Roll Moonlight Pens

Black Sharpie pen

Matte Medium

There is a week left to get your entry in to the Challenge over in the Bee Crafty stamps Facebook group, so I hope this inspiration helps. Also, I will be live this evening on the Bee Crafty Facebook Page at 8pm, so I hope you will join me.

Thanks for looking! 

A super quick journal page

Hi There! I am here with a super quick journal page today as I was busy at the weekend with a karate tournament. I found this cute 12cm square Talens notebook and it had to become a journal for super quick mini projects! 

I began by cutting a piece of A5 Catalyst card to fit the page, rounding the corners to leave a narrow border. I attached it using Matte Medium.

Next I used a tag inkable from set 5 to add some black soot Distress oxide to the middle of the page before setting it aside to dry

I stamped the doodle Art Dragonfly in Black Versafine Clair onto mixed media card and cut it out. I coloured it using coordinating colours of ecoline markers and added a few white highlights with a white gel pen 

Using Matte Medium I added the dragonfly to the page, sticking it down just by the head and body, leaving the wings free. 

Finally I added wordy stickers to finish the page. 

I used:

A5 full colour catalyst cards #1

Bee Crafty tag inkables set 5

Bee Crafty Doodle Art Dragonfly stamp set

Wordy stickers 3B

Ecoline pens

White gel pen

Black soot distress oxide ink

Black Versafine Clair

This was super quick and easy and something similar would be a perfect entry for the challenge this month over in the Bee Crafty Stamps Facebook group. I hope you can join us!

As I said earlier, it was a very busy weekend, but I was delighted and a little shocked to come away with a silver medal for Team Kumite and a Double Gold for individual Kata and Kumite. Here's a photo of the over 55s medal winners. Region 30 bagged over half of the medals on offer and I was very proud of all of my students that entered. 

Thanks for looking! 

Things with wings

 Hi There! Thought I would show you how I made this card today. The theme for our Challenge over in the Bee Crafty Stamps group on facebook is 'things with wings' so this card is a little inspiration for you. 

I began by blending distress inks around the left and lower edges of a 14cm square piece of smooth card. 

Next I used the Blueprint sketch ink through a dinkable, leaving a little white space.

I stamped the dragonfly in Black Versafine Clair ink and watercoloured it. 

Using the gellyroll moonlight pens, I added a little detail to the dragonfly once dry.

I stamped the ticker tape sentiment in Bali Blue ink on a scrap of white card.

Finally I added the card panel to the front of a white card then added the sentiment and dragonfly using matte medium.

I used:

Doodle Art dragonfly stamp set

Wordage Ticker tape #1 stamp set

Dinkables set 13

Distress inks in Peacock Feathers, Wilted violet and Blueprint Sketch

Versafine Clair ink in Nocturne and Bali Blue

Gelly Roll Moonlight Pens

Matte Medium

I do hope you will be able to join in with the challenge this month! 

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! 

More Spots

 Hi There! Apologies that I was missing last week. We were on holiday in Wales and the wifi wasn't playing ball. I am back this week with a little journal page for you as more inspiration for the Facebook Spots challenge this week.

I selected an A6 catalyst card, cut off the white border and added a faux stitching line around the edge.

I stuck this onto a Kraft page in the mdf journal I made as a sample a couple of weeks ago.

Next I added some spots through a dinkable using black Distress Oxide ink. I also stamped some dots using a small stamp from Journaling Essentials #6

I added a piece of book page with Matte medium and stamped the lines from the same stamp set across it using Versafine Clair Charming Pink. 

I cut out the dotty circle from Transparencies- journaling Birds and sprigs set and added it to the page using matte medium.

I stamped the spotty bird in black versafine clair ink and heat embossed it using clear powder. 

Finally I added the bird and wordy stickers to the page using Matte Medium. I also added some faux stitching around the wordy stickers using a white pen and filled in a few of the dots on the circle with the gelly roll pens.

Here's the finished page again.

I used :

A6 Catalyst cards #1

Journaling Essentials #6 Stamp set

Transparencies- Journaling Birds and sprigs

Wordy stickers 3B

Sakura Moonlight Pens

D'inkables set 2

Black Distress oxide ink

Versafine Clair ink in Black and Charming Pink

Clear embossing powder

A scrap of Book page

Matte Medium

If you want to make your own journal you will need the MDF journal kit

I will be live over on the Bee Crafty Facebook page at 8pm this evening. I so hope you will be able to join me.

Thanks for looking! 

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!