Wednesday 9 October 2024

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:
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! 

Wednesday 2 October 2024

My Favourite Season

 

Hi There! I'm here with a double page journal spread today to welcome in my favourite season, Autumn. 

I began by stamping the page with random patches of the Background script and crackle stamps using Desert Sand Versafine Clair ink. 
Next I used the Dinkables set 14 leaves, sponging Distress oxide ink over them and also spritzing the inky leaves with water and laying on top.  
I added a few sprays of Distress Spritz on to the inked background and dried using a heat tool. 
Once it was completely dry I added the wordy sticker sentiment. I often leave the sentiment till last and don't leave enough room, so I thought it would be good to try it the other way around this time! 

Next I stamped some doodle Art Mushroom on to some watercolour card.
I cut them out and coloured using Ecoline markers and a wet brush. I coloured the spots on the mushrooms using Gelly roll Moonlight pens.

Finally I attached the mushrooms to the page using a little matte medium, grounding the smaller ones using a little brown ink. 

I used:
Small square sketchbook
Versafine Clair ink in Desert Sand and Nocturne
Distress Oxide ink in Crackling Campfire, Spiced Marmalade, Vintage Photo, Mustard seed and Shabby Shutters
Distress Spritz in Barn Door, Fossilized Amber and Spiced Marmalade
Ecoline Pens

Thanks for looking! 

Wednesday 25 September 2024

Gerbera Garland


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

I began by stamping the smaller gerbera in Black versafine Clair multiple times and cutting them out
On a 5.5" square of white card, I drew a wavy line using the tag inkable from set 5 with pencil.
I stamped 3 different freehand borders up to the wavy line using 3 different colours of versafine clair ink. 
Next I blended 3 coordinating distress oxide inks onto the gerberas and stuck them on to the wavy line with matte medium, overlapping them slightly. I also sponged a little ink around the edge. 
I chose a sentiment form the Wordage Everyday Sentiments 1 set and stamped it in black versafine ink.
Finally I matted and layered the panel onto a 7x7" card blank.
I used;
Versafine Clair ink in Nocturne, Bali Blue, Lilac Bloom and Avacado
Distress Oxide ink in Wilted Violet, Peacock Feathers and Twisted Citron 
7" square card blank
5.5" square of white card

Thanks for looking! 

Wednesday 18 September 2024

A Super Quick Journal Page

 

Hi there! I'm back from my holiday and here with a super quick journal page for my step by step today.

I began by cutting a piece of the Catalyst card to fit my page and stuck it down using matte Medium. 
Next I stamped the Moonflower using versafine clair black ink and cut it out.
Then I coloured it with some pastel highlighters and added some accents with Gelly Roll Moonlight pens
On the catalyst card I drew a rough cercle in the middle using a distress crayon and smudged it with my finger.
Finally I stuck the image and a wordy sticker to the page, adding some faux stitching. 
Here is the finished page once more.... 
And here it is with it's partner in the journal.
I used:
Highlighter pens
Distress Crayon - Any coordinating shade will do
12cm square sketch book
As the papers and the stamps are new this would be perfect for entering into this month's challenge over in the Bee Crafty Facebook group, where the theme is Something New.
Thanks for looking! 

Wednesday 4 September 2024

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:

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!

Wednesday 28 August 2024

Bloom and Grow

 

Hi There! Thought I would share how I put together this quick mini journal page with you using the new Catalyst cards and stamps from Bee Crafty. 

I began by cutting a piece of catalyst card to fit the page of my 5x5 journal. I rounded the corners to match the page. 
Next I used the innie leaf mask from dinkables set 14 and some picked Raspberry Distress oxide to add a leaf. 
On a scrap of white card I used versafine Clair ink to stamp the small gerbera and leaves from journaling essentials #2 before cutting them out. I used coloured pencils to colour the gerbera.
I also stamped the sentiment from the gerbera set and added a faux stitched line with a gelly roll moonlight pen. 
Finally I added all the elements into the journal and stuck them using Matte Medium
Here's the spread with the page I completed for 7th August's blog post. 
I used: 
Versafine Clair ink in Verdant, charming pink, Nocturne and Green Oasis
5x5" notebook/ journal

All of the new stamps, papers and transparencies can be found here.
Thanks for looking! 

Wednesday 21 August 2024

New Stamps!

 Hi There! Did you see the new stamps from bee crafty that were launched yesterday? Here are my samples...

For this I used 3 colours of distress oxide ink - Spiced Marmalade, Picked Raspberry and Mustard Seed. The flowers were coloured with alcohol markers.
This mandala stamp fits perfectly in the centre of the mandala inkable. This was Tea dye, Fossilised Amber and Peeled Paint Distress ink.
I stamped in Versamark ink and brushed using Mica  powders on the left and Embossed the Moonflower stamp in silver on the right hand page before painting with metallic paint. 
The background stamp was inked with Mustard seed, Spiced marmalade and Picked Raspberry Distress ink. The flower was coloured with Alcohol Markers. 


The journal page was sprayed with Dylusions sprays and Distress spritz. The flowers were coloured with alcohol markers
The background on this card was inked with Distress oxide inks. I used a tag inkable from set one and a wordy sticker
Finally here's my card from my Facebook live yesterday. I really enjoyed making it. 


I will be back playing with the new stamps tonight at 8pm over on the Facebook page
Hope you can join me! Thanks for looking!