Pop-up Pumpkin Journal Page

 

Hi There! I've managed to do a bit more craft wise this week and it was great to get my journal out for a good play. Here's what I did.

I began by blending some distress oxide inks over the innie of the 4" oak easy frame inkable around a double page.

Next I stamped several different mixed leaves using a variety of autumn colours.

Using the script background stamp without a block I added some stamping in vintage photo distress ink. I also added some dots and lines from the pumpkin stamp set. 

I cut the sentiment from the transparency sheet and stuck it to the page using matte medium. 

On  a separate piece of watercolour card I stamped the pumpkins in versafine Clair ink and coloured them using ecoline pens. I cut them out and left to dry.

I folded the biggest pumpkin roughly in half, then equally distant each side of the centre fold, I added two more folds. I used a bone folder to burnish these and made sure the centre fold was a mountain and the two side folds were valley folds. Next I added a little matte medium to the outer edges beyond the outer folds. Making sure the journal page is completely flat, I lined up the centre fold with the centre fold of the journal and stuck that down flat to the page (just with the matte medium already applied) 

Once this was dry, I made sure the pumpkin centre fold popped out as the pages were closed.

Here's the finished page again. 

I used:

4" Oak easy frame inkable

Mixed leaves Art stamps

Doodle Art Pumpkin stamp set

Script Background stamp

Bee Crafty Transparencies - Autumn/Winter words

Distress oxide inks in Mustard Seed, Vintage Photo and Aged Mahogany

Distress inks in Fired Brick, Crushed Olive and Vintage Photo

Ecoline pens 

Versafine Clair Nocturne ink

12x12cm notebook

Watercolour paper

Matte medium

The wrist is progressing nicely and my lovely friend Jane has helped me by finishing the design on my cast, using sharpies and one of the mandala inkables. I'm able to do a lot more than I could as you can see from my pages above. All being well it will be cast free before the end of the month. 

Thanks for looking! 

Baubles galore!

Hi there! I am here with a couple of Christmas cards featuring the brand new Doodle Art Baubles. 
 

I began by blending some red and green distress oxide through a big one inkable. I took the foam layer off my stamp press and was able to use 4 magnets on the base to keep the inkable still enough to blend one handed.

Next I stamped the small holly leaves from the christmas pud set to stamp randomly over the background using old paper distress oxide.

On some smooth card I stamped two of the baubles using memento ink and coloured them with alcohol markers. Then I cut them out.

Using a ruler and a fine liner I added some threads to hang the baubles from. I did one straight line then went over twoce more in a doodle art style.

I added the background to a green 5x7 card then added the baubles using sticky pads.

On a scrap of white card I stamped and cut out the sentiment in Versafine Clair Strawberry.

Finally, I added this to the card with foam pads too. 

Here's another version using a different inkable and coloured base card.

I used:

Doodle Art Baubelicious stamp set

Doodle Art Christmas Pud Stamp set

Inkables Big ones  - I used Pearls for the first and circles for circles for the second

Distress Oxide ink  - I used Lumberjack Plaid, Rustic Wilderness and Old Paper

Memento Black ink

Versafine Clair Strawberry ink

Black fine liner 03

Alcohol markers

I've even managed to add a little decoration to my cast 😊 

Thanks for looking! 

New Stamps and a bit of news!

 

Hi There! I am here with a few samples that I made using the brand new Autumn and Winter stamps from Bee Crafty, released yesterday.  First up is a little journal page (on the right) featuring the Mixed Leaves Art Stamps, swirling over a smooshed stormy sky background.

This Bauble card was made using the Doodle Art Baubles, over a background of splattered Distress spritz on black card.

Next we have the Doodle Art Christmas Pud, which is a beautiful big stamp! I made it into a round easel card and it needed very little else.

Also on the Doodle Art Baubles is this beauty, which I teamed up with a smooshed and stamped background.

The Doodle Art Pumpkins are just so beautiful and I have paired them up on both of the following with kraft card to make the colours pop!

As you can see the new stamps are absolutely gorgeous! I am so excited about using them and have many more plans for projects. 

You can find the whole of the Autumn and Winter collection here with a lovely saving if you buy the whole bundle of stamps. There are also some fabulous transparencies too! 

AW24 Collection

I didn't make quite as many samples as I intended due to a little mishap. This was why there was no blog post last week.

Fortunately I am left handed, so I am still managing a few bits of crafting. I discovered I can certainly still colour and cutting out is okay in small doses. If all is well when I have my next xray on Friday I should be able to try a few more things. Here's a couple of Baubles, coloured, cut out and waiting to be put onto a card very soon. 

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! 

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

Background Script Stamp

Background Crackle stamp

Dinkables Set 14

Wordy Stickers- Autumn B

Doodle Art Mushroom Stamps

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

Matte Medium

Watercolour paper

Ecoline Pens

Gelly Roll Moonlight Pens

Thanks for looking! 

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;

Doodle Art Gerbera stamp set

Freehand borders stamp set

Inkables Tags set 5

Versafine Clair ink in Nocturne, Bali Blue, Lilac Bloom and Avacado

Distress Oxide ink in Wilted Violet, Peacock Feathers and Twisted Citron 

Matte Medium

7" square card blank

5.5" square of white card

Thanks for looking!