Wednesday, 20 November 2024

A pair of vivid dragonfly cards

Hi There! I am here with a pair of cards to show you today. I've left sentiments for the inside because I fell in love with the background. Let me show you how I made them.

I found a piece of watercolour card that was 10cm x 20cm. I blended peacock feathers, twisted Citron, carved pumpkin and Wilted violet distress oxide inks across it (I know, its a bit dangerous putting purple and orange together. I'd intended putting the peacock feathers next to the wilted violet, but I messed up the order, lol)
Next, I sprayed the big one Bakewell inkable with water and laid it over the top. After about 30 seconds I lifted it off carefully and dried it with the heat tool. I didn't blot it because I wanted the colours to mix a little. This piece was then cut in half, making 2x 10cm square backgrounds.
Using the same colours of oxide inks I used some of the smaller stamps from journaling essentials #2 to add to the background, before placing this on one side.
I stamped the Doodle art dragonfly twice in Memento ink and coloured with alcohol markers before cutting them out. I also painted on a little distress spritz to add sparkle.
I splashed a little more distress spritz to the backgrounds before matting and layering onto 13cm square cards. Finally I added the dragonflies using matte medium 
I love them both! I can see I will be using that background technique lots more lol. 

I used:
Distress Oxide inks in Carved Pumpkin, Wilted Violet, Twisted Citron and Peacock Feathers
Distress Spritz in Spiced Marmalade Wilted Violet and Worn Lipstick 
Memento ink - Tuxedo black
Alcohol markers
2x 13cm square cards
2x 10cm square pieces of watercolour card
Black paper for matting and layering.

I hope you like my project today! Don't forget we have the Bee Crafty stamps facebook group challenge, where the theme is winter/ Christmas. I hope to see your entries there soon! 

Thanks for looking! 

Wednesday, 13 November 2024

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: 
Distress oxide inks in dried Marigold, Cracked Pistachio and tea Dye
Distress Micro glaze
Distress Spritz in Walnut stain
Versamark ink
Cream A5 card
Watercolour card 6x4"
Dark brown card for matting and layering and the sentiment

Thanks for looking! 

Wednesday, 6 November 2024

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:
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

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! 

Wednesday, 30 October 2024

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:
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
Alcohol markers
I've even managed to add a little decoration to my cast 😊 
Thanks for looking! 

Wednesday, 23 October 2024

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! 


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!