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!

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: 

Bee Crafty Catalyst Cards #2 A5 full colour

Bee Crafty Dinkables set 14 

Journaling Essentials #2 stamp set

Doodle Art Gerbera stamp set

Versafine Clair ink in Verdant, charming pink, Nocturne and Green Oasis

Picked Raspberry Distress Oxide

5x5" notebook/ journal

All of the new stamps, papers and transparencies can be found here.

Thanks for looking! 

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. 

You can find all of the new stamps and new catalyst cards and transparencies here

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!

New Home Card

 

Hi There! Thought I would show you how I created this new home card today. I used 3 colours to make it so it fits the theme for this months bee Crafty Stamps Facebook challenge. 

I began by smooshing Distress oxide inks in Salvaged Patina, Shaded Lilac and Dried Marigold onto a 12.5 cm square of mixed media paper. I also added a few splatters of Spiced Marmalade distress spritz once it was dry. 

Next I placed Mandala 7 inkable over the top and blended a little Peacock Feathers ink around the edge of the inkable.

On a separate piece of mixed media card I stamped sky terrace in Black Versafine Clair ink and cut it out. I water coloured it using the same distress oxide inks. 

Finally, I added the house to the background panel using 3d foam pads, matted and layered it to the front of a 15cm square card and added a wordy sticker sentiment. 

I used:

Mandala inkable #7

Doodle Art houses Sky Terrace

Wordy stickers 1

Distress oxide inks in Shaded lilac, Salvaged patina, Dried Marigold and Peacock Feathers

Distress spritz in Spiced Marmalade

Versafine Clair ink - Nocturne

Talens Art Creations mixed media paper

15cm square base card

I hope you get chance to enter the challenge and have fun experimenting with different colour combinations. Thanks for looking! 

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!