Hot, Hot, Hot!

 

Hi There! Our Challenge theme over on the Bee Crafty Facebook group this moth is to use hot colours. Here's a little bit of inspiration to get you started. 

I began by blending distress oxide inks in Mustard Seed, Ripe Persimmon and Abandoned Coral across a double page in my 5x5" journal. 

Next I blended some Lumberjack Plaid Distress oxide ink though a Dinkable from set 8. 

I gave the pages a little spritz with Spiced Marmalade distress spritz to add a little sparkle. 

Once this was dry I used the dots dinkable from set 2 to apply some white gesso. 

I used aged Mahogany Distress oxide inks to stamp some of the journaling essentials #9 around the page.

on a separate piece of watercolour card I stamped two of the Doodle Art Fishes in Black versafine clair and coloured them using distress inks in picked Raspberry and Ripe Persimmon before cutting them out.

I added them to the page using matte medium and also stamped the bubbles from the fish set by each fishes mouth. 

Finally I finished the page with a Wordy sticker. 

I used:

Doodle Art Fishes stamp set

Journaling Essentials #9 stamp set

Dinkables set 2 and set 8

Wordy stickers 1B

Distress spritz I used Spiced Marmalade

Black versafine Clair ink

Distress oxide inks - I used Mustard Seed, Ripe Persimmon, Abandoned Coral, Lumberjack Plaid and Aged Mahogany

Distress inks - I used Picked Raspberry and Ripe Persimmon

White gesso

I will be live at 8pm this evening on the Bee Crafty Facebook page. I hope you can join me! Thanks for looking! 

A gathering of Moths

 

Hi There! During last week's Facebook live I created a bit of a background using Distress Spritz. I thought I would use some of it to make a card for you today. 

The Distress spritz colours I used were Picked Raspberry, Fossilized Amber and Peeled Paint. As well as spraying them I sprayed a little onto a mat then blended it with a brush through the Bakewell Big one inkable.

Next I used Versafine clair ink in Brown (I used Acorn) to add some stamped stitching around the edge

Using the Moth stamp set, I added some stamped smaller moths to the background in Hawthorn Rose and Sand Dune Versafine Clair ink.

I stamped the 2 medium sized moths on to the background using Black Versafine Clair ink. I also stamped them again on a piece of watercolour card. This saves having to cut out the antennae if you prefer not to. 

Next I coloured those three moths with Ecoline pens and a damp paint brush, before cutting them out more carefully. 

I added them over the previously stamped card with just a little matte medium along the bodies, allowing the wings to stand proud of the card a little. 

I used:

Distress Spritz

 Big one Inkable - Bakewell

Moths Stamp set

Versafine Clair inks - I used Sand Dune, Hawthorn Rose, Acorn and Black

Ecoline Pens

DL sized blank card

Watercolour card

Matte Medium

Thanks for looking! 

Vintage Seahorse

 

Hi There! Here's a card I made using the Beautiful seahorse stamp set and some vintage colours as inspiration for our challenge over in the Bee Crafty Stamps Facebook group.

I began by stamping over a 14cm square piece of cream card using the Shell stamps and some of the other worker stamps, Using Vintage photo and Tea Dye distress ink. I also blended some around the edge.

On a old book page I stamped the seahorse in Pinecone Versafine Clair ink

Next I coloured it using pencil crayons, trimming it to size and blending a little more vintage photo distress ink around the edges. I matted both panels on to some dark brown card and added to the front of a 15cm square kraft card. 

Finally I added a stamped sentiment in Pinecone Versafine Clair ink. 

Here is the finished card again. 

I used:

Doodle Art Seahorse stamp set

Distress inks - I used Tea Dye and Vintage photo

Versafine Clair ink - I used Pinecone

Coloured pencils

Book page 

15cm square Kraft card

card for matting and layering

There's 10 days left to enter our July Challenge. I do hope you will enter.

I will be live at 8pm this evening over on the bee Crafty Facebook page. Do come and join us!

Thanks for looking!

New Stamps and Papers

Hi There! Last Thursday Bev and Sam were on Shop Unlimited with some Brand new stamps and papers. Here are some samples. This first one features the beautiful seahorse on a sheet from the Rainbow bubbles catalyst collage papers. 

Next I created a journal spread using the Doodle art fishes, Dinkables set 7 and some spray inks

Heres a card using some of the worker stamps, a fish and some of the leaf dinkables from sets 6 and 14

For my next journal pages I used more of the Rainbow Bubbles Catalyst collage papers and the Seahorse set

Finally here's another journal page using the Rainbow Boards papers and the Doodle art Fishes, with some of the shells from the seahorse set in the Background. 

Here's where you can find the new stamps and papers on the website:
 Doodle Art Seahorse

Doodle Art Fishes

Catalyst Collage Papers - Rainbow Boards A4 and A5

Catalyst Collage Papers - Rainbow Bubbles A4 and A5

Dinkables sets

It's been over a month since I last posted on here because my lovely dad passed away. He was 97 and suffered with Dementia in the last few years. There were many things he enjoyed in life but top of the list were a good cup of tea and a good walk. We are remembering him with a cuppa for Ken at every opportunity in a huge range of locations (he was a geography teacher so would very much love that) If you fancy joining in and want to share your photos, add the hashtag #cuppaforken and let me know x

Thanks for looking!

Something with Wings

 

Hi There! I am here with a super quick and simple journal page to show you today. 

I began by trimming  piece of Catalyst Collage paper from the Spring blooms A5 set to fit the page and stuck it down with Matte Medium.

Next ,I stamped the largest Bee from the Bee Mine stamp set using black Versafine Clair ink, and coloured it with pencils before cutting it out. 

On a separate scrap of card, I stamped a sentiment from the same stamp set and cut it out.

Using matte medium, I added the bee and the sentiment to the background before adding some black and white faux stitching to finish it off. 

Here is the page opposite it's partner in the journal....

And here is a close-up of the page.

I used:

Catalyst Collage papers - Spring blooms A5

Bee Mine stamp set

Black Verafine Clair ink

Coloured Pencils

Matte Medium

Posca Pen 

Black fine liner

I hope this inspires you to join in with our monthly challenge over in the Bee Crafty Stamps Facebook Group, where this month's theme is 'things with wings'.

Thanks for looking! 

Moths and inkables

 

Hi there! I am here today with a journal spread that starts with inkables, so more inspiration for this month's challenge. 

I began by wiping a distress oxide ink pad across the bakewell inkable. I spritzed it with water then laid it onto the pages.

Next I smooshed some Rusty Hinge distress oxide over the top. 

When this was dry, I used the small butterfly easy frame innie to add some walnut stain distress oxide ink like a shadow. 

On a separate piece of card, I stamped the two middle-sized moths and coloured them using ecoline markers before cutting them out.  

I added some stamping using the same inks and the Journal Art Elements 3 stamp set. 

Finally I added the moths to the page using matte medium, along with a wordy sticker and a few white pen highlights to the moths.

I used:

Inkables: Big one Bakewell

Art Stamps: Moths stamp set

Butterfly easy frame - I used the smaller 4" one

Journal Art Elements 3 stamp set available in this bundle

Wordy Stickers

Distress oxide inks - I used Walnut Stain, Mermaid Lagoon and Rusty Hinge

Black versafine Clair ink

Ecoline markers

You have until Sunday Evening to enter the challenge so get those inkables out and have a play x

Thanks for looking! 

A sparkly daisy card

 

Hi There! I have a card for you today incorporating some embossing and some faux bleaching. Here's how I made it. 

I began by blending distress inks across a 6x4" piece of satin finish card. 

I used a dinkable from set 11 to add a little more of the Mermaid Lagoon ink 

Once this was dry, I gave it a wipe with an anti-static cloth before stamping the Doodle Art Daisy in Embossing ink and heat embossing it using white embossing powder. 

I painted the daisy with water and lifted the colour using a piece of paper towel. I also gently spattered across the abandoned coral ink and lifted the colour from there too. 

using the same distress inks I stamped the border and another worker stamp around the panel.

Using some metallic watercolour paints I added some paler colours to the daisy. 

I used the same Dinkable to add ink to two corners of an A5 base card. 

I layered the inky panel on to some coordinating paper and added it to the front of the card. 

Finally here's a close up of the shimmery paint on the daisy. 

I used:

Doodle Art Daisy stamp set

Dinkables - I used set 11

Distress inks - I used Abandoned Coral and Mermaid Lagoon

Embossing Ink

White embossing powder

Metallic paints

Satin finish card

A5 base card

Thanks for looking!