Bee Crafty Samples

On Tuesday there was a Facebook launch of 2 new doodle art stamp sets, two new Wordage stamp sets, a new set of inkable dinkables and a new set of inkable texture discs. I have loved every minute of playing with them! Here's what I created:

If you haven't already sent for them and want to see the awesome bundles on offer, check out the website here

The individual sets are here:

 Dandedaisy set

Blooming blooms

Wordage incredible words

Wordage ticker tape words 4

Dinkables set 11

Texture discs 4

There is just one day to go to enter the Bee Crafty Facebook Group challenge, so do pop over there and check it out. Also, don't forget to check out the YouTube channel too. 

If you want to see another take on the zigzag tag book, take a look at my Facebook lives this week

Zig zag tag book part one

Zig zag tag book part two

Thanks for looking! 

Blooming Beautiful!

Hi there! I have been busy all week making samples for the Bee Crafty stamp launch on Facebook on Monday, but took a little while out to complete my blog post for today. I have made an inky card for you today. 

I began by smooshing some worn lipstick and peeled paint distress oxide inks onto some mixed media card. 

Next I used crackling campfire and abandoned coral distress oxide ink through a dinkable. 

I added the brick effect with another dinkable and vintage photo distress oxide ink.

On a piece of watercolour paper, I stamped the flower from the doodle art XL ladybird twice, colouring it with ecolines and cutting out the whole flower on one and the centre flower.  

I stamped the leaf from the Just bloom set three times, colouring it with ecolines and cut them out.

On a scrap of card I stamped the sentiment from the same set and layered it with some black paper.

Finally, I matted the background onto a 7x5" blank card, assembling the flower using ultra thick gel medium. 

I used:

Distress oxide inks in worn lipstick, peeled paint and vintage photo

Dinkables sets 2 and 8

Doodle art XL ladybird stamp set

Just Bloom stamp set

Ecoline brush pens

Versafine clair Nocturne ink 

Mixed media paper

Watercolour card

5x7" card blank 

black paper

If you haven't already heard, there is a Facebook launch of 4 new stamp sets and 2 sets of inkables on the Bee crafty Facebook page on Tuesday! Here's a little taster of what is coming! 

A quick and simple birthday card

 

Good Morning! I thought I would share a super simple card with you today as the CT are all busy playing with new new stuff that we can't share yet. 😉

I began by taping the easy frame circle to the front of a 6x6 card and then positioning one of the texture discs in the middle. I blended mermaid lagoon distress ink on one side and wilted violet on the other, taking care not to move the disc.

On a scrap of white card, I stamped 3 each of the smaller flowers from the Doodle art Sunflower regular stamp set, cutting them out and colouring them with ecoline brush pens. 

I added these to the white border on the card at equal intervals, stamping a sentiment in teh bottom left corner. 

It needed a little something else, so I took the mini circles from the same stamp set and added these stamped in black in between each flower. 

Here is the finished card again.

I used:

6" circle easy frame inkable

Texture discs set 1

Doodle Art Suflower regular stamp set

Wordage Every day sentiments 2 stamp set

Distress inks in Mermaid lagoon and Wilted violet

Versafine Clair Nocturne ink 

Ecoline brush pens

Thanks for looking and do take a look for more inspiration in the Bee Crafty Facebook group!

Crafty Individuals Birds

 Hi There! I thought it was high time I showed you some of the cards I made for the last Crafty Individuals release. Jean will be back on Create and Craft on the first Friday in August with some gorgeous new stamps that I can't show you yet, but I can show you these.

These first two were stamped with the beautiful W for Wren drawn by our lovely Dora.

These two were both made with A is for Apple stamp, the first coloured like a Jay and the second like a female blackbird.  I love how colouring them differently can make them look like a different stamp. 

You can find the new stamps that Dora designed here: 

A is for Apple

B is for Bird

W is for Wren

G is for Goose

I will be back with more next week. 

Before I go look who has been helping with the Ants in the lawn

I know some people get Great spotted woodpeckers on their feeders in the garden, but it is a first for us. 

Thanks for looking and Happy Crafting! 

Hot colours tag

 

Hi there! Thought I would use hot colours for my blog post today...well, my uncharted mariner arrived so a teeny bit of that crept in too 😁

I began by spraying a tag with Squeezed Lemonade and Wild Honey Distress Oxide sprays.

When this was dry I placed the Fernando Big one over the top and sprayed Festive Berries Distress Oxide spray over it. 

I used the little brickwork D'inkable to add a little Uncharted Mariner, adding a bit more around the edge of the tag with a sponge. 

I stamped a few Doodle Art mandalas onto the background in Picked Raspberry Distress oxide. 

on a piece of watercolour paper I stamped Bev with Versafine Clair black ink.

I used ecolines to colour her then cut her out.

I stuck her to the background using ultra thick gel medium and added a sentiment from the Bigger back chat set two stickers. 

Here is the finished tag with a ribbon added. 

I used:

Size 10 Dina Wakely tag

Distress Oxide sprays in Squeezed Lemonade, Wild Honey and Festive Berries

Fernando inkable - big one

 Distress oxide inks in picked Raspberry and Unchartered Mariner 

D'inkables set 2

Doodle Art Mandala stamps set 1

Bev Journaling Girl stamp set

Ecoline pens

Dina Wakely ultra thick gel medium

Back Chat 2 stickers

Don't forget to enter your hot colours creations in the Bee crafty Facebook Group challenge for the chance to win £20 of stamps! 

 Thanks for looking and happy crafting! 

Time amongst Trees journal pages

Hi There! I am sure many of you know how much I love a good tree stamp and this set is in the end of line section on the Bee Crafty website at the moment. I thought I would create a journal spread with it in my Dina Wakely Kraft journal, so here is a step by step on how it came together.

First I painted clear gesso across both pages and set aside to dry.

I took some book pages and tore them into strips, adding a little colour with distress oxide inks. (If using book pages is something you struggle to do, you could always ask for any damaged books in your local charity shop) 

On the dry journal page I sprayed Dylusions White Linen and Tarnished brass Distress spray stain with a little water and let it dribble down the page. 

Once the pages were dry I stuck on the strips of paper with matte medium.

I dry brushed a little gesso over the text and went around the edge of the landscape bits with a Pumice stone distress crayon.

Next I stamped the tree in versafine clair on the lower hill. 

on the opposite side I stamped the sentiment. 

Using Hero arts unicorn white ink and the versafine clair I stamped several of the Journal Art Elemnets stamps around the page to finish it off.

Here is the finished page, although I might add a few doodles with a white pen or a black fineliner around the edges.

I used:

Beau-tanicals Large Branch and Tree stamp set

Journal Art Elements 2 set

Dina Wakely Kraft Journal

clear gesso

Tarnished Brass Distress spray stain

White linen Dylusions spray

Book pages

Distress oxide inks in vintage photo and peeled paint

Matte Medium

White Gesso

Pumice stone Distress crayon

Versafine clair ink - I used Nocturne

Hero Arts unicorn white ink 

On Wednesday I did a facebook live stamping on fabric for a mixed media journal page. Here is the finished page. 

You can find the video on the Bee crafty Facebook page here.

Thanks for looking and enjoy your weekend!