A play in my journal and some karate photos

Hi there! I am here with a colourful journal spread for you this week. I created the background ages ago, just by blending candied apple and seedless preserves distress oxide inks around the page and through the Bakewell inkable. Once this was done I added a little bit of speckled egg  distress oxide spray.

I stamped the mesh stamp from Journal art elements 3 and some coffee stains in Versafine Clair Nocturne

I stamped the numbers in Hero Arts unicorn white ink too

Setting the journal aside I stamped 5 butterflies ( I did 4 originally but then thought an odd number would be better)

I coloured them with Ecoline pens and cut them out

Next I added the butterflies to the page after stamping the antennae directly onto the page where I wanted to position them

Finally I added three of the black sentiment stickers and a few splatters of white gloss spray

Here's the finished pages

I used: 

Dylusions mini Journal

Distress oxide ink in candied apple and seedless preserves

Distress oxide spray in speckled egg

Bakewell Big one inkable

Journal Art Elements 3 stamp set

Coffee Stains stamp set

Birds and butterflies regular stamp set

Versafine Clair nocturne ink

Hero Arts unicorn white ink

Ecoline pens

Distress Collage Matte Medium

Dina Wakely white Gloss Spray

Bee Crafty Wordy Stickers

Apologies that I didn't get round to posting last week. I've been a bit busy with power of attourney duties for my dad, followed by a karate tournament! I got my level one in Judging and refereeing which was loads of fun as well as competing. Here's a few photos. Our region brought home 68 of the 144 medals. Super proud of all of our students and senseis.

 Thanks for looking! 

A quick and simple card

 I don't know about you, but it is all feeling a bit strange at the moment, but sometimes, losing yourself in a bit of crafting is a good tonic. Thought I would share a simple card that I made before the news broke on Thursday evening. Here it is.

I began by adding some kitsch flamingo distress oxide ink through the Circles 1 big one inkable directly onto a white 6x6" card blank.

Next I placed the 4"butterfly easy frame in the centre and blended over some wilted violet distress oxide ink. 

I then placed the 'innie' from the 6" butterfly easy frame over the top and blended a little prize ribbon distress oxide around the edge.

Setting aside the base card I stamped the regular doodle art butterfly on a scrap of watercolour paper, coloured it with ecoline pens and cut it out. 

I added some highlights with white and sparkle gelly roll moonlight pens and attached the butterfly to the main card using ultra thick gel medium. 

Finally I added a sentiment from the new Bee Crafty stickers and a bit of stamping in the white space corners.

Here is the finished card again. 

Here's a list of what I used:

6" square card

Inkables big one - circles 1

4" butterfly easy frame inkable

6" butterfly easy frame inkable

Doodle Art butterfly stamp set- regular

Bee Crafty wordy stickers 1B

Distress oxide ink in Kitsch Flamingo, Wilted Violet and Prize Ribbon

Versafine Clair Nocturne ink

Ecoline brush pens

If you prefer your butterflies more realistic and your backgrounds more grungy, here is the card I made during my Facebook live on Wednesday evening which you can find here.

 

Thanks for looking! 

Collage and paper piecing

Hi There! For my blog post this week I thought I would make a collage background to give some more inspiration for this month's challenge on the Bee Crafty Facebook Group. Here's how I made it.
 

I began by sticking strips of inky paper from my scrap folder onto a 14cm square of card.

Once these were dry I gave it a thin coat of gesso leaving a small border around the edge.

Using the big ones inkables and blending brushes, I added broken china Distress oxide to the sky area and peeled paint Distress oxide to the land.

I used the stitched borders to add a line of stitching to the hills and around the edge of the panel with distress oxide inks.

Using versafine clair nocturne I stamped the house onto the background, onto a book page and onto a piece of inky card from the scrap folder. I cut the roof and front door from the inky card and cut around the house on the book page.

I assembled the house and used coloured pencils and a white gel pen to add a little colour to the windows.

I stamped trees and clouds using versafine clair and gave the trees a little colour with an ecoline pen

Finally I matted and layered it and added a ticker tape sentiment.  

I used:

14cm square of card

scraps of inky mop up paper and book page

Distress Collage matte medium

Gesso

Big ones Inkables - Bakewell and Circles 1

Distress Oxide inks in Peeled Paint, Broken China and Vintage Photo

Stitch Border stamp set

Sky Terrace stamp set

Versafine Clair Nocturne

Ecoline pen in green

Tickertape 4 stamp set

Thanks for looking!