Glad you are here journal pages

 

Hi There! thought I would show you how I made these journal pages for my blog post today. 

I began by spreading dylusions paint with my fingers over the two pages.

I gave it a little dry with a heat tool then sponged through a couple of tag inkables using white gesso

I set this aside then stamped the doodle Art mandalas onto stamping tissue using Monarch versafine clair ink. I cut them out and added them to the page using Matte Medium

Next I mixed a little gold mica powder with some water on a piece of acetate and smooshed and blobbed it onto the page, leaving it to dry. 

I stamped the doodle art dragonfly twice on to stamping tissue and twice onto some mixed media paper. I cut them all out and coloured the mixed media paper ones using pencil crayons.

I stamped the mixed messages sentiment onto stamping tissue and cut it out

Back in the journal I stamped a few of the worker stamps from the dragonfly set using embossing ink, then heat embossed with detail gold powder.

Finally I added the sentiment and dragonflies to the page, positioning the coloured dragonflies over the tissue ones to replace the legs and dots I cut off when I cut them out.

Here is the finished page once more.

I used:

Dylusions mini journal

Dylusions paints in Blue lagoon, laidback lilac and peony blush

White gesso

Tag inkables set 1 and 3

Doodle art Mandalas set 2

Gold mica powder

Doodle Art Dragonfly

Stamping tissue

Versafine clair in Monarch and Nocturne

Embossing ink

Detail gold embossing powder

Matte Medium

I will be live over on the Bee Crafty Facebook page at 8pm tomorrow, so I hope you will join me.

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A kraft journal page

 

Hi There! Thought I would have a little play in my Kraft Journal yesterday. Here's the page I completed. So far I have done mainly double page spreads in this journal but I thought I would ring the changes and just do a single page this time.

I began by brayering a little gesso onto the page.

Next I stamped the  Script stamp in vintage photo distress oxide ink onto the page.

I used a 6x6 mandala and a blending brush to add some spiced marmalade distress oxide over it. 

Whilst that dried I stamped some leaves from Journaling essentials 2 onto a scrap of white card using versafine clair shady lane ink and cut them out. 

I stamped the sunflower (flower only) onto another piece of white card, coloured it and cut it out.

Back on the background I stamped and embossed more leaves using twisted citron distress embossing glaze, and added the first leaves with matte medium

I also added the sunflower and used versafine clair black ink to add some more stamping from the journalling essentials set around the page

On a scrap of black card I stamped and embossed the sentiment from mixed messages 3, cutting each line apart. 

Finally I added the sentiment to the page too. 

I used:

6x6 kraft journal

white gesso

mini brayer

script stamp

Distress oxide inks in vintage photo and spiced marmalade

inkable mandala 4

Journaling essentials 2 stamp set

Doodle Art Sunflower stamp set

Versafine Clair ink in Shady Lane and Nocturne

Versamark ink for embossing

Distress embossing glaze in Twisted citron

White embossing powder

Mixed messages 3 stamp set

There are still lots of offers on the Bee Crafty website to celebrate Bee Crafty's 21st birthday, along with challenges on the Bee Crafty Facebook group. Hope you can join in! 

 Thanks for looking! 

Exploring different ways of using Bee Crafty Mandala inkables

Hi There! I have been finding some different ways to use my mandala inkables over the past couple of weeks. I have used them with my coloured pencils (I will include a couple of photos at the end of this post) and now have used them with a black alcohol marker on a distress oxide background. This one was inspired by the birthday card I got from my friend Lynne. Here's how I made this card.

I began by sponging a rainbow of distress oxide across a 14x14cm of smooth card

Next I drew around the inkable Mandala 2 with a pencil, before colouring in using a black alcohol marker.

Once this was all thoroughly dry I went over the top using the Big one fern flourish inkable using Lost Shadow and Worn Lipstick distress oxide inks and dried off with a heat gun

I ran an anti static cloth over the whole thing then stamped the two circle stamps from Journal Art Elements 3 in versamark ink, heat embossing in gold.  

On a piece of plastic I sprayed a little water and sprinkled with Apollo explosion powder and then dabbed it onto the background and left to dry.

On a separate piece of black card I stamped and heat embossed the sentiment from mixed messages 2 and cut the end to make a flag.

Finally I matted and layered the background onto a 7" square card, adding the sentiment on 3d foam pads.

I used:

Distress oxide inks in Fired brick, Wild Honey, Twisted Citron, Peacock Feathers, Blueprint Sketch, Wilted Violet and Seedless Preserves, then Lost Shadow and Worn Lipstick.

6x6 inkable Mandala 2

Black Alcohol marker

Big ones inkable Fern Flourish

Journal Art Elements 3 stamp set

Mixed messages 2 stamp set

Versamark embossing ink

Gold embossing powder

Pretty gets Gritty explosion powder in Apollo

Black card, White card and 7" card blank

Water mister spray

Here are a couple of photos of the mandalas I have coloured with pencil crayons too

There are all sorts of offers on the Bee Crafty Website at the moment as May is their 21st Birthday month, so definitely worth a good look! 

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Dream big!

 

Hi There! Thought I would show you how I made this Journal page that would work equally well on a card. 

I began by smooshing Spiced marmalade and picked Raspberry Distress oxide ink onto a mixed media page

Next I used Dinkables from  sets 2 and 8 to add more of the same distress oxide inks 

I used the stitched borders and the script background stamp to add a little random stamping around the page

On a separate piece of card, I stamped some flowers from journaling essentials 3 in versafine black ink.

I cut out and coloured the flowers with ecoline pens. 

I stamped a border from freehand Borders 2 in the same versafine ink and added the flowers, leaves and stems using Matte Medium. Finally I added a sentiment using the Picked Raspberry Distress Oxide ink.

Here's the finished card again.

I used:

Distress oxide inks in Spiced Marmalade and Picked Raspberry

D'inkables Sets 2 and 8

Stitch border stamp set

Script Background stamp set

Journaling Essentials 3 stamp set

Freehand Borders 2 stamp set

Mixed Messages 1 stamp set

Versafine ink

Ecoline pens

Matte Medium

Do keep your eyes on the Bee Crafty Facebook page, Instagram and YouTube as there are all sorts of challenges, offers and prizes as May marks the 21st birthday of Bee Crafty! 

Thanks for looking!