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! 

Thanks for looking!