Wednesday, 4 December 2024

Another Christmas card

 

Hi There! I am here with another step by step for this cute Christmas card. Here is how I made it.

I began by blending 3 colours of distress oxide ink across a 4" square of watercolour card. 
Next I sprayed Fossilized Amber Distress Spritz through the Circles 1 big ones inkable. 
When this was dry I stamped over the background using Distress oxide ink. 
On a scrap of card, I stamped the gingerbread man 3 times and coloured with a combination of oxide ink and coloured pencils, before cutting them out. 
I matted and layered the background to a 5x5" card and added the gingerbread men using foam pads.  
Finally I added the sentiment using Versafine Clair ink.
Here is the finished card again....
and you can see the sheen from the distress spritz here.

I used:
Distress Oxide inks in Mustard Seed, Peeled Paint, Fired Brick, Lumberjack Plaid and Tea Dye
Big ones Inkable - Circles 1
Distress Spritz - Fossilized Amber
Versafine Clair Nocturne ink
5x5" card
4x4" watercolour card plus extra for the gingerbread men
Card for matting and layering
Foam pads
Thanks for looking and please don't forget to enter the challenge over in the Bee crafty stamps group

Wednesday, 27 November 2024

A bright and cheerful journal page

Hi There! I'm here with a step by step tutorial for this journal page in my 6x6 kraft journal today. 
 
I began by brushing white gesso across the page, leaving a small border of kraft around the edge.

Next I painted blocks of colour onto the page. I used Dylusions paints in Periwinkle, Blue Lagoon and Bubblegum pink. Once this was dry I used the Circles 1 big one inkable, and a set 5 dinkable to add some more white and some black gesso over the colours. (Sorry, I forgot to take a photo for this stage!)
I used an antistatic bag before stamping patches of the Script in Versamark ink and heat embossing in gold. 
On a scrap of black card I heat embossed the sentiment in White. 
I tore some strips of greyscale Catalyst card to add to the page. 
next I cut out the largest leaf from the transparency sheet, before adding these elements to the page with Matte Medium and a few white splatters.
Here is the finished page again...
... and next to it's partner in the journal.
I used:
6x6 kraft journal
White gesso
Dylusions paints in Blue Lagoon, Periwinkle and Bubblegum pink
Big one inkable -Circles one
Versamark ink

It was lovely to sit and play in my journal. Hope you like the results.
Thanks for looking! 

Wednesday, 20 November 2024

A pair of vivid dragonfly cards

Hi There! I am here with a pair of cards to show you today. I've left sentiments for the inside because I fell in love with the background. Let me show you how I made them.

I found a piece of watercolour card that was 10cm x 20cm. I blended peacock feathers, twisted Citron, carved pumpkin and Wilted violet distress oxide inks across it (I know, its a bit dangerous putting purple and orange together. I'd intended putting the peacock feathers next to the wilted violet, but I messed up the order, lol)
Next, I sprayed the big one Bakewell inkable with water and laid it over the top. After about 30 seconds I lifted it off carefully and dried it with the heat tool. I didn't blot it because I wanted the colours to mix a little. This piece was then cut in half, making 2x 10cm square backgrounds.
Using the same colours of oxide inks I used some of the smaller stamps from journaling essentials #2 to add to the background, before placing this on one side.
I stamped the Doodle art dragonfly twice in Memento ink and coloured with alcohol markers before cutting them out. I also painted on a little distress spritz to add sparkle.
I splashed a little more distress spritz to the backgrounds before matting and layering onto 13cm square cards. Finally I added the dragonflies using matte medium 
I love them both! I can see I will be using that background technique lots more lol. 

I used:
Distress Oxide inks in Carved Pumpkin, Wilted Violet, Twisted Citron and Peacock Feathers
Distress Spritz in Spiced Marmalade Wilted Violet and Worn Lipstick 
Memento ink - Tuxedo black
Alcohol markers
2x 13cm square cards
2x 10cm square pieces of watercolour card
Black paper for matting and layering.

I hope you like my project today! Don't forget we have the Bee Crafty stamps facebook group challenge, where the theme is winter/ Christmas. I hope to see your entries there soon! 

Thanks for looking! 

Wednesday, 13 November 2024

Grungy flower card

 

Hi There! Thought I would show you how I made this card.

I began by smooshing a piece of watercolour paper with Distress oxide inks.
Next I rubbed a little microglaze through the tag inkable before spraying with Walnut stain Distress Spritz before leaving it to dry.
Using the Background script stamp without putting it onto a block, I added some patches of stamping in Tea Dye Distress oxide. 
On another piece of card I stamped the flower from Journaling essentials #8 3 times and coloured it in, cutting it out to layer it up.
I used more stamps from this set to add to the background, before matting and layering it onto a card base
I also stamped some of the leaves from Journaling essentials #3 onto a scrap of smooshed card.
On a scrap of dark brown card, I stamped the sentiment in Versamark ink and heat embossed it in white, before adding all the elements to the card base using either foam pads or matte medium.


Here is the finished card again. 
I used: 
Distress oxide inks in dried Marigold, Cracked Pistachio and tea Dye
Distress Micro glaze
Distress Spritz in Walnut stain
Versamark ink
Cream A5 card
Watercolour card 6x4"
Dark brown card for matting and layering and the sentiment

Thanks for looking! 

Wednesday, 6 November 2024

Pop-up Pumpkin Journal Page

 

Hi There! I've managed to do a bit more craft wise this week and it was great to get my journal out for a good play. Here's what I did.

I began by blending some distress oxide inks over the innie of the 4" oak easy frame inkable around a double page.
Next I stamped several different mixed leaves using a variety of autumn colours.
Using the script background stamp without a block I added some stamping in vintage photo distress ink. I also added some dots and lines from the pumpkin stamp set. 

I cut the sentiment from the transparency sheet and stuck it to the page using matte medium. 
On  a separate piece of watercolour card I stamped the pumpkins in versafine Clair ink and coloured them using ecoline pens. I cut them out and left to dry.
I folded the biggest pumpkin roughly in half, then equally distant each side of the centre fold, I added two more folds. I used a bone folder to burnish these and made sure the centre fold was a mountain and the two side folds were valley folds. Next I added a little matte medium to the outer edges beyond the outer folds. Making sure the journal page is completely flat, I lined up the centre fold with the centre fold of the journal and stuck that down flat to the page (just with the matte medium already applied) 
Once this was dry, I made sure the pumpkin centre fold popped out as the pages were closed.


Here's the finished page again. 
I used:
Distress oxide inks in Mustard Seed, Vintage Photo and Aged Mahogany
Distress inks in Fired Brick, Crushed Olive and Vintage Photo
Ecoline pens 
Versafine Clair Nocturne ink
12x12cm notebook
Watercolour paper

The wrist is progressing nicely and my lovely friend Jane has helped me by finishing the design on my cast, using sharpies and one of the mandala inkables. I'm able to do a lot more than I could as you can see from my pages above. All being well it will be cast free before the end of the month. 

Thanks for looking! 

Wednesday, 30 October 2024

Baubles galore!

Hi there! I am here with a couple of Christmas cards featuring the brand new Doodle Art Baubles. 
 

I began by blending some red and green distress oxide through a big one inkable. I took the foam layer off my stamp press and was able to use 4 magnets on the base to keep the inkable still enough to blend one handed.
Next I stamped the small holly leaves from the christmas pud set to stamp randomly over the background using old paper distress oxide.
On some smooth card I stamped two of the baubles using memento ink and coloured them with alcohol markers. Then I cut them out.
Using a ruler and a fine liner I added some threads to hang the baubles from. I did one straight line then went over twoce more in a doodle art style.
I added the background to a green 5x7 card then added the baubles using sticky pads.
On a scrap of white card I stamped and cut out the sentiment in Versafine Clair Strawberry.
Finally, I added this to the card with foam pads too. 
Here's another version using a different inkable and coloured base card.

I used:
Inkables Big ones  - I used Pearls for the first and circles for circles for the second
Distress Oxide ink  - I used Lumberjack Plaid, Rustic Wilderness and Old Paper
Memento Black ink
Alcohol markers
I've even managed to add a little decoration to my cast 😊 
Thanks for looking!