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

Black gesso

Dylusions paints in Blue Lagoon, Periwinkle and Bubblegum pink

Big one inkable -Circles one

Dinkables set 5

Script background stamp

Mixed messages #2 stamp set

Versamark ink

White and gold embossing powder

Mixed leaves transparencies

Greyscale Catalyst cards #1 A6 

Matte Medium

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

Thanks for looking! 

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:

Doodle Art Dragonfly #1 stamp set

Journaling Essentials #2 stamp set

Big one inkable - Bakewell 

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.

Matte Medium

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! 

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: 

Tag inkables set 1

Script background stamp

Journaling Essentials #3 and #8 stamp sets

Small words stamp set

Distress oxide inks in dried Marigold, Cracked Pistachio and tea Dye

Distress Micro glaze

Distress Spritz in Walnut stain

Versafine Clair Pinecone ink

Versamark ink

White embossing powder

Cream A5 card

Watercolour card 6x4"

Dark brown card for matting and layering and the sentiment

Thanks for looking! 

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:

4" Oak easy frame inkable

Mixed leaves Art stamps

Doodle Art Pumpkin stamp set

Script Background stamp

Bee Crafty Transparencies - Autumn/Winter words

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

Matte medium

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!