New Year, New Bird book

 

Good Morning! Each year I have a little notebook in which we record birds we see in the garden each month. I had forgotten to pick up a notebook but fortunately I found one that I had cast aside as I couldn't get the label off. I decided it would do but I could get creative with the cover. 

Here it is before I started. 

First I cut the white edges off one of the A6 catalyst cards. This one is from set 1

On a piece of white card I stamped the Doodle art rainbow bird and sunshine in Versafine Clair black ink . 

I cut both out, leaving a small white border then painted them using Dina Wakley Gloss Drops, setting them aside to dry.  

On a scrap of black card I stamped the sentiment and embossed in white. I trimmed this ready for adding to the notebook. 

Finally I attached them all to the front of the notebook using Matte Medium. So much better don't you think? 

I used:

A6 notebook

A6 Catalyst Card - I used set #1 full colour

Doodle Art Rainbow Birds Stamp set

Dina Wakley Gloss Drops - I used Gnarly, Radical, Bodacious and Stoked

Versamark ink

White embossing powder

Matte Medium

I chose these bright colours as the current theme on the Bee Crafty Facebook challenge is 'Vivid', and I think this definitely fits the bill. The prize is a £20 stamp voucher, so definitely worth a go! I certainly won't lose the book, lol.

Thanks for looking! 

Hey, Sunshine!

Hi There! Thought I would share a super quick but colourful card with you that will brighten the dullest of days.

I began by blending 3 shades of distress oxides through the inkable on to an ivory deckle edged card. 

On a piece of card, I stamped the Doodle Art rainbow bird in Black versafine clair and coloured it by painting with Dina Wakley gloss drops.

Next I die cut a circle from ivory card and stamped it with the circles stamp from Journal art Elements 3 using spiced marmalade distress oxide ink. 

I attached this to the centre of the card using foam pads, adding the bird on the top. I added the sentiment in versafine clair ink.

Finally I added a few dayglow highlights using Gelly Roll moonlight pens.

Here is the finished card again.

I used:

6x6" ivory card blank

Big ones inkable - egg timers

Distress oxide inks in Twisted citron, mustard seed and spiced marmalade

rainbow birds stamp set

Black Versafine Clair ink

Dina Wakley Gloss drops

Journal Art Elements 3 stamp set

Mixed messages 4 stamp set

Gelly Roll Moonlight pens

Today's January savers are the fabulous mdf journals that you can find here . I will be live on the Bee Crafty Facebook page at 8pm this evening, so I hope you can join me. Thanks for looking! 

Rainbow Bird Card

 

Hi there! thought I would show you how I made this quick and simple card today. I love the contrast between the kraft background and the dayglo bird.

I began by taping mandala inkable #5 to a blank 6x6" kraft card. I blended white ink through the mandala  then removed the inkable. 

Using freehand borders #1 and brown versafine clair ink I added a border around the edge of the card. 

Using the same ink, I stamped the leaves and square of crosses from Journaling Essentials #2 onto the base card. 

I stamped one of the Doodle Art rainbow birds in Versafine Clair ink onto a scrap of mixed media card. Once this was dry, I painted the image using Dina Wakley gloss drops before cutting it out. 

I stamped the sentiment onto a scrap of kraft card using brown ink and cut it out.

Finally I added both sentiment and bird to the front of the card. 

I used:

6x6" Kraft card

Mandala inkable #5

Hero Arts Unicorn white ink

Freehand Borders #1 stamp set

Versafine Clair ink in Pinecone and Nocturne

Journaling essentials #2 stamp set

mixed media card

Doodle Art Rainbow Birds stamp set

Dina Wakley Gloss Drops

Ticker tape #4 stamp set

Thanks for looking! 

Tangled Tinsel journal page

 

Hi There! Are you feeling a bit frazzled at the mention of Christmas? Me too! This journal page is a reminder to me to not get my tinsel in a tangle with the preparations! Here is how it came together.

I began by painting a section of the page with black gesso.

Once this was dry, I used stickles gel through the star Dinkable from set 1 to add to the background. 

On a scrap of white card, I painted lines of the Dina Wakeley gloss drops in blended stripes.

When this was dry, I stamped and clear embossed the Christmas tree on to it, cutting it out carefully.

I attached it to the page using matte medium.

Using a scrap of the painted card, I stamped the tinsel mixed message, then stamped It's Christmas onto a piece of white card. I trimmed both carefully with scissors and added to the page.

Finally, I added some more stickles along some of the tree sections and onto the star. 

Here is the finished page once more. 

I used

6x6 Kraft journal

Black gesso

Set 1 dinkables

Stickles gel

Dina Wakeley Gloss drops

Doodle Art Christmas tree

Mixed messages- Christmas

Versafine clair black ink

Clear embossing powder

Matte Medium

Thanks for looking and I hope you manage to keep your tinsel untangled in the run up to the festive season!