My Favourite Season

 

Hi There! I'm here with a double page journal spread today to welcome in my favourite season, Autumn. 

I began by stamping the page with random patches of the Background script and crackle stamps using Desert Sand Versafine Clair ink. 

Next I used the Dinkables set 14 leaves, sponging Distress oxide ink over them and also spritzing the inky leaves with water and laying on top.  

I added a few sprays of Distress Spritz on to the inked background and dried using a heat tool. 

Once it was completely dry I added the wordy sticker sentiment. I often leave the sentiment till last and don't leave enough room, so I thought it would be good to try it the other way around this time! 

Next I stamped some doodle Art Mushroom on to some watercolour card.

I cut them out and coloured using Ecoline markers and a wet brush. I coloured the spots on the mushrooms using Gelly roll Moonlight pens.

Finally I attached the mushrooms to the page using a little matte medium, grounding the smaller ones using a little brown ink. 

I used:

Small square sketchbook

Background Script Stamp

Background Crackle stamp

Dinkables Set 14

Wordy Stickers- Autumn B

Doodle Art Mushroom Stamps

Versafine Clair ink in Desert Sand and Nocturne

Distress Oxide ink in Crackling Campfire, Spiced Marmalade, Vintage Photo, Mustard seed and Shabby Shutters

Distress Spritz in Barn Door, Fossilized Amber and Spiced Marmalade

Matte Medium

Watercolour paper

Ecoline Pens

Gelly Roll Moonlight Pens

Thanks for looking! 

Ode to a tree

 

Hi There! With Autumn approaching fast, I thought I would get out the sycamore leaf easy frame and make an autumnal card this week. Here is how I did it.

I began by blending fossilized Amber and Crushed olive distress oxide inks through the outie of the inkable, onto a 5" square ivory card.

Next I added more leaves, offset form the first ones in Ripe Persimmon, crackling campfire and vintage photo distress oxide

I inked up the crackle stamp with tea dye distress ink and stamped it in patches over the inked background. I also sponged some around the edges of the card

Next, I randomly stamped one of the mandala stamps from set 1 over the background in Vintage photo Distress ink. 

On a scrap of ivory card I stamped the sentiment from Wordage Ticker Tape set 1 in Pinecone Versafine Clair ink and cut it out.

Using sticky pads and some matte medium I added the sentiment and some coordinating sequins to the leafy background. 

Here is the finished card again. 

I used:

5" square ivory card base

4" Sycamore Leaf Easy Frame Inkable

Distress oxide inks in Crushed olive, fossilized amber, Ripe Persimmon, Cracking Campfire and Vintage Photo

Distress inks in Vintage photo and Tea Dye

Crackle Background stamp

Doodle Art Mandalas 1 stamp set

Wordage Ticker tape 1 stamp set

Sticky pads 

Sequins

ivory card snippet

Matte Medium

I'm dedicating this one to the wonderful Sycamore Gap tree that is sadly no more. I really hope it regrows or another solution is found. Thanks for looking! 

Absolutely Conkers!

 

Hi There! It is very definitely Autumn, so I've had a little seasonal play in my journal. Here's how it came together.

I began by blending some spiced marmalade and peeled paint distress oxide ink around the edges of a double page in my Dylusions mini journal.

Next I used the 'into the woods' inkable to add a bit more of the same inks.

I mixed a little Pretty gets gritty explosion powder with some water and splattered it onto the page. 

Next I stamped some of the worker stamps from the Doodle Art ladybird set around the page.

I sponged a little ground espresso around the edges of the pages and along a skylines inkable at the bottom.

On a scrap of card I stamped the Warm Winter journaling girl, coloured her in and cut her out cutting her curls off.

I also stamped her directly onto the journaling page (you only need the outline and her hair, so don't worry if it isn't perfect )

I stuck the coloured image over the image stamped on the page using matte medium. 

Finally I selected three stickers that I liked from the Autumn wordy stickers and added them to the page. I also added a few white pen highlights.

Here's the finished page again. The more I look at it the more I think it needs a mushroom or three, lol. Maybe later! 

I used:

Dylusions mini journal

Distress oxide inks in Spiced Marmalade, Peeled Paint and Ground espresso

Pretty Gets Gritty explosion powder (I used Eros)

Big ones inkable - Into the woods

Skylines inkable - Horizon 1

Versafine Clair Nocturne ink 

Doodle Art Ladybird stamp set

Winter Journaling girls  -  Warm stamp set

A colouring medium (I used alcohol markers)

Matte Medium

Autumn Wordy Stickers B

 

Thanks for looking! 

Autumn Leaves and a sneaky peek!

Hi there! I am here with a step by step for a simple Autumnal card for Bee Crafty. 

Here is how I made it:

I began by making a border on an ivory card using masking/ stencil tape. 

I then blended distress oxide inks in autumnal colours into the centre and left to dry completely.

After a dust with an anti-static bag I stamped the leaves from the Doodle Art dragonfly set at each corner in versamark and sprinkled over gold embossing powder. The leaves in this set were originally joined together but I have cut them apart carefully with scissors. Next I removed the masking tape carefully.

I heated the embossing powder then stamped the smaller leaf 4 times in the centre and added  embossing powder before heating again.

Using the border stamp from the same stamp set I stamped it centrally on each side of the square in tea dye distress ink

I used a gold gellyroll pen to add a doodled border to each corner and also sprinkled a few drops of water onto the distress oxide ink panel. 

here is the finished card...

...and a closer look at that gold embossing. Don't forget to enter your Autumn colour creations in the October challenge album over on the Bee Crafty Facebook group! 

Here is a list of what I used:

6x6 ivory card

Masking/stencil tape

Distress oxide ink in Crackling Campfire, Wild Honey and Peeled Paint

Distress ink in Tea dye

Regular Doodle Art dragonfly stamp set

versamark ink

Gold detail embossing powder

Anti static bag

gold gelly roll pen

Before I go, here is a sneaky peak of one of the new stamp sets that Bee Crafty are launching on Facebook tomorrow. There will be facebook lives, videos, giveaways and bargains throughout the day, including a facebook live from me at 6pm. Visit the Bee Crafty Facebook page for details! 

I hope you can join in the fun! 

Thanks for looking and Happy Crafting! 

Botanical butterfly

Hi there! Well, I don't know what it is like where you are but there is definitely a nip to the air here and the leaves are beginning to turn a little. I've got an easy butterfly card in Autumn colours for you this week, as the theme for the Bee Crafty facebook group challenge is Autumn colours.

I began using the mask from the large butterfly stencil and used a brush to blend a little brown ink around it. 

I began stamping using a variety of autumn shades of ink in the centre space. I tried not to make it overcrowded and where possible I used the same stamps on each side

I used ecoline pens to add a little subtle colour to the stamping. 

In the spaces where the stamping was a bit sparse I added drops of liquid pearls. 

Finally I added a sentiment and a little brown ink around the edge of the card

Here is the finished card.

I also made a couple more using the same stamps and colours, just different easy frames

I used 

 6x6" ivory cards

Inks in a variety of Autumn colours (I used memento, but you could use any inks really)

 Easy frame inkables

Botanical springs regular stamp set

Wordage regular everyday sentiments 2

Ecoline pens

Liquid pearls in buttercup, brass and platinum pearl

Thanks for looking! 

Oak leaf window card

Hi there! Thought I would share how I made this card with you today. 

I began by attaching the oak leaf inkable to a square of a 6 x 6" kraft card and sponged unicorn white ink through the aperture. 
 

Once this was dry I used blending brushes to make a sun in mustard seed Distress oxide inks then added spiced marmalade, crackling campfire and walnut stain around the yellow with the darkest colour at the edges.

next I used a white pen to go around the inner edge of the inkable, then removed it.

I placed the inner part of the inkable over the leaf shape and used a blending brush to add some Memento Espresso Truffle ink around the edges to create a shadow. 

I put the outer part of the inkable back in place and used a skyline inkable to add a few hills at the bottom of the leaf.

Then I stamped the Elder in the memento ink on to the leaf shape.

I removed the inkable and added a few sequins around it. I also added a few spots of clear stardust gelly roll pen to the elder stamp. I trimmed the card a little and inked the edge with the memento ink before attaching to a 6x6 kraft card. The 3d effect created by using the darker ink to make a shadow really made it pop, I think.

Here are links to the products I used:

6x6" kraft card

Inkable Easy Frame oak leaf 

Unicorn white ink

Distress Oxide inks

White pens

Memento Espresso Truffle ink

Inkable Skyline Horizon 1

Beautanicals Elder stamp set from the End of Line section

Gelly Roll stardust pen

Sequins

Thanks for looking and Happy Crafting!