A Little Hope Journal Spread

 

Hi There! I've moved away from pastel colours this week and I have a journal page for you. 

I began by smooshing Mustard Seed Distress Oxide onto a double page in my 5x5 notebook. 

When this was dry, I drew a rough circle in Salty Ocean Distress crayon on the right hand page. I brushed over this with a damp brush to blend it a little. 

Using Picked Raspberry Distress Oxide ink, I added some dots using a dinkable. 

I used the same colours of ink to add stamping using Journal Art Elements 3, randomly around the page. 

Next I used the 4" circle easy frame to add a pink circle using a paint marker....

and also a white circle slightly offset.

On a small piece of vellum/ parchment paper, I stamped and heat embossed the Doodle Art Butterfly in white, and cut it out. 

Then I splattered the page using distress Spritz in Picked Raspberry. 

I added the butterfly to the page using matte medium.

I felt it still needed a few white and pink pen dots here and there, so I added some in. 

Finally, I added a wordy sticker sentiment. 

Here are the finished pages once more.

I used:

Journal art Elements 3 stamp set

Doodle Art Butterfly stamp set

Dinkables set #2

4" Circle easy Frame inkable

Wordy Stickers 3

Distress Oxide inks - I used Salty Ocean, Mustard seed and Picked Raspberry

Distress crayon - I used salty ocean

Posca Pens or paint markers

Embossing ink

White embossing powder

Vellum/ parchment craft paper

Matte Medium

Don't forget, if you find yourself on the Bee Crafty Website from my blog post, you can get yourself an extra 10% off by using my discount code! Just pop BEESALLY10 in at the checkout x

I will be live this evening at 8pm over on the Bee Crafty Facebook page. Hope you can join me and thanks for looking! 

More Pastel Colours

 

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

I began by masking off about half of a 5x7" panel of card, and blending pastel distress oxide inks below the tape

Next I sprayed the Big one inkable with water and laid it on top of the inked part of the card. I made sure it had touched the oxide ink all over and then lifted it, blotting away the water on the surface with a clean dry cloth or kitchen roll. 

Next I removed the tape, rubbed over with an anti-static cloth and stamped and heat embossed the sketchy border, using versamark ink and silver embossing powder. 

on a seperate piece of card I stamped the dandedaisy in grey versafine clair ink and coloured it using ecoline markers. I then cut it out.

I trimmed the background panel slightly and attached it to the front of the blank 5x7" card, adding a stamped sentiment in grey versafine clair ink. 

Finally I added the dandedaisy using 3d foam pads.

I used:

Dandedaisy stamp set

Freehand Borders #1 stamp set

Small Words stamp set

Big ones inkable - I used botanical garden

Distress oxide inks - I used squeezed lemonade, tumbled glass, shaded lilac and spun sugar.

Versamark ink/ embossing ink

Ranger silver embossing powder

Versafine or versafine clair ink - I used morning mist

Ecoline pens

mister/ water spray

5x7 card and white card

This is more inspiration for our current challenge over in the Bee Crafty Facebook group. I hope you can come and join in the fun! 

Don't forget, if you find yourself on the Bee Crafty Website from my blog post, you can get yourself an extra 10% off by using my discount code! Just pop BEESALLY10 in at the checkout x

Thanks for looking! 

The Sun Will Rise...

 

Hi There! Thought I would share a bit of journaling with you today. Here's how it came together. 

I began by spraying the page with Salvaged Patina Distress Oxide spray, Tarnished Brass Distress stain and Fossilized Amber Distress Spritz. 

When this was dry, I stamped clocks and cogs in Peacock Feathers Distress oxide ink across the page. 

Next, I added some script in Vintage Photo Distress Oxide ink...

along with some stitchy borders and a little stencilling through a texture disc. 

In my stash I found some teal coloured parchment paper. I heat embossed the leaves on it before cutting them out. 

I stamped the rainbow bird and painted it using pastel shades of distress oxides.

Using Matte Medium, I attached the leaves and bird to the left page. 

On the right page I added a transparency sentiment.

Here is  the finished page again. 

I used:

Time is Free Stamp set

Background Script Stamp Set

Journaling Essentials #6 Stamp set

Rainbow Birds stamp set

Texture Discs set 4

Distress oxide spray - I used Salvaged patina

Distress spray stain - I used Tarnished Brass

Distress Spritz - I used Fossilized amber

Distress oxide inks in Vintage Photo, Peacock Feathers, Squeezed Lemonade, Dried Marigold and Spun Sugar

White embossing powder

The Best things take time transparency sheets

Matte Medium

I will be live at 8pm this evening over on the Bee Crafty Facebook Page. Do join me if you can. 

Don't forget, if you find yourself on the Bee Crafty Website from my blog post, you can get yourself an extra 10% off by using my discount code! Just pop BEESALLY10 in at the checkout x

Thanks for looking! 

Pretty Pastels

 Hi There! I've gone all pastel shades with this card for you today. Here's how I made it.

I began by stamping the script background around a panel of smooth white card measuring 4.5 x 6.5 inches using tumbled glass distress ink. 

Next I attached the circles big one inkable and used blending brushes to add more tumbled glass, Picked raspberry and Squeezed lemonade distress ink

On a separate piece of card I stamped the doodle art sunflower and coloured it with pastel ecoline pens before cutting it out. 

I stamped the sunflower onto the background in the position I wanted it and added the coloured cut out sunflower on top, using Matte Medium. 

On a scrap of white card I stamped the sentiment in Versafine clair ink and sponged a little blue ink around the edge. I added this to the card too. 

Here is the finished card once more. 

I used:

Script background stamp

Big one inkable  - Circles 1

Doodle Art Sunflower stamp set

Mixed messages #3 Stamp set

Distress inks - I used Tumbled Glass, Picked Raspberry and Squeezed Lemonade

Versafine Clair ink in Morning Mist

Ecoline Pens

Matte Medium

Smooth white card

5x7" blank card

Paper for matting and layering

Thanks for looking! 

A Dandedaisy card

 

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

I began by blending some Mustard Seed Distress Ink onto a 14cm square piece of smooth white card.  

Next I stamped the script background stamp over the whole panel also with Mustard Seed Distress Ink. 

I inked up a section of the Bakewell Big One Inkable using Uncharted Mariner Distress Oxide ink. I then spritzed it with water and laid it onto the background. I dried it using a heat tool then repeated this step to add ink to the lower section of the card panel. 

On a separate piece of card I stamped the largest Dandedaisy and painted it using the same distress and distress oxide inks and a little water. Once dry I cut it out.

After sponging more Charted Mariner ink around the edge, I added the panel to the front of a 15cm square card. I stamped the sentiment in the yellow section of the card using Memento clair ink. 

Finally I added the dandedaisy on 3d foam pads  onto the card. 

I used:

Script Background stamp

Bakewell Big one Inkable

Doodle Art Dandedaisy Stamp set

Doodle Art Dancing Daisy stamp set

Mustard Seed Distress ink

Uncharted Mariner Distress Oxide ink

Versafine Clair Nocturne Ink

15cm square white base card

14cm square of white smooth card

I will be live this evening at 8pm over on the bee Craft Facebook page. I hope you can join me! 

Don't forget, if you find yourself on the Bee Crafty Website from my blog post, you can get yourself an extra 10% off by using my discount code! Just pop BEESALLY10 in at the checkout x

Monochrome

 

Hi there! I am here with a step by step tutorial to create this simple journal page.

I began by cutting a piece of the greyscale catalyst card from set 4 (A5) and attached it to the page using Matte Medium.

Next I covered one of the texture discs with black soot distress oxide ink, spritzed with water and pressed it onto the page. I lifted off the texture disk and dried the page using a heat tool.

Using the dotty Dinkable I added more ink using a blending brush, as well as around the edges of the page.

I cut the circles and the word from the transparency prints and added them to the page using Matte Medium.

On a scrap of white card I stamped the sketchy flower and cut it out leaving a small white border.

Finally I added the flower to the page too. Here is the finished page....

And next to it's companion in the journal. 

I used:

Catalyst cards set #4 - A5 greyscale

Distress oxide ink in Black soot

Texture discs set #4

Dinkables set #2 

Transparency Prints - Beautiful and Brave, and Journaling Essentials #1

Sketchy Flowers stamp set
 Versafine Clair Black ink

Matte Medium

Although monochrome is out of my comfort zone, I love how beautifully this contrasts with it's colourful companion! It's also inspiration for the challenge over in the Bee crafty Stamps group. 

Don't forget, if you find yourself on the Bee Crafty Website from my blog post, you can get yourself an extra 10% off by using my discount code! Just pop BEESALLY10 in at the checkout x

I think I will be back to my usual colourful self next week! 

Thanks for looking!