Bee Happy!

 

Hi There! Here is a card I made recently using the Bee Monarchy stamps from Bee Crafty. 

Here is what I used:

Bee Monarchy stamps and matching dies

Typewriter Alpha stamps

Tag dies

Ecoline pens Pastel Blue and yellow ochre

Watercolour card

Corrugated kraft card

Distress oxide inks in Wild Honey and Vintage photo

Pretty gets gritty explosion powder in Eros

6x6 Inkable Honeycomb multi

Black ink  - I used versafine clair

Gilding wax

coordinating ribbon

6x6" Kraft card

5.5x5.5" ivory card

I began by stamping and die cutting the bee and the word Bee onto a scrap of  watercolour card. 

I also cut a label from the corrugated card

I coloured the bee and added a little gilding wax to the corrugated tag. 

I stuck the bee and the word to the tag with sticky pads and added a scrap of coordinating ribbon.

I used a blending brush to apply distress oxide inks through the inkable onto the ivory cardstock

I mixed a little of the explosion powder with water and splattered it across the inked background

I stamped the word Happy, using the Typewriter Alpha onto a die cut tag (not Bee Crafty), layering it on to kraft card.

Finally I matted the background onto the Base card, then attached the tags using sticky pads. 

Tomorrow Bev and Sam are on the Craft Store with some wonderful new stamps at 1pm. Here is a little sneaky peek!

 Thanks for looking! 

More CAS using stencils

 Following on from my blog post on Monday I have had a little play with two Funky fossil stencils that I had for Christmas, again with the make up brush and distress inks. 

For the first, I used the same inks as the card in the last post.

For the second I used wilted violet and bundled sage. The sentiment is from woodware. Being this CAS is a little out of my comfort zone, lol.

I have had a chilled day today after a day of appointments yesterday. My Dentist was running 45 minutes late (I waited outside on the pavement for her to reach me, which was a little cold to say the least). By contrast, I cannot praise the nurses completing flu jabs at our local surgery enough. They were so brilliantly organised I walked it there and back (8000 steps) and had the jab in less than an hour.  They are marvellous - I just wish I could award them a pay rise! 

I hope you are all keeping well and the current lockdown isn't too hard for you. Sending hugs x

            Sally x

Clean and Simple with a stencil

Hi there! Today's blog post is an extremely quick make - A CAS card using a stencil, Distress inks, a sentiment and some liquid pearls.

I used:

the Bee Crafty Inkable Welded Music

Distress inks in festive berries, mustard seed, twisted citrus, mermaid lagoon, blueprint sketch and wilted violet 

A brush to apply the ink (mine was a make-up brush from Home Bargains)

Bee crafty Wordage Small words sentiments

Versafine Smokey Grey ink

Liquid pearls, glitter glue or tiny gems

Smooth white 15cm square card

   

First I fastened the stencil to the base card. When using a stencil I generally find it easiest to let the card lay completely flat, so I didn't have it folded

 

I then applied the ink in strips of colour through the stencil in the order I listed them above. This sort of blending brush is very good for producing well defined lines through the stencil and not leaving bristle marks. 

Finally I removed the stencil, Stamped the sentiment in grey and added some dots of liquid pearls along the note. I told you it was quick! 

I have been busily beavering away at samples for the next Bee Crafty show, this Thursday (14th) on Hochanda at 11am. The stamps, dies and inkables on the show are absolutely gorgeous, so I do hope you can tune in and watch - got a feeling there might be a few sell outs!

I am also beavering away at my Crafty Individuals samples for the show in early February, but I should manage a bit of time to look around in blog land by the end of the week. Hope you are all keeping safe and well. Thank you so very much for all your wonderful comments - they mean such a lot to me x

Thanks for looking! 

                    Sally x