A couple of ATCs

 

Hi There! It is lovely that Artist Trading Cards are still popular in the Crafting community. For this who don't already know, They are little creations measuring 2.5 x 3.5 inches. I thought I would show you how I made these ATCs today.

I began by spraying two ATCs using Distress oxide sprays in Peacock Feathers and Crackling Campfire, and left them to dry.

I used Versafine Clair ink in Warm Breeze and Acorn to Stamp some of the mandalas on to them.

Once these were dry, I rubbed over them with an anti static cloth and stamped a few patches of the crackle stamp in versamark ink, Embossing with Gold detail embossing powder. 

On a scrap of white card I stamped the butterfly several times. I inked the centre of the stamp again and stamped directly onto the ATCs where the butterflies were to be positioned. I then coloured them and cut them out, cutting off the antennae.

I shaped the wings a little with a bone folder and stuck them on with Collage Medium. 

Next I selected some words from the small word stamp set, stamped in Versamark ink onto some teal-coloured card and heat embossed in white. I cut these out and attached to the ATCs.

here are a couple more photos with the light catching the gold embossing

I used:

Mixed media card cut into ATCs

Distress oxide sprays in Peacock Feathers and Crackling Campfire

Doodle Art Mandala Stamps Set 2

Crackle stamp

Birds and Butterflies XL stamps

Coloured pencils

Versafine Clair inks in Nocturne, Warm Breeze and Acorn

Versamark ink

Embossing powders in detail gold and detail white

Collage Medium

Small Words stamp set

I will be live on the Bee Crafty Facebook page at 8pm this evening if you fancy joining me.

Thanks for looking! 

Being Happy Butterfly Art journal spread

Hi There! I had lots of inky painty fun with this journal spread in my Dylusions mini journal over the weekend. Here is a step by step to show what I did. 
 

I had some spray left in a couple of my mini misters that I wanted to use for something else, so I sprayed them onto a page in my journal and let them run across the pages. 

I wanted to cover up the ink from other pages that had seeped in at the page crease, so I painted lots of stripes with a fine paint brush and Dina Wakely acrylic paints in ocean, turquoise and lime. 

Next I used the dotty border stamp with versafine clair ink in warm breeze around the edges. 

I used distress oxide inks in salvaged patina, salty ocean and peacock feathers to stamp the coffee stains randomly across the pages

I also added a few bits of the ledger stamp randomly around the page without an acrylic block

Next I took the small butterfly inkable and brushed distress oxide ink in blueprint sketch around the edges, then set it aside.

I stamped three butterflies and a sentiment in Versafine Clair twilight ink onto Dina Wakely Collage paper,

then stuck them to the page using matte medium

I also added some white and sparkly highlights with a gelly roll clear stardust pen and a posca pen. A few gold sequins finished it off.

Close up of each page....

Here are links to the products I used:

Dina Wakely heavy body acrylic paint in Lime, Ocean and Turquoise

Coffee stains stamps

Ledger stamp

Textures and Borders stamps

Distress oxide inks in Peacock Feathers, Salty Ocean, Salvaged Patina and Blueprint Sketch

Butterfly stamps - a bargain in the end of line section

Being Happy Large Sentiment

Dina Wakely collage paper

Matte Medium

Posca Pen

Versafine Clair inks

Sequins

The Butterfly inkable is available as part of a set on the Craft Store website (Shop by Brand and look for Bee Crafty)

I really enjoyed creating this in all my favourite colours!  The Bee Crafty Stamps facebook group has a challenge for August of  'Show us your stamping and use Inkables' if you fancy having a go. 

Thanks for looking! 

Butterfly Journal pages

 Hi there! 

I thought I would share a journal spread I did recently with you. Several of the stamps are in the end of line section on the Bee Crafty website, and when they're gone they're gone, I'm afraid. For these pages I used:

Inkable Big ones Bakewell

Beautanicals Wildflower 2 and wildflower 3 stamps

Travel words1 stamps

multi mini distress diamonds stamp

 texture borders set

Butterflies from the regular birds and butterflies set (one of mine was from the XL set too, but there are plenty to choose from including some in the end of line section here) 

Dies for the regular birds and butterflies (XL ones are here too)

Crackling Campfire and Rustic Wilderness Distress oxide inks

Versafine clair ink in Shady Lane and Nocturne

Ranger Matte Collage medium

It was all done in my Dylusions Mini Journal 

I found a page I had started by misting an inkable with water and popping it into my journal. The colours I had used were crackling campfire and rustic wilderness, so I decided to carry on with the same colours and the same inkable.

I added more of the colours with a blending tool and then added more through the stencil, mostly around the edges of the pages. 

Next I stamped the distressed diamonds in gaps around the edge and splattered with water and a few drops of gold mica spray.

I stamped the wildflowers bottom left with the shady lane ink

I stamped the words in the same shades of Distress oxides.

I then added the dots in black versafine clair ink around the edges of the pages before moving aside.

I stamped my three butterflies onto some cartridge paper using the versafine clair black ink

I painted them with my Inktense blocks, or I could have used ecolines, and cut them out using the dies before sticking them in place using collage medium. Here it is again.

This has to be my favourite colour combination at the moment! Hope you like it! I may well add a few little extras but I am happy with it for now. 

Before I go here is a sneaky peek to remind you to tune in to Hochanda at 1pm tomorrow for the most beautiful brand new stamps, dies and MDF from Bee Crafty. I have loved making samples with them and love the designs so much! Thanks for looking!

Butterfly Birthday Greetings

 

Hi There! The Doodle Art Insects and flowers seem to be my 'go-to' stamps at the moment when I need a card and Mr Mojo is having a break. As soon as I start colouring them he seems to show up again! Last weekend I made another colourful birthday card using the Doodle Art butterflies. Here is how I made it.

First I smooshed some distress oxide ink in Broken china onto some acetate, misted with a little water and touched it onto a 13cm square of plain card.

Once this was dry I place the Big Ones Botanical Garden inkable over it and sprayed with distress oxde spray in wilted violet.

Whilst it dried I stamped 2 butterflies using the regular doodle art butterfly set  onto watercolour card and coloured (you don't have to be particularly careful with colouring as they are going to be cut out) with ecoline pens in deep yellow and magenta.

I added a few Gelly Roll gel pen highlights and then cut them out, removing the antenae.

I stamped the butterflies onto the background where I wanted to place them

and used 3d glue gel to stick the cut out butterflies over the stamped images. This way they can still have antennae! The spatters and dots around the stamp are also added.

I matted and layerd the background onto a 15cm square card, adding the Happy Birthday sentiment from the everyday sentiments 2 set.

Here is another look at the finished card. Those bright colours really cheered me up! It is well worth experimenting with different colours together. The yellow and Magenta weren't a combination I would have guessed would work so well. Hope you like it.

Thanks for looking and Happy stamping!

                             Sally x

Bee Crafty DT samples

Hello! Did you catch the Bee Crafty shows on Hochanda last week? Here are the samples I made, and I have to say I thoroughly enjoyed myself, and could have carried on making lots more! All stamps, brand new dies and Stencils can be found on the Bee Crafty Website

 

This little journal has gelli print pages and was made using an Easy Bind template from Janie's Originals.

If you missed the shows you can still visit the Hochanda website and catch them on rewind (23rd July 11am and 3pm).

Thanks for looking!

                             Sally x