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! 

Same but different

 Hi There! Ever since Bev and Sam brought out the full colour and Greyscale catalyst cards, I've been meaning to have a go at something like this journal spread. Here's what I did.

I began by putting the same design of paper on opposite pages of my journal, one in greyscale and one in full colour. 

Once this was stuck to the page, I added some black soot distress oxide through a D'inkable in the same place on each side.

On a separate piece of card I stamped the Doodle Art gerbera and two butterflies, cutting the gerbera in half. I coloured in one pair with ecoline pens to match the background.

Just inking the centre of the butterfly I added the antennae and body to the pages, making sure there was enough room for the wings to lay flat.

I added the coloured flower and butterfly to the greyscale page and the white to the colour page. I also stamped the worker stamp a couple of times on each page in opposite corners.

I used white gel pen to add highlights to the coloured butterfly and flower....

and gelly roll moonlight florescent pens to add to the white butterfly and flower. 

Finally I added wordy stickers to both pages.

Here's another look at the finished pages. 

I used:

Doodle Art Butterfly stamp set

Doodle Art gerbera stamp set

A5 Catalyst Cards set #1 in full colour and Greyscale

Dinkable from Set 3

Wordy stickers (I used 2B)

Black Soot Distress Oxide ink

Versafine Clair black ink

Ecoline brush pens 

Gelly Roll Moonlight Pens

Matte Medium

 Also, If you find your way to the Bee Crafty Website through me, you can claim yourself 10% off by entering  this code at the Checkout:  BEESALLY10

There are just 2 more days to enter the challenge in the Bee Crafty Facebook Group,  where the theme is Vivid.

Thanks for looking! 

Beautiful Butterflies!

 

Hi There! I am here today with a step by step tutorial for this journal page. 

I began by spreading matte medium over the page and adding scraps of map, music paper and book pages. I also added some tissue that had been used to mop up some distress oxide sprays (Wild Honey and Salvaged patina)

Next I smooshed some cracked pistachio over the whole page. 

Using the Dinkable from set 13, I added some uncharted Mariner Distress Oxide and inked around the edge of the page.

I also added some texture paste through the dinkable from set 2

Once the texture paste was dry I gave it a little spray with uncharted Mariner Distress spritz, tilting the page to make it run, before setting aside to dry.

On a separate piece of card I stamped the doodle art butterfly twice in Memento ink and coloured with alcohol markers. I cut these out.

using the stamp without an acetate block I added the antennae and body of the butterfly to the page twice. I also stamped a couple of one of the small worker stamps by the page edge.

Finally I added the butterflies, some white splatters, a wordy sticker and some gelly roll moonlight pen highlights to the page. 

Here is the page once more...

...and here is a close up of one of the butterflies.

I used:

5x5" notebook

Matte Medium

Scraps of book paper, music, map, tissue or catalyst card

Distress Oxide inks - I used Cracked Pistachio and Uncharted Mariner

Bee Crafty Dinkables sets 2 and 13

Texture paste

Distress Spritz - I used Uncharted Mariner

Doodle Art Butterfly stamp set

Memento black ink

Alcohol markers

Gelly Roll Moonlight pens

Posca pen for white splats

Wordy stickers - I used 2B

I think this fits the the theme on our bee Crafty Stamps group challenge at the moment, which is Vivid. Hope you can join in! 

Thanks for looking! 

More things with wings inspiration

Hi there! Here's a clean and simple card I made yesterday and a step by step tutorial to make it.
 

I began by adding masking tape to two sides of a 14cm square of white card. I blended a light dusting of Mermaid lagoon Distress ink to the lower left corner.

Next I blended some Pine Cone Distress ink through the Jungle Leaves Big one inkable. 

I stamped the Butterfly in Versafine Clair Nocturne ink and removed the masking tape. 

On a piece of Catalyst card, I stamped the butterfly again. I cut it out and added a few highlights using a yellow gelly roll moonlight pen. 

I added this to the background along with a wordy sticker before adding a black border to the panel using a sharpie pen. Finally I attached the panel to a 15cm square white card. 

I used:

Bee Crafty Inkables - Big one: Jungle Leaves

Bee Crafty Doodle Art Butterfly Stamp set

Bee Crafty Catalyst Cards #1

Bee Crafty Wordy Stickers 1

Versafine Clair ink - Nocturne

Distress ink - Mermaid Lagoon and Pine Needles

Gelly Roll Moonlight Pens

Black Sharpie pen

Matte Medium

There is a week left to get your entry in to the Challenge over in the Bee Crafty stamps Facebook group, so I hope this inspiration helps. Also, I will be live this evening on the Bee Crafty Facebook Page at 8pm, so I hope you will join me.

Thanks for looking! 

A butterfly for you

 

Hi There! I am here with another step by step for a simple card with white space (which is the current theme of the challenge over on the Bee Crafty Stamps group)

I began by masking off the central third of the square of smooth card with sticky notes

I then placed the Bakewell big one inkable over the card and blended approximately two thirds across the top with peacock Feathers and the bottom with Wilted Violet

I removed the inkable and the sticky note and added some kitsch flamingo through Mandala #1 inkable. 

On a scrap of mixed media card I stamped the doodle art butterfly (plus a few extras to colour in and add to the fodder box) in black Versafine Clair.

I also stamped the butterfly onto the background. 

I cut out and coloured the butterfly using ecoline markers, adding a few highlights with a white gel pen

Finally I added the butterfly, background and a stamped sentiment to the front of a 6" square card with a purple mat.

Here is the finished card once more. 

I used:

5.5" square smooth white card

Sticky notes

Bakewell big one inkable

Distress oxide inks in Peacock Feathers, Wilted Violet and Kitsch Flamingo

Mandala #1 inkable

Doodle Art Butterfly stamp set

Versafine Clair ink in Nocturne

Everyday Sentiments 1 stamp set

Ecoline markers

White gel pen

6x6" blank card

I do hope you can join in the challenge over in the facebook group! I will be live at 8pm this evening over on the Bee Crafty Page too.

Thanks for looking!