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

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Thanks for looking! 

Inky Layers

 

Hi There! Thought I would show you how I created this card today.

I began by blending Mermaid lagoon, Mustard Seed and Picked Raspberry distress oxide inks across some mixed media card. It doesn't need to be perfect, and the colours should overlap to get the green and orange tones. 

Next I sprayed a dinkable from set 11 with water and pressed it onto the inked card. I left it in place for a few seconds and rubbed over it with a dry cloth. When I lifted it off, I waited a few seconds then blotted it to lift the colour from the wet areas. 

Once this was dry, I used Doodle Art Mandalas and 3 shades of Versafine Clair ink to stamp over the inky background. I also sponged a little black ink around the edges. 

Next I added a line of faux stitching in white gel pen around the edge of the panel. 

On a scrap of mixed media card I stamped the rainbow bird in black versafine clair ink, painting it with Dina Wakley gloss drops. I set this aside to dry. 

I stamped the sentiment in VersaMark ink onto black card and embossed in white, cutting it out and matting and layering on a white piece of card. 

Finally, I added the background to a 5x5 white card, layering with some black paper, before adding the bird and the sentiment using foam pads. 

I used:

5x5 white card base

4.5" square of mixed media card

Distress oxide inks in Mustard Seed, Mermaid Lagoon and Picked Raspberry 

Dinkables set 11

Mini mister Water spray

Versafine Clair ink in Warm Breeze, Charming Pink and Nocturne

Doodle Art Mandalas set#2 Stamps

White gel pen

Doodle Art Rainbow Birds stamp set

Dina Wakley Gloss drops in Bodacious, Gnarly, Legit and Radical

Mixed Messages #3 stamp set

Detail white embossing powder

Versamark ink

Thanks for looking! 

Do What You Love Challenge Inspiration

 

Hi there! Here is a card I made recently using the Doodle art Rainbow Birds, following the theme of our monthly challenge (to use things beginning with B). Here is how I made it.

I began by masking the edges of a piece of mixed media card using washi tape. 

I used three colours of Versafine Clair to stamp three of the border stamps from freehand borders #2

Once this ink was dry, I lightly blended distress oxide across the panel, before splattering with a little water. 

I cut a 6cm square of black card and added a border of faux stitching using a gelly Roll white pen.

Next I stamped the smaller bird onto mixed media card using versafine clair black ink and coloured it with ecoline markers. Once dry I cut it out. 

on another scrap of black card I stamped and embossed a sentiment from small words. 

Finally I added the background panel to an A6 card, layering the elements onto the background using foam pads. 

I used:

Royal Talens Mixed media card 

Freehand Borders #2 stamp set

Versafine Clair Inks in Blue Belle, Glamorous, Monarch and Nocturne

Distress Oxide inks in Picked Raspberry, Prize ribbon and Wilted Violet

White gelly roll pen

Doodle Art Rainbow birds stamp set

Ecoline pens

Small words stamp set

Sticky pads

Black card 

white embossing powder

Versamark ink 

I used a Bird, black card, Blue ink and border stamps. I hope you can come over to the facebook group and join in the challenge. There is also a challenge running for altered playing cards too. 

Whilst I am here I want to wish you all a very happy and healthy 2024. The end of 2023 was rather sad for us with the passing of Steve's dad (he didn't quite make his 103rd birthday) and also our dear friend Mark, who was our best man in 1989, Godfather to Megan and Steve's best friend from school days. Our Christmas was very quiet as a result. Having said that there were also many wonderful things that happened in 2023 too. I ought to try and share a few more bits of news soon. Thank goodness for good friends and happy memories - it all helps to get us through the difficult times. Thanks for looking!