My Favourites

 

Hi There! Our new challenge over in the Bee Crafty Stamps facebook group is to show us your favourites, so I thought I would use my favourite colours, favourite stamps and favourite inkables to create a journal page. Here's how I did it.

I began by painting waves of my favourite colours of acrylic paint across both pages.

Next I added some white gesso with a stencil brush through the Bakewell big one inkable.

Using Tag inkables set #1 I added some black gesso with a stencil brush.

I decided it needed lifting a bit so added a little gilding wax to the black gesso. 

Next I stamped one of the doodle art mandalas using versamark ink and embossed in gold embossing powder. 

On a separate piece of card I stamped the sunflower in Black versafine Clair ink, Cut it out and coloured with ecoline markers. 

I also cut out words and circles from the latest releases of transparencies and attached to the page with matte medium. Finally, I added a simple border using Gelly Roll pens and some white splatters. 

Here is the finished page again.

I used:

Dylusions mini Journal

Acrylic paint - I used a mixture of Dina Wakley and Dylusions

White gesso

Black gesso

Inkables Big one Bakewell

inkables tag set 1

versamark ink 

Gilding wax

gold embossing powder

Doodle Art Mandala set #2 Stamps

Doodle Art Sunflower stamp set

Black Versafine Clair ink pad

Ecoline pens

Matte Medium

Transparencies - I used Beautiful and Brave words and Journal Circles 1

 Gellyroll Moonlight pens

White Posca pen to splatter

I hope this has given you some inspiration to enter the challenge! 

Thanks for looking! 

Favourite colours and stamps

 

Hi There! What do you do when your mojo is on holiday? I get out my favourite colours and favourite stamps and just have a play. This card was the result of just such a play. 

I began by painting a piece of watercolour paper with laidback lilac, blue lagoon and fresh lime dylusions paint using a wet brush and blending the edges together

Once this was dry, I painted white gesso through the Circles Big one inkable using a stencil brush. This too was left to dry.

I used the Mandala stamps to add to the background, stamping in Versafine Clair Summer Breeze and embossing with clear embossing powder. 

I matted and layered this onto a White A5 card. 

On a piece of mixed media card I stamped the sunflower, using versafine Clair, and coloured it with Ecoline markers before cutting out.

I attached this to the background using ultra thick gel medium. 

on a scrap of card I stamped the sentiment from mixed messages 1 and sponged a little ink around the edge, shaping the ends of the strip. 

Here is the finished card again. 

I used:

Dylusions paint in Laidback Lilac, Blue Lagoon and Fresh Lime

White gesso

Big ones inkable - Circles #1

Doodle Art Mandalas #2 stamp set

Doodle Art Sunflower stamp set

Versafine Clair in Summer Breeze, Nocturne and Monarch

Clear embossing powder

Ecoline markers

Ultra Thick gel medium

Mixed Messages #1 stamp set

I really enjoyed making this card and it certainly helped to find my mojo again. 

Thanks for looking! 

Inspired by Bev

Hi There! I couldn't wait to play with the latest journaling essentials stamps, so I used them on this card for my daughter's birthday. I also wanted to create a card a bit like the ones that Bev did in this live

I began by smooshing Peacock Feathers and Wilted Violet Distress Oxide onto a 14cm square of mixed media card. 

Next I used the Andalucian Big One inkable to blend some more ink on to the background.

I used the same inks, plus some black Versafine Clair to add stamping to the background. 

Next I stamped a sketchy bird and some sketchy flowers onto a scrap of white card and cut them out.

I coloured the blue tit with coloured pencils but left the flowers white.

I used a black sharpie to add a border to the panel then stuck it to a 15cm square card blank. I added the flowers and bird to the corner of the card using foam pads, and added a few drops of platinum liquid pearls. I also added some glossy accents to the eye and the beak.

Here is the finished card again.

I used:

Mixed media card

Distress oxide inks in Peacock Feathers and Wilted violet

Andalucian Big one inkable

Journaling essentials 2 Stamp set

Sketchy Birds 1 stamp set

Sketchy flowers 1 stamp set

Black Versafine Clair ink

Coloured pencils

Platinum Liquid Pearls

Glossy Accents

Foam pads

Thanks for looking!