Wednesday, 26 June 2024

More Spots


 Hi There! Apologies that I was missing last week. We were on holiday in Wales and the wifi wasn't playing ball. I am back this week with a little journal page for you as more inspiration for the Facebook Spots challenge this week.
I selected an A6 catalyst card, cut off the white border and added a faux stitching line around the edge.

I stuck this onto a Kraft page in the mdf journal I made as a sample a couple of weeks ago.
Next I added some spots through a dinkable using black Distress Oxide ink. I also stamped some dots using a small stamp from Journaling Essentials #6
I added a piece of book page with Matte medium and stamped the lines from the same stamp set across it using Versafine Clair Charming Pink. 
I cut out the dotty circle from Transparencies- journaling Birds and sprigs set and added it to the page using matte medium.
I stamped the spotty bird in black versafine clair ink and heat embossed it using clear powder. 
Finally I added the bird and wordy stickers to the page using Matte Medium. I also added some faux stitching around the wordy stickers using a white pen and filled in a few of the dots on the circle with the gelly roll pens.
Here's the finished page again.
I used :
Black Distress oxide ink
Versafine Clair ink in Black and Charming Pink
A scrap of Book page
If you want to make your own journal you will need the MDF journal kit

I will be live over on the Bee Crafty Facebook page at 8pm this evening. I so hope you will be able to join me.
Thanks for looking! 


Wednesday, 12 June 2024

Spots on rainbows!

Hi There! I am still loving playing with the latest stamps, Wordy stickers and D'inkables from Bee Crafty. Today I decided to get inky whilst providing a little more inspiration for the monthly Facebook group challenge, where the theme is spots. 
I began by inking a piece of watercolour card with a rainbow of distress oxide colours. 
Next I sprayed the leaves from the D'inkables with water and laid them on the inked surface. After a few seconds I lifted them off and blotted the excess water. This is known as faux bleaching. 
Once this was dry, I used another of the dinkables to add a little gesso inbetween the leaves.  

I added some more ink (seedless preserves and black soot Distress Oxide) through another D'inkable, along with Some stamping around the edges and in the middle. I set this aside to dry thoroughly.
I cut some circles (you could use dies or punches) from white card in two different sizes. I added faux stitching around them. 
I added wordy stickers to some and stamped on the others using stamps from Journaling Essentials #3
Finally I attached the white spots to the background using 3d foam tape, and attached it to the front of a 6x6" card.
I used:
6" square card blank
5.5" square of watercolour card
Distress Oxide inks in Lumberjack Plaid, Mustard Seed, Lucky Clover, Blueprint Sketch, Seedless Preserves and Black Soot.
gesso
circle punches or dies
Foam pads

I hope you like the results and I hope you will join in with the challenge. I will be live this evening at 8pm over on the Bee Crafty Facebook page doing some journaling with the new stamps if you fancy joining me there too. 
Thanks for looking! 

Wednesday, 5 June 2024

Spots!

 

Hi there! After last week's launch I was asked how I made a similar card to this, so here is a step by step tutorial to show you.

I began by selecting the papers - the same design but one in greyscale and one in colour. 
Next I used circle punches to cut circles from the colour sheet, which I then stuck onto the greyscale sheet in the correct position using matte medium. 
I blended a little coordinating ink around the edge then matted and layered onto an A6 base card.
I selected a sentiment from the transparency sheet and trimmed and added to the card with Matte Medium.
Next I stamped the leaves from Journaling Essentials #7 using two shades of Versafine Clair, clear embossed and cut it out. 
Finally I attached the leaf to the card using 3d foam pads. 
Here's another example using the same techniques, but with added stamping to create a border. 
For today's card I used:
A6 base card
Versafine Clair ink - I used Charming Pink and Summer Breeze
Paper/ card for matting and layering

I've chosen the theme of spots for this month's challenge over in the Bee Crafty Stamps Facebook group, so please come and join in! 

Wednesday, 29 May 2024

My samples from the May 24 release for Bee Crafty

 
Hi There! I am here today with my samples from the new stamps, D'inkables, Catalyst cards,  transparencies mdf and wordy stickers launched yesterday on facebook.  
The first two cards feature the greyscale catalyst cards and the birds from Journaling Essentials #6. It is so easy to add a pop of colour to the greyscale cards using either ink or the coloured papers. 
Both of the new stamp sets are so gorgeous! The bold silhouette stamps are great for inking up in more than one colour, and the outline stamps are great for colouring in using your favourite mediums. They can be teamed up with the catalyst cards or your own inky backgrounds. 
The wordy stickers are great as sentiments for cards or journal pages.
For this inky background I used some of the new dinkables
If you look closely at the background of this card you can see the leaf stamped in the smaller size found on the Journaling Essentials #2 stamp set. 
The leaf outline stickers are great for embossing like the white on black I did here. 
Both of these cards were made using the transparencies that come in a larger size than the stamps. Again they look great against the catalyst cards or your own inky background. 
I used several of the new d'inkables and also some of the worker stamps in this inky background. 
Finally, here is my first attempt using the book binding kit. It is a really fabulous kit and I can see myself making lots of them! 
The Catalyst cards are the perfect size to add to the cover and the book can be stitched to hold the pages, or elastic added so the pages are removeable. 
All of the products in the May release can currently be found by following this link to the website.



Thanks for looking! 



Wednesday, 22 May 2024

Easy, quick and Classy!

 

Hi there! Because I am beavering away at secret stuff I thought I would share an ultra quick but classy card with you today. 

I began by stamping the leaf in versafine clair inks and clear heat embossing it on a scrap of cream card. 
Next I took an Ivory 6x4 card, Placed the circles big one inkable over it and lightly blended peeled paint Distress oxide through it. Then I sponged a little black ink around the leaf and the base card, before layering the embossed leaf onto the base card using foam pads and some black card. 
Finally, I added a sentiment from the small words stamp set using black versafine ink.
Here is the finished card again. 
I used:
6x4" ivory base card
Ivory and black card scraps
Versafine Clair ink in Verdant, Summer Breeze and Nocturne
Distress oxide ink in Peeled Paint and Black Soot

So simple and quick, so if you are pushed for time, why not try something like this for the Challenge this month?
Thanks for looking! 

Wednesday, 15 May 2024

Inky Background Card

Hi There! I had lots of offcuts of white card on my desk so thought I would make use of one for this card.
 
I began by blending Distress ink across the card. I used Wild Honey, Abandoned Coral and Seedless Preserves. 

Next I placed over the Tag inkable from set 3 and blended black ink through it. 
Using the crackle stamp not on a block, I randomly stamped patches of crackle in Versafine Clair ink.
I added stamping using journaling essentials #1 in Abandoned Coral, Seedless Preserves and Versafine Clair black ink. 
I added a splatter of Dina Wakley White gloss spray and left to dry. 
On a scrap of black card I stamped and heat embossed a ticker tape sentiment in white.
I stamped a sketchy flower in black, coloured with pencils and cut out
Finally I matted the panel onto a 6x6 inch card, adding the sentiment and the flower on foam pads.
I used:
6x6 inch white card
14 x 7cm piece of smooth white card
Distress ink in Wild Honey, Abandoned Coral, Seedless Preserves and Black Soot
Dina Wakley White gloss spray
Embossing ink
Coloured pencils 
foam pads

I will be live at 8pm this evening over on the Bee Crafty Facebook page. I hope you can join me! 
Thanks for looking!