Texture

 Hi There! We have a brand new theme of Texture for our challenge over on the Bee crafty Stamps group so I thought I would share how I made this textured background. 

I began by covering a 10cm square of card in Matte Medium and scrunched up a piece of stamping tissue over the top before leaving it to dry

Once dry, I trimmed the edges and then sprayed with Distress oxide sprays. 

When this was dry, I used a darker shade of distress oxide ink direct to the paper to bring out the texture some more. 

I used the Bakewell Big one inkable to add a little coordinating ink to the base card.

On a separate piece of card, I stamped the Doodle Art Dragonfly in Black versafine Clair and cut it out.

I used Ecoline brush pens to colour it in. 

I stuck the body of the dragonfly to the textured panel and added some glitter glue.

Here's the card once more...

along with a closeup of that texture. I have left it without a sentiment for now but will add an appropriate one when I use it.

I used:

Doodle Art Dragonfly stamp set

Big ones Inkable - I used Bakewell

6x6" card

10 cm square of card

Stamping tissue

Distress oxide sprays - I used Peacock feathers and Squeezed lemonade

Distress oxide ink - I used Peacock Feathers and Uncharted Mariner

Matte Medium

Glitter Glue

I hope this has encouraged you to experiment a little with texture! 

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

Thanks for looking! 

Cool Colours Journal page

 

Hi There! Here is a journal page I put together over the weekend. I thought you might like to see how it came together. 

I began by adding some blobs of Dylusions paints along the page edge and sprayed with water whilst the page was tilted to encourage it to run. 

Once this was dry I stamped bits of the script stamp in versafine clair blue belle ink over the page randomly. This is easier to do with the stamp off the acrylic block and a small area inked up. 

I sprayed a little salvaged patina distress oxide spray by the side of the paint, added a little water and let that run in the same way, blotting in a few places where it had pooled. This was left to dry

Next I took one of the tag inkables from set 4 and added grit paste through it over the painted area of the page.

Once this was dry I gently rubbed a little gilding wax over it. 

I stamped some freehand borders and journaling essentials  onto stamping tissue using the blue ink.

I stamped the words in black ink onto tissue too

Finally I added these elements to the page using matte medium.

Here is the page again.

I used:

Dina Wakeley 6x6 white journal

Dylusions paints in Blue lagoon, London blue, Periwinkle and Crushed grape

Script background stamp

Distress Oxide spray in Salvaged Patina

Tag inkables set 4

Grit paste - there is a translucent and an opaque version. I used Translucent

Gilding wax

Stamping tissue

Freehand Borders #1 stamp set

Journaling essentials #2 stamp set

Incredible words stamp set

Versafine Clair inks in blue belle and black (nocturne)

Matte medium

I will be live at 8pm this evening over on the Bee Crafty Stamps Facebook page with more inspiration for our cool colours challenge.

Thanks for looking! 

Build a bridge journal pages

 

Hi there! I am bringing in the new year with some fresh colours in my journal. Here's what I did to create this journal spread.

I had a page where I had mopped up some inkables that had been used for green inks. I used twisted citron and salvaged patina distress spray to fill in the gaps

once this was dry I used the Bakewell big one inkable and peacock feathers distress oxide to add a little more colour to the page. 

I used the 4inch square easy frame as a template to draw around with a distress crayon.  

after removing the easy frame I painted between the lines using turquoise paint. Once dry I blended the crayon with my finger.

Next I took a piece of Bee Crafty stamping tissue and lay it on top of the smaller face inked stamp. then I flipped it over and inked the stamp again, carefully positioning it to form the other half of the face.

I trimmed the image then stuck it inside the frame using matte medium

using the worker stamps from the same stamp set I added to the background using black versafine clair.

Next I cut a strip of circles from the transparency and coloured the centres using a silver sharpie, turning it over to show all the black on the transparency.

I added a little more stamping using the journal art elements 3 and attached the strip of transparency using double sided tape under the silver pen. I finished it off  using a couple of wordy stickers. 

Here is the finished page once more. 

I used:

Dylusions mini Journal

Distress oxide spray in Twisted Citron and Salvaged Patina

Distress oxide ink in peacock feathers

Bakewell big one inkable

Distress crayon

Easy frame square inkable 4"

Turquoise paint

See Me stamp set

Stamping tissue 

Black versafine clair ink

Journal Art Elements 3

Faces 4 Transparencies

Silver Sharpie

Wordy stickers

Matte Medium

Thanks for looking! 

Hot colours tag

 

Hi there! Thought I would use hot colours for my blog post today...well, my uncharted mariner arrived so a teeny bit of that crept in too 😁

I began by spraying a tag with Squeezed Lemonade and Wild Honey Distress Oxide sprays.

When this was dry I placed the Fernando Big one over the top and sprayed Festive Berries Distress Oxide spray over it. 

I used the little brickwork D'inkable to add a little Uncharted Mariner, adding a bit more around the edge of the tag with a sponge. 

I stamped a few Doodle Art mandalas onto the background in Picked Raspberry Distress oxide. 

on a piece of watercolour paper I stamped Bev with Versafine Clair black ink.

I used ecolines to colour her then cut her out.

I stuck her to the background using ultra thick gel medium and added a sentiment from the Bigger back chat set two stickers. 

Here is the finished tag with a ribbon added. 

I used:

Size 10 Dina Wakely tag

Distress Oxide sprays in Squeezed Lemonade, Wild Honey and Festive Berries

Fernando inkable - big one

 Distress oxide inks in picked Raspberry and Unchartered Mariner 

D'inkables set 2

Doodle Art Mandala stamps set 1

Bev Journaling Girl stamp set

Ecoline pens

Dina Wakely ultra thick gel medium

Back Chat 2 stickers

Don't forget to enter your hot colours creations in the Bee crafty Facebook Group challenge for the chance to win £20 of stamps! 

 Thanks for looking and happy crafting! 

Circle of Friends

 

Hi There! I am here with a super-quick and easy card for my blog post as I am being a busy Bee with samples at the moment. It would be a really good card for a beginner to have a go at too. 

I began by placing the innie from the inkable easy frame circle onto a white card blank and sprayed it with salvaged patina distress oxide spray. I then left it to dry thoroughly.

next I stamped the Circle of friends sentiment in the centre of the circle with versafine clair black ink. 

I covered the sentiment up using the circle mask and then stamped the coffee stain stamps all over in crackling campfire and wild honey Distress oxide inks. I removed the mask and managed to keep my inky fingers from the white space. 

Here is the finished card. I rather like that colour combo! 

To make this card you will need:

A 6x6in white card blank

Inkable easy frame regular circle

Circle of friends stamp

Coffee stains stamps

Salvaged patina distress oxide spray

Wild Honey Distress oxide ink pad

Crackling campfire distress oxide ink pad

Versafine or versafine clair black ink

There is going to be a facebook launch of new stamps a week tomorrow, so start looking out for sneaky peeks later this week.

Thanks for looking!