Sally CT - Circles Galore!

  

Hi there! For the month of August, over on the Be Crafty Stamps facebook group we have a challenge theme of Circles. Here's how I made the card above which has oodles of them. 

I began by blending ink from my blending brushes in a rainbow around the 6x6 inkable, Swirling circles. There was enough left over ink on my brushes to not need to ink them up again. 

Next I used the doodle Art mandala stamps to stamp over the inked background in Versafine Clair Desert sand ink.

 I also used some small circular stamps from Journaling essentials #3 to fill in the gaps amongst the mandala stamps. 

On a separate piece of card I stamped the Doodle art Dandedaisy in Black versafine Clair ink. 

I coloured it using ecoline pens and cut it out. 

Using 3d foam pads I attached it to the background panel, along with a sentiment and added the whole thing to the front of a 6x6 white card blank. 

Here is the finished card again.

I used:

Swirling Circles inkable

Doodle Art mandala stamp sets

Journaling Essentials #3 stamp set

Dandedaisy stamp set

Everyday words stamp set

Versafine Clair ink in Desert sand and Black

Ecoline pens

6x6 white card

5.5x5.5 card panel

Distress oxide inks (already on my brushes, but most likely Lumberjack Plaid, Spiced marmalade, mustard seed, Twisted Citron, Peacock feathers, blueprint sketch and wilted violet)

I hope this has given you the inspiration to look through your stamps and inkables for circles and have a go at entering the challenge! 

Thanks for looking!

Alison CT - Dream

Hi everyone, today I'm sharing an art journal page created using inkables, catalyst cards and one of the faces media papers.

To begin, I created a background using several of the circle inkables and d'inkables with distress oxides. After using each stencil I spritzed it with water and pressed it on to the page. See below for products used.

Next, I added one of the mandala stamps from set 1. I wasn't worried if it didn't stamp accurately as it is just another layer to the background. 

Using a wet paintbrush, I applied water around the Dream image and carefully tore her out.

I then applied matte medium to the reverse of the dream image, not directly to my page, as the inks used are not waterproof.  I carefully added dream to the page using more matte medium to ensure she stuck.

I coloured her eyes and lips using distress watercolour pencils in mermaid lagoon and worn lipstick. 

On a piece of full colour catalyst card, from set 3, I stampedthe large and small fliwer from Journaling Essentials 5 using versafine clair nocturne ink.  I then cut them out. In hindsight I should have embossed them with white, to make them stand out more.

I used matte medium to glue the flowers around the hair on the left of the page.

Finally I stamped two of the small words sentiments, cut them out and edged with black pen, then glued them to the page.

Products used:

Circles for Circles big one

Dinkables set 2

Dinkables set 13

Doodle Art Mandalas set 1

Bee Crafty Media Papers - Faces

Journaling Essentials 5 stamp set 

Catalyst Cards 3 full colour

Wordage small stamps

Distress oxide mermaid lagoon, seedless preserve, picked raspberry 

Versafine Clair nocturne 

Thank you for taking a look. 

Alison

Calee CT - All In Good Time

 

 

Hello , this week my step by step is a double journal page spread . Using stamps ,Inkables and catalyst cards.

 

Firstly I lay down some colour randomly all over my  page using 3 distress oxide inks , Dried Marigold , Fossilised Amber and kitsch Flamingo. Then using the Fossilised Amber I added some stencilling through the Mandala 4 inkable.

Next I chose this catalyst collage paper from the Painted Gaze pack , I decided to use this one as it had similar colours to my background.

Tearing carefully around the portrait and other features from the paper , I glued them down on to my pages .

Next I added some texture to my page with some coloured texture paste , I decided to pick out the blue colour from the catalyst paper as it gave a bright contrast . I used a diamond patterned D’inkable from set 2 for this.

 

 

Some stamping came next , using clocks from the Time Wasted set and the Journal Arts Elements 3 stamp sets . 

 

My next step was to add a little more detail to my background with a doodled boarder and some  dots and doodles with a white gel pen .

 

 Finally I added a sentiment in 3 parts from The best  things take Time transparency sheet . 

Thank you for taking a look at my step by step guide .

Happy crafting 

Calee 

Here’s a list of products I used :

Distress oxides - Dried Marigold 

                                Fossilised Amber 

                               Kitsch Flamingo 

Inkables-      Mandala 4

                                                Dinkables set 2                           

                Catalyst college paper pack. -Painted Gaze                                          

     Art stamps    - Time Waste.      

                                          Journal Arts Elements 3    

               Transparencies -The best  things take time.    

Sally CT - Be Authentic Journal page

 Hi There! Thought I would share how I made this Journal page with you today. 

I began by painting the two pages with Dylusions paints in Peony Blush, Laidback Lilac and Blue Lagoon.

Once this was dry I used a sharpie and a white gel pen to add borders to the stripes on the left hand page. 

I stamped the leaves onto the Right hand page using versafine clair black ink.

In the stripes I also stamped some of the circular worker stamps in the same ink. 

Next I used more of the worker stamps, but stamped these in lost shadow Distress oxide ink on both pages. 

I used the sharpie and the white gel pen to add the words, before stamping around both pages using Wilted Violet Distress Oxide ink.

Here's a final look at both pages again.

I used:

Journaling essentials #4

6" square Kraft Journal

Dylusions paints - I used Peony Blush, Laidback Lilac and Blue Lagoon

Black Sharpie pen

White gel pen

Distress oxide ink -I used Lost shadow and Wilted violet

Black versafine clair ink

Thanks for looking! 

Alison CT - Ridiculously Fabulous

Hi everyone, today I'm sharing an art journal page created using one of the A5 Painted Gaze catalyst collage papers, d'inkables, the sketchy birds stamp set and a wordy sticker.

To begin, I cut the collage paper to fit my 6x6 inch Pink Pig journal and glued it to the page.

I used a white Posca pen to add faux stitching around the edge of the page, to outline the flowers and to add lines to the petals and spits to the centre of the flowers.

Next, I used black soot distress oxide through one of the d'inkables from set 12. 

Then, I applied grit paste to the flowers through one of the d'inkables from set 3. I left this to dry.

On seperate card, I stamped the chaffinch, from the Sketchy Burds stamp set, and coloured it with a black alcohol marker. I then cut it out and used the black marker to edge it, so no white was visible.

I glued the bird to the bottom left of the page, ensuring his feet sat on one of the black stenciled lines.

Finally, I added a sentiment from the Wordy Stickers 1B sheet. To make it stand out, I outlined it with a white Posca pen. 

Products used:

A5 Painted Gaze catalyst collage papers

D'inkables set 3

D'Inkables set 12

Sketchy Birds stamp set 

Wordy Stickers 1B 

Black alcohol marker

White Pisca pen

Ranger Grit Paste

Matte Medium

Thank you for taking a look. 

Alison

Calee CT - floral card

Hi , this week I have had a few cards to make , so I’m sharing with you my step by step process for this floral one. 

I decided on a 6 x6 inch white card base and choose the ledger page style catalyst cards from pack #4 , for my background , 

My first step was to cut the catalyst card to size , leaving room to add an extra mounting layer if I wanted to later  . I then inked all around the edge with distress ink Villainous Potion and added a coffee stain using distress ink Vintage Photo and one of the stamps from the Arts stamps Coffee stains set . 

Thinking my background needed a little more I used the same purple ink and a paint brush to add a few splatters.

Next I used the Doodle Art Butterfly stamp set , to create my focal images , using the flower from this set rather than the butterfly , that gives its name. 

I stamped two of the flowers on to one of the catalyst cards from set #3 and cut out these along with some of the small hearts also featured on this design . 

My next step was to mount up the background on to my card blank , adding a matting layer of Kraft  card which I have a darker edge using the Vintage Photo distress ink. 

At this stage I also added a stitched border with a black fine liner pen .

The last step for this card was to add a sentiment , this was stamped on to a piece of the same ledger catalyst card and mounted on kraft card .

Finally feeling my card need something to give it a little lift and lightening , I added some white paint splashes .

Here is my finished card , thank you for stopping by and taking a look .

Happy crafting 

Calee . 

For this card I used : 

Catalyst cards #3 

                      # 4

Distress inks Villainous Potion 

                  Vintage Photo

Stamps : Art stamps coffee stains 

           Doodle Art Butterfly 

                           Wordage Everyday sentiments 1

I also used  6 x6 inch card base , a sheet of kraft card , some white paint and a black fine liner pen .