Emily DT - Never Regret

Hi everyone, my turn again on the Bee Crafty blog today. I have taken a look back at one of my earliest blogs I did for inspiration. This card is from a couple of years ago and is a firm favourite. 

I use this technique a lot. Here is the card I have chosen...

I used the easy frame square and Brusho paints to colour the background. When it was dry I added some texture in the corners with one of the Bee Crafty Splatter Swirl frame stamps.

I made a little topper with one of my favourite ever Bee Crafty Wordage stamps, 'Never Regret'. I mounted it onto black and then onto the card topper.

This technique is so effective, and you get a different outcome every time because of the Brushos.

You could also try this with spray inks for a different finish.

See you next week!

Emily x

Karen DT - Wonderful in every way

Morning crafters xx

As it's Thursday,  it's my turn over on the
Buzzy Goings On At Bee Crafty Blog 

Today I'm showcasing the very beautiful
Carnation large flower stamp. I've teamed it up with the gorgeous Swallow ..a gorgeous combination I think x

Also used
Everyday Sentiments 1
Bark - Positive
Sparkle pens
Kuretake clean colour pens

For this sample I took the pens straight to the stamp, applying the ink using the side of my pens, so as not to ruin the hairs

I spritzed with water before stamping the images

Using a water brush, I moved some of the ink around, whilst still wet, to give a watercolour effect

The sentiment was stamped in Vintage Photo DO

I hope you enjoyed today's post and I'll be back next Thursday with another Bee Crafty make 

Crafty hugs xx

Lorre-Anne DT - Family

Hi bloggers, it's my turn to share another Bee Crafty DT project with you all, and I'm playing with another one of my new stamps that I bought last year.... I absolutely adore this image.  This is a huge stamp, and she makes quite an impression! 

Materials

• 8" x 8" white card blank
• White card stock
• Distress Oxides (Seedless Preserves, Peeled Paint, Black Soot)
• XL Crackle Paint stamp
• Steampunk Stories Rosie stamp
• WORDage Family Masterpiece stamp
• Distressed Harlequin Dinkable

What to do

• Cut 3 pieces of white card slightly smaller than the card blank, and each one slightly smaller than the previous.
• Take the smallest square and blend some Seedless Preserves and Peeled Paint over it, blend some Peeled Paint through the Dinkables template, and randomly stamp sections of the Crackle Paint using Seedless Preserves.  
• Stamp Rosie using Black Soot Oxide, and also the sentiment.  Finish by lightly blending some Black Soot all around the edges of the square of card.
• Take the next size square of card and blend Seedless Preserves around the edges, and take the last square of card and blend Peeled paint around the edges.
• Mat and layer up all the squares, and glue to the card blank.

That's my project complete for this week everyone, and I'll be back soon to share another with you all.  

Hugs, Lorre-Anne x

Jane DT - Under the Sea

Hello!

Last week Sam brought the fab new Under the Sea stamps to HOCHANDA so today on the Buzzy Goings on at Bee Crafty blog I am sharing some of the samples that I made.  Each is very different in the style and techniques used but they all use the stamps and MDF that Bee Crafty create.

The first one is using the largest of circle art boards...

I used the circle and feather d'inkables to create some under the sea details with texture paste.  Sand paste was used along with art balls at the bottom part to create a sea bed impression.  Spray inks provided the colour then gilding wax to enhance the texture.  The regular sized seahorse was stamped onto heat resistant acetate and embossed with gold powder, then I used a gold paint pen to colour in on the back.  Seaweed was stamped, coloured and cut out to add to the bottom and the bubble stamp used on the board.  The words are from the Creativity Words set and the finishing touch was to add some beads to the sea bed.

The second board is one of the free standing tag shaped art boards...

 

I wanted to use the seahorse again but this time straight onto a board and with a very different coloured background.  As I wanted bright colours I used Dylusions paints and then added detail with some of the d'inkables in the same colours.  The seahorse and bubbles were stamped directly on with black ink and then the word stamped onto card and added with a hint of distress ink on the edges.

Last but not least I also created a tag that isn't free standing, I added my own holes using a crop a dile...

As soon as I saw the octopod I wanted to create an industrial/steampunk type look with him.  The  tag was prepared using the metal alpha d'inkable, texture paste and also some sand paste for a rusty texture.  I created the colour using a pitted metal/rust technique that Andy Skinner teaches and then used my paints to add more rust and patina effects around the edges.  The octopod was stamped onto heat resistant acetate and then coloured on the back with alcohol markers.  I stamped out the eye for a second time onto card before cutting out and colouring.  Some glossy accents were added to make the eye shiny as well.  Finishing touches were some sea weed and the words and rusty wire for a hanger.

Here are some links to the products used...

* MDF
* Art Stamps - Seahorse Set Regular
* Art Stamps - Octopod Set XL
* Wordage - Creativity Words Large
* D'inkables
* Dylusions Paints

Thank you for looking and happy crafting,

Jane xx

Emily DT - Quick Birthday Card

Hi everyone, I needed a last minute birthday card this week so I turned to my Bee Crafty stamps and a technique I use a lot.

Here is the card I ended up making...

I started by cutting a square of white card and a strip of card the same width. I coloured the strip of card with Distress Inks in shades of yellow and green. I stamped a mixture of the wildflower stamps in green and black, randomly across the whole piece of card.

Once I was happy with it, I tore the top and bottom edges off and stuck it on to the square. I then stamped the Happy Birthday from the everyday sentiments in the bottom corner.

I finished off the card by mounting it onto black and then onto a card blank.

I am really happy with how it turned out and I hope you like it too!!

Emily x

Karen DT - Under the Sea samples for Hochanda

Good morning crafters

How are we all today?
It's my turn over on the Buzzy Goings On At Bee Crafty Blog  and today I get to share my samples for the recent Hochanda show, when the new Under the Sea products were launched. Did you get yours? Love love the Seahorse... 😂😘

Also used:
Everyday Sentiments 1, 2 and set 1 XL
Travel Words 
Creativity Words
Life & Rain 
Texture Stamp set 
Distress Oxides 
Distress Inks 
Pixie Powders
Sparkle pens
Lustre Luxe 
Gilding Wax
Dinkables
Pearl Drops

Distress Inks 

Lustre Luxe 

Creativity Words 

Texture Stamps 

Black onyx versafine 

Spotlight Technique 

Circles Dinkable 

Distress Oxides 

Kuretake clean colour pens 

White gel pen

White Ink

Black onyx versafine 

Pixie Powders 

Travel Words

Black onyx versafine 

Gilding Wax 

Pearl Drops

Sparkle pens 

TravelWords 

Life & Rain 

Creativity Words 

Sparkle pens 

Black onyx versafine 

Travel Words 

Distress Oxides 

Dinkables : Circles

Label 1 easy frame

Everyday Sentiments 

Distress Oxides 

Dinkables : Spinner, Circles

Acetate 

Sequins

Sparkle pens 

Everyday Sentiments 

Black onyx versafine 

I hope you've enjoyed looking through today's blog. I loved working with this new collection.

I'll be back next Thursday with another Bee Crafty blog 

Crafty hugs xx 

Lorre-Anne DT - Hochanda 'Under the sea' samples

Hi bloggers, I'm sharing the DT samples I made for Sam's Bee Crafty shows on Hochanda today (10am and 2pm), how fabulous are these stamps???  Aren't they absolutely stunning!

Materials

Octopod small stamp set

Seahorse small stamp set

Creativity Words large stamp set

Texture stamp set

Dinkables Set 1-5

Lustre Luxe

Dylusions Ink sprays

Distress Oxides

Distress Markers

Onyx Black Versafine ink

Clear embossing powder

White gesso

Structure paste

Masking sheets

MDF

7" x 7" card, Dylusions sprays (Calypso Teal, Vibrant Turquoise), Distress Oxides (Mermaid Lagoon, Forest Moss), Distress Markers (Candied Apple, Squeezed Lemonade)

7" x 7" card, Distress Oxides (Candied Apple, Spiced Marmalade, Salty Ocean), Distress Crayons (Pumice Stone, Candied Apple, Salty Ocean, Lucky Clover)

7" x 7" card, Distress Oxides (Mermaid Lagoon, Carved Pumpkin)

6" x 6" card, Distress Oxides (Salty Ocean, Seedless Preserves, Spiced Marmalade, Peacock Feathers), Clear embossing powder.

6" x 6" card, Distress Oxides (Faded Jeans, Peacock Feathers, Peeled Paint, Forest Moss), Distress Crayon (Wilted Violet)

MDF artboard, white gesso, structure paste, Dylusions sprays (Calypso Teal, Vibrant Turquoise, Crushed Grape), Distress Mica spray (Brushed Pewter), Lustre Luxe (Purple Pearl)

That's it for this week, I'll be back next week to share another project with you all.  Remember to check out what my teammates have been getting up to on the blog too!

Hugs, Lorre-Anne x

Paula DT - Friendship

Shopping List
WORDage ~ Friendship (Lg & Small)
Art Stamps: Collage Art ~ Fly Away
Inkables Template ~ Mandala 4
Distress Iink Oxides - Wilted Violet and Broken China
Versafine ~ Onyx Black

* My card blank measures 4" x 8". I took some low tack tape and used the depth of the tape to make a centre panel to ink and stamp within.
* I placed the Mandala 4 on to the card and within the centre of it, started using the Wilted Violet on a piece of cut n dry foam. I only inked the central portion.
* Take the Broken China ink and colour the rest of the Mandala and the rest of the panel, so no white is showing.
* Remove the Mandala. Ink along all the edges of the panel with the Wilted Violet.
* Remove the top strip of low tack tape and then stamp the sentiment and main image using black Versafine.
* Finally, remove the rest of low tack tape.

Jane DT - Positive Butterflies

Hello!

 

Today on the Buzzy Goings on at Bee Crafty blog I am sharing another art journal page but a very different one to last week!

 



This time I used an 8" x 8" journal and after applying some clear gesso (as I knew I would be using quite a lot of water) I added some areas of crackle paste with my palette knife and left to dry overnight...

After applying some water across the middle of the page I used sparkle pens to add colour and spritzed them with more water to create a flowing effect.  I dried each colour before adding the next to try to keep the colours separate to some extent!  Then I used some watered down grey acrylic paint to add splatters.  To create extra interest I used archival inks with the multi mini distress diamond and script stamps, keeping the stamping mostly across the coloured areas...

Next I used the regular dots d'inkable with some light texture paste to add extra detail and dimension.  I liked the way that this paste absorbed some of the colour too as it helped to blend it into the page.  The butterflies used are my favourites as I really like the wing shape and I also like having more than one size in the same image to help build pictures in your projects.  I coloured the card first with the same sparkle pens and then stamped over the top with black archival ink.  To make them stand out from the page I went around the edge of each butterfly with a permanent black pen and also used 3D glue gel...

Finally I coloured some more card using the lightest of the pens used and stamped and cut out part of one of the ticker tape sentiments.

Here are the products I used:

* Art Stamps - Birds and Butterflies Set 1
* Art Stamps - Large Birds and Butterflies - Dragonfly and Butterfly Set
* Backdrops - Script XL
* Backdrops - Multi Mini Distress Diamonds
* Wordage - Ticker Tape Stamp Set 1
* D'inkables - Regular Dots
* Archival Ink

I hope you have an enjoyable weekend and happy crafting!

Jane xx

Karen DT - Be Yourself

Hi crafters xx

I'm back today with another make over on the
Buzzy Goings On At Bee Crafty Blog 

I thought I'd have a play with my beautiful Mandala Inkable and combine it with the fabulous Skull stamp! And what a combination. .I think they really work well together

Also used
Pixie Powders
Inspirational Words 2 - Be Yourself
Black onyx versafine
Distress Oxides
Clear embossing powder

I made a background using my Pixie Powders and left it to dry naturally

I inked through the Mandala 3 Inkable with Wild Honey, Squeezed Lemonade and Spiced Marmalade Distress Oxides 

The skull was stamped in black onyx versafine and heat embossed with clear embossing powder  

I randomly stamped the splatter part of the skull stamp, to add effect, around my Pixie Powders background  

The sentiment was stamped in black onyx versafine and again inked around the edges using the splatters from the skull

I assembled the card to complete 

I hope you like the combination of the pretty Mandala with the fabulous Skull!! 

I'll see you all next Thursday with another Bee Crafty blog 

Xx

Lorre-Anne DT - Just Because

Hi everyone, for my Bee Crafty blog post this week I'm sharing a card I have made using the Music stamp sets and my much loved Distress Oxides.

Materials

• Microphone stamp set
• Soundwaves Wibble stamp set
• Stars stamp set
• Can't Sing stamp set
• Distress Oxide (Picked Raspberry, Spiced Marmalade, Twisted Citron)
• Onyx Black Versafine ink
• Star Dust Stickles
• Glue
• White 7" x 7" card blank
• white and black cardstock

What to do

• Cut black card slightly smaller than the card blank, and white card slightly smaller again.
• Take the white card, and randomly stamp the stars & soundwaves over the entire piece using the Distress Oxides.  Mat this onto the black card, and glue to the card blank.
• Take another piece of white card, and stamp the microphone using Versafine ink, cut and mat on to black card.  Glue this to the centre of the card blank at an angle.
• Take the sentiment stamp and ink up only the words 'Just Because' and stamp this onto white card, cut this out and mat on to black card.  Glue this to the card blank.

That's it for this weeks post, I'll be back next week to share a new card with you all.  Pop past the Buzzy Goings on at Bee Crafty blog and check out all the fab makes by my lovely teamies.

Hugs, Lorre-Anne x

Jane DT - Dream Catcher

Hello!

For my project today on the Buzzy Goings on at Bee Crafty blog I thought I would share another bit of art journaling.

I recently acquired a couple of the gorgeous new mandala stencils and I thought that they would look great as a dream catcher...

I started by preparing a watercolour page in my largest mixed media journal with gesso then used my brayer to add layers of Dylusions paints.  I used vibrant turquoise, fresh lime, lemon zest and bubblegum pink, and made sure that each layer was dry before adding the next.  Then I used stencils to add extra texture using the same colours plus some white gesso (perspective, honeycomb 3 and oval lace)...

Next layer was the stamping with the texture borders and texture circles.  These were used with archival ink which is ideal for adding over paint.  I also used a bit of paint in the centre of the circles to create a more solid feel.

To add extra dimension I used gold sparkle texture paste through the mandala 4 stencil.  Once I had completed this the mandala which was to be the dream catcher did not stand out enough for me, so I re-stencilled it onto some white card.  When that was dry I cut out the shape and added archival black ink around the edges and across some parts of the design.  I also added a punched circle to the centre with a gem for extra decoration...

After this the quill feather was stamped three times and cut out.  These were coloured with some slightly watered down Dylusions paint to match the background.  Once they were put into place I used one of the style wire borders to make extra fronds and also the hanging string...

To tie the page together I added extra black archival ink around the edges of the page to create a frame and then also to some of the sparkle paste to create a slightly more grungy feel.  Splatters of both watered down black and gold paint were also added across the page.

Finally I chose a sentiment that matched the theme which was stamped and cut into pieces before being inked and added to the final project...

To create this page I used the following products...

* Inkables - Mandala 4, Perspective, Honeycomb 3, Oval Lace
* Art Stamps - Quill Feather
* Backdrop Borders - Texture Borders
* Backdrop Stamps - Texture Circles
* Backdrop Borders - Style Wire Borders
* Wordage - Wake Wonderful
* Dylusions Paints
* Archival Inkpads

I hope you have enjoyed my interpretation of the mandala today!
Thank you for reading and happy crafting,

Jane xx

Emily DT - Feather Tag

Hi everyone,

I have made an MDF tag this week, using some of the feather projects featured on Hochanda a couple of weeks ago with Sam.

Here is what I have made...

I started with a plain MDF tag and coloured it using Distress Oxide inks. I then used one of the feather dinkables and white ink to add a feather at the bottom.

I stamped the quill and nibs in black ink and then added a sentiment in Distress Oxide ink to match the background. I wanted the feather and not the sentiment to be the main focus which I why I stamped the sentiment in the colour ink and not black. 

I added a bit of ribbon to finish the tag off. I am really happy with how it turned out and I hope you like it too.

Make sure to tune in to Hochanda next week, there are some fabulous new stamps coming!

Emily x

Karen DT - Walking among the flowers

Hello everyone xx

How are you all today?
I'm back on the Buzzy Goings On At Bee Crafty Blog with another make using the stunningly gorgeous Scenery Animal Tiger stamp. ..love it.
I've  chosen to combine it with the beautiful WildFlowers and create one of my favourite front/back stamped cards

Also used:
Wildflowers
Everyday Sentiments
Distress Oxides 
Versafine
Kuretake clean colour pens

I masked off the bottom of the opened card blank before stamping my Tiger in Vintage Sepia versafine 

I coloured him in lightly with my kuretake clean colour pens 

I then stamped a mixture of Wildflowers, first and second generation,  in various Distress Oxides 

I ensured I stamped over my Tiger as I wanted to create the effect of him walking through them....

I stamped the sentiment in Vintage Sepia versafine 

Having masked of the birds from several of the Scenery Animals stamps,  I stamped them n Smokey Grey versafine to complete 

Many thanks for popping by. ..I hope you liked today's make 

Crafty hugs xx 

Lorre-Anne DT - Hochanda samples

Hi bloggers, for my Bee Crafty blog post this week I'm sharing the samples I made for Bev's recent shows on Hochanda using the beautiful Birds & Butterflies stamps.. and a few others.

Dylusions sprays (Crushed Grape, Lemon Zest, Calypso Teal), Life & Rain stamp, Large Birds & Butterflies stamps, Dinkables (Hearts, Stars, Distressed Harlequin), Distress Oxides (Wilted Violet, Spiced Marmalade), Onyx Black Versafine ink

Distress Inks (Wilted Violet, Spiced Marmalade), Large Birds & Butterflies stamps, Everyday Sentiments XL stamps, Dinkables (Regular Dots, Stars), Onyx Black Versafine ink

Dylusions sprays (Lemon Zest, Calypso Teal, Cherry Pie, Black Marble), Onyx Black Versafine ink, Large Birds & Butterflies stamps, Birds & Butterflies stamps, Everyday Sentiments XL stamps, Value Of A Moment stamp,  Dinkables (Circles, Chain Link, Spider web), white gel pen, Black Soot Distress ink

Close up showing the Star Dust Stickles on the dragon fly wings

Close up showing the white gel pen & Star Dust Stickles on the circles

Dylusions sprays (Lemon Zest, Calypso Teal, Crushed Grape), Black Soot Distress ink, Onyx Black Versafine ink, Large Birds & Butterflies stamps, Ticker Tape Sentiments stamps, Dinkables (Stars, Feather 1), White Gel pen

Dylusions sprays (Lemon Zest, Calypso Teal), Distress Oxides (Fossilized Amber, Mermaid Lagoon, Vintage Photo), Everyday Sentiments XL stamps, Birds & Butterflies stamps, Dinkables (Triangle Lattice)

That's it for this week everyone, I'll be back next week to share another DT make with you all.  

Hugs, Lorre-Anne x