Lorre-Anne DT - Live laugh dream

Hi everyone, I'm sharing my latest Bee Crafty DT post today, this card was made using the texture circles & borders, and Live Laugh Dream stamps.  This is one of my absolute favourite sentiments, and just perfect for so many occasions.

Materials

• White 6"x6" card blank
• Black & white cardstock
• Texture Circles
• Texture Borders
• Live Laugh Dream
• Alternate Circles Inkable
• Distress Oxides (Stormy Sky, Ripe Persimmon, Wilted Violet)
• Onyx Black Versafine ink
• Glue

What to do

• Cut a square of black card slightly smaller than the card blank, and a square of white slightly smaller again.
• Apply some of the Oxides to a blending mat, spritz with water and quickly dab the white square in it.  Dry with a heat tool.
• Blend some Stormy Sky Oxide through the Dinkable randomly over the card.
• Use Versafine to stamp the sentiment in the centre, then the texture borders and circles in each corner.
• Stamp another texture circle in the centre of the black ones with Wilted Violet Oxide, and another texture border at the side of the black ones using Ripe Persimmon Oxide.
• Mat this to the black card, and glue to the card blank.

I'll be back next week with another project, until then happy crafting!.

Hugs, Lorre-Anne x

Jane DT - Poisonous ATC's!

Hello!

Today on the Buzzy Goings on at Bee Crafty blog I am sharing something a little bit spooky...

This project really designed itself as when I started although I knew I wanted to create a couple more ATC's for my collection (artist trading cards) I wasn't sure of the theme. 

I started by preparing both with white gesso for the base then went for a few different colours of acrylic paint.  I applied the paint using my fingers and when I had finished had a background of yellow, green and orange. 

Still not sure what I wanted to do next I flipped through my d'inkables collection and came across the spider's web.  When I looked at the colours and the stencil I knew what I wanted to do! 

So next I stencilled with purple acrylic paint through the web d'inkable...

As this was now becoming a Halloween theme I looked at what I had available in my 'All Hallows' stamp collection and couldn't resist using the poison bottle which is one of my favourites. 

This was stamped out a few times and embossed with fine black powder before being cut out and coloured with watercolours.  I decoupaged a couple of the pieces to create extra dimension and then added them to the ATC's...

To add the finishing touch I chose the sentiment from the Art Stamps Nevermore Raven set and cut it into pieces to be read across both the ATC's.  A touch of black pen was added for a bit of shadowing and also smudged across the card to create a more grungy look.

The products used were:

* All Hallows - Poison Bottle;
* Art Stamps - Nevermore Raven Set
* D'inkables - Spiderweb

I hope you have enjoyed my slice of spookiness and thank you for looking.

Happy crafting,

Jane xx

Karen DT - Life is good

Hello lovely crafters xx

It's my turn over on the Bee Crafty blog today and I'm sharing a card I made using the beautiful Mandala 3 Inkable. I love these, so versatile and can be used with other stamps etc, or as a stand alone xx

Also used:
Inspirational Words 2 - Life is good 
Gold embossing powder
Distress Oxides 
Dinkables

To create this sample I applied Versmark ink to the Mandala Inkable then laid a piece of card over it and rubbed my hand across it firmly.  Make sure you always keep one hand on the card at all times, as you rub firmly with the other 

I heat embossed the Versmark image with gold embossing powder 

The Distress Oxides were blended all over the card. I used Abandoned Coral, Squeezed Lemonade and Wild Honey

Whilst the ink was still wet I spritzed water through parts of the Honeycomb Dinkable then dabbed with a paper towel. This gives a subtle bleached effect

I inked the Distressed Harlequin Dinkable with Abandoned Coral DO

The sentiment was stamped in Versmark on to black card, and heat embossed in gold

The card was assembled to complete today's make

Many thanks for popping by and I'll be back next Thursday with another Bee Crafty make 

Crafty hugs xx  

Lorre-Anne DT - Happy Birthday

Hi everyone, I'm back to share my weekly Bee Crafty DT project with you all and I've got the Steampunk Stories stamps out again.

Materials

• 6" x 6" kraft card blank
• White cardstock
• Steampunk Stories - Barometer
• Everyday Sentiments 2
• Crackle Paint Background
• Distress Oxides - Fossilized Amber, Frayed Burlap, Bundled Sage, Ground Expresso
• Glue

What to do

• Trim the card blank down to a 6" x 4" tent fold card.  Cut white card slightly smaller than the card blank.
• Put some Fossilized Amber, Frayed Burlap and Bundled Sage on to a blending mat, spritz with water and drag the white card through it.  Dry with a heat tool, then repeat until you get the look you want.
• Randomly stamp the crackle with Frayed Burlap Distress Oxide.
• Stamp the Barometer and sentiment using Ground Expresso Oxide.
• Glue this to the card blank.

That's my project complete for this week, I'll be back soon with another.

Hugs, Lorre-Anne x

Jane DT - Leonardo One Sheet Mini Book

Hello!

 

Last week Sam was on HOCHANDA with the fabulous Da Vinci collection of stamps so this week on the Buzzy Goings on at Bee Crafty blog I am sharing with you this mini art journaling book that I made using one sheet of paper...

 



I started by using my 5" x 7" gelli plate with acrylic paint and pressed some of the d'inkables in to create pattern.  This was then stamped onto the paper and repeated, sometimes using the second and third generations of prints and sometimes adding new paints, until the whole sheet was filled...

Next I used distress inks and more d'inkables to create a more filled look to the piece...

At this point I folded my paper to create a book.  I used the instructions from a Dina Wakely tutorial that had been filmed at one of the big craft shows, however the technique is widely used and available on tutorials by many people across the internet if you search for one sheet books.  Once I had folded the book and chosen the front I added some plain washi tape along the open side edges...

The fun bit was then to decorate the pages.  To do this I chose a range of stamps from the Da Vinci collection alongside some other sentiments.  I also added more stencilling and extra pen details where I felt it was needed...

 

To finish the book off I added a metal jewellery blank that I stamped onto using staz on ink and attached this using a selection of beads on beading wire around the cover.

Here are the products I used:

* Da Vinci Collection
* Wordage - Everyday Sentiments 1 XL
* Wordage - Creativity Words Large
* Wordage - True Hope
* D'Inkables

Thank you for looking and happy crafting!

Jane xx

Karen DT - Da Vinci inspired makes

Hi crafters

I hope you caught the Hochanda show earlier in the week, showcasing the fabulous Da Vinci inspired stamps and products by Bee Crafty.
I'm on their blog today with my samples for the show

Products used:
Leonardo
Leonardo Signature 
Vitruvian Man 
Sforza Horse 
Da Vinci Wings 
Large Creativity Words
TIME sentiment  
Script
Crackle
Cogs
Dinkables
Mdf Artboard Tag
Distress Oxides 
Versafine
Gilding Wax
Transfer Foil

Distress Oxides 

Dinkables 

Transfer foil

Distress Oxides 

Water pen

Distress Oxides 

Dinkables 

Distress Oxides 

Dinkables 

White ink pad

Gilding Wax 

Distress Oxides 

Versafine 

I hope you've enjoyed looking through today's samples for these fabulous products 

I'll be back again soon 

Crafty hugs xx 

Lorre-Anne DT - Da Vinci Hochanda samples

Hi everyone, the lovely Bev from Bee Crafty will be on Hochanda today at 12 noon and 4 pm bringing the fabulous Da Vinci Inspired stamp range... and here are the samples I have made for the shows.

 Da Vinci: Leonardo, Art is never finished, Da Vinci: Sforza Horse, Distress Oxides (Mustard Seed, Mermaid Lagoon, Frayed Burlap, Walnut Stain), Splat Inkable

Da Vinci: Leonardo, Creativity Words Lg, Steampunk Stories: Cogs set, Metalwork Alpha Inkable, Onyx Black Versafine ink, Dylusions Sprays (Tangerine Dream, Pomegranate Seed), Black Soot Distress Ink

Da Vinci: Sforza Horse, Da Vinci: Signature & Laurel Border, Everyday Sentiments 1 XL, Stars Dinkable, Distress Oxides (Ground Expresso, Frayed Burlap, Mustard Seed)

Da Vinci:Science of Beauty XL, Da Vinci: Science of Beauty, Creativity Words Lg, Distress Oxides (Mermaid Lagoon, Cracked Pistachio) Onyx Black Versafine ink

Da Vinci: Mona Lisa, Creativity Words Lg, Regular Dots Dinkable, Distress Oxides (Stormy Sky, Bundled Sage, Dusty Concord), Black Soot Distress Ink, Onyx Black Versafine ink

Remember to tune into Hochanda to see all these fab stamps, and see the super demos by Bev.  I'll be back next week to share another DT card with you all.

Hugs, Lorre-Anne x

Jane DT - Silhouette Tree

Hello!

Today on the Buzzy Goings on at Bee Crafty blog I am sharing a quick and easy card that could be used for a number of occasions...

I started by creating the background.  After spritzing the card with water I dropped 3 different colours of sparkle pen onto it and then added more water.  I blotted the colour off onto another piece of card then after drying slightly flicked water onto the colour and lifted it off with kitchen roll. 

To create the focal points I used versamark with black embossing powder and then mounted it onto black card before adding to the front of the card.

The stamps I used were:

* BEAUtanicals - Silhouette Tree with Birds
* Art Stamps - Flock of Birds
* Wordage - Everyday Sentiments 2

Thank you for looking,

Jane xx

Emily DT - Delightful Dahlia

Hi everyone,

A very late offering from me today. I have not been able to get in my craft room the last few weeks but I managed to snatch 15 minutes yesterday to make a very quick card.

Luckily I had just received the beautiful Dahlia Inkable so I used this to make a card for my blog today. Here is the card I made...

I started by taping down the Inkable onto a square of white card. I then blended Distress Inks from the centre outwards to get the colours I wanted.

Once this was done I removed the Inkable and stamped a sentiment onto white card.

I mounted this and the topper onto black card and then onto a card blank.

The whole thing took less than 15 minutes and I am thrilled with how it came out. I really love this Inkable and the result is so effective.

I hope you like it too!

Emily x

Karen DT- See clearly in the dark...

Hello crafters

I'm on the Bee Crafty blog today with a make using one of my favourites. .the gorgeous Winter Wolf..I LOVE Wolves so this is just the perfect image for me 😘

Also used:
Distress Oxides 
Smokey Grey versafine

Having masked off a panel, I blended Distress Oxides, stamped the Moon in one of the Oxides, then splattered droplets of water,  before dabbing excess water off with paper towel 

The gorgeous Wolf was stamped in the Smokey Grey versafine and to finish I stamped the sentiment in one of the Distress Oxides 

Simple, clean but beautiful.  And the image does all the hard work 

Many thanks for popping by 

Crafty hugs xx 

Lorre-Anne DT - Expression

Hi everyone, for my Bee Crafty blog post today I'm sharing a card I made using the fabulous door knocker from the Steampunk Stories stamp set.

Materials

• 7" x 7" white card blank
• White and black cardstock
• Steampunk Stories 'Door knocker'
• Creativity Words
• Inkables - Metalwork Alpha
• Dinkables - Stars, Distressed Harlequin
• Distress Oxides - Carved Pumpkin, Mermaid Lagoon, Vintage Photo
• Onyx Black Versafine ink
• White gel pen
• Glue

What to do

• Cut black card slightly smaller than the card blank, and white card slightly smaller again.
• Put some of each colour of Oxide on to a blending mat, and then spritz with water.  Drag the piece of white card through this, dry and repeat until you get the look required.
• Use Versafine ink to stamp the door knocker in the centre of the card, and the word under it.
• Add some colour to the door knocker using the Distress Oxides and a water brush.
• Blend some Mermaid Lagoon through the Inkable, some Carved Pumpkin through the Harlequin and some Vintage Photo through the Stars.
• Mat this to the black card and glue to the card blank.
• Add some highlights using the white gel pen.

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

Hugs, Lorre-Anne x

Karen DT - Friendship

Hi crafters xx

I'm back on the Buzzy Goings On At Bee Crafty Blog  and today's make is using one of the Bansky Inspired stamps
Girl Watering Aerial . I also used the bird from the Little Friend stamp set

Also used:
Friendship stamp
Mandala 7 Inkable
Distress Oxides 
Versafine

For this sample I blended Distress Oxides through the Mandala 7 Inkable 

The beautiful Bansky image was stamped in Smokey Grey versafine 

To finish I masked off the Friendship part of the sentiment stamp, stamping it in one of the Distress Oxides used for the background 

A simple but effective layout 

Thankyou for popping by today and I'll be back again with another Bee Crafty make soon

Crafty hugs xx 

Lorre-Anne DT - See The World

Hi bloggers, it's Monday so I've got a new Bee Crafty DT project to share on the blog today.  This week I've been playing with the Fly Away stamp set... I love this and thought it worked really well with the sentiment I picked.

Materials

• White 6" x 6" card blank
• White & black cardstock
• Collage Art - Fly Away
• Travel Words
• Inkables - Metalwork Alpha
• Dinakbles - Stars
• Distress Oxide - Seedless Preserves, Stormy Sky
• Onyx Black Versafine ink
• White gel pen
• Glue

What to do

• Cut black card slightly smaller than the card blank and white card slightly smaller again.
• Blend some of each Distress Oxide over the card, then blend some Stormy Sky through the Inkable randomly over the card.
• Stamp the image towards the left hand side of the card.
• Blend some Seedless Preserves through the Stars Dinkable at certain parts.
• Mat the white card to the black, and glue to the card blank.
• Add some highlights using the white gel pen.
• Stamp the sentiment using Versafine ink, cut out, mat to black card and attach to the card blank using foam pads.

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

Hugs, Lorre-Anne x