Karen DT- Life is Good

Hey everyone xx

The Gelli plate has been out again for this week's Bee Crafty blog. Thought I'd also get out some of the Wildflowers, from the BEAUtanicals range,and see where they led me.

Products used:
Wildflower: 1, 2, 5
Moon
Life is good sentiment stamp
Dinkables
Distress Oxides 
Gel Plate

I inked up my Gelli Plate with Distress Oxides and spritzed with a bit of water.

I then blended various Oxides through the Honeycomb and Leafy Branch Dinkables.

I lifted of a print on to a square of white card.

Once dry i stamped 3 different Wildflowers, in different Oxides, first and second generation, to get depth and dimension to my image. 

The Moon was stamped in Oxides, slightly off the edge of the card.

The Sentiment was stamped in Smokey Grey Versafine 

I matted this on to Rainbow Mirri card and then on to my card blank.

And that completes todays make. I hope you like the result. 

See you again soon 

Crafty hugs xx 

Caz Harwood - Serendipity card

PRODUCTS USED:

Bee Crafty daisy stamp set 

https://www.beecrafty.net/beautanicals-set-daisy.ir

Bee Crafty Doodle art mushroom stamp set

https://www.beecrafty.net/bee-crafty-doodle-art-mushrooms.ir

Texture disc set 1
https://www.beecrafty.net/texture-discs-set-1.ir

Versafine onyx black ink
Distree oxide carved pumpkin
Colour pencils (orange and yellow)
5x7" scalloped edge blank.

HOW TO MAKE:

Stamp a border using one of the border stamps from the doodle art mushroom set. Fill in the gaps with smaller elements of you wish. 

Stamp the daisies as main focal point.

Add colour to the daisies using the colour pencils in orange and yellow. (Or your own preferred medium)

Add some stencil detail using the texture disc (spots) in carved pumpkin distress oxide. This adds interest to the background.

Then add a sentiment which I mounted with foam pads and I also added a few swirl details to the border from the mushroom set. 

Hope you like! 

❤️

Thanks for looking. 

Jane DT - Hochanda Samples

Hello!

On the Buzzy Goings on at Bee Crafty blog this week I am sharing the samples that I made for the most recent HOCHANDA shows with the stamp sets designed by Sam!...

If you missed either of the shows they will be available on rewind on the HOCHANDA website, look for the shows on Tuesday 22nd October.

Thank you for looking and happy crafting!

Jane xx

Karen DT - Hochanda samples

Morning lovely crafters xx

I'm on the Bee Crafty blog today with my samples for the recent show, where the lovely ladies showcased some of Sam's favourite designs 😁😁

Products used:
Seahorse
Conch Shell
Jellyfish
Unicorn Magic
Dragons Eye
Dream of Dragons 
Triceratops
Tyrannosaurus Rex 
Distress Oxides
Dinkables
Mandala Inkables
Dylusions Sprays
Embossing powder
Sparkle pens
Kuretake clean colour pens

Kuretake clean colour pens 

Black Versafine

Shaving foam technique 

Distress Oxides 

Glossy Accents

Gelli Plate

Acrylic paint 

Honeycomb Dinkable

Leaf stamp from Dinosaur set

Used Unicorns hair as foliage 

Smooshed effect using Inks

Gold embossing powder 

Clear sparkle pen 

Distress Oxides 

Black Versafine 

Ticker Tape Sentiment

Gelli Plate 

Distress Oxides 

Dinkable:leafy branch

Stonewall Inkable

Dylusions Shimmer and Ink sprays

Sparkle pens

Mandala Inkable

Distress Oxides 

Inks

Black Versafine 

I hope you enjoyed looking through all my samples for the show.

Have fun playing with all your Bee Crafty goodies.

Crafty hugs xx

Jane DT - 'Autumnal Toadstools' Art Journal Spread

Hello!

On the Buzzy Goings on at Bee Crafty Blog today I have done a bit of art journaling!  I was inspired by the recent doodle art stamps that Bev and Sam brought to HOCHANDA and also the seasonal weather...

I used my 6" watercolour journal with extra thick paper as I knew that I was going to use brusho powders for my base layer with lots of water!  I used dark brown, gamboge, yellow, orange and leaf green powders to create an autumnal feel...

To create a bit more of a frame to the spread I added some brown distress crayon around the edges then used one of the sentiment stamps from the Maple Leaf set with sepia archival along the sides...

Next I added some stamping with distress ink (vintage photo, wild honey and walnut stain) using the smaller maple leaf...

Then to create some more defined features I used the Mandala 5 stencil with burnt sienna acrylic paint and added a few extra dots using a gold paint pen and some white paint splatters across both pages...

I wanted to lighten up the spread a little so decided to add the regular dots d'inkable with white paint to areas of the pages...

For my main focal points I stamped images from both the regular and XL Doodle Mushrooms sets onto watercolour card and after cutting them out coloured them in using watercolour paints.  After sticking them down I added some shading with a brown pitt pen around the edges of the images to provide more shadow.  Finally I stamped out the same sentiment used earlier and added some colour to match the rest of the spread...

To create my project I used the following products available from the Bee Crafty website:

* Doodle Art Stamps - Mushrooms (regular)
* Doodle Art Stamps - Mushrooms (XL)
* Beautanicals - Maple Leaf
* Inkables - Mandala 5
* D'Inkables - Regular Dots
* Distress Ink Pads

Thank you for looking and happy crafting!

Jane xx

Karen DT - You are beautiful to me

Hello crafters xxx

My turn on the Bee Crafty blog today so I thought I'd try out the new Mirror Stamping blocks  available on the website xx
I thought the Doodle Art Bird was the perfect stamp to use 😁

Also used:
Mushroom Doodle Art
Ladybird Doodle Art set 
Everyday Sentiments 2 
Dinkables
Distress Oxides 
Sparkle pens

To start this sample I used the Mirror Stamping blocks to create my two birds gazing into each others eyes 😁

To find out how to achieve this here is the link to Bevs facebook live tutorial 

https://www.facebook.com/BeeCraftyStamps/videos/420237891956870/

Having stamped my love birds I created my scene using stamps from the Mushroom and Ladyburd Doodle Art sets

I coloured my stamped images in with my sparkle pens

I inked through the Honeycomb Dinkable with Distress Oxides and then stamped my sentiment in Versafine, to complete my sample  

I hope you enjoyed todays make and will give the Mirror Stamping blocks a go..so much versatlity there...

Crafty hugs xx

Caz Harwood - mount board mini plaque!

PRODUCTS USED:

oval mount board piece (die cut)

Bee crafty butterfly and dragonfly stamp

https://www.beecrafty.net/art-stamps-large-birds-butterflies-dragonfly-butterfly-set.ir

Bee crafty small words stamps

https://www.beecrafty.net/wordage-sets-small-words.ir

Bee crafty moon stamp

https://www.beecrafty.net/bee-crafty-art-stamps-birds-moons.ir

Bee crafty metal alpha D'Inkable

https://www.beecrafty.net/dinkable-metal-alpha.ir

Distress oxides/inks

Water brush

Archival ink (grey)

Versafine onyx black ink

HOW TO MAKE:

Blend a background using distress oxides

I used 3 colours, spiced marmalade, twisted citron and peacock feathers

Stamp the sheet of small words onto the background to add subtle detail using the grey archival ink

Do the same with the moon stamp

Use black soot distress ink to frame the edge of the mount board and to add stencil details using the metal alpha D'Inkable

Then stamp out the butterfly and sentiment you want to stand out. Colour and fussy cut. Glue down. Attach a piece of twine to the back! 

You're done!

Hope you like. 

❤️

Thanks for looking. 

Jane DT - 'Butterfly Rainbow Card'

Hello!

Today on the Buzzy Goings on at Bee Crafty blog I thought I would create a really quick card with minimal layers!  This is especially unusual for me but today I wanted to let the stamp speak for itself...

* The piece of white stamping card was cut to 4 and a quarter by 4 and 3 quarter inches in size
* I used the regular doodle butterfly, stamping with black Versafine and then using clear embossing powder over the top which I heated
* Next I used Faber Castel Pitt Pens to colour the butterflies, blending the different tones and trying to use all the colours of the rainbow.  I then added a little bit of doodling with a white Posca pen
* Choosing a sentiment from the Everyday Sentiments 2 set, I stamped onto black card using Versamark and embossed with white powder
* The sentiment was added using foam pads then the whole piece matted onto black card then onto a card base

Here are the links to the products used:

* Doodle Art - Butterfly #1 (regular)
* Wordage - Everyday Sentiments 2 

I hope that my card has helped to show you the fabulous quality and stamp design that Bee Crafty provide.

Thank you for looking and happy crafting!

Jane xx

Karen DT- Snowflakes falling

Morning crafters xx

Any crafty plans for today?

I've been playing, yet again, with my Doodle Art sets. These make such fun and festive Christmas cards and here are a couple of cards using the beautiful Snowflakes, as the focal image.

Hope you enjoy today's weekly Bee Crafty blog post xx

Products used:
Doodle Art sets: Snowflakes, Christmas Tree
Distress Oxides
Versafine
Kuretake clean colour pens
Patterned paper

All my focal images were stamped in Black Onyx Versafine as I like the bold, contemporary feel of this look. It's simple, crisp and clean.

To create the 3d snowflakes, I stamped on to patterned paper, cut them out and layered them up. It's also nice to stamp some of the snowflakes, in black ink, directly on the card, then layer the snowflakes on top. It creates  more dimension.

I coloured in some aspects of the images,with my kuretake clean colour pens but you can use whatever you have in your crafty stash 

I hope you enjoyed looking through today's post. I'll see you again soon.

Crafty hugs xx

Caz Harwood - creativity words panel (for notebook cover)

PRODUCTS USED:

Creativity words stamp set regular

https://www.beecrafty.net/wordage-sets-creativity-words-small.ir

Time measure stamp

https://www.beecrafty.net/bee-crafty-art-stamps-time-measure.ir

Texture disc set 1

https://www.beecrafty.net/texture-discs-set-1.ir

Brusho

Distress ink black soot

Archival ink grey and black

Versamark ink

White embossing powder

White Gesso

White gel pen

How to make:

Stamp the time measure stamp onto a piece of card (5x7") in grey archival

Stamp the longer creativity words around the page in black archival

Sprinkle and spritz brusho over the top.

Dab with a paper towel to soak the excess and leave to dry.

Ink blend black soot around the border to frame.

Stamp the longer creativity words in Versamark onto black card and heat emboss in white.

Fussy cut the sentiments. 

Stamp out the circle elements of the time measure stamp, fussy cut them out also.

Stick all the fussy cut elements into your page, then using a white gel pen add some details like border, underlining and frames.

Then stipple some white gesso texture about the page through a texture disc. 

Your done! 

Hope you like. 

❤️

Thanks for looking. 

Lorre-Anne DT - Hello You

Hi everyone, for my weekly Bee Crafty blog post I'm sharing a card I have made using one of my older stamp sets.  I wanted to create quite a simple card that would be suitable for any occasion and for either a man or a woman... I think this fits the bill!

Materials

• 6" square white card blank
• Brown and white card
• Twine
• Leaf stamp
• Everyday Sentiments XL
• Distressed Harlequin Dinkable
• Distress Oxides (Aged Mahogany, Forest Moss, Ripe Persimmon, Gathered Twigs)
• White gel pen

What to do

• Cut brown card slightly smaller than the card blank, and a white square slightly smaller again.
• Put some of each Oxide on to a blending mat and spritz with water, then drag the white square of card through it.  Dry with a heat tool.
• Take the larger of the leaves and stamp randomly over the card using Forest Moss Oxide.  Next take the smaller leaf and stamp this using Gathered Twigs.
• Place the Inkable randomly over the card and ink through with Ripe Persimmon.
• Blend some Gathered Twigs around the edges of the card, and then tie some twine around the centre before matting to the brown card and fixing to the card blank.
• Stamp the sentiment using Gathered Twigs, cut out and blend some around the edges before matting to a piece of brown card.  Use foam pads to affix to the centre of the card.
• Finish by adding some highlights with a white gel pen.

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

Hugs, Lorre-Anne x

Jane DT - Doodle Art samples for HOCHANDA

Hello!

Today on the Buzzy Goings on at Bee Crafty blog I am sharing the samples that I made for this weeks HOCHANDA shows using the new Mushroom and Ladybird Doodle Art stamps...

Bev and Sam did some great demonstrations using the new stamp sets!  The shows were on Monday 30th September at 10am and 2pm and should still be available on rewind on the HOCHANDA website. 

Thank you for looking and happy crafting!

Jane xx