Alison CT - Great things never come from the comfort zone.

Hi everyone, today I'm sharing a bright and cheerful art journal page.

I chose a white page in the blue Dina Wakley media journal for this project. I began by spritzing the page with water, then I dripped Ecoline watercolour ink onto the page. I then spritzed lightly with more water and left this to dry naturally.

Next I stamped the dots and dashes freehand birder three times, slightly to the left of the page, using versafine clair nocturne ink. I also added some freehand areas of the crackle background.

Using versafine clair nocturne, I add some areas of the script background.

Next I added the clusters of circles stamp from the journal art elements set 2.

I then added the two stamps that are made up of lines to the page.

Next I used tge circle, with dots inside, from the same stamp set to add more layers. I also added three of the numbers from the numbers 1 stamp set.

On seperate card, I stamped two of the large flower from the blooming blooms stamp set. I coloured them with picked raspberry and seedless preserve distress watercolour crayons and a white pencil, which I've blended with a blending pencil. I then cut them out.

I stamped and cut out my chosen sentiment from the ticker tape 3 set.

Finally I glued everything to the background using gel medium.

Products used:

Ecoline Watercolour ink  - 205, 337

Water spritzer

Art stamps - crackle background,  script background, freehand borders 2, journal art elements 2, numbers 1

Doodle art stamps - blooming blooms

Wordage stamps - ticker tape 3

Distress watercolour pencils- picked raspberry,  seedless preserve 

White pencil

Blending pencil

Versafine Clair  - nocturne 

Distress collage medium 

Thanks so much for taking a look.

Alison

Sally CT - A set of Artist Trading Cards

 Hi There! I have been having a bit of fun making Artist Trading Cards this weekend. Here is how I made them.

I began by cutting myself 3 cards from mixed media card measuring 2.5" x3.5" 

Next I smooshed some distress oxide inks on to them.

Once dry, I stamped them using the crackle background in Peacock Feathers ink

When this was dry, I wiped the cards with an anti static cloth, then masked off two thirds of the card, before stamping with versafine ink and adding gold embossing powder. This was done with the Asemic writing stamp.

Here is a close up of the gold embossing once heated. 

Next I stamped the coffee bean border from Freehand Borders #2 in Ground Espresso Distress Oxide ink

I used the same ink to stamp the leaves from Journaling essentials #2 on to a scrap of white card before fussy cutting them. 

On a scrap of teal coloured card I stamped three sentiments from Mixed Messages #3 and heat embossed in white. I attached the leaves, the sentiments and some coordinating sequins to the three backgrounds using matte medium. I also added a border with a brown marker. Here they are:

I used:

ATCs cut from mixed media card

Distress oxide inks in Salvaged Patina, Peacock Feathers, Hickory Smoke and Ground Espresso

Background Crackle stamp

Journaling essentials 2, Freehand Borders 2 and Asemic Splats available in this bundle 

Mixed Messages 3 stamp set

Versamark ink for embossing

Gold embossing powder

White embossing powder

Matte Medium

Brown marker pen

Sequins

Bev will be live tonight at 8pm on the Bee Crafty Facebook page and I will be live tomorrow at the same time. I hope you can join us! 

Thanks for looking! 

Alison CT - Look for Something Positive

Hi everyone, today I'm sharing a card made using stamps and mdf.

To begin I sponged white gesso through the damask inkable on to an old book page.

Next I cut a piece of card to 6.5 x 4.5 inches. I used a blending brush to create a rough rectangle of wilted violet distress oxide in the centre of the piece of card. I used my fingers to sprinkle water onto the ink, then dried it with a piece of kitchen roll.

After the ink was fully dry, I used morning mist versafine clair to add freehand areas of the crackle background stamp.

Next I used the same ink to add three of the small coffee stains stamp.

Then I used the splats stamp, freehand and with the grey ink, to add more detail. I used 1st, 2nd and 3rd generation stamping for them. (Sorry forgot to take a photo.)

Next, I stamped the film strip onto the book page, so that some of the white gesso was in the image. 

On a seperate piece of white card and using the morning mist ink I stamped the largest butterfly from the Birds and Butterflies stamp set, two of the smallest flower head from the Dandedaisy stamp set and three of the leafy stem stamp from the sketchy flowers set. I coloured these with watercolour pens then cut them and the film strip out.

I then stamped a sentiment from the Ticker Tape 1 stamp set, using grey ink. I then cut this out.

FinallyI used gel medium to glue everything to the background. I added an mdf key to the butterfly to create its body. This was then mounted on grey card, then on to a 5 x 7 card blank.

Products used:

White Gesso

Old book page

Inkables - damask

Distress oxide - wilted violet

Versafine Clair- morning mist 

Art stamps - birds and butterflies;  sketchy flowers 1

Art stamps backgrounds - asemic splats; crackle background; coffee stains; 

Doodle art - dandedaisy

Wordage - ticker tape 1

Mdf pop outs - keys

Gel medium

Film strip - discontinued 

Thank you for taking a look.

Alison 

Sally CT - A Curious Dragonfly

Hi There! I have almost finished my Dylusions mini journal and wanted to cover up the paint swatches I had done on the last page. This is the result. It was super quick and easy and would look great on a card too. This is what I did.

I began by cutting a piece of Catalyst paper (Set 2) to fit the page. I used matte medium to stick it down and rounded the corners with a pair of scissors.

I sponged a little prize ribbon distress oxide around the edges and then added the word Curious from the Spontaneous Words transparencies with matte medium.

On a scrap of white card I stamped the Dragonfly and the word from the dragonfly set. I coloured them with coloured pencils and cut them out using the matching dies.

Finally I attached them to the page using matte medium.

Here is the finished page again.

I used:

Dylusions mini journal 

Bee Crafty Catalyst papers set 2

Spontaneous words transparencies (black on clear)

Dragonfly stamp set

Dragonfly dies (also available as a bundle)

Versafine clair grey ink

Coloured pencils

Matte Medium

Hope this gives you a little inspiration for this months challenge in the facebook group, where the theme is quick cards. Thanks for looking! 

Alison CT - Dream

Hi everyone, today I'm sharing a step by step guide to creating this card using liquid watercolours, a d'inkable and a couple of stamp sets.

To begin, I use a 005 black micron pen to draw through the leaf d'inkable (from set 6) on to Ecoline watercolour card. I repeated this on another piece of the same card.

Next, using the same micron pen, I drew freehand around the leaf shape twice, to give it a sketchy look. I added dots and cross hatches to add more detail.

Next, I cut them out, leaving a small white border.

Using the mylar leaf cut out from the dinkable, lightly dab villianous potion and lumberjack plaid distress ink on to it. 

Next spritz lightly with water,  then carefully place the card cut out leaves on to it and press lightly. Remove and put the second one on to the remaining ink. Set aside to dry and clean the dinkable.

To create the background I used the dropper in the Ecoline watercolour inks to a piece of card, which I thenspritzed lightly with water. I did each colour seperately and heat dried between.

 

Next I freehand stamped some of the script background stamp using villainous potion distress ink.

Next I stamped the grid (from the Journal Art Elements 3 stamp set) using lumberjack plaid distress ink.  I also stamped the numbers using the same ink. 

I then stamped the group of small circles and the single plain circle from Journal Art Elements 2 using versafine clair nocturne ink.

To finish the background I used an alcohol marker to edge the piece.

Next I glued the background piece to a card blank and added the leaves. On a separate piece of white card I stamped the dream word from the creativity words using nocturne ink. I then gently tore this out, then glued it across the stem of the lower leaf.

Finally I coloured all the small white circles using a white posca pen.

Products used:

D'inkables - set 6

Distress Ink - villainous potion, lumberjack plaid 

Micron pen

Ecoline liquid watercolour paper

Ecoline liquid watercolours- 205, 311, 337, 307, 236

Art stamps - script background, journal art elements 2 and 3

Wordage stamps - creativity words

Thank you for taking a look.

Alison