Sally CT - A quick and Simple card

Hi There! I am here with a super quick and easy card for you today using today's and yesterday's January Savers. 

I began by placing the scales inkable over a 6x6 white card blank and blended teal, yellow and magenta ink through using blending brushes.

Next I stamped the larger flower from blooming blooms, and a smaller one either side of it, using Versafine Clair ink.

Using a 0.05 micron pen, I extended the stem to the bottom edge of the card.

I coloured the flowers using ecoline brush pens. 

I created a border around the card using the small squiggle from Blooming Blooms. 

Finally I stamped the sentiment from ticker tape 4 onto a scrap of card and cut it out, attaching it to the card using 3d foam pads.

Here is the finished card again.

I used:

6x6" card blank

Scales 6x6 inkable

water based dye ink in teal, yellow and magenta (Memento or Distress ink will both work)

Blooming Blooms stamp set

Micron pen

Black Versafine Clair ink

Ecoline markers

Ticker Tape 4 stamp set

3d foam pads

I do love a card that comes together as quickly as that did! Thanks for looking and don't forget to check out todays final January saver!

Alison CT - Bee Crafty Deck Challenge

Hi everyone, today I'm sharing three altered playing cards, as inspirations for the Bee Crafty Deck Challenge, but also using today's January Saver, the D'Inkables set 1.

To begin I covered all three cards with stamping tissue, as my cards are plastic coated. The tissue allowes me to apply any media to the card.

Altered playing card 1

1. Using Dylusions Island Parrot paint, cover the top right and bottom left of the card. Let this dry as green and purple can make mud. Paint the rest of the card with Laidback Lilac Dylusions paint. Leave to completely dry.

2. Using the hexagon d'inkable from set 1 add hexagons using scorched timber distress oxide. When the ink is dry draw round the hexagons using a white posca pen.

3. Next stamp the chevron stamp from the Doodle Art Bee stamp set using fallen leaves versafine clair ink. 

4. Stamp the large bee using fallen leaves ink onto seperate card. Colour it in. I used distress crayons and a wet paintbrush. Glue this to the playing card and cut off excess.

5. Finally I chose some of the bee wordy stickers and cut them down, then glued them to the card.

Altered playing card 2.

1. I blended broken china distress ink over part of the card. 

2. Then using the heart d'inkable from set 1 I blended victorian velvet distress ink over the rest of the card.

3. Next I used the double frond inkable to add texture paste to the card. This was left to dry then I blended evergreen bough distress ink over it.

4. Next I added some script Script background using evergreen bough distress ink.

5. Then I stamped the small tulip from the sketchy flowers three times and coloured it using the same distress inks.

6. Finally I stamped the sentiment, cut it out and added it to the card.

Altered playing card 3

1. I began by blending mystard seed and fossilized amber over the card.

2. Then I blended wild honey distress oxide through the stars d'inkable.

3. Next I used a spatula to apply stickles glitter gel through the star d'inkable and left this to dry.

5. Then I stamped the stars from the stars textures stamp set (discontinued) using versafine clair cheerful and summertime. I then cut them out and glued them to the card.

6. Finally I stamped and cut out the sentiment and glued it to the card.

Products used:

Bee Crafty stamping tissue 

D'Inkables - set 1

Art stamps - script background,  sketchy flowers 1

Wordage stamps - ticker tape 4, mixed messages 2

Doodle Art stamps - Bee

Wordy stickers - bee words

Distress collage medium 

Distress ink - broken china, victorian velvet, evergreen bough

Dylusions paint - island parrot, laidback lilac 

Distress oxide - scorched timber, mustard seed, fossilized amber, wild honey

Distress texture paste

Versafine Clair - nocturne, fallen leaves, summertime, cheerful 

Distress Crayons - broken china, squeezed lemonade, crooked broomstick 
Stickles glitter gel - solar flare

Thanks for taking a look.

Alison

Sally CT - Hey Sunshine!

Hi There! Thought I would share a super quick but colourful card with you that will brighten the dullest of days.

I began by blending 3 shades of distress oxides through the inkable on to an ivory deckle edged card. 

On a piece of card, I stamped the Doodle Art rainbow bird in Black versafine clair and coloured it by painting with Dina Wakley gloss drops.

Next I die cut a circle from ivory card and stamped it with the circles stamp from Journal art Elements 3 using spiced marmalade distress oxide ink. 

I attached this to the centre of the card using foam pads, adding the bird on the top. I added the sentiment in versafine clair ink.

Finally I added a few dayglow highlights using Gelly Roll moonlight pens.

Here is the finished card again.

I used:

6x6" ivory card blank

Big ones inkable - egg timers

Distress oxide inks in Twisted citron, mustard seed and spiced marmalade

rainbow birds stamp set

Black Versafine Clair ink

Dina Wakley Gloss drops

Journal Art Elements 3 stamp set

Mixed messages 4 stamp set

Gelly Roll Moonlight pens

Today's January savers are the fabulous mdf journals that you can find here . I will be live on the Bee Crafty Facebook page at 8pm this evening, so I hope you can join me. Thanks for looking! 

Alison CT - Coffee Stains Daisy

Hi everyone, today I'm sharing a card made using the Coffee Stains stamp, which is today's January Saver. 

To begin, I stamped the largest double coffee stain twice, using versafine clair Purple Delight.

Next I added three of the small double one using versafine clair charming pink.

Then I took the smallest coffee stain and stamped it with versafine clair monarch four times.

Next I stamped the numbers from the set using versafine clair verdant.

Next I stamped two of the small circles, from the stitched borders stamp set, using versafine clair warm breeze and verdant.

Then I added a border using one of the stitched border stamps with versafine clair warm breeze.

On seperate card, I stamped the dancing daisy using versafine clair morning mist. I coloured it with pencil crayons and then cut it out.

Next I glued the background to a 5 x 7 inch card blank and added the daisy. Finally I stamped the sentiment from the dancing daisy set, using morning mist ink. 

Products used:

Art Stamps - Coffee Stains, Stitched Borders

Doodle Art Stamps - Dancing Daisy

Versafine Clair Ink Pads - Charming Pink,  Purple Delight, Monarch, Verdant, Morning Mist 

Thank you for taking a look.

Alison

Below are some of my other makes using the coffee stains for inspiration.

Sally CT - Let Them Stare journal pages

Hi There! I am sharing with you how I made this journal spread today, but it is a long one so grab yourself a cuppa and take a look!  

I began by stamping just the face and neck of Dream onto stamping tissue using Versafine Clair ink.

I used a wet paint brush to remove the excess tissue and create a feathered edge to the image.

Using drops of dylusions paint in peony blush and desert sand, I mixed a skin tone shade and painted it over the bottom right corner of the page in my dylusions mini journal. 

I used blue lagoon, periwinkle and laidback lilac to add colour to the rest of the page in vertical and horizontal blocks. 

Once this was dry, I dry brushed over most of the page using white gesso, with some heavier and lighter patches.  

I used matte medium to add the stamped face to the skin tone area and left to dry.

Next I used the paints, a white gel pen and a coloured pencil to add some more detail to the face.

I painted a scrap piece of card using all the paints except for Desert Sand and left it to dry. 

Back on the journal page, I used the Squircles Grande Inkable to add some patches of Villainous potion Distress oxide. 

I used the same ink to add some stamping using Journal Art Elements #2.

Now the painted card was dry, I stamped 2 different sizes of flowers from the Dandedaisy set using black versafine clair ink and cut them out. 

I also stamped and cut out the sentiment from Mixed messages 4

I added the sentiment and the flowers (for her hair) to the page using matte medium and added some white highlights with the gel pen. 

A final splatter of white ink and it was finished...

And here's a close up. 

I used:

Dylusions mini journal

Dream Bundle (today's January Saver featuring Dream, Journal Art Elements #2 and handwritten words)

Versafine Clair Nocturne and Twilight

Bee Crafty Stamping Tissue

Dylusions paints in Peony Blush, Desert Sand, Blue Lagoon, Laidback Lilac and Periwinkle

White Gesso

White gel pen

Pencil crayons

Matte Medium

Inkable Grande - Squircles

Distress oxide inks in Villainous potion, Peacock Feathers and Blueprint Sketch

Dandedaisy stamp set

Mixed messages #4 stamp set

White Linen Dylusions spray

Thanks for looking and I hope you enjoyed seeing how I did it. 

Don't forget that we have the 3bs challenge (this could be an entry with blueprint sketch oxide ink, blue lagoon dylusions paint, blooms and brush strokes) and the alter Bee Crafty Deck altered playing card challenge over in the Bee Crafty stamps Facebook group. There are also January savers every day this month, to chase away the January blues!