Alison CT - Do Something Today

Hi everyone,  today I'm sharing how I created this butterfly card.

To begin I cut a piece of watercolour card so that it would make a topper for a 5 x 7 inch card.

I blended Rusty Hinge and Peacock Feathers distress oxide ink over the card. I then spritzed this with water and shook some water off my fingervtips to create larger drops. I patted this dry with kitchen towel, then left it to dry.

Whilst it was drying, I stamped the largest butterfly. I coloured it with Rusty Hinge, Peacock Feathers and Spiced Marmalade distress oxide. Next I cut it out using the corresponding die.

To add to the background, I used the Honeycomb D'inkable with Peacock Feathers distress oxide over the corresponding area.

Next I used the Metalwork Alpha D'inkable with rusty hinge distress oxide over the rusty hinge areas of the background. 

Then I stamped the large and small double coffee stain stamps with versafine clair nocturne ink. 

Next I stamped the numbers from the coffee stains stamp set, using the nocturne ink. 

Then I added some crosses using the d'inkable from set 12 and black soot distress oxide. 

I glued the background to a 5 x 7 card blank and added the butterfly using distress collage medium.

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

Products used:

Distress Oxides - rusty hinge, black soot, peacock feathers, spiced marmalade 

Mini Mister

D'inkables - sets 1, 5, 12

Birds and Butterflies XL stamp and die set

Versafine Clair nocturne ink 

Wordage Ticker Tape 1 stamp set

Distress Collage Medium 

Thank you for taking a look. 

Alison 

Sally CT - Inky Layers

 

Hi There! Thought I would show you how I created this card today.

I began by blending Mermaid lagoon, Mustard Seed and Picked Raspberry distress oxide inks across some mixed media card. It doesn't need to be perfect, and the colours should overlap to get the green and orange tones. 

Next I sprayed a dinkable from set 11 with water and pressed it onto the inked card. I left it in place for a few seconds and rubbed over it with a dry cloth. When I lifted it off, I waited a few seconds then blotted it to lift the colour from the wet areas. 

Once this was dry, I used Doodle Art Mandalas and 3 shades of Versafine Clair ink to stamp over the inky background. I also sponged a little black ink around the edges. 

Next I added a line of faux stitching in white gel pen around the edge of the panel. 

On a scrap of mixed media card I stamped the rainbow bird in black versafine clair ink, painting it with Dina Wakley gloss drops. I set this aside to dry. 

I stamped the sentiment in VersaMark ink onto black card and embossed in white, cutting it out and matting and layering on a white piece of card. 

Finally, I added the background to a 5x5 white card, layering with some black paper, before adding the bird and the sentiment using foam pads. 

I used:

5x5 white card base

4.5" square of mixed media card

Distress oxide inks in Mustard Seed, Mermaid Lagoon and Picked Raspberry 

Dinkables set 11

Mini mister Water spray

Versafine Clair ink in Warm Breeze, Charming Pink and Nocturne

Doodle Art Mandalas set#2 Stamps

White gel pen

Doodle Art Rainbow Birds stamp set

Dina Wakley Gloss drops in Bodacious, Gnarly, Legit and Radical

Mixed Messages #3 stamp set

Detail white embossing powder

Versamark ink

Thanks for looking! 

Alison CT - Hey Sunshine

Hi everyone,  today I'm sharing this fairly simple card, which I created using three stamps and a super skinny slim.

To begin, I cut a piece of watercolour card in to a 14cm square. Then I added two colours (evergreen bough and prize ribbon) distress ink to the larger square super skinny slim.

I spritzed this lightly with water and then pressed it, ink side down, in the centre of my piece of card.  I lightly pressed down on it, then removed it. I left the ink to dry naturally. 

On a piece of seperate watercolour card, I stamped and heat embossed with clear embossing powder the flower head of the doodle art sunflower stamp. I used versafine clair nocturne ink and ranger clear embossing powder. I coloured the flower with tea dye, mustard seed and brushed corduroy distress ink. I added shadows and shading with my polychromos pencil crayons. I then cut it out.

Next I stamped the heart border, from the sunflower stamp set, around the edge of the inky square background. I used versafine clair nocturne and ensured as I turned the card all the points of the heart faced inwards. 

As the border was too long for the square I used post-it notes to mask off where I didn't want it.

If the borders don't quite meet, you can use a micron pen to fill the gaps.

Next I blended prize ribbon distress ink around the edge of the background piece.

I, then, glued this background piece to a 6" square card blank and add the sunflower centrally to the background.

Using versafine clair nocturne ink stamp the hey sunshine sentiment, from Mixed Messages 4, around the flower. 

Products used

Larger square supper skinny slim

Distress Ink - prize ribbon, evergreen bough, mustard seed, brushed corduroy, tea dye

Doodle Art Sunflower stamp set

Wordage Mixed Messages 4

Versafine Clair nocturne 

Ranger Clear Embossing Powder 

Black micron pen

Pencil crayons

Thank you for taking a look.

Alison 

Sally CT - A simple card in Pastel Colours

Hi There! I am here with a quick and simple card for you today. 

I began by adding masking tape about a third of the way across a 5x5" card blank, then blending speckled egg distress ink through the inkable big one, but not up to the edge of the card.

Next I used the mandala inkable and blended kitsch flamingo Distress Oxide ink through it 

on a separate scrap of card I stamped the smaller dandedaisy in memento ink and coloured with alcohol markers. 

I stuck this to the card along the area where the tape was.

I stamped the sentiment using second generation Fantasia Versafine Clair ink.

Finally I added some more stamping using the worker stamps from Journaling Essentials #4 and Speckled egg distress ink. I also added spots of gold liquid pearls around the mandala.

Here is the finished card again. 

I used:

5x5" white card blank

Masking tape

Bee Crafty Inkable - Big one Fernando

Bee Crafty Inkable 6x6" mandala #2

Distress ink - Speckled Egg

Distress oxide ink - Kitsch Flamingo

Doodle Art Dandedaisy stamp set

Memento Black ink

Journaling Essentials #4 Stamp Set

Matte Medium

Wordage: Everyday Sentiments #1 Stamp set

 Versafine Clair Fantasia Ink

Thanks for looking! I will be live at 8pm this evening over on the Bee Crafty Facebook Page. I would love to see you there! 

Alison CT - Smile it's Free!!!

Hi everyone today I'm sharing an art journal page created using a range of inkables and some of the journaling essentials stamp sets.

To begin, place the 6" circle easy frame over the basket weave stencil (you can tape them to the page if you wish) and blend salty ocean and faded jeans distress oxide ink through them. Spritz the ink on the basket weave stencil with water and press onto the top left and bottom right of the page. Leave to dry.

Next, I replaced the circle easy frame over the stenciled area and drew a black line around the edge. I then drew a freehand wobbly line over the first.

I then added areas of the alternate circles inkable over the basket weave and around the edge of the circle using tumbled glass distress oxide.

Next I freehand stamped the script background using faded jeans distress oxide.

Next I added three of the rounded leaves from journaling essentials 2 using versafine clair nocturne.

On seperate card, I stamped three of the flower from journaling essentials 3 and 9 of the small leaf from journaling essentials 2 using the nocturne ink. I used my pencil crayons and a white gel pen to colour the images, then I cut them out. I cut down between the petals and used a ball tool and foam mat to shape the flowers and leaves.

I used distress collage medium to adhere the flowers and leaves to the page.

I then added a sentiment from the beautiful and brave transparency sheet.

Products used:

Basket Weave inkable

Easy Frame Circle 

Alternative Circles inkable

Script Background stamp 

Journaling Essentials 2 stamp set

Journaling Essentials 3 stamp set

Transparency Prints Beautiful and Brave black on clear

Distress Oxide ink- salty ocean, faded jeans, tumbled glass 

Thank you for taking a look.

Alison 

Sally CT - More Collage Inspiration

Hi there! The theme for our Bee Crafty Facebook challenge this month is Collage, so I made another card with a collage background. This one is more precisely cut with strips of paper the same width but different colours.

I began by arranging the strips diagonally over a 4.5 inch square of card. I stuck them down using matte medium. 

When this was dry I trimmed the ends to make it square again. 

I used black soot distress oxide ink to add some circles through the inkable big one. 

I also added some texture paste through the dots dinkable. 

Next I stamped the largest mandala from Doodle art Mandalas set #1 in Black Versafine Clair Ink.

I cut out the centre and coloured it using ecoline pens

on a scrap of black card I stamped the sentiment from small words in Versamark ink and embossed it using fine detail white embossing powder. I cut this into a banner shape.

Finally, I added the mandalas to the centre of the background using 3d glue gel. I mounted this onto a 5inch square card, adding the sentiment and some gold liquid pearls to finish.

Here's a close up of the centre. 

I used:

5inch square white card

4.5inch square of card

Strips of card in coordinating colours

Matte medium

Distress oxide ink in black soot

Big ones inkable - Circles for circles

Dinkables set 2

Texture paste - opaque matte

Doodle Art Mandalas set 1 stamp set

Ecoline pens

Versafine Clair Nocturne

3d glue gel

Wordage  - small words stamp set

Versamark ink

Black card 

Detail white embossing powder

Gold Pearl liquid Pearls

 

Thanks for looking and I hope you get chance to enter the challenge!