Sally CT - My samples for the May 24 release

 Hi There! I am here today with my samples from the new stamps, D'inkables, Catalyst cards,  transparencies mdf and wordy stickers launched yesterday on facebook.  

The first two cards feature the greyscale catalyst cards and the birds from Journaling Essentials #6. It is so easy to add a pop of colour to the greyscale cards using either ink or the coloured papers. 

Both of the new stamp sets are so gorgeous! The bold silhouette stamps are great for inking up in more than one colour, and the outline stamps are great for colouring in using your favourite mediums. They can be teamed up with the catalyst cards or your own inky backgrounds. 

The wordy stickers are great as sentiments for cards or journal pages.

For this inky background I used some of the new dinkables

If you look closely at the background of this card you can see the leaf stamped in the smaller size found on the Journaling Essentials #2 stamp set. 

The leaf outline stickers are great for embossing like the white on black I did here. 

Both of these cards were made using the transparencies that come in a larger size than the stamps. Again they look great against the catalyst cards or your own inky background. 

I used several of the new d'inkables and also some of the worker stamps in this inky background. 

Finally, here is my first attempt using the book binding kit. It is a really fabulous kit and I can see myself making lots of them! 

The Catalyst cards are the perfect size to add to the cover and the book can be stitched to hold the pages, or elastic added so the pages are removeable. 

All of the products in the May release can currently be found by following this link to the website.

Bee Crafty May 2024 Release

Thanks for looking! 

Alison CT - Dragonflies

Hi everyone, today I'm sharing an art journal page created in a notebook using inkables, stamps and transparencies. 

To begin I blended antique linen and lumberjack plaid distress ink over the page.

Next I blended antique linen through the text part of the coffee stains text 6" inkable. 

Then I used the coffee stains part of the same inkable with lumberjack plaid ink over the red areas of the page.

Next I added areas of grit paste through the distressed diamonds inkable. Also, as the page slready had a few splatz of blue, I used a paintbrush to add more splatz using uncharted mariner distress ink.

Using the small double coffee stain stamp with the lumberjack plaid distress ink to add more detail to the page. 

Then I added the numbers from the coffee stain set to the page using uncharted mariner ink. I also added some of the text background stamp with the same ink.

Whilst the background dried, I stamped the second sized dragonfly and the circle onto an old book page using versafine clair ink. I cut them out with the corresponding dies.

I then glued the circles to the page and then the dragonflies. I only added glue to the body of the dragonfly so the wings naturally curled away from the page.

Finally I added the transparency print sentiment, using collage medium.

Products used:

Distress Ink - uncharted mariner, lumberjack plaid, antique linen

Coffee stains text inkable

Distressed diamonds inkable 

Distress grit paste

Coffee stains stamp set

Script background stamp

Dragonfly stamp set and dies

Transparency Prints Beautiful and Brave black on clear

Collage medium 

Thank you for taking a look. 

Alison 

Sally CT - A very Quick card

Hi there! Because I am beavering away at secret stuff I thought I would share an ultra quick but classy card with you today. 

I began by stamping the leaf in versafine clair inks and clear heat embossing it on a scrap of cream card. 

Next I took an Ivory 6x4 card, Placed the circles big one inkable over it and lightly blended peeled paint Distress oxide through it. Then I sponged a little black ink around the leaf and the base card, before layering the embossed leaf onto the base card using foam pads and some black card. 

Finally, I added a sentiment from the small words stamp set using black versafine ink.

Here is the finished card again. 

I used:

6x4" ivory base card

Ivory and black card scraps

Journaling essentials #2 stamp set

Wordage stamps - Small Words stamp set

Inkables Big one - Circles 1

Versafine Clair ink in Verdant, Summer Breeze and Nocturne

Distress oxide ink in Peeled Paint and Black Soot

So simple and quick, so if you are pushed for time, why not try something like this for the Challenge this month?

Thanks for looking! 

Alison CT - Butterfly Stitch

Hi everyone, today I'm sharing a quick tag created using just a few stamps and inks 

Using a size #8 tag from Dina Wakley, I blended spun sugar and picked raspberry distress oxide over it. I then used a blending dome to add seedless preserve distress oxide around the edge.

Next I used picked raspberry distress oxide to stamp the script background.

Then I used versafine clair morning mist to stamp 3 of the star rainbow from the journaling essentials 1 stamp set.

Next I used versafine clair nocturne to stamp the butterfly stitch stamp on to the tag. I didn't ink the full width of the stamp as it is too wide for the tag.

Finally I used versafine clair nocturne to stamp a sentiment from mixed messages 4, which I cut out, edged with seedless preserve distress oxide and stuck to the tag with foam pads.

Products used: 

Dina Wakley Media Assorted Tags #8

Distress Oxide Ink Pads - spun sugar, picked raspberry, seedless preserve 

Script background stamp 

Journaling Essentials 1 stamp set

Butterfly Stitch stamp

Mixed Messages 4 stamp set

Versafine Clair  - nocturne, morning mist 

Foam tape

Thank you for taking a look. 

Alison 

Sally CT - Inky backgrounds

Hi There! I had lots of offcuts of white card on my desk so thought I would make use of one for this card. 

I began by blending Distress ink across the card. I used Wild Honey, Abandoned Coral and Seedless Preserves. 

Next I placed over the Tag inkable from set 3 and blended black ink through it. 

Using the crackle stamp, not on a block, I randomly stamped patches of crackle in Versafine Clair ink.

I added stamping using journaling essentials #1 in Abandoned Coral, Seedless Preserves and Versafine Clair black ink. 

I added a splatter of Dina Wakley White gloss spray and left to dry. 

On a scrap of black card I stamped and heat embossed a ticker tape sentiment in white.

I stamped a sketchy flower in black, coloured with pencils and cut out

Finally I matted the panel onto a 6x6 inch card, adding the sentiment and the flower on foam pads.

I used:

6x6 inch white base card

14 x 7cm piece of smooth white card

Distress inks in Wild Honey, Abandoned Coral, Seedless Preserves and Black Soot

Tag inkables set 3

Black versafine Clair ink

Crackle Background stamp

Journaling Essentials set 1 stamp set

Ticker Tape 1 stamp set

Sketchy Flowers stamp set

White embossing powder

White Dina Wakley Gloss Spray

Embossing ink

Coloured pencils 

foam pads

I will be live at 8pm this evening over on the Bee Crafty Facebook page. I hope you can join me! 

Thanks for looking! 

Alison CT - Least favourite colour

Today I decided to make myself use my least favourite colour (brown) to create a card. I wanted to push myself out of my comfort zone. 

To begin, I sprayed a piece of mixed media card with Spiced Marmalade,  Scorched Timber and Walnut Stain distress oxide sprays. I spritzed it lightly with water and left it to dry naturally.

When it was dry, I cut it into three two and a half inch squares.

On one of the squares, use scorched timber distress ink to stamp the grid and splats stamp; spiced marmalade distress ink to stamp the numbers and walnut stain distress ink to stamp the hearts.

On the second one, stamp the circles with spiced marmalade and the crosses with walnut stain.

On the last one, stamp the leaves with scorched timber and the small crosses with walnut stain. 

On seperate cream card, blend the three distress inks through the leaf dinkable from set 6. Use mostly spiced marmalade. Cut the leaf out leaving a small cream border.

On a six and a half inch square piece of card, stick the three squares, so they overlap, in the bottom right corner.

Using foam pads stick this piece to a seven inch square card.

Add the leaf over the squares.

Using scorched timber stamp the word courage, from mixed message 4, three times around the squares.

Add small orange gems around the squares.

Products used:

Distress Oxide Spray - spiced marmalade, scorched timber, walnut stain 

Distress Ink Pads - spiced marmalade, scorched timber, walnut stain 

Journal Art Elements 3

Journaling Essentials 1

Journaling Essentials 2

Dinkables set 6

Mixed Messages 4

Gems

Thank you for taking a look. 

Alison