#beecraftydeck2024 week 38 diamonds

Hi everyone,  I'm running a little behind on the Bee Crafty Deck challenge so for today's blog post I'm sharing my week 38 make.

Because my cards are shiny, they need to be primed with some sort of paper. I decided to use catalyst papers for this one, and as there are no diamonds on any of the papers, I went for the plain one from pack 2. I made the paper wet before adding the collage medium, as this makes it more transparent than just with medium, then covered my card. I used an emeryboard to remove the excess paper from around the edges.

Next I used the diamond plate six inch inkable with candied apple distress oxide to start the background. 

Then I added texture paste through the distressed diamond dinkable from set 2.

Next I used versafine clair nocturne to stamp the small diamond/square stamp from the journaling essentials 4 stamp set.

On seperate card, I stamped two of the leaves, from Journaling Essentials 2, using versafine clair verdant ink and one of the flowers, from Journaling Essentials 4, with versafine clair strawberry. I coloured the flowers using the remaining ink on my blending brush from using the stencil before. I then cut them out.

I then glued them to the card using collage medium. 

Finally I added a sentiment from the Small Words stamp set, which I stamped with the strawberry inkthen cut out and edged with a black pen.

Products used:

Playing card

Catalyst Paper pack 2

Diamond Plate 6 inch Inkable 

Dinkables set 2

Journaling Essentials 2

Journaling Essentials 4

Small Words 1

Ranger Distress Grit Paste 

Ranger Distress Collage Medium 

Distress Oxide - Candied Apple 

Versafine Clair - Nocturne, Verdant, Strawberry 

Thank you for taking a look. 

Alison 

Sally CT - Gerbera garland

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

I began by stamping the smaller gerbera in Black versafine Clair multiple times and cutting them out

On a 5.5" square of white card, I drew a wavy line using the tag inkable from set 5 with pencil.

I stamped 3 different freehand borders up to the wavy line using 3 different colours of versafine clair ink. 

Next I blended 3 coordinating distress oxide inks onto the gerberas and stuck them on to the wavy line with matte medium, overlapping them slightly. I also sponged a little ink around the edge. 

I chose a sentiment form the Wordage Everyday Sentiments 1 set and stamped it in black versafine ink.

Finally I matted and layered the panel onto a 7x7" card blank.

I used;

Doodle Art Gerbera stamp set

Freehand borders stamp set

Everyday sentiments #1 stamp set

Inkables Tags set 5

Versafine Clair ink in Nocturne, Bali Blue, Lilac Bloom and Avocado

Distress Oxide ink in Wilted Violet, Peacock Feathers and Twisted Citron 

Matte Medium

7" square card blank

5.5" square of white card

Thanks for looking! 

Alison CT - Using up small scraps of catalyst paper

Hi everyone, today I'm sharing an art journal page created using up all the small off cuts of catalyst papers to create a background. As you can see in the photo I have quite a lot of small bits left over from previous projects.

Using distress collage medium add the small pieces of catalyst paper so that they cover the page then leave to dry naturally. 

Using a dry brush add white gesso to the central area of the page.

Use the script background stamp with versafine clair hawthorne rose ink to add to the background.

Apply seedless preserve distress oxide directly to the oval lace six inch inkable by rubbing the ink pad directly on to it. Sprits lightly with water and press it onto areas of the page.

Using the border super skinny thin acrylic block stamp the scribbled border, from the dancing daisy stamp set, using versafine clair nocturne ink about 5mm in from the edge of the page.

Using the printed acetate from the dancing daisy stamp set as a guide stamp three coffee stains and three of the numbers from the coffee stains stamp set. 

Stamp the dancing daisy image onto a separate piece of card using versafine clair nocturne. Watercolour using rustic wilderness, twisted citron, mustard seed, seedless preserve and picked raspberry distress oxide ink. Then cut it out.

Glue the daisy to the page so that it touches parts of the coffee stains and numbers.

Finally add the sentiment from the walk your own way transparency prints using collage medium. 

Products used:

Catalyst papers off cuts

Distress collage medium 

White gesso

Oval lace 6 inch inkable

Doodle art dancing daisy

Super skinny slim blocks

Coffee stains stamp set 

Script background stamp set

Transparency prints walk your own way

Distress oxide ink pads - rustic wilderness, seedless preserve, picked raspberry, twisted citron, mustard seed 

Versafine clair - hawthorne rose, nocturne 

Thank you for taking a look. 

Alison 

Sally CT - A super quick journal page

Hi there! I'm back from my holiday and here with a super quick journal page for my step by step today.

I began by cutting a piece of the Catalyst card to fit my page and stuck it down using matte Medium. 

Next I stamped the Moonflower using versafine clair black ink and cut it out.

Then I coloured it with some pastel highlighters and added some accents with Gelly Roll Moonlight pens

on the catalyst card I drew a rough cercle in the middle using a distress crayon and smudged it with my finger.

Finally I stuck the image and a wordy sticker to the page, adding some faux stitching. 

Here is the finished page once more.... 

And here it is with it's partner in the journal.

I used:

Bee Crafty Catalyst Cards #2 Full Colour A5

Bee Crafty Moon Flower Stamp set

Versafine Clair Black ink

Highlighter pens

Gelly Roll Moonlight Pens

Distress Crayon - Any coordinating shade will do

Wordy Stickers 1B

Matte Medium

12cm square sketch book

As the papers and the stamps are new this would be perfect for entering into this month's challenge over in the Bee Crafty Facebook group, where the theme is Something New.

Thanks for looking! 

Alison CT - Rainbow Bird

Hi everyone today I'm sharing an art journal page created using some of the newer products with some of the older products.

To begin, rip to triangular pieces of old book page to fit the corners of the notebook page. Glue them in place.

Apply a thin layer of white gesso to the page and leave to dry.

Using blending brushes, I applied squeezed lemonade and salvaged patina to the page.

Next I blended salvaged patina distress ink through the 6" inkables harlequin.

Then I blended the same ink through the lines dinkable from set 8.

Choose one of the A5 greyscale catalyst cards and remove the white edge. Then cut it into six strips length ways, ensuring each strip is a different width. Cut these into different lengths. Rough the edges using the blade of a pair of scissors. Edge with peacock feathers distress oxide and glue to the page in the design in the photo.

Blend tea dye distress ink through both of the leaf dinkables from set 14.

Choose an A5 catalyst card that will complement your background and stamp the smaller rainbow bird using versafine clair nocturne and heat emboss with clear embossing powder. Cut out the bird.

Glue the bird to the page so that it sits on the larger horizontal strip of paper. Add some of the script background stamp using tea dye distress ink.

Finally add a sentiment from the Wordy Stickers 3B. 

Products used

Notebook

Old book page

White gesso

Distress oxide - squeezed lemonade,  salvaged patina, peacock feathers 

6 inch harlequin inkable

Dinkables set 8

Dinkables set 14

Distress ink - salvaged patina, tea dye

A5 catalyst card 2 greyscale 

A5 catalyst card 2 full colour

Script background stamp

Doodle art rainbow birds

Wordy stickers 3B

Thanks for taking a look. 

Alison 

Alison CT - Moonflower

Hi everyone,  I still can't put the new release away, particularly the moonflower stamp set. Today I'm sharing a step by step guide to creating this very sparkly art journal page in my black journal.

To begin I spritzed the page with distress spritz in picked raspberry, spiced marmalade, peacock feathers and fossilized amber. I left this to dry naturally.

Whilst the background was drying, I stamped the moonflower and some of the stars, on to black card, using an embossing ink pad and heat embossed in a mixture of gold and silver embossing powder. I then coloured the moonflower using gelly roll moonlight pens and a damp paintbrush. I then cut them out.

To add more to the background I blended squeezed lemonade distress oxide through the satellite 6"inkable.

Then I blended tumbled glass distress oxide through the text 6" inkable.

Then I glued the moonflower and stars to the page and finished the page with a sentiment from the wordy stickers sheet 2.

Products used:

Distress Spritz - picked raspberry, spiced marmalade, peacock feathers, fossilized amber 

6 inch inkable satellites

6 inch inkable text

Moonflower stamp set 

Gelly Roll Moonlight pens 

Wordy Stickers 2

Gold embossing powder 

Silver embossing powder 

Embossing ink pad

Distress Oxide - tumbled glass, squeezed lemonade 

Thank you for taking a look. 

Alison