Alison CT - Silver and Blue Christmas

Hi everyone today I'm sharing a step by step guide to creating this Christmas card using the XL Poinsettia stamp set. 

To begin, I stamped the two smallest poinsettia flowers, from the regular stamp set, several times using embossing ink. I sprinkled this with silver embossing powder and heat set. I then blended peacock feathers distress oxide over the background.

Next I spritzer this with peacock feathers distress spritzer and left to dry.

Whilst this was drying, I stamped the large poinsettia, from the XL stamp set and heat embossed with silver.

I coloured the poinsettia flower with two shades of blue. I used peacock feathers and tumbled glass distress watercolour pencils.  I then cut it out. I used a silver glitter pen to colour the centre of the flower.

I used the peacock feathers ink pad to lightly ink around the edges of the background piece.

I glued the background piece to a 6 inch square card blank.

I added the poinsettia using foam pads.

Next, I stamped my chosen sentiment using Versafine Clair morning mist, then cut it out and added it to the card.

To finish the card, I added some silver sequins.

Products used:

Doodle Art Poinsettia XL stamp set 

Doodle Art Poinsettia regular stamp set 

Mixed Messages Christmas stamp set 

Silver Sequins

Embossing ink pad 

Silver Embossing Powder 

Peacock Feathers Distress Ink

Peacock Feathers Distress Spritz

Thank you for taking a look. 

Alison 

Calee CT - Oh Christmas Tree

Hi , this week for my step by step guide I have a simple Christmas card for you . 

The first step was to create my background . For this I cut to size (6x6inch) a piece of smooth white card and using two shades of blue distress ink and this D’inkable from set 15 , I created a snow flake pattern using just the centre of the D’inkable. 

Next using scraps of catalyst cards from packs #2 and #3 , I cut and created 3 Christmas trees , adding more details and decoration with a white Posca pen . 

The background was then added to my card with a mating layer of black and a border doodled with a fine black pen 

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Taking a small snowflake from the Doodle Art Christmas Tree stamp set and Blue Print sketch distress ink snowflakes were randomly added to complete the background design.

The next step was the sentiment for this card . I used this one from the Doodle Art Christmas pud set and it has been stamped and mounted on to black card . 

The trees were then glued on to the background and my sentiment added , The final step was to use a watercolour pencil to create a shadow feel around the trees , blending with a little water . This made them stand out from the background and gave them more depth . 

Although I have added extra detail to the trees and a shadow around them ,  I think this would make a very effective card even with out the additions . 

Thank you for taking a look this week 

Happy crafting 

Calee 

Here a the products I used for my card :                           

Distress inks -Blueprint Sketch 

                    Tumbled Glass 

Inkables- D’inkables set 15       

 Catalyst cards - packs #2&#3.     

       Stamps -Doodle Art Christmas Tree 

                    Doodle Art Christmas Pud 

Sally CT - Another sparkly card

Hi There! I am here with another sparkly seasonal card for my Bee Crafty project this week. Here's how I made it. 

I cut a square panel of grey card and used the easy frame circle and white ink to create an outline for my wreath. I also sponged white ink around the edges. 

Next I used the leafy stamp from the Baubleicious stamp set to stamp around the circle in brown ink. 

Using green ink I added more foliage from the same stamp set around the circle. 

I used the small berry stamp to add to the wreath using plum coloured ink. 

Using metallic water colour paints I painted the leaves in green. I splattered the card with the paint brush too. 

Using red metallic watercolour paint I added some more slatters to the card and left it to dry. 

I used liquid pearls and Stickles glitter glue to add berries to the wreath.

On a separate piece of card I stamped the sentiment from the same stamp set in red ink and heat embossed it using crackling campfire Distress glaze

Finally I matted and layered the panel to a square card and added the sentiment on 3d foam pads to the centre. 

Here's another angle so you can see the sparkle.

I used:

Doodle Art Baubleicious stamp set

Easy Frame circle (I used the 6" but I think the 4" would work equally well)

White ink

Brown green and plum coloured ink (I used memento but Versafine Clair would work too)

Versafine Clair Strawberry ink

Distress Embossing glaze - I used Crackling Campfire but Lumberjack Plaid or Candied apple would be equally good

Grey card

White base card

Paper for matting and layering

3d foam pads

I am pleased with how this one turned out! Thanks for looking and don't forget to enter the challenge! 

Alison CT - Autumn Portraits

Hi everyone today I'm sharing a step by step guide to creating this art journal page using Catalyst Collage Papers, dinkables and stamps.

Trim the painted gaze catalyst collage paper to fit the A5 journal. Use matte medium to glue it to the page. 

Blend rusty hinge distress oxide through the pointed leaf dinkable and brushed corduroy distress oxide through the rounded leaf dinkable.  Leave to dry.

Draw round the stenciled leaves 3 times freehand using a black micron.

Cut out the two faces from the A5 Autumn Portraits Catalyst Collage sheet and glue to the page.

Stamp the two small flowers from the Doodle Art Sunflower stamp set and the small three leaf stamp from the Mixed Leaves stamp set. Colour and cut out.

Edge the page with scorched timber distress oxide.

Glue the leaves and flowers to the page.

Add an Autumn Wordy Sticker sentiment. 

Products used:

A5 Painted Gaze catalyst collage 

A5 Autumn Portraits catalyst collage 

Dinkables sets 14

Art Stamps Mixed Leaves

Doodle Art Sunflower 

Autumn Wordy Stickers white on black

Black micron pen

Versafine Clair nocturne 

Distress oxides - brushed corduroy, rusty hinge 

Thank you for taking a look. 

Alison

Calee CT - Baubleicious

Hi ,  well it’s that time of year again and as this months challenge theme is sparkle , then what better to add some sparkle to than baubles.

This weeks step by step then is a trio of baubles . 

Choosing a tag as my base I randomly added two green inks - Lucy Clover distress ink and Twisted Citron distress oxide . Then a few splashes of water were added and blotted to remove some ink .

On top of this background and using stamps from the Doodle Art Baubleicious stamp set and two more inks - Tumbled Glass and Mowed Lawn distress ink , layers of stamping were added randomly . 

Next on some water colour card , three baubles were stamped and coloured using shimmer pens . 

 Using a D’inkable from set 15 and some gold stickles gel  I stencilled in three areas . 

I then went back to my baubles and on the areas I had coloured blue I added a layer of clear glitter glue to add more sparkle . 

Here’s a close up photo of one of my baubles ,on which  hopefully you can see the sparkle a bit clearer .

When the everything had dried I assembled my tag , using some sequin strings in coordinating colours to “hang “ my baubles and a few single sequins here and there . 

My tag was finished with a  stitched border and the sentiment from the Doodle Art Baubleicious stamp set , which was stamped 3 times and given a black border . 

Thank you for taking a look at my Baubleicious tag and I hope it gives you a little inspiration for adding some sparkle to your makes 

Happy crafting 

Calee

I have listed the products used below -

Distress inks - Lucy Clover 

                         Moved Lawn 

                            Tumbled Glass 

Distress oxide - Twisted Citron 

                    Stamps - Doodle Art stamps - Baubleicious 

Inkables - D’inkable set 15       

I also used some gold stickle gel , a black fine liner pen , a white gel pen and shimmer pens . 

Sally CT - Quick and Sparkly!

Hi There! I am here again with some inspiration for the Sparkle Challenge over in the Bee Crafty Stamps Facebook group. Here is how I made this super quick and easy card (quick except for the drying time!)

I began by applying some Stickles glue gel through the star dinkable from set one onto a piece of black card. I set this aside to dry. 

On a piece of red card I stamped the bauble and heat embossed in a sparkly gold. 

I matted and layered the dry strip of black card and added it to the front of a white 6x6" card. 

I added a sentiment in red ink and cut out and added the bauble using 3d foam tape

Here is the finished card.

I used:

Dinkables Set 1

Doodle Art Baubleicious stamp set

Stickles glitter gel

Gold embossing powder

Versamark ink pad

Strawberry Versafine Clair ink

Red card, Black card

White 6x6" card base

Thanks for looking!