Caz DT - Wildflower Expression card

PRODUCTS USED:

Bee Crafty ledger stamp

https://www.beecrafty.net/bee-crafty-art-stamps-ledger.ir

Bee Crafty creativity words small

https://www.beecrafty.net/wordage-sets-creativity-words-small.ir

Bee Crafty  Roman numerals border

https://www.beecrafty.net/bee-crafty-art-stamps-roman-numerals-border.ir

Bee Crafty Wildflower 2

https://www.beecrafty.net/beautanicals-wildflower-2.ir

Bee Crafty Dinkables distressed harlequin & metal alpha

https://www.beecrafty.net/dinkable-distressed-harlequin.ir

https://www.beecrafty.net/dinkable-metal-alpha.ir

Pixie powders

Distress oxide inks: seedless preserve, cracked pistachio & peacock feathers

Black soot distress

Versafine onyx black ink

Archival grey ink

Foil relief paste

Foiling sheets

HOW TO MAKE:

Sprinkle pixie powders onto card and spritz with water to disperse the pigment

Stamp the ledger and Roman numeral stamp in seedless preserve and peacock feather oxide to build up the background

Add stencil details using cracked pistachio and the metal alpha D'inkable

Then stamp the focal image - wildflower 2 in black versafine ink

Add wording details in grey archival and stamp main sentiment "expression" in black versafine ink

Add foil relief paste through the distressed harlequin D'inkable - leave this to go clear and tacky

Lay gold foil sheet over top, burnish and peel back to reveal beautiful shiny elements which I think finish this card just nicely.

Close up of the foiling. 

To finish I inked the border with black soot distress ink and mounted onto a 6x6 card base.

That's it! 

Hope you like

❤️

Thanks for looking

Sally DT - A Dragon's eye Canvas

Hi there! I'm starting off my Bee Crafty DT journey with a project I have been meaning to make since the Dragon's eye came out. I hope you like it.

You will need:

the Large Dragon's Eye Stamp

Versafine or versafine clair ink

13 x 18cm canvas or board

 2 or 3 Eggshells (soak these in antibacterial hand wash and make sure all the membrane is removed, then leave to dry)

Modelling paste

Black gesso

Mixed media or watercolour card

pens

Irridescent paint

First stamp the eye onto the watercolour card using a waterproof ink such as versafine or versafine clair

Colour it using the pens

Cut out the eye, place onto the canvas and draw round with a pencil. Put the eye somwhere safe whilst you do the messy bit!

Put modelling paste around the outline and put bits of eggshell into it before leaving to dry.

Paint the whole canvas in black gesso. This will help stick the eggshells down.

When this is dry, use the irridescent paint to go over the eggshells to give the appearance of scales.

Finally glue the eye in place (I used 3d glue gel) and add a coat of spray varnish, mod podge or something similar to protect it if you wish.

Jane DT - Be Beautiful Journal Spread

Hello!

This week on the Bee Crafty blog I am sharing a journal spread with you...

I used my small flip journal from Dylusions but decided to put it into a portrait position.

* To make my first layer I created my own piece of collage tissue... 

1) I took a piece of ordinary white tissue paper (the sort that is used to wrap ornaments in gift shops!) and stamped onto it using archival ink pads.

2) I built up my layers of stamping starting with the Script XL, then Numbers, Heraldic Alpha and finally circles from the Texture and Film Strip set.

3) Once I was happy with the look I tore strips from the piece and attached it down the centre of my pages using distress collage medium...

* At this point the edges of the tissue were too straight and obvious to me so I added some stenciling using the Metal Alpha dinkable and burnt sienna acrylic paint.  

* Then I used what was left on the brush with a bit of water to colour onto the tissue and the edges to create a softer look...

* Next I wanted to add in some more stamped details to connect the tissue column to the rest of the page.  

* I used the Stitch Borders stamp set with coffee archival ink and added some of the stitching and the small circles...

* I wanted to echo the circles in my main focal points so used the circle stamps from the Journaling Blocks for this, cutting the smaller ones out whole and the centre from the larger circle to create a ring. 

* I coloured them using vintage photo distress ink and added some of the honeycomb from the Bee Monarchy set.  

* I then also stamped and cut out the medium sized bee...

* I added these to the spread using some dries clear glue...

* For the final touch I stamped one of the Small Words sentiments onto black card and embossed with white powder before adding it to the spread...

Here are the links to the products used:

* Dylusions Small Flip Journal

* Archival Inkpads

* Backgrounds, Textures & Borders - Script XL

* Art Stamps - Numbers #1

* Art Stamps - Heraldic Alpha

* Art Stamps - Texture, Film Strip & Circles

* Inkables - Metal Alpha Dinkable

* Art Stamps - Stitch Borders

* Art Stamps - Journaling Blocks

* Art Stamps - Bee Monarchy

* Distress Collage Medium

Thank you for looking and happy crafting!

Jane xx

Think you Can & YOU CAN!! by Ann

                   Think You Can and You Can

 Today is my first blog for Bee Crafty, my name is Ann, I enjoy using mixed media & am looking forward to creating with Bee Crafty.." Hello Everyone!"

For this tag you will need:

A Tag
Stencils... Big Ones, Bakewell
D'Inkables, Regular Dots
Stamps.. Quill Feather
Small Words
Texture Circles
Texture, Film Strip & Circles
White Gesso
Acrylic Paint... I used light blue, turquoise, yellow & lime
Distress Oxide... Faded Jeans
Distress Crayon... Faded Jeans
Versafine Ink
White Embossing Powder
Heat Gun
White pen

all on www.BeeCrafty.co.uk

To create this tag, first apply white Gesso & dry. Daub small amounts of paint (see pic). Rub paint across tag with your finger (or a brush) & cover it, adding & blending yellow paint.

When dry, ink Faded Jeans through Bakewell Stencil (left pic). Whilst ink dries, stamp Quill Feather & heat emboss, in white, onto paper (I used a Gelliprint background from my stash).

(right pic).

Next stamp Texture Circles on to tag & dry. Using dotty background stamp around edges with Versamark & heat emboss in white, cool.

Create dots wth Distress crayon through stencil.

Stamp sentiment & adhere it  & feather to tag. Use white pen to add finishing touches once dry.

Thank you for stopping by... Ann x

Caz DT - Doodle art "Life" mini hanger

PRODUCTS USED:

Doodle art bird stamp 

https://www.beecrafty.net/bee-crafty-doodle-art-bird-1-regular.ir

Doodle art sunflower stamp

https://www.beecrafty.net/bee-crafty-doodle-art-sunflower-1-regular.ir

Inkable stencil alternate circles

https://www.beecrafty.net/inkables-template-alternate-circles.ir

Wordage - life words stamps

https://www.beecrafty.net/wordage-sets-life-words-1.ir

Distress oxide inks

Versafine onyx black ink

Colour pencils

HOW TO MAKE:

Firstly I ran the alternate circles ink'able through my big shot to emboss a sheet of card (I used the sandwich for embossing folders but included a foam mat) 

The foam mat gives the thickness so the template design pushes into the card to emboss it

I then inked over using twisted citron and picked raspberry oxides

Then glued it onto a circular piece of mount board (MDF would be great too) 

So now I have my textured background (and no mess)

Using one of the small doodle element stamps I added some background detail for more interest

Then stamped out my main pieces - the bird, sunflower, flower element and sentiment - then I coloured them in with Artzea colour pencils and fussy cut them 

Assembled into my mount board and glued down.

Added a ribbon so it became a hanger.

Quick little project, hope you like.

♥️ 

Thanks for looking.

Jane DT - Butterfly & Floral Journal Cover

Hello!

This week on the Bee Crafty blog I am sharing a project created using some of the stamps from both of my collections to decorate a journal cover...

I started by die cutting a journal cover which I then painted with a light coat of crackle paint.  Once that was dry I added different shades of blue gelatos, blending them with water...

Next I used the circles dinkable with white gesso to add extra interest to the cover...

Taking the sentiment from the 'Just Bloom' set I added the text along either side using blue archival ink...

For even more background pattern I took the larger circles from the 'Geometric Walls' set and stamped it with the same blue archival ink.  Then I coloured some of the circles using permanent markers...

Next I created some embellishments for the front cover.  I altered some jigsaw puzzle pieces, I made a video of how I did this which you can watch here...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8wF3DTnGsg

I also stamped and cut out the 'Butterfly Beginnings' stamp before colouring and adding glossy accents and glitter on top...

Finally I stamped out the sentiment and created a charm to hang from the journal by stamping the 'Just Bloom' flower onto shrink plastic and colouring it before adding beads...

These elements were then all added together to create the final journal...

Here are links to the products used:

* Art Stamps by Jane Royston - Just Bloom

* Art Stamps by Jane Royston - Geometric Walls

* Art Stamps by Jane Royston - Flowers & Leaves 1

* Art Stamps by Jane Royston - Butterfly Beginnings

* Dinkables - Circles

Thank you for looking and happy crafting!

Jane xx

Caz DT - Butterfly & flowers Hochanda samples

Square MDF art board - bitumen, stamping with paint, gilding polish, heat embossing, painting with mica pigment and glass bead gel to finish.

MDF circle Art board - distress oxide blended background, stamped flowers and stems, fussy cut butterfly coloured with watercolor, stuck onto angel hair fibres with stamped sentiment.

8x8 card - ink smooshed and stencilled background, stamped flower and stem elements, fussy cut butterfly and flowers left plain and stamped sentiments.

7x7 card - butterfly stencil background created using spray inks, stamped elements from borders stamps in pinks and yellow, fussy cut and coloured butterfly with blended distress ink then stamped and mounted sentiment.

Tag - crackle stamped background, ink smooshed over top, blended ink to fill gaps, fussy cut and colour the flowers and stems, blend edges of tag and add sentiment. 

7x7 card - ink blended background with subtle stamped details and then bold circles stamped, butterflies fussy cut and use just the wings to arrange into a flower, coloured with inktense blocks, flower centre added and mounted onto a heat embossed panel with stamped sentiment. 

Hope you like

♥️

Thanks for looking