Calee CT - Free as a Bird

 

H, this week for my step by step guide I have a 6x6in journal page for you. I have been itching to play with these gorgeous Daisy Rainbow Paint calalyst collage papers since they arrived and what better to combine them with than the rainbow birds .

 

    

They are all stunning but the big daisies on this one were to calling me . So firstly I cut  it down to fit my journal page , just small enough to leave a small  border when I eventually glued it down .I added some stencilling  using Peacock feathers Distress ink and a Dinkable from set 15 .Then some stitched accents to the daisies with a blue fine liner pen . 

 

As this was a very colourful busy page I decided that minimal work was needed on my background so using my Posca pens I added some doodled hearts, lines and white and pink splatters . 

Next , happy with my background I glued it into my journal and added two stitched borders  One with black fine liner and one with white gel pen .

The next step was to create my topping elements, one of the Doodle Art Rainbow birds was stamped out and coloured with Ecoline water colour pens , using the colours from my background as inspiration .Two leaves from Art stamp Journaling Essentials #7 were stamped in  Picked Raspberry and Wilted. Violet distress oxide ink .These were then all cut out leaving a small white edge .

My page was finished by gluing the leaves behind the rainbow bird and adding the free as a bird sentiment

 from the same stamps set , cut into a banner style .

 Thank you for taking a look this week , don’t forget to share your projects into the Bee Crafty Facebook group , we love to see them !

Happy crafting 

Calee 

Products used for this page were :

Papers - catalyst collage Daisy Rainbow Paint  A5 

Inks- Distress ink Peacock Feathers 

Distress oxide Picked Raspberry 

Wilted Violet 

Inkables - Dinkables set 15

Stamps - Doodle Art Rainbow Birds 

Art stamps Journaling Essentials #7

A blue fine liner pen ,white gel pen and various colours of Posca paint pens all in my 6x6 in journal .

Sally CT - Seahorse Blues

 

Hi There! I am still playing with the beautiful Doodle Art Seahorse. Here is a card I made in shades of blue. 

I began by lightly blending a 4.5" square of card with Blueprint sketch and Mermaid lagoon Distress inks. 

I used mandala #1inkable and blended ,ore of the same ink over it

on a seperate piece of card I blended the same inks much more heavily and dried it off. 

I stamped the seahorse in embossing ink onto this panel and heat embossed in white, before cutting it out. 

I matted and layered the 4.5inch square to the front of a 5" square card and added the seahorse using 3d foam pads. I also stamped some bubbles near the seahorse's head.

I used the Versafine clair ink to also stamp some little fishes randomly around the page. 

Here is the finished card with room for a sentiment if needed later

I used

Doodle Art Seahorse stamp set

Inkable mandala #1

Distress inks - I used Blueprint Sketch and Mermaid Lagoon

Embossing ink

White Embossing powder

Versafine clair ink - I used Bali Blue

5x5" card blank

4.5" square super smooth card panel

Thanks for looking! 

Alison CT - Hot, Hot, Hot Daisy

Hi everyone, today I'm sharing an art journal page created using Hot colours as inspiration for Sally's challenge in the Bee Crafty Stamps Facebook group. 

To begin, I trimmed one of the Daisy Sunshine A5 catalyst collage papers to fit my page leaving a small border.

I blended spiced marmalade and lumberjack plaid distress oxide through the text part of the coffee stains text inkable. 

Next I blended candied apple distress oxides through the perspective circles inkable and I stamped the line with circles stamp, from the Doodle Art Daisy stamp set,  using ripe persimmon distress oxide.

Next, I used a red posca to add a stitched border to the page. 

I, then, glued this into my art journal and added a red stitched border to the white area of the page.

On separate card I stamped the Daisy using Versafine Clair nocturne.  I coloured it with mustard seed,  dried marigold and twisted citron distress oxides and added apricot posca pen dots and red fineliner pen. I then cut it out. I also stamped and cut out the sentiment. 

Finally I added the flower and sentiment to the page.

Products used:

A5 Daisy Sunshine catalyst collage 

Coffee Stains Text Inkable 

Perspective Circles inkables 

Doodle Art Daisy stamp set 

Red Fineliner 

Apricot and Red Posca

Distress Oxides - lumberjack plaid, spiced marmalade,  candied apple,  ripe persimmon,  mustard seed,  dried marigold,  twisted citron 

Thank you for taking a look. 

Alison 

Calee CT - Hot Colours

Hi, August already and it has definitely been a hot ,hot summer .So Sallys challenge theme of hot colour is perfect . Have a card for you this week for my step by step ,hopefully giving you some inspiration .

I started by creating a watery smoosh background  using  two inks -  Distress oxide Ripe Persimmon and Distress ink Mustard seed .

After cutting in my background down to fit. 6x6 inc card blank .I added Barn door distress ink to my colour palette and stencilling through Dinkables from set 12 I gave my design another layer . Using  the barn door ink ,the edges of my background were darkened ,drawing the eye into the middle .

Next using some of the smaller worker stamps from the Art Dandedaisy and distress inks Picked Raspberry and Spice Marmalade some stamping details were added.

Taking two Doodle Art stamp sets I stamped out one of the  Rainbow birds and the larger Dandedaisy and coloured them in with a mixture of distress inks and Ecoline watercolour pens in similar hot colours. These were then cut out leaving a small white border.

I assembled my card by adding a fine black border using a ruler and black sharpie pen and a second stitched border in white gel pen . The  Dandedaisy was then glued on and the bird added ,this was slightly raised using some foam tape . Finally I stamped out a sentiment from the wordage Everyday sentiments stamp set using the Barn door ink and finished it with a stitched black border .

 These are not my go to colours , I tend to reach for blues and purples , but that’s why I love the monthly challenges ,they make me think differently .

I hope  you found my steps useful, thank you for taking a look .

Happy crafting 

Calee 

Here is a list of the products I use this week 

Inks - Distress ink Mustard seed 

                         Barn door

                                    Peacock feathers 

Distress oxide Ripe persimmon 

Inkables - Dinkables set 12

Stamps - Doodle Art Rainbow birds 

           Doodle art Dandedaisy 

Wordage -Everyday sentiments 

A white card blank , sheet of white card , a black sharpie pen and white gel pen .

Sally CT - Hot, hot, hot!

 

Hi There! Our Challenge theme over on the Bee Crafty Facebook group this moth is to use hot colours. Here's a little bit of inspiration to get you started. 

I began by blending distress oxide inks in Mustard Seed, Ripe Persimmon and Abandoned Coral across a double page in my 5x5" journal. 

Next I blended some Lumberjack Plaid Distress oxide ink though a Dinkable from set 8. 

I gave the pages a little spritz with Spiced Marmalade distress spritz to add a little sparkle. 

Once this was dry I used the dots dinkable from set 2 to apply some white gesso. 

I used aged Mahogany Distress oxide inks to stamp some of the journaling essentials #9 around the page.

on a separate piece of watercolour card I stamped two of the Doodle Art Fishes in Black versafine clair and coloured them using distress inks in picked Raspberry and Ripe Persimmon before cutting them out.

I added them to the page using matte medium and also stamped the bubbles from the fish set by each fishes mouth. 

Finally I finished the page with a Wordy sticker. 

I used:

Doodle Art Fishes stamp set

Journaling Essentials #9 stamp set

Dinkables set 2 and set 8

Wordy stickers 1B

Distress spritz I used Spiced Marmalade

Black versafine Clair ink

Distress oxide inks - I used Mustard Seed, Ripe Persimmon, Abandoned Coral, Lumberjack Plaid and Aged Mahogany

Distress inks - I used Picked Raspberry and Ripe Persimmon

White gesso

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

Alison CT - Dream

Hi everyone today I'm sharing a step by step guide to creating this art journal page, as inspiration for Sally's challenge in the Facebook group, using the Dream Faces stamp, some dinkables and the circle mirror stamp. 

To begin cut a piece of watercolour card to 21 x 21 cm. Using Versafine Clair nocturne stamp the Dream face in the bottom left corner.

Using a pencil, sketch in the top of her hair.

When happy with your sketching, use a PC - 1MR black Posca pen to go over your lines. Use broken lines and a sketchy style to match Bev's original. I used a posca pen as it won't react to any paint or water used later.

Create a mask using either tracing paper or greaseproof paper by tracing the outline of the image, then cut out.

Using low tac tape, adhere the mask over the stamped image.

Place the circle from the Mirror Blocks stamp set on to a super skinny slim. Squeeze some of your chosen acrylic paint on to the stamp and use a brayer to spread it over the whole surface. Use enough paint so that when pressed on to the page it doesn't stick. Stamp this paint on to the page. Repeat using the same colour and stamping randomly on the page. Repeat with a second, third and fourth colour until the background is complete. Leave to dry fully.

Choose, some dinkables, I stuck with circles from sets 2 and 3. Using sponges, add white and black gesso through them. Leave to dry.

Remove the mask carefully.

Add black and white dots to some of the stencilled circles, a scribbled line border to some of the coloured circles and a scribbly line border to the page. I used posca pens for this.

Using a black watercolour pencil and waterbrush add shadows to the face and har. Add colour to her lips and cheeks with a red watercolour pencil and her eyes with a green watercolour pencil.

Glue to the centre of an 11 x 11 inch art journal page and add a sentiment from the Wordy Stickers 3B sheet. 

Products used:

Faces: Dream stamp set 

Mirror Blocks stamp set 

Dinkables sets 2 and 3

Tracing paper

Low tac tape 

PC - 1MR  black and white Posca pens

Wordy Stickers 3B

Dina Wakley Media acrylic paint  - lime, sunshine, raspberry,  radical

Thank you for taking a look. I hope if you love messy crafting you will have a go at something similar. If you are a clean crafter give it a try using ink pads.

Alison

Calee CT -Vintage Tag

Hi ,  this months challenge theme is vintage and I’ve just about managed to squeeze into the last day of the month with this vintage tag .So here I have a step by step for you on how I created it .

I started by cutting a tag from Kraft card and choosing a catalyst collage paper from the Moths pack

Next I tore and cut out some sections and elements from the paper and glued them on to my tag .

Next I added some stencilling through the a cogs Inkable and brick work Dinkable from set 2 , for this I used distress inks Crushed Olive  and Vintage Photo ,also inking around the edge of my tag to bring the elements together.

My next step was to add some stamping with a small stamp from the Art stamps Moth set and versafine clair ink in the colour Pine Cone and using a white paint pen added a stitched border.

I then created some elements to go on my tags , two moths from the Moths set were stamped with the versafine ink and coloured with the Vintage Photo and  Crushed Olive inks and a smaller tag using the same colours , stamp and Inkables previously used .

In my craft stash I found some ribbon, which I coloured with the Vintage Photo ink ,a small MDF cog also coloured with ink and a little gold wax and a small key . All of these would help to add to the vintage feel.

Here is my tag completed  with all of the elements glued on and a sentiment from the Wordage stamp set Small words added.

Thank you for taking a look this week , hope this has given  you some vintage inspiration ,all be it at the eleventh hour !
Happy crafting 
Calee.

A list of products used this week :                                                                                             

Papers - catalyst collage Moths 

Inks - Distress inks Vintage Photo 

                                Crushed Olive

Versafine clair Pinecone 

Inkables - Dinkables set 2 

Stamps - Art stamps Moths 

Wordage stamps -Small words 

MDF Popouts - Cogs 

A sheet of Kraft card , ribbon ,metal key embellishment and a white  paint pen .