Alison CT - Pumkin Season

Hi everyone today I'm sharing a quick and easy card created using some card, Catalyst Collage paper and Wordy Stickers. 

To begin I created a 6 x 6 inch cream card blank and glued a 5 x 5 brown card matt on to it.

I then cut a piece of the Pumpkin Season Catalyst Collage paper to 4.5 x 4.5 inches, ensuring there was a suitable image on my piece. I glued this to the brown layer of my card.

Next I added gold faux stitches to the brown matt and brown faux stitches to the catalyst collage paper. 

Finally I added a sentiment from the Autumn Wordy Stickers and drew lines around each part.

Products used:

A4 Pumpkin Season Catalyst Collage papers 

Cream and Brown card

Gold posca pen

Brown fineliner pen

Autumn Wordy Stickers 

Thank you for taking a look. 

Alison 

Calee CT - Vintage Autumn

 

Hi ,this week I have been having a play with this weeks ( 41 ) palette colours which I think  have a vintage feel .So my step by step this week is a vintage autumn journal page

Firstly I gathered together some inks ,pencils and sprays that worked with the colour palette.

 

Next I chose a paper from the Moths & Peonies catalyst collage pack which also  had a vintage feel , this was then cut to fit my 6x6 inch journal ,leaving a small border of page .

 This was given an inked edge using a combination of  vintage photo distress ink and versafine clair in pine cone .

The floral image on the paper was then coloured using two distress water colour pencils , forest moss and brushed corduroy ,for the foliage and distress ink uncharted mariner for the flower . The paper was then glued into my journal and given a white stitched border using a Posca pen .

Next it was time to create my focal images for this page . For this I used the Autumn and Acorns Art stamps , which I have to say are fast  becoming some of my favourite stamps . These were  stamped using the versafine clair ink - pine cone and coloured  with a combination of the palette colours using both the water colour pencils and inks. Highlights and details were added with a white gel pen .

To finish my page the stamped images were glued in place and the sentiment from this stamp set was added 

Thank you for taking look this week , don’t forget this months challenge theme is autumn and there is still lots of time to  join in , why not have a go ?

Happy crafting 

Calee 

Products used this week were :

Papers - catalyst collage pack  Moths and Peonies 

Inks - distress inks : vintage photo 

                                       Uncharted mariner 

                                        Cracked pistachio 

Versafine Clair : pine cone

Pencils - distress water colour pencils :forest moss 

                                                                        Brushed corduroy 

Stamps : Art stamps Autumn and Acorns 

6x6 art journal ,a white posca pen and white gel pen .

Sally CT - Pumpkin Season card

Hi There! Thought I would share how I created this simple DL sized Autumn card today. It would be suitable for lots of different occasions , so for now I have left it without a sentiment. 

 I began by matting and layering a panel of Catalyst collage paper from the A4 Pumpkin Season set onto a DL card blank. 

Next I stamped a selection of leaves, mushrooms and acorns onto some watercolour card using Versafine Clair ink and cut them out.

I used a range pf Ecoline pens to colour them, blending with a wet brush. 

When these were dry I arranged a selection of them in the Bottom corner of the card and used 3d glue to attach them. 

Finally I added faux stitching in white on the Catalyst Collage paper and in black on the Base card. I may well use a wordy sticker or a stamp to finish it at a later date. 

I used:

Catalyst Collage papers - A4 Pumpkin Season

Bee Crafty Art Stamps - Autumn and Acorns

Black paper

DL white card

Black Versafine Clair ink

Ecoline pens

Black fine liner pen

White Posca Pen

This is a really simple card that would be perfect for entering in our Facebook Group Challenge where the theme is Autumn

Thanks for looking! 

Alison CT - Autumn

Hi everyone today I'm sharing a step by step guide to creating this art journal page using the new products. 

To begin, I cut a piece of the Autumn Art Journal Catalyst Collage paper to fit my art journal page and used matte medium to glue it to the page. 

Next, I wiped my black soot distress oxide ink pad over the spiders web dinkable,  spritzed it lightly with water and then pressed it on to the page.  I repeated this and left the page to dry.

On separate card,  stamp a mix of the Autumn and Acorn images and 2 of the pumpkin from the Autumn Floral set. I coloured them with distress watercolour pencils and a waterbrush. I then cut them out.

I glued the images to the page.

Finally, I added a sentiment from the black Autumn Wordy Stickers. 

Here's another look at the finished page. 

Products used:

A4 Autumn Art Journal Catalyst Collage Papers 

Autumn and Acorns stamp set 

Autumn Florals stamp set

Distress Watercolour Pencils 

Dinkables set 4

Black Autumn Wordy Stickers 

Thank you for taking a look. 

Alison 

Calee CT - Autumn Brights

 

 

Hello , I have been enjoying playing in my art journal this week  , with the new autumn stamps and catalyst papers .  For my step by step I really wanted to match the bright colours in the Autumn Art journal catalyst collage papers.

 

Firstly I decided on my A5 art journal and one of the A5 Autumn Art journal papers , which I cut to fit my journal leaving a small border of my page .

I then added some stencilling with two Dinkables from set 15 and taking my inspiration from the colours in the paper .I used distress oxide picked raspberry and distress ink uncharted mariner .

Another layer of dimension was then added with some texture past and a Dinkable from set 7 .

While my background was drying I stamped out an coloured an assortment of images from the Autumn & Acorns and Autumn Floral stamp sets .These were coloured with a combination of distress inks and Ecoline water colour pens with white gel pen highlights and details .

Going back to my journal page I added some stamping with the leaves from the Autumn & Acorns set introducing some of the colours I had used for my stamped images. This would help draw my page together when completed . I used distress inks mowed lawn and villainous potion 

 Here’s my completed page with a white stitched border and sentiment from the Wordy stickers Autumn B I’m really pleased with this page and how the bright colours have worked together and as much as I love bright colours , I probably wouldn’t have use them in this way . So thanks to Bev for the inspiration and these beautiful papers 

Happy crafting 

Calee 

Products I used were :

Papers - catalyst collage Autumn Art Journal A5

Inks - distress oxide picked raspberry 

Distress inks- uncharted mariner 

             mowed lawn 

                   Villainous potion 

Inkables  - Dinkables set 15 and 7 

Stamps - Art stamps Autumn and Acorns 

                         Autumn  Floral 

Wordy stickers Autumn B 

 A5 art journal , texture paste , Ecoline watercolour pens and a white gel pen 

Sally CT - Autumn Artist Trading Cards

 

Hi There!

I am here with three simple artist trading cards to show you today. Here's how I made them. 

I began by cutting 3 of the panels from the Autumn Art Journal Catalyst Collage index sheet and sticking them onto pre cut ATCs. I sponged a little brown ink around the edges of them. 

Next, I stamped Mushrooms, Acorns and Pinecones in Versafine Clair Pinecone ink onto a scrap of white card and cut them out.

I used the same stamp set  and ink to add some ferns and pine branches to the ATCs. 

Finally I stuck the stamped images onto the backgrounds along with a wordy sticker sentiment. I added faux stitching around the sentiment and lightly painted the added images with Fossilized Amber Distress Spritz for a bit of shimmer. 

Here are the three ATCs once more.

I used:

Bee Crafty Art Stamps - Autumn and Acorns

Bee Crafty Catalyst Collage papers - Autumn Art Journal A4

Bee Crafty Wordy Stickers - Autumn 

Versafine Clair ink - I used Pinecone

Thanks for looking! 

Alison CT - Samples for the Autumn Release

Hi everyone today I'm sharing my samples for the brand new stamps and papers release.

For my first three samples I began by creating a set of ATCs using three of the images from the A4 Pumpkin Season Catalyst Collage paper pack. 

I then used three different inkables, the Coffee Stains Text, the Basket Weave and the Off Set Dots, to create a background on the card front. I then added an different ATC to each card. 

I stamped images from the Autumn and Acorns stamp set onto seperate card and coloured them with distress watercolour pencils and a waterbrush.  After cutting them out, I glued combinations of them to each card.

For my fourth sample,  I tore out part of one of the Pumpkin Season Catalyst Collage papers and mounted it onto brown card, then a landcape DL card blank.

I blended scorched timber distress oxide through the bats Dinkable from set 4 and stamped the Good Vibes setiment from the Autumn Floral set. I stamped three of the pumpkins from the same set and coloured them with watercolour pencils.  I used a brown alcohol marker to add the Jack O'lantern features before gluing the to the card with foam tape.

For the fifth sample,  I  stamped the floral image on to a piece of Autumn Art Journal Catalyst Collage paper using Versafine Clair carrot ink.  I then blended mowed lawn distress oxide through the two leaf dinkables from set 14. Finally I added the stamped flower which I had coloured with distress watercolour pencils. 

For my sixth sample,  I cut a piece of the Pumpkin Season Catalyst Collage paper to fit my card blank, leaving a wide border. I inked arounf the edge with scorched timber distress oxide and also blended it through the spider web dinkable from set 4. I stamped the Autumn word randomly across the background, before adding a selection of stamped images from the Autumn and Acorns set. 

For my last sample, I cut a piece of the Autumn Art Journal Catalyst Collage paper to fit my matt and using versamark ink I randomly stamped the overhead view of a pinecone across it. I added white embossing powder and heat set. I glued this to my matt and layered this on to a card blank. Next a layered another piece of the same Catalyst Collage paper on to a rectangular piece of card. I wrapped a piece of yellow ribbon around this and tied it in a bow. I glued this to the card before adding a stamped sunflower and an Autumn Wordy Sticker sentiment. 

Products used:

A4 Pumpkin Season Catalyst Collage papers 

A4 Autumn Art Journal Catalyst Collage papers 

Autumn and Acorns stamp set 

Autumn Florals stamp set 

Distress Watercolour Pencils 

Dinkables sets 4 and 14

A Selection of Inkables

Autumn Wordy Stickers 

Thank you for taking a look. 

Alison 

Calee CT - Autumn Candle Holder

Hi ,this week I have little up cycling project for you . I had this small glass that had developed a small crack but I kept looking at it and thinking it would be a great tea light holder . Here are the steps it took to transform it .

First I gave the glass really good clean and found my stamping tissue .

Next I needed to decide on a theme and which stamps to use . I settled on the Mixed Leaves Art stamps with an autumnal theme .

Using a selection of the stamps I created a random pattern on the tissue paper .

I then coloured the images with sharpie pens in oranges ,reds and yellows .Some of the colours bled a little and it was tricky colouring on the tissue paper ,but I was happy with the results .

Wanting more colour to the paper I used fossilised amber and worn lipstick Distress Spritz and added a few sprays of each colour . I wasn’t sure how these would react when I glued my paper on to the glass but as this was a try it and see project I just went with it .

As the spritz colours had dried quite pale I added more colour with some Barn Door distress ink applying the ink to a sheet of acetate and spraying with  water . This was then smooshed over the tissue paper . It did occur to me then that I had worked on my design in reverse as I added the ‘background’after the main images but as I haven’t worked on this type of project before , I was happy to just let it develop as I went long .

After leaving the tissue paper to thoroughly dry it was time to apply the tissue paper to my glass ,This was done by coating the glass with gel medium and carefully applying the paper a little at a time , smoothing as I went . There were some wrinkles and creases in the paper but I was happy with this and felt that it gave the glass some texture. When semi dry I gave the whole glass a second coat of gel medium.

To finish my candle holder some gold glitter was adde to the rim of the glass, gluing around the edge and dipping into the glitter ,I also glued on a few tiny sequin stars .

I am really happy with how this project turned out , although I have had a go at decoupage before  have always used napkins or decoupage papers and never stamped my own tissue . I was surprised how easy it was to use stamps to create my own paper . I will definitely be using this technique again as you can create unique designs and the possibilities are endless .

I hope my step may have inspired you to have a go at a project like this, please share into the Bee crafty facebook group if you do 

Happy crafting 

Calee 

Products used this week were :                                                           

Bee crafty stamping tissue 

Stamps - Arts stamps Mixed Leaves 

Distress Spritz - fossilised Amber 

                     Worn lipstick 

Distress ink -barn door 

A cracked glass ,various sharpie pens ,gel medium and some gold glitter.