Alison CT - Autumn is here...

Hi everyone today I'm sharing an autumnal themed tag as the weather here is decidedly autumnal at the moment. 

To begin I applied Ranger opaque crackle paste through the pebble pavement big one and left it to dry.

Next I spritzed it with walnut stain,spiced marmalade and lumberjack plaid distress spray stain. I then lightly spritzed it with water and left it to dry.

I then mounted the tag onto brown card.

On separate card,  I stamped the smaller of the five leaflet stamp using Versafine Clair pinecone. I watercoloured them with shades of yellow, orange and brown distress oxide inks. I cut them out.

Next I added the leaves to the tag. Cutting them to make them fit.

Finally I added a Wordy Sticker sentiment from the autumn sheet, which I had glued to a piece of brown card before adding it to the tag. 

Products used:

Art Stamps Mixed Leaves

Big Ones Pebble Pavement 

Wordy Stickers Autumn 

Ranger opaque crackle paste 

Versafine Clair pinecone 

Selection of autumnal coloured distress oxide inks

Thank you for taking a look. 

Alison 

Sally CT - Painted Gaze

 

Hi There! I have a very painty journal page for you today! Here's how I did it. 

I began by tearing the image from the A4 Painted Gaze index sheet and added to the page using matte medium. 

Next, I selected 3 similar paint colours ( I used Dylusions Peony Blush, Lemon Zest and Blue Lagoon) and painted patches of colour across both pages. 

I then added a patch of Black gesso to the right page, placed the 6x6" inkable over it and used a damp cloth to lift some of the gesso from the page. 

Using the Dinkables dot stencil, I added some more black gesso to both pages before adding some marks using dylusions Tangerine Dream paint and a brush. 

Then I added a few more marks with a black sharpie. 

Finally, I added a wordy Sticker sentiment and some gelly roll moonlight faux stitching around them. 

Here are the finished pages once more. Shocked myself because I realised I didn't stamp on it at all!!! It would, however, fit the theme of the current Bee Crafty Stamps Facebook group Challenge.

I used:

Bee Crafty Catalyst Collage papers - Painted Gaze A4

6x6" inkable - Swirling Circle

Dinkables Set 2

Wordy Stickers 3

Black Gesso

Black Sharpie

Gelly Roll Moonlight Pens

Dylusions paint - Peony Blush, Lemon Zest, Blue Lagoon and Tangerine Dream 

Thanks For Looking! 

Alison CT - Bees and Circles

Hi everyone, today I'm sharing a simple art journal page that doesn't require too many products to create it. It is also inspiration for Sally's challenge in the Bee Crafty Stamps Facebook group. 

To begin,  I cut a piece of A4 Butterflies and Circles Catalyst Collage paper to fit my page. I glued it down with matte medium. 

On separate card, I stamped two of the Doodle Art Bees, coloured them with watercolour pencils and a waterbrush, then cut them out.

I glued these to the page using a pva glue. 

As the background is one of Bev's busier ones, I decided it needed nothing more than a faux stitched border. So I added one with a black Posca pen. In hindsight I think a white one would show better.

To finish the page, I added a sentiment from the Bee Wordy Stickers sheet and added a faux stitched border to each part.

Here's another look at the finished page. 

Products used:

A4 Butterflies and Circles Catalyst Collage paper 

Doodle Art Bee stamp set 

Bee Words Wordy Stickers 

Black Posca pen 

Thank you for taking a look. 

Alison 

Calee CT - Some Circles

Hi , this week I have some circles for as a little inspiration for Sally’s challenge this month . I have mainly used circles for the background with the addition of the Doodle Art Gerbera .

In my 6x6 inch journal I began  by laying down some randon areas of distress inks salty ocean and twisted citron and blending them a little to create a third colour .

Next with the salty ocean ink and using this circle / bubble Inkable from set 7 ,a border of bubbles was added to my page .

More circles were then added with the coffee stains Art stamps  ,using one of the smaller stamps from this set and the distress ink vintage photo.

My next step was to was to add some hand drawn circles and dots with a blue paint pen ,at this stage I also used a white gel pen to draw some highlights on the bubbles .

Just because this  page is all about the circles I added a few more using distress oxide pine needles and a dinkable from set 15 .

Then for the main focal image of my page  ,  I stamped out 5 of the smaller Gerbera flowers from the  Doodle Art Gerbra stamp set and  3 sprigs of leaves from the Journaling Essentials #6 . These were all coloured with Ecoline water colour pens .

I finished by placing the flowers and foliage in a swag across the centre of my page and adding a doodled border  with a few more circles and a sentiment from the Wordage stamp set : Small Words .

Thank you for taking a look at my step by step this week , I hope it has given you a little inspiration for this month’s challenge .There is still plenty of time to enter so why not have a go at creating with some circles ?

Happy crafting 

Calee 

Here’s  list of the products I use for my page 

Inks - Distress oxides salty ocean 

                                        twisted citron 

                                      pine needles 

Distress ink vintage photo 

Inkables -  Dinkables sets 7 and 15 

Stamps  - Art stamps coffee stains

                    Journaling Essentials # 6 

             Doodle Art  Gerbera

Wordage stamp set - Small Words 

6x6 inch journal , white gel pen and blue paint pen .

Sally CT - Flowers in her hair

Hi There! I am loving spending time art journaling at the moment, so here is a double page spread I have been working on, and how it came together. 

 

I began by tearing around one of the Rainbow Thoughts A5 Catalyst Collage papers to fit it into a 5x5" journal. I stuck it to the page using Matte Medium. 

Next, I selected Distress Oxide inks in Seedless Preserves, Worn Lipstick, Prize Ribbon and Carved Pumpkin. Using a damp paint brush I extended her hair from the collage paper across the second page.  

I used the same colours of ink to stamp two of the smaller doodle Art Mandalas over the inked page. 

Whilst the background was drying, I stamped a selection of flowers from Doodle Art Blooming Blooms and Journaling Essentials #4 stamp sets. I coloured them using ecoline and Gelly Roll Moonlight pens and cut them out. 

I attached these to the right hand page using matte medium. 

I also stamped some of the smallest Blooming Blooms flowers in grey versafine Clair ink in the spaces.

I added a sentiment to the page and coloured in the centres of the small flowers using a gelly roll moonlight pen. 

Here's the finished pages again. 

I used:

 Catalyst Collage papers - A5 Rainbow Thoughts

Doodle Art Mandala Stamp set#1

Doodle Art Blooming Blooms stamp set

Journaling Essentials #4 stamp set

Matte Medium

Distress oxide inks in Seedless Preserves, Worn Lipstick, Prize Ribbon and Carved Pumpkin

Versafine Clair ink in Nocturne and Morning Mist

Ecoline Pens

Gelly Roll Moonlight pens

Dylusions bigger Back Chat stickers

There's an offer on both the Catalyst Collage papers and the Doodle Art Stamps at the moment, so do check that out on the website. 

Thanks for looking! 

Alison CT - Circles

Hi everyone today I'm sharing a step by step guide to creating these mdf artist trading coins as inspiration for Sally's Circle challenge in the Facebook group. The coins themselves are curcles and I've used a circles dinkable as well.

To begin,  I covered the three mdf coins with some left over pieces of A6 greyscale #2 catalyst card. I used a sanding block to neaten the edges.

Then, I placed a part of the circles dinkable, from set 3, on to the coin and used a thin black posca to draw the circles on to the coins. I coloured them with watercolour pencils and a paintbrush. I left them to dry.

Next, using Versafine Clair nocturne ink,  I stamped several of thr flowers from the Doodle Art Blooming Blooms stamp set. I coloured them with the same watercolour pencils and then cut them out. 

I glued them to my coins.

I, then, decided they needed some leaves, so I stamped the small leaf from Journaling Essentials 2, coloured them and cut them out.

I added them to the coins.

Finally, I added a sentiment from Wordy Stickers sheets 1 and 3 black.

Products used:

MDF Artist Trading Coins 

A6 Greyscale Catalyst Cards 2

Dinkables 3

Doodle Art Blooming Blooms 

Journaling Essentials 2

Wordy Stickers 1B and 3B

Black Posca pen 

Watercolour Pencils 

Thank you for taking a look. 

Alison 

Calee CT - Cone Flower Canvas

Hi ,this week I have small canvas  to share with you using a  catalyst collage paper from the A5 Squares and Hearts pack .

This canvas measures 10 x 20 cm , so is quite similar in size to a DL card and this design could easily be used as a card front . I chose this paper from the A5 pack and tore to size leaving some of the canvas to show around the edges .

After gluing the paper on to my canvas I added some stencilling with distress oxides Blueprint sketch and Pine needles using dinkables from sets 12 and 15 .

This paper reminded me a little of patchwork , so using a white gel pen I added some faux Stitching and some heart  doodles . I then broke up the background with some white texture paste using the Big one’s Bakewell Inkable .

Next I stamped out the large cone flower from the Doodle Art Cone flower set and coloured with my Ecoline water colour pens .

My canvas was finished quite simply by gluing on the cone flower and adding a sentiment which I borrowed from the Doodle Art Lillius stamp set .

Thank you for taking a look this week.  Although this looks like quite a complicated design when you first see it , the catalyst collage paper does most of the hard work. The catalyst collage papers work so well on different substrates it is so easy to achieve great results .

Happy crafting 

Calee 

These are the products I used this week :

Papers - catalyst collage A 5 Squares and Hearts 

Inks - distress oxide  Blue print sketch 

                           Pine needles

Inkables - Dinkables sets 12 and 15 

Stamps - Doodle Art Cone flower 

      Doodle Art Lillius 

A small  Art canvas , various coloured paint pens, texture paste  and white gel pen .