Alison CT - When you fall in love with the background!

Good morning,  today I'm sharing a step by step guide to creating this art journal page, which initially started out being a background and quickly became a finished piece, as I fell in love with it as it was.

To begin, I cut one of the circles pieces of the A5 Butterflies and Circles Catalyst Collage paper to fit my art journal page.  I then used matte medium to glue it down. 

I inked the edges of the page by blending Twisted Citron distress ink over it. Then, I cut out some of the butterflies from another sheet in the pack. I glued these to the page with matte medium. 

Next, I blended Picked Raspberry distress ink through the circles dinkable from set 3.

Then, I blended Broken China distress ink through the dots dinkable from set 2.

I used Versafine Clair nocturne ink to stamp areas of the small circles stamp from Journaling Essentials 9.

I, then, added a faux stitched border and some black splats using a black posca pen. 

Next, I used a white posca pen to colour the centre of some of the stamped circles.

Finally, I stamped the word 'hope', from the Mixed Messages 2 stamp set, using Versafine Clair nocturne ink. 

I could not decide whether it needed a main image and if so what. So I decided to stop here, as I really love it as it is. I may come back to it another day and add something. I'm not sure.

Products used:

A5 Catalyst Collage Butterflies and Circles 

Dinkables set 2 and 3

Journaling Essentials 9 stamp set 

Mixed Messages 2 stamp set 

White and Black Posca Pens

Distress Ink - Twisted Citron,  Picked Raspberry,  Broken China 

Thank you for taking a look. 

Alison 

Calee CT - Hello You !

Hi ,a quick journal page for my step by step  this week ,using one stamp set ,one catalyst collage paper and minimal products .

The first  step was to choose my paper for the main background of my page and cut to size .This is an A5 paper from the  Rainbow Thoughts pack . I trimmed it down to fit my page with a small border around .

Then I added some stencilling with the Coffee stain script Inkable using Mermaid Lagoon Distress ink and a little texture paste through a small circle / dot Dinkable from set 2

Next using the small flower from the Doodle Art Butterfly stamp set I added 3 flowers and coloured them in with Ecoline water colour pens, ,at this stage I also went in with a white gel pen and created some highlights mainly on the girls face and some twinkling stars .

Not finished with doodling I then added  3 strips of pink hearts ,these were drawn with a pink Posca pen and outlined with white , I also used an orange Posca pen to create splats and sprinkles , covering the main image with a sheet of paper , to protect it .

Next my butterflies were created , I was undecided on which colours  wanted to use , so stamped two and with my Ecoline water colour pens  coloured each differently . I would choose later which one looked best on my page .

 As you can see I decided to use both butterflies ,as each seemed to work on different parts of my page . To complete my page I added a stitched border in black fine liner and this sentiment from the Transparency prints sheet Beautiful and Brave .

Thank you for taking a look at my simple journal page , I hope you found it helpful.

A list of the products use are listed below .

Happy crafting 

Calee

I used :Papers - Rainbow Thoughts Catalyst collage A5

             Distress ink Mermaid Lagoon

                Stamps - Doodle Art butterfly 

Transparency prints - Beautiful and Brave 

Some texture paste , white gel pen and pink and orange Posca pens 

Alison CT - Go with the Flow

Hi everyone today I'm sharing a step by step guide to creating this moth and Leafy art journal page.

To begin cut a piece of A5 Daisy Rainbow Paint Catalyst Collage paper to fit the journal page and glue in place.

Next, using an embossing ink, stamp areas of the Crackle Background stamp over the page, then sprinkle with white embossing powder. Tap off excess and heat set. Using Versafine Clair Adriatic Sea ink stamp some areas with the Script Background stamp.

On separate card,  stamp three of the largest leaves from Journaling Essentials 6 and two of the middle sized moths from the Moths stamp set. Colour and cut out.

Glue these to the page and cut off any overhanging parts of the leaves. Add the Wordy Sticker after using a black pen around the edges.

Products used:

A5 Daisy Rainbow Paint Catalyst Collage paper 

Crackle Background stamp 

Script Background stamp 

Journaling Essentials 6 stamp set 

Moths stamp set 

Embossing Ink 

Ranger White Embossing Powder 

Versafine Clair - Nocturne,  Adriatic Sea

Thank you for taking a look. 

Alison 

Calee CT -Imagine

Hi , this week I have a journal page for my step by step guide , staying with the wings theme I have chosen the Doodle Art Bee and combined it with some Journaling essentials flowers ,because where else would you find a bee ?

My first step was to choose a catalyst collage paper and the Doodle Art Bee stamp set to use in my 8x8 inch journal .

 As this page had some wide empty areas ,my next step was to add some stencilled leaves using a Dinkable from set 14 and the distress inks Mermaid Lagoon and Lucky Clover . I also inked the edge of my paper with Mermaid Lagoon to bring all of the colours together.

This background was then glued down, leaving a thin  border of  journal page . At this stage I also added some white highlights and dots with a gel pen and some more stencilling with Distress oxide Fossilised  Amber and Inkable Honeycomb Full .

I then stamped and coloured the Doodle art Bee and flowers from Art  stamps Journaling essentials #5 . These were coloured with Ecoline water colour pens and highlights added with a white gel pen .

Next I added a  bold white stitched border with a Posca pen and played around with the positioning of my coloured images and decided that I needed something extra .I stamped this flower / cluster of dots  from Journaling Essentials #8 in black ink on to some white card cut them out then added them to my design.

My page was completed with a sentiment from theTransparency Prints Bee Words 2, which I mounted on to some white card .

Thank you for taking a look this week and I hope you found the steps useful .

Happy crafting

Calee 

Here is a list of the products I used for my page :

Papers -Catalyst collage Painted Gaze 

Inks - Distress inks Spiced Marmalade 

                        Lucky Clover

                               Mermaid Lagoon 

         Distress oxide Fossilised Amber 

Inkables - Dinkables set 14

Stamps - Art stamps Journaling Essentials #5 and #8

Doodle Art Stamps Bee 

Transparency print Bee Words 2 

Alison CT - Wings and Things

Hi everyone, today I'm sharing a step by step guide to creating this inspiration for Sally's challenge this month - Wings.

To begin, I sprayed the three distress oxides sprays on to the page. I then sprayed water on to my fingers and shook this on to the page.  I bloated this dry with kitchen towel and left to dry.

Next I  put the swirling circles 6x6 inkable on the page and used a baby wipe to rub through it, removing some of the colour from the page.

Then, I used an embossing ink pad to stamp the Butterfly Stitch stamp on to the page. I sprinkled the image with Ranger Black Embossing Powder, tapped off the excess and heat set.

On separate card,  I stamped the second largest Moths, the plainer click, two sizes of stars and elements from the Stitched Borders. I coloured these by blending distress oxide inks over them. I then cut them out.

I glued them to the page using a mix of foam pads and wet glue. 

Finally I added the three parts of the Wordy Stickers 3B sentiment after I had cut them down.

Product used:

Moths stamp set 

Clocks: Time is Free stamp set

Butterfly Stitch stamp set 

Stitched Borders stamp set 

Stars Textures stamp set 

Swirling Circles 6x6 inkable 

Wordy Stickers 3B

Distress oxide ink pads - antique linen,  uncharted mariner,  gathered twigs,  lumberjack plaid,  mustard seed 

Ranger Black Embossing Powder 

Embossing ink pad 

Distress Oxide Spray - uncharted mariner,  vintage photo,  squeezed lemonade 

Thank you for taking a look.  I hope I've inspired you to have a good at the challenge. 

Alison

Calee CT - Wings Journal Page

Hi , for my blog this week I have a journal page incorporating some of the week 23 Bee crafty palette colours and the challenge theme for this month , Wings .

My first step was to collect together a selection of inks ,sprays and pens in the colours of this weeks palette . I didn’t have the whole selection but decided I had enough to work with .

Using my small 6x6 inch journal and some scraps from catalyst cards  #3 .l glued down two large pieces in opposite corners of my page .

Using Cracked Pistachio distress ink and Uncharted Mariner Distress Spritz ,a smooshed and sprayed background was created .

Using two Dinkables from set 15 and the  Cracked Pistachio distress ink some stencilling was added to my page and a border of Mermaid Lagoon distress ink gave the edges of my page some definition.

My next step was to go in with the  dark blue ( 508) Ecoline pen ,black fine liner and white gel pen to add various doodles a, line , circles and hearts . At this stage I also added a stitched border .

 For the  wings element of my page I stamped out the large moth and various small moths  from the Art Stamps Moths set . The smaller moths were stamped  in a selection of my pallet colours and the large moth in  black , then coloured with the same inks .It’s little difficult so see but I use the distress spritz over the darker pets of the moth which gave it a lovely iridescent feel .

To complete my page I glued down my moths and added a sentiment from the wordy stickers sheet 3B .

Thank you for taking a look this week ,I hope you found my steps useful  .You will find a list of products I used below 

Happy crafting 

Calee

Inks - Distress ink Mermaid Lagoon 

                             Evergreen Bough

                                Cracked Pistachio 

Distress spritz Uncharted Mariner

Ecoline water colour pen 508 

Catalyst cards #3 greyscale 

Dinkables set 15 

Stamps - Art stamps Moths 

Wordy stickers 3B 

Sally CT - Something with Wings

 

Hi There! I am here with a super quick and simple journal page to show you today. 

I began by trimming  piece of Catalyst Collage paper from the Spring blooms A5 set to fit the page and stuck it down with Matte Medium.

Next ,I stamped the largest Bee from the Bee Mine stamp set using black Versafine Clair ink, and coloured it with pencils before cutting it out. 

On a separate scrap of card, I stamped a sentiment from the same stamp set and cut it out.

Using matte medium, I added the bee and the sentiment to the background before adding some black and white faux stitching to finish it off. 

Here is the page opposite it's partner in the journal....

And here is a close-up of the page.

I used:

Catalyst Collage papers - Spring blooms A5

Bee Mine stamp set

Black Verafine Clair ink

Coloured Pencils

Matte Medium

Posca Pen 

Black fine liner

I hope this inspires you to join in with our monthly challenge over in the Bee Crafty Stamps Facebook Group, where this month's theme is 'things with wings'.

Thanks for looking!