Wednesday, May 20, 2026

Sally CT - A sparkly daisy card

 


Hi There! I have a card for you today incorporating some embossing and some faux bleaching. Here's how I made it. 

I began by blending distress inks across a 6x4" piece of satin finish card. 
I used a dinkable from set 11 to add a little more of the Mermaid Lagoon ink 
Once this was dry, I gave it a wipe with an anti-static cloth before stamping the Doodle Art Daisy in Embossing ink and heat embossing it using white embossing powder. 
I painted the daisy with water and lifted the colour using a piece of paper towel. I also gently spattered across the abandoned coral ink and lifted the colour from there too. 


using the same distress inks I stamped the border and another worker stamp around the panel.
Using some metallic watercolour paints I added some paler colours to the daisy. 
I used the same Dinkable to add ink to two corners of an A5 base card. 
I layered the inky panel on to some coordinating paper and added it to the front of the card. 
Finally here's a close up of the shimmery paint on the daisy. 

I used:
Dinkables - I used set 11
Distress inks - I used Abandoned Coral and Mermaid Lagoon
Embossing Ink
Metallic paints
Satin finish card
A5 base card

Thanks for looking! 

Sunday, May 17, 2026

Alison CT - Tulips

Hi everyone, today I'm sharing a step by step guide to creating this art journal page. I have used a catalyst collage paper, texture discs and the Doodle Art Tulip stamp. You can use texture discs on your inkables project for Sally's challenge in the Bee Crafty Facebook group if you wish.
To begin, I tore a piece of the A4 Spring Paint Catalyst Collage paper to fit a page in my 8 x 8 kraft card journal and used matte medium to glue it to down. 
Next, I applied distress crackle texture paste through the lines and circles texture disc  from set 4. I left this to dry completely. 
Then I blended picked raspberry distress oxide through the chevron texture disc from set 2 and fossilised amber distress oxide through the circles texture disc from set 1.
After that, I stamped the small crosses from the Doodle Art Tulip stamp set using Morning Mist Versafine Clair. 
On separate kraft card, I stamped both the large and small tulips twice using the morning mist ink pad. I coloured them with distress watercolour pencils in pink, yellow, antique linen and green. I then cut them out.

I used pva glue to attach them to the page. Cutting some stems down as I didn't want to hide to much of the background paper.
I then added one of the Creative Words transparency prints sentiments using matte medium. 
Products used:

Distress Crackle Paste 
Distress Watercolour Pencils 
Distress Oxides - picked raspberry, fossilised amber 

Thank you for taking a look. Hope I've inspired use to have a go at Sally's challenge and to use texture discs. 

Alison 

Friday, May 15, 2026

Calee CT- Doodle Art Bee



Hello , this week I’m sharing how I created this spring bloom journal page for my step by step guide.


My first step then was to choose a catalyst collage paper from the Spring Blooms A5  pack of papers  and cut it to size for my 6 x6 inch journal .


Next I layered some ink onto my background using Dinkables from set 15 and distress inks Wilted Violet and Mowed Lawn . Then using white and pink gel pens lots of stitched details were add to most of the flowers to bring then more into the foreground .


Deciding the Doodle Art Bee would look good among the flowers and because I can’t remember the last time I used it . I stamped and coloured it using a combination of Ecoline watercolour pens and distress ink Broken China .


Then going back to my background some small areas of honeycomb were added with distress ink Crackling campfire and a stamp fromthe Doodle Art Bee ,to tie the bee into  the background .At this stage I also created a frame to my page with a double stitch boarder ,white gel pen on the catalyst collage paper and black fineliner on the  journal page .


My page was finished by gluing on the bee and adding a sentiment using the Bee Words 2 transparency  prints , mounted on white card .

I really enjoy working with the catalyst collage paper ,which are so versatile , thank you for taking a look at my page .
Happy crafting 
Calee 
Here is the product list for this week
Coloured gel pens and a 6x6 journal 

Wednesday, May 13, 2026

Sally CT - Inkables Inspiration

Hi there! I am here with a simple card using stamps and inkables today. As our theme on the Bee Crafty Stamps Facebook group is to use inkables I thought this would provide a little inspiration.  Here's how I made it. 

I began by blending rusty Hinge ink through a dinkable to create the background.

Next, I stamped the Doodle Art Cone Flower onto some watercolour paper  using Versafine Clair ink and cut it out. I coloured it using ecoline markers
Using some of the smaller stamps from the Coneflower set I added a little stamping around the edge of the card in Versafine Clair Strawberry ink.
Using the dotty stamp from the set, I added a little more to the background in Rusty Hinge Distress ink. 
I added the cone flower on 3d foam pads to the background along with a wordy sticker sentiment. I also added some white pen faux stitching. 
Here is the finished card again. 
I used:
Rusty Hinge Distress ink
White pen
Ecoline pens
3d foam pads
6x6 card

Thanks for looking! 

Sunday, May 10, 2026

Alison CT - I See You

Hi everyone today I'm sharing some inspiration for Sally's challenge in the Bee Crafty Stamps Facebook group. This month's theme is inkables,  any of the inkables, so for this art journal page I have used Inkables Big Ones.
To begin, I blended a mix of Peacock Feathers and Seedless Preserve distress ink through the Abstract Big One covering the whole of a piece of 7 x 10 inches piece of card.
I then added some Festive Berries distress ink to the centre of the page using the Bakewell Big One.
Next I used Versafine Clair nocturne ink to stamp the two parts of the I See You stamp set just below the centre of the page.
I then used the border stamp from the Doodle Art Dancing Daisy stamp set, with Versafine Clair nocturne, to create a border around the edge of the page.
On separate card, I stamped the two sizes of the flowers and leaves from the Doodle Art Dandedaisy stamp set and the anemic writing circle from the Doodle Art Dancing Daisy stamp set several times. I coloured them using the distress inks and cut them out.
Next, I glued the piece to a piece of black card.
I added the flowers, leaves and circles to the page.
Finally,  I stamped the three sentiments, from the Creativity Words stamp set, directly on to the page using Versafine Clair nocturne ink. 

Products used:
Doodle Art Dancing Daisy stamp set 
Distress Inks - Seedless Preserve, Peacock Feathers,  Festive Berries 
Versafine Clair nocturne 

Thank you for taking a look. 
Alison

Friday, May 08, 2026

Calee CT -Imagine something wonderful




Hi everyone , this week I have been playing in my journal and my garden . This page was inspired by various plants in the garden and the promise of those to come .Here’s my step by step guide .


First I chose one of the A5 Spring Paint catalyst collage papers to use in my journal of a similar size .

This was then trimmed to size ,leaving a border all around , creating a frame 

Next I added some stencilling using Dinkables from set 2 and Distress oxide inks Wilted Violet and Picked Raspberry .I chose these as they reflected the colours in the collage paper. Next I added some white texture paste to give my page some more dimension .


Leaving my background to dry, I stamped out the Doodle Art Cone flower and coloured with my Ecoline watercolour pens.


Returning to my background and using some of the small stamps from the Cone Flower stamp set I added some stamping with Villainous Potion distress ink  and some heart  and lines with a sharpie pen, through this Dinkable from set 14 . A stitched border was added to my frame using a black fine liner pen , this completed my background.


My final step was to add my cone flower and one of these little birds from the Doodle Art Rainbow Birds,which I had leftover from my previous project. This sentiment from the small words stamp set seemed perfect as hopefully my garden will look wonderful in a few months time.
Thank you for taking a look this week. I hope you found my step-by-step helpful.
Happy Crafting
Calee
Here are the products I used this week:
White texture paste , a black fine liner , pink sharpie pen and journal .

 

Sunday, May 03, 2026

Alison CT - Three Floral Notelet Cards

Hi everyone, today I'm sharing a guide to creating these three floral notelet cards. They are also inspiration for Sally's new challenge in the Facebook group  - Inkables.


For the first card, I began by blending wilted violet distress oxide through the text part of the Coffee Stains Text Inkable. Then I blended seedless preserve distress oxide through the Coffee stains part of the same inkable. Next I stamped the zig-zag hand drawn border, using Versafine Clair nocturne ink, to create a frame. On separate card I stamped the large Doodle Art Daisy head twice. I coloured them with seedless preserve and wild honey distress oxides, then cut them out. I mounted the background piece onto a 5x7 landscape card, then added the daisies and a Small Words sentiment. 

For the second card, I blended ripe persimmon distress oxide through the stripes on the Triangle Stripes inkable. Next I blended crackling campfire distress oxides through the Perspective Circles inkables. I then stamped the rectangles freehand border, using Versafine Clair nocturne ink,  to create a border. Finally I added a stamped Doodle Art Sunflower head and a Small Word sentiment. 

For the final card, I blended shabby shutters distress oxide through the Metal Work Alpha inkable. Then I blended salty ocean distress oxide through the Alternate Circles inkable. I stamped the circle Freehand Borders stamp using Versafine Clair nocturne.  On separate card I stamped both the Doodle Art Tulips and coloured them with salty ocean,  antique linen and shabby shutters distress oxide. After cutting them out I glued them to the card and stamped a Small Words sentiment. 

Products used:
. Triangle Stripes
. Alternate Circles 

Thank you for taking a look. 
Alison 
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