Calee CT - Baubleicious

Hi ,  well it’s that time of year again and as this months challenge theme is sparkle , then what better to add some sparkle to than baubles.

This weeks step by step then is a trio of baubles . 

Choosing a tag as my base I randomly added two green inks - Lucy Clover distress ink and Twisted Citron distress oxide . Then a few splashes of water were added and blotted to remove some ink .

On top of this background and using stamps from the Doodle Art Baubleicious stamp set and two more inks - Tumbled Glass and Mowed Lawn distress ink , layers of stamping were added randomly . 

Next on some water colour card , three baubles were stamped and coloured using shimmer pens . 

 Using a D’inkable from set 15 and some gold stickles gel  I stencilled in three areas . 

I then went back to my baubles and on the areas I had coloured blue I added a layer of clear glitter glue to add more sparkle . 

Here’s a close up photo of one of my baubles ,on which  hopefully you can see the sparkle a bit clearer .

When the everything had dried I assembled my tag , using some sequin strings in coordinating colours to “hang “ my baubles and a few single sequins here and there . 

My tag was finished with a  stitched border and the sentiment from the Doodle Art Baubleicious stamp set , which was stamped 3 times and given a black border . 

Thank you for taking a look at my Baubleicious tag and I hope it gives you a little inspiration for adding some sparkle to your makes 

Happy crafting 

Calee

I have listed the products used below -

Distress inks - Lucy Clover 

                         Moved Lawn 

                            Tumbled Glass 

Distress oxide - Twisted Citron 

                    Stamps - Doodle Art stamps - Baubleicious 

Inkables - D’inkable set 15       

I also used some gold stickle gel , a black fine liner pen , a white gel pen and shimmer pens . 

Sally CT - Quick and Sparkly!

Hi There! I am here again with some inspiration for the Sparkle Challenge over in the Bee Crafty Stamps Facebook group. Here is how I made this super quick and easy card (quick except for the drying time!)

I began by applying some Stickles glue gel through the star dinkable from set one onto a piece of black card. I set this aside to dry. 

On a piece of red card I stamped the bauble and heat embossed in a sparkly gold. 

I matted and layered the dry strip of black card and added it to the front of a white 6x6" card. 

I added a sentiment in red ink and cut out and added the bauble using 3d foam tape

Here is the finished card.

I used:

Dinkables Set 1

Doodle Art Baubleicious stamp set

Stickles glitter gel

Gold embossing powder

Versamark ink pad

Strawberry Versafine Clair ink

Red card, Black card

White 6x6" card base

Thanks for looking! 

Alison CT - Sparkly tag

Hi everyone, today I'm sharing a step by step guide to creating this sparkly tag as inspiration for Sally's challenge in the Bee Crafty Stamps Facebook group. 

Take a piece of the A6 Catalyst Card from pack 2 and trim off the white border. Then rip it in half diagonally. Glue the pieces to the top and bottom of a Tim Holtz mixed media tag and trim of any excess.

Using a quick glue pen draw over the dots on the leaves and add silver glitter. Tip off excess and leave to dry.

On separate card, stamp the Cone Flower using a black ink pad. Colour it using pencils, then cut out. Add silver glitter instead of white pen work. Leave to dry. 

Glue the flower to the tag.

Add a sentiment from the Wordy Stickers 1B. Draw a border around it using a selling roll pen.

Products used:

A6 Catalyst Cards 2

Quickly glue pen

Silver glitter

Doodle Art Cone Flower

Wordy Stickers 1B

Thank you for taking a look. 

Alison 

Calee CT - Beautiful Autumn

 

Hello , this week I have a double page journal spread as my step by step guide , using one of the new catalyst collage papers from the Autumn Portraits collection .

Firstly I tore around the feature portrait in the catalyst collage paper,  glueing it down on  the right side of my page . Next using the rest of the paper I cover the remaining page in a collage of pieces . 

Using distress oxide ink Dried Marigold inked all of the remaining page and around the edges , this drew all of the elements together . Then using the Doodle Art Sunflower stamp and Versafine Clair ink in pine cone I stamped randomly across the page . 

Nest using the brick work D’inkable from set 2 and Distress ink crackling Campfire some stenciling was added along with a few of the smaller moths from the Art stamp Moths . At this stage I also added a bold black stitched border and some white gel pen faux stitches to the large leaves .

Next I stamped and coloured 3 Doodle Art Sunflowers, for this I use my Ecoline water colour pens and a little water to blend . 

Using the large leaf stamp from the Art stamps Journaling Essentials #7 and Distress inks Crackling Campfire and Dried Marigold , a leaf was stamped and then out lined with a fine black pen , adding a few extras doodles . 

All of these elements were then added to my page , cutting one of the sunflowers in half and tucking the leaf behind the other two . 

To finish my page a transparency sentiment from the Autumn /winter Words , was added in 3 pieces . 

Thank you for taking a look at my page this week . A list of products I used is below . 

Happy crafting 

Calee 

I used : Catalyst College Papers -Autumn Portraits 

Distress inks - Dried Marigold 

                                 Crackling Campfire 

Versafine Clair ink - Pine cone 

   Stamps - Doodle Art Sunflower 

Art stamps - Moths                 

   Journaling essentials #7.           

Inkables -D’inkables set 2.     

                   Transparencies- Autumn /Winter Words    

Sally CT - A bit of sparkle

 

Hi There! We have a new challenge over on the Bee Crafty Stamps Facebook group where the theme is Sparkle, so I thought I would share a single layer Christmas card with you today. Here is how I made it.

I began by heat embossing a Doodle Art Bauble onto an A6 white card blank using some silver sparkle embossing powder.

Next, I stamped the same bauble onto a post it note and cut it out to make a mask. 

Placing the mask over the embossed image I place a Dinkable on top and used masking tape to secure it to the card. I then blended Blueprint sketch and Peacock Feathers Distress ink through the dinkable. 

After removing the mask, dinkable and tape, I used some metallic watercolour paints to paint the Bauble. 

I used a silver pen to add strands of thread for the bauble to dangle from. 

Finally I added a sentiment from the mixed messages Christmas set. 

Here is the finished card once more....

And here is a close-up of the sparkle. 

I used:

Doodle Art Baubleicious Stamp set

Dinkables Set 15

Mixed Messages: Christmas

Versamark Ink pad

Silver Sparkle embossing powder

Metallic watercolours

Distress inks - I used blueprint sketch and peacock feathers

Post it notes for masking

masking tape

Thanks for looking! 

Alison CT - Sparkle (honestly it's there)

Hi everyone, today I'm sharing an art journal page created using the Moths Catalyst Collage Papers and giving them a bit of sparkle as that's the theme for November's Challenge in the Bee Crafty Facebook group. 

To begin I trimmed my chosen A5 moth catalyst collage paper to fit my 6x6 inch art journal.  I used matte medium to glue it to the page. 

I cut out the moth and flower from the offcuts part of the paper and added them to the page.

Then I lightly blended scorched timber distress oxides around the edges of the page.

Then, using a brown micron pen, I drew round the inside of the round leaf dinkable from set 14 several times. I then added two freehand lines around them.

Next I used the dotty texture disc from set 1 with a white posca pen to add small circles and dots to the page.

Then I went over the large moth with a glitter pen, mines from Tonic. This was really hard to get a photo of, this is the best I could get.

I then added some text by using distress translucent crackle paste through the text part of the coffee stains text 6x6 inkable. I left this to dry naturally so that it went clear and cracked. This added a little more sparkle to the page. Another one difficult to see in photos.

Finally I added a sentiment from Wordy Stickers 1 to which I added a border and dots using a brown micron pen.

Products used:

6" art journal 

A5 Moths Catalyst Collage Papers 

Coffee Stains Text Inkable

Circles from Texture Discs set 1

Leaves from Dinkables set 14

Nuvo Midas Touch glitter pen

Wordy Stickers 1

Brown Micron Pen

Matte Medium

Scorched Timber distress oxide

Distress Translucent Crackle texture paste

Thank you for taking a look.

Alison 

Calee CT- Pumpkin Kisses

Hi all , this week for my step by step guide , I have smaller journal page to show you , 6in x 6in . 

Firstly I chose this bright catalyst card from pack #3 . My choice was guided by the colours as I knew I wanted to add some pumpkins and the colours would be a good contrast 

This was then torn diagonally and glued  on to my page . 

Next taking D’inkables from sets 2 and 14 and distress inks Blueprint Sketch  and Lucky Clover . I worked on the white space in the middle of the page , connecting the catalyst papers together. 

Next to add a stitched boarder with a black sharpie pen and some white gel pen dots to emphasise the leaves . 

To add some texture to my page and break up the catalyst  card  , I added some white textured paste through the diamond patterned D’inkable from set 2 . 

For my pumpkins I used the Doodle Art Pumpkins stamp set . Stamping  with black ink onto an other catalyst card from set #3 , choosing the bits of pattern which most  suited the pumpkin colours .

Here is my finished journal page with a cluster of pumpkins glued down and the sentiment from the pumpkins stamp set , stamped in Blue Print sketch distress inks and mounted on to black card .l also added a few doodled x’s with a pink Posca paint pen just to lift the pink from the back ground . 

Thank you for taking a look at my Pumpkin Kisses journal page , I hope this shows pages /cards don’t have to be too complicated to still create impact . 

Happy crafting 

Calee

Here is a list of the products I used this week 

Catalyst Cards pack #3 

Inkables : D’inkables sets 2&14

Distress inks : Blue Print Sketch 

                  Lucky Clover 

Doodle Art stamp set : Pumpkins 

  A white gel pen , pink Posca paint pen and a black sharpie .