Alison CT - Dream

Hi everyone today I'm sharing a step by step guide to creating this art journal page, as inspiration for Sally's challenge in the Facebook group, using the Dream Faces stamp, some dinkables and the circle mirror stamp. 

To begin cut a piece of watercolour card to 21 x 21 cm. Using Versafine Clair nocturne stamp the Dream face in the bottom left corner.

Using a pencil, sketch in the top of her hair.

When happy with your sketching, use a PC - 1MR black Posca pen to go over your lines. Use broken lines and a sketchy style to match Bev's original. I used a posca pen as it won't react to any paint or water used later.

Create a mask using either tracing paper or greaseproof paper by tracing the outline of the image, then cut out.

Using low tac tape, adhere the mask over the stamped image.

Place the circle from the Mirror Blocks stamp set on to a super skinny slim. Squeeze some of your chosen acrylic paint on to the stamp and use a brayer to spread it over the whole surface. Use enough paint so that when pressed on to the page it doesn't stick. Stamp this paint on to the page. Repeat using the same colour and stamping randomly on the page. Repeat with a second, third and fourth colour until the background is complete. Leave to dry fully.

Choose, some dinkables, I stuck with circles from sets 2 and 3. Using sponges, add white and black gesso through them. Leave to dry.

Remove the mask carefully.

Add black and white dots to some of the stencilled circles, a scribbled line border to some of the coloured circles and a scribbly line border to the page. I used posca pens for this.

Using a black watercolour pencil and waterbrush add shadows to the face and har. Add colour to her lips and cheeks with a red watercolour pencil and her eyes with a green watercolour pencil.

Glue to the centre of an 11 x 11 inch art journal page and add a sentiment from the Wordy Stickers 3B sheet. 

Products used:

Faces: Dream stamp set 

Mirror Blocks stamp set 

Dinkables sets 2 and 3

Tracing paper

Low tac tape 

PC - 1MR  black and white Posca pens

Wordy Stickers 3B

Dina Wakley Media acrylic paint  - lime, sunshine, raspberry,  radical

Thank you for taking a look. I hope if you love messy crafting you will have a go at something similar. If you are a clean crafter give it a try using ink pads.

Alison

Calee CT -Vintage Tag

Hi ,  this months challenge theme is vintage and I’ve just about managed to squeeze into the last day of the month with this vintage tag .So here I have a step by step for you on how I created it .

I started by cutting a tag from Kraft card and choosing a catalyst collage paper from the Moths pack

Next I tore and cut out some sections and elements from the paper and glued them on to my tag .

Next I added some stencilling through the a cogs Inkable and brick work Dinkable from set 2 , for this I used distress inks Crushed Olive  and Vintage Photo ,also inking around the edge of my tag to bring the elements together.

My next step was to add some stamping with a small stamp from the Art stamps Moth set and versafine clair ink in the colour Pine Cone and using a white paint pen added a stitched border.

I then created some elements to go on my tags , two moths from the Moths set were stamped with the versafine ink and coloured with the Vintage Photo and  Crushed Olive inks and a smaller tag using the same colours , stamp and Inkables previously used .

In my craft stash I found some ribbon, which I coloured with the Vintage Photo ink ,a small MDF cog also coloured with ink and a little gold wax and a small key . All of these would help to add to the vintage feel.

Here is my tag completed  with all of the elements glued on and a sentiment from the Wordage stamp set Small words added.

Thank you for taking a look this week , hope this has given  you some vintage inspiration ,all be it at the eleventh hour !
Happy crafting 
Calee.

A list of products used this week :                                                                                             

Papers - catalyst collage Moths 

Inks - Distress inks Vintage Photo 

                                Crushed Olive

Versafine clair Pinecone 

Inkables - Dinkables set 2 

Stamps - Art stamps Moths 

Wordage stamps -Small words 

MDF Popouts - Cogs 

A sheet of Kraft card , ribbon ,metal key embellishment and a white  paint pen .

 

Sally CT- A gathering of moths

Hi There! During last week's Facebook live I created a bit of a background using Distress Spritz. I thought I would use some of it to make a card for you today. 

The Distress spritz colours I used were Picked Raspberry, Fossilized Amber and Peeled Paint. As well as spraying them I sprayed a little onto a mat then blended it with a brush through the Bakewell Big one inkable.

Next I used Versafine clair ink in Brown (I used Acorn) to add some stamped stitching around the edge

Using the Moth stamp set, I added some stamped smaller moths to the background in Hawthorn Rose and Sand Dune Versafine Clair ink.

I stamped the 2 medium sized moths on to the background using Black Versafine Clair ink. I also stamped them again on a piece of watercolour card. This saves having to cut out the antennae if you prefer not to. 

Next I coloured those three moths with Ecoline pens and a damp paint brush, before cutting them out more carefully. 

I added them over the previously stamped card with just a little matte medium along the bodies, allowing the wings to stand proud of the card a little. 

I used:

Distress Spritz

 Big one Inkable - Bakewell

Moths Stamp set

Versafine Clair inks - I used Sand Dune, Hawthorn Rose, Acorn and Black

Ecoline Pens

DL sized blank card

Watercolour card

Matte Medium

Thanks for looking! 

Alison CT - Bee Monarchy Tag

Hi everyone, today I'm sharing a step by step guide to creating this tag using the Bee Monarchy stamp set with the Rainbow Bubbles Catalyst Collage and Dinkables.

To begin, I tore the corner off one of the A4 Rainbow Bubbles Catalyst Collage papers and glued it to my tag using matte medium. I then cut off any excess.

Next I blended lumberjack plaid,  carved pumpkin and mustard seed distress oxides through the circles dinkable from set 3. I allowed the colours to overlap.

Then I blended salty ocean distress oxide through the dotty dinkable from set 2. To match the blue in the paper. I left this to dry thoroughly. 

After it was dry, I added white zig illimigraph pen to some of the dots and circles.

Next I stamped the word Bee using Versafine Clair nocturne ink, repeating each inking until no ink was left on the stamp (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th generation).

On separate card,  I stamped the large Bee and three crowns from the Bee Monarchy stamp set. I then fussy cut out the images. 

Finally I glued the bee and crowns to the tag and added one of the Bee Words B Wordy Stickers.

Products used:

A4 Rainbow Bubbles Catalyst Collage paper 

Dinkables set 2 and 3

Art Stamps Bee Monarchy stamp set 

Wordy Stickers Bee Words B

Distress Oxides

Zig White 2mm Illumigraph pen

Black inkpad

Thank you for taking a look. 

Alison

Calee CT - Under the sea journal page

Hello , I have and  a journal page for you this week with an under the sea theme  ,using the Doodle Art Seahorse and Fishes stamp sets combined with a catalyst collage paper from the Rainbow boards pack .

Firstly I created a smooched watery style background on my page using two colours similar to those in this collage paper . I used  Distress inks Blue Print Sketch and Picked Raspberry.

After gluing down the torn strip of collage paper, I used the  big one Inkable Fern Flourish and some Twisted citron Distress oxide to add to my background . Then the  leaves Dinkable from set 14 and more Blue Print sketch ink to create some seaweed .

Next with some of the worker stamps from both stamp sets and adding in some purple to my colour palette, with Distress ink Villainous  Potion an other layer was added to my background .To add some texture I used some texture paste through the larger circles on set 3 Dinkables.

Lastly to finish my background a stitched border was added with a black fine liner pen .

Using both stamp sets and combination of Ecoline water colour pens and Distress inks I created a collection of stamped images to add to my page.

Here then is my under water page with all the stamped elements glued down and a sentiment from the Doodle Art Seahorse added .

I hope you found my step by step guide useful and that my page has maybe given you some inspiration . Don’t  forget we love to see your projects ,please share them in the Bee Crafty stamps Facebook group 

Happy crafting 

Calee

Products use for this page were :                                                                                                                  

Papers - catalyst collage Rainbow Boards

Inks - Distress inks Blueprint Sketch 

                                  Picked Raspberry 

                                  Villainous Potion 

Distress oxide-Twisted Citron

Inkables- Big ones Fern Flourish 

            Dinkables sets 3&14

Stamps - Doodle Art seahorse 

            Doodle Art Fishes 

White texture paste , white gel pen ,black fine liner pen , and Ecoline water colour pens 

Sally CT - Vintage Seahorse

  

Hi There! Here's a card I made using the Beautiful seahorse stamp set and some vintage colours as inspiration for our challenge over in the Bee Crafty Stamps Facebook group.

I began by stamping over a 14cm square piece of cream card using the Shell stamps and some of the other worker stamps, Using Vintage photo and Tea Dye distress ink. I also blended some around the edge.

On a old book page I stamped the seahorse in Pinecone Versafine Clair ink

Next I coloured it using pencil crayons, trimming it to size and blending a little more vintage photo distress ink around the edges. I matted both panels on to some dark brown card and added to the front of a 15cm square kraft card. 

Finally I added a stamped sentiment in Pinecone Versafine Clair ink. 

Here is the finished card again. 

I used:

Doodle Art Seahorse stamp set

Distress inks - I used Tea Dye and Vintage photo

Versafine Clair ink - I used Pinecone

Coloured pencils

Book page 

15cm square Kraft card

card for matting and layering

There's 10 days left to enter our July Challenge. I do hope you will enter.

I will be live at 8pm this evening over on the bee Crafty Facebook page. Do come and join us!

Thanks for looking!

Alison CT - Doodle Art Fishes

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 A4 Rainbow Bubbles Catalyst Collage paper to fit my art journal.  I edged the paper with Salty Ocean distress oxide, then glued it to my page. I then blended Warn Lipstick and Mustard Seed distress oxides through the Hearts dinkable from set 1.

On an off cut of the Rainbow Boards Catalyst Collage, I stamped three of the same fish using Versafine Clair nocturne ink.  I added white pen, then cut them out.

I continued to work on the background by blending salty ocean distress oxide through the dots texture disc from set 1.

I then stamped the coral stamp along the bottom of the page using Melon Soda Versafine Clair and the seaweed stamp using Verdant Versafine.

Next, I stamped the swirls using Bali Blue Versafine Clair. 

I, then, added the fishes to the page.

Finally I stamped and cut out one of the sentiments from Ticker Tape 4 and glued it to the page.

 Here's another look at the finished page.

Products used:

A4 Rainbow Bubbles Catalyst Collage 

A4 Rainbow Boards Catalyst Collage 

Doodle Art Fishes stamp set 

Dinkables set 1

Texture Discs set 1

Ticker Tape 4 stamp set 

Thank you for taking a look. 

Alison