Calee CT - Seahorse Plaque

Hello ,  this week I have  a bit of a different  project to share . A small wooden plaque , just before these  gorgeous stamps and papers were released I was on holiday by the sea and saw lots of sea themed decor. So this is my home made souvenir 

My first step was to choose a catalyst paper to cover my plaque. I did this by tracing the shape of the plaque onto the paper ,cutting it out then gluing it down . For this I use gel medium , but PVA glue or Matt medium would work just as well .

When the glue was thoroughly dry I sanded down all of the excess paper from the edges .For this I used a combination of an emery board and a small file.

Next I gave my board some texture using  Dinkable from set 15 and some white texture paste ,using up the rest of the paste randomly on my plaque .

I then added to my background with some of the worker stamps in the Doodle Art Seahorse set using Distress inks Blueprint Sketch and Picked Raspberry and some stencilling with a Dinkable from set 2 and Mowed Lawn Distress ink .

Next I created some sea weed using the leaves from the Journaling Essentials #7 stamp set . I didn’t want the white card to show through my stamping so created an inked background adding Distress oxide Twisted citron to my combination of inks ,then stamped the leaves over the top using Blueprint Sketch .

The leaves were then cut out  and added to elements from both  Doodle Art Seahorse and Fishes stamp sets  ,which had been previously coloured with a combination of Ecoline watercolour pens and distress inks .

These elements were then added to my plaque some glued down and others raised slightly with some double sided foam tape , to build the dimension .

Finally to finish my plaque I added  the sentiment from the seahorse set and some real sea shells and sea themed beads ,which I think go well with the design but I also think the design would  work just as well with out them ,I just can resist adding more bits and pieces !

I’m really pleased with how my plaque turned out and it will definitely remind me of my sea side holiday.

Thank you for taking a look ,I hope you found this project interesting .

Happy crafting 

Calee

The products used to create my plaque were :

Papers - Rainbow Boards catalyst collage 

Dinkables set 2 and 15 

Distress inks - Mowed Lawn 

Blueprint Sketch 

Picked Raspberry 

Distress oxide Twisted Citron 

Stamps - Art stamps journaling Essentials #7 

Doodle Art Seahorse 

Doodle Art Fishes 

A small wooden plaque , some white texture paste and an assortment of sea shells and beads .

Sally CT - New Stamps and Papers

 Hi There! Last Thursday Bev and Sam were on Shop Unlimited with some Brand new stamps and papers. Here are some samples. This first one features the beautiful seahorse on a sheet from the Rainbow bubbles catalyst collage papers. 

Next I created a journal spread using the Doodle art fishes, Dinkables set 7 and some spray inks

Heres a card using some of the worker stamps, a fish and some of the leaf dinkables from sets 6 and 14

For my next journal pages I used more of the Rainbow Bubbles Catalyst collage papers and the Seahorse set

Finally here's another journal page using the Rainbow Boards papers and the Doodle art Fishes, with some of the shells from the seahorse set in the Background. 

Here's where you can find the new stamps and papers on the website:
 Doodle Art Seahorse

Doodle Art Fishes

Catalyst Collage Papers - Rainbow Boards A4 and A5

Catalyst Collage Papers - Rainbow Bubbles A4 and A5

Dinkables sets

Thanks for looking!

Alison CT - Fishes and Seahorse Samples.

Hi everyone today I'm sharing my samples for the brand new Doodle Art stamps and some of the new Catalyst Collage papers. 

For my first sample I have used the Doodle Art Fishes stamp set with one of the A4 Catalyst Collage papers cut down to 5 x 7. I have also used the bubbles and seaweed dinkables from set 7. I have stamped the bubbles and sentiment on to the background. The three fishes have been painted using Kuretaki Gansai Tambi Gem watercolour paints.

For my second sample I have cut a piece of the catalyst collage paper to just under 5 x 7 and glued it to a card blank. I've added silvery bubbles by blending Viva Inka Gold Platinum paint through the bubbles dinkable. I've added scales using the mermaid dinkable with blueprint sketch distress oxide. I've then stamped, coloured with Jane Davenport Bright watercolour paints, and cut out the Seahorse image before gluing it to the page with foam pads. I added a stamped sentiment.

For my third sample, I cut a piece of white card to 5 inches square. I stamped the shells, turning the card a quarter turn each time, so the formed a circle. I added the waves and small fishes to fill gaps. I also added just one of the cirles with dots where the two waves met. I then die cut twocircles, one white and a larger blue. I stamped the sentiment and glued this centrally. I blended salty ocean distress oxide around the edge, then glued my panel to a 6 inch square card.

For my fourth sample, I blended ground espresso distress oxide through the knot dinkable from set 7 then cut it out. I cleaned the dinkable by spritzing it with water and pressing it several times on to a 4.5 x 6.5 inch piece of card. I then stamped a selection of leaves, coral and shells, which I coloured with distress watercolour pencils.  I stamped and cut out the two fish and coloured them. I blended salty ocean distress oxide around the edge of the background,  then I used foam tape to glue the knot to it. I used a wet glue to tuck leaves, coral and shells around the knot. I then used foam tape to adhere the fishes. I added a sentiment which I cut in to a pennent shape.

For my final sample,  I tore round the rainbow paint effect sheet of catalyst collage paper and glued it to a piece of white card. Using the scales dinkable I added salty ocean distress oxide around the edges of the piece, overlapping on to the collage paper to help blend the edges in. I then stamped the bubbles and the sentiment over the page. On separate card,  I stamped the fishes and Seahorse. I coloured them with Kuretake Gansai Tambi Granulating watercolour paints,  leaving them to dry naturally. I then cut them out and used foam tape to add them to the page. I finished by mounting the piece on black card.

Products:

Doodle Art Seahorse stamp set 

Doodle Art Fishes stamp set 

A4 Catalyst Collage papers Rainbow Boards

A4 Catalyst Collage papers Rainbow Bubbles

Dinkable set 7

Thank you for taking a look. 

Alison 

Calee CT - Doodle Art Fishes and Seahorse samples

Hi ,this week I am sharing my samples for the newly released Doodle Art  Seahorse and Fishes stamps and the Rainbow Bubbles and Rainbow Boards catalyst collage papers.

 

This first card was made by creating a smooshed background and stamping over with black ink using the shells from the Doodle Art Seahorse stamp set . The fishes from the Doodle Art Fishes set were then coloured with Ecoline pens and added to the background , this was then mounted onto green card .

For this card I using a sheet  of catalyst collage paper from the Rainbow Bubbles Set  stamping some of the smaller stampers from both stamp sets into the bubbles / white circles and then adding the seahorse  ,which was coloured with a combination of of Ecoline pens and distress inks and using the sentiment from the seahorse set. For a finishing touch a few crystals were added .

For this card I used the rest of the card with the smooched background  stencilling some leaves using  a Dinkable from set 14 . Fishes and shells were added from both of the stamp sets into.

This card was created very simply with a torn piece of catalyst collage paper collage paper  from the Rainbow boards pack and two seahorses and shells . A few doodled hearts were also added using a white Posca pen .

For this journal page I used the rest of the collage catalyst paper from the Rainbow Boards pack ,some stamping with the smaller worker stamps and some stencilling for my back ground . Then I added some  texture paste and finished with an assortment of shells ,fishes and the sea horse.

So these are my makes so far ,there will be lots more to come ,with these fabulous new stamps and catalyst collage papers 

 Thank you for stopping by and please remember to share your makes into the Bee crafty stamps Facebook group 

Happy crafting

Calee 

Here are the links for the new release :
Doodle Art Fishes 
Doodle Art Seahorse 
Catalyst collage papers : Rainbow Bubbles
                                        Rainbow Boards 

Alison CT - Vintage doesn't mean brown.

Hi everyone, today I'm sharing a step by step guide to creating this vintage style art journal page using a Catalyst Collage Paper, stamping tissue and the Look stamp set.

To begin I cut a piece of the A5 Painted Petals and Portraits Catalyst Collage paper to fit my art journal page.  I then used a sanding block to sand around the edges.

Next I cut around the flower part to create a pocket. I didn't cut to the edge.

Then I stamped Look on to stamping tissue and carefully tore her out.

Next, I carefully tucked the bottom of the stamped image behind the flowers on the catalyst collage paper.  When I had her in position I added matte medium under the tissue and over the whole page. Add a little spritzed water to encourage the edges of the tissue to dissappear in to the background. Leave this to fully dry.

Then, I added a white texture paste through the text part of the coffee stains text inkable. Leave to dry.

After it was dry, I blended victorian velvet distress ink through the Distressed Diamonds inkable. 

Next, I used a black pen to edge the piece and glued it to my page in my journal using pva glue.

Finally, I lightly sanded the Wordy Stickers from the 3B sheet, before cutting them down and adding them to the page.

Here's another look at the finished piece. 

Products used:

A5 Painted Petals and Portraits Catalyst Collage 

Stamping Tissue 

Faces; Look stamp set 

Coffee Stains Text Inkable 

Distressed Diamonds Inkable 

Wordy Stickers 3B

White Texture Paste

Victorian Velvet distress ink 

Black Pen

Thank you for taking a look. 

Alison 

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