Calee CT - Autumn Candle Holder

Hi ,this week I have little up cycling project for you . I had this small glass that had developed a small crack but I kept looking at it and thinking it would be a great tea light holder . Here are the steps it took to transform it .

First I gave the glass really good clean and found my stamping tissue .

Next I needed to decide on a theme and which stamps to use . I settled on the Mixed Leaves Art stamps with an autumnal theme .

Using a selection of the stamps I created a random pattern on the tissue paper .

I then coloured the images with sharpie pens in oranges ,reds and yellows .Some of the colours bled a little and it was tricky colouring on the tissue paper ,but I was happy with the results .

Wanting more colour to the paper I used fossilised amber and worn lipstick Distress Spritz and added a few sprays of each colour . I wasn’t sure how these would react when I glued my paper on to the glass but as this was a try it and see project I just went with it .

As the spritz colours had dried quite pale I added more colour with some Barn Door distress ink applying the ink to a sheet of acetate and spraying with  water . This was then smooshed over the tissue paper . It did occur to me then that I had worked on my design in reverse as I added the ‘background’after the main images but as I haven’t worked on this type of project before , I was happy to just let it develop as I went long .

After leaving the tissue paper to thoroughly dry it was time to apply the tissue paper to my glass ,This was done by coating the glass with gel medium and carefully applying the paper a little at a time , smoothing as I went . There were some wrinkles and creases in the paper but I was happy with this and felt that it gave the glass some texture. When semi dry I gave the whole glass a second coat of gel medium.

To finish my candle holder some gold glitter was adde to the rim of the glass, gluing around the edge and dipping into the glitter ,I also glued on a few tiny sequin stars .

I am really happy with how this project turned out , although I have had a go at decoupage before  have always used napkins or decoupage papers and never stamped my own tissue . I was surprised how easy it was to use stamps to create my own paper . I will definitely be using this technique again as you can create unique designs and the possibilities are endless .

I hope my step may have inspired you to have a go at a project like this, please share into the Bee crafty facebook group if you do 

Happy crafting 

Calee 

Products used this week were :                                                           

Bee crafty stamping tissue 

Stamps - Arts stamps Mixed Leaves 

Distress Spritz - fossilised Amber 

                     Worn lipstick 

Distress ink -barn door 

A cracked glass ,various sharpie pens ,gel medium and some gold glitter.

Sally CT - Samples for the New Autumn Stamps and Papers

  

Hi There! On Monday Bev and Sam were on Craft Unlimited Live TV with some brand new goodies! I absolutely love the Stamps and Catalyst Collage papers - they are very me!  Here are the samples I made with them. My First card was simply stamped and heat embossed in gold using the Autumn Floral stamp set. 

I used the A4 Catalyst Collage Pumpkin Season papers to cover this tag and then added some die cut circles and Mushrooms from the Autumn and Acorns stamp set. The sentiment is from the Autumn Florals stamp set.

My next card was my personal favourite from the ones I have made so far. I used dinkables to add ink to the base card and added some stamping around the easy frame circle outline. I coloured a range of leaves and acorns from the Autumn and Acorns stamp set and layered these on using 3d glue to make a semi circle. 

Here is a card featuring the beautiful Sunflower from the Autumn Florals stamp set, which I stamped in Versafine Clair Sand Dune and coloured in ecoline pens to create a no line effect. I layered it onto some of the beautiful Pumpkin Season Catalyst Collage papers

Finally, another card created over a background sprayed with Distress oxide sprays in Rustic Wilderness, Crackling Campfire and Fossilized Amber. Once this was dry I stamped it using the Versafine Clair Sand Dune ink before adding a ribbon and some Coloured leaves and acorn that I cut out and added using 3d glue. 

You can find the New Stamps and papers in the Autumn 2026 section on the website, or individually

Autumn Florals Stamp set

Autumn and Acorns Stamp set

Autumn Art Journal Catalyst Collage papers and Pumpkin Season Catalyst Collage papers bundle

I will be live at 8pm this evening playing a little more with these gorgeous goodies, over on the bee Crafty Facebook page. I do hope you can join me x

Thanks for looking! 

Alison CT - Butterflies and Circles

Hi everyone, today I'm sharing a step by step guide to creating this tag using just two products along with glue and card from my stash.

To begin I glued a tag to the back of the piece of Circles and Butterflies Catalyst Collage paper. I then used a sanding block to remove the excess paper.

Then I glued this to a piece of black card, trimmed it so there was a border and re-punched the hole.

Next I cut out one of the pieces from the cover sheet from the pack and mounted it on to black card.

I added this piece to the tag using foam tape.

Then I roughly cut out three of the butterflies from the sheet with the individual butterflies on it and glued them to a thin piece of card to give them some stability. I cut them out leaving a small border. 

Next I used a brush micron pen to add a stitched border around the edge of the tag and the layered piece.

I used foam tape to add the butterflies to the tag. 

Finally I added a sentiment from the Wordy Stickers 2B.

Products used:

Circles and Butterflies A4 Catalyst Collage papers 

Wordy Stickers 2B

Black brush fineliner

Matte Medium 

Foam tape

Black card

Thin white card

Thank you for taking a look. 

Alison 

Calee CT - Autumn colours

Hello this week I have a double page journal spree to share with you . I have used the week 38  palette colours with a couple of changes for colours I don’t have in my crafty stash .

My first  step was to create a smooshed background using three distress oxides , picked raspberry ,ripe persimmon (  instead of carved pumpkin , which is now on my wish list ) and twisted citron. This was done using some acetate and a spray of water.

  Next some stencilling was added using villainous potion distress ink and the leaf mask from set 14 dinkables and then using picked raspberry oxide and this dotty dinkable from set 15 .

Lots more leaves were then added using the Mixed Leaves Art stamp set , these were stamped randomly around my page using inks from the colour palette.

I finished my background with an edging of picked raspberry distress ink and a doodled border using a black fine liner pen .

My focal images for this page were created from two Doodle Art stamp sets , Pumpkins and Mushrooms.These were all coloured using a selection of distress and distress oxide inks and Ecoline water colour pens in the palette colours with white highlights and faux stitches in white gel pen .

This is how my page came together after trying a few different layout  ideas , I glued everything down and chose this sentiment from the Autumn /Winter transparency Prints.

When I started with is page with the colour palette for week 38 I wasn’t really sure it would work for an autumnal layout but I actually think the colours work really well 

Thank you for taking a look this week 

Happy crafting 

Calee

Here is a list of the products used :

Inks - distress oxides picked raspberry 

                                 ripe persimmon 

                               twisted citron 

distress inks villainous potion 

                   Picked raspberry 

Inkables -Dinkables sets 14 &15 

Stamps -Doodle Art Mushrooms 

                             Pumpkins 

Sentiment - Autumn /Winter Transparency Prints 

Alison CT - Autumn is here...

Hi everyone today I'm sharing an autumnal themed tag as the weather here is decidedly autumnal at the moment. 

To begin I applied Ranger opaque crackle paste through the pebble pavement big one and left it to dry.

Next I spritzed it with walnut stain,spiced marmalade and lumberjack plaid distress spray stain. I then lightly spritzed it with water and left it to dry.

I then mounted the tag onto brown card.

On separate card,  I stamped the smaller of the five leaflet stamp using Versafine Clair pinecone. I watercoloured them with shades of yellow, orange and brown distress oxide inks. I cut them out.

Next I added the leaves to the tag. Cutting them to make them fit.

Finally I added a Wordy Sticker sentiment from the autumn sheet, which I had glued to a piece of brown card before adding it to the tag. 

Products used:

Art Stamps Mixed Leaves

Big Ones Pebble Pavement 

Wordy Stickers Autumn 

Ranger opaque crackle paste 

Versafine Clair pinecone 

Selection of autumnal coloured distress oxide inks

Thank you for taking a look. 

Alison 

Sally CT - Painted Gaze

 

Hi There! I have a very painty journal page for you today! Here's how I did it. 

I began by tearing the image from the A4 Painted Gaze index sheet and added to the page using matte medium. 

Next, I selected 3 similar paint colours ( I used Dylusions Peony Blush, Lemon Zest and Blue Lagoon) and painted patches of colour across both pages. 

I then added a patch of Black gesso to the right page, placed the 6x6" inkable over it and used a damp cloth to lift some of the gesso from the page. 

Using the Dinkables dot stencil, I added some more black gesso to both pages before adding some marks using dylusions Tangerine Dream paint and a brush. 

Then I added a few more marks with a black sharpie. 

Finally, I added a wordy Sticker sentiment and some gelly roll moonlight faux stitching around them. 

Here are the finished pages once more. Shocked myself because I realised I didn't stamp on it at all!!! It would, however, fit the theme of the current Bee Crafty Stamps Facebook group Challenge.

I used:

Bee Crafty Catalyst Collage papers - Painted Gaze A4

6x6" inkable - Swirling Circle

Dinkables Set 2

Wordy Stickers 3

Black Gesso

Black Sharpie

Gelly Roll Moonlight Pens

Dylusions paint - Peony Blush, Lemon Zest, Blue Lagoon and Tangerine Dream 

Thanks For Looking! 

Alison CT - Bees and Circles

Hi everyone, today I'm sharing a simple art journal page that doesn't require too many products to create it. It is also inspiration for Sally's challenge in the Bee Crafty Stamps Facebook group. 

To begin,  I cut a piece of A4 Butterflies and Circles Catalyst Collage paper to fit my page. I glued it down with matte medium. 

On separate card, I stamped two of the Doodle Art Bees, coloured them with watercolour pencils and a waterbrush, then cut them out.

I glued these to the page using a pva glue. 

As the background is one of Bev's busier ones, I decided it needed nothing more than a faux stitched border. So I added one with a black Posca pen. In hindsight I think a white one would show better.

To finish the page, I added a sentiment from the Bee Wordy Stickers sheet and added a faux stitched border to each part.

Here's another look at the finished page. 

Products used:

A4 Butterflies and Circles Catalyst Collage paper 

Doodle Art Bee stamp set 

Bee Words Wordy Stickers 

Black Posca pen 

Thank you for taking a look. 

Alison