Wednesday, April 29, 2026

Sally CT - My most favourite Bee Crafty Colour Palette yet!

 


Hi there! I had a lovely time playing in my journal with the latest Bee Crafty Palette. Here's what I did. 

I began by sponging Broken China and Twisted Citron across a double page in my 5x5" journal. 
Next I used the Fern Flourish and Bakewell Inkable: Big ones and blended through some Villainous Potion and Rustic Wilderness Distress Oxide inks.

I also sprayed a little Twisted citron Distress Spritz through the inkable. 
Whilst the background was drying I stamped the Doodle Art Dragonfly in Versafine clair black ink and coloured it using broken China and Villainous potion Distress Oxide inks. I also added a few white pen dots. 
Once the background was dry I added some stamping using the smaller stamps from Journaling Essentials #9 and the same distress oxide inks. 
Next I added the dragonfly to the page using matte medium. 
On a scrap of lime green card I stamped the ticker tape sentiment in black versafine clair. I cut it out and added it to the page with matte medium. 
Here are the finished pages again. 

I used:
Distress Spritz - Twisted Citron
Distress Oxide inks in Villainous Potion, Rustic Wilderness, Twisted Citron and Broken China
Black Versafine Clair ink
White posca pen

Thanks for looking! 

Sunday, April 26, 2026

Alison CT - Spring Zing

Hi everyone today I'm sharing a card as inspiration for Sally's challenge. 
Begin by pouring a little amount of Dina Wakley gloss spray on to a blending mat.  Allow it to spread naturally then dip a 6 x6 inch square of card in to it. Repeat with a second colour.

Blend wild honey distress oxide through the chevron texture disc from set 3.
Create a white circular frame. I've used stitched circle dies to do this.
Mat and layer the background on to black card then a card blank. Add the frame using foam pads.
On separate card stamp 2 large and 3 small five petal flowers from the Blooming Blooms stamp set and 5 leaves from Journaling Essentials 5. Colour to match the background and cut out.
Add the flowers to the frame using a wet glue and foam pads. Stamp the sentiment in the centre of the circle.
Products used:
Circle dies

Thank you for taking a look. 
Alison 

Friday, April 24, 2026

Calee CT - Trio of Spring Flowers


Hi, this week I have a trio of tags using the small flowers from the Spring Flowers Doodle Art stamps and bits and pieces from my bit box .


Firstly working on all three tags and using Squeezed Lemonade ,Tumbled Glass and Saltwater Taffy a smooshed background colour was added to each tag .

Next using the background Script stamp and the same three inks each tag was given  a layer of script .


 Over this I added some scraps of catalyst cards, some torn pieces and some more precisely cut .


Then using more distress inks in corresponding colours and the filler stamps from the Spring Flowers Doodle Art stamps more layers were built up on each tag . The colours used were Cracking Campfire , Blueprint Sketch ,Villainous Potion and Picked Raspberry.


The nextstep was to have a little rummage in my bit box , where I found the  three clocks from the Time is Free Art stamps set and  three butterflies from the Birds and Butterflies Art Stamp set .All I needed  to do was cut them out ,as there was all ready lots of colour in my background I chose to leave them mono chrome .


Next l stamped out the smaller version of the Spring  Flowers , the  Daffodil , Tulip  and Lillius .These were then coloured with Ecoline water colour pens .


Here are my finished tags and I’m afraid to say this is where I got a little carried away completing them and didn’t take s many photos as I should . However as you can see I mounted them on to black card and added a white stitched border. Then glued a clock ,butterfly and flower on each one along with a sentiment from each stamp set .
Thank you for taking a look this week . 
Happy crafting 
Calee 
Here a list of the products I used for my tags 
3 white card tags ,a sheet of black card ,Posca paint pens and a black fine liner pen 


Wednesday, April 22, 2026

Sally CT - A very quick and easy card

 Hi There! Today I am here with a step by step for a very simple card using this week's crafty Palette. Here's how I made it. 

I began by using masking tape to secure Inkable Mandala 4 to the front of an ivory deckle edged 6x6" blank card. I blended Picked Raspberry, Broken china, Cracked Pistachio and Aged Mahogany through the inkable. 
On a scrap of cream card I blended striped of the same inks and then stamped the smaller Lillius onto the blended ink with Versafine Clair black ink.
Next I cut out the flower and attached it to the front of the card using 3d foam tape.
I added gold liquid pearls to the stamens and used the gelly Roll moonlight sparkle pen to go over the flower to make it twinkle.
Finally I added the sentiment from the Lillius set using Black versafine Clair ink. 
Tod you it was quick and easy! 
I used:
Distress inks in Broken China, Picked Raspberry, Cracked Pistachio and Aged Mahogany 
Black versafine Clair ink
6x6" ivory deckle edged card blank

There is just over a week left to get your entries in to the Bee Crafty Stamps facebook group challenge where the theme is Spring Zing (Spring images and/or Bright Zingy colours) 
I hope you can join in the fun for a chance to win a prize! 
Thanks for looking! 

Sunday, April 19, 2026

Alison CT - Cone Flower Spring Zing

Hi everyone, today I'm sharing a step by step guide to creating this art journal page using Catalyst Collage and Catalyst Card with the Cone Flower stamp as inspiration for Sally's challenge in the Bee Crafty Facebook group. 

the https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1A1QZSTMsK/

Begin by cutting several strips from one of the Spring Paint Catalyst Collage Papers, cut two different widths. Glue these to a page in an art journal using matte medium. It doesn't matter if they aren't glued in the correct order that they came from the original sheet.
Taking three off cuts of Catalyst Card from pack 3, edge them with white embossing powder by  tapping the edges on to an embossing pad then sprinkle white embossing powder,  tap off any excess then heat set. Do the same on a piece of ripped book page.

Stamp and white heat emboss the Cone Flower. Colour and cut out. I used distress oxide inks and a waterbrush. 

Glue the paper and card pieces and the flower to the page as in the photo.
Finally, add a Wordy Sticker sentiment. 
Products used:
Embossing ink pad
Old book page

Thank you for taking a look. Please have a good at the challenge,  theme Spring Zing. 
Alison 

Friday, April 17, 2026

Calee CT - Dandedaisy


Hello ,this week I have journal page using the lovely Doodle Art Dandedaisy one of my favourite flower stamps .


Working in my A5 journal and using a catalyst collage paper from the A5 Spring Paint collection . I tore the paper in to strips and glued on to my page .


Next I inked lightly all over the remaining areas with Saltwater Taffy distress ink and added some stencilling through one of the leaf  Dinkables in set 14 . I choose Distress oxides Fossilized amber and Kitsch Flamingo as these pulled in the colours from the catalytic collage paper 


Then again using the catalyst collage paper for my inspiration ,I used Distress ink Broken China to add some dots with a dinkable from set 2 and edged my page with Peacock Feathers Distress ink .


Taking some white texture past  and an other Dinkable from set 14 ,3 areas of texture were added and using the left over paste some random shapes .


While I waited for this to dry , the Doodle Art Dandedaisy was stamped and coloured in complimentary colours using Ecoline water colour pens .I then cut it out ,leaving a small white border , ready to add to my page .


Using one of the  smaller stamps from this set I stamped and coloured 3 sets of triangles adding some white dots and squiggles. Next I framed my page using a black fine liner and a very loose doodled line. While I had the pen in my hand I couldn’t resist adding some small hearts as you can see in next photo .


After positioning my Dandedaisy and again using this stamp set , I stamped 3 of the script coins / circles onto some of the left over  catalyst collage paper and added them to my page using.


 All I then needed was a sentiment and sticking with this set , I stamped the sentiment in black and cut it into flag shape , edged with black pen .

Thank you for stopping by , it is always appreciated , I hope you enjoyed some crafting time this week !
Happy crafting 
Calee .
As usually a list of the products I used this week follows
                                   Kitsch Flamingo
Ecoline watercolour pens 

Wednesday, April 15, 2026

Sally CT - Journaling with this week's Bee Crafty Palette

 

Hi There! This week I thought I would have a little play with the Bee Crafty Palette in my journal. Every week Bev is providing some inspiration on the Bee Crafty Facebook page for the new colours. Some folk might find 5 shades of brown a bit tricky, but to me it gave off vintage vibes, so here's what I did. 
 
I began by smooshing some Rusty Hinge distress oxide ink over a double page in my journal. 

I also smooshed some Vintage photo distress oxide ink. 
Using the same ink I used a tag inkable from set one and blended through it around the pages. 
Next I used the script stamp (not on a stamping block) to add patches of script in Ground espresso Distress oxide ink.  
To finish off the background, I added a few splatters of the Ground Espresso and some white splatters too. 
I chose one of the small images from the front A4 sheet of Autumn portraits Catalyst collage papers. I cut it out and blended a little ink around the edges. 
On a scrap of paper, I stamped the large flower from Journaling essentials set 8, cut it out and coloured it using rusty hinge Distress oxide ink. 
I added both of these to the pages with matte medium, adding a few highlights with a gold pen. On the background, I also added a little stamping using a smaller stamp from the journaling essentials set already mentioned. 
On a piece of rust coloured paper, I stamped and heat embossed a ticker tape sentiment in white. 
I cut this out and added it to the pages with matte medium. 
Here are the finished pages once more. 

I used:
Distress Oxide inks in Rusty Hinge, Vintage Photo and Ground Espresso
Versamark ink
White ink/ paint or posca pen for splatters

I will be live at 8pm this evening on the Bee Crafty Facebook page. I hope you can join me. 
Thanks for looking! 
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