Alison CT - Altered Playing Cards

Hi everyone, today I'm sharing my last five altered playing cards for the #beecraftydeck2024 challenge.

For the first one, week 48 pinecones, I have used tea dye distress ink to create a background. Then I stamped the pinecone from the wreath stamp set using versamark ink and heat embossed with Ranger scorched timber distress embossing glaze. I then stamped 3 cones on to separate card and heat embossed them with the same glaze. I stamped the leafy part of the wreath with versafine clair spruce ink and cut out the part I wanted. I glued the cones and leaves to the background and added a sentiment from the Christmas wordy stickers.

For the second one, week 49 bows, I created a background using the curckes and bakewell big ones with villainous potion and festive berrues distress ink. I added sari silk ribbon to make the card look like a parcel, then added the transparency bow from the yuletide sheet and a sari silk bow on top. Finally I added a sentiment from the Ticker Tape 4 stamp set.

For the third one, week 50 bells, I created a background using weathered wood distress ink through the arrows inkable tag from set 1, then added grit texture paste through the stars texture disc from set 3. After leaving thus to dry I added three sets of bells from the wreath stamp. These had been stamped using versafine clair nocturne and coloured using squeezed lemonade distress spritz and festive berries distress ink. Finally I added a sentiment from my stash.

For the fourth one, week 51 snowman, I began by stamping the words from the sniw birder, flakes and words stamp set using versafine clair warm breeze ink. Then I blended lost shadow distress ink through the snow flake dinkable from set 4 and grit texture paste through the splat dinkable from set 3. To create the snowman I blended lost shadow through the circles inkables big one and cut out 2 large and 1 small circle. I added snowman features using pens. I then glued the snowman to the card. I added a sentiment from the Winter wordy stickers.

For the last one, week 52 2024, I used a catalyst paper to create the background. On seperate card I stamped the 2024 using the numbers stamp set with versafine clair nocturne ink. I cut them out and glued them to the card. I then added spots of stickles glitter glue to each number. The sentiment is from the Winter Wordy stickers. 

Products used.

Big ones - Circles, Bakewell

Inkable tags - set 1

Dinkables - sets3 and 4

Inkables texture disks - set 3

Yuletide Transparency Prints 

Art stamps - Wreath

Art stamps - Snow border, flakes and words

Art stamps  - Numbers

Wordage - ticker tape 4

Winter Wordy stickers  white

Winter wordy stickers black

Catalyst paper

Distress ink - Festive berries, Villainous potion, Tea dye, Weathered wood, Lost shadow 

Distress embossing glaze  - scorched timber

Distress spritz - squeezed lemonade 

Versafine Clair - nocturne, warm breeze, spruce

Sari silk ribbon

Stickles glitter glue

Thank you for taking a look.

Alison 

Butterfly heart

Hi everyone, today I'm sharing a step by step guide to creating this card using an inkables big one, two stamp sets and and an easy frame.

 

To begin I added grit paste through the botanical garden big one on to a piece of six and a half by four and a half inch piece of card. I left this to dry thoroughly. 

Next I carefully used the four inch heart easy frame to apply festive berries distress ink over the texture paste.

I then glued this to a five by seven inch card blank.

On seperate card I stamped the Doodle Art Butterfly and coloured it with glitter gel pens. I cut it out.

I then glued it over the heart on the card.

Finally I stamped a sentiment from the mixed messages 4 stamp set, cut it out and inked the edges with festive berries distress ink and glued it to the card.

 

Products used:

Inkables Big Ones - botanical garden

4 inch heart easyframe

Doodle Art Butterfly stamp set 

Mixed Messages 4 stamp set 

Distress grit paste

Festive berries distress ink pad

Versafine Clair nocturne 

Thank you for taking a look. 

Alison 

Sally CT - Home note card

  

Hi There! Thought I would show you how I made this card today. 

I began by stamping sky terrace on to an A6 piece of greyscale catalyst card. 

Next I tore some strips of coloured catalyst card to make the hills. I chose 3 which contrasted in colour, playing with them until I was happy with the arrangement. 

on another piece of coloured catalyst card I painted a thin layer of gesso to make the colours a bit less vibrant. 

I blended a little mermaid lagoon ink onto the gessoed card too. 

After sponging a little walnut stain Distress oxide around the edges of each layer, I began to stick them together using matte medium. I tucked the edge of the house into the last layer.  

I attached the papers to the front of a 6x4" white card and added the Home sticker from the Winter wordy stickers. 

Here is the finished card again. 

I used: 

A6 Catalyst cards #1 Greyscale and full colour

Doodle art Houses  - Sky Terrace

Wordy Stickers Winter 

Versafine clair ink - Nocturne

Distress Oxide ink - Mermaid lagoon and Walnut Stain

Matte Medium

Thank you so much for looking! Wishing you a wonderful festive season!

Alison CT - Quick and easy Christmas card

Hi everyone,  we all receive those unexpected Christmas cards, so today I'm sharing a step by step guide to creating this simple quick make that means you can ensure you don't miss anyone out.

Using a black pen, I used a sharpie, draw a line, about a quarter of the way down, across a piece of five and a half inch square of kraft card.

Next stamp five of the two smallest snowflakes, from the Snow Border,  Flakes and Words stamp set, using an embossing ink pad. 

Add Snowflake Tinsel distress embossing powder and heat emboss.

With a thinner black pen add strings and bows to the snowflakes, so they become baubles. 

Stamp the Nice Baubles sentiment from the Christmas Mixed Messages stamp set. 

Mount this onto cream card then add to a six inch square kraft card card blank.

Products used:

Snow border, flakes and words stamp set

Christmas Mixed Messages stamp set 

Ranger Snowflake Tinsel embossing powder 

Black pens

Embossing ink pad 

Kraft card 

Cream card

Kraft card card blank 

Thank you for taking a look. 

Alison 

CT Alison - Incredible Bird

Hi everyone, today I'm sharing an art journal page created using the Sketchy Birds stamp set and worker stamps from some other sets too.

To begin I blended crushed olive distress ink through the Fernando big one, keeping to the left of the page.

I then spritzed the page very lightly with peeled paint distress spritz.

Next I cut three 2 inch squares from a piece of talens watercolour paper and stamped a different border on each using versafineclair acorn ink. The borders are from Journaling Girl Sam, Over the Moon and Stitched Borders stamp sets. I edged the squares with the brown ink left on my blending foam from its last use.

Next I stamped the sketchy bird and the leafy branch from the Journaling Girls Sam using the acorn ink. I coloured these with pencil crayons and cut out.

Then I stamped the smaller of the branches from the Journaling Essentials 6 set using versafine clair verdant. I coloured them and cut them out.

Next I stamped the flower from Journaling Essentials 3 using warm breeze versafine clair ink. I cut the flower out without colouring.

Finally I stamped the two sentiments, one from the Incredible Words set and yhe other from the Mixed Messages 3, using the acorn ink. I cut them out and edged them in brown.

Next I stamped a small portion of the script background stamp on the bottom left of the page.

Next I glued the three squares to the page as in the photo below.

Then I added the brown leaves to the bottom square. 

I then glued the green leaves to the top right square.

I then added the bird and flower.

Finally I added the two sentiments.

Products used:

Fernando big one

Sketchy Birds 

Journaling Girl Sam

Journaling Essentials 3

Journaling Essentials 6

Script Background 

Stitched Borders 

Over the Moon

Incredible Words 

Mixed Messages 3

Distress Spritz peeled paint

Distress Ink crushed olive

Versafine Clair - Acorn, Verdant, Warm Breeze

Thank you for taking a look. 

Alison 

Sally CT - Another Christmas card

Hi There! I am here with another step by step for this cute Christmas card. Here is how I made it.

I began by blending 3 colours of distress oxide ink across a 4" square of watercolour card. 

Next I sprayed Fossilized Amber Distress Spritz through the Circles 1 big ones inkable. 

When this was dry I stamped over the background using Distress oxide ink. 

On a scrap of card, I stamped the gingerbread man 3 times and coloured with a combination of oxide ink and coloured pencils, before cutting them out. 

I matted and layered the background to a 5x5" card and added the gingerbread men using foam pads.  

Finally I added the sentiment using Versafine Clair ink.

Here is the finished card again....

and you can see the sheen from the distress spritz here.

I used:

Distress Oxide inks in Mustard Seed, Peeled Paint, Fired Brick, Lumberjack Plaid and Tea Dye

Big ones Inkable - Circles 1

Distress Spritz - Fossilized Amber

Doodle Art Christmas Pud stamp set

Wordage Mixed Messages - Christmas stamp set

Versafine Clair Nocturne ink

5x5" card

4x4" watercolour card plus extra for the gingerbread men

Card for matting and layering

Foam pads

Thanks for looking and please don't forget to enter the challenge over in the Bee crafty stamps group