Sally CT - Coneflowers journal spread

 Here's my final journal spread of 2025. Let me show you how it came together. 

I began by lightly dragging distress oxide ink pads down the page - I used Hickory Smoke, Tumbled Glass and Spun Sugar

Once this was dry, I added a bit of stamping using journaling essentials #9 and Black Versafine Clair ink. 

I tore a piece of the A5 Catalyst Collage Paper- Cone flowers and added to each side of the pages with Matte Medium. 

Using slightly darker shades of Distress Oxide inks (Worn Lipstick and Broken China) I added more stamping using the same journaling Essentials set.

On a separate piece of paper I stamped the larger Doodle Art Coneflower stamp in Versafine Clair ink and cut it out. I used Ecoline pens to colour it in. 

I used Matte Medium to add the cone Flower and some wordy stickers to the page. 

Finally, I added some faux stitching and white pen highlights. 

Here is the finished spread again. 

I used:

5x5" sketchbook

Distress oxide inks - I used Hickory Smoke, Tumbled Glass, Spun Sugar, Worn Lipstick and Broken China

Journaling Essentials set #9 stamps

Doodle Art Cone Flower stamp set

Catalyst Collage papers - A5 Coneflowers

Wordy Stickers 3b

Thanks for looking and a very Happy New Year to you all! 

Alison CT - Mini pieces of abstract art

Hi everyone, today I'm sharing a set of rainbow ATCs to brighten up your day. 

To begin, I cut 3 pieces of white card to three and a half by two and a half inches for my bases. Then I cut one of the A5 catalyst cards, from set 2 so that they were a quarter of an inch smaller than the base cards. I glued them on to the ATCs.

Next I stamped the three rainbows from Journaling Essentials 1 using Versafine Clair strawberry ink. I coloured them with watercolour pencils, then cut them out.

I wanted to add more to the background,  so I used the crosses and dots stamp, from the same stamp set, to add more. I used it on my finger and used black ink. I also added the grid stamp, from Journaling Essentials 9 in the same way.

Next, I added the rainbows using foam tape.

I, then, used a black fineliner to add a faux stitch around the edge.

Finally I added a sentiment from the Wordy Stickers 1, to which I added a border.

Here's a closer look at each one. (Apologies for the orientation of the photos)

Products used:

Catalyst Card A5 full colour #2

White card

Journaling Essentials 1

Journaling Essentials 9

Wordy Stickers 1

Thank you for taking a look.

Alison 

Alison CT - Final Christmas card of the year

Hi everyone, today I'm sharing my final Christmas card of this year. This could Quiet easily be re-created in shades of blue for Sally's challenge. 

To begin,  I stamped both sizes of the button using strawberry Versafine Clair and the larger ribbon using rainforest Versafine Clair. All three stamps are from the Doodle Art Nutcrackin' Christmas stamp set. 

I then smoothed festive berries distress oxide on to my blending mat and spritzer with water. I then dipped my background piece in this. I left this to dry.

Then, I used a blending tool to add festive berries oxide around the edge. 

I glued the background to a 5 x 7 card blank.

On separate card,  I stamped the larger nutcracker and the sentiment.  I coloured the nutcracker with pencil crayons and the sentiment with a gel pens. I then cut them out.

Finally I glued the nutcracker and sentiment to the background. 

Products used:

Doodle Art Nutcrackin' Christmas stamp set 

Versafine Clair - strawberry, rainforest, nocturne 

Distress oxide  - festive berries 

Colouring pencils 

Red gel pens

Thank you for taking a look. 

Alison 

Calee CT - Be happy today

Hi , cards made, presents almost wrapped. So I have had time for a little play in my  6x6 in journal , for this weeks step by step 

I didn’t  have a plan for this page ,so just choose a random collage catalyst paper .This one is an A5  size from the Wing Whispers collection . 

This I cut to size and glued down , leaving a small border of journal page showing . 

Next choosing two D’inkables from set 2 . I used some texture paste to create a panel of brick work and some patches of black circles using Black Soot Distress ink .

Using a white Posca pen , I then added a stitched border to my page and some dot details on the coloured circles. 

My next step was to stamp out the small Dandedaisy from the Doodle Art stamp set . 

  To finish my page I coloured my Dandedaisy with Ecoline water colour pens , doodled some pink hearts and added a sentiment from the Wordy stickers set 3 . 

This was a fairly quick and simple page to create , but sometimes thats all you need .

Thank you for taking a look this week , I have listed the products I have used below.

Happy crafting 

Calee 

Catalyst collage papers -Wing Whispers A5 

Inkables - D’inkables set 2 

           Stamps - Doodle Art Dandedaisy 

Wordy stickers set 3 black 

 Distress ink -black soot      

 A white Posca pen , some texture paste and Ecoline watercolour pens . 

Sally CT - Abstract blue Christmas

 

Hi there! I am here with a little more inspiration for our Blue Challenge over in the Bee Crafty Stamps Facebook group. This sort of card doesn't have to be a Christmas one.   You could use it for just about anything. Here is how I made it.

I began by spraying a piece of mixed media card with Blue sprays - I used oxide ink spray and distress spritz.

Once this was dry I stamped a doodle art Mandala from set #2 onto the background and heat embossed in gold

Next I used the same process to add some doodle art snowflakes.

Across the background I used more stamps from the doodle Art snowflake set and stamped in Chipped Sapphire distress oxide ink.

 On a scrap of blue card, I stamped and heat embossed the sentiment in gold. 

Finally I matted and layered the background to a white 5"square card and added the sentiment with 3d foam pads. 

Here it is again capturing the shine from the embossing.

I used:

Doodle Art Mandalas set #2

Doodle Art Snowflakes (Discontinued)

9cm square of mixed media card

Distress oxide sprays - I used prize Ribbon and Salty Ocean

Distress Spritz - I used Uncharted Mariner

Distress oxide ink - I used Chipped Sapphire

Gold embossing powder

5x5" card blank

Coordinating card for matting and layering

Thanks for looking! 

Calee CT- Gingerbread Bauble

Hi as you can see I’m full on  Christmas card making now and my step by step this week is a bauble card , featuring this cute gingerbread man .

First ,to create my background I cut a mat for my 7x7in card blank . Using Mowed Lawn and Lucy Clover distress inks and this leaf  D’inkable from set 14 . I edged my mat layer with ink and a leaf was added. 

A little difficult to see in this photo, I then used a white gel pen on each leaf adding a boarder and some dotting . 

To create my bauble I cut out a circle of watercolour card,for this you could also use a circular D’inkable .

Using distress inks Mermaid Lagoon and Tumbled Glass and a little water on a brush I coloured my bauble , adding some white gel pen highlights to give a glassy feel .

 My next step was to stamp out and colour two gingerbread men from the Doodle Art Christmas pudding stamp set . For this I used a combination of of Ecoline watercolour pens and gel pens .

Before assembling my card I stamped and mounted , on green card , the Merry Christmas sentiment from the same stamp set .

I then mounted my background on to my card blank adding a dark green matting layer 

Finally I added a doodled border using a black fine liner then drew the top of my bauble and a string attaching the bauble to my branch . I chose to use just one of my gingerbread men with some dimensional paint snow . 

Thank you for  taking a look this week 

Happy crafting 

Calee

A list of products used : 

Inks - distress ink Mermaid Lagoon 

                         Tumbled Glass

                         Mowed Lawn

                          Lucky Clover 

Stamps - Doodle Art Christmas Pud 

Inkables - D’inkables set 14.        

White and green card , Ecoline  watercolour  pens , gel pens and a black fine liner pen . 

   

Sally CT - Time to breathe

 

Hi There! Thought I would take a little break from Christmas prep and have a few minutes art journaling. This is how the pages came together.
 

I began by spraying distress oxide sprays in spun sugar, Wild Honey and Prize ribbon onto a page in my Dylusions journal. I used a brush to make it a little more evenly spread. 

When this was dry I used a face from the A5 Rainbow Thoughts Catalyst collage papers and added it to the page using Matte Medium.

Using Journaling Essentials #9 stamp set I added some stamping to the background using coordinating distress oxide inks then left to dry completely.

Finally I added a handwritten sentiment using acrylic markers.

Here are the finished pages again.

I used:

Rainbow thoughts A5 Catalyst collage papers

Journaling Essentials #9 stamp set

Distress oxide sprays - I used Spun Sugar, Wild Honey and Prize Ribbon

Distress oxide inks - I used Wild Honey, Broken China, Picked Raspberry and Wilted Violet

Matte Medium

Posca pens or other Acrylic pens

I really enjoyed doing this although writing it myself is still out of my comfort zone! I hope you can join me for my Facebook live over on the bee crafty Facebook page at 8pm this evening. 

Thanks for looking!