Alison CT - Monochrome Inspiration

Hi everyone, today I'm sharing two card created the same way but in different colours as inspiration for Sally's challenge in the Bee Crafty Stamps Facebook group. The theme of the challenge is monochrome. 

To begin, use a blending tool to create a strip of lumberjack plaid and fired brick distress oxide down the centre of a piece of card that is 4.75 x 6.75 inches.

Next place the Fernando big one over the card and use a damp cloth to pull some of the ink away through the stencil. Leave to dry.

Tie a piece of red and white bakers twine around the card, crossing it over at the centre of the front of the card.

Use foam pads to stick this layer on to a 5x7 card blank.

Stamp the leaves from Journaling Essentials 7, one with Strawberry Versafine Clair and the other with Tulip Red Versafine Clair.  Cut them out.

Use foam pads to stick them to the card.

Stamp a sentiment from the Everyday Sentiments stamp set, using the Versafine Clair Strawberry. Cut out and add faux stitching with a red pen. Add to the card with foam pads.

Add faux stitching to the card to match the sentiment. 

To create the blue version follow the steps above but use mermaid lagoon and uncgarted mariner distress oxides and warm breeze and Bali blue versafine clair.

Products used:

Journaling Essentials 7

Fernando big one 

Everyday Sentiments 1

Distress Oxide - fired brick, lumberjack plaid, mermaid lagoon, uncharted mariner 

Versafine Clair - strawberry, tulip red, war breeze, bali blue

Red and blue pens

Thank you for taking a look Which colour would you use? 

Alison

Calee CT - Monochrome

Hi ,  a couple of weeks ago I treated myself to a small black journal , which is something a bit different for me but when this month’s challenge theme - monochrome was announced, that was my inspiration to get busy .

The first step was to choose a catalyst card from set #3 which I tore diagonally across the centre and stuck down onto the bottom corner of my page . 

Next I took one of the leaf D’inkables from set 14  and drew through it to create two leaf shapes . I did this using a black fine liner on the catalyst card and a white gel pen on the black page .These I then coloured in the opposite  colours to the background . For this I used a black ink and a white polychromo pencil .

I then used a white gel pen and black fine liner pen  to add a stitched border around the edge of the page and on the leaves again using the opposite colours - black on white / white on black . I also drew some hearts and added some cross hatches to the background.

In my bit box I had a few stamped out clocks  , and with the addition of some of the small cogs , I decided they would be perfect for the monochrome theme . Some fussy cutting gave this clock a more intricate feel and a little shading with a grey pencil gave the centre of the clock more depth.

My last addition to the clock was a coat of glossy accents to the centre of the clock ,to give a glassy feel and some dimension .

While this was drying I stamped out this sentiment from the Time is FREE set adding a few doodles to create a frame . 

This is my finished monochrome page , the first in my new black journal . I’m  pleased with how it turned out,  as I am definitely a lover of lots of colour in my creativity , but it’s definitely good to challenge yourself sometimes and push out of your comfort zone. 

Thank you for taking a look , hopefully I may have given you some inspiration to create a monochrome project. 

Happy crafting 

Calee 

For this project I used -                                               

                             Catalyst cards set #3

                      D’inkables set 14

                                      Art stamps : Time Wasted 

                                                            Time is FREE 

                                                              Glossy accents 

A black ink pad , white  gel pen , black fine liner and polychromo pencils and in  my small black journal  .         

Sally CT - Monochrome inspiration

 

Hi there! I am here with a step by step tutorial to create this simple journal page.

I began by cutting a piece of the greyscale catalyst card from set 4 (A5) and attached it to the page using Matte Medium.

Next I covered one of the texture discs with black soot distress oxide ink, spritzed with water and pressed it onto the page. I lifted off the texture disk and dried the page using a heat tool.

Using the dotty Dinkable I added more ink using a blending brush, as well as around the edges of the page.

I cut the circles and the word from the transparency prints and added them to the page using Matte Medium.

On a scrap of white card I stamped the sketchy flower and cut it out leaving a small white border.

Finally I added the flower to the page too. Here is the finished page....

And next to it's companion in the journal. 

I used:

Catalyst cards set #4 - A5 greyscale

Distress oxide ink in Black soot

Texture discs set #4

Dinkables set #2 

Transparency Prints - Beautiful and Brave, and Journaling Essentials #1

Sketchy Flowers stamp set
 Versafine Clair Black ink

Matte Medium

Although monochrome is out of my comfort zone, I love how beautifully this contrasts with it's colourful companion! It's also inspiration for the challenge over in the Bee crafty Stamps group. 

Don't forget, if you find yourself on the Bee Crafty Website from my blog post, you can get yourself an extra 10% off by using my discount code! Just pop BEESALLY10 in at the checkout x

I think I will be back to my usual colourful self next week! 

Thanks for looking! 

Alison CT - Look for something positive

Hi everyone, today I'm sharing an art journal page created using the Dream stamp, one of the A4 Catalyst cards and a 6" inkable.

To begin, cut one of the A4 catalyst cards so that it measure 19cm by 19cm. Then stamp Dream, where you want the final image to apear. Use a craft knife to cut her out.

Next, stamp Dream again, but on a piece of white card that is a bit bigger than the hole.

Stamp the crosses and dots and the hearts in a circle, from the Journaling Essentials 1 using black soot distress ink.  Then stamp the strip of hearts from Journal Art Elements 2 using the same ink.

Sponge black acrylic ink through the 6" brick wall inkable, so that it creates a wall around the hole. Leave to dry. Then add white dots, using a posca pen, to the bottom of every brick.

Using foam tape, carefully, stick Dream so that she is looking through the hole.

Stick this to a page in an art journal using foam tape on the back of the catalyst card and wet glue on the back of Dream.

Finally add the sentiment from Ticker Tape 1.

Products used:

Faces: Dream stamp set

A4 Catalyst Cards 3

Brick Wall 6 inch inkable 

Ticker Tape 1 stamp set

Black Acrylic Paint 

Sponge

Versafine Clair Nocturne 

Black Soot Distress Ink 

Calee CT -Blue and Brown combo

Hi everyone , this week I have a card  for my step by step guide. I am still playing with all the gorgeous new products and thought the journal page catalyst card would work really well with a blue and brown colour scheme . 

My first step then was to choose the blue and brown inks I wanted for my background . On a piece of smooth white card I inked across both corners in Vintage Photo distress ink. Choosing two D’inkables from set 2 . I then added some Blue Print Sketch distress ink , again across the corners , leaving the centre of my card ink free . 

Next taking a journal page catalyst card from the #4 pack.I stamped out a selection of clocks from both sets , Time is FREE and Wasted Time . 

Next , because I cant resist these leaves from the Journaling Essentials #7 , they just work for so many projects , I stamped out one in Blue Print sketch and one in Versafine Pine cone .These I would cut out later . 

I have been wanting to combine the beautiful clocks  with some flowers , so taking a look in my collection , I chose the Doodle Art  Dancing Daisy . Although this is a large stamp it is also quite delicate , so I knew it would make an impact without over shadowing the clocks . I stamped it on to another of the catalyst cards from pack #3.This time finding one in a blue colour scheme . 

Next I cut out the clocks , cutting one in half as I wanted to build them up in a group behind the daisy . And why use two when you can use one! 

Before deciding on the placement of the Daisy and clocks my background need a boarder . I added a black edge to my card using a ruler and broad black marker and with a fine liner pen, also black , I doodled around the edges

I usually stamp all of my images in black ink but for this project I kept to the brown / blue colour scheme and used a Versafine  Clair ink in Pine cone . I think it worked well for this card and I must try to use more colours for stamping in my crafting !  

To the finished the  card I added the Time is FREE sentiment from the set of the same name and a couple of circular elements from the Doodle Art Dancing Daisy set. 

Thank you for taking a look at my step by step this week , happy crafting

Calee 

For this project I used :                                                         

                 Catalysts cards - pack #3and#4

                                  Stamp sets  -Doodle Art  Dancing Daisy 

                                  Art stamps -Time is FREE            Wasted Time

                                Distress inks - Blue Print sketch 

                                                  Vintage Photo 

                      Versafine  Clair - Pine cone 

Some smooth white card pack, black pens fine and broad , a ruler and card blank . 

Sally CT - Wild and Free journal page

 

Hi There! I had a lovely play in my journal this week creating this page. Here's how I did it.

I began by covering the page using 2 pieces of catalyst papers. adding a torn edge which I inked using vintage photo distress ink. I stuck them down using matte medium. 

I added some torn washi tape in strips down the page. 

On a separate piece of paper I stamped some sketchy flowers and coloured them with ecoline pens before  cutting them out. 

I also stamped the clock and cog border in grey versafine clair ink and cut it out

I added the elements to the page along with a sentiment from a transparency sheet. 

here is the finished page again. 

I used:

Catalyst Cards #3 in both A5 and A6

Washi tape

Sketchy Flowers stamp set

Wasted Time Stamp set

Versafine Clair ink in Nocturne and Morning Mist

Ecoline pens

Transparency prints - Creative words black on clear

Matte Medium 

If you aren't aware already there is a brand new challenge over on the Bee Crafty Stamps facebook group where the theme is monochrome. Here's a little inspiration. 

Tonight at 8pm I will be live over on the Bee Crafty stamps page creating something monochrome as inspiration too.

Don't forget, if you find yourself on the Bee Crafty Website from my blog post, you can get yourself an extra 10% off by using my discount code! Just pop BEESALLY10 in at the checkout x

Thanks for looking!  

Alison CT - Altered Playing Cards

Hi everyone, today I'm sharing three altered playing cards. One for the promot yellow, one for the prompt sunburst and the last one for the prompt spring.

To begin I covered the card with a piece of the media papers.

I then spritzed the card with squeezed lemonade distress oxide spray and when dry squeezed lemonade distress spritz. 

Next I blended fossilized amber distress ink through the Moroccan Tile inkables tag. I then rubbed the Versafine Clair golden meadow ink pad over the back of the numbers inkables tag and used a brayer to press it firmly on the card. 

Next, I stamped the dots stamp, from the Doodle Art Sunflower stamp set,  using Craft Artist Fussion Apricot.

Then I stamped the Sunflower using Craft Artist Fusion Lychee; the Bird, from Journaling Essentials 6, with Craft Artist Fusion Apricot; the Clock and Cog, from the Time is Free stamp set, with versafine clair golden meadow. I then cut them out. I coloured the clock and sunflower with pencils.

Finally I glued everything to the card, added a sentiment and faux stitching.

For the Sunburst prompt I used the sunburst texture disc from set 4, the Burds and Butterflies regular stamp set and the All Hallows Transparency Prints.

For the Spring prompt I used the Sketchy Fliwers stamp set, the Dragonfly stamp set and a sentiment from the Wordy Stickers 1.

Products used:

Media Papers Backgrounds

Inkables Tags 1

Doodle Art Sunflower stamp set

Art Stamps Time is Free

Inkables Texture Discs 4

Birds and Butterflies regular stamp set 

All Hallows Transparency Prints 

Sketchy Flowers stamp set 

Dragonfly stamp set 

Wordy Stickers 1

Journaling Essentials 6

Thank you for taking a look. 

Alison