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!