Calee CT - Marvellous Day

Hi , after a couple of weeks break I’m back with a new step by step . This week I used the inspiration of the Bee Crafty palette for my colour selection and created a card 

For my fist step I cut a piece of of smooth white card to fit a 6x6 in card base and selected the inks from my stash which fitted with this week colour palette .

Using the two palest colours , distress inks Spun Sugar  and Victorian Velvet , a striped background was created . A few sprinkles of water to remove some ink gave a slightly mottled effect , 

Using distress inks Villainous Potion and distress oxide Wilted violet and two Inkables from set 2 some stenciled areas were added . 

Next using the journaling art element stamp set and adding another colour from this weeks  palette, Saltwater  taffy, I stamped a few random additions to my background.

Using a ruler and black sharpie pen a frame was added and with a fine liner pen doodled border completed the background. 

Choosing one of the birds from the Doodle Art Rainbow bird stamp set , a bird was stamped and coloured with the same combination of inks .

Some white faux stitching details were  added to the bird using a white gel pen . I then stamped a sentiment from the Everyday sentiments stamp set using Villainous Potion. 

The last step was to glue down my bird and sentiment  and mount on to my card blank . 

Thank you for taking a look at my step by step , I hope you found it helpful and inspiring , why not have a play with this week’s colour palette , we would love to see what you create . 

Happy crafting 

Calee 

Here’s a list of products I used:                                   

Distress inks -Villainous Potion 

                    Saltwater Taffy 

              Spun Sugar 

                    Victorian Velvet

Distress oxide -Wilted Violet.     

     Stamps -Doodle Art Rainbow Birds

           Journal Art Elements #2l

        Everyday Sentiments 

    D’inkables set 2.                               

A sheet of smooth white card , a black sharpie pen , a black fine liner and white gel pen . 

Sally CT - Challenge and Colour Palette inspiration

 

Hi There! Happy New Year! Over on the Bee Crafty Facebook Group, Bev is giving us some stunning colour palettes to play around with for inspiration. Thought I would join in the fun AND make some Floral inspiration for the challenge at the same time. Here's how it came together

I began by blending inks across a page in my 5x5 journal. I used Victorian Velvet, Milled lavender and wilted violet Distress inks. 

Next I used a tag inkable to add some Saltwater Taffy Distress Oxide ink to the page. 

On a separate piece of card I stamped and cut out the flower from Journaling Essentials #9, colouring it with coloured pencils. 

Using the same stamp set I added more stamping in Monarch and Lilac Bloom Versafine Clair ink.

Finally I added the flower and a couple of wordy Stickers to the page with Matte Medium, along with some faux stitching with the coloured pencil and a white gel pen. 

Here's the finished page again.

I used:

Inkables Tag set #1

Journaling Essentials Stamp set #9

Wordy Stickers - I used 3B

Distress Oxide ink - I used Saltwater Taffy

Distress Inks - I used Wilted Violet, Milled Lavender and Victorian Velvet

Versafine Clair ink - I used Monarch and Lilac Blooms

Matte Medium

Coloured pencils

White gel pen

I have really enjoyed playing with some colours that I wouldn't normally use.  

Thanks for looking! 

Alison CT - Dragonfly Tag

Hi everyone, today I'm sharing a step by step guide to creating this dragonfly tag using a selection of products from Bee Crafty. 

To begin I blended festive berries distress oxide through the fernando big one on to a size #8 Tim Holtz mixed media tag.  I then blended the same ink around the edges. 

I stamped the grid stamp, from Journaling Essentials 9, several times using Versafine Clair nocturne ink. 

Next, I stamped the circle stamp, from Journaling Essentials 1 using the same black ink.

I then added some of the crosses and dots stamp, from Journaling Essentials 1, using festive berries distress oxide. 

To complete the background, I blended black soot distress oxide through one of the texture discs from set 4. I then mounted this on to black card.

On separate card, I stamped the Doodle Art dragonfly. I coloured him with distress watercolour pencils and added white pen. I then cut him out. I also stamped him directly on to the tag.

I glued the dragonfly in place.

Next I added a sentiment from the Wordy Stickers 3B to which I added a white faux stitched border.

Finally I added a puece of ribbon. As the piece I had was not long enough to tie to the tag I stapled it in place.

Products used:

Fernando big one 

Journaling Essentials 1

Journaling Essentials 9

Doodle Art Dragonfly stamp set 

Wordy Stickers 3B

Tag

Distress Oxides - festive berries, black soot

Versafine Clair nocturne 

White pen

Thank you for taking a look. 

Alison 

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