Jane DT - Believe in Possibilities Journal Page

 Hello!

Last week on the Bee Crafty Facebook page I started creating a journal page in the 8" x 8" Dylusions journal, so this week for the blog I thought I would finish the whole spread by creating on the left hand page...

1) First I painted the page using blue acrylic paint but to make it a bit more translucent to match the other side I added some Dina Wakley glazing medium as well...

2) The left page was a bit more textured and difficult to stamp on because of the elements on the previous pages, so I decided to stamp some images onto tissue paper that could then be stuck on.  I used the Butterflies Possibilities and Just Bloom sets.

I used archival ink as this would stay permanent on the tissue when adding collage medium...

3) I cut the images out quite near to the lines and then added them to the page using distress collage medium...

4) As the surface was now less porous due to the collage medium I used permanent markers to colour the images...

5) To add some extra highlights I used a white posca pen on the images then added some background dots to the background using a blue posca pen so that the two sides of the spread matched...

6) Finally to help the butterflies stand out I used a water soluble black pencil to add some shading.  Then I took the sentiment from the butterfly set and stamped it in patches multiple times...

To create my spread I used the following:

* Art Stamps by Jane Royston - Butterfly Possibilities 

* Art Stamps by Jane Royston - Just Bloom

* Dylusions 8 x 8 Journal

* Dina Wakley Glazing Medium

* Distress Collage Medium

* Archival Ink

Thank you for looking and happy crafting!

Jane xx

 

Autumnal Brights by DT Ann

  Autumnal Brights

by DT Ann

Inspired by a combination of things this week, firstly the season, I love Autumn.. secondly the challenge over on the Bee Crafty Stamps Facebook group, one of the entries (who used the leaves) & Bev on Try It Out Tuesday. Autumn has such a kaleidoscope of colours to use, I chose magenta, orange & yellow...

Inkables Stencil Sunset large

Happy Days stamp by Jane Royston

Small Words stamp set

Tags & Banners Die

VersaMark Clair  & Archival Inks ( I used pink, red, yellow)

White Texture Paste

Acrylic Paint ( I used magenta & orange)

Palette knife

Bubble wrap

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Cut a piece of card 14cm x 14cm

Put some magenta paint onto a non stick craft sheet, use your palette knife to spread the paint & scrape excess paint onto your card. Then dab bubble wrap into paint & add to background. Repeat with orange. Let it dry.

Place stencil over card and spread texture paste over it, remove stencil ( don't forget to put in water / wash it straight away) leave to dry.

Stamp and fussy cut some leaves from Janes Happy Day stamp set

Die cut a banner from the Tags & Banners die set & stamp a sentiment onto it.  

When texture paste is dry, use some foam pads to adhere banner & leaves.

Finally add finished piece to a 6" x 6" white card.

Thanks for stopping by... Ann x

Caz DT - twin daisy bookmarks

PRODUCTS USED:

Beautanicals daisy stamp

Ledger art stamp

D'inkable brick wall

D'inkable regular dots

Distress oxides/inks

White posca pen

Versafine onyx black

Water spray

Laminate sheet and laminator

Multicolour cord/wool

HOW TO MAKE:

Two strips of card cut to 2"x6" 

Then inked with distress oxide inks/regular

Any colour way you like...

Spray and dab with some tissue to soften the appearance...

Stamp some ledger details onto the background using a distress oxide of complimenting colour...

Stamp daisy detailing onto the bookmark using versafine onyx black, I chose different main images for two different looks... 

Add stencil details using the D'inkables - brick wall and regular dots.... 

Add white pen highlights and edge the borders of your bookmarks with black soot distress to finish them off...

Sit them into a laminate sheet and run through a laminator... Cut out and punch a hole in the top for your coloured wool/ribbon. 

You're done! 

Hope you like 

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Thanks for looking

Sally DT - A distressed mini journal

 

Make yourself a cuppa and have a read (it is a bit of a long one).  I have had this mini mdf journal in my stash for a long time and thought it was about time that I decorated it and put it to proper use. It is ideally sized to make pages from left over bits of gelli prints and other backgrounds too. 

I used 

mdf mini journal

Mandala 7 inkable 

Art Journal words stamp

  White gesso, modelling paste, acrylic paints, gilding wax, sandpaper, gold posca pen, versamark ink and gold embossing powder. 

This is one of those projects that I have completed over several evenings, not because it is hard to do, but to let it dry properly between each stage. I started off by painting all the mdf on both sides with gesso and leaving to dry.

Then I applied modelling paste through the mandala stencil and left to dry overnight.

I chose 2 colours of chalk finish acrylic paint and dry-brushed it over the mdf on both sides, first the blue...

and then the purple

When that was dry I sanded it down with the sandpaper and then applied some gold gilding wax.

Finally I stamped the words in versamark ink and heat embossed in gold. 

Here is the finished journal, although I will be tying some ribbons to the metal rings and adding more pages.  I have also gone around the edges of the mdf with a gold posca pen.

 

Thanks for looking!

Jane DT - Simply With Love

 Hello!

This week on the Bee Crafty blog I am sharing a really quick and simple card for any occasion...

1) I used the Perspective Circles inkable with distress inks to create a background on a piece of white stamping card.

2) Extra distress ink was added around the edges of the card with a blending brush.

3) Using archival black ink I stamped the head of the Doodle Sunflower XL 3 times directly onto the background.

4) I coloured the flowers using markers.

5) The sentiment from Everyday Sentiments 2 was stamped directly onto the card also in black archival ink.

6) The card was mounted onto black card stock then a 5" square card blank.

Here are the products I used:

* Inkables - Perspective Circles

* Doodle Art Stamps - Sunflower XL

* Wordage - Everyday Sentiments 2 (regular)

Sometimes it is good to be able to make a quick card when needed and this was really easy to create.

Thank you for looking and happy crafting!

Jane xx

Autumnal Trio by DT Ann

Autumnal Trio

BY DT ANN

There's definitely an autumnal nip in the air, my favourite time of year...

This week I created a trio of ATC's with the Leafy Branch stencil, another favourite of mine, it might give you some inspiration for the AUTUMNAL challenge on the Bee Crafty Stamps Facebook page.. 

You'll need:

3 x ATC pieces of card (2 1/2" x 3 1/2")

Dinkables Leafy Branch stencil

Stamps : Ticker Tape 2 & La Luna

Distress Oxides : Mowed Lawn, Squeezed Lemonade & Worn Lipstick

Versa Mark

Distress Embossing Glaze: Antique Linen

Posca Pens: Black & White

Washi Tape: Formulas & Graphs

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How To:

 First cut some card into ATC's (2 1/2 inches by 3 1/2 Inches), I used mixed media card, any heavy weight cardstock that will take ink should be ok.

Add some colour by putting the ink onto a non stick craft sheet, lightly spritz until the ink beads (pic 2 ) dab ATC into ink (Pic 1). Do this with each colour (pic 3). Don't forget to mop up the excess on a spare piece of card, you'll need this for your sentiment.

Pic 2

Pic 1

Pic 3

When dry, place Leafy Branch stencil over each ATC & press Versa Mark firmly through aperture (pic 4) .. sprinkle with Distress Glaze, remove excess, heat & cool (pic 5).

NOTE: The Glaze is transparent & the result gives a softer tone to the image, clear embossing doesn't add any tone.

pic4

pic 5

Add some torn pieces of washi tape... randomly on the ATC's (pic 6)

pic 6

Next ink a few random leaves around your main enbossed "leaf" through your cleaned stencil, this time using the Squeezed Lemonade & Worn Lipstick & again emboss with Distress Glaze, don't worry if it's not perfect as it's just part of the background (pic 7)

 

Pic 7

Add some details with the "hanging" Stamp from La LUNA and with your black Posca outline the first Leafy Branch  & add some of dots/dashes/doodles around the edges  (pic8). Use a white Posca?pen to add some hi-lights.

pic 8

Finally stamp the sentiment onto the "mop up" card, cut out & adhere to your ATC's. Some close ups for you...

  

                        Thank you for stopping by ... Ann x

Caz DT - masculine tag

PRODUCTS USED:

Under construction stamp set

steam punk stories cogs

ticker tape 3

Ranger tag

Rust paste

Distress ink tea dye

Distress oxide peacock feathers

Black versafine ink

Versamark ink

Clear and gold embossing powder

HOW TO MAKE: 

stamp out elements from the under construction and cogs set to create a collaged background look...

clear emboss the stamped images - then ink the background with tea dye and peacock feathers...

use a spatula to smear streaks and patches of rust paste to give a more realistic "workman" feel to the design...

stamp and emboss in gold 3 small cogs, cut them out and glue onto the tag in a staggered triangle.

Add twine &

Add a sentiment "adventure awaits" and you're done. 

Hope you like

❤️

Thanks for looking