Calee DT - Hello You

Hello , this week I have a simple card to share with you , with not too many steps , quick and easy for when you just need a card in a hurry . 

My fist step was to take a DL card blank and using some washi  tape , mask off a thin boarder around the edge . As I planed to post this card  I didn’t want too many layers , but still wanted a white edge to my card , to doodle a boarder .

Next I taped down the Fern Flourish big one inkable and using Distress ink Mermaid Lagoon I started to ink through it . 

Next some Distressed ink Squeezed Lemonade was added  over lapping the colours to create a subtle green .

Next the washi tape was peeled off  carefully leaving a thin white edge , to which I added a stitched boarder with a black fine liner pen . 

Using one of  the bird stamps from the Doodle Art Rainbow Birds and some small pieces of  catalyst cards from pack #3 . Three birds were stamped and cut out . 

Next a thin strip of black card was cut and I added a    dotted boarder with a white Posca pen . 

Then I glued down the black strip and birds on to my card in a design that I was happy with .  

Using the Wordage Everyday Sentiments 1. My sentiment was stamped and given a black edge  , for this I used a black sharpie pen and a ruler .

 This is my finished card , while tidying away I spotted a small piece of catalyst card with two little hearts on and couldn’t resist adding them as a finishing touch . 

Thank you for taking a look , I hope you found my step by step useful . 

Happy crafting 

Calee

Here is a list of the products I used : 

Inkable - Big One Fern Flourish 

Distress inks : Mermaid Lagoon 

                           Squeeze Lemonade 

Catalyst Cards #3                         

      Stamps : Doodle Art Rainbow Birds 

Wordage Everyday Sentiments 1 

I also used a white card blank DL size , sheet of black card , white a Posca pen and a black fine liner.  All of my images were stamped using Versafine Clair black ink . 

Sally CT - Hello September Challenge inspiration

 

Hi There! Thought I would share a bit of embossing with you today, as our new challenge over in the Bee Crafty Stamps Facebook group is embossing. This can be heat embossing or dry embossing, so here I am using heat embossing. 

I began by blending autumnal colours of Distress oxide inks over a 4x4" piece of watercolour card. 

Once this was dry, I stamped the leaves in Versamark ink and sprinkled with clear embossing powder

Using a heat tool I melted the embossing powder and then let it cool. 

Over the top of this I sponged a good layer of Ground Espresso Distress Oxide ink.  

Next i spritzed with some coordinating Distress spritz and left to dry before a quick polish of the embossed areas with a soft cloth.

Finally I added a wordy sticker sentiment. 

Here is a close up of that shimmer too. 

I used:

Mixed Leaves art stamps

Distress oxide inks - I used Mustard Seed, Rusty Hinge, Peeled Paint, Crackling Campfire, Walnut stain and Ground Espresso

Clear Embossing powder

Versamark ink

Distress spritz - I used Spiced Marmalade, Barn Door and Walnut Stain

Autumn Wordy stickers

I will be live this evening on the Bee Crafty Facebook page with more ideas for our embossing themed challenge.

Thanks for looking! 

Alison CT - Sunflower tag

Hi everyone, today I'm sharing a step by step guide to creating this tag using the pearls inkable,  the Doodle Art Sunflower stamp set and Wordy Stickers. 

To begin, I blended spiced marmalade distress oxide through the Pearls inkable big one. 

Next, I stamped just the head of the sunflower stamp three times using spiced marmalade distress oxide. 

Then I used the small border stamp, from the sunflower stamp set, with Versafine Clair mornjng mist to create a border all the way round the tag.

Next I stamped the dotty stamp using morning mist. 

On seperate card,  I stamped the sunflower using morning mist ink.  I coloured it with watercolour paint and polychromos pencils. I added white pen and then cut it out. 

I, then, glued the sunflower to the tag.

Finally I added a Wordy Sticker sentiment. 

Products used: 

Doodle Art Sunflower stamp set 

Inkables Big Ones  Pearls

Wordy Stickers  Autumn B

White posca pen

Versafine Clair morning mist 

Distress oxide - spiced marmalade 

Thank you for taking a look. 

Alison

Calee CT - Bee Tag

Hi all , this week I have a tag for my step by step . To create it I used the free to subscribers papers . To get them you can go to the Bee Crafty face book page . 

So my first step was to cut a tag from Kraft card .

Next I printed one of the papers on to vellum , as I wanted an opaque finish . 

Placing my tag under neath the paper I decided the area I want to use and cut my paper to size . 

 

My next step was to stamp randomly over the craft card using the small gerbera stamp from the Doodle Art Gerbera set .Then I trimmed the paper again cutting around some of the flowers to leave some of the background showing . 

The gerbera flowers were then coloured using polychromo pencils . I then inked around the edges of the tag with Vintage Photo distress ink and added a stitched border and some white splattering with a Posca pen . 

The vellum had dried with a few wrinkles but I quite liked this and added more texture with some white paste through the honeycomb inkable . 

 

While all of these layers were drying , I stamped out and coloured the Doodle Art Bee stamp . For this I used Ecoline water colour pens . This was then glued on to my tag along with a sentiment from the transparencies Bee Words 2 sheet , which  I mounted on to white card . 

I finished off with some orange ribbon . 

 Here’s my finish’s tag , thank you for stopping by and taking a look .

Happy crafting 

Calee 

This is a list of the products I used this week . 

Free to subscribers papers 

Stamps : Doodle Art Gerbera 

           Doodle Art Bee 

Inkables : 6x6 Honeycomb 

Distress ink ; Vintage Photo 

Transparencies: Bee words 2

Polychromos Pencils             

A sheet of  Kraft card , a white Posca pen and some texture paste . 

Sally CT - Faux Bleached Flower

 

Hi There! I am here with a really simple card  today. Here is how I made it.

I began by blending 3 shades of Distress oxide across a piece of Watercolour paper. 

Once this was dry, I stamped the dandedaisy in versamark ink and heat embossed in white. 

I painted the flower with water and also splattered the background with water. I mopped the excess water and colour with a dry cloth. 

Using the same colours of distress spritz, I added some colourful splatters too.

                                      

Finally, I added a border stamped in Wilted violet ink and added the panel to the front of a 7x5" white card.

I used:

Dandedaisy stamp set

Versamark ink

White embossing powder

Distress oxide - I used Wilted Violet, Picked Raspberry and Fossilized Amber

Distress Spritz - I used Wilted Violet, Picked Raspberry and Fossilized Amber

Thanks for looking! 

Alison CT - Butterflies

Hi everyone, today I'm sharing a step by step guide to creating this art journal page using a greyscale catalyst card, catalyst collage papers and a 6" inkable.

 

To begin, I drew round the 4" circle easy frame mask three times and cut the circles out.

Next, I cut out the five butterflies from the catalyst collage sheet from the A5 Wing Whispers set.

Using the star lattice 6" inkable, apply embissing ink directly on to the stencil then press down onto the page. Repeat at the bottom of the page. Add white embossing powder, tip off the excess and heat set.

Next, I glued the three curcles of catalyst card to the page, so that they touched but didn't overlap. 

Then I glued the five butterflies to the page.

I chose a sentiment from the Wordy Stickers 3 sheet and cut them down before sticking to the page. 

Finally I added white pen dots to the three largest butterflies.

Products used:

A5 Wing Whispers Catalyst Collage papers

A5 Catalyst Card 2 greyscale

Easy Frame 4 inch circle

6 inch Inkable Star Lattice

Wordy Stickers 3

White posca pen

Ranger White embossing powder 

Embossing ink pad

Thank you for taking a look. 

Alison 

Calee CT - Smile Sunshine

Hi , this week I have fairly simple card design to share with you . I nearly always create on a white base , but this week I have chosen black . 

I decided to to stick with the circular theme for the back ground . Firstly I chose these two D’inkables from set 2 and some dylusions paints 

I used a small sponge and paints Fresh Lime and Bubble Gum through the stencils randomly on my black card . 

Next some White Linen was used with some of the smaller Art stamps coffee stains and group of circles from Journal art elements 1 . 

While this was drying my next step was to stamp out the large Doodle Art Dandedaisy. 

I coloured this with Ecoline water colour pens and cut it out , with a fine border of white card around . 

Next going back to my background , I cut it to  size , to fit a 6x6in card blank and added a few flicks of Calypso Teal paint . 

My background was finished with a doodled border using a white gel pen and some dots and crosses in white and pink Posca pen. 

I finished my card simply by gluing on the Dandedaisy and a sentiment from the Wordy stickers set 3B  and mounting on to my white card blank . 

Thank for taking a look , it was good to break away from the norm and use different medium and colours . 

Happy crafting 

Calee

Here are the products  I used :                                       

Inkables : D’inkables set 2 

Dylusions paints : Calypso Teal 

                            Fresh Lime 

                                    Bubblegum Pink

                                White Linen 

Stamps :Doodle Art Dandedaisy 

                Art stamps-Coffee stains 

                                                 Journal Art Elements 1

Some black card , white and pink Posca pens and a white 6x6in card blank .