Sunday, March 17, 2024

Alison CT - No layers card

Hi everyone,  as the cost of postage continues to rise, today I want to share how I created this no layers card.

I began by stamping the entire script background stamp, using versafine clair morning mist, onto a 5 x 7 inch card blank.

Next I stamped the grid stamp from the journal art elements 3 stamp set with versafine clair nocturne.

To reflect the splats on the grid stamp, I used the splat stamp (from the Asemic Splats stamp set) with morning mist to add to the background, before stamping the Dancing Daisy directly onto the card using nocturne ink. I coloured the flower using my polychromos pencils. 
Finally, I stamped the sentiment, from the Everyday Sentiments 1 stamp set, directly onto the cards using the nocturne ink.

Products used:
5 x 7 card blank
Polychromos pencils 
Versafine Clair - nocturne and morning mist 

Thank you for taking a look.
Alison


Wednesday, March 13, 2024

Sally CT - Spring Flowers

Hi There! I am here with a bit of spring colour to brighten your day. Here is how I made it.

I began by blending distress oxide through the Grande inkable onto a 15x15cm ivory base card.
On a 9cm square of ivory card I stamped the stems and buds from Journaling essentials #3 along with some leaves on a scrap of the same card, colouring them in with an ecoline pen and cutting out the leaves.
I added some background stamping from the same set to the square using distress oxide inks
I stamped and cut out three of the bells. I also stamped these onto the main panel where the cut outs were to be stuck on so I didn't need to tackle cutting out the stamens. 
Finally I matted and layered the square onto the card, adding the leaves and flowers with a little 3d glue gel.
Here is the finished card again
I used:
15x15cm ivory card
Inkables Grande - squircles
Distress oxide inks - I used picked Raspberry, Crackling Campfire, mustard seed, lucky clover, peacock feathers and wilted violet
9x9cm of ivory card
Versafine Clair ink - I used green oasis and glamorous
Green ecoline pen
3d glue gel
card for matting and layering

Thanks for looking! 

Sunday, March 10, 2024

Alison CT - Some of my favourites

Hi everyone,  today I'm sharing an art journal page created using some of my favourite colours (pink and brown), inkables, stamps and transparencies. 

To begin I blended my two favourite shades of pink distress oxide over a page in my notebook. 
Circles have always been one of my favourite background elements, so of course I had to use the circles big one, with picked raspberry distress oxide, to add some to the page.
Next I used the Butterflies inkable tag from set 6, with scorched timber distress oxide, to add more interest to the background.
Next I tore a strip approximately 3cm wide of notebook page. I coloured this pink by directly swiping the kitsch flamingo ink pad on to the paper.
I then used a blending brush to add scorched timber to the edges. I then added circles using picked raspberry and the circles big one. Then I added the script background using scorched timber.
I then edged the page with scorched timber, added some of the script background and glued the strip centally down the page.

On seperate card, I stamped the dragonfly using fallen leaves versafine clair ink. I coloured it with watercolour paint and added definition using glitter gel pens.

Next I added some of the small journal circle transparency prints using distress collage medium. 

I added the dragonfly to the page using foam pads to lift the wings slightly.

Next I added the sentiment from the beautiful and brave black on clear transparencies using distress collage medium. 

Finally I added some white pen around some of the circles on the strip of paper.
Products used:
Distress oxide ink - kitsch flamingo,  scorched timber, picked raspberry 
Versafine Clair  - Fallen leaves 
Art stamps - Dragonfly
Art Stamps - Script background 
Transparency Prints - Journal circles 1
Transparency Prints  - Beautiful and Brave black on clear sentiments 

I hope you have enjoyed finding out about some of my favourites. 
Alison

Wednesday, March 06, 2024

Sally CT - Some of my favourites


Hi There! Our new challenge over in the Bee Crafty Stamps facebook group is to show us your favourites, so I thought I would use my favourite colours, favourite stamps and favourite inkables to create a journal page. Here's how I did it.

I began by painting waves of my favourite colours of acrylic paint across both pages.
Next I added some white gesso with a stencil brush through the Bakewell big one inkable.
Using Tag inkables set #1 I added some black gesso with a stencil brush.
I decided it needed lifting a bit so added a little gilding wax to the black gesso. 
Next I stamped one of the doodle art mandalas using versamark ink and embossed in gold embossing powder. 

On a separate piece of card I stamped the sunflower in Black versafine Clair ink, Cut it out and coloured with ecoline markers. 
I also cut out words and circles from the latest releases of transparencies and attached to the page with matte medium. Finally, I added a simple border using Gelly Roll pens and some white splatters. 
Here is the finished page again.
I used:
Dylusions mini Journal
Acrylic paint - I used a mixture of Dina Wakley and Dylusions
White gesso
versamark ink 
Gilding wax
Ecoline pens
Transparencies - I used Beautiful and Brave words and Journal Circles 1

I hope this has given you some inspiration to enter the challenge! 
Thanks for looking! 

Sunday, March 03, 2024

Alison CT - Blue Bird

Hi everyone, today I'm sharing a step by step guide to creating this art journal page. 

To begin, I blended peacock feathers distress oxide over the centre of my page. I then used the same ink through the line and circle inkable tag to create a horizontal and vertical line of ink. I then spritzed the inkable tag with water and pressed this onto the bottom of the page. This was left to dry.
When the background was dry, I used the circular part of the 4" easy frame to create a black outline of a circle on the page. I used black soit distress oxide ink.
Next, I used a black posca pen to draw a freehand black line around the edge of the peacock feathers patch of ink.
Next, on seperate card I stamped the rainbow bird and three of the leaves from the journaling essentials 2 stamp set, using versafine clair nocturne. I then coloured the leaves with the peacock feathers distress watercolour pencil and the bird with salvaged patina, mermaid lagoon and tumbled glass distress watercolour pencils. I also added some white highlights using a white pisca pen. I then cut them out.

Then on seperate card, I stamped the circle with hearts, from the Journaling Essentials 1 stamp set, with versafine clair nocturne ink and cut them out. I cut one in half vertically and one horizontally.  As I only need three halves the other has been added to my fodder box. 

I glued the bird, leaves and semi circles to my background using distress collage medium. 

I felt the background needed something else, so I carefully added some of the script background stamp using peacock feathers distress oxide.
Finally, I stamped a sentiment from the Small Words stamp set directly to the page using versafine clair nocturne. 

Products used:
Inkables Easy Frame 4" circle
Distress Oxide Peacock Feathers, Black Soot

Thanks for taking a look.
Alison

Wednesday, February 28, 2024

Sally CT - Who can resist a rainbow?

 

Hi There! Thought I would have a little play with one of my favourite stamps of the moment and make a simple card using emboss resist.

I began by blending distress ink across a piece of smooth white card. I used crackling campfire, mustard seed, peacock feathers, blueprint sketch and villainous potion.
once this was totally dry I gave it a wipe with an antistatic bag, then stamped the leaves in versamark ink and heat embossed using clear embossing powder. 
I let this cool for a few seconds then sponged black soot distress oxide ink over the top, wiping over with a dry cloth to reveal the embossed areas. 
On a scrap of black card I stamped the sentiment in versamark ink and embossed using white embossing powder.
Finally I matted and layered the rainbow panel and the sentiment to a 13x18cm card. 

I used:
A 7.5x13cm piece of smooth white card
Distress inks in crackling campfire, mustard seed, peacock feathers, blueprint sketch and villainous potion
paper for matting and layering
13x18cm card blank
Versamark ink

Tomorrow is the last day of the current 'white Space' challenge over in the bee Crafty Stamps group, so you still have time to enter. 
There is also the #beecraftydeck2024 challenge where this week's prompt is 'rainbow'.
Thanks for looking! 

Sunday, February 25, 2024

Alison CT - Appreciate Everything

Hi everyone, today I'm sharing a card created using the stitch in time and dragonfly stamp sets.

To create the background, I stamped the stitch in time stamp using seedless preserve distress ink, which I spritzed with water and left to dry naturally. 
I then stamped the watch piece of the same stamp on seperate card using the same ink. I then used a damp paintbrush to move the ink on the outer edge of the watch and the winder. When it was dry I cut it out.
Next, stamp the line and dot border from the freehand borders 2 set twice onto the background, also stamp some on a seperate piece of card. I used the same ink as all previous stamping.
Then I stamped the largest dragonfly from the dragonfly stamp set using morning mist versafine clair. I colouredcit with the sniw flurries and winterberries distress crayons, but as these colours didn't quite go with the background I added a watered down layer of seedless preserve distress ink over it using a paintbrush.

Next, I edged the background piece with a black pen and glued it to a card blank.

Then, I cut the extra piece of border into five pieces and edged them with a black pen.

Then, I placed the watch piece over the corresponding area on the background and carefully glued the strips of border so that the ends were tucked under the watch. I then glued the watch in place.

Next I added the dragonfly using foam pads to raise it slughtly away from the card.

Finally, I stamped the sentiment on to a piece of card using versafine clair morning mist, cut it out and glued it to the card. 
PRODUCTS USED:
Art stamps - A stitch in time, dragonfly, freehand borders 2 
Wordage stamps - ticker tape 4
Distress crayons - winterberries,  snow flurries
Distress ink - Seedless preserve
Versafine Clair - morning mist 

Thanks for taking a look. 
Alison 


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