HOCHANDA samples for Bee Crafty

Hello!

Today on the Buzzy Goings on at Bee Crafty blog I am sharing my DT samples that were made for this weeks HOCHANDA shows. 

Bev went bonkers and shared loads of fab techniques (some of which I will definitely be trying out soon) along with these beautiful new floral stamps designed by Tilly...

MDF tag with background created using d'inkables and inspirational words.  Petunia stamped, coloured and cut out, then layered back up with glossy accents and glitter.

MDF arched stand using one of the mandala stencils in the middle.  After applying colour with archival inks through the stencil I added glossy accents, liquid pearls and pen to different areas.  Finished off with the petunia stamp.

Large MDF tag with d'inkables and mandala stencil in the background.  Carnations stamped with distress ink and then some petunias also added in.

Campanula stamped and then extra pieces stamped and added for a decoupage effect.

Allium in three different colour ways.  Background created using distress inks and then a final touch of crackle paste through the chevrons d'inkable.

Shaker card using the smaller campanula.  The shaker pieces are dried flowers behind a piece of acetate with foam tape double layered to create the aperture.

Here is where you can find the products used:

* Beautanicals Stamps
* D'Inkables
* Inkables
* MDF

Thank you for looking and the shows will be available on the HOCHANDA website on rewind if you would like to catch or recap some of Bev's demos.

Happy crafting,

Jane xx

Techniques Journal for Tando Creative

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I am really excited to be a part of this project with Tando Creative and the rest of the design team bringing 24 weeks of technique and journaling tags to you all.

To get it started the design team have been sharing their binders and here is the techniques journal that I decorated...

I started by creating the background using a brayer to add layers of acrylic paint.  Detail was added using background stamps with archival ink and then gold paint through the long rings stencil.  I did the same on the inside as well...

To create my title for the journal I decided to use both the inside and outside pieces of the words.  They were painted with black gesso then highlighted with gold gilding wax...

I wanted to add some decoration that matched the idea of it being a journal about techniques, so stamped and cut out the paintbrushes and pencil from the Tim Holtz Crazy Things set, which I then coloured and added to the bottom of the journal...

Here are the items used:

* Tando Creative Binder and Tags
* Tando Creative Long Rings Stencil
* Decoart Mediums
* Decoart Fluid Acrylics

The 24 weeks will be getting underway next week from Thursday 28th Feb at 7pm and will be a mix of Facebook lives, videos and photo tutorials, I hope you will be joining in!

Happy crafting,

Jane xx

Butterfly Art Journal Spread for Bee Crafty

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Today on the Buzzy Goings on at Bee Crafty blog I would like to share some art journaling with you...

Often when I start my art journaling spreads I do not have a defined idea of what I am going to do as I like to build up my spread in the direction that my feelings take me. 
However they usually do involve stencils and stamps at some point so for this spread I chose a selection of stencils and background stamps (not all of which I used) and after watching Bev's Try it out Tuesday this week on Facebook, I decided that Distress Oxide Inkpads were going to be my main medium. 
I decided on a colour scheme that I was drawn to that day and collected together different products that I had in those colours so that I could use them as needed.

I videoed my process and altogether the spread took just under one hour from start to finish (the butterflies were already stamped and cut out) however I have sped it up for you so the video lasts about 14 minutes if you would like to watch...

Here are a couple more close up photos to show the layers...

These are the products that were used:

* D'inkables - Circles; Chevrons
* Inkables - Mandala 5; Perspective
* Backdrops - XL Script; Distress Diamonds
* Art Stamps - Dragonfly & Butterfly Set; Birds and Butterflies Set 1
* Wordage - Better by Change!
* Distress Oxide Inkpads

If you go over to the Bee Crafty page on Facebook you will be able to replay any of the live technique videos that Bev has made so can catch up on any you may have missed.

Thank you for looking and happy crafting!

Jane xx

Love With All Your Heart for Tando Creative

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A fab theme this week on the Tando Creative blog for Valentine's, so I went mad with the hearts but decided to give them a grungy twist...

 

I started by using this heart that came from the inside of one of the heart layered frames. 
The holes were added with a crop a dile and then I built up the piece using Tando mini hearts, art balls, micro beads and texture sand paste. 

Once this had all dried overnight I painted over the piece with crackle paint and then added some crackle paste to areas...

When the crackles had fully developed I added my colour in layers.
 
I started with watered down gold acrylic then some quinacridone gold. 
These were allowed to drip into different areas then once dry I added some brown, gamboge and scarlet brusho powders. 
To continue building up the layers of colour I added gold gilding wax and also dry brushed on some blue paint.  I kept going with this until I was happy with the outcome...

To finish off the piece I added some rusty wire around the heart as well as to the holes as a hanger.  I took one more mini heart and painted it with pyrole red acrylic, coating it with liquid glass and adding a gem.

Finally I used one of the Tim Holtz small chat stickers that fit the theme...

Here are the products that I used:

* Tando Layered Frame Heart
* Tando Grab Bag of Hearts
* Decoart Media Line Mediums
* Decoart Media Line Fluid Acrylics
* Brusho Powders
* Rusty Wire

I hope you are enjoying all the heart themed projects this week from the team, thank you for looking.

Happy crafting,

Jane xx

'Love' for Bee Crafty

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Today on the Buzzy Goings on at Bee Crafty blog I went with a love theme as it is Valentine's Day next week.

I decided to make a quick and easy card using Freddie and Fleur...

I created a background using brusho powders then stamped the main image directly on using black Versafine ink and then added clear embossing powder over the top.

The images were then coloured using paint pens, these were nice and opaque and where the lines were embossed it meant that I could wipe any stray pen straight back off.

Using the small hearts I added some extra details then stamped the heart balloons separately, cut them out then glued them on with glue gel for a bit of dimension.  Onto these I added a coat of clear sparkle pen then drew in the strings. 

I used my black fine liner pen to add extra lines to the grass then continued to draw a sketchy border around the card edges.

I used one word from the Ticker Tape stamp set which I cut out and added another sketchy border.

Finally I mounted it onto a piece of black card that I had made into a card blank.

Here are the products used:

* Love and Romance - Fleur and Freddie Holding Hands
* Wordage - Ticker Tape Stamp Set 1

I hope you have a lovely week ahead whatever you have planned and happy crafting!

Jane xx

Circles Art Journal Spread for Bee Crafty

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Today on the Buzzy Goings on at Bee Crafty Blog I am sharing an art journal spread...

This was a spread that evolved over the course of a number of days and was not planned! 
It is in one of my journals that has a variety of materials to work on, so the left hand page is kraft card and the right hand page is cotton rag watercolour paper, this means that you get a different look using the same products which I love.

I started by using acrylic paint and a brayer to add colour to the pages then I filled in the gaps using watercolour pigment sticks. 
This really was a spread that began just through an urge to create some colours and shapes, and my favourite shape to use within crafting is the circle so I started by using my circle d'inkable with white gesso to create shapes down either side, then coloured them using the pigment sticks. 
I then added more gesso for highlights and had a lovely time using white, black and gold pens for doodling...

At this point I loved the circles so much that I left the spread alone for a couple of days as I was really worried that anything else I did might ruin it!! 
Eventually I plucked up the courage to add another layer and decided to keep with the circle theme adding some of the same initial colour paints through the regular dots stencil. 
Once again I added doodling once the paint was dry.

I was then on a roll so grabbed the circle lattice d'inkable and rubbed white gesso through it in places.  When the stencil was lifted it made a different sort of effect where part of the gesso had crept under and as I lifted it made another imprint. 
Again I added more doodling...

After another day or so I felt like the next layer should be some stamping so used one of the texture border stamps with versamark and gold embossing powder. 
I then felt ready for the main focal images and started by creating a piece of coloured card using my gelli plate with the original paints and the d'inkables. 
I then used the same elements from the background on the print and included doodling again so that all the pieces would tie together.

Next I stamped all three sizes of the Style Wire Circles onto the coloured card and cut them out...

Once I had decided where they were to go I stuck the circles into place and then used a fine liner pen and ruler to add some strings. 
The final stage was to stamp out the sentiment, which was then cut up and some distress ink added before sticking to the page and highlighting with black pen...

Here are the Bee Crafty products that I used:

* Circles D'inkable
* Regular Dots D'inkable
* Circle Lattice D'inkable
* Backdrop Borders - Texture Borders
* Backdrop Frames - Style Wire Circles (small and medium)
* Backdrop Frames - Style Wire Circles (large)
* Wordage - Life is a Canvas

I hope you enjoyed reading about my art journal spread and hopefully it may inspire you to have a go this week.  If you do make anything using Bee Crafty products we would love to see them in the Bee Crafty Stamps group on Facebook :)

Thank you for looking and happy crafting!

Jane xx