'Winter Flowers Journal Page' For Bee Crafty

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Today on the Buzzy Goings on at Bee Crafty blog I am sharing how I developed the layers of an art journal page...

I wanted to create a really layered page but without any extra dimension to make my journal too bulky.  I started by creating the colour using distress oxide ink pads (Picked Raspberry and Peacock Feathers).  For part of this I smooshed the ink directly onto the page and then spritzed with water, to also add a more speckled and splattered effect I put some ink onto acetate, added water and then pressed this more accurately to the page...

Where the colours mixed it also created a lovely purple tone, so pink, blue and purple became the theme of the page. However I was also finding this a bit too bright so used my brayer with white gesso to lighten the page...

At this point I decided that these colours would make a good winter background so decided to go along with the idea.  My next layer was to use some stencils with the same distress oxides - Snowflake 1 Inkable and the Snowflakes D'inkable...

Next I wanted to use some stamps and chose the Yuletide Doodle Art Snowflake set.  To create a crisper image I used archival ink pads that matched the colour scheme.  Once I had stamped I coloured the larger stamps using Pitt Pens...

Again I felt that the page was getting a bit too bright so I used white gesso once more but this time through the Circles D'inkable...

I still hadn't decided what my focal images were going to be, but when I looked at how busy the background had become I felt that silhouette stamps would be good to act as a contrast and stand out well against it.  I used some of the Beautanicals sets with black archival ink then added some glitter glue as frost on the flowers...

Finally I chose a sentiment that I stamped directly onto the page...

Here are the products that I used:

* Beautanicals - Wildflower 2
* Beautanicals - Teasels
* Yuletide Doodle Art - Snowflake
* Wordage - Unloved Flower
* Inkable - Snowflake 1
* D'Inkables - Snowflakes
* D'inkables - Circles
* Distress Oxide Ink Pads

Thank you for looking and happy crafting!

Jane xx

'Mystical In The Stars' for Tando Creative

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This week on the Tando Creative blog the theme is 'In The Stars' and I decided to go for an astrological feel to my project...

I decided to decorate the triple arch astral frame that was on the most recent HOCHANDA shows with Di and Fiona.  

After sticking my frame pieces together I dabbed texture sand paste over the arches using my finger and once it had dried painted the whole piece plus the decorative inserts with black gesso...

Next I used the Decoart interference paints in turquiose, violet and gold across all the pieces then once this had dried used gold gilding wax to add extra highlights to the texture...

Then I put the acrylic circles into place and attached the decorative pieces.  Finally I added some stars that I had cast in a mould using clear resin and purple glitter, and used a bit more gilding wax on top to tie the whole piece together...

Here are the products I used:

* Triple Arch Astral Frame

* Decoart Interference Paints - Turquoise, Violet, Gold

* Decoart Mediums - Texture Sand Paste, Black Gesso

Thank you for looking and happy crafting!

Jane xx

'HOCHANDA Samples' for Bee Crafty

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This week on the Buzzy Goings on at Bee Crafty blog I am sharing some of the samples that I made for last weeks HOCHANDA shows that will still be available to watch on Rewind...

Sam and Bev did some great demos so do please check out the programmes if you missed them.

Happy crafting,

Jane xx

'Floral Memory Dex Cards' with HunkyDory Crafts

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Well winter has well and truly arrived here on the Isle of Wight as I had to scrape ice off the car yesterday morning!  So my project today is the total opposite of the current season and hopefully can help to spread a bit of warmth!

I have been fortunate enough to have been asked by HunkyDory Crafts if I would like to choose and review some of their products again.  I chose to receive some of the new watercolour brush marker sets from the HunkyDory Prism range as well as one of the floral sets and I recorded a video for my YouTube channel which you can find here... https://youtu.be/a9lT7rDncXc

Full disclosure: I have been given these products to review for free and to keep, however any views I have are my own and will be totally honest.

Here are the products I received: 'Forest Walk' and 'Heavenly Sunset' Prism brush markers and 'Oh So Pretty Petals'...

I decided to use the brush markers in a variety of ways to create 2 Memory Dex cards...

The first thing I noticed was that the packaging for the markers was nice and sturdy and could be opened and re closed, making it ideal storage for the pens if you don't have any other.  The pens themselves are a triangular shape which makes them comfortable to hold and I liked the fact that they are not as bulky as some of the other pens I have tried in the past.

The pens have a brush tip one end and a fine tip the other which is especially good if you enjoy doing lettering.  This also makes thema good shape for colouring and the fine tip would be ideal for getting into small areas.  The brush tip also made it easy to dispense colour onto my mat to use for a variety of techniques...

Within my project I used the pens to create a background on the cards by dispensing the ink onto the mat then spritzing with water.  Next I applied the pens directly onto a background stamp before spritzing and stamping onto the cards, this was very successful and easy to achieve.  Finally I used the pens as a watercolouring medium.  I tried applying the ink directly to the image first and moving it with water but found that the card absorbed the ink too quickly, so a better method was to scribble the pen out onto the mat then apply it with my water brush...

Overall the pens were really easy to use, look and feel good and they gave some lovely effects.

The only criticism I would have is that as they are in colour family sets you do get a lot of shades of the same colour in a set, this means that to get a wider variety of colours you do need to buy a few sets.

Here are links to the products I received:

* Prism Brush Markers - Forest Walk
* Prism Brush Markers - Heavenly Sunset
* For The Love of Stamps - Oh So Pretty Petals

Or you can visit the website at: https://www.hunkydorycrafts.co.uk/

Thank you for looking and I do hope you take a look at my video to see the products in action:

https://youtu.be/a9lT7rDncXc

Happy crafting!

Jane xx

'Layered Sunflower Tag' For Bee Crafty

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This week on the Buzzy Goings on at Bee Crafty blog I am sharing a tag that I have made.  At the moment I am really loving creating lots of layers, often with different materials and textures, but for this project I thought I would create those layers using lots of stamping...

I started by using one of the Dylusions mixed media tags (number 10) and with my brayer added layers of distress inks (Crushed Olive, Wild Honey and Vintage Photo)...

Next I used the same 3 colours of distress ink to add random background stamping - Multi Mini Distressed Diamonds, Texture Circles and Texture Borders...

Using the Ledger Measure stamps, I added some Versamark and then gold embossing powder.  When I first stamped the larger of the stamps along the right hand side it felt a bit too overpowering so I brushed away some of the powder to create a more faded and distressed look, then stamped the other parts more fully...

I am so used to adding stenciling to my projects that I really felt I wanted to use some,  I chose the Circle Lattice d'inkable and applied Vintage Photo distress ink through it with a stencil brush...

At this point I was starting to think about my focal points and after deciding where they would be used a few of the Stitch Borders with sepia Versafine to create a more defined area...

To create more dimension but also echo the linear look, I stamped out the tape measure from the Stitch Border set and coloured them with some distress ink before adhering to the tag...

I wanted one more focal image to contrast with the background and create even more dimension so I chose the Beautanicals Large Sunflower, which I cut out and coloured with the same colour distress inks...

The final touch was one of the Small Words stamps which I stamped onto brown card and embossed with gold powder...

Here are the products used:

* Beautanicals - Large Sunflower
* Art Stamps - Ledger Measure
* Art Stamps - Stitch Borders
* Background,Textures and Borders Stamps - Multi Mini Distressed Diamonds
* Background,Textures and Borders Stamps - Texture Circles
* Background,Textures and Borders Stamps - Texture Borders
* Wordage - Small Words
* D'Inkables - Circle Lattice
* Distress Inkpads
* Dylusions Tags Number 10

I am really loving mixing up my stamp sets to create layers!  If you have made any projects using Bee Crafty products we would love to see them in the Bee Crafty group on Face Book, so please do pop over for a look.

Thank you for looking and happy crafting!

Jane xx

'A Tag of Many Textures' For Tando Creative

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I am on the Tando Creative blog today as part of 'Texture' week.  One of the many things I love about mixed media is the building and layering of different textures so I decided to decorate one of the technique tags using texture paste along with some grey board pieces and other materials...

First I added some texture paste through the distressed diamonds stencil from Tando Creative, but to add even more texture I tapped the paste with my palette knife to create extra peaks.  Once this was dry I painted the tag and the other grey board pieces with white gesso...

Next to create my colour I used some acrylic inks with water.  To help bring out the texture underneath I rubbed over gold gilding wax and then used black archival ink around the edges and across the texture too...

At this stage I felt that the tag needed some more interest so stamped the distressed diamond background from Bee Crafty using black archival ink...

Finally I built up my focal point using the grey board along with some cambric material, cotton thread and an acetate butterfly from Tim Holtz as well as some faux gems for the butterfly's body.  To create the finishing touch I adhered one of the Tim Holtz chat stickers at the bottom of the cambric...

Here are the products that I used:

* Tando Creative - Technique Binder and Tags

* Tando Creative - Butterfly Grab Bag

* Tando Creative - Diamond Grid

* Tando Creative - Tando Minis Music

* Tando Creative Stencil - Distressed Diamonds

I really enjoyed incorporating lots of different textures into my project.  Thank you for looking!

Happy crafting,

Jane xx

'Gelli Print Butterfly Memory Dex Card' for Bee Crafty

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This week on the Buzzy Goings on at Bee Crafty blog I created a project that included some gelli printing!  This is a technique that I love when other people use it but that I really struggle with myself, so I decided that I needed to have some more practise and used the plate to create a background for a Memory Dex card.

I also filmed the process which you can link to here...

https://youtu.be/aFy02q73GsI

After creating a background using the gelli plate and acrylic paint I added some extra stenciling with the metal alpha d'inkable.

Then I did some background stamping using the stitch borders set with archival ink pads.

To create the focal points I stamped the film strip onto heat resistant acetate using Versafine and embossed with clear powder on the top.  I stamped the tape measure from the stitch borders and the butterfly from the dragonfly and butterfly set onto a piece of waste card that I had cleaned my brayer on.

When these were all cut out I layered them up using glue gel adding some black cotton thread as well for extra texture.

Finally I used a sentiment from the small words set...

To create this project I used the following products:

* D'inkables - Distressed Harlequin; Metal Alpha; Circles; Circle Lattice, Honeycomb, Chevrons
* Art Stamps - Stitch Borders
* Art Stamps - Texture, Film Strip and Circles
* Art Stamps - Dragonfly & Butterfly
* Wordage - Small Words
* Archival Inkpads
* Clear Embossing Powder

I am certainly going to be getting my gelli plate out more to get extra practise but it was good fun!

Thank you for looking and happy crafting!

Jane xx

'Bauble Christmas Card' for Bee Crafty

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This week on the Buzzy Goings on at Bee Crafty blog I have made a fairly quick and easy Christmas card...

I started by using the 6" bauble 2 stencil on a piece of white stamping card.  Using distress inks (crushed olive and peeled paint) through the aperture then adding some doodling around and inside the image.

Then I used the stencil and the mask to add the doodle bauble set tree image inside and behind the bauble, before adding some more of the trees.  These were then coloured using my pens...

Next I added some of the little stars to the bauble then used the border stamp to create strings for the main image and one of the little baubles which I stamped and cut out twice.  After adding a bit more distress ink to the card edges I stamped the sentiment from the doodle robin set and added it to the card as well...

Here are the products that I used:

* Easy Frame - Bauble 2 (6")
* Yuletide Doodle Art Stamps - Baubles (regular)
* Yuletide Doodle Art Stamps - Robin (regular)
* Distress Ink Pads

Thank you for looking and happy crafting!

Jane xx