Butterfly & Floral Journal for Bee Crafty

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This week on the Bee Crafty blog I am sharing a project created using some of the stamps from both of my collections to decorate a journal cover...

I started by die cutting a journal cover which I then painted with a light coat of crackle paint.  Once that was dry I added different shades of blue gelatos, blending them with water...

Next I used the circles dinkable with white gesso to add extra interest to the cover...

Taking the sentiment from the 'Just Bloom' set I added the text along either side using blue archival ink...

For even more background pattern I took the larger circles from the 'Geometric Walls' set and stamped it with the same blue archival ink.  Then I coloured some of the circles using permanent markers...

Next I created some embellishments for the front cover.  I altered some jigsaw puzzle pieces, I made a video of how I did this which you can watch here...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8wF3DTnGsg

I also stamped and cut out the 'Butterfly Beginnings' stamp before colouring and adding glossy accents and glitter on top...

Finally I stamped out the sentiment and created a charm to hang from the journal by stamping the 'Just Bloom' flower onto shrink plastic and colouring it before adding beads...

These elements were then all added together to create the final journal...

Here are links to the products used:

* Art Stamps by Jane Royston - Just Bloom

* Art Stamps by Jane Royston - Geometric Walls

* Art Stamps by Jane Royston - Flowers & Leaves 1

* Art Stamps by Jane Royston - Butterfly Beginnings

* Dinkables - Circles

Thank you for looking and happy crafting!

Jane xx

Butterfly & Flowers HOCHANDA samples for Bee Crafty

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As this post goes live I will be on my way to the HOCHANDA studios to present my 2nd set of stamp designs!!!!!  I am so pleased and thankful that Bee Crafty have produced these stamps of my designs and as always with their phenomenal quality, thank you to all the Bee Crafty family x

So today I am sharing some of the samples that I made for the shows...

There are more samples from me and the design team on the show as well and I will be demoing them using a variety of techniques and mediums to show how to get the most versatility out of your stamps.

The shows are on today (20th June) at 11am and 3pm (BST) on the HOCHANDA channel:

Freeview 85, Sky 673 or Freesat 817

You can also watch online on the HOCHANDA website and the shows will also be available on catch up from there too: https://www.hochanda.com/

I hope that you are able to tune in and thank you for looking today!

Happy crafting,

Jane xx

Doodle Bird Memory Dex Card for Bee Crafty

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Today on the Bee Crafty blog I am sharing a Memory Dex card that I have made using some of the stencils and masks with gloss sprays along with some of the doodle art stamps...

I started on a card that I had die cut from mixed media card stock and placed the circle mask from the easy frame into the middle and sprayed with marine gloss spray...

Next I used the leafy branch d'inkable with olive spray...

After that I sprayed the whole card with fuchsia gloss spray and blotted over with kitchen towel as the spray layers resist each other...

To add extra detail I used a white posca pen to doodle around the elements and create some splatters.  I also decided to go over my leaf image with a green alcohol marker to enhance the colour...

For extra interest in the background I stamped a couple of the smaller elements from the Doodle Art Bird set using black archival ink then coloured them with permanent markers...

As focal elements I stamped out the Doodle Art Bird along with three of the flowers from the same set, leaves from the Doodle Art Dragonfly set and part of a sentiment from Ticker Tape 1.  I coloured the images using alcohol markers...

To finish I adhered all of the parts using glue gel...

Here are links to the products used:

* Dina Wakley Gloss Sprays (Marine, Olive & Fuchsia)

* Inkables Easy Frame - 4" Circle

* D'Inkables - Leafy Branch

* Doodle Art Stamps - Bird (regular)

* Doodle Art Stamps - Dragonfly (regular)

* Wordage - Ticker Tape 1

Thank you for looking and happy crafting!

Jane xx

 

'About to Bloom' Journal Page for Bee Crafty

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On the Bee Crafty blog today I am sharing a journal spread that I have created using the 'Just Bloom' stamp set but without using the main flower...

I started by creating a background in my small Dylusions journal, blending blue and pink acrylic paint with water to help it blend...

Next I used the largest circles stamps from the 'Geometric Walls' set to add a floor to my scene and coloured them using markers.  I decided that for this spread I would not use any black at all...

Then I stamped one of the leaf stamps from the 'Just Bloom' set, aiming them upwards to create plants.  Where they were not quite long enough I added an extra part of the stem to make them longer.  After that I coloured the bottom two leaves of each plant...

To create my flowers I stamped out the other two leaves in the set and coloured them before adding them to the page.  I then stamped the sentiment along each side multiple times...

Finally I stamped out the sentiment again to add to the page and used a white posca pen to add some doodles and also some white gloss spray for splashes...

Here are links to the products used:

* Art Stamps by Jane Royston - Just Bloom

* Art Stamps by Jane Royston - Geometric Walls

* Dylusions Journal

Thank you for looking and happy crafting!

Jane xx