Why, Art Journal spread

Morning everyone xx

I'm over on the Bee Crafty blog today with a spread from my Art Journal. 

I wanted to use my Doodle Art stamps, but had no specific idea in mind, so I just went for it, and this was the end result lol. That's what I love about my Art Journal, the freedom to just create...

Products used:

Doodle Art stamp sets

Big One - Inkable - Chrysanthemum 

Distress Oxides 

Ticker Tape 2 Sentiments 

Sparkle pens from my Crafty stash 

Having gessoed my pages first, I blended Distress Oxides randomly through the Chrysanthemums Big One Inkable. I wasnt careful and I applied different pressures, to create depth and dimension.

I stamped all the Doodle flowers, from all the different sets I had, randomly across the bottom of the pages. 

The Butterfly was then stamped twice, going off the edge of the page, again to add dimension and perspective. 

I used a couple of the small embellishment stamps, from some of the sets, randomly across the spread, including the splatter of dots one, around the flowers. 

I then coloured in using my sparkle pens. I wanted a watercolour effect to this spread, so I coloured in very loosely, leaving white spaces, going over the edges, and blending colours together. I love how this technique gives a completely different look to a more precise, neat colouring technique.  

The Ticker Tape sentiment was stamped on white card, cut out and adhered, to complete my spread.

I hope you liked it, it was a lot of fun to create.

Until next time, 

Crafty hugs xx 

Doodle Designs stamp set by Honey Doo Crafts

Good morning crafters
I'd love to share my DT sample for the gorgeous new stamp set available to buy now from
Www.honeydoocrafts.co.uk 

This is the Doodle Designs stamp set

Also used:
Mum stamp set
Tim Holtz Mixed Media die
Black onyx versafine ink
Kuretake clean colour pens

A square of black card was cut smaller than card blank, as well as a slightly smaller one in white card

I set these to one side then stamped the flowers on white card, coloured them in with my kuretake clean colour pens then shaped them into 3d flowers

I worked out where I wanted my 3d flowers to sit on the white square card, then I stamped flowers and leaves, in the versafine ink, so they would sit behind my flowers

I cut out my swirl from the Tim Holtz die and coloured it in with my pens

The swirl was adhered over the stamped images and the 3d flowers adhered over the swirl

The sentiment from the Mum stamp set was stamped in the versafine too

I adhered the topper to the black card then adhered that to my card blank, then added a few clear gems to complete this sample

Thanks for looking 

Crafty hugs xx