Papercraft Society (May) - Bee Crafty Art journal Signature

I used to make cards for the free magazine cover gift  every month but due to demands at home took some time out and i feel that I can now get back to this as it is school holiday and I am saving some time travelling between home, work and school.  I will include my Papercraft Society Boxes in my first art journal.

I will be starting with my Papercraft Society Box 8 which was the Bee Crafty Mixed Media box.

Papercraft Society May Box Reveal - Bee Crafty Mixed Media

Bev, Sam and Julie from Bee Crafty are known for their clever use of stamps, contrasting colours and amazing tag designs.
Inside the box you will find:

• 11 piece die set
• Element stamp set featuring 16 stamps
• Background stamp set featuring 9 stamps
• 2 x stencils
• 3 x inkpads
• 8 sheets of patterned paper (4 designs - 2 of each)
• 6 sheets of 2-sided co-ordinated coloured cardstock (3 colours - 2 of each)
• 2 sheets of kraft card
• Embossing paste
• Palette knife
• Inspiration Booklet packed with project ideas.

With every box you also get a password for some inspirational videos over on a dedicated subscribers page on Craftstash.

 

Art journalling

During the long lockdown across the world I realised that I make a lot of cards that never really go to anyone and just take up precious crafting space. I donated these to charities through the years but never felt like they really got appreciated so I decided to start doing "artsy" projects just for me. This was the start of my mixed media and art journaling journey. I already had all the products I needed, well nearly everything (can a true crafter ever have everything or enough stash). I made an album that measure 15 x 15 cm (5.9 inches square) and bound it using my We R Memory Keepers Cinch.  I used mixed media paper cut to size.

Page one was a very simple page done by tracing a Studiolight stencil with a black fine tip pen and then colouring in.  I used a Tonic Glitter marker to colour the background.

Here I used a but out from the Karen Joan's first Missees collecting and some zig zag doodling with a white pen.  I enjoyed creating this floral arrangement using some stamps and some Art by Marlene dies in black to make the flowers pop.  Unfortunately I can not remember what stamp set I used for the vase and flowers.

A Studiolight butterfly stamp designed by Lou Withers and cut the edges with art by the Art by Marlene's DIY  Tag Journal kit.

I used lots of stencils and pastes on some of my pages, I was not to comfortable with the whole mixed media thing to start of by now really enjoy experimenting and