Beauty and the Bee

Hi. Thanks for dropping by! This art journal page is for the Elizabeth Craft Designs Planners & Journaling May prompt to use a teabag.

The pretty Earthy Girl stamp was inked with Vintage Photo Distress Ink and stamped onto the opened teabag. Since Distress Ink can be used as watercolor, a water brush was used to blend the ink into the stamped image. More ink was added as needed. I used gel pens in pastel colors for the purple flowers, greenery, and lips. The gel pen was surprisingly vibrant and easy to use on the thin teabag.

I used a black pigma marker to add curls in her hair, outline the eyes, and enhance the eyebrows so the image was more distinct.

The large bee from the Everyday Elements Collection was die cut from vellum, gold glitter paper, and pink Bellarose paper. Aged Ivory was embossed around the wing edges to strengthen and highlight the wings.

The die cut doily was heat embossed with a thick layer of white embossing powder. Then bronze embossing powder was added around the edge and and also melted. Didn’t the white and bronze blending together create an interesting effect?

I used the tab from the teabag as a template and cut a new tab from kraft cardstock. I applied black Copic marker and stamped “Art” on one side and “The Story” on the other side. Then I re-threaded the teabag string through the newly stamped tab.

I pressed a piece of watercolor paper onto diluted Vintage Photo Distress Ink. When dry, I cut it to fit my Square TN Planner. The elements were then arranged and adhered onto the page with double sided tape and Art Glitter Glue.

Thank you so much for reading along. I hope this sparked a new idea for you!

Happy crafting!

Di

• Supplies
• Earthy Girl stamp by Elizabeth Craft Designs
• Layered Honeybee dies by Elizabeth Craft Designs
• Bellrose Pink Paperback by Elizabeth Craft Designs
• Aged Ivory Embossing Enamel by Stampendous
• Versamark Ink
• Collorelli Gel Pens

Tip: I was surprised and happy to see that a stamped teabag still looks good flipped over and used on the backside. The ability to use an image facing either way opens up some fun options.