Do what you can ... by Linda Pearson

 

This project was way out of my comfort zone as I normally create painterly mixed media journal pages.  However, with this project I have not used any paints rather I have allowed the beauty of this amazing paper collection be the focal element of this page …. and I have used lace in a very paper crafty way. 

Wild Child 12x12 scrapbook paper

Bohemian Bliss Collection cut-out sheet

Boho tags sheet

Scripted stencil or Garden Poem 

x-press it double sided tape 6mm

Kind heart clear stamp set

Versamark Stamp pad translucent

Embossing powder – snow white

Sakura Gel Roll pen in White and Black or Life of colour or similar paint pens

Liquid Adhesive

White lace

Mounting Tape

Paper Artsy paint gold (or similar brand)

If creating a photo layout keep the paper at 12x12 size, however if creating a journal trim this paper down to suit your journal (sample is A4).

 

 

Fussy cut a section from the Wild Child 12x12 scrapbook paper from top to bottom of the right-hand side of the sheet following a line of flowers, leaves and stems.

 

 

Line the trimmed Wild Child 12x12 scrapbook paper cardstock along the right hand edge of the underpaper, attach this edge using glue or double sided tape  (N.B. keep the fussy cut edge open to allow the lace to be secured to the background page before adhering theWild Child 12x12 scrapbook paper cardstock completely).

Loosely pencil outline the fussy cut cardstock to mark the area where the lace will be glued between the two cardstock sheets.

 

  

Carefully glue the lace following the pencil line … check placement by overlaying the Wild Child 12x12 scrapbook paper moving the lace to be showing correctly.  Glue the wildchild paper over the lace to secure the paper.  Allow to dry.

 

 

 

Pounce gold paint through the Scripted stencil with a silicone sponge randomly across the page.  Dry off

 

 

Stamp the mandala from the Kind heart clear stamp set onto the background using Versamark Stamp pad translucent

.  Sprinkle with Embossing powder – snow white embossing powder, set powder thoroughly using a heat gun.

 

Outline some of the flowers using Sakura Gelli Roll pen or similar white paint pen.

 

 

Select and cut out 2-3 tags from the Boho tags or add your images if making a photo layout.  Also fussy cut a selection of butterflies, birds and leaves from the Bohemian Bliss Collection cut-out sheet.  Adhere randomly around tags/photos and page.  You may wish to outline these embellishments with the Sakura Gelli Roll pen or paint pen to highlight.

 

Add a title or sentiment and you are done.  I hope you are happy as I was in creating this page so out of my comfort zone, but I am very happy with the results.   Happy crafting and see you again soon. 

 

  Bye for now!! from Linda 

https://www.yourcreativepalette.coma.au 

 

To The Moon And Back by Tracey Campbell

 Hello it is Tracey Campbell back for 2022 sharing my latest creations and hopefully inspiring you to pull out the absolutely awesome Bee Art Collections and Colour Blast Products. 

For my first Blog Post for 2022 I wanted to share a layout that I created mixing and matching a few different Bee Arty Collections. I must admit that one of my favourite things about the collections is that you can use your left over scraps from multiple collections together to create wonderful new layouts.

To The Moon and Back

Bee Arty Collections used:

Grateful Heart

Find Paradise

Bohemian Bliss

Arty Farty

Embrace Change

My first step was to use some Bling Colour Blast Paste with a paint palette knife and scrape it through the Scripted A5 Stencil onto the Faith patterned paper from the Grateful Heart Collection, making sure that it is white woodgain side. Colour Paste is as soft as butter and so lovely to spread; tip: start with just a small about (around the size of a 10 cent piece) at it spreads easily and by using only a small amount you don't waste any of it.

Continue to move the stencil around the Faith patterned paper to spread the image around the paper. See the photo above for the final positioning, let dry. The Scripted Stencil is one of my favourite Bee Arty Stencils, because it gives you bot a nice script writing and the small diamond shapes which both add lots of texture to a background and is very versatile. 

When dry I applied some Saffron Colour Spray with a Brayer to spread it out across the page.

Here is what the base looked like after the Colour Spray was applied.

Once the Saffron Colour Spray was dry I used a stiff paint brush and dipped it in a bottle of Sunset Colour Spray and flicked dots across the Faith patterned paper. 

Leave it to dry thoroughly. 

While waiting for the Colour Spray to dry mat three 10x7.5 cm photos (landscape orientation) with Festival from the Embrace Change Collection.

Cut three sperate rectangles using the following measurements and papers listed below:

27x6 cm from the Transform patterned paper in the Arty Farty Collection

21.5x11cm  from the Botanicals patterned paper (using the B side pattern) in the Find Paradise Collection

16x14cm from the Free Vibe patterned paper (using the B side pattern) in the Bohemian Bliss Collection

Once the rectangles were cut out I tore off the bottom edge from each triangle and then scrunched them to give them a distressed look.

Adhere the matted photo strip and the patterned papers to the base like in the photo above.

Fussy cut the following elements from the cut-a-part sheets:

3 x butterflies from the Turning in the Embrace Change Collection.

2 x lace doilies from the Grateful Heart Collection. 

The Tile "To the Moon and Back" from the Embracing Change Collection. 

Cut the lace doilies in two and then position everything on the layout. You can see the positioning of the fussy cut elements in the final layout below. 

Well I hope that I have inspired you to pull out all your Bee Arty and see what pieces go together. It is so much fun seeing how the final layout turns out. 

STEAMPUNK PAPER DOLL by Linda Pearson

 Hi Crafty Bees! 

Linda here again with a mixed media project using a few components from the new Embrace Change collection designed by Fiona Paltridge.  Also I have incorporated the new amazing 'paper doll' process recently released by Michelle Grant Designs using some stamps and stencils from previous Bee Arty MGD collections.  I hope you enjoy the process of bringing the talents of these two amazing Bee Arty designers together ... enjoy!

BEE ARTY products used in project:
-   Embrace Change collection pack – designed by Fiona Paltridge
§ Perfect petals clear stamp set
§ Garden poem A6 stencil
§ Festival 12x12 scrapbook paper
§ Spice 12x12 scrapbook paper
§ Living 12x12 scrapbook paper  cut out sheet
-   Limited Edition clear stamp set – Time flies collection design by Michelle Grant designs
-   Scripted A5 stencil - Love and Grace collection designed by Michelle Grant Designs  
-   White Cardstock 350gsm  12"x12" 1 sheet
-   Embossing powder – bling, dusty charcoal
-   Shimmer dust  - lush and cobalt (dress),  velvet (hat),  passion and cobalt (wings)
-   Colour Spray  - mocha (watered down)
-   Colour artist inks  -  Marine (wings - watered down)
-   Black stabilo pencil
 
-   Sentiment words (washi tape)
-   Heat tool
-   Adhesive
-   Black archival ink pad
-   Watercolour paints / scribble sticks or equivalent
 
 

Stamp the Steampunk girl (Limited Edition clear stamp set) lengthwise onto a piece of White Cardstock 350gsm paper using embossing ink, sprinkle Dusty Charcoal Embossing powder over the stamping then activate powder using the heat tool.
 

 
Lightly draw a curvy body shape under the stamp, cut out shape, full length of card.  
 
 
 

Cut out a butterfly shape from the Living 12x12 scrapbook paper  cut out sheet.  Mix a little water in some Colour artist inks  -  Marine add a little Shimmer dust  - passion and cobalt to the ink then dab onto the butterfly wings to colour.  Allow to dry.
 
 
 

Mix a little water in some Colour Spray  - mocha (watered down) add a little Shimmer dust  - velvet to the Colour Spray  - mocha (watered down as before), paint in the hat using this mix.  Allow to dry.  Use water colours or scribble sticks to colour the face and hair.
 
 
 

Place the paper doll shape on the Living 12x12 scrapbook paper trace around the body shape then cut out and adhere to the front of the paper doll.
 
 
 

For the dress add Shimmer dust  - lush and cobalt to Colour Spray  - mocha (watered down as before), with a paint brush drizzle the shimmer mix over the dress shape and the collar.
 
 
 

Fussy cut the floral section from the Spice 12x12 scrapbook paper then adhere this to the Festival 12x12 scrapbook paper.  Add stencilling over the background Garden poem A6 stencil and Garden poem A6 stencil apply black archival ink through the stencils randomly over the page.
 
 
 

Add some stamping over the body shape using the chain stamp from the Limited Edition clear stamp set and the Scripted A5 stencil  .  Add some wording (washi tape in this project) to the page.  Adhere the wings to the shoulders.  Adhere the paper doll to the background sheet, bottom of shape tucked in at the bottom under the floral cut out shape (Spice 12x12 scrapbook paper).
Add shading around the shape using Black stabilo pencil blended. 
To finish off add some Embossing powder (bling) using flower and leaf stamps (Perfect petals clear stamp set), heat set to activate the powder.  Add black border around the page with Black stabilo pencil.

Thank you for stopping by and hope you enjoy this project as much as I had creating it.

project by Linda Pearson

linda@yourcreativepalette.com.au

 

Fly by Tracey Campbell

 Do you ever get papers with a lot of lovely journaling blocks and tags on them and never know what to do with them so end up not using them at all? For example the Elegant Tags Paper from the Spread Your Wings Collection. I do, all the time. I love the look of them and have plans to use them on layouts, but just never do. So I thought why not challenge myself to create a layout using as many tags and journal blocks from the page as possible. 

The materials that I have used are:

Papers from the following collections; Spread Your Wings: Elegant Tags, No Regrets and Word Play, Bohemian Bliss: Free Vibe

6 Product Information Strips from any of the Bee Arty ranges that go together.

Scripted Stencil

Colour Paste in Envy and Punch

Colour Shimmer Cubes in Envy, Snow and Punch

Paper Flowers

Using a palette knife randomly scrap some Punch Colour Paste down the right hand side of the No Regrets patterned paper. Let it dry.

Spread some Envy Colour Paste through the Scripted Stencil with a palette knife. Apply it so that it over laps the Blush Colour Paste. 

Here is what the Colour Paste looks like on the whole 12x12 piece of No Regrets.

While waiting for the Colour Paste to dry fussy cut the feathers from the Free Vibe paper and the tags from the Elegant Tags paper.

Use a distressing tool to distress both edges of the six product strips. 

Adhere the products strips down the right hand edge of the No Regrets paper.

Activate the Colour Shimmer cubes with a spray of water and then paint the feathers with the Envy and Punch. When dry coat them with the Snow Shimmer Cube. Leave to dry.

Use the fussy cut tags to create a photo mat around at 6x4 inch portrait photo.

In the photo below you can see how I cut and placed the tags to create the mat. 

Adhere the photo and the mat to the back ground paper - position it over the Colour Paste. Adhere the feathers around the photo - see the final layout for positioning. Fussy cut the title "Your Wings Already Exist all You Have to do is Fly" and adhere them down the side of the tag mat and across the feathers.

Adhere a few paper flowers to finish off.

Here is the finished layout. 

I hope that I have given you a few ideas to pull out those tags and use them to create something wonderful.

Hug

Tracey

Moodboard Art Journalling - With Karyn Schultz!

 Hi Bee Arty Lovelies!

It's Karyn here and today I have an art journal page to share with you made using lots of fun products available from Bee Arty.    

   

I'm playing along with the March creative challenge which is a fabulous moodboard this month. We would love for you to join in with this challenge and be in the running to win a Bee Arty store voucher. You have until March 31 and you need to upload your challenge to the appropriate album in the facebook group.  

 

I'm using a cotton watercolour page in my DWM art journal. I start by applying Colour Mica Powder in Polar, Royalty and Rose Petal to my page using a painting with plastic technique. You can either mix the mica powders with water in a paint palate or I have mixed the mica with gum arabic and created my own pan paint set.

  

  

 Next I've added some stencilling using the Scripted stencil (from the Love and Grace collection) and Just Blue Colour Paste. This Colour paste was starting to go a bit thick so I carefully mixed some Isopropyl alcohol with it to thin it down - just add a few drops at a time and mix until blended and the consistency you like.

 

  

 Then I added some stamping using the "All Class" stamp set from the Trendsetter collection.

 

  

I created my own floral embellishments by stamping flowers from the Floral Delights II stamp set onto white cardstock. 

 

  

I then painted the flowers using the Colour Mica Powder in Polar, Royalty and Rose Petal to coordinate with the moodboard. Next I fussy cut the flowers to use on my page.

 

 

 Here is my finished page. I used a picture I found on Pinterest to add to the focal point.

I've added some diecuts using the String leaves metal dies and sweet floral metal die and white cardstock.

 

 

 You can see that I strategically placed the background stamping in the areas I intended to embellish.

 

I used a palate knife to add some Snow White Colour Paste to the center of each flower for sparkle.

 

Thanks so much for stopping by

Crafty Hugs xx

Karyn