Spread your wings Tag and Card by Tracy Jackson

                                                                  Hello Bee Arty Friends

Today I am showing you what I have left over from Spread your wings collection and two projects using it all up

These papers are just about run out so jump on over and grab the last lot of paper or the bundle deal before they go out the door

Below is the leftovers I keep in a bag, I spread them out and form an idea... card and tag

Select any dies or stamps you may wish to use... I plan on using Unwind Stamp set,  Say it Stamp set and Honeycomb Die

Cut my basem stamped my flowers and fussy cut them out, and picked a darker scrap for the Honeycomb die

Arranged them then started gluing. I use normal Uhu glue for anything like the die, but everything else is glued down with Art Glitter Glue

Next onto the matching tag - following the ams process I formed an idea

And started layering

This is the end result - soft colours - lots of layers. Looks like it would take a while to make but in reality the longest part was getting out he cuttlebug!

Until next time

Happy crafting

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

Spread Your Wings Part 2 by Tracy Jackson

                                                                   Hello Bee Arty Fans

I am back to share my second set of cards using Spread Your Wings collection  from Bee Arty

Firstly I selected the Background paper I wanted to use from Spread Your Wings Collection - this was just left scraps I had left over from other projects.

I then mounted onto card stock

Fussy cut the background shapes from Spread Your Wings

And then I coloured and fussy cut flowers from a page called Heart

Once all elements were cut out I then stuck together and below you can see all 3 cards individually

I have really enjoyed using up my scraps for these projects this month and are looking forward to the next project I Have planned using a new stamp release...

Until then

Happy crafting

Spread Your Wings - Part 1 by Tracy Jackson

                                                                      Hello Bee Arty Fans

This month I have 2 projects to share using Spread Your Wings collection  from Bee Arty

This round I have 3 card to share

Firstly I looked at the paper I had and picked out a cut out sheet called Possibility - I wanted the butterflies to fussy cut and colour with copics to match the paper

I also picked out a sheet called Elegant Tags to fussy cut 

Then using 12x12 paper from same range to mount my cards on and picking out words from Aim High Collection called Dream Big, I started to assemble the set of cards

And below are the single cards

I hope I have given you some ideas on cards for this collection and don't be afraid to mix and match collections.

When I come back for my second post this month I have another set of 3 cards to share using he same collection

Until then

Happy crafting

Free Spirit...with Belinda Spencer

 Hello Bee Arty fans!!

Welcome to my very first post as a creative team member for Bee Arty. I am so excited to be sharing my first project with you.

Today I have a scrapbook layout to share with you using some fabulous products.

'Free Spirit'

So to start this layout I wanted to create a pretty light wash of my favourite aqua colour on the amazing Bee Arty White Cardstock. I half filled a small spray bottle with water and then added 1 drop each of Citrus and Oasis Colour Artist Inks. I spritzed quite a lot onto the background and played around with it by tilting the page this way and that and letting the ink run. Next I dried it off with a heat gun.

I decided the colour wasn't quite strong enough so I added two more drops of each ink to the bottle for a slighter deeper colour. I added another layer using this stronger colour. I also managed to get my spray bottle to add splatters. It may have a dodgy nozzle but I love the effect. I unscrewed the top and used the 'straw' to add even more splatters before drying with the heat gun.

Next I wanted to add a bit more texture and interest to the background so I added some stamping. I used the gorgeous Peony Dreams Clear Stamp with black ink and just partially applied ink to the stamp. I also added some beautiful leafy detail using the All Class Clear Stamp Set with the black ink.

My next step was to create my paper layers that I love to stack behind my photo. For this layout I used the Spread Your Wings Elegant Tags patterned paper. I fussy cut some of the tags, shuffled them around until I was happy with the design and then stapled them together. I prefer to use staples so that I can slip things in and around my stack later. I added this stack to my layout along with a sweet heart and a scroll border from the Desire Metal Die Set as well as some messy thread. 

I added a backing to the heart by spritzing some of the background colour onto some extra white cardstock, drying with a heat gun, adhering the heart and fussy cutting.

To finish I added my photo and some flowers. I added a stunning butterfly using the Butterfly Effect Die and a sweet bird on a branch using the Bird Talk Metal Die. I coloured both of these pieces using the same black ink as the stamping. I fussy cut some butterflies, the quote and the title from the Spread Your Wings Word Play patterned paper.

Bee Arty products used:

SPREAD YOUR WINGS Word Play patterned paper

SPREAD YOUR WINGS Elegant Tags patterned paper

PEONY DREAMS Clear Stamp Set

ALL CLASS Clear Stamp Set

COLOUR ARTIST INK Citrus

COLOUR ARTIST INK Oasis

DESIRE Metal Die

BUTTERFLY EFFECT Metal Die

BIRD TALK Metal Die

BEE ARTY White Cardstock 350gsm

Thank you for stopping by the blog today. I hope you are feeling inspired to have a play with your Bee Arty goodies.

Cheers

Belinda