You Got This by Ros Aggett-Madley

Hello, 

today is a super quick share.  It started with a scrap of paper that had been removed from a journal and cut in half.

There was extra Colour Blast Spray in Bubblegum and Colour Artist Ink in Calypso on my desk and I used this to mop it up.  

I thought I'd die cut it or something but one side of the paper is torn and I couldn't stop looking and touching it, loving how organic it felt.

I added some stamping that I'd done on some tissue paper.  Some marks have been made with a giant Sharpie.  Some Heavy Black Gesso with the Stardust Stencil has also been added.  I only used the edge of this, trying to get just the circle and star bursty type shapes.

Some black gesso mixed in water was then used to add a few flicks to the top.

Short and sweet but a good time.

Hope you've been inspired 💙

17, by Amanda Hartmann

Hi Bee Arty fans!

Today's page was inspired by my daughters bright green outfit and a photo of her, on her birthday with her new camera. So I basically started with everything white or raw and used my Bee Arty mixed media to create my own background and colour the embellishments.

AND, of course I started with the NEW Bee Arty heavy weight cardstock!

The Bee Arty mixed media products used on this page are:

* Colour Mica Powder in Apple of my Eye

* Colour Artist Inks in Lime and Grass

* Colour Spray in Roadbase

* Colour Paste in Snow White

* Colour Shimmer Spray in Dusty Charcoal

* Colour Embossing Powder in Dusty Charcoal

* Stencil - Humps

Here is the page... and a short explanation as to how I created it.

I found some circular tissue paper doilies in my stash and I coloured them with the artist inks, as well as some Colour Mica Powder and water, all mixed together.

After painting the circles, I mopped up the leftover colour from the messy mat, onto the white cardstock.

I used machine stitching to stitch the circles to the page and to stitch around the edge of the page.

I used Colour Paste in snow white through the Hump stencil on the largest circle on the page.

Colouring embellishments:

* I used Lime and Grass artist inks to colour the white flowers and the muslin.

* I used Roadbase and then Dusty Charcoal sprays to colour the wooden cameras

* I used Dusty Charcoal embossing powder to colour the chipboard "17"

                 

Page finished with some black stamping, and splatters of Grass Colour Artist Ink and Roadbase Colour Spray.

I love my crazy bright girl!

And I love the bright green of my page!

Now I will go back to figuring out how I can have a 17 year old!

Thanks for looking,

Amanda

'Bloom with grace' by Amy C.

Hi everyone, 

Amy here with you today. I have a scrapbook page to share with you using lots of amazing products from Bee Arty - take a look!

To start, I took a sheet of the 'Twenty Twenty' 12" x 12" scrapbooking paper from the 365 collection. 

This sheet will be the border.

In order to save paper, I cut out a 10" x 10" square as pictured, to leave just the border.

Next I trimmed a sheet of heavy 12" x 12" heavy white cardstock to 10 ¾" x 10 ¾" so it overlapped the border.

This square was now my working space for my background.

Next, I splattered some some Colour Artist ink in 'Bordeaux' mixed with water onto a messy mat and placed my page face down over it and gently rubbed the back of the paper to allow the the ink to spread over the white cardstock. I then heat-dried it with my heat gun.

I repeated this step with the Colour Artist inks in 'Oasis' and 'Citrus' but I did not apply as much ink for these colours as I wanted the beautiful 'Bordeaux' to dominate here. 

With a paint brush, I added some splatters over the background using the remnants of the ink.

Once I was happy with background I set it aside to dry and set to work on the layers behind my photo. Apart from medical gauze for texture, I trimmed down papers using both the 'Silence' paper from the Untangle Collection and 'Direction' from the 365 Collection, as well as some more of the 'Twenty Twenty' paper.  

I then placed them behind the photo with a torn paper doily and adhered them down to my page.

With the 'Direction' paper from the 365 collection, I die-cut it with the 'Beaded' metal die. 

To add a bit of bling to this gorgeous cut shape, I applied some of the Colour Blast Shimmer pen in 'Clear' then adhered the shape slightly over the bottom corner of the photo.

To complete this page, I included some thread, flowers, sequins and the title from my stash.

Take a look at these close ups...

Here are the products I used from the store:

Colour Artist Ink in 'Bordeaux', 'Oasis', 'Citrus'

Papers: 

365 Collection 'Direction', 'Twenty Twenty' 

Untangle range 'Silence'

Metal Die 'Beaded'

Shimmer Pen in 'Clear'

Other Products:

Heavy white cardstock

Messy mat

Water

Paint brush

Plastic wrap

Thread

Sequins

Medical gauze

Title

 (Anything goes when it comes to embellishing!)

Thank you for looking and I hope this might inspire you to try some of these techniques.

Amy 😊

Be Anything But Predictable II Chrissi Mannix

Hello Lovelies,

I have an art journal page to share with you today using lots of Bee Arty Stencils, and the fabulous Artist Inks. Artist Inks are some of my favourite mediums to play with.

I wanted to get messy and arty, and what better way than to make an art journal page using some of my fave inks. I wanted some texture in the background, so I started by applying crackle paste through the A4 Imprinted Stencil. 

Then it was time to play with my Artist Inks. I enjoy using them, not only in the massive range of colours they come in, but also when you mix them together, you get completely new colours. When mixing to make a new colour, I add drops of ink onto the page together. To get a mixed colour you always need to add wet to wet. Then I spritz with water and let them blend.

Once I had my colour I started to play with my stencils. I did try stamping to start with, but due to the crackle paste and texture in the background, it just didn't work very well, so I covered that up with some stenciling and black paint.

I used a mixture of stencils;

A5 Circulate Stencil

Girl Walking Stencil

A5 Different Stencil

I used mostly black paint for the stenciling, but I did go back over my title with white paint to make it stand out more. I added splatters in both white and black paint, one to use up any spare paint I had, and two, because I love splatters and I love the messy look lol.

I hope you enjoyed seeing what I created today, Back you soon.

Chrissi xxx

Steampunk Glam Layout plus bonus Art Journal Page by Julie Schinkel

Hi everyone, today I'm sharing two inspiration projects I have created using both the Time Flies Collection and also the Limited Edition Collection both designed by Michelle Grant. I love to cross boundaries and mix and match collections, it gives you even more creative space and breathes new life into old collections that you have sitting idle in your craft room.

I was going to use the two steampunk girls on my layout but that made it way too busy, so I decided to use them on an art journal page instead. Here are my projects including close ups and a list of what I used to create them.

Products Used - Layout:

Bee Arty Time Flies Collection - Moments 12x12 Paper

Time Flies Collection - Tick 12x12 Paper

Time Flies Collection - Time 12x12 Cut & Colour Sheet

Time Flies Collection - Curious 12x12 Word Sheet

Time Flies Collection - Tic Toc Metal Die

Time Flies Collection - Time Flies Clear Stamp Set

Limited Edition Collection - Imperfect 12x12 Paper

Limited Edition - Individual 12x12 Paper

Limited Edition Collection - Glorious 12x12 Tag Sheet

Limited Edition Collection - Geared Up Metal Die

Limited Edition Collection - Unpredictable Clear Stamp Set

Aim High Collection - Cog Globe Metal Die

Products Used - Art Journal Page:

Time Flies Collection - Tick 12x12 Paper

Time Flies Collection - Time 12x12 Cut & Colour Sheet

Time Flies Collection - Metal Plates Clear Stamp Set

Time Flies Collection - Time Flies Clear Stamp Set

Time Flies Collection - Riveted A4 Stencil

Time Flies Collection - Hanging Time A5 Stencil

Limited Edition Collection - Glorious 12x12 Tag Sheet

Limited Edition Collection - Exception 12x12 Word Sheet

Limited Edition Collection - Unpredictable Clear Stamp Set

Limited Edition Collection - Time Magic A4 Stencil

Colour Blast Paste - Leather

Colour Blast Paste - Envy

Colour Blast Watercolour Set - Inspired (Discontinued)

Other Products:

Teal Green glitter card

Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Ground Espresso

Black pen (to colour roman numerals)

Teal pen (to colour zipper on layout)

I hope you enjoyed this project. Thanks for stopping by.

Until next time, happy crafting.

Julie xx

Discover, Create - 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 amazing products from Bee Arty.
 

 
I'm creating in a 8x10 DWM media journal on one of the cotton rag watercolour pages.

For my background I have started by applying Berry Colour Artist ink using a painting with plastic technique. Then I have added splatters of Berry, Marine and Citrus Colour Artist inks. 
 

I mix some Passion Colour Shimmer Dust with a white modelling/texture paste in a paint palatte. Using texture paste results in a chalky mat finish to the stencilled image. You could use a heavy gloss gel instead (or heavy mat gel) to give a more glossy translucent effect similar to that of Colour Paste.

  

Apply this paste through the Circulate stencil in places.
 

  

 Add stamping to the page using the Life Is Tough Stamp Set.
  

 

Here is my finished page.

 

I found the picture on Pinterest and printed it out on photo paper. I've matted some old book paper and white muslin under 2 corners of the photo and added some Tim Holtz small talk word stickers. Lastly I've added doodling around the edge of the page using a Fude ball pen.

Thanks so much for stopping by

Crafty Hugs xx

Karyn