Coffee Love by Charmane Koch

 I don't know about you but I NEED my Coffee! 

My layout I am sharing with you today is of a couple of coffees Ash & I had at a cute Coffee Shop in the Central Market in South Australia after an overnight stay at the Hilton!

I just loved the coffee table/bench that we were sitting at - with the old newspapers! Love the quirkiness of it... but must of all LOVE the coffee! {and probably needed it after a big night too haha}

I used mostly Grateful Heart goodies mixed in with a few other Bee Arty goodies which I will list here for you!

I started off with Kraft Cardstock as the base. I did cut out a square from it so that I could matte me photo. I did this with a Black Cardstock piece as well, which I trimmed slightly to use as a matte for the Grateful Heart Paper that I used for the background of my layout - love the woodgrain paper! You can get the full Grateful Heart paper pack for only $20! It's such a timeless pack!

But why not get the Stencils, Dies & Stamps that go with the papers? I have used these all many times for different projects! The BUSY BEES are only $70!

I trimmed about 1 cm off each side of the Faith paper and distressed the edges, I stuck this to the Black Cardstock followed by the Kraft.

I tore the Hope paper to give a rough edge, distressed and curled the paper over to expose the other side slightly. I fussy cut part of the leftover paper to tuck behind the ripped cardboard & my photo matte.

I cut out from Kraft & White Cardstock a number of floral/leafy dies - Sweet Floral, Aussie Leaves & the love from the Flower Talk set - this I used for part of my title...

I then added flowers & wood veneers & bits from my stash...

Of course a Charms Creations Book Page Heart was a perfect match...

I also cut out a Butterfly from one of the Butterfly Cut Aparts -  so many to choose from!

And a Flair from the Assorted Flairs from Bee Arty.

This layout was one of my favourites at the Charms Creations At Home Retreat I organised - it was a Scraplift of a Tina Steinborner layout! It just came together so easily - don't you just love it when that happens?

Here's the Dies I used: 

Sweet Floral - CURRENTLY ONLY $10!

Aussie Leaves - a DEFINITE must have!

Flower Talk - perfect for titles! Another must have to your Die Collection!

Thanks for popping by! I hope I've inspired you with this GORGEOUS Paper Collection!

XO Charm

Secret Garden by Rikki G

 Good afternoon how are you? Here in the West the weather has been getting a bit wild and cold oh so cold but that gives you the perfect excuse to play along with this months Bee Arty Sketch and Moodboard challenge.

 

So heres my take on the colours of the challenge and I have to say the combo had me scratching my head a little bit...but I am very happy with the result.

And theres a process video for you to follow along with.

 Use the Bee Arty Honeycomb Spray Stencil with Tim Holtz Oxide- Fossilized Amber, Faded Jeans and Blueprint Sketch.

Ghost the background with Bee Arty Bokeh Stamp set - Script with Grey ink.

With black archival ink stamp scrolls with Bee Arty Vamp Stamp set.

Add the Bee Arty Kind Heart Stamp set to the right hand side.

Add the title from that set throughout the background.

Add washi tapes into the background and finish off with flicking white ink throughout the background.

1 x single sided Cut n Colour paper exclusive to this collection pack

Honeycomb Spray- A5 Stencil

Bokeh - Clear Stamp Set

Vamp - Clear Stamp Set

Kind Heart - Clear Stamp Set

A4 Cut Apart - Assorted #11

Dream - Rikki G

 Good morning how are you? Rikki here today to share with you part two of how to break down Moodboards and Sketches. 

Now if you're a bit like me find Moodboards harder to work with than sketches.... its the colour combinations that sometimes I struggle to find the balance with. How much of what colour? Do I have to use all the colours? What Ratio should I do?

Adventure Bound - Rikki G

 Hi Rikki here kicking off my May design team shares. You would have seen that we run a monthly challenge and it  has a moodboard and a sketch.... did you know you can enter either challenge? Or  you can combine the challenges.

So I had a little brain wave, why dont I work my posts this month around the challenge. So I will start with the sketch, how to break down each step, each layer and each embellishment.

Theres even a process  video for you to follow along with.

 

*** If you do the sketch part of the challenge you  can complete it in any colour you like.