Brave Spirit - Art Journal page by Elisa Ablett

Hi everyone, 

My turn up on the Colour Blast blog with my latest inspiration, a colourful boho inspired art journal page. 

I started my page by taping off a square section on my page using washi tape. I wanted to create a large white border around the inked area which left an area to add some scribbly writing with a black art journal pen.

By using washi tape it creates a crisp framed area and contains your watercolour inks!

I then sprayed the page with water and dripped each colour of the inks in lines to create the rainbow look. I then used a heat gun to dry the area properly.

I stencilled over the top using Dina Wakely acrylic paints and black versafine ink AND added my mandala on the right side using a combination of Just Blue and Envy Colour Pastes.

To add white highlights, I used a white paint pen by Life of Colour.

Lets take a closer look:-

Here is a list of the Colour Blast by Bee Arty products used:-

 

https://beearty.com.au/collections/stencils

https://beearty.com.au/collections/stamps/products/kind-heart-clear-stamp-set

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https://beearty.com.au/collections/mixed-media/products/colour-artist-die-ink

Just Blue and Envy Colour Pastes

https://beearty.com.au/collections/mixed-media/products/colour-paste?variant=30100968996967

Love how you can use a product and match with another medium in a different range.

Thanks for stopping by the blog today, make sure you keep up to date with all things Bee Arty by joining the facebook group - Bee Arty Creative Hive

Hugs

Elisa 

Isle Of Pines by Suzy Loudon

Happy Friday (.....to those that won't be working the weekend like me).

For today's layout I went back to some of the original products.

I started with a pale blue cardstock that faded to white at the edges.

Using white tissue paper I pasted it down with a clear gesso scrunching it as I went. I continued to paint the whole page with the clear gesso to seal it (as at this stage I still wasn't too sure on what I was going to do).

I decided to dab Sapphire Colour Spray using a paint brush then added more with Carribean Colour Spray. Spraying a little water to meld it all together. Then finishing off with splatters of each.

I sprayed Steel Shimmer Spray all over to give the page some sparkle.

With a dry feather brush I went gently over the blue with Heavy White Gesso to give it a bit of a wave effect.

I painted all my chipboard with Heavy White Gesso.

Using a green paint I had I painted the top of my chipboard then using the Heavy White Gesso I painted up from the bottom overlapping.

Once dry I embossed the top with Envy Embossing Powder and the bottom with Snow White Embossing Powder.

I got out my stash of Colour Pastes. Starting with Leather, Envy & Singin' The Blues I put a little of each on my craft mat & added a little water before painting it on my chipboards.

I kept going on all my chipboard bits using Bling, Sienna, Lovely Lilac, Lemon Zing, Tangareen Dream & Rose Petal Colour Pastes.. I also used Bling for some highlights.

Using Bubblegum & Roadbase Colour Sprays I painted my snorkelling gear.

Using Deep Water Shimmer Spray I spray some cheese cloth & dried it off. Then added some splatters around the page.

For my little letters I painted them one at a time with Heavy White Gesso and before it could dry I dipped each one in Deep Water Embossing Powder then heat activating.

Once I stuck all my elements down I painted the edges of my page with White Gesso before watering a little gesso down with water & adding some splatters.

I also added some real shells, some small coloured rocks, sequins and glitter for final touches.

Here's a few closeups.

Thanks for looking.

xxx Suzy

You Make Life Beautiful by Suzy Loudon

Hi everyone. Today I went back to the original Colour Blast products, using Colour Shimmer Spray & Colour Embossing Powder.

I wanted to get into my lace box whilst doing this layout. So when prepping my page I tore the edges of my top sheet then stuck it down & edged all the sides with lace.

Once ready, I used Heavy White Gesso through a stencil.

I then gave my page a spray with Envy Colour Shimmer Spray, adding a few splotches as well.

I double embossed my chipboard with Envy Colour Embossing Powder.

I sprayed some flowers with the Envy Colour Shimmer Spray.

Putting my elements together I added more lace, fussy cut flowers from the paper range and some micro beads.

Here's a few close ups.

Thanks for looking.

xxx Suzy