Whispering Woods Sneak Peek II - With Karyn Schultz!

   Hi Bee Arty Lovelies!

It's Karyn here and today I have a Sneak Peek of another of my creations that features in the new Bee Arty Whispering Woods kit. The sneaks are from a scrapbook page titled "Finding Your Way".

 

 

Whispering Woods has whimsical/rustic designs & colour palate with versatile elements, and is designed by the talented Sue Smyth. You will love this collection - the stamps, stencils and dies are not to be missed! You can subscribe to the kit here. Kits come with a paper pack, stencils, metal dies, stamp sets, embellishments and full colour kit instructions.

 

 

 

Thanks so much for stopping by

Crafty Hugs xx

Karyn

Road Trip Sneak Peek II - With Karyn Schultz!

  Hi Bee Arty Lovelies!

It's Karyn here and today I have a Sneak Peek of another one of my creations that will feature in the upcoming  Bee Arty Road Trip kit. This sneak is from a scrapbook page titled "Let's Hit The Road".

 

 

  Road Trip has a grunge/watercolour beachy colour palette with versatile elements, and is designed by the talented Michelle Grant. You will love this collection - the stamps, stencils and dies are not to be missed! You can subscribe to the kit here. Kits come with a paper pack, stencils, metal dies, stamp sets, embellishments and full colour kit instructions.

  

  

Thanks so much for stopping by

Crafty Hugs xx

Karyn

Road Trip Sneak Peek I - With Karyn Schultz!

  Hi Bee Arty Lovelies!

It's Karyn here and today I have a Sneak Peek of one of my creations that will feature in the upcoming  Bee Arty Road Trip kit. This sneak is from a scrapbook page titled "Rest Stop".

 

  Road Trip has a grunge/watercolour beachy colour palette with versatile elements, and is designed by the talented Michelle Grant. You will love this collection - the stamps, stencils and dies are not to be missed! You can subscribe to the kit here. Kits come with a paper pack, stencils, metal dies, stamp sets, embellishments and full colour kit instructions.

  

  

Thanks so much for stopping by

Crafty Hugs xx

Karyn

Destination Anywhere Sneak Peek III - With Karyn Schultz!

  Hi Bee Arty Lovelies!

It's Karyn here and today I have a final Sneak Peek of one of my creations that will feature in the upcoming  Bee Arty "Destination Anywhere" kit. This sneak is from a scrapbook page titled "Fall In Love With Moments".

 

 Destination Anywhere has a vintage/masculine colour palette with versatile elements, and is designed by the talented Quennie Yeung. You will love this collection - the stamps, stencils and dies are not to be missed! You can subscribe to the kit here. Kits come with a paper pack, stencils, metal dies, stamp sets, embellishments and full colour kit instructions.

 

Thanks so much for stopping by

Crafty Hugs xx

Karyn

Destination Anywhere Sneak Peek - With Karyn Schultz!

 Hi Bee Arty Lovelies!

It's Karyn here and today I have a Sneak Peek of one of my creations that will feature in the upcoming  Bee Arty "Destination Anywhere" kit. This sneak is from a scrapbook page titled "More Life, Less Rush".

 

 Destination Anywhere has a vintage/masculine colour palette with versatile elements, and is designed by the talented Quennie Yeung. You will love this collection - the stamps, stencils and dies are not to be missed! You can subscribe to the kit here. Kits come with a paper pack, stencils, metal dies, stamp sets, embellishments and full colour kit instructions.

 

Thanks so much for stopping by

Crafty Hugs xx

Karyn

Playing with the Fearless Brave and Free Queen Bee Kit II Chrissi Mannix

 Hello Lovelies

Today I decided to play with my Queen Bee Kit. I LOVE getting the kits, its a great way to get your favourite collections and also see some great project inspirations from the lovely ladies. This time, I'm playing with Fi's Fearless Brave and Free Collection- and Oh My, is it amazing

I decided to start with the A5 Free Hand Stencil. To add some texture to my page, I decided to use crackle paste through my stencil. I am currently using a book I brought from an Op shop as an art journal at eh moment. I'm loving the look of the altered book. It makes for some interesting texture and patterns in my pages.

Next, I decided to add some colour. Knowing that the Road Base Colour Spray from the kit wouldn't stay black over my white crackle paste, I decided to use some Love Colour Spray over the crackle paste, and blend into the Road Base towards the center of my page- I just ADORE how this turned out.

You can see how the colour has seeped into the cracks left from the crackle paste. 

I wanted to add something more to the page, but was loving the way my colours were working together, so I decided to use the Fearless Clear Stamp with some black archival ink to add a subtle layer to the background.

Even though it is black on black, you can see the texture of the stamp in the background. It just gives the page that little something more in the detail.

So this is where I am with my page. you ever create something you love so much, you don't want to add anything else to it for fear of taking away from the awesomeness you have created lol. That's where I am. I love this page as is, and cant bring myself to add to it.

Thanks for stopping by

Chrissi xxx

Fan by Suzanne Franin

Hey Everyone Suzanne here

This week on the Colour Blast Blog I used a fan that I had gotten when I went to Hamilton Island a few years ago it was a very special trip

Make sure you check out the Colour Blast website and see all the awesome stencils and stamps from Michelle Grant and while you're there check out the Kit Club it could be a great Christmas gift to yourself for next year  

I have also made a YouTube Video of the process which you can watch and make sure to subscribe to the Colour Blast  Channel to keep up with some tips and tricks the Design Team show

I started off trying something else and didn't like it so I got the Heavy White Gesso to cover up everything and then went from there

So I decided to go with some Colour Shimmer Dusts - I went out of my comfort zone and chose blues

I used the Colour Shimmer Dust - Duke, Cobalt and Peacock sprinkled across the fan then spritzed it with the water and dried it

I used Sunflower Colour Shimmer Dust that I have pre-made in a bottle of water (I use this one a lot) and sprayed the flowers

I used the Midnight Colour Shimmer Dust on the clock which is made of paper clay and gave it a little swipe of Old Silver Wax from Finnabair to show up the details

I filled in the gap of the mask with the Watermelon Colour Mica Powder which I had added some  Heavy Body Gel from Finnabair (which I also used to adhere everything to the fan)

I love how vibrant the colours are

Thank you for visiting and

 I hope you will be back soon x

World Cup 2018- Chrissi M

Hi Lovelies

Boy do I have a fun one for you today!!!

Now I'm sure at some point, everyone has done the shaving cream and food colouring marbling, right? But did you know, this technique works AMAZING with Colour Blast Artist Inks? I kid you not! And it is so much fun to do. 

So you're going to need a baking tray, some baking paper, shaving cream and your artist inks. Now the good thing about this technique, is you never get the same result twice. I love 'testing' out my colours and supplies by doing a few trials on plain paper first. I then use these experiments and trails for collage papers or in junk journals, so nothing ever goes to waste.

Now the fun part. Cover that tray in shaving foam. Then add a few drops of your chosen Colour Blast Artist Ink colours in random areas-I've used Citrus and Lime. Then, using a skewer or toothpick, swirl that colour around with the shaving foam. Then it is as simple as setting your paper onto the shaving foam and letting that ink soak into the paper. I tend to leave it for about a few minutes, it doesn't take very long at all. When you pull it up it will be covered in shaving cream. I have this nifty little squeegee type tool I got from my local hardware store. Works perfectly to take the shaving foam off gently. You don't need one of these though, an egg flip works just as well. Just be gentle when doing this step, as the paper will be very soft.
When you wipe away the foam, you will be left with an amazing marble pattern underneath. I'm always amazed by how magically this works lol. When my son saw all the things out on the bench, he really wanted a go too. He had a great time helping mum. Its a great activity for the kids to help with too. There is no way to get this technique wrong.

So after I had perfected my colours and technique, now it was time to do this to a sheet of cardstock. Now, yes my baking tray was too small to fit an entire 12x12 piece of cardstock, but seeing as I wanted to concentrate my pattern to the middle quarter of my cardstock, this worked perfectly for me.

I repeated my process again, and got this magical background. It honestly turned out as perfectly as I had hoped, I was so impressed.

Then it was time to start putting my layout together. This part didn't take too long at all. I really didn't want too add too much to it because I really wanted that background to pop and be the main focus. This was a page about my husband and son all dressed up for the Socceroos first World Cup match. So I was very happy with how the colours turned out. I used some of the new Colour Blast August Release Stamps to add some interest to my background. I used a mixture of the Going my Way and All the Way Stamps.

Then I grabbed my Colour Blast Artist Ink in Soot and added some fine splatters with a fan paint brush, and then some big drops straight from the dropper.

To embellish my page, I kept it simple with some twine I got in my Colour Blast August Kit, and an arrow embellishment and a few wood veneer stars here and there. 

After adding my title and some journaling, I was done. I absolutely LOVE this technique and the Colour Blast Artist Inks work so well with it. Will definitely have to try some other colour combinations. 

This page turned out exactly as I had hoped and I just love it. I hope you have enjoyed the technique too. Happy Scrapping

Chrissi xxx