'Get in the Picture!' by Amy C

Hi everyone, Amy here with you today. 

I have a scrapbook page to share with you made using lots of amazing products from Bee Arty.

This month's challenge was the inspiration for my page - 'Get in the Picture'.

Take a look at the challenge...

...and this is my take on it...

To start, I took a sheet of 12 x 12 heavy white cardstock. Using a grey lead pencil, I drew a square - this was going to be my working space for the background.

Next I used a brayer to apply some Black Heavy Gesso. As pictured, I applied the paint inside my square. 

The black Gesso here primed my page in preparation for the wet mediums to be applied next.

With some White Heavy Gesso I went over the black lightly with the paint brayer.

To add texture to my page I used the Devotion A4 Stencil and applied some white modelling paste from my stash with a spatula.

It was important to ensure the Gesso was dry and then carefully move the stencil around the page so as to get a consistent floral arrangement over the black and white background.

Next I added colour to the flowers with some gorgeous Colour Artist Inks. With the Lime I painted all the leaves and then painted the flowers with Slipper and Oasis. 

Once the background was complete and dried again it was time to prepare some of the embellishments for this page.

To add colour over the white doily I dipped my medical gauze into a small droplet of Oasis mixed with some water and set aside to dry.

For the layers behind my photo I made some tags as pictured using the papers from the 'Three Six Five' Paper Collection and then adhered my photo down over the doily, coloured medical gauze and the prepared tags. 

Finally, I set to work on my title: 

1) I coloured a strip of heavy white cardstock with Colour Spray in 'Saffron'and allowed to dry.

2) I stamped it with the Colour Blast 'Textiles' Clear Stamp Set.

3) I used the Three Six Five 'Alphas' Metal Die Set to cut the letters out as pictured and them adhered them to the page.

After I adhered my die-cut title the page I added some embellishments from my stash, including a Charms Creations star with flowers.

Take a look at these close ups.

I hope you have been inspired  - happy crafting!

Amy 😊

  

'All things grow better with love' by Amy

Hi everyone! Last month, Bee Arty had a creative challenge. The theme was 'Flower Power'. I was super-impressed with the fantastic entries that came through: thank you Bee Arty fans!

So today I am sharing a page inspired by the 'Flower Power' theme...

...and this is my take on it...

I created this colourful page by using various Colour Artist Inks, stamps and a stencil from the Bee Arty Store. 

I started by using Colour Artist Inks mixed with water inside my hand drawn circles. I applied one colour at a time using the following colours: 'Citrus', 'Oasis', 'Slipper', 'Mermaid' and 'Cider'. 

Next, I placed the white cardstock ready for my stencil pattern. I dipped the Bee Arty 'Devotion' A4 Stencil in 'Road Base' Colour Spray mixed with water. I then transferred it across to the coloured areas on the white cardstock and allowed to completely dry.

To continue with this flower theme, I stamped in various places with the 'Floral Delights 2' Clear Stamp Set by Colour Blast. N.B. I used a permanent based ink in black. This is advisable, as it prevents the ink from bleeding and allows for sharp images.

Before I added the photo to the page I added splatters over the background with the Colour Artist Ink in 'Soot' and allowed to dry. I then embellished the page with paper flowers, doily, chipboard by Kinder Kreations. 

The title was a rubon from my stash.

Take a look at these close ups.

Here are the products in store that I used:

Colour Artist Ink - Citrus, Mermaid, Oasis, Slipper, Cider and Soot

Colour Spray - Road Base

Stamp - Floral Delights 2 Clear Stamp Set by Colour Blast

Devotion A4 Stencil by Bee Arty

Other products:

White card stock

Permanent Ink - Black

Fan brush (for splatters)

Paper Flowers 

Doily

Chipboard by Kinder Kreations

Black Sharpie Pen

That's it for today! Thank you for stopping by. Amy 😊

'Colourful handmade cards' by Amy

Hi all you crafty people! It's Amy here with some colourful handmade cards. 

Here's a little teaser - just look at the brightness of these little beauties!

To start, I took three ready-made A5 white cards from my stash that were already scored. (They are 210 x 148 mm.)

Next, I trimmed three pieces of cardstock to be mounted onto the front of the cards.

For the white inserts, I primed with White Heavy Gesso - using an old gift card to apply the Gesso.

I also used some cellophane (actually some left over clear plastic packaging) to apply some water mixed with Colour Artist Ink in 'Citrus' and dried it with my heatgun.

On another sheet of heavy white cardstock I repeated the same technique - to be used for the flowers.

As you can see, I have done this technique for the three colours: 'Oasis', 'Slipper' as well as the 'Citrus'. Note to allow plenty of drying time between each colour - or, alternatively,to speed up the process you could use a heatgun.

Using a permanent-based ink, stamp the Floral Delights 2 clear stamp flowers over the three colours! ...and then fussy-cut the flowers out.

As pictured, I stamped a strip of the Meridian Clear Stamp Set over the water colour background. The flowers will be placed over this black strip.

After I layered the pretty flowers onto the cards - to add some bling - I used a Shimmer Pen in 'Clear'. It is hard to see all the shimmer and shine in the photos, but it is there! 😊

Finally, for the sentiment on the black card I die-cut using the Bee Arty '365 Alphas' die set with my trusty Cuttlebug. Then I finished off the cards by adding some embellishments as pictured. 

Take a look at these close ups.

Products used:

- Colour Artist Inks - Citrus, Oasis, Slipper

- Heavy Gesso - White

- Shimmer Pen - Clear

- Bee Arty Die Set - 365 Alphas

- Stamp Sets - Floral Delights 2; Meridian

Other products:

- A5 cards - white

- Cardstock - black; heavy white

- Permanent ink - black

Thank you for stopping by - and happy crafting! Amy

'Celebrate' by Amy C

Hi everyone! It's Amy here! ... am super excited to be sharing my first DT post for Bee Arty!

I have here a bright and fun mixed media page using various - but all awesome - Bee Arty products. 

To start, I primed a piece of white cardstock with Colour Blast White Heavy Gesso. It is important to prime your page before working with wet mediums as a means to protect your page. 

Once dried, I lightly marked where my photo was to be placed. This helped me as I added the mixed media layers to the page.

Next, I took the Bricked A6 Stencil and used a spatula to spread some modelling paste through the stencil over the page. You could then either set aside to dry or use a heatgun to speed up the drying process. 

After it dried, it was time to add some colour, but before I applied some colour - using the Colour Artist Inks - I lightly sprayed water over the areas where the colour was to be added. This allowed the inks to easily run on the page creating the desired effect.

I started with the Colour Artist Ink in 'Slipper' first and gently squeezed over various areas of the page as pictured. It is quite concentrated and super bright. I moved the page around to allow the ink to run a little. I heat-dried this colour before moving on to the next colour.

As pictured, I have repeated this process for three colours: 'Slipper', 'Citrus', and 'Cider'.

Note: it is important to dry well in between each colour, to prevent the colours 'bleeding' into each other. 

Next I took the 'Life is Tough' and 'Textiles' Clear Stamps Sets and - with a permanent-based ink - stamped over the coloured areas. These stamps work so beautifully - and so I used them vertically and horizontally around the page.

Next I added some splatters of the Colour Artist Ink in 'Soot' mixed with water. You could use either a fan brush or a normal small tipped paint brush for this. 

Before I adhered my photo to the page, using a permanent black pen and a household item I drew a circle and placed the photo inside the circle.

Once the page background was complete I finished it off with a few embellishments. 

Have a look at these close ups:

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

Amy

Products Used:

Colour Blast - White Heavy Gesso

Bricked A6 Stencil

Colour Artist Inks - Slipper, Cider, Citrus, Soot

Clear Stamp Sets - Life is Tough and Textiles

Other Products:

Heavy white cardstock

Spatula

Paint brush

Water

Black permanent pen

Black permanent ink