Happy Days, Mixed Media Journal page by Sunila

 Hello lovelies,

Sunila here and today I've sharing a mixed media journal page with you all. As you all know, I  art journaling. It  gives me the freedom to play with different products, to experiment a technique, or to try out a new idea, in the space of a page. I enjoy revisiting my pages and flipping through my journals. It helps me understand my growth and progress as well. 

Here's a look at the page:

This page is a simple play with the mica powders for my colour. I've used die cut elements with a photo to create the focal. The background has textures created with a stencil and texture paste, as well as simple background stamping.

Here are some close ups:

Supplies:

Colour Blast Powders- Rosewood, Apple of my eye

Colour Artist Inks- Walnut, Slipper and Marine

Bee Arty Stencil- A5 Rhythm by Michelle Grant

Metal Die- Untangle

Stamps- Wonderful

Hope you enjoyed this!

Hugs

Sunila

One Moment, Art Journalling - 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 cool products from Bee Arty.

 

 

I'm playing along with the November moodboard challenge. We would love for you to join in with this challenge and be in the running to win a Bee Arty online voucher. You have until November 30th and you need to upload your challenge here (please follow challenge rules). 

I was inspired by the colours of this moodboard, as well as the cane/hessian texture, and the wall art piece of the tree/leaf. 

I'm using a cotton rag watercolour page in my DWM art journal. I start by painting Steel, Stormy Weather, Deep water and Sienna Mica Powders on my page using a painting with plastic technique. I also add splatters of each of the colours.

 

 

I then added stamping using the Bokeh stamp set (script) from the Grateful heart collection, and black Archival ink. I used the Scripted Stencil with Dusty Charcoal Colour Paste to add some stencilling across the page. 

 

I also used the Bokeh stamp set (script) to stamp some tissue/collage paper to add to my page.

 

 

Here is my completed page. I found a picture on Pinterest and printed it on photo paper and added to the page.

 

 I've embellished with flower and leaf die cuts in white cardstock and kraft cardstock using the Flowers of Paradise metal dies and  Leaves of Paradise metal dies from the Find Paradise collection. The title "One Moment" is cut from the Untangle collection. I've outlined my page using a fine black Life of Colour paint pen.

Thanks so much for stopping by

Crafty Hugs xx

Karyn

Inhale Exhale - 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 fun products available from Bee Arty. 

 

 

I've been enjoying doing gel printing lately so I thought I would play around with Colour Artist inks and a small circle gel plate. I tried applying the ink direct to the gel plate but wasn't getting the effect I was after. I also tried mixing the ink with white gesso but the colour was too muted so I tried mixing it with a soft gloss gel. I used a paint palate to mix each of the colour separately with gel (grass, lime, citrus Colour Artist Ink) then I applied it to the plate.

 

 I had precut white cardstock to approx 4"x4" squares and I created a series of prints - the darkest print coming from the first, then second and third (I didn't add any more coloured gel to the plate between prints). I love the variation they give.

 

 

Once the prints were dry I drew citrus shapes using white and black Life Of Colour pens. I cut out the citrus shapes to use on my page. The print in the top left corner is from inks only on the plate, the bottom print is inks mixed with white gesso, the top right is ink mixed with soft gloss gel. I used some of the prints to punch other sized circles as well.

 

Now on to creating my art journal page. I'm using a cotton watercolour page in my DWM art journal. I start by applying Grass, Lime, and Citrus Colour Artist Ink to the page using a painting with plastic technique (apply each colour separately and dry in between), then add splatters. 

 

 

 

 Then I added some stamping using the Making Your Mark stamp set from the Untangle collection.

 

 

 Next I've added some stencilling using the Starry Night stencil (from the Grateful Heart collection) and Dusty Charcoal Colour Paste. 

Here is my finished page.

 

  

 I've added various circle shapes cut from the gel prints as well as words cut from paper in the Untangle collection. I've drawn around the edge of the page, the circles and the words using a fine black Life Of Colour pen.

 

 

Thanks so much for stopping by

Crafty Hugs xx

Karyn

'Bloom' by Belinda Spencer

 Hello Bee Arty fans!

It's Belinda here with you today to share my latest layout created for Bee Arty and inspired by the July Mood Board.

Here's a reminder of the mood board.

Such pretty colours!

I started my layout by cropping a sheet of the 350gsm heavy white cardstock and mounting on a sheet of the Untangle Mindset patterned paper. I then mixed up all of the colours for my background. I used the Colour Blast White Heavy Gesso and added Colour Artist Dye Inks in Berry, Citrus, Lime, Oasis and Slipper. You might notice that my last swipe of colour on my page looks grey. It's actually purple but either my photography or lighting was bad. Trust me. It is purple in real life! I used a paintbrush to add all of the stripes of colour and then diluted the paint so I could flick it over the page.

Once my background was completely dry, I added some stencilling with Colour Paste in Snow White and the Gridlock - A6 Stencil. 

Here you can see how this Colour Paste adds such a gorgeous shimmer.

Next, I added some stamping using the Bokeh Clear Stamp Set and the Going My Way Clear Stamp Set. I used Archival Ink and Distress Oxides for my stamping.

I chopped up the Untangle Silence patterned paper and layered the pieces together with the Frame Metal Die die cut. I fussy cut some flowers from the Embrace and the Collection Bonus patterned papers and added all to the page. Finally I added my embellishments and my title as well as quotes cut from the patterned papers.

Products used:

UNTANGLE:

- Collection Bonus patterned paper

- Embrace patterned paper

- Mindset patterned paper

- Silence patterned paper

Gridlock - A6 Stencil

Going My Way Clear Stamp Set

Bokeh Clear Stamp Set

Frame Metal Die

Colour Blast Colour Artist Ink:

- Berry

- Citrus

- Lime

- Oasis

- Slipper

Colour Paste Snow White

White Heavy Gesso

350gsm Heavy White Cardstock

Thanks for stopping by the blog today. I hope you are feeling inspired to have a play with the mood board too.

Cheers

Belinda

Little Me...with Belinda Spencer

 Hello Bee Arty fans!!

It's Belinda here today to share my latest layout inspired by the fabulous March Mood Board featuring some awesome Bee Arty products.

Here's a peek at the mood board.

To start my layout, I cropped a sheet of Positive paper from the Fearless, Brave and Free collection by Fiona Paltridge and added it to a sheet of Bee Arty White Cardstock. I just love the watercolour style designs in this range so much. They make perfect background papers just as they are or you can build upon them with a bit of mixed media. 

Next I used the Grungy Splat A5 Stencil to add a couple of huge splats to the background. I mixed up a bit of a concoction of Snow White Colour Paste + White Heavy Gesso + Slipper and Citrus Colour Artist Inks and used that with the stencil to create soft pink splats. (I apologize for the photo editing!! It has made my splats look more cream than pink).

Once the splats were dry, I added some more stencilling using the stars from the That Way A4 Stencil and another homemade concoction of Snow White Colour Paste + White Heavy Gesso + Oasis Artist Ink.

I added some stamping next using the 'bubbles' from the Making Your Mark Red Rubber Stamp Set and some Archival Ink. I used the Netted Metal Die to create a 'fishing net' to add next. I used a long arm stapler to attach to the page. Much easier than glue!

I cropped some pieces from the Comfort Zone and Confidence papers and stacked behind my photo.

I added my title cut from the Within paper and the Lines paper from the Untangle collection. I used Thickers for the 'ME'.

I used the That Way stencil again with Distress Oxides to stencil some stars onto a spare sheet of white cardstock. I fussy cut and added those to the layout as well as a Charm's Creations star to finish.

Thanks for stopping by the blog today. I hope you are feeling inspired to have a play with the mood board this month too.

Cheers

Belinda