Beautiful by Belinda Spencer

 Hello Bee Arty fans!!

It's Belinda here with you today to share my layout inspired by the Jun Sketch Challenge and featuring the stunning NEW Embrace Change collection by Fiona Paltridge.

I was so excited to play with this new range and I am totally in love with it. I started my layout by cropping a piece of the awesome 350gsm heavy white cardstock and mounting on a sheet of patterned paper from the range.

I mixed up a solution of Candy and Midnight Colour Shimmer Dusts with water and painted onto the layout after spritzing with water. I flicked some of the colour over the page too and then set aside to dry.

Next I added some stencilling with the Rhythm A5 Stencil and the NEW Rosewood Colour Paste.

I chopped up a few of the patterned papers from the Embrace Change Collection as well as the Fearless Brave and Free range to create lots of layers as per the fabulous sketch for this month. I added a flap of white cardstock with photos on the front that lifts up to reveal more photos underneath. I used a stamp from the Embrace Change Say It Stamp Set with Jet Black Archival Ink to add some more interest to the background.

Here's a reminder of the awesome sketch:

Here you can see the photos under the flap.

Next I fussy cut a whole lot of gorgeous images from the patterned paper and arranged in two clusters on the layout. I added the title and a quote cut from the Poetry patterned paper from the range.

I finished by adding some journaling under the flap about what an awesome kid this girl of mine is.

Products used:

EMBRACE CHANGE:

- Change patterned paper

- Collection Bonus Sheet patterned paper

- Festival patterned paper

- Living patterned paper

- Poetry patterned paper

- Spice patterned paper

- Say It Stamp Set

FEARLESS, BRAVE & FREE:

- Comfort Zone patterned paper

- Strength patterned paper

COLOUR BLAST Colour Shimmer Dust:

- Candy

- Midnight

Rhythm A5 Stencil

COLOUR BLAST Colour Paste Rosewood

Thank you for stopping by the blog today. I hope you find some time to play with your Colour Blast goodies too and join in with the sketch challenge this month.

Cheers

Belinda

Fiji by Suzy Loudon

I thought it was time to pull out some old holiday photos. So what better way than to start with Fiji. If only I was there right now.

To begin my layout I spread Leather Colour Paste through a stencil. 

I stamped flowers from the Floral Delights 1 Stamp Set. 

I activated my Shimmer Dusts in a deep palette I use. This allows the unused mix to dry/evaporate leaving the dust to reactivate again later. I used Candy, Sunflower & Amber. I painted my stamped flowers, then once dry I cut them out.

 To begin my chipboard title I first spread Dorland's Wax Medium over 2 stamps so they would be ready to use. For the tree trunk i heat embossed with Leather Embossing Powder. But before it set I stamped it. I did the same thing with my palms using Envy Embossing Powder.

I used Just Blue Embossing Powder  to finish my title. To give my page a border I used Fire Engine Embossing Powder around the edges.

I splattered Love, Saffron & Sunset Colour Spray around. 

Apart from backing my photo, giving the inside of my flowers a touch of dimensional magic I was done. I kept it really simple.

Here's a few close ups.

Thanks for looking.
xxx Suzy

Cheeky Pup by Michelle Henderson

Hi all, I'm back with a scrapbook page again, this is one I started the background for a while ago, but never finished - but I always come back to them eventually!

Here's a teaser for you 😁

I started by using my palette knife and silicon brush to spread some (a lot!) of Colour Paste in Singing the Blues over one corner and dragging it down. I wanted to add some Deep Water also so I made that a little heavier towards the top.

Next, I grabbed a texture stamp, and stamped into the paste, then on to the card to extend the colour.

Look how cool that is!

When that was dry (a few months later haha) I then got out some embellies - I coated the chipboard stars first with Heavy White Gesso, and then two coats of Snow White Colour Embossing Powder.

I had some watercolour paper diecuts, so I used Colour Shimmer Dust in Peacock and Candy to colour those...

I also painted some of the Peacock on the bottom corner, plus a little in the very top left corner.

Time to put it all together, add a few bits and pieces, and -

Thanks for visiting today!

"Explore" by Melissa Struhs

Thanks again for stopping by to check out my blog post for today. You have probably read about me rehashing all of my old supplies as I try to downsize my stash. Here's a great idea for a long forgotten product....

Hands up if you have transparencies in your stash! I have a massive pile in a fold out satchel and I love digging through there to find something that was slightly used or held onto for something special that never happened.

Sometimes simple script stencils can create big impact, as it turns out two complete rows of words fit perfectly in the centre of the film strip.

It was taped in place for two reasons,

1. To hold it securely and

2. So I could mask off a section of the stencil that I did not want to use.

I wanted a really rustic colour and nothing is more perfect that the Sienna Colour Paste. It had tones of orange and gold and brown all in together. Admittedly, it does look a little like muddy terracotta in it's wet form but gosh it is gorgeous when dry.  

Blunder Alert!!!This is exactly what I did with the film strip transparent strips and wait till you see how I covered a massive mistake. Even when being so careful with my stencilling, the slippery surface of a transparency can be a little tricky. This is indeed what happened on the right side of my strip, so I simply took my palette knife and swiped away the messy words and it created this fabulous textured smear. Not exactly what I envisioned but I tucked it aside and waited for it dry. No heat gun for drying off the transparencies so you are forced to wait but often I will shift onto another layout or project while something is left to dry on another flat surface. 

A little contrast colour was needed for the chipboard pieces that I wanted to include so I reached for my Lipstick and Sienna Colour Embossing Powders. By adding a bold red ink onto the word "Explore" and a walnut coloured ink on the arrows, the matching embossing powders had so much more of an intense colour.

By this time, I could see how my original transparency was drying, it had a fabulous look so I decided that I needed another one but in another colour. I knew that Lipstick Colour Paste might end up looking a little pink and knowing that Candy Shimmer Dust would be the easiest way to pop some more red into the paste.

I mixed a tiny bit of the dust into some of the paste, making sure to mash it through thoroughly and then smeared it along a thinner version of the filmstrip transparency. Wait till you see how pretty it looks.

Here are some close up's of the gorgeous height of the stencilling plus the thick glossy layers of the embossing powder.

And the effect on the filmstrips still maintains the translucent look all the way through to the bursts of colour where the paste is far thicker.

That's all from me again, time to move onto another project waiting in the wings...what else can I stash bust and give a Colour Blast makeover to?

Mel.

"Colour Run" by Rachel Dutko

Hi Colour Blasters!

Today I have a 12x12 layout to share with you. 

It's quite a 'messy' page, but that is to highlight the fun and 

messy aftermath of the Colour Run. 

It looked like so much fun that I'd love to participate myself!!!

I started my page by applying some Black Heavy Gesso through a stencil.

I then wanted to add some colour to my background to look like the colour on my son's shirt. To do this I sprinkled small amounts of Colour Shimmer Dust on the page ( I used Duke and Candy) then sprayed with water. I wanted to emulate the 'sprinkled' colour effect.

I then added some splatters with Saffron and Carribean Colour Sprays 

and Singin The Blues Colour Shimmer Spray.

To bring my photo out of the 'mess' of my background I added some yellow cardstock, 

a yellow title and embellishments.

Thanks for looking

Rachel x x