Thank You by Tracey Campbell

 Hi Be Arty Crew, it is Tracey Campbell here with a bit of a mix-match - I am changing a background that I created in one of our Bee Arty Live days into a new layout but also teaming it with another layout from an early Blog post from me to make a double. So stick around and if you follow the links you could potentially get inspiration for three separate layouts today. :) 

Here is the layout that I will take you through the step-by-steps for using the Electric Dreams Mini Collection and the Fluro Mix Media, then in the very bottom of this post you will see I added extra bits to create a double from it.

Today I have used this photo of my two daughters actually being nice together and smiling at the same time!! A bit rare at times in this household. On this particular day I was just trying to get a nice photo of them together but do you think they would co-operate??? Nope. I snapped about 50 photos before getting this one, hence the title "Thank You!"

So here is where the mix-match starts. I had this background layout left over from a Bee Arty Live that I filmed. I created some of the steps for the background ahead of the filming as I knew that if I waited for the media to dry while filming it would go on forever!! So now I have a few backgrounds to crate with.... but I wanted to change them a bit to create a new look.

Anyhoo click on the link and it will take you to the Video to create background - Bee Arty Live

You don't have to create the whole background, stop just after I have added the thin black paper strips to it. (Psstt, I'm going to let you all know a little secret.... the Bee Arty Team are planning their next Live on Facebook for the 30 Oct, shhhh don't tell anyone I told you....actually do, the more the merrier for the Lives!!)

So this is the photo that took 49 attempts to get! Using some paper from the Electric Dreams Collection I matted it with some of the black paper with white Xs on it, leaving about a 3mm boarder on the top, left and bottom sides. I left a 1.5cm boarder on the right hand side,  I then used a distressing tool on to create a rough edge all the way around. I cut out the pieces of the chevron strip from the cut-a-part sheet in the Electric Dreams Collection and adhered it to run down the right hand side of the photo next I fussy cut a few of the circles from the hand-drawn circle paper and adhered them on the large boarder, tucked under the photo. 

The matted photo was then placed into the centre of the background where the mixed media comes to meet. See the final layout for the exact positioning. 

Next I wanted to give the background a bit of a different look so I decided to turn the thin black strips into arrows, creating more movement towards the photos. For this I cut a few thin strips, about 7 mm, from the black paper with the white Xx then used a distressing tool to rough up the right hand side of the strip. I then adhered them so that they would overlap the other paper strips on the background, building up the thickness for my arrow base. I didn't actually have any length in mind when doing this so I just tore off the end at the length I thought it suited.

After the strips for the arrows I had to create the heads, so it was just a matter of cutting three triangles, distressing them and using 3dimenstional tape to add a bit of height when I adhered them to the layout.

While cutting the arrow heads I also cut a few extra circles out from the same paper I used for the circles on the photo mat and a few fun words from the cut-a-part sheet. Adhere the fussy cut circles and words to the layout, see the final layout for the positioning.

I picked a title and used a few Thickers to create a title. If you remember earlier on I said that I was going to use a layout I created in an earlier post to help create a double, well this is the link to that layout. Just one nice photo ..... please! Check it out to see how I created the left hand side of my double page.

It was at this stage that I put my two layouts together to see how I could link them together to create a double layout, I already knew that both layouts had the Electric Dream Collection and that I had distressed some of the elements..... so I was thinking that I could use the fussy cut circles to tie the layouts together. 

What I ended up doing is using the circles and over lapped them onto both pages but snipped them in the centre so that the two pages were separated.

Here is the final creation and how three layouts have merged to create a double. I had triple the fun with this one. 

Thanks for popping in, I hope that I have gotten you thinking about what single layouts you can play with to create a new double page.

Hugs Tracey

FABULOUS DARLING!! by Linda Pearson

Hi Bee Arters... welcome to my post and hope you are inspired to have a play with the new Colourblast fluoro products.

In this art journalling project I chose to use the new Fluro colour paste products from Bee Arty. 
This page was created in a Dina Wakely multi-media art journal (burlap) but a 12x12” black cardstock could be substituted to turn this page into a scrapbook layout very easily.

Bee Arty products used in creating this project:
White Cardstock 350gsm 12”x12” (10 Pack)
x-press it double sided tape 2mm thick
Art Glitter Designer Adhesive - all sizes
Organised Chaos A4 stencil - ‘Fearless Brave and Free’ collection designed by Fiona Paltridge
Flowers Metal Die ‘Untangle’ collection designed by Tanya Froud
String Leaves Die – ‘Grateful Heart’ collection designed by Michelle Grant
Butterfly Effect Die – ‘Butterfly Stardust’ Collection designed by Michelle Grant
Cool Words clear stamp set – ‘Fearless Brave and Free’ collection designed by Fiona Paltridge
Organised Chaos A4 stencil - – ‘Fearless Brave and Free’ collection designed by Fiona Paltridge
Positive 12x12 scrapbook paper - ‘Fearless Brave and Free’ collection designed by Fiona Paltridge (black and white off cut or similar could be used instead)
Mica powder – Fluro Pink, Fluro Green, Fluro Orange, Fluro Yellow (new product)
Gesso – white (mix the fluoro mica colours with gesso)

Black card
Fluro Pink, Fluro Green, Fluro Orange, Fluro Yellow acrylic paint
Black paint or ink for splatters
Die cut machine
Art journal
Muslin off cut
Black Archival stamp pad
Gelli plate and brayer
Fluro Pink Posca pen
 

 
Using the Gelli plate add a little fluoro green/gesso and some fluoro yellow mixes onto the gelli plate and spread over a sheet of white card.   I used A4 card, adjust accordingly to suit your purpose (Journal or scrapbook layout).  Place the Organised Chaos A4 stencil onto the gelli plate then spread black paint over the stencil.  Remove the stencil (rub off excess paint onto spare paper, wash the stencil).  Place the card onto the plate and rub to transfer the paint from the plate to the paper.  Allow to dry.
 
 

 

 
 
Cut the A4 card down to a 10x15cm tag size.  Outline the black marks and border of card using the Pink Posca pen.
 
Using another sheet of White Cardstock 350gsm, cut a 10cm strip off the sheet.  Colour the larger piece with fluoro orange gesso mix and paint the smaller piece with fluoro green gesso mix, dry off.  (no image)
 
 
 

 

 
 
Run the fluoro orange card through the die cut machine using the Flowers Metal Die as well as the Butterfly Effect Die then with the fluoro green card run the String Leaves Die through also.  Run the leaf from the Flowers Metal Die through with a small offcut of white card stock too.
 
 

 

 
 
I coloured an offcut of printed paper with a wash of fluoro pink paint adhere as a backing for a couple of the flower die-cut shapes.
 
 

 

 
 
On the stenciled background, the leaf die-cuts add some black spatters.
 
 

 

 
 
Go to town placing and adhering the die-cut shapes over the card.  I also added some muslin strips to the card to help the butterfly and flowers stand out a little.  Note:  I also added a strip of builders plaster tape to the backing card and a strip of the Positive 12x12 scrapbook paper. 
 

 

 
 
Stamp out the Cool Words clear stamp set onto a sheet of White Cardstock 350gsm.  Cut and edge the word cards with black archival ink pad.
 
 
 

 

 
 
Apply a liberal amount of fluoro pink/gesso mix loosely over the main substrate (DW art journal – burlap page in this instance).  Allow to dry.
 
 
 

 

 
 
 
Adhere the decorated tag to the black card cut to the desired size to suit your situation.  

Finally, add the words to the page also (I used mounting tape to lift off page).
 
 

 

 

 

Cheers and thank you for stopping by ...

Linda Pearson

linda@yourcreativepalette.com.au