Family moments, by Amanda Hartmann

 Happy Saturday!

We are so lucky to have Bee Arty in our lives! Not only do we get full kits stacked with products every other month, we also can get mini collections. Recently I got the mini Christmas collection, Nutcracker Sweet, designed by Sue Smyth.

Find it in store:

Nutcracker Sweet- Mini Collection Paper Pack

And just like every Sue collection, it is ready for fussy cutting. Christmas themed and ready to go!

So what are you waiting for? Get out those Christmas photos and let this mini collection inspire you to create!

Here is the full page:

I combined the papers for the background - distressing the paper edges and adding some black machine stitching. I stacked layers of the papers behind the photo. 

I fussy cut many of the paper elements, including a puppy, a nutcracker and lots of little circle candy dots.

These white and red candy dots were perfect to ink the edges of, and pop on some foam tape, and add around the layout.

Additional depth was added with some stamping and black splatters. I used:

* Bokeh stamp (from a past kit, currently out of stock)

* Colour Spray – Road Base

Hello Mr Nutcracker!

Cute tag combines well with fussy cut dog, dots and flowers!

Thanks for looking today!

Amanda

BringJoy to your world by Linda Pearson

 

Bee Arty Products used for this project include:

Nutcracker Sweet Mini Collection Paper Pack designed by Sue Smyth

- Cover sheet with cut apart 

-  Nutcracker Tags

-  Bauble Frame 

Colour paste – Snow

Starry Night A6 stencil Grateful Heart designed by Michelle Grant Designs

Colour Spray  – Bubblegum and Sapphire

Alphabet metal die – designed by Tanya Froud for the three six five collection

Gesso – Bee Arty heavy primer 250ml White 

Cotton Lace Doileys (own stash)

5 Rhinestones (own stash)

Water spray bottle

Silicone Catalyst tool

Art Journal 

Steps for creating this simple page layout created and adhered to a prepared journal page

1. Prepare the journal page with 2 coats of Gesso, dry off.  
2. Cover the page with Starry Night A6 stencil and Colour paste – Snow thickly, dry off.  Repeat this process adding more stars across the page, allow to dry completely.
3. Spritz the journal page with water then spray the Sapphire Colour Spray, allow the colour to move, drip over the page  Dry off.
4. Flick drops of Colour Spray  – Bubblegum ink over the journal page.  Set aside to dry while completing next steps.
5. Cut the Nutcracker Sweet Bauble sheet down to approx 16cm x 19cm (or to suit the size of your art journal).
6. Rough up the edges of the card with scissors.
7.  Nutcracker Sweet - cut apart sheet, select some images to fussy cut, e.g. nutcracker, large posy of flowers, bauble, off-cuts of border strips.
8. Fussy cut one of the Nutcracker Tags from the Nutcracker Sweet  collection.
9. Tear an offcut from another of the card paper (red design).
10. Run the Alphabet metal die letters J O Y through the machine using the offcut of red card paper.
11. Assemble the elements onto the card (see image below for composition).  Adhere all the elements to the page with adhesive.  The bauble, posy of flowers and Nutcracker soldier were mounted with tape to stand off the page.
12. Adhere the Rhinestones; 1 to bauble, 1 to Tag and 1 added to the centre of each letter.

I hope you enjoy creating with this cute mini collection as much as I did ... the ideas are limitless as to what you can do with this amazing Christmas collection.

Bye for now ... Linda 

linda@yourcreativepalette.com.au