Happy Little Moments by Charmane Koch

Happy Friday Everyone! It's starting to look like it's getting to "some kind of normal" for us all again & hopefully we will be able to travel freely soon? We would love to visit family & friends in different states without the stress of quarantine!

Today I am sharing with you the layout I created last weekend using the lovely NEW Chit Chat Range! 

I totally love the colour combo here! When I saw the papers I KNEW which photos I was going to scrap first as soon as I saw them! I also had to have a play with colouring and stamping on my DIY Charms as well!

I started off by stencilling with modelling paste onto the fabulous My Heart Paper using NEW Linear & NEW Marked Stencils....

After I have dried with a Heat Gun I have got out the Shimmer Dusts to colour the stencil patterns - I used Lollipop, Peacock & Passion. After they had dried I also outlined in black pen.

I did create a little "quick" video of how I created my layout...

Here is the final layout! As you can see I have also used the Happy Clear stamp & I have also coloured some Muslin using the leftover Shimmer Dust & water I had left in my palette...

You can pop on over to the Bee Arty Hive to see how I coloured and stamped on my Charms DIY Heart HERE! For Some reason it won't upload on the blog!

I chose the Lollipop pink for the layout, the purple was just a bit too dark!

And here are more closeups... PS I did cut out from the Chit Chat Die using leftover Black Cardstock I had left, but only used the one cute speech bubble with the heart in the middle...

Thanks for popping by! I hope I have inspired you to have a play over the weekend!

Happy Scrapping!

XO Charm

Confidence by Anita Enright

Hi Everyone, welcome back again to the Bee Arty blog.

For my share today I created another layout using items from several different collections.  I think I have an addiction to these ranges, but these are gorgeous so why not :)

This page I did a couple of months ago for a challenge entry.  You know how sometimes everything just falls in to place.  I knew what I wanted to do and it just seemed to come together perfectly.

To start I took the Sassy patterned paper from the Trendsetter collections and coated it with a clear gesso.

Next using the Heavy White Gesso and the Interwoven stencil from the Three Six Five collection add the image to the patterned paper.

Next, taking the Calypso Artist Ink add a couple of droplets to the page over the stenciling.  Hit the page with a spray of water.  Remember you can always add more water, so take it easy to start. I move it around the page firstly by picking up the paper and tilting it in directions for it to move.  If it needs further movement I use my fanned brush to give it a hand.

Allow to dry naturally if you can, but you can always use your heat gun to speed up the process.

Taking the Passion Shimmer Dust lightly sprinkle over the stenciling and again spray with water.  Move the colour around the page.

Next, on a piece of watercolour paper, I used the Calypso Artist Ink and the Passion Shimmer Dust to create a piece of patterned paper.

From the patterned paper created with the Artist Ink and the Shimmer Dust die cut 3 of the Diamond metal die from the Forever My Always collection.

I then created the layering behind my chosen photos using smaller pieces of patterned paper from the Trendsetter collection, the Diamond die cuts and a paper doily.

When you are happy with the layering cluster with your photo, attach it to the page.

I added a few extra embellishments from my stash including a matching purple paper tag, a Charms Creations embellishment, flower and sequin bow.

To finish I chose a title from the word sheet in the Trendsetter collection, deconstructed it and mounted it on 3D foam tape to the reverse before mounting it on the page. To finish framing the layout I took a white pen and did a freehand frame around the edge of the patterned paper.

Below are a stack of photos of the layout showing the details a little closer.

I hope you enjoyed stepping in to my world for a little while, and enjoyed my tutorial.

Take time to find some 'me' time in your week and create with all your heart.

Until next time..... keep safe.

Anita E

Shine Within by Tracey Campbell

Hello everyone, Tracey Campbell here with a Creative Team share using the beautiful Trendsetter collection designed by Michelle Grant. This collection is full of stunning blues and purples with a fashion runway theme to it, but versatile enough to use for other themes. I have teamed it with a photo of me taken in Hawaii in 2018. I have put together a few step-by-steps here in the blog on how the layout came about and also a link to where I have filmed my process in full, so grab a cuppa and have a read or watch. 

Shine Within

To create the background cut of a 10 cm strip from the Classy patterned paper - make sure that you include one of the lace boarders, adhere the strip to the left hand side of some white cardstock. Sprinkle a small amount of Duke and Passion Colour Shimmer dust on the bottom right corner and the centre of the Classy patterned paper and cardstock (you can see the exact positioning of the Shimmer Dust in the final layout). Activate the Shimmer Dust with a fine spray of water, blot off excess liquid with a paper towel. I felt that I needed a bit more colour so I repeated the process using the tiniest amount of Lollipop and Sunshine Shimmer Dust. Let dry.

Using a paint palette spread some Heavy White Gesso through the flowers on the Sparkle stencil. Concentrate on the bottom right hand corner and the area where the Classy patterned paper and white cardstock over laps - where the Shimmer Dust is. 

Fussy cut the flowers out of the Sparkle Patterned Paper cut-apart sheet and using the Sunshine, Carrot, Grape, Fuchsia and Ultramarine Watercolour Inspired Pan Set paint the flowers. If you don't have the Watercolour Inspired Pan Set you can used the Artist Inks diluted down with water or any other water colours.

From the "B" Sides of Classy and Runway Patterned Paper cut out three 10x10 cm squares and then cut out the centre to make square Frames. Interlock the frames together. Layer up the photo mount area but placing down half a white doily, a 7x10 cm portrait photo and the frames.

Cut out the word title "Nothing Can Dim the Light That Shines Within" from the Sparkle Patterned Paper cut-apart sheet and using the Watercolour Inspired Pan Set and a very thin paint brush fill in the letters with a blue, purple and pink ombre effect. 

Build up a cluster in the bottom right hand corner using a few strips of patterned paper. I used piece of 4x8cm from Chic and 1x10 strip from Classy Patterned Papers. Build up a cluster by placing the Patterned Paper strips and three flowers. 

Using 3 Dimensional tap adhere the remain flowers around the photo cluster, have some of the larger flowers tucked behind the frames and the smaller flowers overlapping over the top.

Cut the work title into for pieces and using a pair of scissors destress the edges of the title. Place the words "Nothing Can Dim the Light That" down the bottom right hand side of the photo cluster area and the words "Shine Within" over the cluster on the bottom right hand side. See finished layout for exact positioning. 

I have created a process video if you would like to watch how the layout was created. You can find it here on my YouTube channel. 

Thanks for stopping in and I hope I inspired you to pull out your Trend Setter range and get creating. 

An Amazing Day by Michelle Henderson

Hi All!

I have a new page today for you that fits into the new challenge using cool colours - have you played along yet? It has now been extended until November 10th.

I started by using a cut file as a stencil all over a page, and then applied White Heavy Gesso through it on to another page.

 

I love the texture that this creates once its dry 💓

I took out 4 of my favourite Colour Shimmer Dust in Paris, Lush, Peacock and Passion, then sprayed the gessoed page very lightly with water then sprinkled a little of the powders here and there.

I touched it up here and there with a brush and the same colours that I had mixed on a messy mat. I had a little colour left over so waste not want not 😉

At this stage, I felt that it would be too much to use the full page as a background, so I cut up some leaf clusters and singles and used them as a design element.

I created shadowing under the leaves with the Water Colour Inspired collection.

The title was embossed with Colour Embossing Powder in Deep Water.

Finally I added my photos and a few bits and pieces from one of my favourite Cocoa Vanilla collections. I also used the tag 💜

I hope you like it as much as I do!

What a Babe by Michelle Henderson

Hi All - I'm back again, this time with a clean and pretty page - but still using some of my favourite Colour Blast products 😀

Here's a wee peek...

I started off with some white cardstock and my Colour Shimmer Dust in Sunflower, Candy, Passion and Cobalt. I wanted a pastel effect so I only put a little colour out, even then I ended up putting a lot of the Cobalt one back.

The photo on the left shows how much of the Candy I put out, and the one on the right how much I still had left when I finished. So concentrated!!

Using a soft flat brush I painted four large stripes.

For each of the stripes, I wanted a matching Colour Paste to stencil with. I chose Sunshine, Singin the Blues and Punch. I didn't have one to match exactly for the lavender, so I tinted some Rose Petal with a little Royalty which was perfect.

Using a stencil, I applied one colour at a time, waiting for the Colour Paste to air dry between each colour. That way I was able to match up the pattern each time.

It was hard to decide the rest of the design after that because I loved how it looked so much 😆

I chose a black and white photo because of all the colour already on the page. I used so many different collections from my stash to build layers and embellish!

I love how this one turned out, I hope you can take some inspiration from it too 😀

Not Bovvered by DT Michelle Henderson

Happy New Year everyone!

For my first page this year I tried something I hadn't previously - using alcohol with the Colour Shimmer Dust - here's how it turned out...

I used Colour Shimmer Dust in Passion, Velvet, Lollipop and Midnight, plus a little Colour Artist Ink in Cider. I randomly painted these on to some Yupo paper.

                 

                 

I then sprayed alcohol over the the paint and watched the magic begin! I couldn't take a photo as I had to work quickly, blotting if needed with a paper towel, re-applying and spraying again.

Once it was dry, I diecut it into hexagons.

While I was waiting, I painted some chipboard with Black Heavy Gesso (I didn't end up using the circles)

For my background, I thinned the Colour Shimmer Dust in Passion down a bit more and used the packaging technique to apply it to the page. I laid out my hexes, and stamped and splattered to grunge it up a bit.

Time to add the photo and embellies!

 That's it for now - back again soon!