"My Heart Belongs to You" by Anita Enright

Hi Everyone, Anita with you on the blog today.

For today's share I wanted to create something a little different. 

I love the Vampyre Rose paper collection and after creating several other projects I had bits and pieces from my 12x12" papers left that I really didn't want to just throw away so I decided to create a box and then I matched it up with a gorgeous card.

A perfect combination for the someone you love.

 

I received an online purchase in the mail the other day and it arrived in a little kraft box.  I nearly threw it in the recycle bin but thought.... hey what a gorgeous gift box it I bling it up.

To start I painted the box with the Heavy Black Gesso both inside and out.

 

Using the stunning Darkness patterned paper, cut out pieces to cover all outside pieces of the box.

Next I die cut four of the edge die from the Desire metal die set in a red cardstock. Working from the centre of each side of the box and the centre of the die cuts trim down the die cut pieces and adhere using glue to the four sides of the box.

Next I blinged up the box with some red bling from my stash around the top of the box and along the top edge of the four sides at the top of the die cut images.

 

 Taking the Gargoyle patterned paper, colour in the four flower images using some matching green and red.  I used some of the Grass Artist Ink and Love Colour Spray with an aquabrush to colour the images. After they are dry..... fussy cut them out.

Two of these fussy cut and coloured flowers were used on the top of the box along with a couple of leaves and flowers from my stash to finish the box.

 

I then decided to make a matching card to go with the box.

To start I decided on making a 5x7" card. I used a white card base and covered the font with a piece of red cardstock of the same size.

Next, I cut our a piece of black cardstock 1/4" smaller than the card.

Using the Fire Engine Colour Paste and the gorgeous Devotion stencil create the card background. Once dry attach over the red cardstock on the card base.

Next chose a couple of patterned strips from the Gargoyle patterned paper.  I also cut out two more of the Desire die in matching red cardstock.

 

Attach the two cut die pieces to the reverse of the pinkish patterned paper.  Add 3D foam tape to the reverse of the strip before adhering in the centre of the white patterned paper strip. Add some more 3D foam tape to the reverse of the white patterned paper before adhering to the card base.

**Make sure you add some glue to the foam tape before attaching to the card as the foam tape will not attach permanently to mixed media and the glue will ensure it strip stays in place.

I chose the wording from a tag for my card.  I deconstructed the wording and mounted them on 3D foam dots.  Keep the heart and scroll for another project.

To finish your card use the remaining two coloured in flowers that you created, a couple of flowers and other items from your crafting stash to finish. I was lucky enough to have a gorgeous Charms Creations heart in my stash so added that too.  

Check out some closeups of the finished projects.

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Happy creating.

Anita E

Freedom, By Tanya Froud

Hi Busy Bees!!

Tanya here with a quick process video on how i have made this art journal page. Using the products from my Three Six Five Range.

I have used products from the Three Six Five range, and the Artists inks for pop of color, colors used are Slipper, Oasis, Mermaid and Citrus

I hope you all have been inspired to get busy!!

Bye for Now!

'Celebrate' by Amy C

Hi everyone! It's Amy here! ... am super excited to be sharing my first DT post for Bee Arty!

I have here a bright and fun mixed media page using various - but all awesome - Bee Arty products. 

To start, I primed a piece of white cardstock with Colour Blast White Heavy Gesso. It is important to prime your page before working with wet mediums as a means to protect your page. 

Once dried, I lightly marked where my photo was to be placed. This helped me as I added the mixed media layers to the page.

Next, I took the Bricked A6 Stencil and used a spatula to spread some modelling paste through the stencil over the page. You could then either set aside to dry or use a heatgun to speed up the drying process. 

After it dried, it was time to add some colour, but before I applied some colour - using the Colour Artist Inks - I lightly sprayed water over the areas where the colour was to be added. This allowed the inks to easily run on the page creating the desired effect.

I started with the Colour Artist Ink in 'Slipper' first and gently squeezed over various areas of the page as pictured. It is quite concentrated and super bright. I moved the page around to allow the ink to run a little. I heat-dried this colour before moving on to the next colour.

As pictured, I have repeated this process for three colours: 'Slipper', 'Citrus', and 'Cider'.

Note: it is important to dry well in between each colour, to prevent the colours 'bleeding' into each other. 

Next I took the 'Life is Tough' and 'Textiles' Clear Stamps Sets and - with a permanent-based ink - stamped over the coloured areas. These stamps work so beautifully - and so I used them vertically and horizontally around the page.

Next I added some splatters of the Colour Artist Ink in 'Soot' mixed with water. You could use either a fan brush or a normal small tipped paint brush for this. 

Before I adhered my photo to the page, using a permanent black pen and a household item I drew a circle and placed the photo inside the circle.

Once the page background was complete I finished it off with a few embellishments. 

Have a look at these close ups:

Thank you for looking and I hope this might inspire you to try some of these techniques! 

Amy

Products Used:

Colour Blast - White Heavy Gesso

Bricked A6 Stencil

Colour Artist Inks - Slipper, Cider, Citrus, Soot

Clear Stamp Sets - Life is Tough and Textiles

Other Products:

Heavy white cardstock

Spatula

Paint brush

Water

Black permanent pen

Black permanent ink

The rainbow of Colour Blast - Colour Swatches by Amanda Hartmann

Hi everyone!

Last month I created these colour swatches for the original 21 colours in the Colour Blast range.

To create each swatch:

1. Used Colour Paste through a stencil on the white square.

2. Embossed chipboard piece with Colour Embossing Powder.

3. Sprayed/painted the black square with Colour Shimmer Spray. The sprays work differently when sprayed on black vs white, due to their shimmer and shine.

4. Colour Shimmer Spray also used to paint/colour white flowers and paint paper edges and add splatters.

Super easy to create - and now you can see and compare each colour in the Colour Blast range. All the colours of the rainbow! And here they are, in alphabetical order...

What is your favourite colour? I'd have to say Sienna and Deep Water!

Thanks for looking today,

Amanda

To create these swatches I used the following products:

Colour Pastes,

Colour Embossing Powders, and

Colour Shimmer Sprays.

Please note: Full range of Colour Shimmer Sprays are currently not available on the website, as the product and nozzles for the spray are being adapted.

Welcome to Bee Arty for March!

Hi everyone,

We are excited to kick off March here at Bee Arty! And March is going to be a cracker!

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Our March kit is "Forever my Always"

Designed by the talented Fiona Paltridge

With lots of florals, and interesting design elements - this kit is made for fussy cutting! Love fussy cutting, or hate it, the end product is always worth the time. The colour tones are navy blues, golds and soft pinks - perfect for all arty projects.

Thanks Fiona for another amazing kit.

This month you can subscribe to the kit - either the Busy Bee kit, or the Queen Bee kit. The Queen Bee kit giving you the extra stamps, stencils and dies to coordinate with the collection.

Our talented Design artist and Creative team will be sharing sneak peeks of their projects all month. Stop by the Colour Blast Creative Corner to catch all the sneaks.

Kits shipping mid-march.

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Last month, we officially announced our Creative team and Design Artists. Did you see the news?

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Highlights from the Blog in February include:

* Some creative stenciling from Ros;

* Messy but simple Colour Shimmer Dust background from Amanda;

* A beautiful bonus page using the Vampyre Rose collection by Julie; and

* Stunning colours and materials combined in this page from Lisa.

Our blog is BUZZING with creativity - we hope you follow our blog, as we have so much more to share this month.

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Our March challenge:

Finally, we would love to invite you to join our March challenge: Flower Power.

Create a project inspired by flowers, using a minimum of 3 Bee Arty/ Colour Blast products.

This month we will have an album in the  Colour Blast Creative Corner for you to load your entries.

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Thanks for all of your support,

Bee Happy, Bee Arty.

Paige