Little Me...with Belinda Spencer

 Hello Bee Arty fans!!

It's Belinda here today to share my latest layout inspired by the fabulous March Mood Board featuring some awesome Bee Arty products.

Here's a peek at the mood board.

To start my layout, I cropped a sheet of Positive paper from the Fearless, Brave and Free collection by Fiona Paltridge and added it to a sheet of Bee Arty White Cardstock. I just love the watercolour style designs in this range so much. They make perfect background papers just as they are or you can build upon them with a bit of mixed media. 

Next I used the Grungy Splat A5 Stencil to add a couple of huge splats to the background. I mixed up a bit of a concoction of Snow White Colour Paste + White Heavy Gesso + Slipper and Citrus Colour Artist Inks and used that with the stencil to create soft pink splats. (I apologize for the photo editing!! It has made my splats look more cream than pink).

Once the splats were dry, I added some more stencilling using the stars from the That Way A4 Stencil and another homemade concoction of Snow White Colour Paste + White Heavy Gesso + Oasis Artist Ink.

I added some stamping next using the 'bubbles' from the Making Your Mark Red Rubber Stamp Set and some Archival Ink. I used the Netted Metal Die to create a 'fishing net' to add next. I used a long arm stapler to attach to the page. Much easier than glue!

I cropped some pieces from the Comfort Zone and Confidence papers and stacked behind my photo.

I added my title cut from the Within paper and the Lines paper from the Untangle collection. I used Thickers for the 'ME'.

I used the That Way stencil again with Distress Oxides to stencil some stars onto a spare sheet of white cardstock. I fussy cut and added those to the layout as well as a Charm's Creations star to finish.

Thanks for stopping by the blog today. I hope you are feeling inspired to have a play with the mood board this month too.

Cheers

Belinda

Fun Times - With Karyn Schultz!

 Hi Bee Arty Lovelies!

It's Karyn here and today I have a scrapbook page to share with you made using the Bohemian Bliss Collection from Bee Arty.  

 

  

 I started with a sheet of heavyweight 350gsm white cardstock. I wanted to add a light wash of yellow to the background so I mixed 1 drop of Citrus Colour Artist Ink to a half a mini-mister of water. I then sprayed it across the page and let it drip down the page. You can add more ink to get a more vibrant colour. 

  

When this had dried I added splatters of  Citrus Colour Artist Ink.

Here is my completed page. I just love the Bohemian Bliss collection - the dies are so delicate and I love love love the flowers!

 

 

I've fussy cut lots of flowers and butterflies from the paper collection and added white diecuts using the Calendula metal die and words cut from the Sweet Talker paper.

 

I've added a barcode strip from the Free Vibe paper sheet, a white die cut from the Fine Feathers metal die and added a flower and metal charm from the kit. If you look closely at the metal charm you can see that it has a transparent yellow center - I created this by adding a mix of Citrus Colour Artist Ink and gloss gel.   

 

Thanks so much for stopping by

Crafty Hugs xx

Karyn

When in Doubt by Tracey Campbell

Hello Bee Arty Fans, it is my turn on the blog today and I am excited to share my latest layout with you where I use bits and pieces of various Bee Arty collections to create a 12x12 page. I must admit I love to mix and match collections from Bee Arty as they all seem to go so well together and it uses up my stash.

    First up I grabbed the Heavy White Gesso and the Devotion stencil to create a background on white card stock. I spread the Heavy White Gesso through the stencil that was positioned on a cardstock like a diamond. 

After the Gesso was dry I used a pipette  to drop splats of Royalty Colour Shimmer Spray over the floral image. I made sure that I only dropped the splats down the right and along the bottom of the cardstock. 

While the Royalty Colour Shimmer Spray was still wet I used a piece of plastic to spread the splatters out wider. This is done by simply placing the plastics over the wet splats and spreading it with your fingers. 

Next I added contracting splats of Colour with the pipette and by flicking the straw from the top of the spray across the page. For the contrast in colour I used Rose Petal Colour Shimmer Spray and Sapphire Colour Spray. 

Fussy cut 7 small and medium circles from the Collection paper in the Fearless, Brave and Free Collection.

Using the String Wreath and Seeker metal dies cut one image from some white card stock. Make a shaker box from the String Wreath die cut. This is done by cutting a insert of the vellum and adhering it to the center of the String Wreath. Place thin 3 Dimensional Tape around the inner edge of the String Wreath and fill with glitter and small sprinkle shapes. Adhere a backing of white cardstock. 

Using a paint brush paint the Seeker die cut with the Sapphire Colour Spray and the Royalty Colour Shimmer Spray. Allow the colours to blend together  to create a water paint look. 

Build the background using the product strips from Arty Farty, Trendsetter and Fearless Brave & Free collections to build up a crosshatch in the bottom right hand corner of the cardstock. Adhere the shaker box to the page with some white glue.

With 3 Dimensional tape adhere the photo to the background and stick the Seeker die cut along the bottom of the photo. 

Finish off the layout with some large gems and a title from the Trendsetter Sparkle Paper. 

Well I hope I have inspired you to use a mix and match of collections and to not just discard those cut off product strips, save them for a quick and easy layout. 

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs

Tracey

"Keep Sassy" by Anita Enright

Hi Everyone

I haven't had much to play lately but last weekend pulled out papers from one of my favourite Colour Blast ranges - Trendsetter. Designed by the amazing Michelle Grant it truly is a gorgeous collection.  

You can find it here.

 For this one I wanted to also play along with the March Bee Arty Creative Hive challenge. I think I did it justice but I'll leave that up to you :).  

Here is a copy of the Moodboard for the challenge and if you wanted to join in click on the link.  If not, they are great colours to create a layout, off the page project or some gorgeous cards. I so love this colour combination.

Bee Arty Creative Hive March 2021 Challenge

 

 

To create my page I started by adding some Mica Powder in Polar to the lower half of the Bee Arty cardstock and after drying completely I then added a little Shimmer Dust in Velvet.

 I cut a piece of the "Sassy" paper from the Trendsetter collection at about 5 1/2" and then torn a strip from the "Impress" patterned paper.  Attach these the white cardstock.  From a piece of off-cut white cardstock I die cut the "Party Lights" die set and attached them to the layout under the torn piece of patterned paper.

 

 

I added some stamping in a matching dark purple ink. Next I added foam tape to the reverse of my photo, added some white gauze behind it and then after cutting the "Basket Weave" in the "Impress" patterned paper, attached it behind the photo (cut in half).

Adding some flower clusters and layering some of the cards from the reverse of the "Impress" patterned paper. To finish I added some words from the "Sparkle" word sheet mounted on foam tape and punched out some leaves in white cardstock to tuck in amongst the flower clusters.

 

PRODUCTS USED

Trendsetter - "Sparkle" word sheet

Trendsetter - "Sassy" patterned paper

Trendsetter - "Impress" patterned paper

Trendsetter - "All Class" stamp set

Grateful Heart - "Party Lights" metal die set

Grateful Heart - "Party Lights" A4 stencil 

Aim High - "Basket Weave" metal die

 

"Polar" Mica Powder

"Velvet" Shimmer dust

 

350gsm White Cardstock 

 

  Thanks for stopping by. 

Anita E

xx

 

 

Own Your Magic by Tracy Jackson

                                                                     Hello Bee Arty Fans

Loved using and layering my last card I made from Follow your Dreams collection, so decided to play and do another one

I used the same background paper I used several posts ago to show that you can make more than one card with a different look, from paper Embrace from Untangle collection .

I also cut out different sized flowers to colour with copics from Follow your Dreams collection 

My favorite thing to do... layering to make them POP

Glued all down on a couple matching background cardstock

Have to love these type of cards... quick, simple and satisfying ...Until next time..

Happy crafting

Moodboard Art Journalling - With Karyn Schultz!

 Hi Bee Arty Lovelies!

It's Karyn here and today I have an art journal page to share with you made using lots of fun products available from Bee Arty.    

   

I'm playing along with the March creative challenge which is a fabulous moodboard this month. We would love for you to join in with this challenge and be in the running to win a Bee Arty store voucher. You have until March 31 and you need to upload your challenge to the appropriate album in the facebook group.  

 

I'm using a cotton watercolour page in my DWM art journal. I start by applying Colour Mica Powder in Polar, Royalty and Rose Petal to my page using a painting with plastic technique. You can either mix the mica powders with water in a paint palate or I have mixed the mica with gum arabic and created my own pan paint set.

  

  

 Next I've added some stencilling using the Scripted stencil (from the Love and Grace collection) and Just Blue Colour Paste. This Colour paste was starting to go a bit thick so I carefully mixed some Isopropyl alcohol with it to thin it down - just add a few drops at a time and mix until blended and the consistency you like.

 

  

 Then I added some stamping using the "All Class" stamp set from the Trendsetter collection.

 

  

I created my own floral embellishments by stamping flowers from the Floral Delights II stamp set onto white cardstock. 

 

  

I then painted the flowers using the Colour Mica Powder in Polar, Royalty and Rose Petal to coordinate with the moodboard. Next I fussy cut the flowers to use on my page.

 

 

 Here is my finished page. I used a picture I found on Pinterest to add to the focal point.

I've added some diecuts using the String leaves metal dies and sweet floral metal die and white cardstock.

 

 

 You can see that I strategically placed the background stamping in the areas I intended to embellish.

 

I used a palate knife to add some Snow White Colour Paste to the center of each flower for sparkle.

 

Thanks so much for stopping by

Crafty Hugs xx

Karyn