Hopes and DREAMS! by Linda Pearson

Hopes and DREAMS!  we all have them... 

Today I have used some of my favourite stamps and stencils from the Bee Arty range to create a journal page.  As always these journal pages can be adapted to become a scrapbook layout if preferred.

Gesso – Bee Arty heavy primer 250ml

Making tracks clear stamp set

White Cardstock 350gsm

City Nights A6 stencil

Distance A5 stencil

Untangirl A5 stencil

Boxed in stencil A5

Mica powder – Denim, Eggplant and Forest

Mini Mister bottles

 

Black archival ink

Corrugated kraft card

Tissue paper

Off cut scrapbook paper

Word or sentiment (photo image for scrapbook layout)

 

Apply 2 coats of white Gesso to an A4 journal page.  Dry off.

 

 

In the jar (2 jars) add some matt medium enough to cover the whole page, add several scoops Mica powder, eggplant and denim to make a mix.  Brush over the whole page with the Eggplant mix then while still wet use a wet wipe rubbed through the City Nights A6 stencil, dry off.

 
 

 

 

Using the Denim Mica powder mix randomly brush the blue mix over areas of the page, then while still wet, use a wet wipe rubbed through the Distance A5 stencil.  Dry off.

 

 

 

Mix more of the Egg Plant Mica powder apply through the boxed in stencil randomly around the edges of the page, dry off.

 

 

 

Add random track marks using the  Making tracks clear stamp set with the black archival ink.  Also add some tracks around the border of the page.

 

 

 

Roughly tear a section of Kraft corrugated card.  Roughly paint over some of the left over Eggplant matt medium mix to add colour the card.  In a mist bottle add some Forest Mica powder with water to make a shimmer mist spray, spray over the card.  Dry off.

 

 

 

To create the focal point I used a variety of bits from my stash, adhere together;

·       muslin (coloured in Forest shimmer spray),

·       fussy cut flowers from embrace change cut out sheet,

·       black and white scrapbook paper

·       Title from the electric dreams cover page

·       Craft string

·       Tissue Paper stamped with the numbers stamp from the  Making tracks clear stamp set in black archival ink

·       Add black splatters over the focal piece

·       Tie some craft string around the focal piece.

 

 

 

 

On a piece of White Cardstock 350gsm apply a mix of Denim and matt medium through the Untangirl A5 stencil.  Allow to dry.

 

 

 

Spray some Forest and Eggplant shimmer mist sprays over the stencilled girl.

 

 

Cover some White Cardstock 350gsm with the Distance A5 stencil in black archival ink. Cut a backing shape using the stencilled girl as a guide. Adhere the two pieces together.

Apply more Eggplant  and matt medium mix through the Distance A5 stencil  then add some black scribbles around some of the numbers/letters as well as some of the squares around the page.

Thank you for checking out my journal page and hope you are inspired to create your own interpretation.

Cheers from Linda ...

www.yourcreativepalette.com.au

Happy by Belinda Spencer

 Hello Bee Arty fans!

It's Belinda with you today to share my latest layout for Bee Arty inspired by the spectacular September Mood Board Challenge.

Here's a reminder of the mood board for this month:

The colours are so perfect for the new fluro range!

To start my layout I chose a patterned paper from the funky new Electric Dreams Mini Collection as my base. I then spritzed water on the page in the focal area before sprinkling on some Duke Shimmer Dust. I used a soft paint brush to manipulate the colour on the layout and also flick some of the colour over the page.

Once the layout was dry, I added some stencilling using the Ecliptic A6 Stencil with the Fluro Pink Colour Paste. Next, I added a scoop of the Fluro Pink Colour Mica Powder to a paint palette and mixed with a little water. I used a soft paintbrush to pick up the colour and flick it over the page. The pink really contrasted with the blue to give a vibrant effect.

I added some stamping using a stamp from the Embrace Change Say It Stamp Set and Jet Black Ranger Archival Ink.

I die cut some shapes from the 350gsm white cardstock using the String Wreath and Abstract Circles Metal Dies and coloured them with the Fluro Pink Mica Powder mixed with water as well as the Duke Shimmer Dust mixed with water and Lagoon Colour Spray.

I fussy cut some elements from patterned paper from the Electric Dreams Mini Collection. I used the Fluro Pink and water mix to paint the plus signs.

I layered everything on my page and added a couple of Charm's Creations fluro embellishments as well as some coloured wire

Thanks for stopping by the blog today. I hope you are feeling inspired to play along with the Mood Board this month too.

Cheers

Belinda

Wonderment by Tracey Campbell

Hello everyone. It is Spring here in Australia, the weather is getting warmer and that makes me happy. I love the warm weather, cold makes me shut down and want to hibernate. Anyone else like that? Anyhoo seeing as the weather is improving I decided that I wanted to use a few flowers on my creation today so I went though my leftovers from the Bohemian Bliss Collection and discovered a few flowers and feathers, so this was my starting point.

I fussy cut the flowers and feather from the Bohemian Bliss, Boho Tags paper. 

Using some Bling Colour Paste, the Boho Mandala stencil and a paint pallet knife I spread the paste onto the Free Vibe paper from the Bohemian Bliss collection on the yellow coloured side. At first I just spread the paste through the big mandala and little half but when the paste was dried I cam back to it and flipped the stencil, lined  the small mandala up with the first half and created a full small mandala.  

Next I fussy cut both the large and small mandalas out.

Adhere the large mandala to the top left hand corner of the B side of Market Days patterned paper. I only adhered the center of the mandala at this stage as I had plans to put things under the hanging vines and beads of the mandala.

I wanted to add a touch of gold to the edge of my photo so using my finger I lightly applied some Bling Colour Paste around the edge. This gave it a bit of a fancy distressed look.

After the Colour Paste was dry I matted the photo with scraps in the shape of triangles from the Sweet Talker patterned paper.

I then cut a quarter of the small mandala off so that I would have two pieces, I tucked the larger piece under the top right hand corner of the matted photo and the smaller piece under the left hand bottom corner. Then placed a small gold doily over the top of the mandala centers. Then adhered the matted photo cluster to the Market Days patterned paper.

Using some 3 dimensional tape I stuck the flowers and feathers onto the page and adhered the vines and beads down securely with some clear drying paper glue. 

To finish off the layout I cut out a few words and a title from the Sweet Talker pattrned paper and adhered them to the page (you can see the final layout for hte placement of the title and words), I then used a Life of Colour gold paint pen to draw a boarder around the page.

I must admit starting with one thought in mind (flowers) was a simple way to narrow down my product to allow me to concentrate enough to get a layout done. It simplified my process and got me straight into creating, some days I need to limit myself as I have all sorts of ideas in my head and too many wonderful products from Bee Arty that I can't narrow it down and actually do something. But today I didn't have that issues, the layout come together fast and I am happy with the final look.

Anyhoo, I hope that I have inspired you to just go for it!!!

Hugs

Tracey

Happy Days by Charmane Koch

Happy Friday Everyone! As happy as it can be! It is Spring, so it can only get better from here I say! I love the warmer weather!

Today I want to share with you a layout I created using the Embrace Change Collection!

I started off with cutting out a whole heap of leaves from the Autumn Trio & Old Leaves Dies using Embrace Change Gathering & Festival paper & also some Kraft paper - how satisfying and fun it is! I couldn't stop! Ha ha!

I have created a full video of this, but as an Amateur Video Creator I am still trying to figure out how to make it a bit more exciting...

So I will give you the basics of how I created it...

I started off with using Modelling paste and positioned the Wreath Stencil to the middle right of the page, then I have used the Cascading Leaves stencil on the left hand side of the page.

Once dried I have used a few different Mica Powders & Soot Artist Ink to colour the wreath and the leaves.

After colouring the stencilled images I played around with the positioning of my leaves...

I also coloured some Muslin with Leather Shimmer Dust & also the Title with the same colour too.

Here are some closeups to show the shimmer on the leaves...

And the cute little butterfly I've cut out! How cute is that?

Thanks for stopping by! I hope I've inspired you to use the Wreath & Cascading Leaves & the rest of the Embrace Change Collection! It's gorgeous!

Happy Creating! XO Charm

Happiness card by Tracy Jackson

                                                                  Hello Bee Arty Fans

As promised from last post I mentioned I would make 3 cards, using the cut out from Embrace Change Collection designed y Fiona Paltridge

I had already pre cut images when I made first card.

I always do this and then put any extras in a snap lock bag, and label it so I don't loose any pieces.

I then play around until I find a layout that I'm happy with. 

Using layers always seem to make me happy

I  inked all the edges so they didn't stand out and found a word that I wanted

 Happy, I then glued everything down using Art Glitter Adhesive,.

Still in lockdown over here. I thought I would have a heap of time to create, but in reality I have just about no time as I'm busy updating paperwork for work

Luckily I have one more card in the wings, to give me time to think about which collection I want to play with next

Until next time, stay safe..

Happy crafting