Par-a-dise : With Karyn Schultz!

Hi Bee Arty Lovelies!

It's Karyn here and today I have a scrapbook page to share with you made using lots of amazing products from Bee Arty!

 

To start with I create a background on a sheet of heavy duty 350gsm white cardstock. I use Colour Mica Powders that I have mixed with Gum Arabic and stored in a pan paint storage tin for easy access. I created a watercolour look background using a painting with plastic technique as well as adding paint splatters. I'm using Cool Mint, Peach Nectar and Stormy weather Colour Mica Powders to coordinate with the Find Paradise Collection papers. 

 

 

 

Next I add some stenciling using Cool Mint and Stormy weather Colour Mica Powders mixed with modelling paste and the Crab Art stencil.

 

 

 

I cut the white cardstock down to approx 11"x11" and mat it onto a sheet of Light Forest paper that I have cut a square out of the centre (I do this to conserve paper). 

 

 

Here is my finished page. I love the soft muted colour tones of this paper range and the mica powders - so pretty!

 

 

I have matted the photo with more papers from the Find Paradise Collection.

 

 

I created a selection of leaf and flower diecuts using the Leaves of Paradise metal die set and Flower Power die set, using both white cardstock and paper from the Find Paradise Collection.

 

 

I added some paper flowers, art stones and words cut from the Relax word paper.

 

 

A pineapple paper clip is a fun addition to the page.

 

Thanks so much for stopping by

Crafty Hugs xx

Karyn

"Note to Self" by Anita Enright

WOW!!! I can't believe it is August already!!

I hope you are loving all the inspiration that the Bee Arty design is bringing you.  And thank you all for supporting an amazing Australia company.

For my share today I created a very simple and bright page for my art journal.

I love playing with the artist inks as they are just so so rich in colour.... and of course I had to use my absolute favourite stencil.

I always apply a coat or two of Heavy White Gesso to my art journal page just to give it some more protection particularly when I am using very wet mediums.

After the gesso dried fully I then lightly sprayed with water and took several of my favourite Artist Inks and dropped several droplets of colour on the page and tipping and tilting the pages assisted with the movement of the colour.  In a couple of spots I used a wet brush to move and blend the colours.

I dried with a heat tool and then applied more colour to add more depth and strength.

When I created my page I didn't ensure the Artist Inks were completely dry before I applied my Mandela stencil to the page.  It didn't matter in the end as the paste picked up the colours a little and soften the overall effect.  I added some background stamping in black using the Textiles and Live Your Art clear stamps.  The wording I used on the page came from the Mantas Word Sheet from the Untangle collection. The black and white strip and doodle offcuts from around the wording I attached to the edges of the page. I finished the page just drawing around the outer edge around the wording with a black pen.

Artist Ink Colours Used

Citrus

Berry

Lime

Spice

Slipper

Marine

Oasis

Thank you for stopping by. 

For all our crafty friends down south please stay safe.

Ciao for now.

Anita E

Unlock Your Dreams by Tracy Jackson

Good morning Bee Arty fans...

Today I wanted to do something a little different. I wanted to play with a paper range and one stamp.

 

I decided the amazing Time Flies collection was yelling at me to play with so I have an art journal page to show your this week featuring just its amazing paper range and in a fortnight I will be back to show you a card using the same paper range.

So to start with I loved this image the moment I saw her. She was a little bigger than I first thought, maybe a little to big for a card, but perfect for an art journal. You can find this sheet called Time -  Cut and Colour

I coloured her in copics and pencils - picking up the colours that the collection is in.

This paper she is on was a pleasant surprise, it was a dream to work with alcohol markers on

Image done - time to work on background.

I teared and glued paper called Dream down. but not before cutting all the edges that looked like rivets as I wanted these to frame the art journal.

Using stamp called Metal Plates I roughly stamped here and there. I didn't want it perfect, none of my art journals have perfectly stamped backgrounds.

I then fussy cut elements from Time Flies collection pack

After moving the elements around several times and finally deciding on final placement I glued them down

I did using a little bit of Mica Powder - Leather, to make everything pop a little, but you cant really see it in the photos. I hope you have enjoyed looking through my step by step and it has given you some inspiration to give something similar a go.

Until next time... Happy crafting

Today is full of possibilities by Ros Aggett-Madley

Hi, hope you're all well 💙

Today I started with some mixed media paper and have used the Honeycomb Stencil with an embosser dauber.  This has then been sprinkled with Snow White Embossing Powder and heat set.  

                                

I have then used some water with some Shimmer Dust and painted over the honeycomb, the embossing powder acting as a resist.

Then some Heavy Black Gesso has been used with the Owl and the Pussy Cat Stencil.  I love that this stencil can be put on different angles for alternate looks. 

                                           

Once dry, I used a white pen to edge around my stencilling and then primed the Antique Shimmer Pen and splashed that around the tree branches.

The outside of my page has then been edged with black gesso.

Hope you've been inspired 💙

Rainbow Artist Ink Card Set by Julie Schinkel

Hi everyone, today I'm back on the blog sharing a set of cards I have made using various Bee Arty dies. I can't ever just make one card as I have so many ideas and want to do them all at the same time, so I usually end up making a set. I should warn you though, there is A LOT of die cutting in this project. Great to do if you're watching TV or don't have a lot of creative mojo.

The card bases are all A2 size - 4.25" x 5.5" cut from black cardstock. The white layers are all cut to 1/8 of an inch smaller. The backgrounds are made using Colour Blast Artist Inks and water layered at different stages to get different effects.

These are all of the die cuts used to make each background.

These are the die cuts you'll need to embellish each card. Each embellishment has been die cut three times from white cardstock and adhered together. I have used the same colours to paint the die cuts according to each card. Then to add some shimmer and shine I've used the Colour Blast clear shimmer pen and some Glossy Accents. For the sentiments, I've just used some from various stamp sets that I had on my table at the time.

*At the time of photographing I was planning to use all three flowers from the "Flowers of Paradise" die set but only used the medium flower. The Flower Power die cuts are also missing from the photo as at that stage I hadn't planned on using them.

Here are my cards plus a list of products used on each card so you can recreate them.

Products Used:

Background - Honeycomb Metal Die

Embellishments - My Flower Metal Die

Artist Ink - Citrus

Products Used:

Background - Brick & Wall Metal Die*

Embellishments - Desire Metal Die

Artist Ink - Cranberry

Products Used:

Background - String Wreath Metal Die

Embellishments - Flowers Metal Die

Artist Ink - Slipper

Products Used:

Background - Basket Weave Metal Die

Embellishments - Sweet Floral Metal Die

Artist Ink - Berry

Products Used:

Background - Linked In Metal Die

Embellishments - Flowers of Paradise and Leaves of Paradise Metal Dies

Artist Ink - Marine

Products Used:

Background - Web Metal Die

Embellishments - Flower Power Metal Die

Artist Ink - Grass

Other Products Used:

Colour Blast Shimmer Pen - Clear

Black cardstock

White cardstock

Glossy Acents

Sentiments used from various stamp sets from personal stash

I hope you enjoyed this project. Thanks for stopping by.

Until next time, happy crafting.

Julie xx

Tick Tock - With Karyn Schultz!

Hi Bee Arty Lovelies!

It's Karyn here and today I have a scrapbook page to share with you made using lots of amazing products from Bee Arty!

I'm a huge fan of using white cardstock for the base of my scrapbook pages. I use lots of white cardstock so I'm always looking out for great quality thick white cardstock at a great price. Bee Arty has the most amazing white cardstock 350gsm 10pack for $8. I've ordered some but it didnt arrive in time for this project so I had to use a different brand cardstock that wasnt really the best for this project (as you can see from all the buckling), but it did the job.

I decided to use Colour Mica Powders to create a background for this project. I only have a few colours at the moment - but I have ordered more! I'm using Leather, Bling, and Deep Water Colour Mica Powders to coordinate with the Time Flies Collection papers I will use on the page later. There are so many ways to use Mica Powders. For this project I spritz my page with water, then use a fan brush to sprinkle each of the 3 colours across my page. Then I dry the project off and add splatters of each of the colour.

 

Next I wanted to add some texture with stencils. I'm using the Time Flies Hanging Time A5 stencil with some Bling Colour Paste and I tint some heavy gloss gel with Leather Colour Mica Powder to use through the stencil as well.  

 

Lastly I add some stamping using the Life is tough stamp set which has some grungy patterns. Then I use a black marker to doodle around the edge of my page.

 

 

I colour some muslin to use on the page also using the Leather Colour Mica Powder mixed with water.

  

 

I made some diecuts using the Time Flies Tic Toc metal die and i cut off the chain part as I only want to use the clock and cogs on this project. 

 

Here is my finished page.

 

I mat my photo on some papers from the Time Flies collection pack. I add some of the words from the Curious word sheet.  

 

Under 2 of the photo corners I add the Tic Toc die cuts, coloured muslin, and paper flowers.

 

 

Old flair from my stash are a fun addition to the page.

 

  

Thanks so much for stopping by

Crafty Hugs xx

Karyn