"Nothing Dims The Light" | Bee Arty

Hi Everyone,

For my share with you today I have used the Fearless, Brave and Free collection from BEE ARTY designed by the amazing Fiona Paltridge.  It is such a funky collection and just goes perfectly with the cheeky photo of my nephew Thomas.

 

 

 Using some scraps I cut two sets of the "Abstract Circles" metal dies and then placed them on to the white cardstock in a pattern that I liked.

 

 

 

 

 

I didn't have a colour spray that I wanted to use on my layout so I improvised and poured some of my "Cider" Artist Ink in to a spray bottle.  I wanted the richness of the ink so I didn't water it down at all.  I then sprayed over the "Abstract Circles" die cuts that I placed on the cardstock.

 

 

 

 

 

Below is the affect that it created.

 

 

Once the background was dry I stamped with an archival black ink pad the "Fearless" and "Cool Words" stamps over the page. I then added some more background using the "Free Hand" A5 stencil.

 

Next I die cut the "Frame" in a navy cardstock.

 

 

 

Next cut out some of the triangles and diamond shaped pieces from the "Leap" cut and colour sheet.  I then used the "Cider" Artist Ink and a fine paint brush to colour in the pieces.

 

 

Behind the photo I used a piece of torn book paper, I layered the photo on some cardboard off-cuts and then laid the navy cardstock "Frame" die cut over the front of the photo on an angle. 

I attached the photo to the page and then attached the fussy cut pieces to the page, cutting a couple in half to put behind the photo cluster and then mount others on cardboard or foam tape on to the page.  

Add the chosen title, mine came from the "Within" patterned paper, deconstructing it.  Each word was mounted on some foam tape before gluing to the page.

To finish the page I added a Charms Creation embellishment and a flare button from my stash.

Below are some closeups of my finished page.

 

 

Products Used

 

Fearless, Brave and Free Collection

"Abstract Circles" Metal Die

"Frame" Metal Die

"Cool Words" Clear Stamp Set

"Fearless" Clear Stamp Set

"Free Hand" A5 Stencil 

"Leap" 12x12" Cut and Colour Paper

"Within" 12x12 Patterned Paper

"Cider" Artist Ink

 

White Cardstock

Navy Cardstock

Scrap Cardstock

Black Archival Ink Pad

Aqua Brush / Fine Paint Brush

Adhesives

Spray Mist bottle

Embellishments

Thanks for stopping by.

Enjoy your week and keep crafting.

Anita E

xx

 

Harmony by Mintay Card Set

Hi Everyone

I love teaching card classes at my local Papercraft store and am known now for my love of fussy cutting.  Mintay Papers have the most beautiful papers to fussy cut and this range and I love creating this card set with the Harmony range of papers. This ended up being a very popular class and why wouldn't it be with such beautiful papers to work with.

I used both the 6x6 paper pad as well as a couple of 12x12 papers for these cards. The frame dies were Spellbinders and the gorgeous leave were from the Find Paradise range by BEE ARTY.

 Here are a couple of close up of the 5 cards.

 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by.

Don't forget to keep the craft alive.

 

 

Anita

xx

 

 

 

Happiness Is........ | Bee Arty

 Hi Everyone

Where has the time gone.  We are again half way through the month. I wanted to share with you a layout that I created using the Find Paradise range designed by Fiona Paltridge. To date these are still pretty much my favourite papers of all the collections available from Bee Arty.

 

 

 

The base for the layout was created using a white cardstock base, stamped with the Tropical Forest stamp and the Sunburnt Artist Ink and also a basic black ink pad from my stash.

From the Entangled patterned paper I cut 4 pieces the same size.  Mixing a little of the Sunburnt Artist Ink with some of the Heavy White Gesso I smooshed around the edges of the patterned paper and allowed to dry. I used one of the images from the Breathe patterned paper to mat my photo on.

 

 

I cut out a couple of the images from the Botanicals cut apart sheet and coloured them using a watercolour brush and the Sunburnt Artist Ink. I also added some fussy cut images from the cut apart sheet.

 

 

I added some matching twine around the back of one of the patterned papers and also mounted a couple of the pieces on foam tape to give the layout a little dimension. I finished with selecting some words from the Relax word sheet to match in with my photo and I also cut out the glass from the Breathe patterned paper.

 

 

This collection is just perfect for all your holiday and summertime photos.

Grab it while you can.  Everything about this collection is stunning.  

 

Until next time.....

 Happy Creating.

 

Anita E

 

 

 

 

 

Cherish | BeeArty

 

Hey Everyone

I wanted to share with you a layout that I created using the gorgeous papers from the Vampyre Rose collection designed by Sue Smyth.  Everything about this collection is just stunning.

 

On the gorgeous background patterned paper I used the A4 stencil, Devotion, both the flowers and the hearts to add some white texture paste.  I love how the white pops on the background.

 The layering around the photo incorporated the Desire metal die using the filigree heart and the edging die cut in a matching red cardstock.

The majority of the photos I use I print out at home as I want to use them as I found that when I was printing in bulk I always reprinted previous photos, and then the vast majority I didn't even use. So my little Selphy printer is just perfect to print as I go.

I tend to print most with a white border which gives me a photo mat straight away and I save on white cardstock.

Other elements around my photo include gorgeous venise lace, some of the black and white flowers from the cut apart sheet, flowers and chipboard branches.... and don't you just love those cute little butterflies!!

 

 

I hope you enjoyed my little piece of inspiration today.

 

With all these continuing changing times stay safe.

 

Bye for now.

Anita

 xx