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7 March 2020

"My Heart Belong to You" Card & Gift Box | Colour Blast by Bee Arty

Hi Everyone

I wanted to share my first blog post for the new Colour Blast by Bee Arty.
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

29 October 2018

"Never Stop Dreaming" | Colour Blast

Welcome Back

For my share today I created a Dream Catcher canvas wall hanging. I love having some of my creations hanging on my craftroom walls and since need to use up my stash (to make room for more) I went for this canvas as my project base.

To start my project, using some plain white tissue paper and a really good gel medium I attached the tissue to the canvas base.

Once dry I did several coats of Heavy White Gesso to seal it and give it a great working surface.

I then chose an array of Colour Shimmer Sprays including Sunshine, Tangereen Dream, Apple of My Eye, Deep Water, Lovely Lilac and Envy and went crazy. As much as I liked the background there was too much colour and a little too much shimmer.

To fix this I went back over the top of the colour with the Heavy White Gesso again so soften the background and I was happy with the end result. I forgot to take a second photo after the second coat.

Next I got to add my favourite Colour Shimmer Dust in Lollipop and really hit with the water spray so that the colour got in to all the creases of the tissue paper.

I then worked on my embellishments. I love the Celebr8 chipboard and adore the feather piece. I firstly gave it a coating of Heavy White Gesso and then with a sponge and Colour Artist Ink in Slipper. I allowed each coating to dry but I just couldn't get the colour I wanted.... maybe I was too impatient to build it up.

So I quickened up the process and added some of the Colour Artist Ink in Slipper to some Heavy White Gesso and mixed it up in my pallet. I made sure when I mixed it that it had a marbled effect so hopefully it would transfer like an ombre effect when it dried.

I then mixed my Colour Artist Inks in Oasis and Mermaid together to make a more jade colour and then painted it on to some feather I made using a silicone mold. They came up a great.

Using the Colour Embossing Powder in Deep Water and Rose Petal and embossed a wood veneer wreath with a marbled effect. I then used the Deep Water Colour Embossing Powder again and heat embossed my title.

Using an array of Little Birdie Crafts flowers, a bit of bling and all the other embellishments that I altered using Colour Blast products I completed the canvas.

Below are a full picture of my finish canvas and several closeups.

Thanks for stopping by.

Until next time... happy crafting.

Anita E

7 February 2018

Stop and Smell the Roses | Couture Creations

#artdecocreations #couturecreationsaus #ultimatecrafts

Good Morning Everyone,

Having pretty papers to play with makes creating so much easier. I love the C'est La Vie collection and am really enjoying doing layouts with the 12x12 paper pad. This latest one is of me with my gorgeous niece Sabine and some Snapchat fun :)

I decided for this layout that I needed to mute the patterned paper that I used to base my layout around. To do this I chose to use the Anna Griffin/Couture Creations Acrylic Gesso. I did a light coat to the paper and allowed it to dry.

This 2nd photo shows how much softer the paper looks.

I added some texture to the background using one of the Anna Griffin/Couture Creations stencils with the beautiful fluffy embossing paste. This embossing paste is my go to for adding texture to my pages. It is a beautiful white and more importantly it dries so quickly which is fantastic as it doesn't slow me down to much when I am on a roll with my creating.

Next I took a selection of patterned papers and transformed them in to banners of differing widths and lengths. I muted the edges with a matching pink ink.

Below is a rough placement of how I wanted the papers to look before I adhered them to the page.

I added a paper doily to the sides of banners to bring in some white to the page.

This really popped in the finished page. I also added a largish paper doily from my collection.

Once this was done I mounted my photo on to a soft green/blue Ultimate Crafts cardstock called Charming, again softening the edges with the pink ink and then just added a die cut (discontined) in the same green behind the photo (cut in half), overlapping the paper doily.

Once my photo was attached to the page, I added some bling and my flower cluster. The two butterflies at the top were fussy cut from one of the pieces of paper.

To finish it off I chose a chipboard title from the C'est La Vie collection, Stop and Smell the Roses. This one was hotfoiled using the Champagne coloured foil.

I hope you like it.

PRODUCTS USED

ULT200020 - Ultimate Crafts Cardstock - Charming
CO724870 - Couture Creations/Anna Griffin Mixed Media - Embossing Paste
CO724888 - Couture Creations/Anna Griffin - Stencil - Secret Garden Damask
CO724300 - Bulk Flowers - La Belle Vintage Bloom
CO725695 - Heat Activate Foil - Champagne

C'es la Vie Collection Products
CO725912 - Chipboard - Stop and Smell the Roses
CO725737 - 12x12" paper pad

Thanks for stopping by. Looking forward to next time......

Anita E
xx

27 December 2017

"Say Cheese" | Couture Creations

Hi Everyone,

With the end of 2017 coming to a close I thought I would revisit the THE RITZ

collection by Sue Smyth.

I wanted to aim for a more male orientated theme with this photo of my brother Mark and his son Thomas. The colourings in the photo fitted perfectly with the collection. I think I hit the

nail on the head, so to speak.

So, to start I chose the papers that I wanted to use with the photo, and cut the stripe at 6 1/2" along the horizontal and attached it with some double-sided tape on top of the other paper.

To hide the seam I cut a 1/2" strip of some of the Obsidian Ultimate Crafts Cardstock and attached it over the seam of the papers as shown in the next photo.

Taking the Art Deco Tag decorative die from the collection I cut two die-cuts. I then trimmed them down to two pieces shown below.

Working from the outside edges, left and right, towards the centre, I adhered the trimmed down die cuts. The two middle pieces will overlap but this will not matter as my photo and other embellishments will be placed over the overlapped die cuts.

From one of the papers in the back of the paper pad I cut one of the border strips and added it underneath the 1/2" piece of black cardstock that I had earlier adhered over the

seam of the patterned papers. Using the Classy Flower decorative die cut one in the Obsidian cardstock. I cut this in half and attached it to the top left of the page.

Using the Evening Cocktail 6x6" paper pad I took the gold stripe paper and die cut the

Next I chose 4 of the mini gears from the chipboard set and using the Champagne and Midnight Black heat activated foil applied it to the chipboard.

Using a couple of other matching papers from the "Theatre" patterned papers I created three banners, each mounted on to some of the black cardstock.

My photo was mounted on black (it already had a white mat around it when it was printed). I wrapped some white and black twine around the photo. Next I took the three banners I made and attached them around the bottom half of the photo.

I added a paper doily from my stash underneath the die cut Otis doily and attached it to the back of the mounted photo. I then adhered the entire piece to my page.

I added some bling from my stash and then placed the gears to the page.

I added clusters of flowers and other embellishments to the bottom left of the photo, added a title and it was finished. Not too girlie at all I don't think :)