Free Spirit | Colour Blast

Hi Everyone, Anita here with you today.  

I love using bright happy summery colours and when seeing this photo of Sabine, needed to bring out the colour of the juice she was drinking.  I am using a wide array of products from differing collections on this layout.

After prepping my cardstock with some of the Heavy White Gesso I chose the 'Encircled' stencil from the Arty Farty collection and added stenciling over the page.

The below photo shows just how beautiful this stencil really is.

Next I took a paper doily and using my watercolour palette, coloured the doily in the "Sunshine" colour.

Using the "Amber" Shimmer Dust and a little water I coloured up a Charms Creations heart with a paintbrush.

Taking my dry coloured paper doily I sprinkled some of the same "Amber" Shimmer Dust over the doily and sprayed it with water.  Dry this off with a heat gun. 

So, I don't know about you but I love the Colour Artist Inks. For my layout I used "Cider" which I added first.  I lightly sprayed the stenciling with water and then added a few drops of the Artist Ink.  I lifted the page to move the ink around.  Dry off with your heat gun.

My next layer of Colour Artist Ink I added was "Citrus".  Dry between each layer and build up the colour with each layer you add by drying in between.

To add more texture to the background I have used the "Circulate" stencil from the Arty Farty collection and some of the gorgeous "Tangerine" Colour Paste.

 

I needed to add some black to the layout so incorporated some stamping on my background.  I love the "Floral Delights No. 2" Stamp Set.  There are two different stamp sets with flowers and are a great staple set to have in your collection. 

After stamping two different size flowers, I then coloured the centre with some of the "Sunshine" watercolours.

The part of prep was to colour my chosen title in black.  I did this again with my watercolour palette in "Soot". If you don't have any of the Colour Blast watercolours, you can get the same affect either using Embossing Powders, Shimmer Dust or Mica Powder. 

 As I now print my photos at home I tend to print them with borders so that I don't have to mat them on cardstock.  I added some 3D foam tape to the reverse of the photo before gluing to my page.

I added the heart and a couple of matching flowers from my stash to the bottom left of the photo, glued down the title (3D foam dots added to back) overlapping the photo a little and then finished by adding a little of the black hessian ribbon at the top and bottom.

Below are a couple of closeups of the finished layout.

Thanks so much for stopping by.

I hope you are all staying safe during this unprecedented time and enjoy crafting to keep busy.

Don't forget we have a monthly challenge happening over a the 

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Until next time.... happy creating.

Anita E 

xx

"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

"Marry Me" layouts with Mintay Papers

Happy Easter Saturday Everyone

Whilst many of us are celebrating the special time of year, I thought I would share with you two special events in my life that I captured in my layouts both using the recently released paper collection "Marry Me" from Mintay Papers.

For my first layout I have created a wedding page using one of my favourite photos from our wedding.  My girlfriend was out photographer and I am unsure what she said (or her husband) to get these amazing smiles on both of us.

 I fussy cut one of the patterned pieces of paper, MM-03, using the top and bottom patterns and then mounted the two pieces on 3D foam dots and then attached them to a piece of snow white cardstock.  I prepared my white cardstock by adding some texture using Colour Blast Colour Paste in Steel and Colour Blast Shimmer Spray in Snow White. 

 

The 'love' chipboard I used Colour Blast's Shimmer Cube in Dusty Charcoal to colour it and the chipboard sprays coloured in Stormy Weather Shimmer Cube.

 

 

I mounted the photo on some chipboard pieces, tucking behind it lace, some fussy cut pieces from the 12x12" sheet and some gorgeous paper flowers.  Finishing touches was some 'clear' Wink of Stella pen over the fussy cut pieces to give it a little shimmer.

 

For my second layout I loved the photo of me with my goddaughter Amanda on her 21st birthday.  We have a wonderful bond which as they age slowly diminishes but the love is always there.  This photo just shows the between us that still exists years later.

Again I used the same paper range and you can see it just doesn't have to be wedding photos that it is used on.

 This page uses lots of the images from the fussy cutting sheet.  I don't know about you but I find fussy cutting therapeutic and they are so great for layering.

I hope you liked my share and hope it inspires you to create and if you haven't done so already, find  your local Mintay Papers stockist.  You won't stop at buying just one of the ranges. They are also great for cardmarkers as the paper come in a 6x6" pad as well.

Ciao for now.

Happy creating

Anita

xx

 

 

"STRONG" | Colour Blast

Hi Everyone

Now I love my Colour Blast products as much as you and with the large number of products in my collection I have been trying to use different colours on each of my posts.

Today I have used two of my all time favourite Colour Paste in Sienna and Leather. They are both extremely striking on the white background.  

So after using a fun filter from Snapchat I ended up with the perfect photo for my layout. It's nice to play around once in a while.

 After preparing my cardstock background with some Heavy White Gesso, using a baby wipe and two coordinating Colour Artist Inks in Rust and Cider I smooshed the Rust across the background and once dried added Cider.

I did this a couple of times to get the depth and colours that I wanted to tie in with the photo.

  

Next, using my metal spatula I stroked some of the Colour Paste

in Sienna and Leather down my page.  I wanted a very uneven look on the page.

Using the amazing Heavy White Gesso

I added more texture with a stencil ensuring some of the stencilling went over the Colour Paste. 

After selecting my chosen embellishments I decided I wanted to keep the vast majority of them white.  I found a heap of wood veneer flowers in my stash.  I 'attacked' them with my sponge and Heavy White Gesso trying to get a a bit of a stippled and roughish look to them.

I didn't quite the look I wanted, so I worked with a paint brush and the gesso and ended up happy with the final result.

  Using the Colour Shimmer Brush Marker in Clear I added a slight bling to the wood flowers.  It ended up ever so subtle but took the matte affect off them. I did up adding some copper glitter to two of the flowers that you can see in the close up photos below.

 

 I added by bling title, a couple of mulberry paper flowers and a few sticker phrases from Flutterby Designs and a cute sequin bow from D-lish Scraps and the layout was complete.

 

Thanks for stopping by.

Anita E

xx