Bee Arty DT - Bloom

 Hello Bee Arty fans!

It's Belinda here with you today to share my latest layout created for Bee Arty and inspired by the July Mood Board.

Here's a reminder of the mood board.

Such pretty colours!

I started my layout by cropping a sheet of the 350gsm heavy white cardstock and mounting on a sheet of the Untangle Mindset patterned paper. I then mixed up all of the colours for my background. I used the Colour Blast White Heavy Gesso and added Colour Artist Dye Inks in Berry, Citrus, Lime, Oasis and Slipper. You might notice that my last swipe of colour on my page looks grey. It's actually purple but either my photography or lighting was bad. Trust me. It is purple in real life! I used a paintbrush to add all of the stripes of colour and then diluted the paint so I could flick it over the page.

Once my background was completely dry, I added some stencilling with Colour Paste in Snow White and the Gridlock - A6 Stencil. 

Here you can see how this Colour Paste adds such a gorgeous shimmer.

Next, I added some stamping using the Bokeh Clear Stamp Set and the Going My Way Clear Stamp Set. I used Archival Ink and Distress Oxides for my stamping.

I chopped up the Untangle Silence patterned paper and layered the pieces together with the Frame Metal Die die cut. I fussy cut some flowers from the Embrace and the Collection Bonus patterned papers and added all to the page. Finally I added my embellishments and my title as well as quotes cut from the patterned papers.

Products used:

UNTANGLE:

- Collection Bonus patterned paper

- Embrace patterned paper

- Mindset patterned paper

- Silence patterned paper

Gridlock - A6 Stencil

Going My Way Clear Stamp Set

Bokeh Clear Stamp Set

Frame Metal Die

Colour Blast Colour Artist Ink:

- Berry

- Citrus

- Lime

- Oasis

- Slipper

Colour Paste Snow White

White Heavy Gesso

350gsm Heavy White Cardstock

Thanks for stopping by the blog today. I hope you are feeling inspired to have a play with the mood board too.

Cheers

Belinda

Scrapping Clearly DT - Tab Tag Booklet

 Hey Scrapping Clearly fans!

It's Belinda here today with a late post! I have a cute little booklet to share with you featuring the Tab Tags by Studio Light Art By Marlene Essentials and lots of other fabulous goodies from the store.

I grabbed 6 tags from the pad and proceeded to colour them using Prima Art Philosophy Concentrated Watercolours. I spritzed one tag to start with using quite a lot of water and then dropped the watercolour onto the surface. It's kind of mesmerizing watching the watercolour bloom and spread. I added three different colours to the first tag. Then, because the tag was so wet, I placed another tag on top of it to colour that one too. 

There was quite a lot of excess watercolour that squeezed out the sides so I used some book paper to swipe it up and made myself some instant collage fodder.

Next I grabbed some of the awesome Dina Wakley Stickyback Canvas Tape. I cut three lengths, removed the backing and stuck them to some plastic packaging. I spritzed them with water and added the same watercolours. I left them to dry in a sunny spot. These are what I used to bind my tag book together.

Once completely dry, I stamped and stencilled the tape. I used Ranger Jet Black Archival Ink for the stamping and a heavy weight gesso for the stencilling.

Next, I added some stencilling to the tags using the same gesso and stencils.

Here is the cover of my tag booklet. I added some collage using torn pieces of the collage fodder I created earlier and also torn pieces of Art By Marlene Collage Paper. I also collaged on a cute girl from the Art By Marlene Paper Elements Books (Mint and Lime). I used Dina Wakley Ultra Thick Gel Medium for the glue. I also added some stamping and doodling. I used a Stabilo watersoluble pencil to scribble around the girl and then activated with a wet paintbrush to emphasize her and set her apart from the background.

I used pretty much the same techniques for all of the pages using different cute die cuts from the Paper Elements books. I used Posca Pens, acrylic paint and Lyra Watercolour Crayons to add detail to the backgrounds. The quote stickers are from the Studio Light Jenine's Mindful Art Collection Time To Relax Stickers.

Products used:

STUDIO LIGHT Art By Marlene:

- Essentials Tab Tags

- Collage Paper

- Paper Elements Lime Collection

- Paper Elements Mint Collection

- Clear Stamps Mandala Tapestry

- Marlene's World Clear Stamp Sweet Birdie

STUDIO LIGHT Jenine's Mindful Art Collection Time To Relax Stickers

VICKI BOUTIN Clear Stamps Colour Study

PRIMA Art Philosophy Concentrated Watercolour:

- Blush

- Bright Pink

- Marigold

- Peacock

- Truth

RANGER Archival Ink Jet Black

gesso

DINA WAKLEY 

- Ultra Thick Gel Medium

- Stickyback Canvas Tape

UNI Posca Pens

Thanks for stopping by the blog today! I hope you are inspired to have a play over the weekend with your Scrapping Clearly goodies too.

Cheers

Belinda

The Dusty Attic DT - Smile

 Hello Dusty Attic fans!

It's Belinda here with you today to share my latest layout created for The Dusty Attic and featuring a mix of new and not so new chipboard pieces.

I started my layout by diluting some Oceania Dusty In Colour Acrylic Paint and applying it to already spritzed cardstock. I added lots of diluted paint and then spritzed a bit more to play around with it on my background. I flicked some of the paint over the page too. Once I was happy with the coverage I set it aside to dry completely. 

Next I used the gorgeous Starry Night Stencil with some Colour Blast Colour Paste in Deep Water to add some interesting detail. I flicked some more colour over the page using Posca Paint Pens too.

I painted every single piece of chipboard that I used with my usual three coats of heavy white gesso. Once dry, I coloured some of the pieces using the same Posca Pens that I flicked over the background. I used blue Sharpie for the gnome's boots and belt buckle. (Note: Sharpie doesn't work too well over gesso but because it was such a small area I got away with it.)

Then I simply layered everything on my page and secured in place.

I love how the cute little clouds and sun work so well with the adorable gnome and that sweet frame.

Products used:

DA0912 Oceania Dusty in Colour

DA1040 Mini Stars

DA1464 Word Strips

DA1763 Starry Night Stencil

DA1800 Mini Tabs # 3

DA2445 Frame Medley

DA2919 Botanical Ringlets #1

DA2943 Weather

DA2967 Gnomes Small

Thanks so much for stopping by the blog today. I hope you are loving the new release chippies as much as I am. Have fun playing!!

Cheers

Belinda

Bee Arty DT - To The Moon and Back

 Hello Bee Arty fans!

It's Belinda here today to share my latest layout for Bee Arty featuring the stunning NEW Embrace Change collection by Fiona Paltridge.

To start my layout I cropped a sheet of the Gathering patterned paper to my preferred size and mounted on a cropped sheet of the fabulous 350gsm white cardstock. I then spritzed the page with Road Base Colour Blast Colour Spray and water. I played around with the colour on the page letting it drip down the layout. I also removed the nozzle from the bottle and flicked some of the Road Base over the page.

Once the page was fully dry, I then added stencilling using the gorgeous Cascading Leaves A5 Stencil and Stormy Weather Colour Blast Colour Paste.

I set the page aside to dry before adding some stamping using Jet Black Archival Ink with a stamp from the Say It Stamp Set. I added another layer of stencilling using the That Way A5 Stencil with Snow White Colour Paste.

Here you can see the awesome shimmer and shine from the Snow White Colour Paste. I love it!

And here is my finished layout.

I added lots of fussy cut flowers and leaves from the Embrace Change patterned papers as well as some pretty butterflies. I die cut the Grungy Filmstrip from the 350gsm white cardstock and added it behind a piece of the patterned paper. I also used the Autumn Trio dies to cut some leafy twigs from the patterned paper.

I cut the title and quote from the patterned papers too.

Products used:

EMBRACE CHANGE:

- Autumn Trio Dies

- Cascading Leaves A5 Stencil

- Change patterned paper

- Collection patterned paper

- Gathering patterned paper

- Poetry patterned paper

- Say It Stamp Set

- Turning patterned paper

Grungy Filmstrip Die

That Way A5 Stencil

COLOUR BLAST Colour Paste:

- Snow White

- Stormy Weather

COLOUR BLAST Colour Spray Road Base

350gsm White Cardstock

Thanks for stopping by the blog today. I hope you are loving the Embrace Change collection as much as I am.

Cheers

Belinda

Scrapping Clearly DT - Love

 Hello Scrapping Clearly fans!

It's Belinda here today to share my latest layout for Scrapping Clearly inspired by the July Mood Board.

Aren't these colours just so pretty?!

For my layout I began by cropping a piece of Bazzill Marshmallow Heavy Weight Cardstock to my preferred size and mounted on a cropped sheet of Heidi Swapp Favourite Things patterned paper from the 12 x 12 Paper Pad. I then spritzed the page with the new Tim Holtz Salvaged Patina Distress Oxide Spray. I LOVE this colour so much! I dried the page with a heat gun and then used the same Distress Oxide Spray to spritz a Vicki Boutin stencil. I placed the stencil on a random page in my black paper art journal to spritz it so none of the colour would be wasted. I then stamped the layout with the stencil to get some random stencil marks. I repeated this until I was happy with the coverage and then flicked some of the colour over the page too.

Once I had dried the page, I added some stamping using Vicki Boutin stamps and the Salvaged Patina Distress Oxide Ink Pad.

I chopped up a bunch of Heidi Swapp papers mostly from the 6x8 Paper Pad and layered them together. I tore a strip from a Heidi Swapp 6x6 Die Cut paper and stuck that down on the page before adding the paper stack. I layered a Heidi Swapp banner sticker over the top before adding my photo and the remaining embellishments. I finished with a little bit more stamping using the Heidi Swapp Always Mini Stamp Set.

Products used:

HEIDI SWAPP:

- Favourite Things 12x12 Paper Pad

- Favourite Things Stickers

- 6x8 Paper Pad

- 6x6 Die Cut Papers

- Vintage Chic Chipboard Stickers

VICKI BOUTIN:

- patterned paper

- stencil

- Kaleidoscope stamp and die set

BAZZILL Marshmallow Heavy Weight Cardstock

TIM HOLTZ:

- Distress Oxide Spray Salvaged Patina

- Distress Oxide Salvaged Patina

- Distress Oxide Picked Raspberry

COCOA VANILLA STUDIO Free Spirit Little Hearts

Thanks for stopping by the blog today! I hope you are feeling inspired to have a play with the mood board this month too.

Cheers

Belinda