Scrapping Clearly DT - Art Journal Pages.

 Hello Scrapping Clearly fans!!

It's Belinda here today to share some art journal pages in the fabulous Studio Light Art Journal.

This is the art journal. I love that it is a ring binder so the pages can easily be removed to work on. The pages are 6.25" x 6.25" and are constructed of really sturdy good quality watercolour paper. There is a zip lock plastic pocket in the journal too to keep a few supplies handy if you are out and about sketching. I am super impressed with this journal and think I will need more than one!!

I decided to have a play with some collage to start with. I tore up some sheets from the Art By Marlene Collage Paper as well as random bits of notepaper, book paper and the punched edges of some notepaper. There's a bit of Heidi Swapp tape in there too. I used Dina Wakley Soft Matte Gel Medium to add the collage and then set it aside to dry completely. The pages warped a little but that will eventually sort itself out as the journal fills up and is kept closed. A little warping never hurt anyone!

Next I added some stencilling with the latest Art By Marlene Stencils and black gesso. I added some stamping too using the Mandala Tapestry Stamps by Art By Marlene and Jet Black Archival Ink.

I toned everything down a little by brayering over some heavy white gesso.

Next I grabbed a bunch of Dylusions Paints and played around with those. I swiped the paint over parts of the pages, placed a stencil over the top and then wiped away the paint with a water wet wipe. My wet wipes were a bit too juicy and smudged the stencils in places so I had to blot away with paper towel before removing the stencils.

Once the pages were dry, I went to town adding Art By Marlene Die Cut Elements, more stencilling, stamping and doodling with Posca Pens. I threw a lot at these pages and they held up really well. They turned out a lot busier than I had planned but I like the craziness of them.

Thanks so much for stopping by the blog today. I hope you find some time to play with your Scrapping Clearly stash.

Cheers

Belinda

Bee Arty DT - Happy Times

 Hello Bee Arty fans!

It's Belinda here today to share with you my latest layout created for Bee Arty and featuring the stunning Grateful Heart collection.

Here I have mixed some of the Duke Colour Shimmer Dust with some water in a small bowl and have tested the colour in a spare art journal that I keep by my desk for this purpose.

I cropped a piece of the Faith patterned paper from the Grateful Heart collection and mounted it onto some of the awesome 350gsm White Cardstock. I spritzed it with a little water and dropped in the Duke Shimmer Dust. I spritzed with more water and played around with it on the page until I had a good coverage. Then I set aside the page to dry.

I added a doily to the page and then fussy cut the gorgeous floral design from another sheet of the Faith patterned paper. I painted the flowers with the Duke Shimmer Dust and water mix and let dry. I used a 1mm White Life of Colour Paint Pen to add some sketchy lines to the flowers.

I cropped some patterned papers from the range, layered together and added to the page. I also fussy cut a birdcage and bird, painted with the Duke/water mix and added to the layout. 

I used a paint brush to apply some of the Duke/water mix to a flower stamp from the Floral Delights 1 Clear Stamp Set and stamped on an extra piece of the white cardstock. Once dry, I fussy cut and slipped in and under the patterned paper stack.

And here is the completed layout.

I die cut a Postage Stamp frame and some leaves using a die from the Leaves of Paradise die set and coloured them using the Duke/water mix and added to the page once dry. I finished with some more fussy cut leaves, a flower and some words.

Here's what I used:

GRATEFUL HEART Collection:

- Blessed

- Collection Bonus Sheet

- Faith

- Together

350gsm White Cardstock

Colour Shimmer Dust Duke

Floral Delights 1 Clear Stamp Set

Leaves of Paradise Metal Die

Postage Stamp Metal Die

1mm White Life of Colour Pen

Thanks so much for stopping by the blog today. I hope you find some time to get creative with some fabulous Bee Arty products too.

Cheers

Belinda

Bee Arty DT - Made With Love

 Hello Bee Arty Fans!

It's Belinda here today to share my latest layout for Bee Arty inspired by the May Mood Board and featuring lots of gorgeous Colour Blast product.

Here's a reminder of the gorgeous inspiration for this month:

For this layout I worked with the stunning Grateful Heart collection. I cropped a sheet of the Hope patterned paper to size and mounted on the fabulous white cardstock for extra sturdiness.

I mixed up a concoction of Snow White Colour Blast Paste, Peacock Colour Shimmer Dust and Black Heavy Gesso for the darkest colour in the mood board and added to the page using the Rhythm A5 Stencil. I used a soft wet paintbrush and a water spray bottle to manipulate the product on the page letting it drip down the page and moving it around until I was happy with the coverage.

I diluted down the mix with some water and flicked it over the page too with the soft paintbrush.

Next I added some messy thread to my page and some pretty flowers that I coloured and fussy cut from the Together patterned paper. To colour the fussy cut image I used Colour Sprays in Lagoon, Saffron and Sunset. I mixed the Saffron and Sunset to achieve the pretty peach colour and diluted with a little water.

Once dry, I added the fussy cut image to the page.

Next I decided I needed a little more detail in the background so I used some of the leftover mix from the background stencilling, diluted it with water and painted it onto the Bokeh Stamp before stamping on my page. I love the messy watercolour effect this gives.

I painted a birdcage, page tabs and cute mason jars from the Family and Gathers patterned papers with the same colours as the main floral image and fussy cut those too. I sprayed an extra piece of white cardstock with the Saffron Colour Spray, let dry completely and then die cut the small die from the Grungy Filmstrip Die Set.

'Made With Love'

I added all of these pieces to my layout along with some more pieces fussy cut from the patterned papers including my title and quote. To finish I added some enamel dots from my stash.

Colour Blast products used:

GRATEFUL HEART:

- Blessed patterned paper

- Bokeh Stamp

- Collection - Bonus paper

- Family patterned paper

- Gathers patterned paper

- Hope patterned paper

- Together patterned paper

Rhythm A5 Stencil

Grungy Filmstrip Die

COLOUR BLAST Colour Spray:

- Lagoon

- Saffron

- Sunset

COLOUR BLAST Colour Shimmer Dust Peacock

COLOUR BLAST Colour Paste Snow White

COLOUR BLAST Black Heavy Gesso

white cardstock 350 gsm

Thanks for stopping by the blog today! I hope you are feeling inspired to grab your Colour Blast stash and have a play.

Cheers

Belinda

The Dusty Attic DT - My Girl Ziva

 Hello Dusty Attic fans!

It's Belinda here today to share my latest layout for The Dusty Attic inspired by the May mood board and featuring lots of fun chipboard pieces and some Dusty In Colour Paint.

'My Girl Ziva'

Here's a reminder of the gorgeous mood board for this month:

For my layout I began by applying some Mountain Meadow Dusty In Colour paint to my background with a palette knife. I love the messy look a palette knife gives. Once the paint was dry, I used the Distressed Grid stencil with some heavy white gesso to add some interest. I flicked over some more colour using Posca Paint Pens.

Next I painted all of my chipboard pieces with several coats of heavy white gesso letting them dry between coats. Once the gesso was dry, I painted some of the pieces with Dusty In Colour Paints in Oceania and Dusty Pink. Some of the pieces I left white to break up all of the colour on the page and also because I just love the look of crisp white chipboard pieces on my pages.

My favourite thing is layering! Lots of layering!! So my next step was to layer all of my chipboard pieces as well as patterned papers in the mood board colours and my photo. Oh and I used a leftover 'negative' piece from a set of tabs that you can see poking out at the top of my photo/paper stack. I love to find ways to use up my leftover bits of chipboard so nothing goes to waste.

Here's what I used:

DA0907 Dusty in Colour Dusty Pink

DA0912 Dusty in Colour Oceania

DA0916 Dusty in Colour Mountain Meadow

DA1538 Distressed Grid Stencil

DA0682 Mini Heart Buttons

DA0862 Mini ABC Set Lower

DA1185 String Frames Small

DA2406 Woof Woof

DA2415 Paw Prints - Dog

DA2454 Polaroid Frame Set # 1

DA2663 Banners # 5

DA2697 Tall & Lean ABC Set

Thanks for stopping by the blog today! I hope you find some time to get creative with awesome Dusty Attic products too.

Cheers

Belinda

Scrapping Clearly DT - Happy

 Hello Scrapping Clearly fans!

It's Belinda here with you today to share my latest layout using lots of gorgeous product from the Scrapping Clearly store.

For this layout I began by cropping my patterned paper and cardstock to my preferred size for layouts. I cropped the Studio Calico Seven Paper to 8 1/2" x 11 3/4" and the Bazzill Marshmallow Heavy Weight cardstock to 8 1/4" x 11 1/2". I used my W R Memory Keepers Typecast Typewriter to add a bunch of stuff that I am currently loving and that makes me feel happy. I then stuck this piece onto the patterned paper.

Next I mixed some Vibrant Turquoise Dylusions Paint with heavy white gesso and spread over my layout with a palette knife. I watered some down and flicked it over the page with a paintbrush too.

I added some sweet stars using a Heidi Swapp stencil and a Pigma Micron 04 Pen. I tore some pretty flowers and a leafy stem from the Tim Holtz Botanical Collage Paper and added to the page with some matte gel medium.

I created a stack of layers next to sit my photo on. I used some Heidi Swapp Dreamy patterned paper from the 6x6 Paper Pad as well as die cut papers, doilies, a tag and a chipboard frame. I added my title and some embellishments as well as a sticker quote to finish.

'Happy'

Products used:

BAZZILL Heavy Weight Cardstock Marshmallow

STUDIO CALICO Seven Paper Goldie 002

HEIDI SWAPP:

- 6x6 Paper Pad Dreamy

- 6x6 Die Cut Papers

- Paper Doilies

- Chipboard Frames

- Chipboard Stickers

- Tags

TIM HOLTZ Idea-ology Collage Paper Botanical

RANGER Dylusions Paint Vibrant Turquoise

STUDIO LIGHT Jenine's Mindful Art Collection Stickers

PIGMA Micron 04

UNI Posca Pen Black 0.7mm

gesso

matte gel medium

Thanks so much for stopping by the blog today. Have a great weekend and I hope you manage to fit in some scrapping time.

Cheers

Belinda