Your Smile for Colour Blast

Hi everyone, today my share features Colour Paste and hand made embellishments.

My first step was to layer some Colour Paste in Rose Petal and Bling onto a couple of scrap pieces of white card stock.  This was done with an old rewards card. 

I then sat these aside and came back to my project a couple of hours later.  Because I was die cutting with it, I wanted to make sure it was totally dry.

I've die cut my title and some flowers from the page with Rose Petal Colour Paste and some roses from the Bling.

When I cut these out I used a piece of quick release die cutting paper between the die and my card with the Colour Paste on it.  

This helps to remove it from the die once cut.

I did a little stamping on my page, one lot where my photo stack was going to be and the other, a smaller lot on the opposite side for some balance.

I used some Colour Paste in Rose Petal mixed with a little water to make some splatters on the page.

This helps to tie my 2 clusters together and add a little more visual dimension to the layout.

All the pieces have been assembled with a little glue and some foam for dimension.

The page is now finished and is full of hand made embellishments, making a super inexpensive page from a couple of pots of Colour Paste that can be used again and again.

Hope you've been inspired.

Butterfly, Colour Blast

Today I'm sharing a page I did on retreat last month.

I was lucky enough to borrow some of the Colour Artist Inks in colours I don't normally use from a friend.  It didn't take long to realise that I need to get them all.  They are so gorgeous and easy to work with.

I started by heat embossing in white some butterflies.  I did this on water colour paper in just a random pattern but concentrated mainly on the middle area of the page.

I dropped some Colour Artist Inks in Oasis, Lime, Citrus, Berry, Slipper and Sunburnt (which I didn't end up using) into a palette.

For this page, I'd actually chosen my photo first so these colours were chosen to match the butterfly on Miss Mackenzie's face.

I've then added some water to the page with a thick water colour brush.  I started in the middle, bringing the water out and over the butterflies.

Once I started adding Colour Artist Inks to the page, I did it in the same way.  One colour at a time, following a line of water and leading it out over the butterflies. I added more water as needed to help the ink flow.

I just used a paper towel to mop up any excess and have also heat dried between some colours to prevent it looking muddy.

I decided to use one of the butterfly stamps as an embellishment for the top of the layout.

For this I have heat embossed some Colour Embossing Powder, Dusty Charcoal, on some vellum.  

I assembled a few goodies for my photo stack.

The heat embossed butterfly has been fussy cut and adhered to the page with Scrap Dots for some dimension.

Hope you've been inspired.