Choose To See The Good Stuff

Hi everyone! Melissa here with a design team page for the amazing Shimmerz Paints. I love these paints, they're so easy to use, and the colors are so rich!I've used a photo from free google, by Stella de Libero.

 I put the layers under the photo together,including taping water color paper under the image to make it stronger. Below that is a mat of watercolor paper, and at the bottom is corrugated cardboard. I tore off most the paper from the surface of the cardboard, and painted it with gesso, I put two layers of cardboard between each of the layers to add dimension. 

I applied texture paste with a stencil and a credit card on the watercolor paper background. Don't use Hobby Lobby brand texture paste, it takes way too long to dry,even with a heat gun. Liquitex works a lot better.

I picked out Reneabouquets Beautiful Board,arranged it around the page, took it off, and prepped it with gesso. I painted some with Steely Blue Eyes, Honeymoon, and Plum Crazy. Inklingz. Some I painted with A Rose By Any Other Name. I added a thick coat of Clear Rock Candy Crystal. On both I added Honeymoon, First Blush,(a discontinued color) and topped it with a silver mica powder.A lot of the textural elements are from Reneabouquets. 

I drew out the colors of the photo to the watercolor mat and cardboard. The blue color on the corrugated is a mixture of Teal The End Of Time Shimmerz, and Imperial Amethyst Inklingz.   

The background watercolor paper has First Blush and Dear John Inklingz on it.

To add visual interest I added micro beads, seed beads, glass glitter,gold leaf,glass beads, pearls, Swarovski crystals, rhinestones,sequins, shells, pressed flowers and leaves,tulle,lace,pieces from floral picks,flowers from Prima and Reneabouquets, and bling and metal from my stash. The gorgeous dragonfly is from Reneabouquets.

Thank you so much for looking!

It's the Little Things That Make Life Big

Hi everyone! Melissa here with a design team page for the amazing Shimmerz Paints. I love these paints, they're so easy to use, and the colors are so rich!I've used a photo from free google, by Stella de Libero.

    

 I put the layers under the photo together,including taping water color paper under the image to make it stronger. Below that is a mat of watercolor paper, and at the bottom is corrugated cardboard. I tore off most the paper from the surface of the cardboard, and painted it with gesso. While it was wet I poured on UTEE,(Ultra Thick Embossing Paper)and heated it until it was just melted. I put two layers of cardboard between each of the layers to add dimension. 

I applied texture paste with a stencil and a credit card on the watercolor paper background. I poured on Ultra Thick Embossing Powder (UTEE) onto the paste, and heated it with a heat gun. Don't use Hobby Lobby brand texture paste, it takes way too long to dry,even with a heat gun. Liquitex works a lot better.

I picked out Reneabouquets Beautiful Board,arranged it around the page, took it off, and prepped it with gesso. I painted it with Pixie Dust Shimmerz, put a layer of silver mica powder on, then a thick coat of Clear Rock Candy Crackle.Later I decided I wanted to change it to green, so I painted it with Green Olive Shimmerz,which is my favorite shade of Shimmerz Paints green, and Penny 4 Your Thoughts Inklingz,(a discontinued color.) I rubbed on a some gold mica powder. A lot of the textural elements are from Reneabouquets. 

I drew out the colors of the photo to the watercolor mat and cardboard.

 To add visual interest I added micro beads, seed beads, glass glitter,glass beads, pearls, Swarovski crystals, rhinestones,sequins, shells, pressed flowers and leaves,tulle,lace,metal from Reneabouquets,Tim Holtz, and Vintaj, pieces of floral picks,flowers from Prima and Reneabouquets, and bling and metal from my stash. The gorgeous butterfly is from Reneabouquets.

I painted the background with Dear John Letter Inklingz, Green Olive, and First Blush Inklingz,(a discontinued color),gold mica powder and water, and Penny 4 Your Thoughts.

The pink on the mat and cardboard is Hot Stuff Inklingz. The gold is Amsterdam ink, the darker color is Penny 4 Your Thoughts. I used the Penny color all around the page to outline the embellies, and rubbed on gold mica powder too, to sort of tie everything together.

Thank you so much for looking, and have a great week!

Be You,Bravely

Hi everyone! Melissa here with a design team page for the amazing Shimmerz Paints. I love these paints, they're so easy to use, and the colors are so rich!I've used a photo from free google, by Stella de Libero.

To make this page I applied clear gesso to Prima's Moon Child paper.

              

 I put the layers under the photo together,including taping on card stock under the image to make it stronger. Below that is a layer of watercolor paper, and at the bottom is corrugated cardboard. I tore off most the paper from the surface of the cardboard, and painted it with gesso. While it was wet I poured on UTEE, and heated it until it was just melted. I put two layers of cardboard between the layers to add dimension. 

I painted Prima Moon Child paper with clear gesso, then applied texture paste with a stencil and a credit card. I poured on Ultra Thick Embossing Powder (UTEE) onto the paste, and heated it with a heat gun. Don't use Hobby Lobby brand texture paste, it takes way too long to dry,even with a heat gun. Liquitex works a lot better.

I picked out Reneabouquets Beautiful Board,arranged it around the page, took it off, and prepped it with gesso. I painted it with Blue My Mind, and Dear John Letter  and Imperial Amethyst Inklingz. I topped it with a thick coat of Ranger Clear Rock Candy Crackle. A lot of the textural elements are from Reneabouquets. 

I drew out the colors of the photo to the watercolor mat, and the page too.

To add visual interest I added micro beads, seed beads, glass glitter,glass beads, pearls, Swarovski crystals, rhinestones,sequins, shells, pressed flowers and leaves,tulle, metal from Tim Holtz and Reneabouquets, pieces of floral picks, and bling and metal from my stash. The gorgeous butterfly is from Reneabouquets.

I sponged and brushed on a lot of gesso around the page, because it was getting too busy. I used   gold and silver mica powder.

Thank you so much for looking, and have a great week!

Reneabouquet Design Team Project, "Be Awesome Today", by Melissa Larson

Hi everyone! Melissa here with a new page for the amazing Reneabouquets, go and see all the beautiful things there! I've used a photo from free google, by A.M. Lorek.

To make this page I applied clear gesso to Blue Fern paper. I put the layers under the photo together,starting with taping on watercolor paper under the image to make it stronger. Below that is a layer of watercolor paper, and at the bottom is corrugated cardboard. I tore off most the paper from the surface of the cardboard, and painted it with gesso. While it was wet I poured on Ultra Thick Embossing Powder, (UTEE),and heated it until it was just melted. I put two layers of cardboard between the layers to add dimension. 

I put the layers with the photo onto the page. I applied texture paste with a stencil to the paper with an old credit card. I poured on UTEE, and melted it.

I picked out Beautiful Board, painted it with Prima Sparks and Shimmerz Paints,and topped it with a thick layer of Clear Rock Candy Crackle.

To add visual interest I added micro beads, seed beads,glass glitter, glass beads, pearls, Swarovski crystals, rhinestones, pressed flowers and leaves,lichen,bark,tulle,lace, metal from Reneabouquet, Vintaj, Tim Holtz, shells,flowers from Prima and Reneabouquets, pieces of floral picks, and bling and metal from my stash.There's a gorgeous butterfly from Reneabouquet.

I added gesso, pale pink ,purple,silver shimmerz, gold ink,and green watercolors to the background.

Thank you so much for looking, and have a great week!

You can find Reneabouquets here...

Reneabouquets

https://www.reneabouquets.com/

Reneabouquets Blog

https://www.reneabouquets.blogspot.com

Reneabouquets Facebook Page  https://www.facebook.com/Reneabouquets.comandEtsy/

Reneabouquets items I used:  

Blue Fern Studios Eclectic Charm Collection 20 Papers 

Beautiful Board Large Open Rose Frame Laser Cut Chipboard  

Lavender Roses And Leaves Mulberry Paper Flowers Set

Mini Black Mulberry Paper Roses And Leaves Set 

Snow White Butterflies 

Reneabouquets~Metal Pin With Glass Dome Cabochon 

Reneabouquets Trim - Wide Gold Embroidered Lace

,5 Ounce Diamond Chunky Glitter Glass

.5 Ounce Pink Silver Shard Glitter Glass

1 Ounce No Hole Champagne Glass Microbeads  

1 Ounce Beautiful Beads Hand Tinted Glass Purple 

1.6 Ounce Beautiful Beads Fairy Lights Iridescent Pearls

.4 Ounce Beautiful Beads Candy Choose Color Flatback Pearls   - Toffee 

.4 Ounce Beautiful Beads Unicorn Candy Flatback Pearls  

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Shimmerz Paints Design Team page, Go Out And Make Things Happen, by Melissa Larson

Hi everyone! Melissa here with a design team page for the amazing Shimmerz Paints. I love these paints, they're so easy to use, and the colors almost glow with richness.

To make this page I applied clear gesso to Prima's Moon Child paper, and added white ink around where the photo and texture paste would go. I applied texture paste with a stencil and a credit card. I poured on Ultra Thick Embossing Powder (UTEE) onto the paste, and heated it with a heat gun. Don't use Hobby Lobby brand texture paste, it takes way too long to dry,even with a heat gun. Liquitex works a lot better.

I painted Reneabouquets Beautiful Board with gesso, Pink Shimmerz, and Imperial Amethyst Inklingz. I topped it with a thick coat of Ranger Clear Rock Candy Crackle. A lot of the textural elements are from Reneabouquets.

              

 I put the layers under the photo together,including taping on card stock under the image to make it stronger. Below that is a layer of watercolor paper, and at the bottom is corrugated cardboard. I tore off most the paper from the surface of the cardboard, and painted it with gesso. While it was wet I poured on UTEE, and heated it until it was just melted. I put two layers of cardboard between the layers to add dimension. 

I put the layers with the photo onto the page.

To add visual interest I added micro beads, seed beads, glass glitter,distress glitter, glass beads, pearls, Swarovski crystals, rhinestones,sequins, shells, pressed flowers and leaves,tulle,iridescent wrapping paper, metal from Tim Holtz and Reneabouquets, flowers from Prima and Reneabouquet, pieces of floral picks, and bling and metal from my stash. The gorgeous butterfly is from Reneabouquets.

On the watercolor mat,I added Hot Stuff Inklingz on top of the Pink Shimmerz, to get a more intense color. I put Imperial Amethyst on top black ink,because the black was too dark.

I brushed on Honeymoon Inklingz around the edge of the cardboard.

Thank you so much for looking, and have a great week!

Reneabouquets November 2019 Mood Board Challenge

Hi everyone! It's November, which means there is a new mood board challenge in the Reneabouquets Artists With an Edge Facebook Group. 

In case you are new to my blog, we do a mood board challenge every month in the Reneabouquets Artists With an Edge Facebook Group. Everyone who enters a new project using items from Reneabouquets, gets entered into a chance to win a Reneabouquets prize package at the end of the month. 

Here is the kick off project that I made for this month's challenge.

I've used a photo from free google, by Bella Kotak.

To make this page I applied clear gesso to Blue Fern Eclectic Charm paper. I sponged on gesso where I planned on putting on texture paste.  I put texture paste on with a stencil and an old credit card. I sprinkled on UTEE,ultra thick embossing powder on, and melted it with a heat gun.

 I put the layers under the photo together,starting with taping on card stock under the image to make it stronger. Below that is a layer of watercolor paper, and at the bottom is corrugated cardboard. I tore off most the paper from the surface, and painted it with gesso. While it was wet I poured on UTEE, and heated it until it was just melted. I put two layers of cardboard between the layers to add dimension. 

I put the layers with the photo onto the page.

I picked out Beautiful Board, applied gesso with a brush, painted with Shimmerz Paints, and applied a thick layer of Clear Rock Candy Crackle. I glued the BBoard onto the page.

To add visual interest I added micro beads, seed beads, gold leaf,glass glitter, glass beads, pearls, Swarovski crystals, rhinestones,sequins, pressed flowers and leaves, bark,lichen,strands of cheesecloth, black tulle,gold lace, iridescent wrapping paper, shells,metal from Reneabouquets, 7 Gypsies,Tim Holtz, flowers from  Reneabouquets, and bling and metal from my stash. The gorgeous dragonfly is from Reneabouquets. The little white deer is from Tim Holtz.

I used paint from Shimmerz, Amsterdam gold and black ink, and Tim Holtz Dusty Concord Ink.  

I sponged on white gesso on the left, because the page got too busy.  

I splashed on white ink all around the page.

Thank you so much for looking, and have a great week!

If you would like to join us for this months challenge, you can find the event here... https://www.facebook.com/events/292395481643660/?active_tab=about   

Challenge Rules

1. Create a NEW project (on or off the page) that features ANY product carried in the Reneabouquets.com store or the Reneabouquets Etsy Shop 

2. Your project can be any style. 

3. Add your project to the Reneabouquets Artist with an Edge November Mood Board 2019 event by 12:00 am November 29th, 2019. Check back on the 30st to see if you have won the random drawing.

(Drawing is done on Facebook live or unedited video to ensure fairness) 

4. Challenge is open to U.S. Residents and International

5. Have fun!

And now...I get to show you the prize package!!! 

You can find Reneabouquets here...

Reneabouquets

https://www.reneabouquets.com/

Reneabouquets Blog

https://www.reneabouquets.blogspot.com

Reneabouquets Facebook Page  https://www.facebook.com/Reneabouquets.comandEtsy/

Reneabouquets items I used:  

Blue Fern Studios Eclectic Charm Collection 20 Papers  

Beautiful Board Large Victorian Snowflake Clock Face Chipboard

Beautiful Board  

Beautiful Board Victorian Snowflake Medallions Set Chipboard   

Beautiful Board Clockwork Gears Set Of 4 Laser Cut Chipboard 

Beautiful Board April In Paris Small Medallion Set Laser Cut Chipboard   

Beautiful Board Small Twisted Chain Frame Set Laser Cut Chipboard Frames  

Mini Black Mulberry Paper Roses And Leaves Set 

Mini Chocolate Covered Caramel Mulberry Paper Roses And Leaves Set  

Plum Roses And Leaves Mulberry Paper Flower Set  

Suncatcher Purple Premium Paper Glitter Glass Dragonflies  

Reneabouquets Trim - Wide Gold Embroidered Lace

,5 Ounce Diamond Chunky Glitter Glass

1 Ounce Jar ~ Vintage Pearl Mica Flitter Flakes 1/4" to 3/8" Natural Stone Flakes

.5 Ounce Pink Silver Shard Glitter Glass

1 Ounce No Hole Champagne Glass Microbeads  

1 Ounce Beautiful Beads Hand Tinted Glass Purple  

1.6 Ounce Beautiful Beads Fairy Lights Iridescent Pearls

.6 Ounce Beautiful Beads Bronzed Teal Iridescent Pearls  

.4 Ounce Beautiful Beads Candy Choose Color Flatback Pearls   - Toffee 

Reneabouquets Keys Trinkets Pack 

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