Ribbons, Lace, and Good Intentions: March 2019

Monday, March 25, 2019

Remember the Now

Hi everyone, Melissa here with my new design team page for the amazing Shimmerz Paints! I have used a photo from free google, by A.M. Lorek.

To make this page I applied clear gesso to Blue Fern paper, Happy Accident 2. I put texture paste on with a Prima stencil,then put the layers with the photo together. I tore off parts of the surface paper of corrugated cardboard, and painted it with gesso, I added the photo with a layer of cardstock taped on, then watercolor paper. I put foam core board between everything to add dimension, and to allow room to tuck things into.

I picked out chipboard from Reneabouquets, and painted it with Penny For Your Thoughts ,then I dribbled on a thick layer of Clear Rock Candy Crackle with a paintbrush. On the watercolor paper under the photo I used Green Olive Shimmerz, Honeymoon Inklingz, and the Penny color. On the cardboard I used the same colors, and added Christmas Cheer Shimmerz. The pink on top of the stenciled areas is First Blush Inklingz.

I added all of the above colors on top of the chipboard.

To add visual interest I applied micro beads, seed beads, glass glitter, pearls, rhinestones, Swarovski crystals,a shell, pressed flowers, lichen, and leaves, a butterfly from Reneabouquets, and Vintaj metal, and chain and bling from my stash. A lot of the texture on the cardboard was made with diamond glitter.

I used a few items from moulds by Finnabair and Martha Stewart. The little piece of pearl garland to the left of the photo is from Prima.

The moth at the left is from Tim Holtz washi tape.

This picture and the one below shows the height of the layers.

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

Monday, March 11, 2019

Live, Create, Tell The Story

Hi everyone! Here's my new design team page for the amazing Shimmerz Paints! I have used a photo from free google, by A.M. Lorek.

To make this page I applied clear gesso to Blue Fern paper, Happy Accident 2. I put texture paste on with a Celtic stencil from TCW,then put the layers with the photo together. I tore off parts of the surface paper of corrugated cardboard, and painted it with gesso, I added the photo with a layer of cardstock taped on, then watercolor paper. I put foam core board between everything to add dimension, and to allow room to tuck things into.

I picked out chipboard from Reneabouquets, and painted it with a mix of Green Olive , and Christmas Cheer Shimmerz. I also used a little Penny For Your Thoughts and Imperial Amethyst Inklingz. I dropped wet paint into wet paint as my technique. I dribbled on a thick layer of Clear Rock Candy Crackle with a paintbrush. On the watercolor paper under the photo I used Steely Blue Eyes , Olive U Truly, and the Penny Inklingz.

The purple above the photo is Honeymoon Inklingz, and Steely Blue Eyes.

To add visual interest I applied micro beads, seed beads, glass glitter, mica flakes, pearls, sequins, rhinestones, Swarovski crystals, glass pebbles, shells, pressed flowers, lichen, and leaves, a pinecone, Prima flowers, a butterfly from Reneabouquets, Tim Holtz, Prima, and Vintaj metal, and chain and bling from my stash.

I glued on small pieces of gauze I dyed with Christmas Cheer, and the green color is Green Olive and the Penny.

The little moth at the bottom is Tim Holtz washi tape.

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

Tuesday, March 5, 2019

Look For The Magic

Hi everyone! Melissa here with a design team page for Reneabouquets! I love all the amazing things there! This photo is from free google, by A.M. Lorek.

To make this page I applied clear gesso to Happy Accident 2 paper, by Blue Fern. I put texture paste on with a stencil, then put the layers under the photo together. I taped on cardstock underneath the image to make it stronger, below that is a lahyer of watercolors paper. At the bottom is corrugated cardboard. I had torn off most of the paper from the cardboard, and painted it with gesso. I put layers of foam core board between the layers to add dimension.

I picked out Beautiful Board (B Board), painted it with Shimmerz Paints, and topped it with Clear Rock Candy Crackle.

To add visual interest I added micro beads, glass glitter,mica flakes,small pieces of iridescent wrap, sequins, seed beads, pearls, Swarovski crystals, glass beads,a brad,pressed flowers, moss,lichen, a 49 and Market flower, a Reneabouquets butterfly, metal from Renea,Vintaj, Prima, Tim Holtz,bling from my stash, shells, and glass pebbles. There are a few fussy cuts pieces from Prima Spring Farmhouse, and a piece of Stamperia Alchemy paper. I used some pieces from floral picks.