Ribbons, Lace, and Good Intentions: Reneabouquets October 2019 Mood Board Challenge

Monday, September 30, 2019

Reneabouquets October 2019 Mood Board Challenge

Hi everyone! It's October, 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 months challenge.

I've used a photo by artist Gene Schiavone, with his permission.

To make this page I applied texture paste to watercolor paper with an old credit card. 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 Ultra Thick Embossing Powder, and heated it until it was just melted. I put cardboard between the layers to add dimension. The background is watercolor paper.

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 on the BBoard onto the page.

I brushed on water on the bg paper, and Shimmerz Paints.

To add visual interest I added micro beads, seed beads, glass glitter, distress glitter, glass beads, pearls, Swarovski crysteal, rhiestones, a glass pebble, pressed flowers and leaves, strands of cheesecloth,tulle,lace, gold leaf, metal from Reneabouquets, flowers from Prima, pieces of floral picks, and bling and metal from my stash.

I dabbed on gold mica powder to a lot of the raised surfaces.

I splashed on Higgins White Ink, and brushed it on a few areas to make the page look less busy.

I outlined the chipboard and texture paste by brushing on black Amsterdam ink.

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/2323947427851855/

Challenge Rules

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

2. Your project can be any style.

3. Add your project to the Reneqbouquets Artist with an Edge October Mood Board 2019 event by 12:00 am October 30th, 2019. Check back on the 31st 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!!!