Ribbons, Lace, and Good Intentions: February 2020

Monday, February 24, 2020

Live Simply

Hi everyone! Melissa here with a design team page for the amazing Shimmerz Paints. I love these paints, the colors are so rich!

I've used a photo by Anthony Tran.

To make this page I put the layers under the photo together first,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, and taped it to the background paper.

I applied texture paste with a stencil and a credit card on paper from Prima's Capri collection.

I picked out Reneabouquets Beautiful Board,arranged it around the page, took it off, and prepped it with gesso. I painted them with Dear John Letter Inklingz,and added a thick coat of Clear Rock Candy Crystal. Later I added a little Me & Blue Inklingz, and some gold mica powder. Underneath the half circle of chipboard on the right I added Penny 4 Your Thoughts and Oakie Bear Blue Inklingz. On the cardboard I used the two blue colors I've mentioned, and Pink-A-Boo Inklingz . I added gold mica powder, and the Penny color around the edges. For the background paper I used mostly Me and Blue, and Penny 4 Your Thoughts, but also Pixie Dust and Christmas Cheer Shimmerz, and 24 Karatz Dazzlerz Foilz. The last product listed is not in the store as of now. It's very shimmery, and has the gold tone I really like.

A lot of the textural elements are from Reneabouquets.

To add visual interest I added micro beads, seed beads, glass shard glitter,distress glitter,gold leaf,glass beads, pearls, Swarovski crystals, rhinestones,sequins,shells, pressed flowers and leaves,iridescent wrapping paper,rub ons, strands of gauze, tiny pieces of gold lace,flowers from Prima and Reneabouquets, metal from Tim Holtz, and bling and metal from my stash. The gorgeous butterfly is from Reneabouquets.

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

Tuesday, February 18, 2020

Reneabouquets Design Team Post, Be Believing

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 a copyright free site called Unsplash, by Ishan, @seefromthesky .

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 under that 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 corrugated cardboard between each layer 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 picked out Beautiful Board(BBoard), painted it with Prima Sparks and Shimmerz Paints,and topped it with a thick layer of Clear Rock Candy Crackle. I added a little Derwent Inktense Watercolor pencil and water around the edges of the BBoard to give the crackle more definition.

To add visual interest I added micro beads, seed beads,glass glitter, glass beads, pearls, Swarovski crystals, gold leaf, rhinestones,sequins, glass marbles, pressed flowers and leaves,tulle,cheesecloth I painted with Christmas Cheer Shimmerz Paint, wire,lace,iridescent wrapping paper,silk ribbon, metal from Reneabouquets,Vintaj,and Tim Holtz, shells,flowers from Prima and Reneabouquets, pieces of floral picks, and bling and metal from my stash.

One of the final steps was splashing on white Higgins Ink.

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

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Reneabouquets items I used:

Blue Fern Studios Birdie Waltz Collection 20 Papers

Beautiful Board Large Butterfly And Rose Corners Laser Cut Chipboard

Beautiful Board Large Cherry Blossom Branches Laser Cut Chipboard

Watercolor Spun Candy Glitter Glass Premium Paper Butterflies

Peach Champagne Roses And Leaves Mulberry Paper Flower Set

So Coral Roses And Leaves Mulberry Paper Flower Set

Pink & White Roses & Leaves Mulberry Paper Flower Set

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Reneabouquets Tea Time Trinkets Pack

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Key Set Of 2 Garden Gate Silver Metal Keys

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.5 Ounce Pink Silver Shard Glitter Glass

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1 Ounce No Hole Lime Green Glass Microbeads

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1 Ounce Beautiful Beads Designer Glass Fairy Opal

1 Ounce Beautiful Beads Hand Tinted Glass Pink

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.6 Ounce Beautiful Beads Bronzed Teal Iridescent Pearls

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Monday, February 10, 2020

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, 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, and taped it to the background paper.

I applied texture paste with a stencil and a credit card onto 49 & Market paper.

I picked out Reneabouquets Beautiful Board,arranged it around the page, took it off, and prepped it with gesso. I painted them with Pink-A-Boo Inklingz, and added a thick coat of Clear Rock Candy Crystal. Later I added Honeymoon Inklingz, and a little 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. I used Honeymoon, Greener Pastures, Me & Blue,and Pink-A-Boo Inklingz.

I painted over some of the white texture paste with a mix of Steely Blue Eyes Inklingz and Green Olive Shimmerz.

To add visual interest I added micro beads, seed beads, glass glitter,gold leaf,glass beads, pearls, Swarovski crystals, rhinestones,sequins,tiny shells, pressed flowers and leaves,iridescent wrapping paper, black tulle, white lace,strands of gauze, fussy cut pieces from Graphic 45,flowers from Prima and Reneabouquets, metal from Tim Holtz,Reneabouquets, and bling and metal from my stash. The gorgeous butterfly is from Reneabouquets.

By the spoon the purple color is Iris My Case Shimmerz.

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

Monday, February 3, 2020

Reneabouquets Artist With An Edge February 2020 Moodboard Challenge, Move Ever Forward

Hi everyone! It's February, 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, from Stella de Libero.

To make this page I put texture paste on watercolor paper 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 of the paper from the top of the cardboard, and painted it with gesso. 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 different colors of Art Alchemy and Shimmerz Paints, and applied a thick layer of Clear Rock Candy Crackle. I glued the BBoard onto the page.

I painted the background with pink,blue, brown,lavender, and peach shades of Shimmerz Paints. I topped them with some Higgins white ink and silver mica powder.

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, cheesecloth,gold lace, shells,metal from Reneabouquets,Tim Holtz, flowers from Reneabouquets,Prima and bling and metal from my stash. There's some fussy cut pieces from the Graphic 45 Bloom collection.

I combined different colors of Shimmerz and Sparks Art Alchemy Paints on the corrugated.

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. Renea is providing an even larger prize RAK this year, but please note, we must have at least 6 participants monthly to provide a Giveaway Drawing. The Monthly Winner will be featured on the main page, and if we have 6 or more participants, they will also be rewarded the prize RAK.

4. Add your project to the Reneabouquets Artist with an Edge February Mood Board 2019 event by 12:00 am February 27th ,2020.Check back on the 28th to see if you have won the random drawing.

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

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

5. Have fun!

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