Ribbons, Lace, and Good Intentions: Reneabouquets Artists With An Edge April 2020 Moodboard Challenge

Hi everyone! It's April, 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.

Photo credit: Roksolana Zasiadko

To make this page I applied clear gesso to 49 & Market 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 mat 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 put texture paste on with a stencil and an old credit card.

I picked out Beautiful Board,applied gesso with a brush,attached it to the page with foam tape, and painted it with green and brown Shimmerz Paints. I applied a thick layer of Clear Rock Candy Crackle. I brushed on black ink on the edges of the chipboard, and applied white Higgins Ink on the paper underneath, to help make it stand out.

To add visual interest I added micro beads, seed beads, gold leaf,glass glitter,distress glitter, glass beads, pearls, Swarovski crystals, rhinestones,sequins, pressed flowers and leaves, black tulle,strands of gold cheesecloth, wire,iridescent wrapping paper, gold lace,metal from Reneabouquets,Tim Holtz,Vintaj,flowers from Reneabouquets,Prima and bling and metal from my stash. Most of the items are glued on individually with Glossy Accents. There are some fussy cut images of fairies and things from Graphic 45 papers, Fairy Frost,and Bloom.

I combined different colors of Shimmerz Paints on the mat and corrugated cardboard. I added gold mica powder on in different areas on 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/232475447808685/

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 April Mood Board 2020 event by 12:00 am April 29th ,2020.Check back on the 30th 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!!!