Ribbons, Lace, and Good Intentions: May 2020

Saturday, May 30, 2020

Reneabouquets Design Team Page, Live Simply

Hi everyone! Melissa here with a new page for the amazing Reneabouquets, go and see all the fun treasures there!

Photo credit: Alexandru Zdrobau

To make this page I applied clear gesso to Blue Fern Jane's Memoir's 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),prepped it with gesso, painted it with Prima - Sparks Acrylic Paint - Mermaid Sparkle, and topped it with a thick coat of Clear Rock Candy Crackle.

To add visual interest I added micro beads, seed beads,glass glitter, glass beads, pearls, Swarovski crystals, rhinestones,sequins,gold leaf, pressed flowers and leaves,lichen,tulle,cheesecloth I painted with Christmas Cheer Shimmerz Paint,lace,iridescent wrapping paper, metal from Reneabouquets,Vintaj,Tim Holtz,shells,flowers from Reneabouquets and Prima, and bling and metal from my stash. There are small fussy cut pieces from Graphic 45 Garden Goddess and more.

I sponged on gesso on the background paper, and used Shimmerz Paints in lavender, blue, and pink to complement the colors of the photo. I used gold mica powder to highlight a few spots. I painted the mat and corrugated with Shimmerz also.

I sprinkled on clear glass glitter on some areas of watercolor I used.

The final step was flicking on white ink.

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

You can find Reneabouquets here...

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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 Jane's Memoirs Collection 20 Papers

Beautiful Board Tiny Dainty Butterfly Pattern
Beautiful Board Fairy Bell Itty Bitty Chipboard Set

Beautiful Board Small Heart Deco Circle Bead Frame Chipboard

Beautiful Board Large Butterfly Flourish Set Of 4 Laser Cut Chipboard

Beautiful Board Large Elegant Ivy Flourish Pattern

Tiny Treasures True Love Story Premium Paper Glitter Glass Butterflies

White Curly Roses Mulberry Paper Flowers Set

Candy Pink Roses And Leaves Mulberry Paper Flowers

So Coral Roses and Leaves Mulberry Paper Flowers

2 Ounce Gawdy Girl Diamond Shard Glitter Glass

.5 Ounce Pink Silver Shard Glitter Glass

1 Ounce Beautiful Beads Designer Glass Moonstone

1 Ounce Beautiful Beads Designer Glass Fairy Opal

1 Ounce No Hole Teal Glass Microbeads

1 Ounce No Hole Pale Pink Glass Microbeads

1 Ounce Beautiful Beads Hand Tinted Glass Pink

1 Ounce Beautiful Beads Hand Tinted Glass Teal

1.8 Ounce Beautiful Beads Candy Choose Color Flatback Pearls - Toffee

1.8 Ounce Beautiful Beads Unicorn Candy Flatback Pearls

1.8 Ounce Beautiful Beads Unicorn Candy Iridescent Pearls

Trinkets Set Of 5 Fairy Princess Crowns In Brass

Reneabouquets Silver Spoons Trinket Pack

Reneabouquets Tea Time Trinkets Pack

Monday, May 18, 2020

Choose To Be Happy

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

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 coated Blue Fern's Jane's Memoirs Mercantile paper with clear gesso, then applied texture paste with a Tim Holtz stencil and an old credit card.

I picked out Reneabouquets Beautiful Board,figured out where it would go on the page, took it off, and prepped it with white gesso. I painted the branches with Precious Metal Shimmerz, and the leaves with a mix of Steely Blue Eyes, Greener Pastures, and the roses with A Rose ( By Any Other Name) Inklingz. I topped it with a thick layer of Clear Rock Candy Crackle. I "inked" the edges of the whole piece with Oakie Bear Blue Inklingz, by holding a brush full of color up to the edge of the chipboard. The cracks took up the blue color,to show them more clearly.

I painted the mat and corrugated with a mix of Precious Metal, Penny 4 Your Thoughts, and Oakie Bear Blue Inklingz.

I used Blue My Mind and Oakie Bear Blue for the background paper. I also used Dear John Letter, A Rose (By Any Other Name), and Coral Reef Inklingz.

I used gold mica powder around the edges of the mat,wiping it on with my finger, and on different areas all over the page. I also used silver mica powder on the white gesso areas to make it look less flat.

To add visual interest I added micro beads, seed beads, glass shard glitter,glass beads, pearls, Swarovski crystals, rhinestones,sequins,shells,strands of gauze,iridescent wrapping paper, black tulle, pink tulle, gold lace, pressed and dried flowersand leaves, lichen,gold leaf ,flowers from Reneabouquets and Prima,Finnabair Mould pieces, metal from Vintaj,Reneabouquets and Tim Holtz, and bling and metal from my stash. I added small fussy cut pieces from a few collections of Graphic 45 papers.

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

Monday, May 11, 2020

Together

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

I coated Prima's Moon Child paper with clear gesso, then applied texture paste with a stencil and credit card.

I picked out Reneabouquets Beautiful Board,arranged it around the page, took it off, and prepped it with white gesso. I painted them with Imperial Amethyst Inklingz, Wisteria Lane Shimmerz, then topped them with a thick layer of Clear Rock Candy Crackle. The leaf shaped ones on the left and bottom just had Wisteria Lane Shimmerz on them.Later I added gold mica powder, Dear John Letter Inklingz, and a little Blue My Mind Inklingz.

I painted the mat and corrugated with Imperial Amethyst, then Dear John Letter Inklingz on top.

To add visual interest I added micro beads, seed beads, glass shard glitter,glass beads, pearls, Swarovski crystals, rhinestones,iridescent wrapping paper ,flowers from Reneabouquets and Prima, metal from Reneabouquets and Tim Holtz, and bling and metal from my stash.

I sponged and painted on gesso around the page, then added Dear John Letter Inklingz.

I added Plum Crazy and Blue My Mind Inklingz on the bottom paper, around the photo.

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

Monday, May 4, 2020

Reneabouquets Artists With An Edge May 2020 Moodboard Challenge

Hi everyone! It's May, 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:Andrew Coelho

To make this page I applied clear gesso to Prima's Capri 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 blue Shimmerz Paints,then Prima Mermaid Sparks paint on top. I applied a thick layer of Clear Rock Candy Crackle. I added a lot of color around the paper with Shimmerz paints, and watercolor pencils.

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, black tulle,strands of gold cheesecloth,iridescent wrapping paper, gold lace,metal from Reneabouquets,Tim Holtz,Vintaj,flowers from Reneabouquets,Prima, items made with Prima moulds, and bling and metal from my stash. Most of the things are glued on individually with Glossy Accents. There are some fussy cut images from Graphic 45 papers.

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/581283449159168/

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 May Mood Board 2020 event by 12:00 am May 30th ,2020.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)

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

5. Have fun!

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