Ribbons, Lace, and Good Intentions: January 2021

Friday, January 29, 2021

Always And Forever

Hi everyone! Melissa here with a new design team post for the amazing Shimmerzpaints! I love their rich texture and colors!

Photo credit:Meryl Spadaro,at Unsplash

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 and lie flat. 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 white gesso.I sprinkled on Ultra Thick Embossing Powder, and melted it slightly. I put one or two layers of cardboard between each of the layers to add dimension, and taped it to the background paper with double sided foam tape.

I applied Prima Platinum texture paste to Prima paper with a small spatula and a TCW, and a Tim Holtz star stencil.

I attached the flowers first with double sided foam tape. I added the beads, then the paint.

I painted the chipboard, mat,corrugated, and background paper with mostly Pixie Dust Blingz.

I continued the skin tones from the photo onto the watercolor paper with a mix of Ginger Snapped, and Dear John Letter Inklingz I went over the texture paste with Penny 4 Your Thoughts Inklingz. and Precious Metal Shimmerz. The star chipboards have a layer of Precious Metal, then while wet I added Macro Pearl Mica Powder. At the right of the photo, the pink is A Rose(By Any Other Name). At the right of the page is Greener Pastures mixed with a little Penny Inklingz.

To add visual interest I added micro beads, seed beads,glass glitter,regular glitter, clear acrylic rhinestones,glass beads, pearls,rhinestones,swarovski crystals,glass hearts,sequins,pressed flowers,iridescent wrapping paper,gold leaf,tulle,lace,sisal,shells, metal from Reneabouquets,Tim Holtz,and Vintaj.pieces from floral picks,flowers from Reneabouquets and Prima,and bling and metal from my stash. Most of the things are glued on individually with Glossy Accents.

I rubbed on gold Jaquard mica powder on some of the raised areas and edges, as a last step.

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

Friday, January 22, 2021

Reneabouquets Design Team Page, Hopes And Dreams, by Melissa Larson

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

Photo credit: Jonathan Borba,at Unsplash

To make this page I applied clear gesso to 49 and Market paper.

I put the layers under the photo together,starting with taping on watercolor paper under the image to make it stronger and to lie flat. Below that is a watercolor paper mat, 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 the layers with the photo onto the page.

I applied Prima Platinum crackle paste with a stencil and a spatula. I picked out Beautiful Board,arranged the flowers around the page, and added the BB. I layered in all the fussy cut pieces, and then the beads. I added Shimmerz Paints, more beads, and more Shimmerz.

To add visual interest I added seed beads,glass glitter,gold leaf, glass beads, pearls,rhinestones,swarovski crystals,sequins,pressed flowers,a feather, iridescent wrapping paper,sisal,lace,metal from Reneabouquets and Vintaj,a glass pebbles,flowers from Reneabouquets and Prima,and bling and metal from my stash. Most of the things are glued on individually with Glossy Accents.I used double sided foam tape for the flowers and some other things, and to put the cardboard layers together.I used fussy cut images from Graphic 45 papers. I rubbed on gold mica powder on a lot of surfaces, to kind of tie things together.

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

You can find Reneabouquets here...

Reneabouquets

https://www.reneabouquets.com/

Reneabouquets Blog

https://www.reneabouquets.blogspot.com

Reneabouquets Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/Reneabouquets.comandEtsy/

Reneabouquets Items I used:

Beautiful Board Medium Decorative Clock Hands Set Face Laser Cut Chipboard

Beautiful Board Garden Party ~ Tea Time Laser Cut Chipboard Set

Beautiful Board Tiny Dainty Butterfly Pattern

Beautiful Words 4 Mixed Sizes Love Laser Cut Chipboard

Beautiful Board Large Honey Bee Corners Laser Cut Chipboard

Reneabouquets Trim- Wide Gold Embroidered Lace

Reneabouquets Trim- Tattered Pink Pleated Tulle

Reneabouquets Trim- Ivory Pleated Tulle

Purple Roses And Leaves Mulberry Paper Flower Set

Tiny Treasures Snow White Premium Paper Glitter Glass Butterflies

2 Ounce Gawdy Girl Diamond Shard Glitter Glass

1 Ounce Beautiful Beads Designer Glass Moonstone

1 Ounce Beautiful Beads Hand Tinted Glass Pink

.6 Ounce Beautiful Beads Mermaids Tail Iridescent Pearls

1.8 Ounce Beautiful Beads Bronzed Teal Iridescent Pearls

.8 Ounce Beautiful Beads Hearts Of Glass

Key Set Of 4 - Tarnished Brass Dream Metal Keys

2 Ounce Gawdy Girl Diamond Shard Glitter Glass

1 Ounce Beautiful Beads Designer Glass Moonstone

Tuesday, January 19, 2021

Best Day Ever

Hi everyone! Melissa here with a new design team post for the amazing Shimmerzpaints! I love their rich texture and colors!

Photo credit:Unsplash

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 and lie flat. 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 white gesso. I put one or two layers of cardboard between each of the layers to add dimension, and taped it to the background paper with double sided foam tape.

I applied Prima Platinum texture paste to Blue Fern's Jane Austin's Diary paper with a small spatula and a TCW stencil.

I attached the flowers first with double sided foam tape. I added the beads, then the paint.

I painted the mat and corrugated with Precious Metal, Christmas Cheer,and Pink Shimmerz, and Pixie Dust Blingz. The Pink is unfortunately sold out. I painted the background paper with some Pixie Dust, Greener Pastures, and Dear John Letter Inklingz.There's also some Penny 4 Your Thoughts Inklingz. The Penny shade is probably on every project I've done since I started at Shimmerzpaints, three years ago. The chipboard has First Blush Inklingz on it. The two darker pink roses have A Rose (By Any Other Name) on them, I didn't have the color flowers I wanted, so I painted two that were a lighter shade of pink.

To add visual interest I added micro beads, seed beads,glass glitter, clear acrylic rhinestones,glass beads, pearls,rhinestones,swarovski crystals,glass hearts,sequins,pressed flowers,iridescent wrapping paper,gold leaf,tulle,lace,sisal,shells, metal from Reneabouquets,and Vintaj.Flowers from Reneabouquets and Prima,and bling and metal from my stash. Most of the things are glued on individually with Glossy Accents.

I layered in fussy cut images from Graphic 45.

To the right of the spoon is a tiny amount of grey sealing wax, I used a stamp with an "L" on it, for Larson.

I rubbed on gold Jaquard mica powder on some of the raised areas and edges, as a last step.

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

Tuesday, January 12, 2021

Reneabouquets Design Team Page, Collect Beautiful Moments, by Melissa Larson

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

Photo credit: Ali Pazani, at Unsplash

To make this page I applied clear gesso to 49 and Market paper.

I put the layers with the photo onto the page.

To add visual interest I added micro beads, seed beads,glass glitter,regular glitter,gold leaf, glass beads, pearls,rhinestones,swarovski crystals,sequins,pressed flowers, a feather, cheesecloth,iridescent wrapping paper,sisal,metal from Reneabouquets and Vintaj,a shell, glass pebbles,flowers from Reneabouquets and Prima,and bling and metal from my stash. Most of the things are glued on individually with Glossy Accents.I used double sided foam tape for the flowers and some other things, and to put the cardboard layers together.I used fussy cut images from Graphic 45 papers. I flicked on gold and aqua Jaquard mica powder, and rubbed on Prima wax on the metal frame and key. I rubbed on gold mica powder on a lot of surfaces, to kind of tie things together.