Ribbons, Lace, and Good Intentions: For The Reneabouquets Design Team, The Heart Of A Father Is The Masterpiece Of Nature

Wednesday, June 12, 2024

For The Reneabouquets Design Team, The Heart Of A Father Is The Masterpiece Of Nature

Hi everyone! Melissa here with a new post, a layout, for the amazing Reneabouquets. Go and see all the beautiful treasures there!

My husband picked out this photo taken a long time ago. I'm going to frame it for a Father's Day gift.It shows three generations: my father in law, my husband, and our son. It's taken on the Guadelupe River in Greune, Texas, in the beautiful Hill Country.

To make this page, I applied a layer of clear gesso and let it dry. I put Prima Platinum crackle paste on 49 and Market paper with a stencil and a small spatula.

I taped on a layer of watercolor paper underneath the photo to help it to lie flat. I added layers of corrugated cardboard and then a watercolor mat. I added more layers of cardboard and a bottom layer of corrugated that I glued tulle on.

I arranged the Beautiful Board,and flowers around the page, then added the beads and other items.I brushed on Shimmerz Paints, and glued on more beads,using Glossy Accents. I rubbed on gold mica powder on raised areas and edges of the mat.

To add visual interest I added micro beads, glass glitter,glass beads,sisal,tulle,gold leaf, and bling from my stash,.I used glossy accents to adhere items to the page. For flowers I used double sided foam tape. At The lower left if you look closely you can see a shed snake skin, it's clear and looks like cellophane. I found it in my yard yesterday. The blue jay feathers from my yard too. I put some jingle bells by the bottom of the photo, Einar loved Christmas. The metal frog with bling is because my husband likes frogs.