Fairy Lantern

Hi everyone! Melissa here with a Beautiful Board Explosion Ornament from Reneabouquets!  I love all the intricate cuts on this piece, they are just so beautiful. I'm going to hang this on my Christmas tree, and til then I'll have it on display in my kitchen.

To make this ornament I prepped all sides with gesso. To put it together I put the ballerina on with the stand that's provided. I took the bottom piece by the handles,and lifted it up as far as it would go. It fits around the piece with the ballerina on it, a little like putting a leg warmer on.   Beautiful Board Ballerina Explosion Ornament, Box,Gift Holder  If you go to that link, you can see more directions and photos.

I put the butterflies on first, and worked around them. To add visual interest I added microbeads, seed beads, crystals, glass beads,pearls, metal glitter, glass glitter,distress glitter,sequins, moss, lichen,pressed flowers, paper flowers,tulle, cheesecloth, silk ribbon.I used Glossy Accents to attach everything. I fussy cut pieces from Graphic 45 Fairy Frost.I used pale colors of Shimmerz Paints, mica powder,and Art Alchemy paints. 

I left the other two sides of the box plain, with just a coat of pale pink paint.

Here's a close up where you can see the B Board in more detail. 

This is the opposite side.

Here are the items from Reneabouquets that I used:

Beautiful Board Ballerina Explosion Ornament, Box,Gift Holder

.4 Ounce Beautiful Beads Lavender Flatback Pearls 

2 Ounce Diamond Chunky Glitter Glass

3 Ounce Beautiful Beads Hand Tinted Glass Patina

2 Ounce Diamond Shard Glitter Glass

2 Ounce Gold Christmas Glitter Glass 

1 Ounce No Hole Gold Glass Microbead

1.6 Ounce Beautiful Beads BronzedTeal Iridescent Pearls 

Sweet Pea Lavender Premium Paper Glitter Glass Butterflies  

Graphic 45 Fairie Dust Collection Set Includes 16 Papers & Sticker Sheet

White Curly Roses Mulberry Paper Flowers Set 

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

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Choose To Shine

Hi everyone!Melissa here with a page for Reneabouquet!I made this page to fit around the queen bee at the right. The photo inspired me too, the crown is kind of medieval looking.

To make this page I used Blue Fern paper for the background. I used a credit card to apply texture paste with a stencil. I put two layers of foam cord board between the photo and the background.I arranged the chipboard and flowers around, then picked some colors to use.  I painted the frame with Finnabair Ancient Coin Acrylic Paint, then applied a thick layer of Rock Candy Crackle.

I glued on the metal bee with clockface, put a little gesso on, and topped it with layers of paint and Finnabair White Gold Wax.

The areas that are white on the page are gesso with layers of watercolors.

To add visual interest I added mica flakes, metal glitter, diamond glitter,seed beads, micro beads, more chipboard,glass beads, moss, dried flowers, crystals, charms, tulle, gauze, Beautiful Beads, pearls, and more.

The area on the right is layers of blue and lavender Shimmerz, and diamond glass glitter, some gesso, and more Shimmerz watercolor in a pale peach color.

I painted the leaf chipboard with gesso, Shimmerz  green and brown watercolors, and topped it with Clear Rock Candy.

The Queen Bee is a beauty, with her glass wings,delicate colors, bling, and dimensional quality.

I painted the flowers with gesso,lavender Shimmerz, and Finnabair Acrylics.

I rubbed almost everything on the page with Finnabair White Gold Wax, it tied all the elements together I think.

Here is a list of items I used from Reneabouquet:

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Queen Bee Glass Wing With Premium Paper Body Layer

Beautiful Board Medium Rose Heart Locket Frame & Key Set

Beautiful Board Ivy Vines Tuck It In Laser Cut Chipboard

Beautiful Board Hexagon Elements Laser Cut Chipboard

1 Ounce Beautiful Beads Hand Tinted Glass Pink

1.6 Ounce Beautiful Beads Bronzed Teal Iridescent Pearls

1 Ounce No Hole Gold Glass Microbeads

2 Ounce Gold Christmas Glitter Glass

2 Ounce Mermaid Shard Glitter Glass

1 Ounce No Hole Plum Microbeads

2 Ounce Diamond Chunky Glitter Glass

Garden Party ~ Tea With Me Curly Roses Mulberry Paper Flower Set

Blue Fern Tattered Walls Collection 20 Papers

Reneabouquets Queen Bee Clock Charms Trinket Pack

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

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Merry Christmas

Here's a page featuring the new Snowflake 3D Shimmer, which lights up at the touch of a button! I have also used some gorgeous Christmas papers, and various stickers. The sweater stickers, red glittered paper, and adorable gingerbread men really made me smile, and remember all the wonderful Christmas times I've had with family.  The photo is of my son sledding on Long Island, New York. There's not a lot of snow where I live now in Houston, so this was a pretty exciting day for everyone!

Supplies Used:

• Snowflake 3D Shimmer
• Home for Christmas Tags 12" Double Sided Glitter Scrapbook Paper
• Ugly Sweaters 3D Stickers
• Snowflake 12" Acetate Paper
• Gingerbread Puffy Sticker
• Merry and Bright 12" Double Sided Scrapbook Paper

To make this layout I put a piece of foam core board underneath the photo with mat,to give it some dimension. It also leaves space to tuck flowers and things into. I put the 3D Shimmer snowflake on, then the acetate snowflakes,Gingerbread, and Ugly Sweater Stickers. 

To create more texture I applied gesso, gold lace, antique glass glitter, microbeads,a reindeer die cut,flowers, leaves, a chain, and charms. I rubbed on pearl mica powder on top of the gesso, and gold mica powder on the edges of almost everything.

I painted some areas with cobalt blue water color, and used aqua and bark colored watercolor pencil in others. I used a frost spray on a piece of memory glass, you can see it to the right of the photo.

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

Live Dreams Everyday

Hi everyone,Melissa here with a card I made inspired by 3 Marta Lapkowska videos. I started off just wanting to finally use some Tresors de Luxe lace I had, and I wanted to keep it simple.  I don't seem to be able to make something that way apparently!  I used watercolor paper,Prima flowers, Tim Holtz photos, Shimmerz paints, Inktense watercolor pencils, Winsor and Newton watercolors, and lots of gesso. 

I dug deep into my stash looking for stuff that I bought and haven't looked at in awhile. A little chipboard silver crown and heart by Tim Holtz, and the small pieces of purple lace by the flower cluster are by Prima, that I keep coming across in my drawers of doo dads.

The little gold cherub is from my sis, I had used it on another page about 3 years ago, I put some gold leaf on it, and the purple flower on the left is from Mary, Abbygirl on sb.com.

I also used mica flakes, glass glitter, glitter glue, wire chain, micro beads, regular glitter, Tim Holtz chat words, and more.

Thanks for looking, and have a great day!