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Tuesday, July 23, 2019

Count Your Blessings

Hi everyone! Melissa here with a new design team page for the amazing Reneabouquets! Go and see all the beautiful things there!I have used a photo from free google, from Stella de Libero.

To make this page I applied texture paste with a stencil onto watercolor paper. I put the layers under the photo together, starting with taping on card stock under the image to make it stronger. Below that is a layer of watercolor paper, and at the bottom is corrugated cardboard.I tore off most of the paper from the surface of the cardboard, and painted it with gesso.While the gesso was wet, I sprinkled on Ultra Thick Embossing Powder, and heated it just until it melted. I put layers of foam core board between everything, to add dimension. After I had the page all put together, I added Shimmerz Paint to the background watercolor paper. Later I painted on white Higgins Ink, to cover areas where it looked too busy with all the textural things, or if there was too much color. I also splashed the page with the white ink.

I picked out Beautiful Board, applied gesso with a cosmetic sponge, then painted it with Shimmerz Paints, and when dry, topped it with a thick coat of Clear Rock Candy Crackle Paint.You can also see gold mica powder, gold ink, Art Alchemy paint in Ancient Coin,and Prima Waxes on the BBoard.

To add visual interest I added micro beads, glass glitter,metal glitter,distress glitter,seed beads,glass beads, pearls, Swarovski crystals,rhinestones,pressed flowers and leaves,bark, strands of gauze,tulle, small pieces of iridescent wrapping paper,gold mica flakes, shells,metal from Reneabouquets, Tim Holtz, Vintaj, Prima, flowers from Prima, and bling and metal from my stash.

I edged the photo, watercolor mat, and corrugated with black gesso, Prima Wax, gold mica powder. I edged the chipboard with black ink too. Ink is really easy to use, it's cleaner and easier to control than gesso, You just put a little on your brush. With gesso you need to add water, and it's just not as neat as ink.

I really worked on the colors on the page to try and make a composition that was balanced. I have to stand and add things, to get the big picture, kind of like doing a jigsaw puzzle. I've been using just watercolor brushes, they're easier to use than flat ones. To put gesso on the corrugated, I use a flat brush, and the same one every time, because it can really ruin brushes unless you clean it right after you use it.

You can see I smeared on wax on the photo mat and the bg paper.

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

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Reneabouquets items I used:

Beautiful Board Large Stackable Honey Bee Corners Laser Cut Chipboard

Beautiful Board Large Quilling Flourish Set Of 4 Laser Cut Chipboard

Snow White Butterflies

1 Ounce No Hole Silver Glass Microbeads

1 Ounce No Hole Gold Glass Microbeads

1 Ounce Beautiful Beads Hand Tinted Glass Pink

.6 Ounce Beautiful Bead Bronzed Teal Iridescent Pearls

1.6 Ounce Beautiful Beads Unicorn Candy Iridescent Pearls

.4 Ounce Beautiful Beads Candy Choose Color Flatback Pearls - Toffee

2 Ounce Diamond Shard Glitter Glass

.5 Ounce Light Grey Glitter Glass

.5 Ounce Lavender Chunky Glitter Glass

1 Ounce Jar ~ Vintage Cream Mica Flitter Flakes 1/8" to 1/4" Natural Stone Flakes

Reneabouquets Silver Spoon Trinkets Pack

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Tuesday, August 28, 2018

Choose to Shine

Hi everyone! Melissa here with a design team page for Reneabouquets! I was craving purple, so I picked this photo, and the fabulous lavender Moon Dance Moths to match.

To make this page I used paper from Blue Fern Tattered Walls. I applied texture paste with a Prima stencil and a credit card. I attached a piece of cardstock to the back of the photo with double sided foam tape. I put a piece of watercolor paper under the photo, then two layers of foam core board.

I used foam tape to attach the layers to the page. I painted the watercolor paper with Shimmerz Paints. I painted the Beautiful Board(BB), with Shimmerz, then applied a thick coat of Ranger Clear Rock Candy Crackle. I brushed on a little Prima Dragon's Eye Alchemy Paint,and more Shimmerz. I scribbled some Bark Derwent Inktense Watercolor Pencil onto a piece of paper, added water, and brushed along the edges of the chipboard. I wanted to make the cracks on the surface more visible.

I dyed some gauze with Shimmers watercolors, and placed a little around the photo. To add visual interest I applied micro beads, seed beads, sequins, glass glitter, metal pieces,gold lace, feathers, lichens, pressed flowers, crystals,Beautiful Beads, glass beads, and a few small paper flowers.

After I added items, I brushed over them with watercolors. I also ran a Bark colored Derwent Inktense watercolor pencil over the surface of different areas.

I did a lot of dry brushing with the gold paint, Prima Art Alchemy Sparks Paint, in Dragon's Eye.

The large flakes are amazing to work with, I painted over them a little to create even more texture.

Here is a list of the items from Reneabouquets that I used:

Beautiful Board Medium Victorian Scroll Pattern

Beautiful Board Beautiful Bits - Marquise and Diamond Laser Cut Chipboard

Beautiful Board Medium Butterfly Corners Laser Cut Chipboard Set

Blue Fern Tattered Wall Collection

2 Ounce Diamond Shard Glitter Glass

1 Ounce No Hole Plum Glass Microbeads

1 Ounce No Hole Gold Glass Microbeads

2 Ounce Diamond Chunky Glitter Glass

1.6 Ounce Beautiful Beads Bronze Teal Iridescent

3 Ounce Beautiful Beads Hand Tinted Glass Pink

1.6 Ounce Beautiful Beads Mermaids Tail Iridescent Pearls

Trinkets Set Of 5 Fairy Princess Crowns In Tarnished Brass

Key Set Of 2 - Garden Gate Bronze Metal Keys

Reneabouquets Copper Spoons Trinket Pack

Winter Berry Curly Roses Mulberry Paper Flowers

Reneabouquets Trim - Wide Gold Embroidered Lace

Moon Dance Premium Paper Glitter Glass Moths

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

Tuesday, July 10, 2018

Travel Far and Wide

Hi everyone! Melissa here with a page for Shimmerz Paints! What a pleasure to work with these rich, delicious paints, to express my love of the colors in this photo.

This second version of the same photo, I took it with my new cell phone. I had no idea it took such good pics, in my humble opinion.

To make this page I used watercolor paper for both the mat, and the background.

I used Beautiful Board chipboard by Reneabouquets.

I stenciled on texture paste with a credit card. I arranged chipboard around the photo, prepped it with gesso, and applied paint. I put on a thick layer of Clear Rock Candy Crackle, and topped it with more paint,gesso, and gold mica powder.

I put a thin layer of paint over a lot of the page, but then wound up painting over a lot of it with gesso,things just got too busy.

To add visual interest I added the following: several little poppy flower stamps from Shimmerz stamps, tulle, cheesecloth,lichen, dried flowers,birch bark, embroidery floss, pearls, mica flakes, metal glitter,glass glitter, rhinestones, charms, rub ons, metal, seed beads, micro beads,dry embossing powder,sequins, and more. As I added things, I brushed on Shimmerz around to tie them in with page.

To the right of the metal I added clear glass glitter to wet paint. The glitter kind of drew the paint close to it.

Here's a list of colors I used

Inklingz:

Penny 4 Your Thoughts

Shimmerz:

Vibez:

Creameez

Stamps

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

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Monday, July 2, 2018

Let Your Spirit Take Flight

Hi everyone! Melissa here with a page for Reneabouquet! I was inspired by this photo to create a background with soft colors, and textures with swirling movement. I thought the Beautiful Board, or BB, I chose, fit the bill to reflect the elegance of the dancer.

To make this page I used a Prima stencil and applied texture paste. I used watercolors to paint everything. I have the photo mounted on watercolor paper. I put a layer of foam core board between the photo and the watercolor paper, and two layers of foam core board between that and the bottom layer. For the BB, I prepped it with gesso, painted it pink, and applied a layer of Ranger Crackle Paint.

To add visual interest I used Glossy Accents to glue on the following,a Reneabouquet dragonfly, mica flakes, micro beads, seed beads, crystals, metal, bling, sequins,shells, glass,black tulle, gold leaf, glass glitter,lichen, feathers, pressed flowers,gold embroidery floss, and more.

Almost everything has a little gesso dry brushed on it. I added more watercolors to the BB, and kept adding layers of color to the page.

I painted the raised areas of the texture paste with Art Alchemy Sparks Acrylic paint and watercolors too. I coated that with a thick layer of Crackle Paint. I outlined the painted areas with a detail brush and a mix of black watercolor crayon and water. I could have used black gesso but this way was less of a mess.