Ribbons, Lace, and Good Intentions

Monday, July 16, 2018

Adventure Awaits You

Hi everyone! Melissa here with a design team page for Shimmerz Paints. It is such a pleasure to work with these high quality products.

I was inspired by the photo to make something lavender and sparkly, and I was craving some pink too.

To make this page,I used 49 and Market paper as the background. I used a credit card and a Prima stencil to apply a thick layer of texture paste. I put a double layer of foam core board under the photo for dimension, and arranged the Reneabouquet chipboard around it. I prepped the chipboard, then painted it with a mix of Pugnacious Purple and Oakie Bear Blue Inklingz. I coated it with a thick layer of Clear Rock Candy Crackle.

I put the Prima flowers, Reneabouquet butterfly, and dragonfly on. At the top of the photo is a Prima item I made with a mould and clay.

To add visual interest I added the following, seed beads, micro beads, Tim Holtz and Finnabair metal,dried moss, lichen,dried and pressed flowers, bling sequins, crystals, mica flakes,feathers, glass,distress, and metal glitter, gauze, tulle, small pieces of lace, silk ribbon, a charm, and gold leaf.

As I added things I applied paint around it, then dropped glass glitter in while it was wet.

I used a detail brush to add in some black watercolor crayon and water mix. You can see it on the chipboard, by running it along the edge, the cracks soak up the color. I used Olive U Truly on the page, and also Dear John Letter Inklingz. You can see the very pale pink of the Dear John by the stenciled areas. The gold is gold mica powder and water.

On almost every item I applied a little gesso, then more paint on top of that. I think it ties the page together.

Here is a list of Shimmerz Paints I used:

Inklingz:

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

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!

Remember if you write my name in the comments section when you order, you can get a surprise freebie!

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.

One of the last steps was dabbing a little gold mica powder on several areas, just to add a little extra color and shine.

Here are four photos that show the dimension more:

Here is a list of Reneabouquet products I used:

Blue Fern Remnants Paper Collection 20 Double Sided Papers

Beautiful Board Large Quilling Pattern Laser Cut Chipboard Set

Beautiful Board Small Quilling Flourish Set of 4 Laser Cut Chipboard

Beautiful Board Beautiful Bits - Seashells Laser Cut Chipboard

Shabby Patina Roses Glitter Glass Premium Paper Dragonflies

1.6 Ounce Beautiful Beads Bronzed Teal Iridescent Pearls

1.6 Ounce Beautiful Beads Unicorn Candy Iridescent Pearls

2 Ounce Diamond Chunky Glitter Glass

2 Ounce Pale Pink Chunky Glitter Glass

You can find Reneabouquets here:

Reneabouquets Shop-http://www.Reneabouquets.com

Reneabouquets Etsy Shop-https://www.etsy.com/shop/Reneabouquets

Reneabouquets Facebook Page-https://www.facebook.com/ReneabouquetsEtsyShop

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

Monday, June 25, 2018

Woman in Field of Sunflowers

Hi everyone! Melissa here with a page for Reneabouquets. I love the bright sunshiny feel of this photo, and wanted to reflect that in the way I made the background. Using Renea's Beautiful Board (BB),and other items from her store, I think I was able to do that. The BB is very easy and fun to work with, the shapes are so inspiring!

To make this page, I applied texture paste with a stencil onto the paper. I figured out where I wanted to place the photo and BB, and took a photo for reference,in case I forgot my design.

I mounted the photo on watercolor paper, then taped and glued it and the BB to the page.

To add visual interest I glued on a lot of things: micro beads, seed beads, tulle, old jewelry, Beautiful Beads, crystals, mica flakes,distress glitter, glass glitter, glass beads,pressed flowers, bark, dyed gauze,shells, and sequins.

I used a lot of different mediums, watercolors, acrylics, alcohol inks, lumieres, distress ink,mica powder,and more.

For the BB I prepped them with gesso, then added green and brown watercolors. I topped them with Crackle Paint, and then added more color. These included Prima Sparks Acrylics,mica powder, and Lumieres.

Here's a list of supplies I used:

Beautiful Board Medium Romantic Heart Medallion With Accents Laser Cut Chipboard

Beautiful Board Small Romantic Heart Medallion With Accents Laser Cut

1.6 Ounce Beautiful Beads Unicorn Candy Iridescent Pearls

1.6 Ounce Beautiful Beads Bronzed Teal Iridescent Pearls

2 Ounce Diamond Chunky Glitter Glass

Pink Lemonade Curly Roses Mulberry Paper Flowers

Blue Fern Remnants Paper Collection 20 Double Sided Papers

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

Monday, June 18, 2018

Choose To Shine

Hi everyone! Melissa here for Shimmerz Paints, with my second page for June!

I discovered a new favorite color, called Christmas Cheer Shimmerz. I used it all around the page, and splattered it on as well. It tied the other colors together, with its shimmery, golden yellow tones. I love using gold as a neutral color, I usually use gold mica powder, but the Christmas Cheer had just the exact color and shimmer that I needed.

To make this page I used paper by 49 and Market. I arranged the chipboard and flowers around the photo, and took a photo for reference. I took things apart so I could work on the chipboard,

and painted them with Green Olive Shimmerz. When dry, I put on a layer of Miner Miner, 49er Inklingz. I painted on a thick layer of Clear Rock Candy Crackle, and when dry brushed on a little gold mica powder. I glued them on the page, and started adding the embellishments.

To add visual interest I added micro beads, seed beads, glass glitter,glitter glue, distress glitter glue, distress glitter,mica flakes,tulle, Prima flowers,sequins,dried flowers,lichens,birch bark, gold leaf, pearls, charms,Tim Holtz metal, and metal and bling from my stash.

I used Pugnacious Purple,and Imperial Amethyst Inklingz around the page on the watercolor mat. I rubbed on gold mica powder in various places on the mat and page.

There are a few layers of clear glass glitter, gesso, and paint to the right of the photo.

The sticker titles are from 7 Dots.

I used some Shimmerz stamps:

Bed of Roses, and Petite Poppies.

The lavender butterfly to the left of the photo is from Reneabouquets.

If you write my name in the comments section when you order, you can get a surprise freebie!

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

Monday, June 11, 2018

Romance

Hi everyone, here's my first page of the month for Shimmerz Paints! I have used a photo of my son and fiance that was professionally done.
The quality of these paints are really good. The pale peachy color is one of my all time favorites, I use it I think on every page I've done since I started on the team in January. It's a rich, creamy, shimmery, container of loveliness, called Dear John Letter Inklingz. It looks good enough to eat!

To make this page I did the following:

1.Put piece of cardstock under photo, adhere with double sided foam tape

2.Adhere foam core board to cardstock.

3. Adhere to watercolor paper mat.

4. Adhere 2 layers of foam core board between the mat and background paper. I used a 12 x 12 piece of watercolor paper.

4. Make some pencil marks where you want stencil to go.

Apply texture paste in a thick layer with a Prima stencil and credit card.

6. Paint stenciled areas with Dear John Letter Inklingz, when the paste is dry.

7. Apply thick layer of Ranger Clear Rock Candy Crackle to raised texture paste,after the paint is dry.

8.Paint chipboard with a mix of Emerald City Inklingz and Penny 4 Your Thoughts Inklingz,when dry apply crackle.

9. Paint area between raised areas of texture paste with Penny 4 Your Thoughts

9.Start gluing all the embellishments on.

You can see some texture on the page, I used two layers of Tidy Widy Texturez, with a layer of gesso between them. The White Tidy Widy is nice and thick, and shiny!It's similar to texture paste.

I put a layer of Dear John Letter over the whole page. I also used it over small areas of gesso I put on almost every element on the page.

The metal rosette to left of Aron is by Finnabair, the little Eiffel Tower charm next to that is Vintaj. The metal key is by Tim Holtz, it's below the Prima rose. Next to the key is a small Celtic cross, from my stash.

I rubbed on silver mica powder on the page.

The flowers are from Prima. The rusty metal next to Nick's face is by Finnaabair.

I added some gold leaf, a few fairies cut from Graphic 45 Paper, and the gnome is from my stash. The bling is from Swarovski and Prima. Underneath the photo is metal by Tim Holtz: the peace token, heart, and flower piece. The chipboard is called Beautiful Board by Reneabouquet. I also want to say Juliya Tirskaya's pages are a huge inspiration to me.

The dried flowers are from walks I go on at the dog park with my dog Mack. The bee to the left of the rose is from some old Prima papers.

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

Monday, June 4, 2018

True Love

Hi everyone! Melissa here with a guest design team page for Reneabouquet.com! I'm thrilled with all of the beautiful and high quality things I got to work with, especially Renea's own Beautiful Board.

I've used one of my son and fiance's professionally done engagement photos.

To make this page I first mounted the photo on watercolor paper. I used a piece of cardstock under the pic and attached it with double sided foam tape, then a piece of foam core board under that. There are two layers of foam core board between the watercolor paper and the bottom paper.

Using a Prima stencil and a credit card I put on a thick layer of texture paste. I used foam tape to put the photo on the page. I decided where all the BB was going to go, then took a photo of it to help me remember. I glued all the BB on with glossy accents,then added the big flowers.

Here's what I did with the BB:

1.- Sanded surface with a little sandpaper to help gesso to stick.

2. Painted texture paste on. Where I could I stretched out a strand and put it on with a brush, but the paste was pretty thick, mostly I just dabbed it on.

3. Used a paintbrush to paint on gold paint.

4. Put on a layer of Rock Candy Clear crackle

5. Added more paint and gold mica powder in random areas.

6. Used glossy accents to adhere micro beads.

6. Using a detail brush I painted the inside edges of the BB with black gesso.

I painted the stenciled areas.

To add visual interest I added leaves,pearls,pink glass glitter, clear glass glitter, dried flowers, black tulle, gold metallic lace, seed beads, metal glitter, glass marbles, shells, feathers from the birdbath in my yard, and more.