Creative Embellishments

Tres Jolie Kit Club–February 2020 Mixed Media Kit-Heart Explosion Box!

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Hey, all! Welcome back to my blog! For my second project this month for the Tres Jolie Kit Club I have a Heart Explosion Box, just in time for Valentine’s Day! I used the Creative Embellishments chipboard from the Cards, Tags, & More Kit with my mediums from the Mixed Media Kit! I just loved how the hearts already looked like they were floating away! But the same effect could easily be done with the “Follow Your Heart” chipboard in the Mixed Media Kit!

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Everything here except the box and the sisal (and the glues!) came from a Tres Jolie Kit! Either this month or previous months!

Check out how I did it all in my video:

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For the solid parts of the hearts I used some crackle paint and then the two Sparks from this months kit. On the outline, I used the Vintage Gold wax from this month’s kit!

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I used a paintbrush to apply some Glossy Accents to the sisal and then sprinkled the glitter on! I didn’t shake off the extra until I thought all of the pieces were set and dry!

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On the box I used the Sparks paints and the wax from this months kit!

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Mixed Media Kit

Cards, Tags, & More Kit

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In addition to items from the Kits (*Items from previous Tres Jolie Kits), I used:

Daler Rowney White Gesso, *Deco Art Crackle Paint White, Prima Heavy Gesso White, FabriTac, E6000, Liquitex Matte Super Heavy Gel, Ranger Glossy Accents, Sisal Fibers, Heart Box, *Darice Gold Glitter

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Tres Jolie Kit Club–February Mixed Media Kit–Wicker Heart

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Hey, all and welcome back to my blog! I’m here with my first February project for the Tres Jolie Kit Club; using the wicker heart, flowers and mediums that came in the kit, as well as items from my stash, I created a grunge-y décor piece!

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Ready to see how I did it? Check out my video!

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Now for some close up photos that really show the details!

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Even though it’s a resin key, the paint and “rust” really give it an aged metal look!

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Fortunately Prima paints are rather think and quick drying! That really helped them stay on top of the burlap!

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I just love how the splattering came out! It might get messy, but the effect is absolutely worth it!

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February Mixed Media Kit

In addition to items from the Mixed Media Kit I used (*Items from previous Tres Jolie kits):

Creative Embellishments Chipboard – Fairy Wings Set 3; *Prima Metallique Paint – Steampunk Copper; *13 @rts Ayeeda Powder Rust Effect Powder – Rusty Bronze; American Tourister Lock; Prima Keys Mould

The following items contain affiliate links (Amazon) at no extra cost to you (NOT associated with Tres Jolie)! Thank you for your support!

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Steampunk Pocket Letter – November 2019

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This month over at scrapbook.com my partner, Donna, and I decided on a steampunk theme for the Pocket Letter swap hosted by Jess. As I told Donna when we were deciding, I have more steampunk items than could possible be considered healthy! And I assure you, what I used here won’t even be missed!

Process Video:

Close-ups:

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For the “metal” on the cards I used Amazing Cast Resin to pour onto the embossing folder. These had been done previously, which is why the process isn’t in the video. I picked up the technique a couple of years ago from Keren Tamir, but after all this time I don’t think I could find her video again!

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My partners favorite flowers is the sunflower, but I didn’t have any of those laying around already made so I made some plain white ones, yellow! And her favorite color? Purple!

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I love steampunk because part of it’s charm is being able to mix multiple metals! For me personally, I think steampunk needs at least two metal finishes, but 3+ is better!

Products:

The following products are affiliate links, at no extra cost to you! Thank you for your support!

Other products:

Creative Embellishments:

  • Steampunk Clock Corner
  • Steampunk Gears Corners 2
  • Gears 1” & 1-1/2”

Seth Apter-Chunky Rust Baked Texture

Lindy’s Gang:

  • Starburst Squirts – Polite People Purple
  • Flat Fabio Sprays – Pineapple Paradise
  • Embossing Powders – Hollyhock Scarlet Plum, Tannenbaum Green Gold, & Midnight Bronze

Simon Says Stamp Clear Embossing and Watermark Ink

ReneaBouquets:

  • Dusty Plum Mini Roses
  • Beautiful Board Clock Face

Shimmerz – Coloringz – No Yolking

Prima-Flower Embellishments Box-White Flowers

13 @rts-Ayeeda Paint-Red Bronze

Heart Pendant & Chain and Metal Gears from AliExpress

Bad Chemistry!

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I saw test tubes in the mood board, I was felling like I should get ready for Halloween and I came across the test tube set at Michael’s one Sunday. The above photo was taken in a “tent” made of a blanket and jackets while using a black light to show some glow. I need to take a photo of it’s “natural” glow, but I’ll have to wait until tonight. But I really wanted to get this in the Creative Embellishments Challenge!! 
The September, Creative Embellishments, Mood Board

Video: I have the parts, I just need to get it edited.

Close Ups:

Products:

  • Creative Embellishments
  • Distressed Harlequin Pieces
  • 13 @rts
    • Ayeeda Mist
    • Pearl Turquoise Light
  • Ayeeda Paint
    • Red Bronze
  • Ayeeda Powder
    • Rusty Bronze
  • Prima
    • Finnabair
    • Heavy Gesso
    • Black
  • Ranger
    • Tim Holtz
    • Distress Paint
    • Hickory Smoke
    • Ground Espresso
  • Recollection
    • Ephemera Insects
  • Ashland
    • Decorative Filler
    • Halloween
  • Test Tube Set
  • Art & Glow
    • Casting & Coating Epoxy Resin
  • Foam-It! 5
    • Rigid Polyurethane Foam
  • Glow In The Dark Pigment Powder (NOT an affiliate link, just a link to the ones I used)
    • Kelly
    • Gold
    • Teal
    • Violet
    • Lemon
    • Red
    • Orange
  • HXDZFX Glow in The Dark Pigment Powder (NOT an affiliate link, just a link to the ones I used)
    • Pink
    • Blue
  • Unknown/Unbranded
    • the “webbing”

    Believe (Mixed Media Project)

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    My project “Believe” created for the August Challenge over at the Mixed Media Place blog.

    Maybe it’s the fact that I feel like summer is never going to end where I live, but the second and third photo on the top row of the Mixed Media Place mood board, at first glance, looked like ice on the foliage. I’m not exactly a person who likes being cold, and I live in a southern state, but I’ve had it with summer this year! It’s the middle of September and we are still hitting the mid-90s! Which, according to the weather last night, is a full ten degrees above average! Too, too much I tell ya!

    Beside the thought of ice, I really loved the colors in general on the mood board! It’s filled with most of my favorites! But once I had blue + white + ICE!! on my mind, I had to go with it! Below the mood board you will find a process video, some more photos, and a full product list.

    Process Video:

    Close-up Photos:

    Products

    • AB Studio
    • Chipboard Background 30×30 (centimeters) ID-4
  • Creative Embellishments
    • Holly and Berry Flourish
  • Shimmerz
    • Vibez
    • Frost Bite
    • Snow Way Man
  • DecoArt
    • Weathered Wood
    • Crackle Medium
  • Ranger
    • Tim Holtz
    • Distress Crackle Paint
    • Clear Rock Candy
  • Distress Glitter
    • Clear Rock Candy
  • Embossing Powder
    • Blue
    • Snowflake Tinsel
  • Simon Says Stamp
    • Embossing and Watermark Ink
    • Clear
  • Krylon
    • Workable Fixatif
  • Liquitex
    • Gloss Gel
  • Unknown
    • All the artificial foliage. I bought it at JoAnn’s … last year.

    Altered Embroidery Hoop

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    An altered embroidery hoop I created for Linda B. for the August ReneaBoquets Swap! Since Linda and I agreed on an “anything goes” theme, I used the Creative Embellishments August mood board challenge as inspiration. Specifically the Silver & Purple ombré hair. I had planned on trying a green & purple idea, as you’ll see at the beginning of the video, but that didn’t work out very well, so I assumed it was because the ombré hair was haunting my thoughts!

    Process Video:

    Close Ups:

    Products

    • ReneaBouquets
    • Mulberry Paper Flowers
    • White Gardenia (It was “left over” from a different set of roses)
    • Purple Spring Mix
  • Tiny Treasures Butterflies
    • Polka Dots & Bling
  • Shard Glitter Glass
    • Silver
  • Creative Embellishments
    • Baby’s Breath
  • Ranger
    • Tim Holtz
    • Distress Oxide
    • Milled Lavender
  • Mini Blending Tool
  • Embossing Powder
    • Lilac Pearl
    • White
  • Prima
    • Finnabair
    • Rust Effect Paste
    • Purple
    • Lavender
  • Texture Paste
    • Antique Silver Crackle
  • Liquitex
    • Matte Super Heavy Gel
  • Darice
    • 7″ Embroidery Hoop
  • Unknown/Unbranded
    • Doily
    • The “other” roses & leaves that I covered in texture pastes. I received them as a RAK some time ago from Pat G.!

    Denim Junk Journal

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    A junk journal I created using some denim from a pair of old jeans, bits of lace and string, old sheets of music, paper I dyed with inks and/or tea, and the “Denim & Girls” Collection by Maja Design (that came in the July 2019 Tres Jolie Kit Club Scrapbooking Kit).

    Videos:

    Flip Through

    Process Part 1: Cover

    Process Part 2: Inside

    Products:

    • [From the] Tres Jolie July Scrapbook Kit
    • Creative Embellishments
    • Grunge Heart Corner
  • Maja Designs
    • Demin & Girls Collection
  • Blue Mini Clothespins
  • Pink Tags
  • idea-ology
    • Tim Holtz
    • Jute String
    • Sanding Block
  • Ranger
    • Emboss It Dauber
  • Emerald Creek
    • Seth Apter
    • Baked Texture
    • Deep Sea
  • Simon Says Stamp
    • Embossing and Watermark Ink
    • Clear
  • Embossing Powder
    • Ultra Fine Steel Navy
  • Prima
    • Finnabair
    • Wax Cire Cera
    • Old Denim
  • Fiskars
    • 1″ Circle Squeeze Punch
  • We R Memory Keepers
    • Envelope Punch Board
  • Daiso Japan
    • Lace Trim Set, Blue
  • Heat n Bond
  • E6000
  • Art Glitter Glue
  • Fabri-Tac
  • Unbranded/Unknown
    • Corner Punch
    • Paper Clips
    • Hole Punch
    • Pink/White Twine
    • Teal/White Twine
    • White Laces
    • Wide Blue Lace
  • Other
    • Old Jeans!

    Shadowbox

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    Note: Taking photos of reflective surfaces is one of my least favorite things to do!

    I created this shadowbox for the July 2019 Lindy’s Gang Color Challenge (Info can be found on the Lindy’s Blog and Facebook Page). It’s my first time doing a Lindy’s Challenge, mostly because I need more Lindy’s supplies. It’s not a lack of wanting to go on a Lindy’s shopping spree, it’s an “I don’t know where it would go” thing. I need to use up some of the items I already own so I’ll have spots for new stuff! (However, if I’m lucky enough to win, then the hubs can’t question why I bought new items when I am clearly at capacity! “It’s not my fault,” I’ll say, “I was trying to use what I own and this just happened!”)

    Anyhow, I did happen to have some Lindy’s Magical Shakers in Bratwurst Brown, Grab A Guy Gold, and Alpine Ice Rose that I thought would work for this challenge. I “diluted” the Alpine Ice Rose in some white texture paste for the Pale Rose in the color challenge (1st color on the photo below) and used my “new” texture paste for the stenciling on the outside of the shadowbox. I also created the Red Brown (2nd color on the photo below) for the color challenge in a homemade spray by mixing Alpine Ice Rose and Bratwurst Brown, which I sprayed on the (white) Darice flowers.
    I used a lot of Bratwurst Brown and Grab A Guy Gold on the outside of the shadowbox, as well as on the background inside the shadowbox. On the lattice, after I gave it a coat of white gesso, I used clear embossing ink on the surface and brushed on more Grab A Guy Gold. (There will be a process video link further down this post which will hopefully explain things a lot better than I can with words!)
    My process video: It will go here after editing & uploading. Also, uploads can take a while for me because I have satellite Internet…and to top it off, today is a rainy/overcast day.

    However, I do have a few close-ups for you to look at!


    Products:

  • [From the] July 2019 Tres Jolie Mixed Media Kit
    • Darice
    • Floral Embellishments
    • Shadow Box
  • Creative Embellishments
    • Love Knot Panel
  • ReneaBouquets
    • Mini Chocolate Covered Caramel Roses
    • Leopard Premium Paper Butterflies
  • KaiserCraft
    • Wildflower Collection
    • Succulents
  • Tonic
    • Nuvo Mica Mist
    • Antique Gold
  • Ranger
    • Tim Holtz
    • Distress Crackle Paint
    • Clear Rock Candy
  • Mini Blending Tool
  • idea-ology
    • Tim Holtz
    • Sanding Block
  • Prima
    • Stencil (Item #564278
    • Finnabair
    • Opal Magic Acrylic Paint
    • Rose Gold
  • Metallique Wax
    • Vintage Gold
  • TCW
    • Light & Fluffy Modeling Paste
  • Simon Says Stamp
    • Embossing & Watermark Ink
    • Clear
  • Liquitex
    • Matte Super Heavy Gel
  • Kilz
    • Original Primer
  • Mod Podge
    • Matte Acrylic Sealer
  • Daler Rowney
    • White Gesso

    What do you want to be when you grow up?

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    Sometimes, just sometimes, I feel the need to do a project that has no real purpose. That’s where art journaling comes in. In this case I wanted to use/remember this quote by Former First Lady Michelle Obama from her book Becoming:

    Now I think it’s one of the most useless questions an adult can ask a child—What do you want to be when you grow up? As if growing up is finite. As if at some point you become something and that’s the end.

    I think it is probably a good thing art journaling doesn’t have to have a purpose, because this looks nothing like what I was hoping for. But it did let me just experiment, which can be helpful when suffering from a mental road block. Basically, I was going for something shinier and dreamier, but I’m okay with the end result.

    My only inspiration, besides the quote, came from this months Creative Embellishments Color Challenge. It helps that my favorite color is blue! I even managed to get the twist in (clouds or waves) when I stenciled on some clouds!

    I can’t guarantee a video. I recorded as I went, but my computer was acting up. In the end it actually decided it wanted to restart while in the process of recording. The last step is actually not recorded because it involved texture paste & paint and I couldn’t wait for my computer to stop being temperamental.

    I, more or less, know what is recorded, the problem is my computer cooperating during editing.

    While I see how the video is willing to come along, here are some photos!

    Products:

    • Silhouette
    • Silhouette Curio
    • Silhouette Design Store
    • All three fonts & the flowers are from the Silhouette Store, but I can only say with certainty that one of the fonts is “CG Free Font,” the other two I can’t remember (and I broke them apart for editing, so they are no longer “type” in the file).
  • Creative Embellishments
    • Heart Flourish
    • Flourish 24 (Maybe…I didn’t buy it myself, it came in a 3rd party kit so I am not sure. It might have been Curly Flourish. I forgot to compare to the CE website before cutting it apart & gluing it in!)
  • ReneaBouquets
    • Chunky Glitter Glass
    • Diamond
  • Butterfly Kisses
    • Delicate Beauty (The two largest I received in a swap from Jenn D!)
  • Shimmerz
    • Vibez
    • Snow Way Man
  • Paste-eez
    • Puttin’ On The Glizt
  • 13@rts
    • Acrylic Modeling Paste
  • Hip Kit Club
    • Star Stencil (Sept. 2017 Kit)
    • Cloud Stencil (May 2016 Color Kit)
  • Tonic
    • Tim Holtz
    • Paper Distresser
  • TCW
    • Light & Fluffy Modeling Paste
  • AC
    • Vicki Boutin
    • CreativeFX
    • Iridescent Glaze
  • Prima
    • Finnabair
    • 3D Gloss Gel
  • Color Bloom
    • Summer Sky
  • Stampers Anonymous
    • Tim Holtz
    • Mixed Media CMS125
  • Wendy Vecchi
    • Rectangle Collage WVBG035
  • Ranger
    • Dina Wakley
    • Large Art Journal
    • Scribble Sticks (Set #1)
    • Night
    • Sky
  • Acrylic Paint
    • Marine
  • Archival Ink
    • Jet Black
    • Perfect Pearls
    • Perfect Pearl
    • Blue Patina
  • Tim Holtz
    • Distress Oxide
    • Weathered Wood
    • Stormy Sky
  • Dylusions
    • Ink Spry
    • London Blue
  • Liquitex
    • Clear Gesso
  • Daler Rowney
    • White Gesso
  • Unknown/Unbranded
    • White Cardstock
    • Watercolor paper