Creative Embellishments

Adventure

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For the More Than Words July (Main) Challenge: Discover & Stash

Discover made me think of maps, right away. Maybe my subconscious is trying to tell me something. After that I didn’t really have a plan, I just went where my stash led me.

Stash:
Clipboard – I don’t know how old it is, but I’ve owned it for almost two years now.

I think Tea Dye was one of my first Tim Holtz ink pads I bought! Way back when I wasn’t sure what “distress” really meant, but hey, “this Tim Holtz fella has stuff to make new stuff look like old stuff!” My husband could actually make a pretty good case claiming Tim was an original “supplier” that got me hooked leading to an entire spare bedroom being filled with paper craft related items! I love Tim Holtz so much I have hoarded his papers waiting for just the right time. I have been working on accepting the fact that it’s a lot more productive to make the right time myself rather than expect a sudden epiphany. Plus, I’m having a much harder time remembering EVERYTHING I own…so if I can’t even remember everything, how will I ever use everything?

Anyhow, all but 11 of the items on the product list are at least a year old (and that includes adhesives, the 3D Gel, the wax & such), of those 11 items, I think 5 have “appeared” within the last 6 months.

I used as much from my stash as I could, and I can’t tell. You’d never know anything was “missing.” I tell myself I should stop buying until I get my stash knocked down, but every time I think that something new is released & I realize I need to just stop thinking nonsense and do more projects!

Process Video:

Close-ups:

**Postcard Image from: Public Domain Pictures

Products:

  • ReneaBouquets
  • Glass Microbeads
  • Rose Gold
  • Creative Embellishments
    • Moroccan Lattice Panel
  • 13 arts
    • Ayeeda Mist
    • Patina Bronze
  • Lindy’s
    • Magical Shakers
    • Grab A Guy Gold
    • Bratwurst Brown
  • 7 Gypsies
    • Architextures
    • Ornate Garden Stakes
  • Silhouette
    • Cameo 3
    • Design Store
    • Design ID #34811
  • Ranger
    • Perfect Pearls
    • Blue Patina
  • Archival Ink
    • Jet Black
  • Tim Holtz
    • Distress Ink
    • Tea Dye
  • Distress Spray Stain
    • Rusty Hinge
  • Mini Blending Tool
  • idea-ology
    • Tim Holtz
    • Paper Stash
    • Memoranda
    • Lost & Found
  • Ephemera Pack
    • Expedition
  • Sanding Block
  • Tiny Attacher
  • Small Talk
  • Tonic
    • Tim Holtz
    • Paper Distresser
    • 5″ Scissors
  • Stampers Anonymous
    • Tim Holtz
    • Harlequin Stencil
  • Prima
    • Finnabair
    • Metallique Wax
    • Bronze Age
  • 3D Gloss Gel
  • Julie Nutting
    • Tag Pad
    • Hancock
  • Fancy Pants Designs
    • Me-ology
    • Button Set
  • Dear Lizzy Date Stamp
  • Mod Podge
    • Antique Matte
  • JudiKins
    • Diamond Glaze
  • Art Glitter Adhesive
  • Krylon
    • Workable Fixatif
  • Liquitex
    • Clear Gesso
  • Unknown/Unbranded
    • Twine
    • Metal Stars
    • “BINGO” Card
    • The “other,” non-Tim Holtz, ephemera
    • I got the roll of map paper at Hobby Lobby, so it’s likely by The Paper Studio.

    You can, let go (a mixed media tag)

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    You can, let go
    Process Video:
    ReneaBouqeut Beautiful Board filled with ReneaBouquet micro glass beads.

    Beautiful handmade roses by ReneaBouquets!

    JudiKins Diamond Glaze works great for this because is thin and dries fast!
    I’ve had these unbranded glass beads for a while, and they have almost made it to a few previous projects, but today I finally got to use them and not just put them back away! (They are a little bigger than the micro beads from ReneaBouquets)




    Products:

    • ReneaBouquets
    • Glass Microbeads
    • Champagne
    • Gold
    • Teal
    • Purple
  • Beautiful Board
    • Small Lacy The Moon Fairy (gifted to me by Mary Jane in the May RB swap!)
    • Beautiful Bits
    • Star
  • Mulberry Paper Roses
    • Mini Chocolate Covered Caramel
  • Creative Embellishments
    • Flourish 15
  • Prima
    • Finnabair
    • Opal Magic Acrylic Paint
    • Rose-Gold
  • Wax Cire Cera
    • Electric Violet
  • Sentiments Stickers
  • Julie Nutting
    • Tag Pad
  • Prima Flowers
    • Prima Handmade
    • Candy Gems Melon (Item #549381)
    • Item #634483
  • Watercolors
    • Tropical
    • Ranger
      • Tim Holtz
      • Distress Oxide
      • Peacock Feathers
    • Distress Spray Stain
      • Wilted Violet
    • Distress Paint
      • Wilted Violet
    • Mini Blending Tool
    • Perfect Pearls
      • Blue Patina
      • Heirloom Gold
    • Tonic
      • Tim Holtz 
      • Paper Distresser
    • Jacquard
      • Lumiere
      • Halo Violet Gold
    • PearlEx
      • Reflex Violet
      • Misty Lavender
    • DMC Embroidery Floss
      • Precious Metal Effects
      • E3821
    • JudiKins
      • Diamond Glaze
    • Liquitex
      • Matte Super Heavy Gel
    • Unknown/Unbranded
      • Clear Glass Beads
      • “Stone Path” Die
      • Gold Sewing Machine Thread

      "Flag" Artist Trading Coins

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      Artist Trading Coins – “Flag” Theme – scrapbook.com June-July ATC Swap, hosted by Marci (you can find her here: Blog: A Scrap from Marci and here: scrapbook.com Gallery)!

      My quick process video:

      Products:

      • Silhouette
      • Cameo 3
      • Pen Holder (Original)
      • Store Design ID: 11034
    • Creative Embellishments
      • Artist Trading Coins
    • ReneaBouquets
      • Shard Glitter Glass
      • Silver
    • idea-ology
      • Tim Holtz
      • Adornments, Stars
    • Stampers Anonymous
      • Tim Holtz
      • Splash Mini Stencil (THMS080)
    • Tonic
      • Tim Holtz
      • 5″ Scissors
    • Prima
      • Finnabair
      • Metallique Wax
      • Old Silver
    • Waterbrush
    • Ranger
      • Dina Wakley Media
      • Scribble Sticks
      • Set 1 – Ruby
      • Set 2 – Lapis
    • Tim Holtz
      • Detailer Tip Waterbrush
    • Transparent Gloss Texture Paste
    • We R Memory Keepers
      • Crop A Dile II
    • UniBall
      • Signo
      • Micro 207 – Black
    • Scotch
      • ATG
      • Tacky Glue
    • Canson
      • Watercolor Paper
    • JudiKins
      • Diamond Glaze
    • Unknown/Unbranded
      • Red & White Beads (they are the kind used for fingernail art, so they are really micro!)

      Dragonfly Express

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      The Dragonfly Express! (This photo was taken in full sunlight.)
      This project actually had two sources of inspiration. The first was the ReneaBouquets June 2019 Mood Board Challenge, the second inspiration was the Creative Embellishments June 2019 Challenge. (Both sources of inspiration are below) I actually saw the Creative Embellishment challenge first, and I have a thing for hot air balloons. A looking at them from the ground thing, not an actually getting into one thing.
      Anyhow, I also really wanted to use this dragonfly I had been working on, and a hot air balloon doesn’t need any help flying, so it (slowly) transformed into a flying ship! Besides the flying in the Creative Embellishment inspiration, I also love the whimsy of the image, and the Ferris wheels made me think of actual wheels!
      Creative Embellishments Inspiration
      ReneaBouquets Mood Board

      Process Video:

      The following photos were taken in a more shaded area, because my front porch had a convenient hook I could use to get some greenery in the background and not have to hold the project in one hand while shooting with the other! LOL!!

      ReneaBouquets Glass Microbeads for the dragonfly’s eyes and ReneaBouquets Beautiful Beads on top of the masts.
      ReneaBouquets Tiny Anchor and Creative Embellishments Pipes and Gears pieces.

      And here are some photo of the dragonfly while it was still grounded! [Note: I found the dragonfly in my yard, buried in the dirt by a tree, apparently left by the previous owners. It was shortly after finding it that I came across a Finnabair DT members (I think) post in Instagram who used Finnabair’s Leaves to build butterfly wings (I think it was a butterfly) and a solution to my broken wing dragonfly was born!]


      Products:

      • Ship
    • ReneaBouquets
      • Beautiful Board 
      • Tiny Nautical Anchor Laser Cut Chipboard
    • Beautiful Beads
      • Magic Stones
    • Creative Embellishments
      • Steampunk Pipe Corner
      • Gear Cluster Set
      • Gear Cluster Set 2
    • Ranger
      • Tim Holtz
      • Distress Oxide
      • Hickory Smoke
    • Distress Spray Stain
      • Rusty Hinge
    • Dylusions
      • Ink Spray
      • Melted Chocolate
    • Heidi Swapp
      • Color Shine
      • Tinsel
        • idea-ology
          • Tim Holtz
          • Metallic Kraft – Stock
          • Hitch Fastners
        • Prima
          • Finnabair
          • Rust Effect Paste
          • Brown Rust
          • Red Rust
          • Gold Rust
        • Metallique Paint
          • Rustic Brown
        • Metallique Wax
          • Brushed Iron
          • Bronze Age
          • Vintage Gold
        • Opal Magic Wax
          • Turquoise Satin
        • Sizzix
          • Big Shot Pro
          • Tim Holtz
          • Embossing Folders
          • Waves
          • 3D Foundry Metal
          • Riveted Metal
          • Diamond Plate
        • Silhouette 
          • Cameo 3
          • Premium Blade
        • Nicapa Cutting Mat
        • Best
          • Double Sided Tape
        • Spellbinders
          • Tool ‘n One
        • We R Memory Keepers
          • Crop A Dile
        • JudiKins
          • Diamond Glaze
        • Art Glitter Glue
        • Liquitex
          • Clear Gesso
          • Black Gesso
          • Matte Super Heavy Gel
        • Apple Barrel
          • Black Matte Paint
        • Unknown/Unbranded
          • Fishing line (used for hanging)
          • Kraft Cardstock
          • Chain
          • Eyelets

          • Dragonfly
          • ReneaBouquets
          • Glass Microbeads
          • Black
        • Prima
          • Finnabair
          • Mechanicals
          • Woodland Leaves
        • Mould
          • Mechanica
        • Opal Magic Paint
          • Rose-Gold
        • Metallique Paint
          • Royal Blue
          • Romance Pink
        • Opal Magic Wax
          • Vintage Silk
        • Metallique Wax
          • Bronze Age
        • Wax Cire Cera
          • Indian Pink
          • Blue Lagoon
        • Rust Effect Paste
          • Brown Rust
          • Red Rust
          • Gold Rust
        • idea-ology
          • Tim Holtz
          • Swivel Clasp
        • Ranger
          • Glossy Accents
        • JudiKins
          • Diamond Glaze
        • Creative Paperclay
        • Amazing Cast Resin
        • Liquitex
          • Black Gesso
        • Unknown/Unbranded
          • Gears

          Dream (Altered Artist Palette)

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          “Dream” – Altered Artists Palette – May Creative Embellishments Mood Board Challenge!

          I had always wanted to do an altered palette, and when it showed up in the May Mixed Media Kit from Tres Jolie I was overjoyed!! And, it just so happened that the paints included with the kit word perfectly with the Creative Embellishments Challenge this month!

          The mood board for the Creative Embellishments May Challenge!

          I rubbed some Prima/Finnabair Metallique Waxes on the fairies from Creative Embellishments.
          I found “Dream” at my local Dollar Tree, and it was mirrored. First I sprayed it with some Krylon Original Primer, then I added the Pink-o do Mayo and Halo Pink Gold paint (drying between colors!!) and soaked them in water so the colors could pool together however they wanted!
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          Products:

          • [From the] Tres Jolie May 2019 Mixed Media Kit
          • Studio 71
          • Traditional Wooden Palette Set
        • Prima
          • Archival Cast
          • Flora
        • Texture Paste
          • White Sand
        • Flowers
          • Sunrise Sunset Collection
          • Item # 565169
        • Jacquard
          • Lumiere
          • Halo Violet Gold
          • Halo Blue Gold
          • Halo Pink Gold
        • Creative Embellishments
          • Mega Pack Fairies In Black Chipboard
        • Shimmerz Paints
          • Pink-o de Mayo
          • Anchors Away
          • Butter Cream
        • American Crafts
          • Vicki Boutin
          • CreativeFX
          • Iridescent Glaze
        • Prima
          • Finnabair
          • Stars & Moons Mould
          • Heavy Body Gel
          • Wax Cire Cera
          • Firebird
          • Sweet Rose
          • Old Demin
        • Unknown
          • “Dream” (I kinda threw the package away, but I found it at Dollar Tree.)

          Imagine (4"x12" Canvas)

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          “Imagine” created for the Mixed Media Place April (2019) Challenge!

          I LOVED the colors of the mood board this month, and I’m not even the biggest fan of pinks! Besides the colors, the mushroom put me in a fantasy mindset, when for me equals fairies!!

          I don’t have a lot of rhyme or reason with this canvas, and originally I had hoped to recreate the mushroom…somehow…but as it so often happens, the project took on a life of it’s own! The pink tree is actually a photo I took, ran through Photoshop, printed on regular paper, and transferred! It didn’t transfer quite how I had planned, so I had to get “creative” with the Shimmerz paste! 😂

          The fairy was black chipboard, but I used some white gesso before painting it with the Pink-Blue Opal Magic and adding a T-H-I-N coat of the Peacock Metallique Wax!

          Products

          • ReneaBouquets
          • Glass Beautiful Beads – Teal
          • Mulberry Paper 
          • Leaves
          • Dark Pink Roses & Leaves
        • Creative Embellishments
          • Mega Pack Fairies In Black
        • Shimmerz
          • Dazzlerz
          • Foiled Again
        • Studio 71
          • 4 in x 12 in Canvas
        • Prima
          • Sunrise Sunset Collection
          • Item # 565190 (Silver Flowers)
        • Finnabair
          • Heavy Body Gel
          • Metallique Wax
          • Peacock
        • Metallique Paint
          • White Pearl
        • Opal Magic Paint
          • Aqua-Rose
          • Pink-Blue
        • Ranger
          • Big Emboss It
          • Embossing Powder
          • White
        • Ruby Rock It
          • Fynmark
          • Wood Veneers
        • JudiKins
          • Diamond Glaze

          Flight of Fancy Canvas

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          My 8×10 canvas for the March More Than Words Main Challenge! Fantasy + Wings

          This month the main challenge over on the More Than Words Blog was to be inspired by “Fantasy & Wings.” For me, fantasy always makes me think of fairies. If it’s fantasy, there’s going to be some kind of fae involved! This month I also had pastes on my mind, and I happen to have a nice set of Finnabair’s Fantasy Rust Effect Paste…which goes with the fact that I also love using purple, teal (turquoise), and blue together…especially with fantasy!

          I may not have had a fairy that I could get to “fit” on this canvas, and I have a few different chipboard fairies, I did have a handy-dandy fairy door from Creative Embellishments! I also happened to have the Astral Pink Butterflies from ReneaBouquets, and the color on them is

          just beautiful…and perfect for my piece!

          More Than Words Main Challenge – March 2019

          I love the cells that the paint pour created along this edge!
          Baked Texture – Patina Oxide on the door & Ancient Amber on the leafy frame!
          I love, love, LOVE these butterflies … I think I may need to make a stockpile!

          **For the record – no, everything wasn’t dry yet, I was running out of month!!**

          Products

          • ReneaBouquets
          • Astrial Pink Premium Paper Glitter Glass Butterflies
          • Teal Shard Glitter Glass
          • Gold Glitter Glass
        • Creative Embellishments
          • Fairy Door (Set 1)
          • Leafy Vine Frame
        • Prima
          • Finnabair
          • 3D Gloss Gel
          • Rust Effect Paste
          • Purple
          • Turquoise
          • Powder Blue
        • Emerald Creek
          • Seth Apter Baked Texture
          • Ancient Amber
          • Patina Oxide
        • Ranger
          • Emboss It Dabber
        • Simply
          • Acrylic Paint
          • Mixing White
        • Master’s Touch
          • Acrylic Paint
          • Gold
        • Dina Wakley
          • Acrylic Paint
          • Eggplant
          • Peacock
        • Cell Creator
        • Liquitex Pouring Medium
        • Unknown/Unbranded
          • 8×10 Canvas
          • Texture Pebbles
          • Feather Moulds
          • Cheesecloth

          Adventure – Mini Album

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          Mini Album for the March Creative Embellishments Challenge!

          This months challenge over on the Creative Embellishments Blog was to “…be inspired by 1 element from the photo below (let us know what it is) and by this quote: ‘Every great adventure requires a first step.'”

          I was inspired by the color! I love using black and white…especially when I just happen to have some lovely black & white papers that need to be used!

          Inspiration photo for the March Creative Embellishments Challenge!
          For the album I cut a thick piece of chipboard to use as a spine with the Creative Embellishment’s 5-page Square Mini Album, and I just had to add the Stars In My Universe Frame (also from Creative Embellishments), with some Rocky Road Baked Texture on it, to the cover!
          Cover
          Inside cover & page 1
          Pages 2 & 3

          Pages 4 & 5
          Pages 6 & 7
          Page 8 and inside back cover
          Products:
          • Creative Embellishments
          • Square Mini Album
          • Stars In My Universe Frame
        • Silhouette
          • Cameo 3
          • Curio
          • Pen Holder
          • Cut Files: Tags & Tabs
        • Ranger
          • Emboss It Dauber
          • Tim Holtz
          • Distress Oxide: Black Soot
        • Emerald Creek
          • Backed Texture
          • Rocky Road
        • Idea-ology
          • Tim Holtz
          • Mini Stapler
        • 13@rts
          • Rose Fields
          • Natural Beauty
          • Letters to Rose
        • Aqua Flora
          • Shades of Black
        • Prima
          • Flirty Fleur Collection
          • Something Floral
          • Pretty Birds
          • So Lovely
        • Crate Paper
          • Maggie Holmes
          • Flourish
          • Charming
        • Hip Kit Club
          • Kim Watson
          • Amber Star
          • Sparkle
        • Pink Paislee
          • Paige Evans
          • Turn The Page 07
        • Simon Says Stamp
          • Black Cardstock
        • American Crafts
          • White Cardstock
          • Thickers
          • Hello Joy
        • We R Memory Keepers
          • Crop-A-Dile & Eyelets
        • Art Glitter
          • Adhesive
        • Simply White Gesso
        • Folk Art Chalkboard Paint
        • Unknown/Unbranded
          • Twine
          • Ribbon/Fiber
          • Black Pen (I’ve had for YEARS…I’m actually impressed it still worked!)

          Transition

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          “Transition” – My entry to the February Mixed Media Place Challenge
          When I first saw the challenge board for the February Mixed Media Place Challenge I was immediately drawn to the mushroom. I don’t know why, but I love mushrooms…artistically. For food I can tolerate them to an extent. A very small extent! (except the white ‘button’ mushrooms, those are just a big ol’ NO!). Okay, that’s all besides the point, so back to my canvas.
          I loved the color of the mushroom, and I am so over winter that I had no desire to do a winter themed project, but I also love the sepia of the top left photo, the close up of the water drop (I think that’s what it is) in the top center photo, and the color of the leaves of the top right photo. The mushroom and the three top photos were my main inspiration for my project. At first I had thought I would somehow use mushrooms, but after I did the paint pour I realized I needed something more. I don’t know how I came around to gears and rust paste, but it was something like this:
          “I like the sepia and gold leaves, they look old. Those leaves look metallic. Rust is old. I have rust pastes. I also have some gold wax…and some metal flowers…and I made a bunch of resin gears & butterflies to have on hand…”
          Basically, I think in run-on and/or incomplete sentences. The thoughts just go sometimes, and this time I went them!
          I added the cabochon’s because the white space needed something, but I didn’t need more color! (Plus, they are what I thought of with the top middle photo!)
          Mixed Media Place February Challenge Board (Feb. 19 – Mar. 19)

          Products

          • Creative Embellishments
          • Baby’s Breath Chipboard
        • Prima
          • Finnabair
          • Rust Effect Paste
          • Brown, Red, and Gold Rust
        • Metallique Wax
          • Vintage Gold
          • Peacock
        • Mould
          • Mechanica
        • Heavy Body Gel
        • Ranger
          • Dina Wakley
          • Acrylic Paint
          • Peacock
        • Cell Creator
        • Liquitex
          • Pouring Medium
        • Daler Rowney
          • Acrylic Colour
          • Mixing White
        • 7″x14″ Stretched Canvas
        • White Gesso
        • Master’s Touch
          • Acrylic Paint
          • Gold
        • Beacon Fabri-Tac
        • JudiKins Diamond Glaze
        • Art N Glow
          • Casting and Coating Epoxy Resin
        • Amazing Cast Resin
        • Unknown/Unbranded
          • Cabochons
          • Metal/Filigree Flowers