Creative Embellishments

Always

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My sons … a few (13!) years ago!
For the month of February the More than Words Challenge was “Always & Quote.” My favorite quote of all time is by Helen Keller, “The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be see or even touch – they must be felt with the heart.” The greatest of all emotions is Love, and I don’t think there is a greater love than parental love – Always.
February 2019 More Than Words Main Challenge
A quick overview of what I did:
  • I first coated the Creative Embellishments Heart Flourish in the Prima Pastes and set it aside to dry.
  • I started with some clear gesso on the background, then added the stenciling & embossing.
  • All parts from the Prima Mould were coated in black gesso, then Bronze Age wax…and I just started stacking and arranging and gluing the ReneaBouquets Grid with the gears…And hoping for the best! LOL!
  • Then the pastes … layering and mixing and blending and watering down and building back up and drying … and doing it all over again!
  • The hearts & “Always” were both coated in black gesso, but the hearts only have Electric Violet Metallique Wax & “Always” has a mix of Electric Violet, Old Denim, and Mint Sparkle on top of Bronze Age.
Cluster at top of page.
Cluster at bottom left of page.
Area under photo.

Products:

  • [From the] Tres Jolie February Scrapbooking Kit
  • 13@rts
  • Aqua Flora “Blue dreams”
  • Prima
    • Midnight Garden Collection “Old Map”
  • Resin Icons
    • Chalk Black Gears
    • Chalk Black Words
  • Creative Embellishments
    • Heart Flourish
  • ReneaBouquets
    • Beautiful Board
    • Grid Elements
  • 13@rts
    • Rose Fields Collection
    • “Always” Chipboard
  • Prima
    • Finnabair
    • Metallique Wax
    • Bronze Age
    • Electric Violet
    • Old Denim
    • Mint Sparkle
  • Rust Effect Paste
    • Burnt Sienna
    • Royal Blue
    • Lavender
  • Mechanica Mould
  • Vintage Trinkets (Clock)
    • Art Anthology
      • Diamond Grunge Stencil
    • Ranger
      • Antiquities Embossing Powder
      • Frosted Crystal
    • Archival Ink
      • Jet Black
    • Tim Holtz
      • Aged Mahogany Distress Oxide
    • Freckled Fawn
      • Wood Chips – Hearts
    • Stampers Anonymous
        • Tim Holtz
        • Bubble Stencil
      • Silhouette Curio
      • Silhouette Pen – Black
      • Unbranded
        • All the other gears not from the Prima Mould!

        Rattan Heart

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        Rattan Heart created for the Creative Embellishments February Challenge

        Over on the Creative Embellishments Blog the February Challenge was a color challenge, and this heart is what I came up with!

        To color the rattan heart I used three different sprays, Shimmerz “Pretty In Pink” and “Sweetheart,” and I watered down the “Rose-Gold” Prima paint to make the third spray. After they were dry I had to add some lace…because Creative Embellishments had it as a twist, and I’m not one to “skip” on twists!

        It was after I had the lace on I decided to add make the inner and outer edges a bit darker with the “Rose Gold” Icing Paste!

        After that is was a matter of arranging the flowers and working in the chipboard from Creative Embellishments!

        For the Corner Flourish 4 (which has been cut apart) I put on a coat of white gesso, sprayed it with Shimmerz “Ruby”…twice, then I put on a layer of “Aged Mahogany” Distress Oxide and spritzed it with water! The berries were just coated in a layer of “Rustic Brown” paint, no gesso, because I wanted the paint to soak in some to “dull” it a little.

        Products:

        • Tres Jolie February Mixed Media Kit
        • Scrapberry’s – Rattan Heart
        • Creative Embellishments Corner Flourish 4
      • ReneaBouquets
        • Vintage Burgundy Roses & Gardenias Flower Set
      • Creative Embellishments
        • Berries
      • Prima
        • Flowers (Item #594718)
        • Finnabair
        • Icing Paste
        • Rose Gold
      • Opal Magic Acrylic Paint
        • Rose-Gold
      • Metallique Acrylic Paint
        • Rustic Brown
      • Heavy Body Gel
      • Shimmerz
        • Coloringz
        • Pretty In Pink
      • Spritz
        • Ruby
      • Vibez
        • Sweetheart
      • Ranger
        • Tim Holtz
        • Distress Oxide
        • Aged Mahogany
      • Unknown
        • Lace

        Fairly Purple Shadow Box!

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        I received the January Mixed Media Kit from Tres Jolie and was just in love with the shadow box! (Yes, part of the kit! Kim puts EXCELLENT kits together!! Tres Jolie has a monthly scrapbooking, mixed media, and card, tags, & more kit. No, I’m not reimbursed in any way to promote the kits, I’m a regular customer who happens to love the kits!)

        Anyhow…the kit also came with purple paint & purple flowers…(and other items)…
        Then I saw the January Mood Board Challenge at Mixed Media Place and I thought to myself, “Huh, that works!”

        Mixed Media Place January 2019 Mood Board

        After I primed the shadow box (Kilz spray primer because I didn’t want to use a paintbrush on chicken wire!) I put on a coat of DecoArt “Lavender” Acrylic Paint. After that was dry I applied a thin coat of Prima’s “Frozen Berries.” The chicken wire was sprayed with Ayeeda Mist “Patina Bronze”by 13 @rts. The doily is a Creative Embellishments doily that I used black gesso on then painted with Prima’s “Rustic Brown.”

        After all that it was just a matter of playing with placement until I thought it “looked right.” (All the products I used are listed at the bottom of this post.)

        All lit up!

         Here are some close ups:

        This darling little fairy, “Tessie B Darling,” can be found over at ReneaBouquets.com, as well as the butterflies and the (light) purple flowers.

        Products:
        [From the] Tres Jolie Mixed Media Kit (January 2019)
        -DecoArt “Lavender” Acrylic Paint
        -Creative Embellishments “Doily”
        -Prima Flowers (Most of the White flowers)
        -Darice Flowers (Dark Purple)
        -Shadow Box

        ReneaBouquets
        -Printed Beautiful Board Fairy – “Tessie B Darling”
        -“Salted Caramel” Premium Paper Glitter Glass, Tiny Treasures Premium Paper Glitter Glass, and Magical Miniatures Double Side Printed Butterflies
        -Purple & White Roses & Leaves Mulberry Flowers
        -Mulberry Paper Leaves

        Prima Art Alchemy Acrylic Paint
        -Rustic Brown
        -Frozen Berries

        Prima Heavy Bodied Gel

        Judi-Kins Diamond Glaze

        13 @rts
        -Ayeeda Mist: Patina Bronze

        Liquitex Black Gesso
        Kilz Spray Primer … because I didn’t want to try use a paintbrush on chicken wire! LOL
        Cinnamon Sticks (“generic” – from the grocery store)
        Unbranded light string

        Let It Snow!

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        I came up with this project using the mood board over at Creative Embellishments January Challenge!

        I just went through my supplies with winter and snowflakes on my mind, and hoped for the best! LOL!!


        For the background I glued down some ReneaBouquet Beautiful Board – Beautiful Bits – Snowflakes & a Beautiful Board Snowflake Accent, then coated it all in Prima Royal Blue & Powder Blue Rust Effect Pastes. For the white paste I first put down some TCW Modeling Paste, then I topped it with more TCW Modeling Paste mixed with some Prima Paper Texture Paste + 13 @rts White Ayeeda Ink + some 13 @rts Magic Power. (All because I didn’t have a white grit paste like I thought I did!)

        I received the chipboard clock in a swap back in July 2018, I just coated it in “Rustic Brown” Prima Metallique paint and the pearls in a PocketLetter swap in January 2018.

        The feathers are from Creative Embellishments, coated in gesso and “White Pearl” Prima Metallique Paint.

        The dark blue flower is a Prima flower, and the white flowers are Tim Holtz. The light blue flowers, the butterfly, and the Chunky Glitter Glass are all from ReneaBouquet!




        Happy Halloween!

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        Happy Halloween!

        Over at Creative Embellishments’ October Challenge a wonderful image was post at the beginning of the month to be used as inspiration for a project. The directions say to “Simply be inspired by 1 element from the picture below and the twist is to make your project black and white. I will let a very teeny tiny bit of color slip on by” I don’t know if being inspired by the WHOLE photo counts as “1 element” or if it would be the skull … mainly … or if it qualifies at all, but I HAD to use that image somehow!!

        Anyhow, I saved the image to my computer, did a bit of editing to it, then used the stippling feature on my Silhouette Curio. For eight hours. It took eight hours to stipple the image out, and it wasn’t even the “whole” image! Good thing I had other things to occupy myself with!

        I’ll also be entering this into the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday “Anything Goes” Challenge!

        Product List:

      • Ranger
        • “Emboss It” Pen
        • Water Pen – Nib
        • Embossing Powder
        • Enchanted Gold
        • Antiquities Frosted Crystal
      • Multi Medium Matte
      • Perfect Pearls
        • Forever Green
        • Pewter
        • Heirloom Gold
        • Blue Patina
        • Green Patina
      • Tim Holtz
        • Distress Oxides:
        • Fired Brick
        • Antique Linen
      • Distress Ink
        • Dusty Concord
      • Distress Markers
        • Black Soot
        • Wilted Violet
        • Lucky Clover
        • Tumbled Glass
        • Wild Honey
        • Forest Moss
        • Abandoned Coral
      • Thinlits
        • Cobweb
      • Prima
        • Metallique Wax
        • Vintage Gold
        • Bronze Age
      • 3D Gloss Gel
      • Sizzix
        • Big Shot Plus
      • a la mode clear embossing powder
      • homemade alcohol inks
      • 99¢ Store finds
        • Green Mesh
        • Orange Mesh
        • Purple Lace
        • Pumpkins
        • Skulls
        • Gold Lace
        • String “web” (that became flowers – sorta)
        • Purple Spider
      • Received in a PocketLetter
        • Bird/Birdcage
        • Small black spiders
        • Wood Skull Key
        • the string “web” at the bottom
      • unknown
        • bluish-black glitter