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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

    Altered Jar!

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    An altered jar I made, mostly just to see where it would go, but also entered in the May (2018), Reneabouquets Mood Board Challenge on Facebook.

    The jar I’ve had sitting around for a while, the top I found while digging up part of the yard last month, and the butterfly was left hanging on a stump by the previous owners. I washed everything up and set them aside without any plan for them at the time, but I decided to see what I could glue together this month.

    After I added the Moulds to the jar, I coated everything with white gesso, then started layering on the paints & when I thought that was too “bright” I decided I should FINALLY try out the Baked Textures!

    That mass of “netting” on the underside of the top piece is actually some “spider web” I picked up at the 99¢ store this past Halloween! I needed something to…cover…the top of the bottle, but I also wanted something different. After I got the “web” on I just randomly dribbled some JudiKins Diamond Glaze on and added the Silver Pink Shard Glitter Glass from Reneabouquets!

    To add some shine to the butterfly, that was painted with Vicki Boutin paints, I added Diamond Chunky Glitter Glass from Reneabouquets!

    The jar was painted with Prima’s Opal Magic “Blue Gold” on the bottom side of the flourishes, and Prima’s Sparks “Mermaid Sparkle” above the flourishes, while the flourishes themselves were painted with Opal Magic “Yellow-Blue” before having a layer of “Ancient Amber” Baked Texture added!

    A close up of the beautiful, handcrafted flowers from the Reneabouquet Shop! For the coloring of the lid, I mixed some “Mermaid Lagoon” Distress Oxide with some Vicki Boutin Iridescent Glaze, spritzed in a bit of water for easier mixing, and painted it on! And that rust all over? “Chunky Rust” Baked Texture! Absolutly Awesome!

    Product List:

    • Reneabouquet Exclusive Products: 
    • Diamond Chunky Glitter Glass 
    • Silver Pink Shard Glitter Glass 
    • All of the flowers and leaves! (From a couple “Teal and White” sets) 
  • Seth Apter/Emerald Creek: Baked Texture: 
    • Ancient Amber (Keyhole & Flourishes – After painting Yellow-Blue) 
    • Deep Sea (Butterfly Body) 
    • Chunky Rust (for the rust) 
  • Ranger Perfect Medium™ brush 
  • American Crafts – All The Good Things Collection – Mediums – Acrylic Color Pop
  • American Crafts – Mixed Media Collection – Glaze – Iridescent
  • Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pads – Embossing Ink Clear
  • Prima – Iron Orchid Designs – Vintage Art Decor Mould – Large Fleurish
  • Prima – Finnabair – Art Alchemy – Acrylic Paint – Opal Magic – Yellow Blue
  • Prima – Finnabair – Art Alchemy – Acrylic Paint – Opal Magic – Blue Gold
  • Prima – Finnabair – Art Alchemy – Sparks Acrylic Paint – Mermaid Sparkle
  • Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress Oxides Ink Pads – Mermaid Lagoon
  • JudiKins Diamond Glaze
  • Creative Paperclay
  • The netting is actually “spider web” from the 99¢ store I bought back at Halloween.

    • Spring Fling Tag Swap at Reneabouquets!

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    Over on Facebook, Reneabouquets hosted a “Spring Fling” tag swap for May! This is the tag I came up with for my partner! (Well, I added to what I had been thinking of, because I had daffodils on the brain as soon as I signed up! LOL)

    The daffodils are cut from a thin Mulberry Paper and after I put them together I coated them in (watered down) Vicki Boutin Iridescent Glaze and added the stamen. And actually, I didn’t have the right shade of yellow for them, so after cutting the trumputs out I soaked them in Shimmerz: Creameez “Daffodil” (that was just a lucky coincidence the color I was looking for was also appropriately named!) 

    Product List:

    • Reneabouquet Products: 
    • “Silver Pink” Glitter Glass 
    • Beautiful Board Small Quilling Flourish 
    • Tiny Treasures Sweet Pea Lavender Premium Paper Glitter Glass Butterflies 
    • Mini Pink Lemonade Mulberry Roses & Leaves Set 
    • The gardenias were pulled from different rose sets I had from Reneabouquets 
    • The paper is from Blue Fern Studios: Spring Parade, and you can purchase this from Reneabouquet! 
  • Silhouette Cameo 3
  • PixScan Cutting Mat
  • AutoBlade
  • The lattice cut on the background and the daffodils are both files from the Silhouette store (Design IDs #40858 and #112756)
  • Ranger 
    • Multi Medium – Matte
    • Glossy Accents
  • Scotch ATG
  • Prima – Finnabair – Art Alchamey
    • Sparks Acrylic Pain – Fairy Wings
    • Opal Magic Wax – Royal Robes
    • Art Basics – 3D Gloss Gel
  • Vicki Boutin Iridescent Glaze
  • Shimmerz: Creameez “Daffodil”
  • Tim Holtz Distress Oxide “Shaded Lilac”
  • JudiKins Diamond Glaze

    • Deer Winter

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    Deer Winter!

    Recently I have been getting an urge to branch out and try my hand at Mixed Media canvas work. When I came across the deer at the 99¢ store I knew I had found what to try and work around! Plus, it went well with the December Challenge over at Creative Embellishments that had already put the idea of doing some winter work in my mind!

    Unfortunately I had already started, and almost completed this project before I bought my webcam, so there is no video of my process…which spanned over multiple days! But I did take a lot of close up photos for a better look!

    I used Amazing Cast Resin with the Prima Large Flourish Mould them more Amazing Cast Resin to “glue” the flourishes, Tim Holtz Wood Slices, and canvas together.

    Products Used:

    • ReneaBouquet 
  • Shimmerz
    • Dazzlerz
    • Foiled Again
  • Paint
    • Anchors Away
  • Tim Holtz
    • Distress Glitter
    • Clear Rock Candy
  • Distress Crackle Paint
    • Clear Rock Candy
  • Flourish Stencil
  • Wood Slices
  • Prima
    • Texture Paste
    • White Crackle
    • Antique Silver Crackle
  • Color Bloom
    • Summer Sky
  • Mould
    • Large Fleurish
  • Amazing Cast Resin
  • Dylusions
    • Ink Spray
    • London Blue
  • Echo Park Paper Co.
    • Woodgrain Stencil
  • Fabri-Tac
  • Judi-Kins Diamond Glaze
  • Ranger Glossy Accents
  • US Art Supply Canvas (8×10)
  • Unknown/Unbranded
    • Lace came in with a Pocket Letter
    • Blue Glass Beads
    • I came across the deer in the Christmas Ornament section of the 99¢ store, and I am a sucker for shiny, blue objects!

    Altered Purse using ReneaBouquets Beautiful Board Purse!

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    Altered Purse for the ReneaBouquet Purse Swap using ReneaBouquets Beautiful Board 4D Purse
    A close up of the beautiful dragonfly by ReneaBouquets (Link in Product List)
    Another angle!

    And another!

    Ok, the final one!
    The other sides of the purse!

    I also made this wand to go along with the purse using the same paper line and rosette cuts from the Silhouette Store.




    Product List Purse:

    • ReneaBouquets
  • Shimmerz Paints
    • AcriTonez – Blue My Top
  • Pink Paislee
    • House of Three
    • Soiree
    • Diamond
    • Collage
  • Prima
    • Del Mar (large, light purple rose)
    • 3D Gloss Gel
    • Metallique Wax
    • Vintage Gold
    • Rose Gold
  • 1″ Art Basics Silicone Brush
  • Tim Holtz
    • Word Keys
    • Water Pen – Nib
    • Mini Blending Tool
    • Distress Ink – Squeezed Lemonade
    • Mini Snips
  • Studio 490
    • Wendi Vecchi
    • Steampunk Art Stamp Set (lightbulb)
    • Destination Art Stamp Set (on bottom of purse)
  • Sizzix Big Shot Plus
  • Mod Podge
    • Matte
  • Ranger Ink
    • Glossy Accents
    • Gold Embossing Powder
    • Brayer (3.5″)
    • Emboss It Pen
  • Tonic Studio
    • Paper Distresser
  • DMC Metallic Embrodiary Floss (E3843)
  • Maya Road
    • Trinket Pens – Leaf
  • Unknown/Unbranded
    • Orange Stamen
    • “Mulberry Type” flowers (all of the pink & yellow roses)
    • watercolor paper (used to stamp lightbulb on)
    • “Stone wall” die
    Product List Wand: **all of the cuts for the wand top came from the Silhouette Store**
    • Ranger Ink
    • Gold Embossing Powder
    • Wendi Vecchi “Fern Green” Embossing Powder
  • Pink Paislee
    • House of Three
    • Soiree
    • Diamond
    • Collage
    • Music
  • Chickaniddy Crafts
    • “365” Mini Brads
  • WOW! Glitter
    • “Pool”
  • The Paper Company
    • “Bright Lace Ribbon Scrap Pack”
  • E6000 Spray Adhesive (for the glitter, including on top to [try] and keep it in place!)
  • Silhouette Cameo

    • Cherish

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    Cherish

    During the last weekend of October, the husband and I went to the wedding of two very dear friends (the couple I made this card for), this is a layout I did featuring a photo I took during their first dance as husband and wife.

    All of the papers on here I’ve had for at least 18 months. Apparently they were all waiting for this wedding! The lace is some eBay “vintage lace” I bought a few months back, and the flowers have been in hording for a long, long time!

    This layout was entered into a couple of Challenges over at scrapbook.com, the October Music Inspiration Challenge (the song picked for me was “A Taste of Honey,” and I used the line “yours was the kiss that awoke my heart” it just seemed rather fitting for the occasion!), the November Die Cutting Machine Challenge, and scrapbook.com’s Handmade for the Holidays.

    I absolutely LOVE the shard glitter glass and glass micro-beads from ReneaBouquets! (Links in Product List)

    Not a lot of “special” techniques used here. I tore the papers, layered them with some lace, and then just started arranging flowers! Well, I did “dye” the paper flowers with some Distress Oxides & Shimmerz Paint!

    Product List:

  • Shimmerz 
    • Butter Cream Paint 
    • Tuscan Sun Spritz 
  • Dear Lizzy Date Stamp 
  • Prima E-Line White Flower Mix 
  • Bazzill “Vanilla” Cardstock (song lyrics are on) 
  • Bella! Something Blue Paperz “Tittle” 
  • Bella Blvd – Ciao Chip – Self Adhesive Chipboard – Words – Today
  • Chickaniddy Crafts – 365 Collection – 12 x 12 Double Sided Paper – Weekend Wonders
  • Little Birdie Crafts – Classic Elements Collection – Beaded Fancies – White
  • McGill Paper Blossoms Collection – Tool Kit
  • Prima 
    • Finnabair – Art Basics – 3D Gloss Gel – 8 Ounces
    • Paintables – 12 x 12 Paper – Roses
  • Ranger Ink
    • Archival Ink Pad – Jet Black
    • Glossy Accents
  • Tim Holtz 
    • Distress Oxides Ink Pads – Antique Linen
    • Distress Oxides Ink Pads – Faded Jeans
    • Mini Ink Blending Tool – Round
  • Scotch ATG – Adhesive Applicator Gun – Pink – Uses One Fourth Inch Adhesive
  • Silhouette America 
    • Curio 3T Version – Electronic Cutting System
    • Pen Holder
  • Sizzix – Big Shot Plus – Starter Kit – White and Gray
  • Tonic Studios – 
    • Tim Holtz – Mini-Snips – 5 Inches
    • Tim Holtz – Paper Distress
  • Unknown/Unbranded 
    • 5 petal flower die 
    • Ivory & Silver Stamen 
    • Green floral wire 
    • Vintage lace 
    • key 
    • Ivory “pearl” flower centers 
    • Tan-ish-Gold-ish Beads (on the two fabric flowers)

    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

    Wedding Congratulations!

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    Congratulations (A wedding card)

    This past weekend the husband and I went to a wedding of some very dear friends. We’ve known the groom for over 11 years, and about 6 1/2 years ago we met the bride. We knew that someday we would be going to their wedding, even if they didn’t know it at the time! It was a beautiful ceremony, and we were so honored and happy to be there with them for it!

    As for the card, it is rather straight forward. I did make the flowers myself, and was constantly reminded why I don’t do that! But, I needed those colors right NOW! So I had no real choice in the matter!!

    In addition to my handmade, mulberry paper flowers, there is some vintage lace (no brand, got it off eBay a few months ago), some random twine, and some unbranded stamen. Plus, the beautiful butterfly is from ReneaBouquets! It came on the business card in one of my orders, and it worked perfectly for this card!! (Thank you, Renea!)

    The card stock, patterned paper, and embossed paper are all from the Simon Says Stamp November Card Kit, and the sentiment is from the Simon Says Stamp “Floral Bliss” stamp set (links at the bottom in the “Product List” area).

    The inside says:
    “May you forever find joy in each others eyes,
    warmth in each others arms,
    love in each others heart.”

    I just printed it out on some “linen” printer paper and used my ATG to stick it down! (Oh, I found the quote on Pinterest, I’m not that poetic!)
    I will be entering this little project into the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday “Anything Goes” Challenge!
    Product List:
    • ReneaBouquets Butterfly 
    • Mulberry paper (I made all the flowers) 
    • Simon Says Stamp: 
  • Elmer’s – Craft Bond – Glue Spots – Thin Medium
  • Prima – Finnabair – Art Basics – 3D Gloss Gel – 8 Ounces
  • Tim Holtz 
    • Distress Oxides Ink Pads – Frayed Burlap
    • Distress Ink Pads – Embossing Ink Clear
    • Paper Distresser
  • Wendy Vecchi 
    • Embossing Powder – Watering Can
  • Sizzix 
    • Big Shot Plus Machine – White and Gray
  • Spellbinders 
    • Shapeabilities Collection – D-Lites Die – Create A Rose
  • Unknown/unbranded twine 
    • stamen 
    • 5 petal flower dies 
    • vintage laces

    peace & joy

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    peace & joy Christmas card

    A Christmas card I made specifically for my best friend! She has a “thing” for moose. Her Great Dane is named Moose, she has about six pieces of moose art in her home, a moose hook in her kitchen … you get the idea! She LOVES moose!!

    **The moose cut and the font (Aubrey) are from the Silhouette Store!**

    Product List:

  • Ranger 
    • “Emboss It” Pen
    • Glossy Accents
  • Tim Holtz 
    • Grit-Paste
    • Distress Glitter: Clear Rock Candy
    • Distress Oxide: Candied Apple
    • Distress Paint: Candied Apple
    • Paper Distresser
  • WOW Embossing Powder 
    • Cloud 9 
  • Poppy 
    • Small Blooming Poinsettia (die) 
  • Simon Says Stamp 
    • the cream card stock for the card base & poinsettias 
  • Me & My Big Ideas 
    • Red & white flourish paper 
  • Silhouette
    • Cameo
    • Curio
  • Sizzix
    • Big Shot Plus
  • Unknown 
    • the glitter for the moose (it was in a little baggy, I don’t know where it came from!) 
    • the burgundy card stock 
    • the red seed beads 
  • Mod Podge 
    • Acrylic sealer (it’s how I keep the glitter from falling off after it’s all said & done! Just a quick coat on top!)