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Beach Wall Plaque

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ReneaBouquets and Crafty City are having a collaboration this month (Aug. 2019) called Paradise In August! ReneaBouquets has two “Treasure Boxes” to choose from (Treasure Box #1, Treasure Box #2) that work wonderfully with the Mintay “Paradise” Collection available at Crafty City!

For this project I used items from Treasure Box #1, and I have more than enough to do, at least, two more projects. (For the ideas I have swimming about anyhow!)

After the following photos is the process video, some close-up photos, and a product list.

ReneaBouquets Treasure Box #1
12×12 Paper Collection
6×6 Paper Collection

Process Video:

Some close ups:




Products

  • ReneaBouquets
  • Chunky Glitter Glass
  • Diamond
  • Beautiful Beads Candy – Flat-back Pearls
    • Cotton Candy
  • Beautiful Board
    • Starfish with Accents Set
  • Beautiful Board
    • Starfish (2 from stash)
    • April in Paris 
    • Small Adornment Pattern
  • [From] Crafty City [for the collaboration with ReneaBouquets]
    • Mintay
    • Paradise Paper Collection
    • 12×12 Paper Pad
    • 6×6 Paper Pad
  • Lindy’s
    • Magical Shakers
    • Grab A Guy Gold
    • Alpine Ice Rose
    • Bratwurst Brown
  • Art Anthology
    • 6×9 Stencil
    • Lattice
  • Prima
    • Art Philosophy
    • Concentrated Watercolor
    • Bora Bora
  • Finnabair
    • 3D Gloss Gel
  • Ranger
    • Perfect Pearls
    • Blush
    • Perfect Pearl
  • Tonic
    • Tim Holtz
    • Paper Distresser
  • We R Memory Keepers
    • 3 Way Corner Punch
    • Jacquard
      • PearlEx
      • Flamingo Pink
    • Mod Podge
      • Gloss Acrylic Sealer
    • Krylon 
      • Workable Fixatif
    • Darice
      • Wood Plaque
    • JudiKins
      • Diamond Glaze
    • Daler Rowney
      • White Gesso
    • Liquitex
      • Matte Super Heavy Gel

      Fairy Mirror

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      A little decorative mirror I put together for the July 2019 Mixed Media Place Challenge.

      For this project I was inspired by the colors found on the July, Mixed Media Place, mood board, most specifically the yellows, reds, and seafoam green. Especially since the green on the ReneaBouquets Fairy “Belle” was a fantastic match!

      Below the mood board you’ll find a process video, some close up photos, and a product list.

      Process Video:

      Close-ups:

      And, because she happened to come along, Lucy (Great Dane) is helping to demonstrate how well the mirror works!

      Products:

      • ReneaBouquets
      • Beautiful Board
      • Fairy Belle (Small)
    • Mulberry Paper Roses
      • Yellow & White Curly Roses
    • Double Sided Print, Premium Paper Butterflies
      • Salted Caramel
    • Dusty Attic
      • Chipboard Flourish (I don’t know which one)
    • 49 & Market
      • Blossom Blends
      • Aloe
    • Prima
      • Finnabair
      • Wax Cire Cera
      • Firebird
    • Rust Effect Paste
      • Cream
      • Moss
      • Cool Grey
    • Flowers
      • A Victorian Christmas
      • Item #583507
    • Ranger
      • Tim Holtz
      • Distress Paint
      • Ground Espresso
      • Black Soot
    • Liquitex
      • Matte Super Heavy Gel
    • Daler Rowney
      • White Gesso
    • JudiKins
      • Diamond Glaze
    • Unknown/Unbranded
      • Mirror (I bought it at Dollar Tree)
      • Cabochons

      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

      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.

      Forest Key (a Mixed Media ATC)

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       I don’t know if I should say I created these for the June Mixed Media Place challenge, but will be swapping them, or if it would be more accurate to say the June Mixed Media Place challenge helped me put together these ATCs for the “Favorite Product and/or Technique” category of the swap over at scrapbook.com! They both helped each other along in the end!

      I love the mood board this month over at Mixed Media Place. The wonderful colors of the forest really spoke to me! I’m also participating in the ATC swap over at scrapbook.com, hosted by Marci (you can find her here and here), and was still “needing” to make my “Favorite Product and/or Technique” batch! I have a little of both on these cards! I love, love, LOVE Finnabair’s products by Prima, and I adore using her waxes, but I also love mica powders (in this case I used Lindy’s Magical Shakers), and Tim Holtz was my first designer love (I’ve been collecting Tim Holtz since shortly after I first started scrapbooking!).

      (Below you can find a process video, more photos, & a product list.)

      The Mixed Media Place June Mood Board for the June challenge.

      Process Video:


       
      I think one of my favorite things about ATCs is they help me use up scraps & partial packages, plus I find them to be very freeing, even I can only fit so much on a 2 1/2″ x 3 1/2″ surface!
      With these ATCs I didn’t cut into any new cardstock or open any new packages! In fact I finished off one of the Prima packages & the Little Birdie package in addition to getting rid of a teeny tiny bit of my vast scrap collection! (Okay, maybe not vast…it could be worse I suppose!)
      Also, to make projects go faster, when I have some spare time I will make up batches of pieces from my various moulds. I can’t say I have an absolute preference of which resin to use, both of the ones used to make these keys have a purpose. Amazing Cast Resin sets up F.A.S.T!! And I mean you better have a plan of action and work in small batches! This is great when I don’t have the time to wait for the Art ‘N Glow resin to set. However, I love the Art ‘N Glow because it mixes up thinner, and I have a work time of 45 minutes! The thinner is great for the smaller moulds I have, and the longer time is better because I can pour slow and sure! (It does, however, have a 24 hour cure time.)
      **Note: I’d wear gloves. The Amazing Cast Resin gets real hot, real fast (it’s best not to ask why I know this so well!). Gloves will help you peel that off quick! The Art ‘N Glow is just practically impossible to wash off with soap and water. It’s very sticky! (Again, don’t ask! LOL)



      Products:

      • Lindy’s
      • Magical Shaker
      • Grab A Guy Gold
      • Bratwurst Brown
      • Cathedral Pines Green
    • Prima
      • “Keys” Mould
      • Candy Gems
      • Melon
    • Cinderella Collection
      • Cypress
    • Finnabair
      • Opal Magic Paint
      • Violet-Green
      • Green-Gold
    • Sparks Paint
      • Fairy Wings
    • Metallique Wax
      • Bronze Age
    • Wax Cire Cera
      • Firebird
    • Little Birdie
      • Rosalind Pearl Pink
    • Sizzix
      • Big Shot Pro
      • Tim Holtz
      • Thinlits
      • Detailed Butterflies, Mini
    • Liquitex
      • Matte Super Heavy Gel
    • Fibre Craft
      • Painted Stem Wire
    • Art Glitter Glue
    • Amazing Cast Resin (White)
    • Art N Glow Casting & Coating Epoxy Resin (Clear)
    • Scraps
      • All paper/cardstock

      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

        Great-Grandma

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        My great grandmother, about 82 years ago!

        The majority of this layout is made using products that came in the June 2019 Tres Jolie Kit Club Scrapbooking Kit (product list below), and was created for the June Sketch Challenge hosted by Kim & the Tres Jolie Kit Club!

        The Tres Jolie Kit Club June Sketch

        I just love 49 & Market, and those laser cut shapes made this layout go together much faster than fussy cutting flowers!!

        Adding some foam under the photo gives it just a little lift from the layers underneath.

        I set out with a goal to see if I could use an entire package of flowers on a layout! I think it’s a first for me!

        I just happened it have the perfect Say It In Crystals in my stash for this project!

        Another big, flower milestone for me…using a mix of flat & 3D flowers. I don’t know if I’ve ever really succeeded at it. It always makes me panic!

        A bit of the lace from the Tres Jolie Kit & a ReneaBouquets Heart Paper Clip for some little touches.

        Products:

        • [From the] Tres Jolie June 2019 Scrapbooking Kit
        • 49 & Market
        • Bold & Beautiful Collection
        • Dear John
        • Edge of Reason
        • Whispers
        • Laser Cut Shapes
      • Blossom Blends
        • Bluebell
      • Lace
      • ReneaBouquets
        • Beautiful Board Heart Paper Clips
      • Art Anthology
        • Keyholes 6×9 Stencil
      • Shimmerz
        • Creameez
        • Lapis Dance
      • Dazzlerz
        • Foiled Again
      • Prima
        • Finnabair
        • White Crackle Texture Paste
      • Jamie Dougherty
        • Bloom
        • Spark 6×6 Stencil
      • Frank Garcia
        • Santorini
        • Say It In Crystals
      • idea-ology
        • Tim Holtz
        • Tiny Attacher
      • Tonic
        • Tim Holtz
        • Paper Distresser
      • JudiKins
        • Diamond Glaze
      • Art Glitter Glue
      • Silly Winks Sticky Back Foam Sheet
      • Liquitex Clear Gesso