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Tres Jolie Kit Club–April 2020 Sketch Challenge–Scrapbooking Kit

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Hey, all! Today I am bringing you the project I made for this month’s sketch challenge for the Tres Jolie Kit Club, using the April scrapbooking kit!

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As you can see I didn’t make a layout! I was totally obsessed with the clock face and flowers of the sketch, and I really wanted to create something 3D from those elements.

Here is the sketch, and under that, you will find the tutorial video!

April sketch

Video:

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I used some Prima Texture Fantasy Paste on my chipboard gears, and the embossing powder from the kit on my clock face, which I also back with some of the patterned paper from the kit.

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On the flowers of the chipboard roses from the kit I used a combination of two embossing powders from my stash, and again used the embossing powder from the kit on the stems and leaves.

I also tucked in a few of the die cuts from the pack that came in the kit.

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Inspiration can come from anywhere and can take you anywhere! For me I couldn’t quit focusing on the section around the photo on the sketch, and I let it take me down a non-layout road!

April 2020 Scrapbooking Kit:

Scrapbook Kit

In addition to items from the kit (*From previous Tres Jolie kits; **From the April 2020 Mixed Media Kit), I used:

Prima Texture Fantasy Paste (Taupe Rose, Fire Orange, Blue Green), *Prima Metallique Paint “Ancient Coin,” **13@rts White Gesso, Ranger Embossing Powder “Orange Blossom,” Lindy’s Gang Embossing Powder “Cosmic Pink Blue,” Ranger Emboss It Pen, Creative Embellishments “Large Gear Frames” (x2) and “Steampunk Clock Face 5”, Simon Says Stamp Clear Embossing Ink, Liquitex Matte Super Heavy Gel, JudiKins Diamond Glaze, E6000, Thread Locker Blue 242, Bulldog Hardware: Machine Screw Value Kit (MA-519), Fender Washers WA-567 & WA-569

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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”

    Letters for Linny! (ReneaBouquets "Initial" Swap)

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    Linny’s Initials – for the ReneaBouquets Initial Swap hosted by Donna (bonprof) over at scrapbook.com!

    At the start of the swap, when we exchanged addresses, Linny told me her craft room was mauve, burgundy, pink, green, and cream, so I tried to make it so her letters would match her already established decor! (She told me they would go well in her craft room, so mission accomplished!)

    Below you’ll find the process video, some close up photos, and the full product list!
    Process Video:
    Close-ups


    Products:

    • [From the] Tres Jolie Cards, Tags, & More Sept. 2019 Kit
    • Dress My Craft
    • Vintage Saga
    • 6×6 Collection Pack
  • Lindy’s
    • Embossing Powder
    • Oakleaf Olive
        • ReneaBouquets
          • Shard Glitter Glass
          • Pearl
        • Beautiful Beads
          • Glass
          • Cranberry (Gifted to me by Terry in the Nov. 2018 RB Swap! Thank-you, Terry!!)
        • Mulberry Paper Roses
          • Green (Don’t know the “proper” name.)
          • Pink Spring Mix
          • Mini Mermaid Tails (the ivory ones)
          • The ‘other’ pink ones (I don’t know which set they came from)
        • Ranger
          • Perfect Pearls
          • Blush
        • Prima
          • Finnabair
          • Metallique Acrylic Paint
          • Red Wine
        • Texture Paste
          • White Crackle
          • Paper
        • Wax Cire Cera
          • Sweet Rose
        • Art Anthology
          • 6×9 Stencil
          • Lattice
        • Simon Says Stamp
          • Embossing and Watermark Ink
          • Clear
        • Liquitex
          • Matte Super Heavy Gel
          • Matte Gel
        • JudiKins
          • Diamond Glaze
        • Jacquard
          • Gum Arabic
        • Unbranded
          • L & J Wood Block Alpha (Sold by Fantwa, according to my Order History, on Amazon)

          Origin (Canvas) – MTW Sept. 2019

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          Over on the More Than Words Challenge blog this month we were tasked with finding inspiration from the word “Origins” and using the colors of our country. I love genealogy, so for me “Origins” is “where did I come from?” I love seeing faces of people I never knew and finding some resemblance!

          For this project I used a photo from Ancestry.com of my great-great grandparents and eight of their ten children and maybe a grandchild (the youngest being held). Based on records on Ancestry.com, this photo is over 104 years old. (The youngest girl passed away in 1905 at only 12 years old.)
          I chose this photo for this project for a couple of reasons. First, it is representative of the Cherokee I have in my family history. Besides the red, white, and blue of the United States, I (tried to) incorporate the colors of the flag of the Cherokee Nation, orange, yellow, green, and black. The following is from Cherokee.org’s FAQ page regarding the flag and seal:

          The seal of the Cherokee Nation was created by an executive Act under Chief Lewis Downing in 1869. The Act calls for the seal to contain a seven-pointed star inside of a wreath of oak leaves, symbolizing the eternal flame of the Cherokee people. The star is not designated to point a specific direction, but in the original version from 1869, it rests on a single downward point. The points of the star represent the seven traditional Cherokee clans. Within the rings of the seal, the words Cherokee Nation, September 6, 1839, are included, recognizing the date of the signing of the first Cherokee Nation Constitution after relocation to Indian Territory, as well as the date of the Act of Union, uniting the Old Settlers and Eastern Immigrant Cherokees into a single Cherokee Nation government once again.

          The Cherokee Flag contains the Cherokee Nation seal (see the question above for the full symbolism of the seal) in the middle with seven stars in the outer field along with a single, black star. The seven stars in the outer field represent the seven clans, and the one additional star, which is black, is to remember those who died as a result of the Trail of Tears.

          In addition to the Cherokee in my history, the “white” part of this particular branch of my family has been in the United States since before it was the United States! So, there you have it! The colors of my country and what “Origins” means to me!

          Process Video:



          Close-ups:



          Products:

          • [From the] Tres Jolie Sept. 2019 Mixed Media Kit
          • 9×12 Canvas
          • 13@rts
          • Mixed Media Stencil
          • His & Hers Remastered
          • Mechanical
        • Ayeeda Paint
          • Red Bronze
          • Snow Cap
        • Ayeeda Powder
          • Rusty Bronze
        • Rust Reagent
        • Ayeeda Powder 3D
          • Old Gold XS Microspheres
        • Lindy’s
          • Starburst Squirts
          • Beaver Tail Brown
          • Hockey Puck Black
        • 13 @rts
          • Ayeeda Mist
          • Patina Bronze
        • Prima
          • Prima Flowers
          • Item #637682
          • Item #632014
        • Resin Icons
          • Item #573355 (Feathers)
        • Finnabair
          • Metallique Paint
          • Royal Blue
        • Ranger
          • Tim Holtz
          • Mini Blending Tool
          • Splatter Brush
          • Distress Paint
          • Lucky Clover
          • Candied Apple
        • Dylusions Paint
          • Tangerine Dream
        • Glossy Accents
        • 49 & Market
          • Vintage Shades Flowers
          • Yellow Cluster
        • Graphic 45
          • Rose Bouquet Collection
          • Triumphant Red
        • Folk Art
          • Enamels
          • Yellow Light
        • Liquitex
          • Matte Gel
          • Matte Super Heavy Gel
        • Unknown/Unbranded
          • Texture Pebbles

          Sea Soul

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          My altered frame for the August Lindy’s Gang Color Challenge!

          This month for the Lindy’s Gang Color Challenge I put together this picture frame specifically to hold a picture of my mom when she was around two years old, standing waist deep in the ocean! (But I blurred her out because her swimsuit didn’t fit quite “perfect,” and in today’s time…*shrug*)

          The following Lindy’s products can be found on this project (full product list after photos):

          “Hawaiian Islands” Flat Magicals
          *I used “Plumeria Pink” & “South Shore Sand” on my project*

          “Time Travel Teal” Magical Shaker

          The Lindy’s Gang Color Challenge!
          Lindy’s Gang August 2019 Color Challenge!

          Process Video:

          Close Ups:

          Products:

          • Lindy’s Gang
        • ReneaBouquets
          • Light Pink Mulberry Paper Roses (these specific ones aren’t currently listed, so she may be out, or I may have bought “Special Edition” ones. I also don’t know the “official” name!)
          • Chunky Glitter Glass
          • Diamond (It is mixed in the sand, so it doesn’t really show up unless the light hits it just right)
        • Fabrika Decoru
          • Chipboard
          • FDCH 320
          • FDCH 321
          • FDCH 322
        • Ranger
          • Embossing Powder
          • Aqua Tinsel
        • Prima
          • Finnabair
          • Texture Paste
          • White Crackle
        • Simon Says Stamp
          • Clear Embossing Ink
        • Jacquard
          • Gum Arabic
        • Liquitex
          • Matte Super Heavy Gel
        • JudiKins
          • Diamond Glaze
        • Unknown/Unbranded
          • Sand
          • Gold Microbeads
          • Texture Pebbles

          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

            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

            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