Ranger

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

    Beach Junk Journal

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    A little, beach themed junk journal I made for the ReneaBouquets Mood Board Challenge this month.

    Flip Through Video:

    The Process Video will go here when I’ve finished editing & uploading it!
    Process Video 1: Cover & Construction
    Process Video 2: Ephemera & Such!

    And here are a few close ups:

    I received that beautiful, floral applique (along the spine & other bits on the inside) in the ReneaBouquet Canvas Swap (Oct. 2018) from Wendy M.!  (Thank you, Wendy!!)
    A close-up of the beautiful mermaid from ReneaBouquets!

    A ReneaBouqet Beautiful Board Starfish!

    Here you can see all three paperclips I quickly altered using ReneaBouquets Beautiful Bits – Seashell.

    A closer look at the layers of lace! The scalloped lace I used on the edge of two of the pages I just received from Jenn D. in the ReneaBouquets June (2019) swap! (Thank-you, Jenn!)

    Products:

    • ReneaBouquets
    • Beautiful Board
    • Tiny Starfish
  • Beautiful Bits
    • Seashell
  • Printed Beautiful Board
    • Tiny Ocean Orchid Starfish Mermaid
  • 13@arts
    • Acrylic Modeling Paste
  • Shimmerz
    • Paste-eez
    • Puttin’ On The Glitz
  • Creameez
    • Berry Hot
  • Prima
    • Frank Garcia
    • Golden Coast
    • 12 x 12 Paper Pad w/ foil
    • Ephemera (Item #995126)
    • Ephemera (Item #995133)
  • From Swaps
    • From Wendy M.
    • Floral Applique
  • From Jenn D.
    • Scalloped Lace (white)
    • Kraft Tag & Sleeve
  • From Yvonne (scrapbook.com swap … Sept. 2018)
    • The ribbon used to tie the journal shut
  • Webster’s Pages
    • Adrienne Looman
    • Designer Trim
    • Plum Seed
  • The Paper Studio
    • Bright Lace Ribbon Scrap Pack
  • American Crafts
    • Vicki Boutin
    • Blue Hawaiian Acrylic Paint
  • Ranger
    • 4″ Brayer
    • Tim Holtz
    • Mini Blending Tool
    • Distress Oxide
    • Tattered Rose
    • Antique Linen
  • Distress Spray Stain
    • Mermaid Lagoon
  • Tonic
    • Tim Holtz
    • 5″ Scissors
  • Heidi Swapp
    • Stencil (it doesn’t appear to have a name…)
  • Momentum Brands (pretty sure I got it at the 99¢ store)
    • Happy Holidays
    • Decorative Ribbon
  • Mod Podge
    • Antique Matte
  • Art Glitter Glue
  • E6000
  • Beacon
    • FabriTac
  • JudiKins
    • Diamond Glaze
  • Unbranded/Unknown
    • Paperclips
    • Pink & White Bakers Twine
    • Hairclips

    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.

    World Tiger Day ATCs

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    Artist Trading Coins – “Unusual Holiday/Celebration” 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)!
    Global/World/International Tiger Day – July 29th!
    Process Video:
    For the image of the tiger I used a free one I found at needpix.com (link below) and then played with editing it until I got something I liked. I can’t really tell you the steps, because sometimes things just happen, and I’m not always sure how I did it! There was some selective color picking and changing though, I can tell you that much!

    There isn’t really anything overly complicated on these, just some coloring/watercoloring with some Scribble Sticks, fussy cutting, and gluing! OH! The tigers weren’t fussy cut, I used the print & cut feature of Silhouette Studio with my Cameo 3.

    *Original Tiger Image (listed as free) from needpix.com. Tiger Image Direct Link

    Products:

    • Hip Kit Club
    • The Happy Life
    • Sunset Blush
  • American Crafts
    • Dear Lizzy
    • Lovely Day
    • Color Me Pretty
  • Heidi Swapp
    • Pineapple Crush
    • Palm Beach
  • Crate Paper
    • Maggie Holmes
    • Chasing Dreams
    • Hello Beautiful
  • Ranger
    • Dina Wakley Media
    • Scribble Sticks
    • Set #1
    • Lemon
    • Lime
    • Magenta
    • Tangerine
  • Set #2
    • Blushing
    • Evergreen
    • Cheddar
    • Ocean
    • Fuchsia
    • Eggplant
  • Tim Holtz
    • Water Nib
  • Prima
    • Water Pens
  • Silhouette
    • Studio
    • Cameo 3
    • Premium Blade

    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

      • 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

          Water Fairy

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          I love water lily’s, I think they are so beautiful floating out on a pond, so I was, of course, immediately drawn to, and inspired by, the water lily in the Mixed Media Place’s May Mood Board! 
          I just couldn’t help myself! I have a pond on my property, but I have yet to get the water lily’s I want for it, so I decided to make one! (I think the husband worries they will interfere with fishing too much!)
          The May Mood Board for Mixed Media Place’s May Challenge.

          Process Video:

          The flower is from the Silhouette Design Store, but I found the artist’s assembly instructions here: JMRush: Water Lily Votive Candle (Flameless) Assembly

          Welcome!

          Texture Pebbles sprayed with Dylusion’s and RenaBouquet’s Glass Beads! (The glue wasn’t all the way dry!)

          The tea light is turned on in this photo, but it’s also the middle of the day in a well lit room!

          A closer look at ReneaBouquet’s beautiful dragonfly!

          Products

          • ReneaBouquets
          • Glass Beautiful Beads
          • Pink
        • Dragonfly
          • Teal Jewelry Premium Paper
        • Silhouette
          • Cameo 3
          • Autoblade
          • Premium Blade
          • Design Store
          • Design “3D Water Lily” (#135617)
          • Design “Water Lily Votive Candle (Flameless)” (#136055)
        • Ranger
          • Tim Holtz
          • Distress Crackle Paint
          • Clear Rock Candy
        • Dylusions
          • Shimmer Spray
          • Polished Jade
        • Prima
          • Finnabair
          • Wax Cire Cera
          • Mint Sparkle
          • Sweet Rose
        • Bazzill
          • Turquoise Mist
          • Robin’s Egg
        • Brea Reese
          • Texture Pebbles
        • Fairy Garden Figurines
          • Fairy Crossing
        • JudiKins
          • Diamond Glaze
        • Art Glitter Adhesive
        • Unknown/Unbranded
          • Pink Cardstock
          • Tealight
        • Other
          • Fairy Best Wishes (Etsy Store)
          • Fairy Figurine
        • Pink (“Avon”) Shopping Bag!