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Blossom by blossom …

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A layout, with a photo I took, using the Tres Jolie February scrapbooking kit.

I was smitten with the 13@rts paper used for the background, and fortunately Mother Nature let the first signs that spring will return peek out so I could have a photo that matched the colors perfectly!

I grabbed my Ranger Gold Embossing Powder, TCW Paste, & my Art Anthology Lotus stencil for the background, and the bit of ribbon on the bottom I’ve had for a few years!

Under the photo I cut apart Prima’s “Rose Receipts” for layers and fussy cut “Midnight Garden” for the darker flowers peeking out at the top and bottom of the stack.

All of the “top flowers” (the ones with centers showing!) came from the Prima flower packs that were included with the February Tres Jolie Kit, and I dug into my stash for the “bottom flowers” (the ones where only petal peek out!) and the leaves.

Products:

  • February 2019 Scrapbooking Kit
  • 7 Gypsies Architextures
  • Iron Fence
  • 13@rts 
    • Aqua Flora: Pink Bouquet
  • Prima Midnight Garden Collection
    • Rose Receipts (12×12)
    • Midnight Garden (12×12)
    • This Place (Flower Pack)
    • Dark Romance (Flower Pack)
  • Ranger 
    • Gold Embossing Powder
  • Prima
    • Wildflowers Pillar
  • Art Anthology Lotus Stencil
  • The Paper Studio
    • Bright Lace Ribbon Scrap Pk
  • TCW
    • Light & Fluffy Modeling Paste
  • AC This to That
  • FabriTac
  • JudiKins Diamond Glaze

    • 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!

    Christmas Tag!

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    The tag I made for the “Glorious Holiday Tag Swap!” hosted by Donna (bonprof) over at scrapbook.com!

    I sprayed the canvas, texture pasted the canvas, sprayed it some more, and added some glitter paste in select spots! (Good news, I finally got a webcam, someday I hope to make videos…it is just so much easier than typing it all out! I assume anyhow, at least I’ll be able to say “Here, watch this!” LOL)
    I wrapped the gold wire around a tape roll (packing tape size) to make the wreath base, then just started sticking the pine needle die cuts around it. The ornaments are from ReneaBouquets (link in product list), as is the glitter I used to “fill in” some of the areas of them. I embossed them with Red Geranium Embossing Powder (Ranger) and added a light coat of Rose Gold Metallique Wax (Prima). I did the same to the Merry Christmas.

    Yes, it lights up!

    Products Used:

    • ReneaBouquets
  • BoBunny
    • Gold Glitter Paste
  • Ranger
    • Gold Embossing Powder
    • Texture Paste
    • Big Emboss It
    • Wendi Vecchi
    • Red Geranium Embossing Powder
  • Tim Holtz
    • Candied Apple Distress Spray Stain
  • Stampers Anonymous
    • Tim Holtz
    • Flourish Stencil
  • Carta Bella
    • Lattice Stencil
  • Advantas
    • Idea-ology Tim Holtz
    • Bouquet
  • Simon Says Stamp
    • Pine Needle Trio Die
  • Core’dinations
    • Tim Holtz Kraft Core Nostalgic Collection
  • Core’dinations
    • Vintage Stack
  • Prima
    • White Crackle Texture Paste
    • 3D Gloss Gel
    • Finnabair
    • Rose Gold Metallique Wax
  • Heidi Swapp Color Shine
    • Bronze
  • Fabri-Tac
  • JudiKins Diamond Glaze
  • Unknown/Unbranded
    • Laminated Canvas
    • Merry Christmas Die
    • Berries
    • Gold Wire
    • The lights are a little necklace I came across at the 99¢ store!
    • The poinsettias are actually from an earring & brooch set from Avon I believe.

    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

    • Christmas Teacup

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    My first tea cup art, just in time for Christmas!

    Handle side, side view! This was a learning experience for me, and I learned that I need more Mod Podge to hold down the pieces against the strain of the Crackle Paint! You can also se some of the beautiful Shard Glitter Glass & Microbeads I added to the spoon!

    The other side of the cup. Here I added some of the Microbeads to the pine cone & some Shard Glitter Glass & Microbeads just under the edge of the pine cone. Plus, in the center of the poinsettias are some more Microbeads.
    A closer look at the spoon.

    A closer look at the pine cone!

    One of the poinsettias that has the Microbeads for the center.

    One of the posies I made using the tutorial found at Live The Dream ….
    A closer look at the bottom with the second posie I made.

    A view from the top!

    *The cut file for the teacup, saucer, and spoon can be found at svgcuts.com*

    Product List:

    • Glass Microbeads in Champagne
    • Shard Glitter Glass in Silver
    • Beautiful Board Beautiful Bits – Star
    • Burgundy Roses, Poinsettias, & leaves
  • Hip Kit Club (November 2017 Main Kit)
    • Tis The Season by Kimberly Hutchison
    • Baby It’s Cold Outside (cup exterior)
  • Crate Paper
    • FALALA Collection
    • Twinkle
  • Ranger
    • Tim Holtz
    • Distress Ink
    • Tea Dye
    • Fossilized Amber
    • Seedless Preserves
    • Rusty Hinge
  • Distress Crackle Paint
    • Clear Rock Candy
  • Mini Round Blending Tool
  • Silhouette Cameo
  • Sizzix
    • Big Shot Plus
    • Precision Base Plate
    • Tim Holtz
    • Small Tattered Florals (the one little rosebud!)
  • Spellbinders
    • Shabby Posies
    • Layered Poinsettia
  • Simon Says Stamp
    • Pine Needles Trio
  • Poppy
    • Small Blooming Poinsettia
  • Mod Podge
    • Paper – Gloss
  • Beacon Fabri-Tac
  • Judi-Kins Diamond Glaze
  • White Card stock – American Crafts I think
  • Mulberry Bear 2
    • “Grass Green” Mulberry Paper – Pine Needles
  • The Paper Studio
    • White “Handmade” Paper (white poinsettias, posies, & rosebud)
  • Prima
    • Finnabair
    • Metallique Wax – Old Silver
    • Silicon Brushes – 1″ & 2″
  • 99¢ Store finds
    • Pine cones
    • Bottle brush tree
    • Green bead garland
  • Unbranded/Unknown
    • Stamen in large white poinsettia & posies
    • Holly berries (frosted red & green & red)

    Smile!

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    Smile layout, featuring your truly!

    Over at scrapbook.com there is the “Round Robin” challenge, which is basically how it sounds. Inspiration is posted, in the case of this month, a lovely autumn themed image with the quote “Even though we can’t have all we want, we ought to be thankful we don’t get what we deserve” on it. So, it inspired me this way: I am 4 1/2 years old in this photo, and obviously upset about SOMETHING which I’m sure at the time was because I didn’t get what I wanted or didn’t get my way, hence why I linked this photo with the quote. And, I also threw in some leaves and I have mostly autumn colors on this layout. So there you have it, my Round Robin layout! Now it’s week two’s turn to be inspired by my layout!

    This layout is also going to be entered in the Stuck?! Sketches November 1st sketch challenge, which is to use the following sketch! Instead of three photos, I cut one photo into three pieces! I also flipped the sketch on its head for my layout!

    Stuck?! Sketches Nov. 1, 2017 Sketch

    Product List:

    • Shimmerz 
    • Vibes: Mango Tango 
    • Inklingz: Old Yeller 
    • Creameez: Lapis Dance 
  • Hip Kit Club 
    • Harvest Dreams: Warm & Fuzzy 
  • Elle’s Studio 
    • Black Letters & Numbers Sticker Sheet
  • American Crafts
    • Star Gazer Collection
    • 12 x 12 Double Sided Paper – Make a Wish
  • Crate Paper
    • Gather Collection
    • Ephemera
  • Pinkfresh Studio
    • Escape the Ordinary Collection
    • 12 x 12 Double Sided Paper – Transform
    • Chipboard Stickers
    • Ephemera Pack with Foil Accents
  • Prima
    • Finnabair
    • Art Basics – Mixed Media Silicone Brush – 2 Inch
  • Ranger Ink
    • Tim Holtz
    • Water Brush – Detailer Brush Nib
  • Sharpie – Fine Point – Writing Pen
  • Teresa Collins
    • Daily Stories Collection
    • Cardstock Stickers – Alphabet and Label
  • Tonic Studios 
    • Tim Holtz
    •  Mini-Snips – 5 Inches
  • Orange & White Twine … umm, I kinda threw the wrapper in the trash! 
  • White tissue paper 
  • Clear Gesso 
  • The pink gems I got in a Birds of a Feather Kit back in 2014 … I think 

    • 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)