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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

    • 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)

    Halloween Pocketletter!

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    Halloween PocketLetter!

    Close-up of the top row

    Close-up of the middle row
    Close-up of the bottom row
    Close-up of the Julie Nutting Doll

    **The mask on the Julie Nutting Doll came from the Silhouette Store! I sized it, printed it on photo paper, then fussy cut it out since I wanted it to be extra precise!**

    Product List:

  • Thickers Foam Phrase Stickers: “Dream”
  • Fancy Pants Designs: “Oct 31” sticker sheet & glitter cuts
  • Echo Park Paper Co: 
    • “The Apothecary Emporium” Alpha Stickers
    • “Arsenic & Lace” paper
  • My Mind’s Eye: “Frightful” paper
  • Sizzix –
    • Big Shot Plus
    • Thinlit dies from Big Shot Plus stater
    • Thinlit dies from Big Shot stater
    • “Banners & Hearts”
    • “Basic Shapes”
    • Susan’s Garden 
    • “Sunflower” (just the leaves)
  • Ranger
    • Tim Holtz
    • Distress Markers: Black Soot & Wilted Violet
    • Distress Oxides: Black Soot & Wilted Violet
    • Distress Embossing Ink
    • Distress Stains: Carved Pumpkin & Wilted Violet
    • Distress Stickles: Milled Lavender
    • Thinlit “Cobweb”
    • “Crazy Things” stamp set (witch’s hat)
  • Stickles: Orange Slice
  • Super Fine Black Embossing Powder
  • Black Archival Ink
  • Water Pen: Nib
  • Glossy Accents
  • We R Memory Keepers
    • “Bewitched” paper
    • Crop A Dile
  • Shimmerz
    • Paints: Coal, Orange Sherbet, & Celery
    • Vibez: Sunset Strip
    • Little B Stickers: Black Cat
    • KaiserCraft: Clear Stickers: “Antiques” 
    • “Mulberry type” flowers
    • Prima 
      • “E-line” flowers
      • Julie Nutting “Dita”
    • WOW Embossing Powder “Cloud 9”
    • Elmer’s Glue Spots
    • 99¢ finds: purple lace, spider, “twigs”
    • Scraps: silver glitter paper, black glitter paper, black & grey floral paper, and black print transparency.

      • the morning after

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      the morning after – 1953

      Recently, while combing through old photos my grandma had kept over the years, I came across this photo, and I fell in love with it! I find it to be hauntingly beautiful. The remnants of packaging are scattered among the new toys that had arrived the day before. Even the lamp shade is crooked! This moment in life was captured forever by my grandma, she even provided the title! “The Morning After” had been written at the bottom of the photo.

      Over at scrapbook.com, I host “The Ugly Games.” (formally known as “The Ugly Paper Challenge,” we had a vote!). Anywho…the object of the challenge is to use the two papers and the embellishment(s) (optional) that you are sent at the beginning of the month to create a layout! (I give out addresses on the 1st, & in short, you send a set, you receive a set). Now for my disclaimer, I’m not saying the products are themselves “ugly,” the whole point of the challenge is to use papers sent to you that you may or may not have ever considered trying to combine, or they may or may not be your “style.” Back in September, I received the following papers:

      “The Ugly Games” papers I received in September

      First, a short explanation, because these papers were sent to me during football season! I am a Kansas City Chiefs fan, and another football “nut” in the group is a Seattle Seahawks fan, and she has been patiently waiting for me to be on the receiving end during football season since the spring! The mascot for the Seahawks is Tamia the Hawk, hence the photo, and Seahawks fans are the “12th Man Army,” hence the two “12” circles (apparently the Seahawks can’t play without an extra person 😏) Anyhow, I normally get my layouts completed on time, but September was a draining month for me, and it seemed to affect my creative process. I knew what I wanted to create, I was just constantly running into a mental roadblock! I had actually put a layout together most of the way, but it just wasn’t right! It was dull, and the lobster paper poinsettias just wouldn’t blend in! I was frustrated, and that certainly didn’t help my roadblock, then, as luck would have it, I saw this layout by Phyllis on the ReneaBouquet’s Facebook Page, and I knew it was the inspiration I needed to get those papers used! It embodied the direction I had been trying to go, and stepped it up a notch! I actually dismantled the layout I had started, very carefully, given I couldn’t replace any of the elements I had received in The Ugly Games and started anew! In fact, the Bazzill “Ash” cardstock with the Prima Crackle Paste was part of the original! (In addition to the parts created from the papers and embellishments I received.)

      A closer look at the flower cluster and ReneaBouquet Silver Microbeads & Black Shard Glitter Glass (both linked at end of post) under the title!
      Closer look at the cluster on the right side showcasing the flair from {A flair for buttons} (link at end of post)

      Just another angle.
      A close up of the Silver Glass Microbeads on some of the holly leaves! (I am seriously in love with those beads!)

      Another angle!
      The photo was taken from the top of the page looking down, with a good look at what I did to the pink rhinestone strip I had received! I used alcohol inks on it to change the color, dabbed on some “Foiled Again” Shimmerz Dazzlerz, and ran a wire through it so I could shape it!

      Looking down at the Black Glitter Glass and Silver Microbeads that are at the top of the page.

      Looking down at the cluster found on the left side of the photo!

      **All of the cuts (poinsettia’s, holly, ornaments) came from the Silhouette Store!**

      Product List:

    • Shimmerz
      • “Coal” Paint
      • “Foiled Again” Dazzlerz
    • {a flair for buttons} “Tis The Season” Flair
    • Hot off the Press: Black Silver Floral Foil Cardstock
    • Bazzill
      • “Ash” Cardstock
      • Silver Metallic Cardstock
    • Basic Grey: Juniper Berry “Lump of Coal” Paper
    • Fancy Pants Designs
      • “Collecting Moments” Sticker Fundamentals
    • Tim Holtz:
      • Flourish Stencil
      • Distress Spray Stains: Candied Apple, Iced Spruce, & Weathered Wood
      • Distress Ink: Iced Spruce
      • Distress Oxide: Iced Spruce
      • Paper Distresser
      • Hinge Clip
      • Mini Ink Blending Tool – Round
      • Alcohol Inks: Cranberry & Silver
    • Ranger:
      • Texture Paste
      • Transparent Gloss Texture Paste
      • Glossy Accents
      • “Gunsmoke” Stickles
      • “Perfect Pearl” Perfect Pearls
    • WOW Embossing Powder: Cloud 9
    • Martha Stewart “Scallop Dot” Edge Punch
    • Prima
      • “White Crackle” Texture Paste
      • “Crackle” Stencil
    • DMC Silver Embroidery Floss
    • a la mode clear embossing powder
    • Silhouette
      • Cameo
      • Curio
    • Unknown:
      • the red paper
      • the red cardstock (behind the photo)
      • the green paper behind the photo
      • Flat back pearls
      • Silver wire
      • Silver Metallic Marker
    • Homemade Alcohol Inks: Black (ish) & a light purple (ish)

      • Midnight Fae!

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      Midnight Fae! Created for the ReneaBouquet’s Fall In Love With Fairies October Swap!

      Over on the ReneaBouquet Facebook page, DT Member, Donna, posted the ReneaBouquet’s Fall In Love With Fairies October Swap! This is the tag I did for that swap to send to my swap partner!

      I had a lot of frustrated fun putting this together! There were quite a few things that were a learning experiance! Sometimes I think my swap partners end up becoming guinea pigs for my experiments!

      This tag is a #12 tag, but I cut it out of some corrugated cardboard from an old box. I like to reuse/recycle/repurpose when I can, so all those products I order get their boxes saved to be turned into craft projects or to be used to ship swap items out!

      My first order of busines was to coat the tag with some black acrylic paint so the Prima Opal Magic Waxes would show the best, plus, I was making a “nighttime” themed tag!

      A close up of bottome corner that has the Beautiful Board Fairy Kisses, Plum Glass Microbeads, and Silver Glass Microbeads, all found at ReneaBouquet. The fairy was coated in Wilted Violet & Seedless Preserves Distress Oxides, the “mulberry type” roses were sprayed with a couple of different sprays, Heidi Swapp’s “Tinsel” Color Shine, & some Tim Holtz “Hickory Smoke” watered down and mixed with some “Pewter” Perfect Pearls!
      A closer look at the Beautiful Board Moon Fairy from ReneaBouqet with more Silver Glass Microbeads to accent! The moon was coated in a lot of different products until I got what I wanted! Some of those porducts no longer show up, but I guess they helped add to the texture. However, the final coat was Prima’s “Old Silver” Metallique Wax.

      In both of the above photos, and the three below, you can see where I added some Black Shard Glitter Glass from ReneaBouquet! The texture paste used with Tim Holtz’s Honeycomb stencil is “Foiled Again,” by Shimmerz. (At the time of this writing, the Shimmerz website was not loading for me, sorry I couldn’t add links directly to the products.)

       Product List:

    • Shimmerz Paints
      • Paint: Coal
      • Dazzlerz: Foiled Again
    • Tim Holtz 
      • Distress Oxides: Wilted Violet & Seedless Preserves
      • Distress Spray Stain: Hickory Smoke
      • Honeycomb Stencil
    • Ranger
      • Texture Paste
      • Black Archival Ink
      • Perfect Pearls: Pewter
      • Mini Mister 
      • Glossy Accents
    • Wendi Vecci
      • Watering Can Embossing Powder
    • Prima
      • 3D Gloss Gel
      • Wood Embellishments: “Leaves & Mushrooms”
      • Decadent Pies Watercolor Set
      • Opal Magic Wax: Royal Robes & Turquoise Satin
      • Metallique Wax: Old Silver & Brushed Iron
    • Carta Bella “Lattice” Stencil
    • Echo Park “Mini Leaves” Stencil
    • Heidi Swapp Color Shine: Tinsel
    • Silver wire
    • Black Acrylic Paint
    • “Mulberry” roses
    • We R Memory Keepers Crop-A-Dile
    • WOW Embossing Powder: Cloud 9
    • Even though they don’t exactly stand out, the “flat” flowers are composed of:
      • Penny Black: tiger-lilly
      • Designs By Ryn – “Flowers”
      • Tim Holtz “Flower Garden”

      colder weather

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      colder weather layout! (the shards along the edges of the torn paper behind the photo are Silver Glitter Shard Glass by ReneaBouquets, but I took the photo with no flash so there wouldn’t be glare off the shards or the metallic words at the top!)

      Over at scrapbook.com, Amanda (scrapanda) hosts the Music Inspiration Challenge! For September I was given the song “Colder Weather” by the Zac Brown Band (lyrics link; video link), and this is what I came up with!

      Way back when… (bet. 2002-2007) I lived in Michigan. This is a photo looking out our back door towards the dilapidated old barn that was on the property. I love the snow. I miss the snow. I don’t necessarily miss being cold 😄, but I have always found snow to be beautiful.

      In addition to the Music Inspiration Challenge, I am also entering this in the October 1st, Stuck?! Sketches Challenge, using the following sketch as inspiration!

      As you can see, I rotated the sketch 90°, and instead of rings and splatters, I used snowflakes from two Simon Says Stamps sets, “Frozen Fractals” and “Swell Christmas.”

      October 1st Stuck?! Sketches Challenge.

      Product List:

      • ReneaBouquets Silver (Shard) Glitter Glass – (this is the 1st time I’ve ever used it … had to see how it worked and all! I already have other projects lined up now [in my head] and I know I have found a new product to LOVE!)
      • Simon Says Stamp – “Frozen Fractals” and “Swell Christmas” stamp sets
      • Shimmerz AcriTonez: “3 Sheets to the Wind”
      • Tim Holtz Distress Oxide, Stain, & Spray Stain – Wilted Violet; Nib Water Brush; Distress Collage Brush; Advantus Word Keys; Mini Snips.
      • Bo Bunny – Altitude Collection – Christmas – 12 x 12 Double Sided Paper – Blizzard & Noteworthy Journaling Cards; Sweet Life Collection – Chipboard Stickers
      • Ranger Glossy Accents
      • Prima – Finnabair: Snowflake Paste; 3D Gloss Gel; Metallique Wax – Old Silver & Brushed Iron, Opal Magic Wax – Royal Robes
      • Silhouette Cameo: The font for “weather” is “Cotton Candy” from the Silhouette Store 
      • Pink Paislee – Merry and Bright Collection – Christmas – Foil Stickers – Word Strips
      • We R Memory Keepers – Crop-A-Dile and Case – Pink – Includes Crop-A-Dile, Case and 100 Eyelets
      • EK Success – Sticko Alphas Stickers – Foam – Large – White
      • The lace under the photo and the ribbon on the key were both part of the “goodies” I received from Donna (bonprof) with my September PocketLetter from her! (Neither of them was originally purple, but with a little help from some Distress Stains, all of us got to turn purple! LOL)
      • The snowflake cuts I’ve had for quite a while. They came as a “subscriber bonus” with a Birds of a Feather Kit…and those kits haven’t been released since Feb. 2016!
      • The clear gem…teardrop…bling also came from a Birds of a Feather Kit, I think circa Aug. 2014.
      • ‘generic’ white acrylic paint
      • white gesso

      Sweeeet!

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      Sweeeet! ATCs

      I made this set of ATCs for Marci’s ATC swap over at scrapbook.com! The category was “Sweet Treat,” and after thinking and thinking and looking at ideas on Pinterest and anywhere I could find them, I happened to come across this cupcake cut file in the Silhouette Store! After that, I knew what I would be doing! I’m also going to enter them into the Simon Says Stamp, “Anything Goes,” Wednesday Challenge!

      The patterened paper for the backgrounds came from the Simon Says Stamp September Card Kit, the twine I’ve had forever, the pink in the “frosting” is Shimmerz Paste-eez “Raspberry Sherbet,” and the white “frosting” is Prima Snowflake Paste! All the other colors, except the “chocolate,” came from Tim Holtz Distress Crayons or Distress Oxides! The “chocolate” is a Bic Mark-It in “Woodsey Brown.”

      I used the Distress Crayons on the bottom layer of the cupcake wrapper, and the Distress Oxides on the wrapper layer with the chevrons and the layer on the frosting with the circles cut out.

      Product List:

      • Background papers are from the Simon Says Stamp September Card Kit!
      • Twine … ::shrug::
      • Shimmerz Paste-eez “Raspberry Sherbet”
      • Bic Mark-It “Woodsey Brown”
      • 140# watercolor paper
      • Prima Snowflake Paste
      • Ranger Glossy Accents
      • Tim Holtz Distress Crayons & Distress Oxides in Cracked Pistachio, Peacock Feathers, Picked Raspberry, & Seedless Preserves
      • Silhouette Cameo

      Grandma

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      Made this for my grandma’s memorial (then gave it to my mom). This is her at 16 years old (~1945).

      I used a door off the top half of a (I think) desk hutch. Anyway, I use the hutch in my scrap room, but the doors were only in my way so I removed them (a while ago), sprayed them with some Kilz Primer spray to give the (homemade) texture paste something better to stick to, layered up the texture paste then added Kilz Primer (because it’s white matte) on top.

      For the photo mat I coated some heavy chipboard in some acrylic paint & Shimmerz AcriTonez then used Prima Crackle Texture paste and a rose stencil cut file from the Silhouette Store and some white ribbon at the border of the photo.

      Products Used:

      • Prima Texture Paste: White Crackle
      • Silhouette Cameo
      • Homemade texture paste (because I was going to be using A LOT!)
      • white ribbon
      • mulberry roses
      • Shimmerz Paints: Paste-eez – Salt of the Earth & AcriTonez – 3 Sheets to the Wind
      • white matte acrylic paint
      • Kilz Primer spray