Little Fairy Tea Cup

Today, I would like to share a little off the page project that I created using my Scraps Of Elegance May Kit-Yesterdays. I love anything tea, and throw in a fairy, cherub or winged creature, and I am doubly delighted!! I have seen renditions of paper tea cups, and wanted to create one all my own. I found a tea cup template at layersofcolor.com that I really liked,because it was fairly easy to assemble. I actually printed the template out onto the backside of my paper, and worked with it from there.

 I assembled the cup and saucer, then fussy cut out some of the roses from the kit paper and modge podged it onto the front of the cup. I then took some stash tea stained ribbon and went around the top of the cup.

I then took a little birds nest that I had collected last Winter, sealed and dried, and glued it to sit inside the cup. I then started filling the nest with goodies. I popped in some feathers, then took a little Vintage image that I had colorized and altered and glitter painted her wings up and added some bling, and then popped her into the nest. The big pink gem is a Petaloo piece from this month's add on, the little tea pot is one of the Prima resist canvas pieces from the kit, and the little eggs were handcrafted, from clay then painted by me. I then added some stash roses, pearl string pieces and a Pink Lemonade Crush Butterfly from my Etsy Shop.

I created a sweet little tea bag, using an empty tea stained, tea bag, some lace, pearls and a tiny rose. The rub on was from a past SOE kit and the little charm was from this month's Embellishment Add On.

This piece turned out so sweet and soooo Fairylicious!! I hope you have enjoyed your visit, and that you have a great week! Hugs, ~Renea

Fly Shabby Chic Tag

So, I am beginning to think that May is the busiest month of the year for me, besides December!! I feel like half the month is gone and I don't know where it went to!! How many of you moms and wives are saying, "Oh girl, I hear you!" 

I have been to so many school awards programs, events, and social events, that I could be at home, alone for about a week and be quite happy :) Not only that, but I cater this big event at my son, Draven's school every December and May, and it just really takes up every spare second of  my time. So, I seem to be last minuting everything in my life right now, and one of those is the tag swap that we are doing over in the Scraps Of Darkness/Scraps Of Elegance Forums. I finally managed to pull it off, and created a Shabby Chic, Fairy themed tag using this month's Scraps Of Elegance Kit-Yesterdays. Thank goodness, Mel gives us such gorgeous kits to work with, because this busy mom had only about 30 minutes to pull this one off!! The tag is for my swap sister Helena (Willea). Thank you Helena for your patience, and I hope it was worth the wait!

I used some of the, oh so yummy Prima Fairy Rhymes paper from this month's paper add on for the front and back of the tag which is a Scrapmatts Chipboard Tag from my DT stash with them. I then layered on one of those delicious Gina's Design Doilies, a punched layer of kit paper, then painted a small piece of the corrugated board from the kit, then set some eyelets in it, and attached a little "find" piece from my stash. The little Prima Fairy chipboard image was from a past kit, and I misted some of the sweet little Prima Resist Canvas Butterflies from the kit and added them to the image. I added some stash trims to the bottom and the center flower is from this month's Floral Add On. At the top I made a bow from some crochet lace and hand dyed seam binding, then took another piece of the Prima Resist Canvas, misted it and glittered the letters. 

I had so much fun making this tag and I hope Helena loves it!! Thank you for taking the time out of your busy lives to drop by and check it out! I know I am behind on lovies right now, but I promise that as soon as I get this event under my belt, I will catch up :) Hugs, ~Renea

She Loved To Collect Trinkets And Treasures

Today, I would like to share an 8 x 10 canvas that I created with the Scraps Of Elegance May Kit-Yesterdays. I just love all the She Art pieces that I have seen others do, and have wanted to try my hand at them, but wanted mine to reflect me and my own style. I kept trying to wrap my head around how I would want mine to look and then I was reading through my "Sew Somerset" magazine and there was an article by Carrie Payne. Carrie is an artist who loves to sew her She Art pieces into quilts, and she confesses that she is a "Magpie" which is a person who collects things, especially things of little use or value, and  to which I can so relate. I am definitely a Magpie!!  She creates her quilt "She"  and gives them dresses with little treasures tucked into them. I wanted to give my "She" a similiar look, but decided on layers of pink and white, glitter tulle to get a more airy look and feel.

 I did tons of medium layering to get the background. I painted the first 2 layers with  white acrylic paint, then used a stencil and Jaquard paint to create the background pattern. I then misted, using the mist in this month's color add on, and sponge painted some pinks and golds in. I did another stencil layer using the Shimmerz Texture Pantina in this month's C.A.O. , and  stamped with a crackle stamp, added seed beads, and used some of the rub ons from this month's embellishment add on, and layered in some of the Gina's Design Doilies. 

The face and arms were created from some of the kit Prima Fairy Rhymes paper, and then I added card stock hair that I used some more rub ons to add pattern and then accented with a small rose. The "body" is one of the Prima Resist Canvas pieces from the Embellishment Add On.

I created the "dress" by taking layers of white and pink tulle that I gathered with my sewing machine, and then added in lots of trinkets. The flower at her waste was created with a Petaloo trinket from the E.A.O. that I added gems to, and the bottom metal piece was from that same Petaloo pack, and I just inked it and added a pearl center. All the little canvas pieces and banners were the Prima resist canvas, and the button was from the E.A.O. The trim was from the kit and then I added in a few stashed treasures as well.

My journaling appropriately reads "She Loved To Collect Trinkets And Treasures". All the butterflies are Prima Resist Canvas that I added seed beads and wire antennas to.

I really love how this turned out!! It really reflects my love for collecting things and I enjoyed getting to try something new. I don't think it is something I would like to do often, but it is always fun to push yourself out of your element and to try something challenging. I hope you find the time to try something new, and to express yourself through art. It really is freeing.  Hugs, ~Renea

Scraps Of Elegance May Reveal With The Yesterdays Kit

Scraps Of Elegance has unveiled it's, so very gorgeous, May Kit-Yesterdays!

 This kit is loaded with so many stunning and feminine items that include Prima Fairy Rhymes and Pink Paislee Hope Chest Papers, intricate Cardstock Doilies and chipboard bird cages from Gina's Design, and made just for this kit Fairy Butterflies by Reneabouquets Etsy Shop. 

Here is this month's inspirational sketch created just for the Yesterdays Kit by Suepup

And below is my take on the sketch, titled Shadow & Light:

I love the art of dance and when I saw this photo on Pinterest, I just knew I had to use it. I love the play of light, the shabbiness of the worn wall, and the beauty and line of the dancer depicted. I did lots of punching and the Doilies in the kit made a wonderful, delicate backdrop for the photo. 

Here you can see where I did lacing with hand dyed seam binding, and then created a lush floral arrangement using lots of flowers from the kit and Flora & Fauna Add Ons. The large script flower is one that I created out of tea stained tea bags. I will have a tutorial for that in the next week or so, showing how I created that layerlicious flower.

Here I used the wonderful chipboard birdcage from the kit. I painted it then decorated it with seed beads and flowers, as well as one of the Fairy Butterflies that you can find in my Reneabouquets Etsy Shop.

That sweet little charm was in this month's Embellishment Add On.

Close up of those amazing flowers~really love the shabbiness of them!!

I always like to do a shot that shows off the dimension that you can achieve with layering.

In the Scraps Of Darkness/ Scraps Of Elegance forums, I host an ATC swap, and this is one that I created to swap with my scrappy sister Kathy Mosher (KathyInAlaska). Kathy had created me a magical fairy tag, and when I got this kit, I just knew I had to create her one as well. Kathy is just the sweetest Mama Bear, and I just love her maternal personality. She has that special way of making you feel loved, even though you have never met her~she is magical!! 

Thank you for taking the time to drop by and to visit me!! I can't wait to get to create some more with this amazing kit. Why does life have to be so busy??!!  Hugs ~ Renea

Scrapmatts Monthly Reveal

It is time for my monthly reveal over at Scrapmatts Australian Chipboard, and I have a few projects that I would love to share with you. The first one is a gorgeous little chipboard curio cabinet. Scrapmatts released lots of new chippies in March and one of them was this little curio cabinet. When Sofie said that she was sending each of the DT members one, I was overly delighted, because I just love little nooks and crannies and it was right up my alley. When I was young, my grandfather would create miniatures to sell and I loved helping him find little treasures to tuck into them. One of my Fav things to do with him was to walk down in the holler to the dump that the "city" folks had made to dump their old items that they no longer wanted in. Yes, their trash was our treasure, and I loved digging through that dump and finding those coveted items, and some of my best memories where our adventures to and in that "trash" pit. So yes, I am a bonified dump diver-lol!!!

By the way, if you are looking for something unique for a Mother's Day gift this little cabinet would make a wonderful gift to remind your mother of days gone by. You can tuck in lots of treasures, even ones that were collected as memories of your time with her.

I took the Scrapmatts CB7011 Memory Cabinet 01, and mixed acrylic paints to get a wonderful creamy color, then painted the whole cabinet. I then sanded it in areas, especially on the edges to bring out the brown undertone that the cabinet originally came in giving it that Shabby Chic look that I love so much. I then took some pieces from the  CB4060 Ornate Frames 17  set and added them in place to get an ornate look. The little brass hinges and knob pieces came with the cabinet, and I added them onto ornate pieces and added little pearls to them, and then added a metal lock and key to the handle.

Here you can see some of the treasures I included. I used Graphic 45 A Ladies Diary Paper for the background on the shelves. There are Vintage lace pieces, a Vintage Image with little paper clay photo corners that I made myself, little hand tinted mulberry paper roses, a hand crafted butterfly from my Reneabouquets Etsy Shop along with lots of little odds and ends I have collected. Scrapmatts items included are:

A hand painted and decoupaged tea cup from the CB1141 Tea Set 01

A metal embossed key from the CB1017 Keys 01

A trim wrapped thread spool from the  CB1194 Sewing 02

A crystal accented CB6047 Clocks 01

A painted and seed bead accented CB1015 Butterflies 15

And a CB1198 Scrapwords 06

I created this layout to not only show off some of the Scrapmatts Chipboard, but also to show you some of the techniques that I like to use to bring my chipboard to life. This is a sweet layout I created that features a photo of my cousin Becky's little girl, Emmie holding hands and walking with one of her little friends, and I fussy cut the photo out and then got busy creating a magical scene around them. I used lots of pieces from past Scraps of Elegance Kits, as well as lots of Scrapmatts pieces. 

To create the look on the CB4058 Australian Federation Detail 03 , I first painted it with white acrylic paint, then I took some Smooch paint and randomly painted spots, and while the paint was still wet, I took a paper towel and rubbed it upward to get the variations in the paint color. I then took and tore chunks of fusable webbing, placed them randomly then heated them up with a heat gun to "melt" them to my chipboard.  I picked up this trick from a YouTube Video by Lindy's Stamp Gang that showed how to get a lace look using their fusable webbing, here is the link if you would like to check it out 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYwr2vojlZQ

This picture shows a close up of the fusable webbing, I just love the texture that it adds to any project.

Here I took the CB5100 Grass 02 and CB5099 Grass 01 chippies and first misted them green, then I added liquid glue to the cattail heads and then dipped them into seed beads to get lots of yummy texture, then I took some glitter paints and randomly brushed them onto some of the top edges of the grass stems.

The "tree branch" is  CB5056 Twigs 02 that I first misted then edged in glitter paint, added some sweet little flowers, a bird nest and then tucked a CB1188 Birds 06 into. 

I created the look of a stepping stone path with a twist using lots of CB1198 Scrapwords 06, and surrounded it with lots of flowers, a journaling piece with another one of those little CB1188 Birds 06, and a couple of Lavender Ice Butterflies from my Reneabouquets Etsy Shop.

Here is a side shot so that you can see all the dimension.

And last but not least, I have first a card that I created:

Scrapmatts Used:
CB6050 Clocks 04
Pieces From The CB4060 Ornate Frames 17 Set

And a Tag:

Scrapmatts Used:
CB1192 Scrapwords04
CB3007 Tags 03
CB1015 Butterflies 15

I hope that you have enjoyed all my work with the Scrapmatts Chipboard pieces. I so enjoy getting to work with all the different and unique pieces that Sofie sends me, as well as with all the other talented girls on the Design Team. Thank you for joining me and , I hope you get to take the time to do something creative! Hugs, ~Renea

Scraps Of Darkness April Design Team Reveal With The Remember When Kit

Scraps of Darkness has revealed it's April Kit and now it is the Design Team's turn to show off their creations with it!!

The kit is loaded with the latest Bo Bunny Mama Razzi 2 and Kaisercraft products, and is so perfect for capturing those candid memories.

Love this gorgeous sketch done by our very own sketch artist Charlotte Jenkins (Suepup)!! She makes putting together that first layout a breeze with her wonderful inspiration.

This is my take on the sketch that features some fun photos that I snapped of my son Draven outside one day when he was around 8 years old. That was 10 years ago!!! It is so hard to believe that he is about to turn 18.

I started with a piece of Bo Bunny paper from the kit, and did some background stamping on it. I used the corrugated piece from the kit to form a "memo board" that I could hang some of my favs from that day on.  The paper clips and buttons were from the Embellishment Add On and the stickers on the photos were from the Kit. I used some of that Yummy Art Anthology dimensional paint from a past kit to get all that texture and shiny color.

Here I layered in paper banners from the kit and chipboard banners from the Embellishment Add On, then took a Scrapmatts Film ATC from my DT stash and 2 toned painted it with the Tim Holtz Distress Paints from the Color Add On, placed a Bo Bunny Sticker from the Kit into the middle, then added on some flowers from the Flora & Fauna Add On.

I added a second Scrapmatts Film ATC and added more F&F flowers and a piece from the Embellishment Add On. Here you can see all the dimension and textures I created. 

A side view to show off the dimension and details.

I have to admit, I love Bo Bunny products because they are one of the few manufacturer's who offer up products that allow us to not only scrap our girls, but our boys as well :) I love that I can pull off a layout like this one with "no flowers", and still have lots of detail, dimension and texture. This layout features a photo of my son that he recently took of himself. So uncool to have mom following you around with a camera now-lol! Although, I do sneak in a few here and there ;)

I did lots of fussy cutting, layering, stamping and misting. The tag that you see behind the canvas piece and the one that is on the side both pull out for hidden journaling. 

Here you can see where I did lots of edge cutting on the papers and then layered and folded them for lots of dimenstion. I tucked in lots of little sticker pieces from the kit, the buttons all over the layout are from the Embellishment add on, and the dates on the tag, the design and sentiment on the photo and some of the background design are all Bo Bunny Rub Ons from the kit. 

I don't like to waste, and that little masked and stenciled canvas tag pocket behind the photo is a left over from a mini album I made and all the tie offs you see are pieces of burlap fray that I save as I fray the ends of my burlap pieces I use on my layouts ;)

Here you can see all the dimension that all that layering gives my layout.

When I opened up the kit and saw the rustic look, Kaisercraft Papers in the kit, the Spellbinders Heart in the Creativity Add On, and the Doily Stencil in the Color Add On, I immediately thought of this photo that my cousin Chrissy's daughter, Kayleigh had pinned on Pinterest. I love this photo and journaling. It reminds me so much of so many of the strong women in my family. It reads;

The Country Girl

She's strong willed and independent.

She's as beautiful inside as she is outside.

She will never take no for an answer;

and when she is told she can't do it because she is a girl,

She'll prove you wrong every time.

She loves the thrill of the ride,

and the romance of adventure.

She's you and she is me.

Most of all,

She just is.

The Spellbinder's Heart from the Creativity was painted using the Vintaj Pantina's from the kit and then I added seed beads to the small center heart. 

Here you can see a close up of the masking I did with the Kaisercraft stencil from the Color Add On. I used Art Anthology Dimensional paint from a past kit  to paint the base layer, then misted it with some Art Anthology mist from a past kit.

The side layers were water distressed and edge painted with Art Anthology Paints, then I added on lots of flowers from the Flora & Fauna Add On, some beaded foliage pieces from a past kit, some burlap ribbon from a past kit, some Baby's Got The Blues Butterflies from my Etsy Shop, and the little horse was fussy cut from the Spellbinder's ephemera papers in the Embellishment add on and then stained with Tim Holtz Distress Stains.

I used Chipboard Chicken Wire tucked into places on the layout for a rustic look, and here I added on more flowers from the Flora & Fauna Add on.

I just love all the different, creative and unique items that Mel packs into a kit and it's add ons. You always discover something to spark your imagination and take it in so many different directions. No matter what your style, or if you like to keep it on the page or take it off the page, you will find the Scraps of Darkness kits limitless, and with all the goodness packed inside, you will find yourself reaching over and over to use the quality, cutting edge products. 

I so hope you find the time to create this week, or at least the time to do something that you love. It is those little things that enrich our lives and bring us happiness~ Hugs~Renea

Scraps Of Darkness/Scraps Of Elegance Round Robin Kick Off!!

Happy Tuesday everybody!! Over in the Scraps Of Darkness / Scraps Of Elegance forums, we are kicking off the Round Robin!!!! Lisa N (aka Raining) is our host and if you have never played, I encourage to find one somewhere and do so, it is so much fun to lift or be lifted and see what your teamies come up with.

I am on Team One this month with the sweetie Monica (mmlsweet) and the lovely Mel (Melinda Kelly), and can't wait to see what they do with my inspiration.

I love the so many different art forms and one of them is the Ballet, or really almost any kind of Dance.  I created a layout using the March SOD-Day Glo kit and lots of past kit embellishments. It features a Vintage New York City Ballet photo that was taken by the famous photographer, Annie Leibovitz, and is titled "In The Moment".  I also used the quote "Dance is the hidden language of the soul" By Martha Graham as inspiration and for my journaling. 

I did lots of tearing, and distress punching. I also did lots of script stamping, and even stamped over my photo with it to emphasis "the hidden language" of dance. The Pink Lemonade Crush Butterflies are from my Reneabouquets Etsy Shop.

Here you can see where I tore the paper, tucked in lace pieces, added flowers, and stenciled using course texture paste. I then subtly painted ink over the design to bring it out more.

There is cheesecloth details and seed beads for added texture and depth.

I did some fussy cutting to create the acrchitectural piece. and then used some Prima resin pieces that I inked up for details.

Thanks so much for stopping in!! I hope that you find the time to join in on a fun challenge, like the Round Robin, or a trade or swap. That is one thing I love about the Scrapbooking Community, there is always something challenging and fun going on :)  Hugs, ~Renea