Reneabouquets: Fortune Favors the Bold

Hi everyone! Melissa here with a design team page for Reneabouquets! Go on over to the store to see all the beautiful things!

I was inspired by the photo to make something that had an "in the woods feel."

I applied gesso with a cosmetic sponge over the paper where I'd be putting paint on.I stenciled on texture paste with a credit card and a 13 Arts stencil. You can't see it that much, it's kind of subtle, it has little flowers and at the top you can see a few words.

I picked out Beautiful Board(BB) chipboard and put the photo on,with 2 layers of foam core board under the photo. This is to give it dimension, and to have some space to tuck things into.

Once I had the BB glued on , I thought about what colors to paint it. It started off purple, Art Alchemy -/Sparks - Iris Potion, and I put on a thick layer of Ranger Clear Rock Candy on top.To highlight the cracks, I took a black watercolor crayon, scribbled a lot on my craft mat, and mixed it with a little water. I painted the edges of the BB, and just by holding the brush against the edge, the cracks absorb the dark color.

I wasn't happy with the purple, so I continued adding more colors,some Art Alchemy- Sparks - Fairy Wings,Walnut distress stain,gold mica powder, Tattered Angels, and Shimmerz. I put on another layer of Rock Candy Crackle. To make the BB stand out more, I painted underneath it with black gesso. On top of the gesso, I smoothed on glossy accents, and sprinkled on lavender glitter glass.

I added more color on the glitter.

To add visual interest I used the following, diamond shard glitter glass, microbeads, glass beads, beautiful beads, seed beads,glass glitter,distress glitter, metal glitter, rhinestones, metal, purple wire, ribbon, tulle, feathers, dried moss, dried flowers and leaves,lichen,shells, mica flakes, and more.

I used a lot of White Gold Prima Wax on everthing, I rubbed a little on all over.

I love using metal on my pages, and bling too.I went around the page and painted on more of the watercolor crayon mix, to tone down the shiny surfaces. I applied it over a lot of the glued on glitter and most of the items with it too, I just liked the way it tied things together.