"Stay Strong",a Giveaway for Reneabouquets Beautiful Board 2 Year Anniversary

Hi everyone!

Reneabouquets Beautiful Board Is turning 2 this month!! And if you've happened to read up on some of the info in a Beautiful Board listing in Renea's Store, you'd see it goes a little something like this...

"What makes it sooooo beautiful? Beautiful Board, or B Board for short, was created with both Artists and their environment in mind. Each design was drawn from scratch with details that true artists crave in their products. B Board is manufactured in house in the Reneabouquets studio, using 100% virgin pulp that gives it over twice as many fibers as regular chipboard for amazing durability, and because it is virgin pulp, not recycled pulp there are no chemicals, or additives that the artist or their environment can be exposed to."

Your chance to win this is waiting for you on the 

Artist's With An Edge
group page on facebook, share the giveaway announcement post and let us know what your favorite Beautiful Board is!! I'll draw a winner on Wednesday, September 18th. This is only for the U.S.A.please. If the winner doesn't contact me within 3 days, I'll pick another.

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Save big on your Beautiful Board this month at!
Reneabouquets Beautiful Board Just Turned 2 And To Celebrate Here Is A Coupon For You!! You can take 15% off Your purchase of Reneabouquets Beautiful Board Laser Cut Chipboard (does not include Printed Beautiful Board) WithCoupon Code: BBOARDBIRTHDAY

To make this page I stenciled texture paste onto watercolor paper, and painted it with Shimmerz Paints.

I painted on gesso, Shimmerz Paints,Prima Alchemy Paint, and Clear Rock Candy Crackle onto the BBoard. I added the flowers, and all the rest of embellishments. The lattice work only has paint on it, and the flourishes have crackle with gold paint on top, then more crackle on that.

To add visual interest I added micro beads, glass glitter,metal glitter,seed beads, pearls, glass beads,Swarovski crystals,rhinestones,pressed flowers and leaves, strands of gauze,small pieces of black tulle,gold lace, and iridescent wrapping paper, pink tulle trim,gold leaf,shells,metal from Reneabouquets,Tim Holtz, flowers from Reneabouquets and Prima, and bling and metal from my stash. I spread Glossy Accents on for the microbeads,glitter and seed beads,and sprinkled them on.

I used white, gold and black Amsterdam ink to outline things, and splashed on the white all over. You can see gold mica powder on almost everything on the page, and I rubbed on a little Green Brocade and White Gold Prima Wax to raised areas.

To the right of the photo I painted over microbeads and glitter. I

Thank you so much for looking, and have a great week!

You can find Reneabouquets here...

Reneabouquets

https://www.reneabouquets.com/

Reneabouquets Blog

https://www.reneabouquets.blogspot.com

Reneabouquets Facebook Page  https://www.facebook.com/Reneabouquets.comandEtsy/

Reneabouquets Products Used: 

Beautiful Board Fairy Bell Itty Bitty Board Chipboard Set

Printed Beautiful Board Lissie Butterflies Laser Cut Chipboard Set 

Beautiful Board Small Brick Elements Laser Cut Chipboard  

Beautiful Board Large Quilling Flourish Set Of 4 Laser Cut Chipboard

Beautiful Board Large Elegant Accents Chipboard 

Beautiful Board Clockwork Gears Set Of 4 Laser Cut Chipboard

Beautiful Board Beautiful Bits - Moon & Star

Beautiful Board Small Decorative Clock Hand Set Face Laser Cut Chipboard

Pink & White Roses & Leaves Mulberry Paper Flowers

Reneabouquets Trim - Wide Gold Embroidered Lace

Reneabouquets Trim - Tattered Pink Pleated Tulle

White Pearl And Rhinestone Button Set Of Two  

1 Ounce No Hole Champagne Glass Microbeads  

1 Ounce Beautiful Beads Hand Tinted Glass Pink 

.6 Ounce Beautiful Bead Bronzed Teal Iridescent Pearls  

1.6 Ounce Beautiful Beads Unicorn Candy Iridescent Pearls 

.4 Ounce Beautiful Beads Candy Choose Color Flatback Pearls   - Toffee

.4 Ounce Beautiful Beads Unicorn Candy Flatback Pearls  

2 Ounce Diamond Shard Glitter Glass 

2 Ounce Diamond Chunky Glitter Glass  

Key Set Of 4 - Tarnished Brass Dream Metal Keys 

Graphic 45 Bloom Collection 12 X 12 Paper Pad With Stickers

Remember To Play

Hi everyone! Melissa here with a new page for the amazing Reneabouquets! I've used a photo of my daughter in law Aron at the bottom left, and a mermaid image on the right.

Reneabouquets & Crafty City is doing a fun Collaboration Called Paradise In August! So grab your FAV Paradise Treasure Box, and join both the Reneabouquets & Crafty City Design Teams as we team up to inspire you for the month of August!!

I've used Paradise Treasure Box #2

To make this page I took Mintay Paradise paper and put texture paste on with a bubbles stencil. I ripped off the top layer of corrugated cardboard, painted them with gesso, and while wet, sprinkled on Ultra Thick Embossing Powder. I heated it til just melted, then added the images. I used cardboard in between the layers to add dimension. I painted the Beautiful Board seahorse with Prima Sparks Butterfly Spell, and topped it with a thick layer of Ranger Clear Rock Candy Crackle Paint. I painted the BBoard  Ocean Bubbles Texture Panel with Prima Magic Pond Sparks Acrylic Paint, and topped it with a thick layer of Crackle.

To add visual interest I added micro beads,glass glitter,sequins, pearls, shells, pressed flowers and leaves, lichen, cheesecloth, and pink tulle. 

All the white on the page is Amsterdam ink, except in the center area, where I used white gesso.

I rubbed on white gold Prima wax and gold mica powder on a lot of the raised surfaces. This was to highlight and kind of tie everything together.

I used different colors of Shimmerz Paints over the Sand Chunky Glitter Glass. I rubbed on silver mica powder over a lot of the page.

Thank you so much for looking, and have a great week!

For Treasure Box #2:

Splash Into A Creative Paradise!! This Reneabouquets Treasure Box #2 is loaded with lots of gorgeous products that will have you reaching for it over and over again to create your Summer Arts, Crafts & DIY Decor Projects!! Each item in this box was selected by the Reneabouquets Design Team & is coordinated beautifully to make creating your own Beautiful With An Edge Art a breeze!

 I've placed an asterisk next to the items I used.

1 Yard-White Shell Lace

1 Yard Pink Tulle Lace *
l Frame, 1-Mermaid Charm, 1-Teal Orb, 1-Ocean Blue Orb, 1-Teal Sea Shell, 1-Ocean Blue Sea Shell
1 - .6 Ounce Jar Beautiful Beads Iridescent Pearls Mermaid *
1 - .4 Ounce Jar Beautiful Beads Flatback Pearls Mermaid *
1 - .5 Ounce Jar Sand Chunky Glitter Glass *
1 - .5 Ounce Jar Mermaid Shard Glitter *
1-Large Printed Beautiful Board Laser Cut Chipboard *
1- Large Patina Lilac Heart Frame
1-Package Beautiful Board Laser Cut Chipboard Ocean Bubbles Texture Panel *
1-Package Beautiful Board Laser Cut Chipboard Follow Your Heart Compass
1-Package Beautiful Board Laser Cut Chipboard Small Seashell Sea Horse *
1-Package Beautiful Board Laser Cut Chipboard Chunky Chain Links Frame Set
1-Package Winter Teal Sky Glitter Glass Butterflies
1-Package Tiny Treasures Butterflies that includes: 2-Darling Yellow,* 2-Sweet Pea Pink * 2-Snow White Glitter Glass Butterflies
1-Package Teal Pendant Dragonflies
1-Package Tiny Treasures Dragonflies that includes-2- Pendant Pink, 2-Suncatcher Teal, & 2- To Uranus & Back Glitter Glass Dragonflies *

Items I used that were not in the Treasure Box:

Printed Beautiful Board Large Orchid Ocean Starfish Mermaid

1 Ounce No Hole Gold Glass Microbeads

Link For Treasure Box #2: https://www.reneabouquets.com/product-page/paradise-treasure-box-2

Want to take an additional 10% off your Reneabouquets Treasure Box on top of the already Discounted Price?
Use Coupon Code: (PARADISEMELISSA) (must be ALL CAPS) Copy and Paste the Coupon Code Into the Promo Code Box at checkout and 10% will be taken off your Treasure Box. Only one coupon per order, please. Treasure Boxes are available on the Reneabouquets Website Only. Coupon Codes can not be combined.

Shop for your Treasure Box Here:

ReneaBouquets DT Project~ Beach Tag Album with Brandy

Hi there! Brandy here to share another project with the gorgeous Golden Coast paper collection from Prima Marketing. Summer sure is speeding right by...don't forget to take time to document a few happy memories!

A variety of products from ReneaBouquets makes it a breeze! 

There are so many Beautiful Board Chipboards, exquisite trims, paper flowers, and of course her very own beautiful handmade butterflies and dragonflies!!

I used the following items for this mini album. Find them and so much more at ReneaBouquets.com!

Prima Golden Coast 12 x 12 Paper Pad With Foil Details

Reneabouquets Trim-Ivory Pleated Tulle

Ivory Wide Floral Embroidered Lace

Rose Crown Lace~White 2 Inch Wide

Natural Cotton Crochet Lace-Cluny Lace 002

Mini Dusty Teal Mulberry Paper Roses & Leaves Set

Mini Dusty Pink Mulberry Paper Roses & Leaves Set

Beautiful Board Small Nautical Anchor Laser Cut Chipboard

Beautiful Board Small Twisted Chain Frame Set Laser Cut Chipboard Frames

Beautiful Board Medium Shell Tag Laser Cut Chipboard

Beautiful Board Wildflower Elements Laser Cut Chipboard

Beautiful Board Spring Gears and Cogs Laser Cut Chipboard

Beautiful Board Beautiful Bits - Spring Laser Cut Chipboard

Beautiful Board Beautiful Bits - Seashells Laser Cut Chipboard

Beautiful Board Small Quilling Pattern Laser Cut Chipboard Set

Printed Beautiful Board Small Tuck It In Cherry Blossoms Laser Cut Chipboard

Printed Beautiful Board Small White Doves Set Of 6 Chipboard

Blue Fairy Dust Premium Paper Glitter Glass Butterflies
Tiny Treasures Premium Paper To Venus And Back Glitter Glass Dragonflies

JULY COUPON: Reneabouquets Is The Place For High Quality, Local Market Lace!! A 15% off Coupon good towards your purchase of any Reneabouquets Lace & Trims (no quantity limit). Just purchase any amount of Reneabouquets Lace & Trims, enter Coupon Code: THEPLACEFORLACE (must be ALL CAPS) in the Coupon Box at checkout and 15% will be taken off your Lace & Trims. Only one coupon per order, please. Coupon Codes can not be combined.

Coupon Code:

THEPLACEFORLACE

Live By Your Own Rules

Hi everyone! Melissa here with a design team post for Reneabouquets! I have used a Google free photo by A.M. Lorek. I was pretty happy that almost all of my supplies from Reneabouquets were just what I needed. I sponged some gesso on Prima's Lavender Frost, then applied texture paste with a stencil and a credit card. I prepped the Beautiful Board(B Board)with gesso, then painted it with Shimmerz. I applied a thick coat of Ranger Clear Rock Candy Crackle. I mounted the photo with some layers: using double sided tape I put cardstock behind the photo. I find that this helps the photo lie flat. When I get the images from CVS, they are curled. Even lying in tons of books, I couldn't flatten them.  I put a single layer of foam core board on, then watercolor paper, 2 layers of foam, then corrugated cardboard I'd ripped some of the surface off of. There's one more layer of foam between it and the background paper.

I started applying all the embellishments. To add visual interest I added:microbeads, glass glitter, metal glitter,distress glitter, seed beads, pearls, crystals, rhinestones, pressed flowers, dried moss,pieces from floral picks, a Prima flower,shells, metal from Reneabouquets, Tim Holtz, and Vintaj. You can also see tulle, cheesecloth,sequins, chain, and a little stamping too.

As I added items, I whited areas out with gesso to keep things balanced. I added more color to the B Board with Prima Finnabair Art Alchemy paints,alcohol inks, and rubbed on mica powder all over the page.

I did a lot of dry brushing, where you put a small amount of paint on the brush, and apply it gently over the surface.

I used a lot of diamond chunky glitter glass, I sprinkled it on any of the pale pink Shimmerz Paint when it was wet.

I drew out the beads from the woman's headdress with seed beads. I think copper and purple look great together. 

I painted some of the flower with gesso, and sprinkled microbeads, seed beads, and glitter on.

I love the brass key from Reneabouquets, I've used them in a number of pages. There are little holes on it that you can put pearls or rhinestones on.

I like to use metal, it gives a page depth and strength.

I guess you can tell I love adding detail!

Thank you so much for looking, and have a great week!

List of products used:

Beautiful Board Large Beautiful Day Elegance Frame 

Prima Lavender Frost Paper Pad With Foil

Beautiful Board Beautiful Bits - Stars  

Prima Santorini Flowers~Fira  

Reneabouquets Tarnished Brass Pocket Watch 

Key Set Of 2-Garden Gate Bronze Metal Keys 

.4 Ounce Beautiful Beads Unicorn Candy Flatback Pearls

.4 Ounce Beautiful Beads Candy Choose Color Flatback Pearls - I chose lavender 

1.6 Ounce Beautiful Beads Bronze Teal Iridescent Pearls

2 Ounce Diamond Chunky Glitter Glass 

2 Ounce Dark Purple Chunky Glitter Glass 

2 Ounce Pink Chunky Glitter Glass 

2 Ounce Gold Christmas Glitter Glass

3 Ounce Beautiful Beads Hand Tinted Glass Purple

1 Ounce No Hole Gold Glass Microbeads 

1 Ounce No Hole Rust Glass Microbeads  

1 Ounce No Hole Champagne Glass Microbeads  

1 Ounce No Hole Plum Glass Microbeads  

Come and see all the beautiful things at Reneabouquets:

http://www.Reneabouquets.com

or here:

http://www.etsy.com/shop/Reneabouquets ...

Choose To Shine Layout by Melissa Larson

Hi everyone! Melissa here with a design team page for Reneabouquets!  I was craving purple, so I picked this photo, and the fabulous lavender Moon Dance Moths to match.

To make this page I used paper from Blue Fern Tattered Walls. I applied texture paste with a Prima  stencil and a credit card. I attached a piece of cardstock to the back of the photo with double sided foam tape. I put a piece of watercolor paper under the photo, then two layers of foam core board.  

I used foam tape to attach the layers to the page. I painted the watercolor paper with Shimmerz Paints. I painted the Beautiful Board(BB), with Shimmerz, then applied a thick coat of Ranger Clear Rock Candy Crackle. I brushed on a little Prima Dragon's Eye Alchemy Paint. I scribbled some Bark Derwent Inktense Watercolor Pencil onto a piece of paper, added water, and brushed along the edges of the chipboard. I wanted to make the cracks on the surface more visible.

I dyed some gauze with Shimmers watercolors, and placed some around the photo. To add visual interest I applied micro beads, seed beads, sequins, glass glitter, metal pieces,gold lace, feathers, lichens, pressed flowers, crystals,Beautiful Beads, glass beads, and a few small paper flowers.

After I added items, I brushed over them with watercolors. I also ran a Bark colored Derwent Inktense watercolor pencil over the surface of different areas.

I did a lot of dry brushing with the gold  paint, Prima Art Alchemy Sparks Paint, in Dragon's Eye. 

The large flakes are amazing to work with, I painted over them a little to create even more texture.

Here is a list of the items from Reneabouquets that I used:

Beautiful Board Medium Victorian Scroll Pattern  

Beautiful Board Beautiful Bits - Marquise and Diamond Laser Cut Chipboard

Beautiful Board Medium Butterfly Corners Laser Cut Chipboard Set 

Blue Fern Tattered Wall Collection

2 Ounce Diamond Shard Glitter Glass

1 Ounce No Hole Plum Glass Microbeads

1 Ounce No Hole Gold Glass Microbeads

2 Ounce Diamond Chunky Glitter Glass

1.6 Ounce Beautiful Beads Bronze Teal Iridescent

3 Ounce Beautiful Beads Hand Tinted Glass Pink

1.6 Ounce Beautiful Beads Mermaids Tail Iridescent Pearls

Trinkets Set Of 5 Fairy Princess Crowns In Tarnished Brass  

Key Set Of 2 - Garden Gate Bronze Metal Keys

Reneabouquets Copper Spoons Trinket Pack

Winter Berry Curly Roses Mulberry Paper Flowers 

Reneabouquets Trim - Wide Gold Embroidered Lace

Moon Dance Premium Paper Glitter Glass Moths 

Thank you so much for looking,and have a great day!

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.

I had a hard time deciding which photos here to use,so I used a lot.

The purple flower is from Reneabouquets, and so are the little green BB leaves. I painted them green and put Crackle on top. 

Here is a list of things I used from Reneabouquets:

Beautiful Board(BB)Large Shabby Sweetheart Clock Face Laser Cut Chipboard

BB Ivy Vines Tuck It In Laser Cut Chipboard

1 Ounce Beautiful Beads Hand Tinted Glass Purple

1 Ounce Beautiful Beads Hand Tinted Glass Patina

1 Ounce No Hole Gold Glass Microbeads

1 Ounce No Hole Plum Microbeads

.5 Ounce Diamond Shard Glitter Glass

.5 Ounce Gold Christmas Glitter Glass

.5 Ounce Lavender Chunky Glitter Glass

Reneabouquets Keys Trinket Pack

Blue Fern Tattered Walls Collection 20 Papers

Vintage Purple Roses & Gardenias Mulberry Flowers

Butterfly Kisses Delicate Beauty Double Side Printed Butterflies  

The best prices for Renea's items are on - Reneabouquets Shop http://www.Reneabouquets.com

Prices are a bit higher at Reneabouquets Etsy Shop https://www.etsy.com/shop/Reneabouquets -due to new extra costs for Etsy sellars.

Reneabouquets Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/Reneabouquet...  

Thank you so much for looking, and have a great week!