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Hello friends!

Welcome to my blog. I am sharing a very special project with you today, as I am thrilled to be invited as a Guest Designer for ReneaBouquets this month!

To make use of her absolutely gorgeous projects, I decided to make a piece inspired by 1 Corinthians 13. In this chapter of the Bible, we can read about the Attributes of Love. I was inspired to use this as the message of my home decor piece.

This is a metal and wood envelope, and as you can see, I was able to alter it and make it a gorgeous piece that would be suitable for home decor, or to celebrate any special occasion!

I began by painting the base of the envelope with gesso, and adding designer paper to the inside. I then used gel medium, and Diamond Chunky Glitter Glass to give it a shabby distressed, but classy look. Of course I had to make use of some of Renea's absolutely gorgeous Vintage Blue Mulberry flowers.

I love Gardenias and Roses, so these had to make it on the front. I surrounded a Beautiful Board Victorian Heart Doily and added Small Victorian Scroll Borders, all embossed in white, and then topped them off with Butterflies to match. The Wide Floral Embroidered Lace and Reneabouquets Trim-Timeless White Lace

added just the perfect mix of vintage and femininity to my project.

Here you can see the beautiful Trim Timeless White lace as well as the texture from the glass glitter added to the designer paper. I used Stamperia papers for this project, as well as vellum and Kraft paper for lots of shabby texture.

You may be surprised to learn that Renea also carries trinkets, but you can see some here, with the little glass bauble, as well as the precious pearl and diamond button I added to the front of the large envelope.

Here you can see that I designed banners to top my envelopes. Each with a different attribute of love, and all take part in completing the Bible verse about love.

Here is a closeup of one of the envelopes that I stitched with gold thread, and added magnets to for easier closure.

I also used a delicate skeleton leaf from Renea's shop to add texture to a small note that I hand stitched with gold thread. All of my enveloped got texture and shabbiness from Renea's shop!

Here you can see the gorgeous Moonstone glass beads, Champagne Microbeads, Heart Lattice Chipboard, and Pendant Blue dragonfly, all from Renea's shop. The lent just the perfect shabby touch to this romantic envelope that I layered using vellum that I embossed and altered with mixed media.

Here you can see where I also made a small banner using vintage seam binding topped with small hearts and Cotton Candy flat back pearls . This envelope is also a shaker, and has an inlay heart that also states :Love does not delight in evil bu rejoices in the Truth...

For this envelope I used more of the stunning wide floral embroidered lace, Cotton candy pearls, and another dragonfly to go along with the tattered papers, tulle, and vellum lace piece for an extra shabby look.

I also heat embossed and distressed the envelopes as needed using Ranger Oxide ink and White Embossing powder from Recollections, and a stamp from BoBunny.

The last envelope in this project was made using embossed vellum, mulberry paper, glimmery tulle, embossed and distressed paper, lacy paper diecuts, and I added heart paper clips from Tonic Studios as well as the gorgeous dragonfly that matched perfectly from Reneabouquets.

I share more details in my video, as well as a tutorial showing the assembly of the large envelope. This was tons of fun to make, and it was a wonderful experience using these gorgeous projects. Please use the links for your convenience, and as always I hope that you can

Be inspired, &

Be Blessed!

~Raquel

Swap anyone?

I recently participated in a group swap and I had so much fun! The theme was Christmas, the required items were a few memory dex cards, and a Christmas Ornament. After deciding on a few little details, this is what I came up with...

I wanted to make sure I thanked my partner, so I began with a 4" square easel card and a matching box. I layered my stamped image, pink and white papers using the Spellbinders Labels Nineteen (S4-311) set.

The interior of the card is embellished with a glass snowflake, a pink label stamp from Santoro London, and grey snowflakes against the white background.

I embossed the remaining snowflakes in pink and white inks on the exterior layer, adding sparkle with different embossing powders.

I also embossed the gorguss girl image, and added the stamped snowflake-layered with vellum snowflakes-made with a large Martha Stewart punch. Little details included sequins, Distress Oxide Ink in Iced Spruce, a pearl heart, and pretty pink ribbon to finish it off. The edges got distress Stickles for a little sparkle.

Watch me make this box here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjVfVWN67c8

This beautiful and shabby Box was the perfect compliment to house my card, and I made it using my Cricut Explore Air 2, and a snowflake patterned paper that I distressed and layered. To complete the box, I layered a piece of glossy white vellum that I embossed with a Crafter's Companion Embossing Folder. I finished this with Vellum Snowflakes I made with a large Martha Stewart Punch, a gorgeous pink bow made with Seam binding, and some added tulle, twine, and a mini tag.

Next was the Christmas Ornament, which I made layering papers and chipboard to make it sturdy.

The base layer was a beautiful striped paper, and I decided to keep the top layer very feminine and pretty. For this, I stamped, colored, and layered a Gorguss girl image. To make her stand out, I distressed the background using Ranger Distress Ink, and to add dainty details, I embossed tiny little holly and berry images in white embossing powder.

For a fun presentation, I also gave my partner the cards and some goodies in a gorgeous pink-sequined stocking.

This beautiful sentiment came from a Recollections Stamp Collection called Christmas Noél.

I also added more snowflakes, this time in pink and white, with a pearl center on each. I used matching papers, and two Martha Stewart Snowflake punches, layered together, and glittered for sparkle.

To see the rest of the goodies and details, please watch my video, and leave me a thumbs up if you like what you see!

Be inspired, Be Blessed- Raquel