Melody of My Soul with ScrapBerry's

Happy February to you!

It's definitely that time of love in the air isn't it? Today I have a love themed project to share with you for ScrapBerry's current challenge featuring the "Birds of Paradise" collection.

I have used a variety of floral accents as well as a few die cuts and a metal charm. A bit of thick white gesso was added to some of the elements to white wash the colors and blend them a bit more to the collection.

In the image above, you can see the effect on the silver metal rose charm by adding a bit of white gesso. It transformed the charm. I love the mix of textures on this card.

ScrapBerry's Products:

12x12 Birds of Paradise Paper Collection SCB220606300BH

- Flowers SCB220606303H

- My Melody SCB220606305H

- Fairy Garden SCB220606302H

- Warbles SCB2206060301H

- Plumets SCB2206063088BH

Polymer Embellishments – French Journeys 1 SCB26001009

Resin Flowers – Versailles 1 SCB250001088

Cherry Blossoms - 10 Piece Set Pink and White SCB300204

Paper Flowers Daisy Pink – SCB280307

Paper Flowers Clove Pink – SCB280408

Metal Charms: Rosebud SCB250122474

Thanks so much for stopping on over today! Be sure to stop on over to the ScrapBerry's Blog to find out all of the details for the challenge.

Love is in the Air with ScrapBerry's

Saturday greetings to you! I hope you are enjoying your weekend. I've got a ScrapBerry's project to share featuring a bit of recycling from a found object.

I've used the beautiful Birds of Paradise collection along with a piece of packaging material as my foundation to create an up-cycled home decor plaque.

How did this project begin? I received a box containing a new larger item and inside were several pieces of this oversized partition cardboard but with texture. I loved how durable and strong it was and thought, this could really work nicely for a wall decor item.

To begin, I used a coating of plain white gesso. After the first coat I applied a bit of ScrapBerry's Stains Ink in Pink to the raised areas, then muted it down with a 2nd coat of white gesso. A bit of silver embossing powder was used on top of the wet medium, then heat set with a heating tool. The final touch was an application overall of iridescent medium.

The technique accents the gray tones and softens the Pink ScrapBerry's Stains Ink to perfectly coordinate.

As you can see, I have die cut several items to layer, but the sentiment and bird with the florals were my inspiration. I've hand cut the florals and some of the leaves as they are so pretty!

I hope I've inspired you to look at some of your everyday items creatively today.

ScrapBerry's Products:

Birds of Paradise Paper Collection SCB220606300BH
- Twitter SCB220606309H
- My Melody SCB220606305H
- Birds SCB220606307H
- Fairy Garden SCB220606302H
- Barberry SCB220606306H
- Plumets SCB2206063088BH

Stamps: Photo Archive SCB4907013B
Metal Embellishment Flair: Create Wonder SCB340001085
Stains Ink: Pink SCB1210502
Metal Charms 4 Pc: For Wedding
Washi Tape: Around The World SCB49001, Wind of Travel SCB490029

Thank you for stopping on over for a visit today! Have a super scrappity day!