Always Cute / Missy Whidden

Hey, friends!  Missy here, and I have a new layout to share with you.  I recently found this gorgeous patterned paper with all these butterflies on it at Michael's.  I bought two sheets of it because I knew I could fussy cut them and create something pretty.  I used the colors in the butterflies to make my color palette for the background.  I used a lot of Shimmerz products on this!  They matched perfectly, and I just love how this turned out.  My background paper is an old Fancy Pants Hopscotch paper from 2012!  Yay for using up older stash!

I started out with a big die cut butterfly from my stash.  I tried using it as mask, meaning I laid it down and applied the paint over it. It didn't turn out as great as I'd hoped, so I just wound up creating a messy and abstract background.  I used the packaging technique as well as splattering with my brush.

The colors of these Shimmerz just knocks my socks off!  This gorgeous purple is new Inklingz called Plum Crazy.  The pinks here are a combination of Vibez Sweetheart and another new Inklingz called Hot Stuff.  I splattered some Vibez Sunset Strip and some Inklingz Miner Miner 49er as well.  I didn't need too many embellishments for this...I just added some tangled thread and some sequins from SpiegelMom Scraps.

Here you can the shimmery gold.  The Shimmerz Paints layer very well together, and it's fun to mix and match different ones.  I did add some tissue paper and foam under my photos to give them some dimension.

To jazz up the background even more, I traced a circle in pencil and then machine stitched over it several times using metallic gold thread.  I love these butterflies...so beautiful!  The green here is Creameez Lettuce Get Together, and the blue is Vibez Jeni B Bleu.

I have been hoarding these shiny gold Thickers.  This layout was perfect for them.  The gold on the butterflies and these gold words bring it all together.  I added my journaling underneath the title.

Here's the top of the page.  Aren't these photos too cute?  My daughter is silly hot mess, but she sure is adorable :)

Here's one more close-up.  I love this green!  Looks so pretty up against the pinks.

I had a blast making this!  I can't get enough of Shimmerz...they are so fun to create with and the results are always awesome.  Check out the store and you'll be blown away by all the colors!  I have a process video here for you...be sure to watch it to see how I created this page.

Thanks so much for stopping by, and have a great day!

Supplies: 

Vibez--Sweetheart, Mango Tango, Sunset Strip, Jeni B Bleu

Inklingz--Plum Crazy, Hot Stuff, Miner Miner 49er

Creameez--Ride the Tide, Lettuce Get Together

Shimmerz--Winter's Mist

Happy fall | Anna Komenda

Hello all mixed media fans. It's Anna here with my newest tutorial with fantastic Shimmerz products. This month I created a fall layout inspired by changes in nature, that are happening right now around me.

I took white cardstock, covered it with gesso and used several mists like Vibez and Spritz to create stains in few fall colors. You can find them all in the end of this post with the links to the shop.

I chose two pictures of my daughter throwing leaves in the park. It was really warm and beautiful day and she was so cheerful. I wanted to add more leaves around the pictures as a tribute to the photos.

I used Silhouette Cameo to cut them using pattered paper and a watercolor paper. I colored watercolor paper leaves using Aqua Huez and Inklingz.

I really like this page and how messy it looks. Like a leaves threw away by my daughter.

As always I have a video for you. You can watch all the creative process with my voice - over. I sound like a man this time because of my rhinitis. So be prepared :D

Shimmerz products:

Vibez: Deep Blue Sea, Sunset Strip

Spritz: Ruby, Caribbean Sunset, Bamboo Leaf, Chick-a-dee

Aqua Huez: Cuppa Joe, Blue Moon, Crazy Daisy, Seeing Red, 14 Carrots

Inklingz: Miner, Miner 49er

Don't forget to mention my name while placing the order. You will get free mini product :)

Thank you for stopping by and see you next month.

XO Anna

Laugh as Much As You Breathe | Katty Miranda

Hello friends! Katty here to share a Scrapbook Layout with you all. I am scrapping a photo of myself from my Senior year in High School. This was taken during my Senior Photo Session. I chose some soft colors to compliment the colors in the photo.

I began with a Black and white Patterned Paper. I used some gesso to prep the page and added a few colors of spray mist. I used all shades of pink, a Coloringz in Pink Stilettos, a Vibez in Pop Art Pink and a Spritz in Cotton Candy. I sprayed them directly onto the page focusing on the bottom right hand corner and around the area where my photo would sit.

I then used my favorite Paste-eez in the color Tree Hugger and used that through a Lattice stencil in two areas, to the left of the photo and on top of the photo. I layered a few patterned papers behind the photo and also used some beautiful fussy cut flowers around the photo.

Lastly, I added my tittle as well as a few other stickers, keeping everything around the photo. I used a Coloringz in Night Moves and also added some Ink Splatters as a finishing touch. 

I love how it turned out. 

Products Used: Coloringz: Pink Stilettos, Night Moves

Spritz: Cotton Candy

Vibez: Pop Art Pink

Paste-Eek: Tree Hugger

Remember....

XOXO

Arty Tag by Joyce

A large tag created with Deep Blue Sea, Heavy Metal, and Texturez Tidy Widy.

What I like about the Texturez product is that you can obtain a least two different results using the same product.  Let me show you two of the results:

On the above photo, you can achieve a crackle effect by doing the following:

Apply the product, than place a piece of paper firmly over the product and carefully lift up the paper.  It lifts some of the textured bits within the product and leaves a cool crackle wrinkle pattern behind. Then mist with your favorite Shimmer Mist spray.

On the above photo, you can achieve a highly textured effect by doing the following:

Apply Texturez on top of the chipboard, and hit it with a heat gun and watch the product bubble up.  Some Deep Blue Sea and Heavy Metal was spritz over the chipboard in various places.

I hope I have inspired you to use Texturez in one of the two ways above!

Coloring Stamped Images with Nicole

Hello Shimmerz fans!

Nicole here and today I have something fun in store for you! I've been reorganizing my craft space and stumbled upon some rubber image stamps from The Greeting Farm and thought what a perfect time to share with you just how amazing Shimmerz can be on your girl and boy image stamps!

  

Water coloring images can be a little intimidating....I completely understand the feeling! Which ink? Which brush? But it's going to bleed into the next color...ugh... If water coloring these types of images is something newer to you, I have a suggestion...try heat embossing your stamped image! When you heat emboss, the embossing powder creates the separation needed to keep your colors from bleeding together!  (If you don't have a heat tool, use some type of permanent ink, such as Archival Ink.) This for me was half of my battle in the beginning and once I over came this, my technique improved.

I began by heating embossing this image in black and two other images with white embossing powder, all on water color paper.  I wasn't sure at first what I was going to create with it, so I did it in both colors. (I have examples of the white images further down the page.) I picked out some coordinating fall colors from my Shimmerz paints and my water brush and began to paint. When I water color my images, I start by wetting the area first. It helps to get the color moving. I then start by placing my brush down in the area I want the lightest. I know, as crazy as it sounds, putting your brush down first at the lightest area,  then picking your brush up at the darkest area helps to keep the color concentrated where your brush leaves the page, making it the darkest. It will take some practicing to get used to this, so be sure to practice on a scrap area of your water color paper first.

Here is a look at my final image all colored in and the Shimmerz colors that I used: 

How perfect is Pink Champagne and Cheeky Pink for skin and cheek colors?! <3 

I decided to make Latte Anya into a card for a friend. Here's a look at my finished card:

I simply layered a wooden fence die cut, grass and a yellow background behind my image and a scallop background.  Added a "hello" sentiment, a bow, a few enamel dots and its complete! The most time consuming part of this was paining the image itself and waiting for the areas to dry. In fact, while I was paining this image, I also painted two others with the white embossed image for another project.  Here's a look at those images:

When I was done painting these, the biggest issue I had was the eyes and mouth were of course white. To solve that problem, I took a black fine tip sharpie and drew over them so they would stand out.

These two images I ended up fussy cutting and using in my planner spread this week! 

Here's a look at my planner:

Thanks so much for joining me today! I hope you get out those embossing tools and give this a try! If you do, be sure to tag us so we can see your creations!

Until next time, have a colorful week!