Friday, September 30, 2011

Creating Embellishments With Shimmerz!

Hi everyone!  Jaime Warren here with you today with a fun little tutorial on creating embellishments with Shimmerz products!  It's a super easy way to add some sparkle, and dimension to your layouts.  You'll need the following Shimmerz products:

 Enamelz in Super Sparkle
 Blingz in Hottie Pink
Shimmerz in Tickle Me Turquoise
Spritz in Cotton Candy
Spritz in Chick - a -dee
Shimmeringz in Baby's Breath
Shimmeringz in Goldie Lox

You will also need your favorite embossing tools and stamps. 

Here is the layout I created:


First, I do apologize for the crooked photo.  I could NOT get a straight shot of this layout to save my life.  I finally gave up lol!!

I created my two main embellishments with this fun and very simple little technique.  I simply stamped my favorite image using my embossing adhesive and then used my embossing tool to heat it up.  The shimmer from Enamelz is just incredible.  I am always fascinated by the way it transforms my stamped images. 

After I have finished embossing I simply cut out the stamped image and then adhere it to my layout using foam pop dots.  Viola!  Shine and dimension, easy peasy!  To add even more shine and color I spritzed my layout with various Shimmerz products.  I also painted on my embossed tree using Blingz and Shimmerz. 

I hope you have enjoyed my little tutorial!  Have a wonderful weekend everyone! 

A Big Hearty Welcome

I am so excited to announce that the very, very talented Lene Nabon is joining the SHIMMERZ Design Team. Lene has a beautifully, unique style of scrapping. We just can't wait to see her add her special touches with SHIMMERZ.

Please take a moment to get to know Lene a bit better.



My name is Lene Bjørnerud - aka nabon on the net! I'm 28 going on 39 and live in cold Norway not far from Oslo. I live with my hubby of 20 years, 2 kids 6 & 8, girl & boy, golden retriever Lucky and 3 turtles!

I have been obsessed with paper since 2005, and have never stopped! I scrap a lot, and every week I do a layout for our challenge blog Skissedilla, where I'm on the design team. I also do a lot of photography, and I run a (very) small business, '2B Photography' with my sister. My photos inspire me a lot in my scrapping, and my scrapping inspires me to take more photos too. Love both my hobbies!

At the moment, I'm a student, and in the spring of 2012, I graduate as a teacher! I am looking forward to start working, love to study, but maybe a total of 6 years is long enough? LOL
I'm also a flower decorator.

My style? Less is NOT more? Layers, using things not meant for scrapping, I love old lace, paper, post stamps, foreign coins, candy paper etc, etc! I Love to sew, spray, paint and distress everything on my layouts! I also like to scrap more plain and simple layouts, especially if I got a great photo which need to stand alone. I Love the strong colors, but I like to scrap with the light ones! I Love the vintage feeling, and love summer layouts!
I'm so excited to be on the team, and I can't wait to get started and get to know all of you!

Be sure to take a peek at Lene's blog, http://nabon.blogspot.com/. You will be inspired!

WELCOME Lene!!! We are beyond thrilled to have you join the SHIMMERZ family.

Thursday, September 29, 2011

Basic Backgrounds


Up on the Blog today, our NEWEST EDUCATOR, Cathy has her first video for us posted!
Check out "Basic Backgrounds" NOW!!!


Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Tea Time!

Hi Ladies, I have one project to share with you today!

I'm not British, but I think that a good tea at five o'clock is a pleasant moment to share in good company of a friend.


To commemorate this moment I created this little and fun artwork: I've altered a metal pills-box, with paper flowers, acrylic paints and lots of Shimmerz.


I used Shimmerz products to color the flowers and Bronzed Bombshell Shimmeringz to give a cheerful glow to the entire object.


As you can see, if you use our Shimmerz products on most of your project or in a small part of it it makes always a large impact.

Products used:

Pearlz: Carrot Top, Luscious Lilac, Emerald Isle, Sunnyside Up, Peas B Mine, Blue B You, Samrock and Grammie Berrie.
Shimmerz: Indigo.
Shimmeringz: Bronzed Bombshell.

Have a great day with creativity!

Roberta

Monday, September 26, 2011

Delicious-ly Fall!


Today on the Vlog, we will be making some spectacular Fall decorations... won't you come take a look?
Here is a glimpse of what we are doing...


Friday, September 23, 2011

Fall

Well this is my last project for Shimmerz ... I had so much fun working with these products... for this album I use papers from DCWV and Melissa Frances, I cut the chipboard album by myself, then I just painted the edges and distressed a little, other embellies here: chipboard and felt leaves, silk flowers, lots of vintage buttons
I sprinkled most of the album with Vibez Rolling in the hay and some of the chipboard leaves with shimmerz antique lace.

a few more close ups of the inside pages...




Thank you so much to all the Shimmerz girls for everything!! I wish you all the best always :)


Beatriz Jennings

Thursday, September 22, 2011

A New Video Tutorial!

There is a new video tutorial at Vlog today! Check out the artsy fun that you can easily create with some Shimmerz!

Here's a sneak peek of the project.
See you there!

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Building Contrast

Earlier this month, The Color Room offered a palette with some interesting colors (#75). These colors were so strikingly different from one another and I thought I would really challenge myself to create a bold layout, using a dark, dark, background created with Shimmerz paints, and then highlighting all the elements with other Shimmerz hues. 


The background was a pale colored corrugated cardboard prior, but after adding lots of Vibez in Before Dawn, Hot Fudge, and Pearlz in Toadlee, it was this deep, delicious color.



I then used Blingz in Under the Sea to highlight lots of the cracks within the cardboard, and do my dripping around the cluster, creating a beautiful contrast to the dark brown background. To add a bit more visual interest, I dipped the cap to my Under the Sea Blingz, into its paint, and stamped onto the background for fun. :)

xx Heidi

Friday, September 16, 2011

Fashion Cards.

Hello Shimmerz’s fans!
I am here today to share with you a new project about two very simple cards.


As a base I used a white cardstock and then I was inspired by a stamp, a piece of cloth, a strip of lace, a pin and other stamps. To add a touch of color to everything I used the Shimmerz products.


Now, I have two new Thank You card to give to very fashion friends.

Products used:

Shimmerz Spritz: Bed of Roses and Cotton Candy.  
Shimmerz: Magenta, Angel Wings, Antique Lace and Opal.

Have a great day with creativity!

Roberta

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Layering With Shimmerz!

Hi everyone!  Jaime Warren here with you today to share a new layout and some fun layering!  I love layering on my layouts, in every way imagineable.  While I have always loved layering patterned paper, I have a new found love for layering inks and embossing powders.  It's a super simple way to add dimension and tons of shine to my projects.

Here is the layout I created using Shimmerz awesome embossing powders and mists:


I used the following Shimmerz products on this layout:

Vibez in Vertigre
Coloringz in Pink Stilettos
Enamelz in Silver Fox
Enamelz in Sparkliscious
Enamelz in Super Sparkle
Shimmerz in Tickle Me Turquoise
Shimmerz in Bubble Gum

To layer on the sparkle and shine I simply stamped my images and lightly misted over each area, then embossed!  I continued the layering until I was happy with the overall look and shine!  It's such a fun way to use Shimmerz products! So go ahead, start layering and get messy!

♥ Jaime








Thursday, September 8, 2011

Another video is up........

Another video is up on the Education BLOG today.
Join me over there as I play with more Enamelz to create a background for a handmade album I made today.
Not the best photo, but a quick snapshot of the cover we will be working on.

Grab a coffee and come have a look.

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Sweets for you

today just a cute and sweet card to share, using one of my favorite Shimmerz color... I created this card using Bed of Roses, I sprinkled a light mist on top of the papers, then a little bit more on the circle frame
I also use a polka dot stamp in some corners of the card, instead of a stamp pad I use more of the Bed of roses color as my ink love how it looks!

Thanks for stop by!

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Tuesday, September 6, 2011

A Tweeny kind of color palette!

Have I ever mentioned that I struggle using the color purple? Well, I do. In a major way. I tend to gravitate to everything else. :) So when my 10 year old recently came to me and told me that since she is getting older (tween years, yikes) that her newest, favorite, colors were lime green, purple, and turquoise, I took it upon myself as a challenge to create her back to school pics using that palette.
Having literally NO purple paper on hand, because, well... I don't ever buy it. However, Shimmerz Coloringz did ALL the work for me, and I can't believe I am going to admit this.... I LOVE it. I LOVE Mon Shari in so many ways and I have some big future plans for this amazing color in some upcoming projects.!!!!

Gotta love some Coloringz in No Yoking, Lime in Da Coconut, and Mon Shari, plus a bit of Vibez in everyone's favorite Jeni B Bleu. Aren't these colors striking together?



 Enhancing some Clear Scraps acrylic with these colors also added some oomph in a subtle way behind the photos. Just remember when using acrylic, make sure to let each color dry before layering another hue on top of it or it will result in muddying and you won't get that amazing boldness of the Shimmerz colors!

What colors do you tend to avoid? I challenge you to break out of the box and use them, you might be surprised by the result!!
xx Heidi

Thursday, September 1, 2011

Fun with Spritz and Pearlz.

I have a Layout to share with you today.
One I did using Shimmerz and a kit from Scrap That! ( Canadian Kit Club)  So much fun to work with all these gorgeous products together!


 I started the page with some Sea Foam Spritz.  A very pretty light blue shade to create the base for my background.  I painted some Blue-by-U Pearlz onto some bubble wrap and hap-hazzardly stamped it around, keeping in mind where I planned to put the focal parts of my page.  I also used the same colour to paint a slide frame, which I put aside to use later.  I used Licorice Spritz to add some splats, by just half depressing the pump, causing an irregular, splotchy spray.....that was my background complete.



I added all my bits and pieces and it was done!
Thanks for Stopping by the shimmerz Blog today.....have a great day!