Friday, December 30, 2011

A Canvas..........

Hi Everyone, hope you are all having a wonderful festive season:):)  Christmas has been and gone for another year, we are still getting over it in my household and finding new homes for new toys and games!  Anyway, today I would love to share with you, a canvas, I created.  When I was asked to create this for a friend for her Secret santa gift to her brother in law, I was thrilled.  Little did we know how hard it was going to be to get a picture of their twins, 1 boy and 1 girl.  But we got there in the end,  I kept the canvas very neutral and I was quite surprised with the result.  Not much of an olive green person, but I just love how it turned out. 

Shimmerz used:
Ivy Leaque Coloringz
Vibes Egg Noggin
Shimmeringz Heavy Metal
Blingz Gold Glimmer
Shimmerz Antique Lace



Here are just a couple of shots of how I created the background.  First off I sprayed on my butterfly mask with Vibez in Egg Noggin and Coloringz in Ivy League.  I always let my paint drip and flick it back onto my canvas.


I then added some texture to the butterflies with some modelling paste and then I added some Shimmerz in Antique Lace and blended it in with my finger.



I then added all of my embellishments and added more highlights of Shimmerz to the flower edges and paper edges:)


Thankyou for visiting today, I hope you all have a wonderful and Happy New Year:):)

Thursday, December 29, 2011

Shimmerz Education Video....

Hope you all had a wonderful and Merry Christmas!  We still have a couple more creative days of 2011 and I hope you can gain some inspiration from this little project using some of my favorite Shimmerz products!

Click HERE to see the post on our Shimmerz Eduction Video Blog (Vlog).
Find it HERE on You Tube.





Tutorial by Lesley Langdon.

Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Christmas ornaments.

Christmas has just passed, but you can still breathe the air of celebration in our homes decorated with bright lights and shiny decorations. Regarding decoration, today I will show you two projects made with some recycled materials.

The first one, the decorations made of music sheet, star-shape cut and fixed with the help of dressmaker pins on a polystyrene ball. Santa Baby Pearlz and Egg Nogginn Vibez add the magic touch to the decorations.



In the second one, I made the gift tags for my family's and friends' gifts. Grinchy Green Blingz has been a great help to make the shape of the Christmas tree. 



I wish you all ....

Products used:

Set Limited Edition for Christmas.

Have a great day with creativity!
Roberta

Monday, December 26, 2011

Distress This: A subtle use of color and layers!

On the Vlog today, I have a video posted, showing you how to use Shimmerz Paints to create one-of-a-kind, subtle color layers within your projects.... click HERE to watch!


Sunday, December 25, 2011

My First Shimmerz LO

Merry Christmas to everyone!

I am so excited to be a part of this awesome team. Thank you Stac for having me on board.

OK, here is my first LO using shimmerz products for the very first time. I absolutely loved playing with them. I only wish I’d met them much earlier.




Products used:

Coloring lime in da Coconut (I think it is one of my favourites!)
Sprity Bed of Rose
VIBEZ Rolling in the Hay
BLINGZ Gold Glimmer
Shimmerz Magenta
Shimmerz Sky Blue

As I love using acrylic paints, I firstly prepared the background with gesso and paints and then blended in some of the shimemrz products.
I love how they give a shiny look to my LO.
I truly enjoyed using the shimmerz products and I have already told Stac that I am going to order more!!!
Watch out! Here I come with a big list of shimmerz.
Again Thank you very much for having me.

And lastly, all the best for a New Year, everyone!


Naomi xx

Saturday, December 24, 2011

WELCOME!!!

Shimmerz got an early Christmas gift. We are so fortunate to have Naomi Capps join our Design Team. Naomi like our other designers has a unique style, but will amaze you with her gorgeous artwork.

Please take a moment to get to know Naomi a bit more. . . .


Hello. My name is Naomi Capps. I am Japanese living in the countryside of NSW, Australia with my husband who is very supportive and understanding of my addiction, 2 beautiful children age 4 and 2 and 2 dogs.
I am a stay at home mum who loves cooking, sewing, photography and of course paper-crafting.
I started to scrapbook back in 2008 when my son turned 1 year old with the intention of keeping memories. Now I am into 4th year of “paper and photo” business and it’s become my daily dose of "must have “pleasure to keep me sane.
I like to spend quite a bit of time doing up a page (you could say I am slow..) I like to be a little messy on my pages, love putting layer over layer, sometimes I don’t know where and when to stop. I also love using gesso, paints and crayons.
I am very honoured and excited to be a member of Shimmerz Paints and I hope that I can share my passion and creativity with everyone.
I can’t wait to get inspired by all the talented people here and am looking forward to seeing all the beautiful work.

Thank you for having me!

WELCOME Naomi! We are so excited to have you join us!!!

Friday, December 23, 2011

**Warning! This post contains perhaps the fastest gift idea ever.**

In the spirit of last minute ideas...
This week my girls and I were discussing teacher gifts for Christmas, and came to the consensus that none of the girls teachers (Ahna has 5, Sarenna only 1) would be enthralled with the idea of receiving another apple, ornament, or mug, so we decided to think a little simpler.

Off to the market we went, coming home with baking supplies for cookies (for us), an order placed for a ham (for Christmas) and this beautiful bouquet of roses.

Now, as beautiful as they are, we wanted to make them look a bit more Christmas-y, so we pulled out some paints. Specifically, my Shimmerz Blingz in Gold Glimmer and Grinchy Green. 
While I looked over their shoulders, my girls gently and lightly dipped those brushes in, and coated (somewhat artistically) the white part of the petals. Having been the first time that I allowed my children to dip into my cherished stash of Shimmerz, they were grinning from ear to ear.

Can you see the Gold Glimmer all over these petals? I hope so - it is amazing how much they shimmered in the light! We then added some pearls for added oomph, thinking what girl doesn't love a little bling...

And then we decided to go with the green on the other half of the bouquet... each teacher will receive two flowers, one gold and one green, tied together with a sparkly bow.
Blingy, beautiful, blossoms. 
From start to finish, 5 minutes.
And I bet whoever receives them will smile.
After all, who doesn't like receiving flowers?

xx Heidi

Thursday, December 22, 2011

Altered Frame Tutorial!


There is a new altered project video tutorial at Vlog today! Check it out!
Here's a sneak peek of the project.

See you there!

Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Journal doodles......

Hey there!

 I dont know about you, but I have had so much on in the last fortnight!!!! Preparing gifts, shopping, Birthdays parties, Sleep overs, Christmas table decorations, putting up the tree (late this year! Whoops) School finishing up......I could go on...(and on....) I sat down last night and decided not to do anything Christmas related. I played in my art journal. It was very refreshing. I drew and doodled for a few hours, then I got out my Shimmerz Paints. These are so lovely to paint with. I used the paint pots, which consisted of Blingz, Pearlz and Shimmerz and I chose colours from all the ranges..... Here is what it looked like after I finished..........

I just drew with a fine black pen and then coloured it with Shimmerz and a fine paintbrush to get the details.
The colours featured on this page are as follows


From the Shimmerz Range.....
Royal Purple
Apricot
Burgundy
Celery
Aquamarine
Blueberry Cobbler
Periwinkle
Jilted Jade
Teal

From the Pearlz Range.....
Carrot Top
Blue By U
Luscious Lilac
Blue into town
Sunny Side up

From the Blingz Range....
Grinchy Green (Ltd. edition)
Flashee fuscia
December Sky
Poinsettia Pink
Santa Baby (Ltd. Edition)

The Colours turned out so bright and pretty, and they shimmer and shine, making the page look even better!!!!



I am much more relaxed now!!!
Ready to get back to all the Christmas stuff!!!!

Thanks for stopping by


Monday, December 19, 2011

Cold Norwegian winter chill!

This time I have really had fun using both water, Shimmerz, Enamelz, plaster, (like the one to use when you break your arm...LOL), my daughters pearls, and lots of everything on top!

I'd wish I was living in warmer climate, I'm not to happy about the cold, cold winters!


Shimmerz products used:

Vibez Snow Storm
Vibez Blue Jeans
Vibez Princess
Vibez Razzeldazzel Berry
Vibez Before Dawn
Colorings Mama Sings The Blues
Shimmerz Angel Wings
Enamels Sparkliscious

Merry Christmas to all!!!



Friday, December 16, 2011

Cookies and Shimmerz

Sunday, at our church, there will be a small Christmas market. The mothers of my son's kindergarten have decided to make cakes for sale.


To sell more cookies, I prepared the packaging using acetate sheets enriched with Christmas decorations. To make the packaging super shiny and ready for Christmas I used the new Limited Edition products, ideal fo our Christmas projects.



Have a great day with creativity!
Roberta

Thursday, December 15, 2011

Painting with Shimmerz

.. hi everyone..

Today I´ve posted a video of how I use my Shimmerz to paint and make fun backgrounds..

Like this...


Hop on over to http://shimmerzpaintsed.blogspot.com/ to see the video

hugs
Mahlin

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

His first Christmas.........

Yes, my baby's first Christmas, can't believe he is 6 months already.  Oh I just love this time of year, so much love, magic, giving and thankfulness:):)  So I had to scrap some pics of Mason in his first Christmas photoshoot!  I only just received my New Limited Edition Christmas colours today so instead I used my own recipe:
Coloringz in Lime in da Coconut
Colorinz in My Bleeding Heart
Vibes in Hermit the Frog
Pearlz in Green with Envy
Enamelz in Sparkliscious

"Believe"


I loved using the Enamelz.  The fine glitter gives the layout a sparkly,  magical feel!



I love distressing my edges and adding Gesso and then Coloringz to these edges adds a perfect touch of colour and texture. More Enamelz on the chipboard holly too:)



I hope I have inspired you to get out your Shimmerz!
Thanks for visiting and I will leave this post by saying a very "Merry Christmas" to you all xo

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

CRASH **a chaotic use of color!**

My son is an active, chaotic, messy, little, bugger. 
That is what today's layout is all about!
Using tons of color, in different ways, and making it work... :)

What fun this was! I started out by distressing the background with Vibez in Before Dawn, using a "mask", or well, bits of grungeboard turned mask anyways, lol. I then used Coloringz in My Bleeding Heart, flicking spots all over the page before laying down my bits of scraps and papers.

After adding my photo and many of the bits, I used Coloringz in Mandarin Mai Tai and No Yoking, and Vibez in Sea Monkey to highlight areas around the page. After that was finished, I used our Limited Edition Frosty's Got The Blues to frame and drip around certain elements.
Molding paste just makes those colors pop in a textural way that I adore! 

Break out your colors my friends, let it go the way a toddler does - you won't believe how freeing it is to splash that paint around!
xx Heidi

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Shimmerz on the wall!

This time I have used Shimmerz for my exams in Art & Crafts! I have emroidered a piece with lots of cool colors and a overlay.







Products used:

Hermit the frog
Princess
Before the dawn
Hot Fudge
Blue Jeans

XOX Nabon
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Pretty Shades and a page


I am up today for another Post to share!!! 
 I did a LO for this post using some shimmerz, some distressing and some diecuts.

Here's what I used.....
Shimmerz Spritz in
Cotton Candy, 
Razzle Dazzle Berry &
Olive Green.
(So pretty!)
 Some Helmar wonders-
 and see that cool new tool there?......
That's Ingvilds new distressing tool.  
Which honestly..... 
is seriously COOL.

So here's the product of all those goodies together........



 So I will let the following images speak for themselves.....You can pretty much see what I have done in the close up shots!  Some spraying, some dripping, some sewing, some die cutting and some distressing.....
(let me just say one fun word.....liquid scrapdots!!!)





So there it is.....A fun page using THE prettiest shades of Shimmerz!

Thanks for stopping by today!
Hope you are all inspired now to Shimmer something pretty!
See you next time!