Design Team Post for Shimmerz Paints, by Melissa Larson

Hi everyone! Melissa here with a design team page for the amazing Shimmerz Paints. I love these                                paints, the colors are so rich and fun to work with! This is an engagement photo                                                            done for my son and daughter in law.    

To make this page I put the layers under the photo together first,including taping water color paper under the image to make it stronger. Below that is a mat of watercolor paper, and at the bottom is corrugated cardboard. I tore off most the paper from the surface of the cardboard, and painted it with gesso. I poured on Ultra Thick Embossing Powder(UTEE) and heated it til just melted. I put two layers of cardboard between each of the layers to add dimension, and taped it to the background paper.

I applied texture paste with a stencil and a credit card on Blue Fern paper. I sprinkled it with UTEE and heated it.

I picked out Reneabouquets Beautiful Board,arranged it around the page, took it off, and prepped it with gesso. I painted them with Dazzlerz Foilz 24 Karatz, then topped them with a thick layer of Clear Rock Candy Crackle.I painted the mat with a mix of Me & Blue and Blue My Mind Inklingz. For the background I used several different colors and types of paint. There's Precious Metal Shimmerz, Dazzlerz Foilz, Me & Blue Inklingz,Penny 4 Your Thoughts Inklingz ,and Teal the End Of Time Shimmerz. I brushed and rubbed on mica powder in teal, silver, and gold. 

To add visual interest I added micro beads, seed beads, glass shard glitter,glass beads, pearls, Swarovski crystals, rhinestones,sequins,shells,pieces of abalone shell,strands of gauze,a flower from Reneabouquets, metal from Vintaj,Reneabouquets, and bling and metal from my stash.

Thank you so much for looking, and have a great week!