Gypsy Soul

Did you hear that gypsy Shimmerz Siren call out to you?

Yep, that was me, Joyce. 

I’m going to show you how to apply some gypsy/bohemian style

to your art today using Shimmerz Paints.

 I have been enchanted by Gypsy genre and bohemian art styles lately, 

 so I thought I’d take those  feelings and put them on paper.

I adored the movement in the girls dance!

And, I thought I could create such movement with some art products.

• Applications of stencil and Shimmerz Texturez Tidy Widy were applied over various areas on the 9 x 12 watercolor paper.
• Then a heat gun was applied over the textured product and allowed to rise, bubble and burst which rendered a lacy look. 
• On top of the stenciled work, drops of Shimmerz Paint colors were applied, and I quickly added drops of water over the paint colored drops.  After this application, I allowed the color to dry completely before apply several other colors using the same technique.
• Once all the colors of paint dried thoroughly, I applied a white art pen over the raised stencil work to make it look like a lacy appearance.

And what’s a gypsy girl without her baubles and chains? 

• Some Inglingz Brass Knuckles was applied over the chipboard chains and then some white art pen markings were added to each bead in the chain.
• I gently swiped some Shimmerz Celery over the chain. 
• Some gesso and Shimmerz Key Lime were lightly applied over the metal flower charms.

 Shimmerz Products:

 Spritz – Chance of Rain, 4 Leaf Clover, Plum Pudding

Vibez – Plum Tuckered Out, Blushing Bride

Shimmerz – Celery, Berry-licious, Orchid-stra, Key lime

Inkglingz- Brass Knuckles

Texturez – Tidy Widy

Listen for my Irish Shimmerz Siren call to bring you back on March 15^th,

Adding some texture to the background.

Hello it's Naomi here. I hope you all are having a lovely weekend.

This is the Layout that I'd like to share today.

I have used:
Spritz Sea Foam
Spritz 4 Leaf Clover

After I made my own backgroud using scraps of paper, I sprayed above products using some template and also coloured some of the leaves.
For a finishing touch, I splattered them on the background.

I love these green-ish, blue-ish colours.

Thank you for visiting and I am wishing you all a happy day!

xx Naomi

Masked Fabric Art Quilt

Hi, Lucy Edson here with my first video tutorial for Shimmerz!

Shimmerz Spritz is perfect for masking on fabric as you can see on this video I made. It added an amazing sheen and color to my masked mini quilt. Take a look at how I started this project:

I added a little more misting to this after I finished the video - the dress form is Chickadee Spritz the shadow masking, Ruby Spritz and then I added a little 4 Leaf Clover on the right side and Mango Madness over the left edge of the Ruby to add a little more color.

To make my sample into a mini quilt: I layered the masked fabric with cotton batting and a cotton backing, creating a quilt sandwich and with light yellow embroidery thread, free motion quiltied the outline of the dress form first and filled the background with a random pattern. After completing the quilting I straightened the edges and zig-zag stitched them to stop any fraying.

Then, hand stitched some paper doilys onto the sides and layered a few embellishments.

The top has some gold Hambly rub-ons applied after the quilting - I love the look of rub-ons on fabric.



I have some other samples from creating my video and I'll share those with you as I complete them.
Thanks and I hope you enjoy another way to play with your Shimmerz Spritz! To see all of the DT videos together in one place visit the Ed Team Vlog.

Lucy

Just Blooming With Spritz

Shimmerz takes front stage on this Maya Road mini that I decked out with one of the new releases from My Little Shoebox! I covered the top of the tree with pre-embossed cardstock and then spritzed it all over with 4 Leaf Clover Shimmering spritz. I wanted the color to be more of a yellowish green, so I then lightly spritzed with Tuscan Sun. I love the way different colors of the spritz mix beautifully to create an entirely different color and there's no blotchy mess to worry about.


Here's a close up of the front cover. The spritz really glistens in person!


Thanks for looking,

Tanisha