Blue Rose | Ericka Strange

Hello Shimmerz Fanz, Ericka here with a watercolor card I made using Spritz and Inklingz.

I started out by spraying my background with Spritz Practice What You Preach. I let it dry and then light sprayed a little Mango Madness Spritz and set it aside to dry.

I stamped the Reverse Confetti Peony in Blueprint Sketch Distress Ink and then sprayed Sapphire Spritz on my palette to watercolor the flower. I used a little Corney Flower Blue Inklingz as highlights and shimmer to the flower.

I stamped the leaves in Pine Needle Distress Oxide and used Emerald City Inklingz to watercolor. Once all the images were dry, I used the coordinating dies to cut them out.

Before I adhered the images, I added a couple drops of the Sapphire Spritz to the background. I stamped the sentiment in Versafine black ink and added some light peach sequins to finish my card.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful week!

Don't forget, if you make a purchase, type in ERICKA in the comments and you'll receive a freebie with your order! Take care!

Ericka

A Fantastic Day

I hope you are all doing well and having a fantastic day. Ericka here playing with the Shimmerz Lovely Balloons set with some Inklingz and Creameez.

I love this fun balloon set and all the beautiful creations you can make with it. I started by stamping the image on Bristol Smooth paper with Archival Ink.

I then went about painting it up in some fun cheerful colors. I used Creameez in Lettuce Get Together and Lapis Dance for the main part of the balloon. For the flowers, I used Creameez 1 Hot Mama and Ride the Tide and Emerald City Inklingz for the leaves.

Once my paper was dry, I used a black pen to trace over the lines and add a little shading. I love the banner and the fonts of the sentiments in this set. I used the same Creameez in Lapis Dance and Lettuce Get Together to color in a portion of the font and 1 Hot Mama for the banner.

To finish off the card, I added some clouds to the bottom of the card with some white sequins and a little white gel pen to the balloon.

Don't forget to check out the Shimmerz Paints sale going on now till April 30th! If you make a purchase, type in ERICKA in the comments and you'll receive a freebie with your order! Thanks for stopping by and I hope you stay safe and healthy. Take care!

Ericka

Ruffled Posey with Shimmerz | Ericka StrangeB

Hello everyone, Ericka here with a peony card I made using a digital stamp my friend Rachel Vass created and has available in her Etsy store.

I love using Inklingz and Creameez to watercolor this beautiful peony. I started by printing the flower on watercolor paper using my Brother printer. I was going for a no-line watercolor look, so decreased the line transparency when I printed the image.

I started off with a layer of Beets Me Inklingz and then, when the petal was still wet, daubed in a little Lapis Dance Creameez for a pretty multicolored flower. For the leaves I used a combination of Lettuce Get Together Creameez and Emerald City Inklingz.

Once my the flower was dry, I fussy cut it and added some string around the base. I sprayed Sweet Heart Vibez on some eggplant cardstock and added some flicks of Beets Me Inklingz. to it as well. I stamped the sentiment in WOW Embossing ink and heat embossed it with some sparkly Cloud 9 embossing powder.

I used some 3D Zots to adhere the flower to the card base to finish off my card.

Thanks for stopping by and check out my blog Strangely Creative for more information on the products I used. Have a wonderful day!

Also don't forget, if you make a purchase, type in ERICKA in the comments and you'll receive a freebie with your order!

Holiday Cheer | Julee Tilman

Hi Shimmerz friends! It's Julee Tilman popping in with another shimmery card creation. This go round, I wanted to just watercolor, so pulled out a large flower stamp and some favorite Shimmerz colors and got to work.

The poinsettia image is embossed in white on a large panel of watercolor paper.  I then colored the poinsettia with Great Fruit, the greenery with Emerald City and did a wash around the image with Ride the Tide. I love how soft these colors are.

Next I got out a Cut-Align ruler and pen knife to help me cut the panel down to card front size without cutting off the petals or leaves. This large stamped image is larger than a card front and I love the way it just kind of sprawls off the edges.

Once the panel was cut, I added the stamped sentiment, then masked off the flower and sentiment with the stamps and splattered some Well Blue Me Down and some Snow Storm splatters around the edges.

A black mat sets it off and helps ground the sentiment a bit.  I embellished with some holeless sequins, a few pearls and a bit of sheer ribbon to finish things off.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope your day Shimmerz!

If you're in the mood to shop, enter my name (Julee) in the comments when you place your order for a free mini surprise.

Textured Journal Covers with Gabrielle {Video Tutorial}

Hello friends! It's Gabrielle here with you today to share an art journal cover I recently made using beautiful Shimmerz Paints, Dusty Attic chipboard and a variety of new stencils I designed for The Crafter's Workshop.  The Stencils I used were 'Tuscan Wall', 'Moving Vines' and 'Organic Matter'.  Because I was going for the warm colors of Tuscany, I went with yellows, blues and greens with a hint of sepia.   Here are the Shimmerz Paints colors/products I used for this project...

Shimmerz Products Used:

~ Heidi Ho Blue Coloringz

~ Glorious Day Vibez

~ Chocolate Brownie Coloringz

~ Taupe of the World Vibez

~ Bamboo Leaf Spritz

~ Olive Branch Spritz

~ Emerald City Inklingz

~ Artichoked Texturez

~ Pumpkin Shimmerz

I did a video recording, a sort of step by step of the making of this journal cover (front and back) if anyone wants to recreate the look.   So take a break from the hassles of your day and let creativity flow your way! Enjoy! 

This was so much fun to make, I hope you enjoyed watching my video tutorial as much as I enjoyed creating this project!  Here are a few close-ups, that you can check out at your leisure....

Here's a view of the back and front cover.  I was going for a kind of aged, sun-warmed Tuscan doorway look.  I began by adding lots of textures using my stencils, and then just started layering on the paint colors starting with the lightest (Glorious Day Vibez) to the darkest.(Taupe of the World Vibez).

For the door, I brushed the Heidi Ho Blue on with a paint brush rather than spritzing it on, so that I would get streaks in the chipboard resembling woodgrain.  Then I lightly dry brushed some of my white Gesso over it to give the blue a more sun-bleached look. I finished the aged look by using a stamp I designed for The Scrapbook Diaries called Crackle Textures....I used the crackle paint stamp on the door and the peeled paint design on the walls.

For my vine corner, first I used my TCW 'Moving Vines' stencil with some texture paste, the  began to layer on my greens (Bamboo Leaf and Olive Branch Vibez).  For the chipboard I used the Chocolate Brownie Coloringz for the 'wood frame' and Emerald City Inklingz for the leaves.  

For the Ivy vine, I used my all-time favorite color of Texturez called Artichoked on the Ivy cut out on my Tuscan Walls stencil.  And finally I used a very light brushing of Pumpkin Shimmerz for my cracked brick design.

NOTE:  Don't forget to get your FREE/BONUS Shimmerz product in the color of your choice with your next Shimmerz Paints order....Just mention my name 'Gabrielle' in the 'Instructions to Merchant/Seller' part of your order, and presto! Stacey will bestow an extra Shimmerz product upon you!  Perfect if you're like me and have a hard time narrowing down the colors you NEED! :P

....AND....If you haven't heard the exciting news yet, Shimmerz has brought out a whole bunch of gorgeous new colors for their summer release!  I'm super excited to give these lovely colors a go!  I recently have been playing a little more with the Creameez paints and I just love the matte watercolor look they can give to a project!...I sat here trying to pick some favorite colors, but it's so hard to do, they are all so yummy! (Firm Foundation, Sage It Isn't So, Good Ol' Summer Time...seriously, how cute are those names too!). What's your favorite?

A Mixed Media Scrapbook Page Video Tutorial with Gabrielle

Hello Shimmerz fans!  It's Gabrielle here with you today to share with you a project I made using some really beautiful Shimmerz Paints products!

I was inspired by these adorable Pink Poppy blossoms a friend of mine had sent me (thanks Kim!), so I chose my colors in the pinks/peaches and soft greens.  As always, I love to show you all how this project came together, a sort of step by step.  Enjoy!......

I just love how Shimmerz Paints can be applied in so many different ways, spritzed directly from the bottles, spattered, or used with a paint brush!  Here are some close-ups of this project that you can view at your leisure....

A close up of the floral embellishments used on this page.

I created a color wash on the Dusty Attic chipboard pieces (Poppies) using Shimmerz Sweet Heart Vibez, Peachy Keen Coloringz and Berry Hot Creameez, to create a light watercolor look on the pieces.

I created a unique background design by spritzing some Sweet Heart Vibez, Peachy Keen Coloringz and Don't be Suede Coloringz directly onto my background paper and added some stamping to finish the design.

Here you can see where I applied some of the Don't Be Suede Coloringz to the edges of my embellishments to create a shadow effect.  This is a little trick that helps make the pieces pop.

I hope you enjoyed todays project and hope you feel inspired to try some of these beautiful Shimmerz Paints products. NOTE:  Be sure to mention my name 'Gabrielle' in the 'Instructions to Merchant/seller' part of your next Shimmerz Paints order to receive a FREE/Bonus Shimmerz Paints product in the color of your choice! xo