365 Art Journal page

Hi there...I am back again today to share some more shimmerz Paints in use!!!!  This time in my journal, which is an art journal / project life journal.  This page is recording a recent event in our family on February 18......and was fun to do.

Products I used

COLORINGZ

Mandarin Mai Tai

Anchors away

VIBEZ 

Razzle Dazzle Berry

SPRITZ

Chick-a-dee

BLINGZ

Under the sea

ENAMELZ

Sparkiliscious

The background is made with book pages, tissue paper and decoupage medium, with distress ink.

I used a mask with Mandarin Mai Tai and Chickadee making circles patterns in the background, Then drips with Anchors Away.  Between each layer I used Helmars Fixative Spray to stop the colours melting together when they get re-wet!  It kept the colours seperate nicely.  I added Razzle Dazzle Berry in more concentrated colour sprays and let that drip too, then went over the area behind the photo in Under the Sea.

I used some watercolour crayons to do the circles and some more Under the Sea to colour the centres.  I sprinkled over Sparkiliscious Enamelz over the entire area of the wet circles and embossed it making it look glossy and have a hard acrylic look. ( and ever so sparkly!!!!)

I added some pen in black and white, edging the text (which was stamped with Staz-on) just to add highlights and to neaten things up.  And its finished!  I stuck everything down and called it finished!

Get some Shimmerz into your art Journals girls.  So much fun.
Thanks for stopping by the blog today!

Have a good day!!!

A mix of Enamelz, Vibez and Pearlz!

Hi there, Lydell here again!
I have a page to share here and some fun stuff I did with Shimmerz Paints and Enamelz.  They go hand in hand for some outstanding effects.
Here is what I used for todays project....

Shimmerz in 

Pearlz -Grey Flannel

Vibez- Egg Noggin (a limited edition colour which I believe may still be available if you hurry!!!)

Enamelz - Gold Digger and Molten Metal

.......And here is my page.

You cant see it very well, but I know its there......I applied texture paste to the background with a palette knife, let it dry and added white paint and buttercup cream acrylic paint to set it all off.  I sprinkled Molten Metal Enamelz over this wet paint in splotches and heated to melt, creating puddles of the metal look,  (You can see it slightly under the middle yellow flower and just above it......)

I painted the tag in the Grey Flannel Pearlz and sprinkled the edges with the gold digger while the paint was wet, creating a pretty and textured border around the tag.  Much prettier than how it started off!

I sprayed each crocheted flower with the Vibez Egg Noggin.  These were flowers sent to us some time ago from Petaloo, they were brilliant white!

I also sprayed the Prima felt label you can see here under the photo, and various other flowers....and some lace too!!!!

I sprayed some other Petaloo flowers and dipped them in the Gold Digger Enamelz, totally covering the flower.  I added metal button centres to these, and they are really pretty!

So thats what I played with today.

AND I have a quick tip to share.  I have many many Shimmerz Paints like the Pearlz 'Grey Flannel' in the tubs.  These can sometimes be left sitting for quite some time before you get a chance to use each colour regularly and can tend to separate and dry up a bit.  My Grey Flannel had not been opened in a very long time, and had gone quite thick (it would no longer shake up in the tub......I know Shimmerz says to add distilled water, which is probably best for your paints, but I just add some water from the tap and just stir it through well to rejuvenate them back to how they are meant to be.  I dont find it alters the intensity of the colour or the Shimmery properties.  Because they are water based and wash out so well in water, adding water (preferrably distilled) brings them right back to life.  Remember add a little at a time though.....too much may effect the saturation of the colour.....better to add not enough than too much!!!!!

Hope you are enthused about all the possibilities Shimmerz Paints offers, Especially to extend the use of your stash and create Projects which meld colours beautifully- all acheived by recolouring embellishments.  Get stuck into your Shimmerz!

Thanks for stopping by.....have a wonderful day!

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.

Shimmering Art Journaling......

I had not done much art journaling for a little while now, so I decided it would be a good project to play with today.  I came in to post and saw Heidi has been doing some too.......I hope every one does not get art journalled out!.....but hey....how can you?.....Its so much fun and it helps release all that pent up creative energy!!!!

Heres a couple of pages I played with today.

This one is just the start of one, a bit of a progressive attempt.....

(See that sparkiliscious on top of the Mama Sings the blues Coloringz.....mmmmm!!!)

I had fun!!!!!

Products Used......

Shimmerz

SPRITZ- seafoam, licorice, 

VIBEZ- grape escape, blue jeans

COLORINGZ- Mama Sings the blues, No yolking, Pink Stiletto

ENAMELZ - Gold Gigger, Sparkilicious

Other products.....

Gesso, Watercolour crayons, felt tipped pen, Templates, book pages, white paint. Japanese Washi tape, copic markers

Shimmerz goes hand in hand with art journaling.  I could have played all day!

Thanks for stopping by.

A totally Shimmery Page

Hi there everyone!

I have a page to share today that I covered with Enamelz, Shimmerz newest addition!!!!

Ok...I will show you the page, then tell you a little about what I did to it!

Oh my goodness, are these products fun or what.  I had a GREAT time playing this afternoon.  The textures and shimmery goodness you can create with Enamelz is amazing.  I am so in LOVE!!!!

to begin with I painted the background with Shimmerz Celery Paint, just using a paintbrush.  I painted some gesso on some bubble wrap and stamped it, and then did it again with more celery paint a little more concentrated to create a darker print.  Then while it was still wet I sprinkled some Fake Bake Enamelz over and heated it until it melted.

Cool effect Huh?

I cut out a butterfly and painted it with Gesso, then again while it was wet I sprinkled over some Molten Metal and heated, then added a little embossing ink to the wings and the edges a bit and sprinkled over some Gold Digger.   Mmmmm!!!!

So then I used Sparkilicious to coat the flowers from Petaloo.  I pushed them into an embossing pad to coat, and then covered with the Enamelz.  I painted some buttons with gesso and covered those too, with Molten Metal Enamelz this time.  I did the same to some chippy pieces from Imaginarium and some scrap corrugated cardstock, covering parts with gesso and sprinkling over the Enamelz.

Lastly I painted some lace with Shimmerz in Marigold to add a shot of colour.

 Ohhhh, I hope you can all get your hands on some Enamelz soon.  

The world would be a better place if everyone had some Sparkly Enamelz!!!

Have a great day!!!!