Painting a Holiday Die Cut | Audrey Yeager

 Hello everyone and Happy Holidays!

Each year, I do 12 Days of Holiday Scrapping with process videos on my YouTube Channel.  On the first day of scrapping, I used my true love: SHIMMERZ paintz!  :)

I cut this cut file from white cardstock with my Silhouette, and then used a paintbrush to paint the leaves.  For the leaves, I used: Creamez "Pining for You"; Inklingz "Holly and Ivy"; Shimmerz "Celery"; Inklingz "Twinkle Twinkle";  and Creamez "Red Neckin". 

I backed just a few of the leaves with patterned paper, and on the silver ones, I used some sparkly, snowy confetti to add some shine and texture.  I backed my word die cuts with coordinating patterned paper as well.

I gessoed my background patterned paper, and used the packaging technique and some water-coloring to add a place for my photo to rest. For the background I used: Shimmerz "Going Peach Side";  Shimmerz "Pink Caviar"; and Creamez "Red Neckin".  Then I splattered with some Inklingz "Twinkle Twinkle".

Finally, I glued everything to my page, machine stitched over the edges of the die cuts, and added a few embellishments here and there.

You can watch my entire process below!  

Thanks so much for watching and Happy Holidays!

-Audrey Yeager

Thankful for Every Little Moment | Niki Rowland | November Color Kitz

 

Hey everyone, this is Niki @nikiclairecreates and I have a new layout and process video to share today using the November Color Kitz. You can find the process video at the end of this blog post.

The November Kitz contains Don't Rain on my Parade Vibez, Going Peach Side Shimmerz, Precious Metal Shimmerz, Misty Morning Inklingz and Show Me the Honey Inklingz. As well as these amazing paints, there is also a pack of three Dotz, some gorgeous sticky backed pearls and of course the exclusive cut file, which reads 'Thankful for Every Little Moment'.

I started with a sheet of white card that I trimmed down and distressed the edges. I mounted this onto a sheet of Maggie Holmes Marigold paper that had colourful stripes on it - this paper was a great choice as the colours in the paper match the colours in the Kitz perfectly!

I cut the outline of the cut file in kraft card and cut the internal letters in light pink.

I added three colours from the Color Kitz to my layout, as a base to put my photo. The colours I used are: Misty Morning Inklingz, Show Me the Honey Inklingz and Going Peach Side Shimmerz. These three colours are so pretty together and my plan was to create a lovely area of colour for my photo to sit on.

 

Once dry I arranged my cut file onto the layout and popped up all of the internal pink letters on foam pads to give lots of lovely dimension. I added my photo and a few embellishments on the painted area.

I also created a little cluster of embellishments down in the bottom right corner of the layout and added some splatters of the Color Kitz Paints.

 

 

I used a metal die and my Big Shot machine to cut out some leaves from white card. I then painted these with the other two colours in the Color Kitz: Precious Metal Shimmerz and Don't Rain on My Parade Vibez. These leaves look so pretty painted in those gorgeous colours.

I added two of the Dotz to my layout and a few of the sticky backed pearls on each side. Here's another look at te finished layout:

 

I've put together a process video for this layout that can be viewed below.

Thank you so much for joining me today and I hope you have enjoyed this layout and video. Don't forget that if you place an order via the Shimmerz Store, add my name to the comments to receive a little freebie!

Happy scrapping

Niki xx

@nikiclairecreates