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!

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Season of Love | Julee Tilman

Hi Shimmerz friends! It's Julee Tilman popping in again with another shimmery cardmaking creation.

I was in the mood for some emboss resist watercoloring, so started by embossing snowflakes on watercolor paper, then masking off the edges of the panel and started on my background. I did wet on wet, plopping Well Blue Me Down randomly onto the wet paper. I dried the layer, then wet the area again and plopped some Hint of Mint in the other areas. I continued doing this until I had the mottled snowy day kind of look I was going for.

Next I moved on to this sweet snowman. I embossed him in black on watercolor paper, then watercolored with the same two colors, adding in some Bronzed Bombshell, Freshly Squeezed, and Pink Moscato for the little details.

a snowman needs to shimmer, so I finished off with a light coating of Angel Wings on the snowman body.  Then I hand trimmed around the image and set aside. The sentiment is embossed in black on the panel, then I popped the snowman image up on dimensional foam tape and added some shabby edges for a rustic touch.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! As always, you can mention my name when you place an order in the Shimmerz Shop to receive a free paint.  Happy painting!

Good Cheer | Julee Tilman

Hi Shimmerz fans! It's Julee here today to share a little cup of good cheer with you. Shimmerz is sponsoring the Fall/Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop that's going on now through December 7, so I thought it would be the perfect time to pull out the new Filled to the Brim stamp set.

Speaking of stamp sets, all in-stock stampz are on sale this week in the Shimmerz store! Use promocode STAMPZSALE at checkout for 30% off all stamps. Hurry, though... the sale is limited to stock on hand and ends Friday, December 7.

Go ahead and click on over. I'll wait.  {grin}

This card started with a background experiment. I painted a little Moulin Rouge and some Crimson Tide Shimmerz onto a 3 x 5" gelli plate to see what would happen. I think I watered it down a bit too much, because the result was pretty similar to smooshing it on with an acrylic block. I did two pulls from the plate and this one uses the second print. Next I decided to build up some layers, so I used the Tim Holtz mint stripes layering stencil at a diagonal with Crimson Tide Shimmerz to give it that peppermint stick feel. When that was dry I went in with a Tim Holtz flourish and some Tidy Widy Texturez for a shimmery textured accent.

Next I moved onto the stamping. I embossed the snowflake cup from Filled to the Brim in white onto the first gelli print I pulled and fussy cut.  I added a bit of Coffee Shimmerz to the brim of the cup, then layered it onto a wooden snowflake embellishment that I painted with Silver Bells Shimmerz.  The sentiment is from the same stamp set and embossed in silver onto vellum and then hand trimmed in a banner shape.  I finished off with some distressed edges and a little silver clip and bows.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! If you find a deal you can't pass up in the Shimmerz store, place my name (Julee Tilman) in the order comments so they know who sent ya!

Winter Cards | Julee Tilman

Hi Shimmerz fans! It's Julee Tilman here sharing a couple cards using the new winter release stampz.

First up is the adorable Love Never Melts set. How darling are these little snow friends working together to get the star on top of the tree?

I stamped the image and colored with Copic markers, then highlighted with Angel Wings Shimmerz. Next I painted a piece of cardstock with Winter's Mist Shimmerz and used it as a background, with a thin mat of black in between. The sentiment is from the new Filled to the Brim set and I finished off with a silver photo corner embellishment. Snow cute!

For my second card I pulled out this sweet snowman and birdie image from the You're Snow Amazing set. I stamped and then colored with Copic markers, adding all sorts of shimmery highlights with Angel Wings Shimmerz. The sentiment is stamped in black  and then I used the teeny snowflakes in the set to stamp in Angel Wings and then while it was still wet sprinkled a bit of extra fine glitter on it for a little extra texture.

I love how easy cardmaking is when you have such fantastic images. Even a simple layout like this shines with Shimmerz!

Thanks so much for stopping by today! If you place an order in the Shimmerz store, remember to put my name, Julee Tilman, in the comments to recieve a free little gift!

Holiday card by Astrid

Hi there Shimmerz friends, - today I have another holiday card to share with you. That famous holiday we all love so much is getting ever closer.....

I used three different sprays to put this project together, all from the Vibez range, the colours I used were: Palm Reader, Rolling in the Hay, and Hot Fudge, you can find them here.

Below a few process photos I took along the way:

I took a piece of thick card, gave it a base of dark brown acrylic paint, added some clear crackle paste and when dry and crackled, brought it alive with some Hot Fudge spray.

I die cut various foliage dies and sprayed them with a mix of my other chosen colours.

Here's a close up of one of the die cuts (a Heartfelt Creations stamp and die to match. What I love is that the sprays are translucent enough to still show the effect of the stamped image.

Next a focal image, another die cut (this time from Spellbinders) with a little antique image from my stash. (Many of these can be found copyright free online, though this one came from a Papermania Victorian Christmas collection that was available in the UK last year).

Now all that was needed was to put it all together, the sentiment was stamped and the poinsettia was from my stash.

Below a few close ups still:

A few "berries" added with a pearl pen from Viva Decor

The poinsettia, enhanced with a few spritzes of Vibez Hot Fudge

Well that's it from me for today, - happy holiday crafting! And don't forget, if you like what I used and want to get your hands on some too, - well, - just see below, - easy!!