Hottie Pink!?!

I just LOVE that name; the perfect name for the perfect Valentine's Day color! I also think that it is the perfect name to describe a woman's cheeks after a hot bath (or after reading Twilight! ;-)

How about a cute little Hottie Pink gift- it's a little sweet and a little salty!

I found this cute sucker bouquet at my local grocery store and thought they'd work perfectly for a decorated bottle of bath salts! I used a Making Memories storage jar and filled it with bath salts. I decorated the outside of the jar with two strips of Basic Grey Bittersweet paper, which I Blingz'd up a bit by painting it with Hottie Pink and Pixie Dust. Usually the scrapbooking paper that has the glitter, embossing, or extra texture is nearly twice as expensive as the standard plain-Jane scrapbooking paper - using Shimmerz/Blingz is an inexpensive, quick and easy way to jazz it up a bit! I used a nail and a hammer to punch a hole in the lid that was large enough to hold the bouquet of heart-shaped suckers. I added some Basic Grey chipboard heart stickers to the front of the bottle - I also painted these with Hottie Pink Blingz.

I hope you have a wonderful day!

Kisa Peters

Happy Thanksgiving!

Today, I thought I’d share a quick fall-colored card with you using Blingz!

I stamped the image (FireCracker Designs, Fall Flowers) with Stazon onto an acetate sheet and then painted the backside with Spiced Cider Blingz! I thought the flower itself was beautiful enough so I kept the card very simple.

Be sure to check out the announcement here! Happy Thanksgiving and Happy Shopping!

Kisa

Yummy Spiced Cider

Spiced Cider Blingz that is! And isn't that a delicious name? The color is gorgeous too! I thought I'd combine a traditional holiday stamp with a couple nontraditional holiday colors! I didn't use red and green or silver and blue, instead, I went with Spiced Cider Blingz and a bit of black and white! I think it gives the card a great rich flavor!

For the main image, stamped the Lizzie Anne Designs Silent Night image on white paper and embossed with black embossing powder. Then I painted the entire piece with Spiced Cider Blingz. Once the paper was dry enough to handle, I carefully wiped the embossed image off. For the 'patterned paper' in the background, I used the same white paper and Blingz, but this time, I did a technique similar to smacking acetate - or at least that is what I think it is called! I splotched up a piece of acetate with the Blingz, then turned it over and pressed it onto the white paper. I did this until the white paper was completely covered with the Blingz. The paper is very shimmery, and because I used the acetate, the Blingz dried with a bumpy 3D texture. There are some larger glimmering particles in it, which make it even more shimmery! I think it looks pretty darn fabulous!

Kisa

A bouquet of Flowerz

Just for me!! I had a bit of a cold last week and I decided that I needed to treat myself to a bouquet of flowerz! I bet you can guess what I used! Shimmerz and Primas of course!


I had an inexpensive bunch of silk flowers ($3.00 and it had all of the greens and everything). I popped off the flowers from the stems and took the centers out and saved them. I then painted some white Prima flowers with Sunflower and Angel Wings Shimmerz. When they were dry, I put the flower centers from the silk flowers into the centers of the Prima paper flowers. The silk flower centers that I used had two pieces, the yellow center, which pokes perfectly through the top of the Prima flower, and then a bottom green piece that then slides onto the stem of the center from underneath to hold the flower in place. Some silk flowers do not have the two pieces; these still work, but you might have to use a touch of glue on the underside of the Prima to help hold it in place. Finally, I stuck the assembled flowers back onto the plastic stems, stuck them in a vase, tied a ribbon on the vase and Viola!! Shimmering flowers that will last a long time! I'm not normally a silk flower fan.....but I do love these ones!



And here's another little something I did with the components of some silk flowers...

My son made this clay pouch for me probably 8-9 years ago. It had some dried flowers in there that were just not so cute any more, so I decided to revamp the flowers and freshen it up a bit! I think it turned out pretty cute!

Special Guest Designer

We are so excited to announce that we've invited a special guest to show off a Shimmzpirational project as we celebrate the launch of our new limited edition colors: Kisa Peters! She's been Shimmering our socks off lately, and we asked her to create something special for our big day. Boy, did she deliver:

She stamped the three-step squirrel stamps onto white cardstock. Then she painted the whole piece with the Beeswax Shimmerz, which gave it the warm golden color. Then, she painted the clear baubles with Rustic Red Shimmerz. They matched the Cranberry Crisp cardstock well and made great corner embellishments.


The close-up picture really shows just how shimmery these paints are!

We can't wait to see what other spectacular creations Kisa creates for us. She's been so enthusiastic and an absolute joy to work with. Congratulations, Kisa, and thank you!