"By the Fire" ~ Altered Control Board with Sandi

Hey, hey, Shimmerz Paints fans! 

Sandi Clarkson here with you today sharing my latest project .. an altered furnace control board! 

The back story here is that our heat went out late Christmas Eve and was not restored until January 2nd! It was a very long, miserable week to say the least. So, when the repairmen handed me this burned out control board, I knew I had to alter it and memorialize that we survived! Thank goodness for electricity and that Lowe's had plenty of space heaters. 

The second back story is that when I get a new shipment of product from Shimmerz, I always open it as soon as I possibly can and sit down and spray (or brush) them all out on the "nearest to me" sheet of white paper! Maybe even a paper towel. So, I wanted my project to sort of replicate that habit. Since rainbow patterns are popular in crafting, I went with that! 

My first step was to paint the control board white using some glass bead texture paste. Once that was dry, I began to spray from left to right.  My colors used were the following:

Coloringz Scarletts Fever

Coloringz Peachy Keen

Coloringz Mandarin Mai-Tai

Vibez Froget Me Not

Coloringz Heidi Ho Blue

Coloringz Mama Sings the Blues

Vibez Blushing Bride

To amp up that glorious texture created by the object itself, I added some like-colored glass beads here and there.
Then I added my flower and mechanical light bulb.

Here's another angle of what and my hubby and I are calling our little city! Haha!

My title is from 7 Dots and is sort of another tongue in cheek gimmick!
Yes, I am trying to make the best of our adventure.
It could have been soooo much worse!

Here you can see the netting I added under the florals.
The chicken wire is solely for photographing.

Trying to show you a close-up of the beads.

One last photo and I guess I'm done!
I hope you are inspired. 

This was one of those fun, cathartic projects.
Just aim and spray to your hearts content!
Loving my Shimmerz Paints!

Remember if you place an order, use the code SANDI for a free paint.

Products used:

Coloringz Scarletts Fever

Coloringz Peachy Keen

Coloringz Mandarin Mai-Tai

Vibez Froget Me Not

Coloringz Heidi Ho Blue

Coloringz Mama Sings the Blues

Vibez Blushing Bride

Altered Paint Brush with Sandi Clarkson

Hello, scrappy friends! 

Are you ready for Christmas? I'm getting there but whew, it's a little crazy around here! 

I'm up today with a fun, Altered Paint Brush project! 

I've been wanting to do another one and so, asked the hubby a few weeks back if he had an old, used one in the garage. Sure enough he did and here is the transformation! 

So pleased with how it turned out! 

Since it was in such bad shape, I added a layer of white gesso and allowed that to dry. Then I covered the entire paint brush with Inklingz-Miner-Miner-49er. The project required several coats but was sure worth it!

I wanted to have an almost "chipped paint" look, so after the Inklingz-Miner-Miner-49er dried, I added some Coloringz-Scarletts-Fever to the side and on the bristles of the brush. I went with red because I found this scrap of red pattern paper from years ago and really love it! I think it was BoBunny but I'm not really sure.

After choosing a couple of Creative Embellishments chipboard pieces, I primed them and gave them color with my Vibez-Snow-Way-Man. After they were glued to the brush, I coated them with some Diamond Dust. The chipboard was further embellished with floral and pearls.

I felt that the bristles needed a little more emphasis, so I added some Vibez-Glorious-Day to create a little more sparkle!

Lastly, I added a little narrow blue ribbon and considered it done!
I'm loving the Creative Embellishment new Artist Trading Coins and finding so many ways to use them!

Here are the Shimmer products utilized and there is a product list below.

Thanks for coming by today!

If you decide to do a little holiday shopping for yourself, be sure to add my name in the comment section for a little free gift with your purchase! 

Wishing you a Merry Christmas and I'll be back with you soon!
Sandi

Shimmerz Products used:

Vibez-Snow-Way-Man

Vibez-Glorious-Day

Coloringz-Scarletts-Fever

Inklingz-Miner-Miner-49er

Creative Embellishments products used:

Winter Artist trading Coins

Artist Trading Coins

Falling Snow Set

Floral Grace Card | Julee Tilman

Hi Shimmerz friends! Today I'm sharing a fun all occasion card. As soon as I saw the Floral Grace Stampz set, I immediately fell in love with this gorgeous flower! It's so graceful and versatile. I can see it in autumn colors for a fall flower, in reds and pinks for a holiday poinsettia, or any color of your choosing for an everyday card. And it's such a perfect size to really make a statement on a card. You really must take one home, if you haven't already! 😉

I started by stamping the flower and a few of the leaves on watercolor paper with Hero Arts Intense Black ink. This ink doesn't react with water, so it's the perfect ink for wet mediums. Next I sprayed some Scarlett's Fever and Pretty in Pink Coloringz on my palette and watercoloring the flower. Since Coloringz are flat sprays, I added a little Angel Wings Shimmerz for the perfect amount of shine. I love how soft and shimmery it looks when it catches the light. Beautiful, vibrant colors, with just the right amount of sparkle!

To finish the flower, I went in with a white gel pen and a black permanent pen for detailing and to add in some of that white space I always seem to forget because I get so excited about the beautiful color! I did a little bit better at the white space on the my leaves, colored with Bamboo Leaf Spritz and Palm Reader Vibez. Then I let my fingers do the fussy cutting and layered the pieces together.

I really loved the flowers make any day special sentiment from the set, and thought it would be fun to create a rainy day background to make the colors in the flower pop. I smooshed on some Deep Blue Sea and Don't Rain on My Parade Vibez  and dropped some water on it. Next I added a bit of Tidy Widy Texturez with a stencil for the effect of rain, then finished off with a splattering of Pool Me Close Shimmerz.  The sentiment is embossed in white on black cardstock, something that always seems to make a sentiment shine. Three little red rhinestones are the only other accent.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! There are so many fabulous ways to make your projects shine in the Shimmerz store! Hop over there and make your crafty dreams sparkle. And remember to put my name, Julee Tilman, in the comments when you place your order for a FREE mini surprise product!

What's in it?
Stampz: Floral Grace
Coloringz: Scarlett's Fever, Pretty in Pink
Vibez: Deep Blue Sea, Palm Reader, Don't Rain on My Parade
Spritz: Bamboo Leaf
Shimmerz: Angel Wings, Pool Me Close
Texturez: Tidy Widy
Other: watercolor paper (Canson), black cardstock, Intense Black ink (Hero Arts), Mini Tile Texture stencil (The Crafter's Workshop), rhinestones, white signo gel pen, black Micron pen

Simple Rainbow Background | Irit Landgraf

Hi! Irit here and I'm happy to share a new project with you today! I will show you how to create a super fun and easy rainbow background, using one stencil and a lovely selection of Coloringz. Here's the finished layout-

I used a Dina Wakley stencil called mini favorites and Coloringz in Pink Stilettos, Pretty in Pink, Scarlet's Fever, Don't Citron Me, Well Blue Me Down, Heidi Ho Blue and Sunset Strip Vibez to create the background. This is such an easy and effective way of creating a lovely colorful background for your layouts, cards or art journal. Don't forget to watch the video tutorial I created and see exactly how I made this!

Mention my name when placing an order on the Shimmerz website and receive a freebie!

Thanks for visiting and have a lovely day!

Mr Frog, a painting with Karine

My dear crafty friends,

I'm here today to share my froggy creation. This will be my last share for this team, as I'm stepping down. I've been a member of this team for more than two and a half years now, and I learned a lot. I'd like to thank Stacey and Samantha for their generosity, their trust and their support. The Shimmerz Paints family will always have a warm place in my heart.

For this "grande finale", I created a painting for my niece. It's a 3' x 4' wood panel that goes in her room to hide the electrical box.

To color the frog, I used a lot of Shimmerz Paints products.

The green is made with the new Jolly Green Giant Creameez, a touch of I'm not Limon Inklingz and Peas Be Mine AcriTonez.

For the red eyes, I didn't have any red watercolor, so I used My Bleeding Heart and Scarlet's Fever Coloringz, along with Shimmerz Tar, Tar AcriTonez. I also used a little bit of 3 Sheets to the Wind AcriTonez for highlights.

For the frog's body, I used mostly Shimmerz Tar, Tar and My Bleeding Heart AcriTonez, diluted with lots of water. I used a touch of I'm not Limon Inklingz.

To make some shadows, I mixed the black Shimmerz Tar, Tar AcriTonez with In the Navy AcriTonez. 

For the orange portions, I used My Clementine Creameez with Freshly Squeezed Coloringz. I added some Shimmerz Tar, Tar AcriTonez to make some shadows.

To make some dimension on the frog's skin, I used some paste. I used some Salt of the Earth Paste-Eez and I planed to use some Jelly Bean Green Dazzelerz, but when I reached for it, I discovered that the lid on my jar wasn't properly closed, so my paste dried! I needed something, so I mixed some Tidy Widy Texturez with Jolly Green Giant Creameez. It gave me the perfect green color textured paste.

I made some splatters with the colors I used to paint the frog. I added some Jiven Jade AcriTonez near the arm of the frog, diluted with water, and to make some more splatters.

Finally, I embellished with moss and flowers.

Shimmerz Paints products used:

My Bleeding Heart, Freshly Squeezed and Scarlet's Fever Coloringz

3 Sheets to the Wind, Peas Be Mine, Shimmerz Tar, Tar, In the Navy and Jiven Jade AcriTonez

Salt of the Earth Paste-Eez

Tidy Widy Texturez

Jolly Green Giant and My Clementine Creameez

I'm not Limon Inklingz

I really hope you like it.

Thanks again Stacey and Samantha for your trust and for all those wonderful years in the Shimmerz Paints family.

Karine

xx