She is Clothed in Strength and Dignity with Amy Prior

Hi everyone! Amy Prior back with you all again today to share a layout that I have just completed using lots of gorgeous Shimmerz Spray Paints.

The photo I have used for this layout is of my dear friend Nicole who is so inspiring to me with a gorgeous heart. During a recent trip to the beach with both our families, I took this photo of Nicole and just loved it so much. The photo is so carefree and fun and just the perfect shot of Nicole. 

I really wanted to use the gorgeous Stencil from Donna Downey with the She is Clothed in Dignity Scripture Verse but I just knew it would take up a lot of room on my page so I started off by adding some Gesso through the stencil to the right side of my white cardstock. When the Gesso was dry, I have sprayed some random spots of Shimmerz Coloringz over the page that would match my papers I had chosen.

Once I let the Shimmerz Coloringz dry, I have then used my stencil again lining it up as perfectly as possible over the Gesso before spraying some Vibez Rolling in the Hay over the top. As you can see, the Shimmerz Vibez did run a little through the stencil as I was way too heavy handed with the spraying but I just love the blotchy effect it left behind. I really wanted that Gold Shimmer to come out from the Vibez sprays. 

The final step for my background to bring that beautiful stencilled scripture verse back to the fore front was to draw over the letters with a Snow Marker before heating with my heat gun to activate. This Snow Marker is so cool for giving a funky new type of texture and is particularly great for adding a snow like effect to the edges of flower petals etc. I just love the effect it created on the letters here and because I wasn't very good at doing an even coat over each letter, the letters vary with dimension and bubbley texture which is super cool. 

Some ripped paper, doilies and TONNES of flowers of course was the final touches to this fabulous layout. I have also got a fun Flourish with a Bling Laser Flourish tucked under my flowers here and there that was also sprayed with the Shimmerz Vibez Rolling in the Hay Spray. Because the water based sprays instantly wanted to resist the laser flourish, the end result was a very cool dribbled effect that I unfortunately had to allow to dry naturally because one zap of my heat gun and the flourish would have melted. Oh well LOL sometimes we do have to wait for paint to dry *sigh*.

Shimmerz Paint Products used include...

Shimmerz Coloringz in No Yoking, Oh Say Can You Sea, Pretty in Pink and Peachy Keen
Shimmerz Vibez in Rolling in the Hay.

Thanks for stopping by and don't forget that you can earn a free gift simply by placing an order through the Shimmerz online retail store HERE and entering my name (AMY PRIOR) during the checkout process in Paypal just in the section that says comments to merchant. 

Amy Prior xx 

My Heart Can't Resist the Vibez

It's been a month since Valentine's Day has passed, but our feelings and all things that inspire us are timeless, are they not? Well, today I'd like to share a heartfelt project that I created using some Razzle Dazzle Berry and Before Dawn Vibez.


For this project, I used a Maya Road chipboard heart box which originally had a sheer, semi-opaque insert on the box top. I replaced it with a piece of clear acrylic so that the patterned paper could be seen from the top of the box. I wanted a nice textured border for the box top so I decided to try a resist technique. I stamped the top with a Papertrey Ink damask stamp and white pigment ink. I quickly embossed it with white embossing powder, and once it cooled, I sprayed it with Before Dawn Vibez. I wiped away the excess spray from the embossed images, and it resulted in a nice, shimmery distressed look that I love! I also sprayed the bottom of the heart box with Before Dawn Vibez to match and adhered a piece of Teresa Collins patterned paper inside. Next, I adhered a length of lace around the box top for added texture and interest.


For the flowers, I sprayed Razzle Dazzle Berry Vibez onto three small Prima flowers, painted the centers with white gesso, and added Prima rhinestones to the centers.


For the large flower, I die cut the petals from crepe paper using a Sizzix poinsettia die, sprayed them with Razzle Dazzle Berry Vibez, assembled the petals into a flower, and painted the center with some Before Dawn Vibez. The crepe paper flower was topped with a Prima flower which was sprayed with Razzle Dazzle Berry, painted with some gesso, and embellished with a large rhinestone for the center. Finally, I added some Prima crystal swirls to complete the box.

Consider trying a resist technique the next time you use some Shimmerz Vibez! Pardon the pun, but it really wasn't hard to resist doing so on this project! ;-D

Thank you so much for joining me today!

Pearlz and Teresa Collins

Just wanted to share with you all some pictures from the Teresa Collins booth at CHA. She was showing off her gorgeous new lines and the new Shimmerz Pearlz.....what a gorgeous combination!!

Stacy and I had the opportunity to meet with Teresa in her booth and get some pictures. :)


And some shots from inside Teresa's booth.....Shimmerz Pearlz was featured on many of the gorgeous projects!




And our very own display of the Pearlz right in her booth!! Stephanie Ackerman used Pearls on the gorgeous roses she created in many of the projects and taught with Pearlz in the classes at CHA!


A picture of me and sweet Stephanie....she is so creative!!



Shimmerz made quite a splash at CHA, even though we didn't have a booth! I can't wait to see what is in store for Shimmerz this year!

See you soon,

Lucy