Shimmerz Christmas Tagz | Ericka Strange

Hey Shimmerz fanz! Ericka here and I'm just popping in today with some quick Christmas tags I made using a variety of the Shimmerz sprays and the Concord & 9th Snow Flurry set.

I had so much fun playing with these sprays and finding beautiful colors to blend together. I used watercolor paper so was able to add as much spray and water to my tags as I wanted to get some pretty blends.

For the first tag, I used Vibez Princess and Vibez Sweet Heart. I love the shine the Vibez spray has and it makes a beautiful background.

This tag has a blend of Vibez Hermit the Frog and Coloringz Well Blue Me Down. I love the vibrant look of these two sprays together.

 The Vibez has the beautiful shine while the Coloringz adds more pigment without the shine.

My next tag is a little more masculine with the darker colors. I used Vibez Grey Flannel with the Coloringz Blue Me Down.

On my last tag, I the same Vibez Hermit the Frog and Coloringz Well Blue Me Down but this time less of the green and more of the blue.  This tag is a little more grungy since I accidentally stamped the back of the snowflake and white heat embossed it. I then stamped the right side of the snowflake and heat embossed it with a pink. Still fun but a little more grungy.

For more information on how I created my card, check out my blog Strangely Creative.

That's all for me today. Thanks for stopping by and don't forget if you make a purchase on our new website, type in ERICKA in the comments and you'll receive a freebie with your order!

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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Shimmering Poinsettia

Hello All! 

With Christmas just 5 weeks away (can you believe it??), I have been making a lot of Christmas cards with this gorgeous poinsettia stamp from Sweet n Sassy Stamps.
This card was a bit of an experiment but I love the results.  Side note- there are so many layers of color and shimmer that make this card gorgeous, but also incredibly difficult to photograph.  Depending on the light and angle that the picture was taken, the colors look different in every picture. 

Here is what I did~
-Stamped the flower in Memento Tuxedo Black, using my MISTI, then painted a light layer of Miner Miner  49er Inklingz over the entire flower. 
-Once that was dry, I painted some Tickle Me Turquoise Shimmerz Paint at the base of each petal (approximately the first 1/3 of the petal).  
-While still wet, I blended out with Keep Palm Coloringz that I applied with a brush (approximate middle 1/3 of each of the petals).
-While that was still wet, I blended out with Miner Miner 49er Inklingz.  
-Once everything was dry, I decided that the Tickle Me Turquoise was too bold and needed to be toned down so I went over the top of it with Keep Palm Coloringz.  This was where the magic happened as the Tickle Me Turquoise still showed through but was much more subtle.  I wish you all could see this in real life!
-I worked each petal a bit more with the Keep Palm Coloringz and the Miner Miner 49er Inklingz. 

-Once I was happy with the layers of color, I decided to emboss the image so I put it back in my MISTI and stamped with Versamark ink and heat embossed with gold embossing powder. 
-Now all that was left was the background.  I used my Well Blue Me Down Coloringz and painted in on in layers, drying in between to get all of the hard edges. 

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Should you decide to do any Shimmerz Paints shopping, put my name, Lee Ann Barrett, in the comments section of your order and you will receive a free gift with your order! 

 

Happy Crafting!

Lee Ann

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!

Shimmering Octobers

Hello!

It's Lee Ann here and despite the temps, it is officially fall and, can you believe it, October is right around the corner!  October is one of my favorite months. What's not to like- crisp air, colorful leaves, soup, and the pumpkin patch!  I have discovered a wonderful pumpkin patch in an Amish town in Illinois.  Blue skies, golden leaves and orange pumpkins!

I started out with water color paper and two of my favorite products, the first being Jeni B Bleu Vibez spray.  This spray has a pearl shimmer to it and is a beautiful aqua/turquoise color.  I also used Well Blue Me Down Coloringz, which is a pigmented spray without shimmer.  It is an aqua color with more green to it than the Jeni B Bleu.  Together, they are stunning! I used the packaging technique to add these two colors to my water color paper.  I dried in between layers.

My bottom layer is also water color paper with a wash of Creameez Dandy Lion.

Once I was done with these layers, I colored my adorable pumpkins and fussy cut them out.
Using my MISTI, I stamped the sentiment on both the top layer and the bottom layer, masking and separating it so the pumpkins ran through it.
I added a golden shimmer with some spattering of Miner Miner 49er Inklingz.

I love how this turned out and I hope you do too! 

I have a second card to share, a CAS one, born out of my first attempts with the card above.

I started with the two colors, the Jeni B Bleu and the Well Bleu Me Down.  I spritzed the colors on so did not get as much variation and texture that I wanted.  No worries, I had a plan to use the Widy Tidy Texturez paste.  I love this stuff; even after it dries it has a shine to it.  I added this in areas with a stencil over my blue panel, and then while still wet, I sprinkled some chunky gold embossing enamel and hit it with the heat tool. 
I loved the look, but it was not working with my pumpkins.  So it was abandoned for a bit and then because it was so pretty, I had to find a use for it.  I decided to die cut a leaf shape into my white cs and mount it on top of the blue, gold, and white textured panel.  I finished with a simple sentiment (going to a friend fighting cancer) and some score lines around the edges of the card.

  There are still a few of the September Color Kitz available, so grab them while you can!  

Should you decide to do any Shimmerz shopping, add my name, Lee Ann, in the comments when you check out to get a mini free gift! 

Thanks for stopping by!  

Lee Ann 

Turning Leaves

Hello!

Lee Ann here, with another fall inspired card for you.  The leaves are changing, but in my neck of the woods there are no vibrant colors yet.  This is what my card reflects. It's kind of how I feel too, lol.  Not ready for summer to be over but looking forward to all things fall! 

I colored my Technique Junkies image with lots of Shimmerz goodness.  I used a combination of products to give me varying degrees of shimmer.
I used~

Key Lime Shimmerz

Coal Shimmerz

Bahama Mama Inklingz

Pining for You Creameez

Just Peachie Creameez
Witches Blue Creameez

Well Blue Me Down Coloringz

This card was so easy, just coloring, with no special technique to explain!  I used the coal Shimmerz in the very back of the foliage to create depth on my card.

All of the different products blend beautifully, so no worry about one being Creameez, which is a watercolor paint with minimal shine and another being Coloringz, highly pigments spray without any shimmer.

That's it for me!  If you decide to do some Shimmerz Shopping, remember to put my name, Lee Ann Barrett, in the comments section of your order and you will receive a FREE gift!
 
Also, there are still a few September Color Kitz available, as well as a few  Missy Whidden September Color Kitz available.  Grab them while you can! 

Thanks for stopping by!

Lee Ann

 

Floral Thanks

Hello All!  Lee Ann here;  I am excited to be sharing my first official Shimmerz Paints blog post!

This background came together super easy.  I selected two colors that complimented
each other and then I got messy!

I started white gesso and a credit card.  I loaded the credit card up at the narrow end and then very lightly, in an almost flat (along the paper) position, I pulled the credit card/gesso down the water color paper I was working with.  I did this several times.  This leaves streaks of gesso on your paper.  This will add lovely texture and color variation to the painted panel.
 Once dry, I brushed on some water across the top of the panel.  Then I applied  Key Lime Shimmerz paint and held the paper upright, allowing the Key Lime Shimmerz paint to drip.  I added more paint and water to get the drips until I got the desired effect.
Next, I covered the Key Lime Shimmerz paint across the top and spritzed on the Well Blue Me Down Coloringz just below it.  I uncovered the top of the card and spritzed on some water, allowing the Well Blue Me Down Coloringz to drip and mix in with the Key Lime Shimmeringz.  This created a wonderful blend of color and shine. When I had the desired effect, I dried the watercolor paper with the heat gun.

Once dry, I splattered on some Key Lime Shimmerz and Well Blue Me Down Coloringz.
My flowers, from Sweet n Sassy Stamps, were colored with Copics and fussy cut out.  I die cut the
background panel with a scalloped rectangle frame and stamped the sentiment in Versafine black ink.  The scalloped frame portion was flipped for interest and popped up on dimensional tape.

I hope I have inpired you with my project!  Thank you for checking it out! 

If you place a Shimmerz order, enter my name, LEE ANN,  in the comments to receive 

a Shimmerz freebie!  

When Life Gives Lemons | Julee Tilman

Hi  Shimmerz friends! It's Julee Tilman popping in today with a little shimmery creation.

This weekend I was at a local craft store and came across the sign below. I'm an avid coffee drinker and this totally made me giggle. I knew I just had to recreate it in card form for one of my coffee loving friends!

To start the card, I pulled out stamps from Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps and stamped the lemon on watercolor paper, then masked the lemon off and stamped it again. I then added a mask to the other lemon and created a background around the lemons by plopping on Hint of Mint Spritz, Well Blue Me Down Coloringz, and It's Mint to Be Shimmerz. When it had dried I splattered with more Well Blue Me Down and Bumbly Bee Shimmerz.

After I peeled off the masks, I painted the lemons using Limoncello and Bumbly Bee, then stamped a few of the leaves on a scrap piece of watercolor paper and colored with a mixture of Hint of Mint and Bumbly Bee. That's one of the things I love about Shimmerz, everything blends so well you can always create the perfect coordinating color! The leaves are fussy cut and layered over the lemons.

The when life gives you lemons sentiment is stamped in black and embossed with clear embossing powder to really make it stand out and then I started in on the customized portion of the sentiment.  I pulled out the Bitty Minnie Alpha and stamped the word trade and them, then chose the for from the Happpy Alpha set to make a little banner across my panel.

The coffee is one of the fabulous Dotz embellishments from the Cup O Love Dotz collection. Love these sweet little embellies for cardmaking! I accented it with a couple more stamped leaves, then set this aside to work on a little splatter background. I like a little variation in my splatters, so in addition to the Bumbly Bee and Limoncello Shimmerz, I also splattered on some Goldie Lox Shimmeringz. This color is so beautiful and added just the perfect amount of variety.

I finished with a black mat and a white card base. Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope your day Shimmerz! 😁

As always, if you place an order in the Shimmerz Shop, leave my name in the comments for a free sample product!

Hello Card | Julee Tilman

Hi Shimmerz Friendz! It's Julee Tilman popping in to share a shimmery card with you. My hubby's birthday is this week and in the mail he got a card from a company of which we're frequent customers. It was just a plain card with three brushstrokes of paint and a black and white sentiment, but it got the wheels in my head spinning.

I headed up to my studio to try to do my own spin on it. I reached for Freshly Squeezed, Well Blue Me Down and Pink Stilettos, knowing that the pink stilettos would blend well with the other two colors if I used it as the middle swash of paint. I sprayed a bit of each color on my palette and then used a wide wet brush to make the blue and orange swashes, leaving room in between for the pink. When these were dry, I painted in the pink stilettos, overlapping the other two colors.

I then set this aside and pulled out the Petite Poppies Stampz set. I wanted to stick to this same color palette, so chose the blue for the flower, orange for the center of the flower and then mixed the blue and orange together for the stem and leaf. Once everything was dry, I coated with a layer of Angel Wings Shimmerz for that shine we all love, then did a few accents with a white gel pen and fussy cut.

The brick Scrapaholics chipboard piece is coated with gesso so that it would pick up the true color when I sprayed it with the pink stilettos.  When the spray was dry, I pounced on Tidy Widy Texturez in random places to give some depth.  I used some alphabet stamps for the sentiment, then layered it all together and finished with some paint splatters with Burnished Buckle Inklingz.

I hope this project inspires you to take a look at your sprays and experiment with how they'll blend together. The translucency of these sprays make them so fun to layer!

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Don't forget, if you place an order in the Shimmerz Shop, be sure to mention my name (Julee Tilman) in the comment section when you place your order for a freebie!

Mixed Media masculine layout with Sandi Clarkson

Hello, scrappy friends! 

Sandi  here with you today sharing my first Shimmerz Paint project for 2019! 

Here's hoping for a creative year for all of you!!! 

My first step after selecting my papers was to coat them with clear gesso and then added Paste-Eez Salt of the Earth texture paste pushed through a stencil. 

After that dried, I added my distressed photo layers along with the photo of my grandson. Before moving on, I did some random stamping. 

After choosing some chipboard embellishments from Creative Embellishments, I prepared them in a couple of different ways.

This Twig frame with fall leaves was sprayed with my Shimmerz Coloringz Chocolate Brownie.

After that dried, I sprayed the frame and leaves with my Shimmerz Vibez Hot Fudge which gave them a warm glow!

Before adding my florals and other embellishments, I enhanced my focal area by painting on Coloringz Well Blue Me Down with a small brush.

As I worked, I keep some water nearby so that I could dilute and let the color run as desired. 

The chipboard title piece is from Creative Embellishments Adventure Word Set.

I decided to alter it a bit differently and chose my Inklingz Penny 4 Your Thoughts which turned out great! It gave it a nice, copper-y look.

In the background, you can see the Paste-Eez Salt of the Earth which was pushed through a stencil.

Here I tried to capture a better view of those copper tones of the Inklingz Penny 4 Your Thoughts.

The leaves were treated with a smattering of Blingz Gold Glimmer along the vein lines.

Finally, I added my florals and bling. Then splattered with gesso as well as Coloringz Night Moves which is black and the primary project color Coloringz Well Blue Me Down.


Thanks so much for coming by today!
Be sure to mention my name if you do a little retail shopping at Shimmerz for a little free paint.

Shimmerz products used:
Coloringz Chocolate Brownie
Coloringz Well Blue Me Down
Coloringz Night Moves
Vibez Hot Fudge
Paste-Eez Salt of the Earth
Inklingz Penny 4 Your Thoughts
Blingz Gold Glimmer
(discontinued Spigelmom Scraps sequins Boy Mom Life)