"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

Embellishments by Joyce

This post is primarily about creating embellishments for our projects using Shimmerz Paint products.  I thought I would share with you some of my embellishments that will be used on my upcoming Shimmerz blog posts and maybe inspire you to create some of your own.

Faux Encaustic – metal rim office tag:

My newfound go to Shimmerz product is….”Paste-eez!”  The product is dimensional and can create a lovely milky ethereal faux encaustic look without the hassle of melting bees wax.  This embellishment started with one of those white metal rim tags you find at the office supply store.  Apply some Shimmerz paint to the white part of the tag, let dry.  Apply some paint brush splatters of Shimmerz Vibez Snow Storm on top of the paint, let dry.  Affix a fussy cutting of a butterfly, let dry.  Finally, apply a coat of Paste-eez, Salt of the Earth (not too thick of a coat) with a small spatula.  The important thing to remember is to let the Paste-eez dry naturally if you want a faux encaustic appearance.  Simple and easy. Right?  Now, I want to run to the office supply store and find the smaller metal rim tags….more Paste-eez please!  Warning:  It’s addictive, and you will want to apply this product on everything.

Here’s what the embellishments look like on a finished page of my little whispers book.

Tag: Gesso; apply a little torn bit of a doily piece to one side of the tag; apply bits of fiber paper with a matte medium; using a paint brush I applied Spritz-Bamboo Leaf and Spritz-Olive Branch.

Blue Fern Studios shell chipboard

Gesso the chipboard; apply fiber paper on chipboard using a matte gel medium and dry thoroughly.

Apply a diluted application of Coloringz – Peachy Keen over chipboard, being careful to  leave small spaces of white gesso intact; then apply full strength Coloringz-Peachy Keen in valleys of the fiber paper using a small paint brush, dry each application thoroughly; apply Spritz-Taupe of the World with a very small fine paint brush in to the little valleys of the fiber paper and dry thoroughly; use a very sharp charcoal watercolor pencil in the little valleys to create depth and contrast; if the lines look too hard and harsh, apply a fine mist of water and let the products loosen  and flow, dry thoroughly; lightly go over raised areas of the chipboard with moistened Creameez-Marshallow that has been allowed to thicken so that you may use your finger to swipe some and add over the top of the raised fiber paper areas; finally apply some metallic white paste on the top raised paper areas.

Note:  Before proceeding with each application above, allow each application to dry thoroughly, otherwise you will have a muddy mess on your chipboard and the fiber paper will deteriorate.

Doesn't the Texturez -Tidy Widy make the coral in the photo below look realistic?  Love that stuff!

Watch for my June 15^th design team blog post here on Shimmerz and you’ll see where these shimmery good and sumptuous chippy pieces ended up.

Yup! Scrapbook layout | Katty Miranda

Hello friends! Katty here to share a 12x12 scrapbook layout. I found this funny picture of my younger son on my moms phone and I had to scrap it. I pulled out the Simple Stories Life in Color Collection and chose some coordinating colors to use in my background.

I added a thin layer of gesso to a yellow paper from the collection. This helped to strengthen the paper. I then used the good ole packaging technique on top of the gesso. 

I picked several colors that coordinate with the Life in Color Collection, I used a spritz in Ruby, a vibes in Jeni B Blue and Coloringz in Peachy Keen, Well Blue me Down and Oh Say Can U Sea. 

I also used one of the Dazzlerz in the color Licorice Stick through  a plus sign stencil to add some fun texture. I also added some splatters in a couple of the colors. 

I then added embellishments from the collection all around my photo. Including some chipboard frames and stickers. I added a few simple layers behind the photo. I love how it turned out. 

Products Used:

Dazzlerz: Licorice Stick

Spritz: Ruby

Vibez: Jeni B Blue

Coloringz: Peachy Keen, Well Blue me Down, Oh Say Can U Sea

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