Good Sea Vibes | Shimmerz Paints Neutral Colors | Lorimar Ortega

Hello Shimmerz Fam!

Today's layout features some lovely neutrals with only a few pops of color. I know, totally different than from I'm used to, but it's always fun to craft outside the box from time to time. This layout came together in under 30 minutes and it's super simple to make.

Begin first with a base of white textured cardstock. I didn't add gesso to it because I wasn't going to add a whole lot of mixed media. Start by spraying Taupe of The Morning and Glorious Day, followed by splatters of Granny Gray and Before Dawn. This should dry nearly instantly if you didn't used any gesso.

 

I dove into my stash for my embellishments, and tried to stay on the down-low with the colors since my goal was to highlight the picture. You can use items from your stash or from a particular collection; the possibilities are endless! The general placement of the layout was to make a sort of "shelf" with all the embellishments kind of "falling out" beneath the picture. I used a mixture of thickers, chipboard thickers, ephemera pieces, veneer buttons, and stickers. I also used a leftover word from the Sun, Sea, Fun Cutfile by COAPA Cutfiles. Added my journaling in gold ink at the bottom, doodled some lines around the border and splattered some Glorious Day to tie everything together, and done!

Simple things are sometimes the best things, and that applies to today's layout. Thank you so much for joining me today! Be sure to drop by the Shimmerz Paints shop and write my name (Lorimar) in the comments section of your next order to get a freebie!

Have scrappy fun!

- Lorimar

Check out the process video here.

Create Magic | Mixed Media Layout without Any Patterned Paper w/ Process Video

Hello everyone! Lorimar here sharing this super "messy" mixed media layout with you. Link to Process Video: https://youtu.be/on6FUoFhvEE

Have you had a chance to participate in our Spring Forward Challenge? It's a bit scary, at first, knowing that you can't use patterned paper, but I promise you, it's so fun to really push yourself and know that you make something just as amazing!

Here's my layout using the Spring Forward Challenge. Since I couldn't use patterned paper, I decided to up the ante and really use a lot of different mixed media products.

To begin, I chose a black cardstock as my base and added white acrylic paint with a palette knife to make a sort of frame beneath where my picture was going to be placed. After waiting for the paint to dry, I added Shimmerz in Mango Tango (Vibez), Jenni B Bleu (Vibez), Mustard Seed (Coloringz), and Hermit the Frog (Vibez) onto the white paint using the packaging technique, and added splatters of the same colors to the black cardstock.

If you look closely at my photo, my sons are playing with their toy cars in the midst of a big ol' mess. I don't mind the mess as long as they are playing and learning! In fact, it works out because the messiness served as inspiration for the "messy" vibe the overall layout has. After waiting for the Shimmerz to dry, I used a 12x12 star stencil and Dazzlerz in Gummy Beary Blue to add some texture and dimension to the layout. I've also used Dazzlerz Gold Mine with a Paige Evans Stencil to add even more interest and texture.

As soon as everything was dry, I dug into my stash for the eclectic array of embellishments that you see in the layout; I used ephemera, stickers, chipboard stickers, a bow, and wood veneers to further play on the boyish, messy theme. To tie everything together, I splattered some Pixie Dust (Blingz) all through-out the layout.

There you have it! Hope I've inspired you to join us in the Spring Forward Challenge. Let's get our stories documented.

Remember, you can receive some free paint if you write my name "LORIMAR" in the comments section of your next Shimmerz order.

Have a great day,
- Lorimar

You Are One Of A Kind

Hello! Super excited to be playing along for the Shimmerz Color Challenge, and here's my first layout.

I chose Coffee (love the name, color, and drink; Lol!) because I find it really hard to use browns as focal colors in my projects. This being said, I love this color now!

For this layout, not only did I step outside my comfort zone in terms of the focal color, I also pushed myself into making a masculine, nature-themed layout to document this picture from a few years ago of my husband (then my boyfriend) enjoying one of his hobbies.

Bearing in mind how brown is a color I struggle with, I also don't have a lot of patterned paper in this tine. Plus, I love color, I added blues and greens into mix by using the same colors/tonez from within the picture. I first began to work on my background. I dipped my brush into the Coffee pot (no pun intended) and started to draw vertical lines. Without waiting for it to dry, I ran a brayer over it and did the same thing only with horizontal lines. Splattered a few drops unto the background with the same color. Waited for it to dry and, using a "reptile skin" stencil and Jeni B Blue (Vibez), added a layer of teal to the background. Set the base aside again to dry and began to work on creating all the layer for the picture cluster.

I used a lot of different patterns in different tones of blue or green to layer in beneath my picture. Mixed in a bit of teal, but tried to stay between the blue and greens. Added a pop I did at a pop of brown right next to my picture tie in with the background. My picture/patterned paper cluster is set on 3D craft foam and the picture itself is also set on some craft foam. In the end, there are 2 layers beneath my picture.

Then I trimmed about maybe an inch on each side of the base a wonky matter and then distress the edges. In a way I wanted to recreate the idea of an old map. Beneath the first base, I placed a light blue pattern paper with rope design; I did this to continue with the masculine, nature-like vibe. With a brayer, I added a bit of In Deep (Coloringz) around the border and used a brayer to thin it out. Then added some splatters. Since the first base is light and the second base is white, I ran my brush with Coffee around the entire border of the second base. Did this also to further add on to the element of the distressed look.

Once everything was dry, I placed my patterned paper cluster onto my base with glue (I find it works better when adhering things on mixed media), and began finalizing the layout using embellishments in different tones of blues, greens and browns. Layered some green leaflets (leftover from another project) to give another "nature-y" element, added my journaling in blue marker and finished it all off with splatters in Coffee (Shimmerz) and  Oakie Dokie (Creameez)

3 words: I LOVE IT!! Hope you are inspired to make something like this, and thank you for looking! Remember, type my name in the comments section of your next Shimmerz order to receive some free paint.

Thank you once more for looking and happy craftin'!

- Lorimar