XOXO | Melissa Minor | February Color Kitz

Hi Friends! Melissa Minor @cardsbymelissaminor here on the blog today. I'm creating a 12x12 scrapbook layout using the gorgeous February Color Kitz. I'm making a Valentine's layout, but I'm not using a photo from Valentine's day. Don't let the theme limit you with the photos that you scrapbook using a theme. The photo I'm scrapbooking today is a photo of my boyfriend Dale & I back from October. We were sitting outside near the pool in Florida. I just liked the photo of us and thought it would be perfect to use for an "I Love You" themed layout.

I started by using some mixed media cardstock. I pulled out a stencil from my stash and applied a thin layer of texture paste. Once that had dried I began applying the paints. OMG! The colors of paint in this kit this month are stunning! I used a variety of them.

Pretty In Pink-Coloringz Gladiola -Vibez First Blush-Inklingz 1 Hot Mama - Creameez Cardinal Sin-Color Splash Silver Bells-Shimmerz (Available in the bonus bundle)

Did you know the Color Kitz include a cut file? Although I didn't use the cut file included with the Color Kitz this still gives you an idea of how you can incorporate cut files into your design. I went into design space and found a scallop border and cut that out in black cardstock. The XOXO cut file I purchased online. I love the lips patterned paper the most of all the papers in the kit this month. I decided I would use that for both the X and the O. 

Next it was time to embellish my layout. I love the ephemera that looks like a playing card with the sentiment "luckiest girl in the world". Since that was the largest piece of ephemera I adhered it down first. Then I started pulling out other images such as the balloons, hearts, and flowers and glued them down around the page. I finished the layout by using a few sequins that were from the bonus bundle.

I have a full process video over on YouTube. Reminder: add my name Melissa Minor to the notes section of your Shimmerz Paints order to receive a free paint! I hope you all have a wonderful Valentine's Day full of LOVE! 

Shop Shimmerz Paints here.

Sweet Heart | Melissa Minor | February Color Kitz

 Hi friends! Melissa Minor here on the blog today. I'm creating a Valentine scrapbook layout. The picture I'm scrapbooking is of my daughter Taitym & I. I'm so lucky to be her mom. I'm using the February Color Kitz. 

I started my layout by pulling out all the paint sprays from the Color Kitz: Pretty in Pink-Coloringz, Gladiola-Vibez, and Cardinal Sin-Color Splash. I sprayed each of these colors onto some SBC Mixed Media 8.5x11 cardstock. After those paints were dry I splattered with the Silver Bells-Shimmerz from the Bonus Bundle. I pulled out a heart die and was able to die cut 7 hearts from the cardstock sheet.

I decided to turn one of the hearts into a shaker element. I cut a piece of acetate and a top cardstock layer for my heart. I used the Bonus Bundle sequins and sealed up the heart shaker. Next I placed the stickers that came right in the kit onto the hearts. I wanted them to look like candy conversational hearts. I think by using the sticker words they really do look like the candy hearts that you see around Valentine's Day. 

One of my favorite items included in the Color Kits are the Epoxy Dotz. I placed the lip dotz in the upper right hand corner of the layer with some tangled thread behind it. I pulled out a few of the ephemera embellishments and placed around my photo. To complete my layout I used the same paints and splattered all around my layout. I have a full process video linked below. When you place an order on the Shimmerz Website be sure to add my name -Melissa Minor-to the notes section and Shimmerz will send you a free paint! Thanks so much for being here today friends! I'll see on the next layout. Happy Valentine's Day!

I Have Loved You for a Thousand Years | February 2024 Kit | Brandy Vaughn

 Hi, y'all! 💖

I'm back with a brand new layout using the gorgeous February Color Kit and cut file! It's also my anniversary month and that has me all mushy and lovey feeling so this layout represents my state of mind perfectly at this moment and I couldn't have done it without this kit! 

I wanted to start by adding some mixed media to the inside of my hearts. I am completely in love with the way my Shimmerz products are blended and layered together! The effect is beautiful! 

 Next, I added my long title because I knew it would take up a lot of room on my page. I wanted to get it down as soon as possible and begin embellishing around it with all the pretty pieces that come in the February kit. 

Finally, I stamped around the edge of the page to create a border that holds it all together. 

I hope you guys enjoy the layout and are inspired to create your own about someone you love! You can see my process video here: https://youtu.be/CCb-ZBuq2T8

Remember to add my name, BRANDY VAUGHN, to your order for a free Shimmerz product! 

Have a lovely, crafty day! 

xoxo

Brandy

I love you Bunches & Bunches! || February Color Kitz with Natalie Dill

Hey friends! Natalie here today using the February color kitz. They're so gorgeous, and perfect for a month of love!

The Kitz contain: 

• Angel Wings Shimmerz
• Gold-N-Roses Blingz
• Pink-a-Boo Inklingz
• *NEW* Cloud Wine Vibez
• *NEW* Age Before Ruby Coloringz
• 1 exclusive layered process "Rosez" cut file created by Shimmerz Paints 
• 1 set of "My Better Half" Dotz
• 1 package of Rinestonez
• 1 diamond stencil 

I used the Angel Wings Shimmerz to paint the entire background of my gessoed white cardstock to create a shimmering base for my background. Find my entire process video on my channel.

I used a brayer to apply the Cloud Wine and Age before Ruby sprays and Gold-N-Roses Blingz to rose stampts and stamped atop the gessoed background.

I also sprayed the diamond stencil with the Cloud Wine Vibez and used it as a stamp alongside the stamped floral.

I then used a brush and water to fade portions of the stamped background.

While the background dried, I painted the cut file roses I cut out of gessoed cardstock on my Cricut. I added some Ice Sage Inklingz and Olive Branch Spritz to the leaves of the roses. I tinted the petals with Gold-N-Roses Blingz and Pink-a-Boo Inklingz.

I laid out mypage in a diagonal pattern and created a gold title that says "I love you bunches and bunches," since flowers come in bunches.  I used one of the adorable Dotz for the ampersand in the title.

I added some additional foliage to my roses in green and gold. As well as gold and black splatters with gold gems and red pearls.

I hope you go grab your  own February Color Kitz. I can't wait to see what you all make!!

 

February Color Kitz with Samantha Robles

 Happy Monday everyone! I'm so excited to be back creating after being on maternity leave. We'll be using the new February Color Kitz Collection, featuring two new colors.

First, I start with the exclusive cut file found in the kit. These adorable roses! Each rose gets a shade of: "Pink A Boo" Inklingz

"Age Before Ruby" Coloringz

and  Gold-N-Roses Blingz

The cute little leaf petals are then painted with Pining For You Creameez.

Next, I cut out the new "Sweet Heart" cut file. I only wanted to highlight the "sweet" portion so the cut file didn't swallow up my cute girl's photo.

After glueing the pieces together, It's time to back my photo with some paper from Cocoa Vanilla's "Happiness" collection. This pink matches perfectly! I finally add some embellishments from an old stash I had from American Crafts and some sequins from Spiegelmom Scraps.

I cannot rave about the new colors enough! They're simply stunning and a must for any crafter. Supplies will be limited. If you'd like a freebie product from Shimmerz, make sure to drop my name in the comments of your order(s).

Have a happy Monday!

-Samantha Robles

Date Night with Process Video | Niki Rowland

Hey everyone, this is Niki back with a Valentine's layout for you today! I hope you had a great Valentine's Day yesterday. So confession..this photo wasn't actually taken on Valentines Day but we are out on a very rate date night, on our own (!) so it is definitely fitting with Valentine's!

You can find a process video for this layout at the end of this blog post.

I've used a cut file by Paige Evans, which is available in the Silhouette Store. I cut it quite large and from Marshmallow cardstock. I then coloured it in with lots of different Inklingz and Creameez:

Pink a Boo Inklingz

Strawberry Fields Creameez

Trippin in the Tropics Creameez

Naughty or Nice Inklingz

Steely Blue Eyes Inklingz

No One's Chrome Inklingz.

I spritzed the pots directly with water and let them sit for a short time. I then had a lovely rich paint of each colour to pick up with my paintbrush and apply directly onto the cut file.

Once covered, I added some splatters to the cut file and set it aside to dry.

I stuck the cut file onto a white background. I placed a torn piece of pale pink patterned paper behind the cut file and then set about embellishing. I added my photo and lots of embellishments around the photo to form one large cluster.

I finished off by adding extra splatters to the photo cluster . Here's another look at the layout: 

Thanks so much for joining me today. There's a process video for this one that you can view below.

Don't forget that if you place an order via the Shimmerz store, put my name in the comments and you will receive a freebie with your order.

Happy scrapping

Niki xx  

Sweet | Color Kit Cut File Layout with Process Video

Hello Everyone!

Thank you so much for joining me today and viewing how to make this "envelop explosion" layout. Ever since I first saw this gorgeous cutfile (designed by Samantha Robles for the February Color Kitz), I fell in love with it! I instantly knew that I wanted to create a layout which would convey the idea of a dropped envelope full of mementos with its contents spilling out, and after finding out memory I wanted to document, I got to work. So, let's get to it! (Process video is linked at the end of this post).

Since Valentine's Day is right around the corner, I wanted to use more pinks and reds in this layout, and in order to tie in the photos with my color scheme, I added a bit of blue into the mix. I began by cutting out the cutfile; Altered it a bit to have some extra hearts in various sizes and made sure that that envelope within the cutfile measured at least 4x5. This is so my pictures could really seem like that really did spill out of the envelope.

Then came the process of coloring all of the elements in my layout. Listed below are the colors and where I used them:

Background

- Peacock's Plume (Shimmerz)

- Coral Reef  (Inklingz)

- Cheeky Pink (Creameez)

- Pink Caviar (Shimmerz)

- Pink (Shimmerz)

- 1 Hot Mama (Creameez)

- Pip Pip Cherry-O (Shimmerz)

- Dear John Letter (Inklingz)

- Bubble Gum Blast (Shimmerz)

Hearts and Envelops Over Lay

- Razzle Dazzle Berry (Vibez)

- Cotton Candy (Spritz)

- Bed of Roses (Spritz)

- Jeni B Bleu (Vibez)

- Goldie Lox - (Shimmeringz)

Once all my items were dry and my pictures were matted on craft foam, I placed the envelope with the envelope cut file laid over it at the bottom left-hand corner followed by the pictures placed at an angle as if spilling from the envelope. Then I spent some time rearranging the hearts all around the pictures; some of the hearts are placed on craft foam, others laid on top of each others, and still others are glued directly unto the background.

After this, I added some pink, yellow and white sequins from Spiegel Mom Scraps that I had in my stash (Freezin' for a Reason). I then splattered some Miner, Miner 49er all around the layout to tie things together and add a pop of gold. Wrote my journaling on some scrap pieces of yellow cardstock and added a border around my layout using Jenni B Bleu and a brush.

I loved how this turned out! It had many processes, but I loved playing around with the colors and cutfile. Hope I've inspired you to get your story documented. Remember, you can get some free paint by writing my name in the comments section of your next Shimmerz order. 

Process video: https://youtu.be/0wryaEJ3RMg 

See you soon!

Main Squeeze | Amanda Baldwin

Hi Shimmerz Friends! 

Amanda here, & I hope you had a wonderful Valentine's Day!

I just can't get enough of Happy Heart Day creating - 

so here's one more scrapbook layout sharing the February LOVE!!! 

"Main Squeeze"

Oh isn't this sweet?!! 

Lots of Shimmerz lovelies here, & as this layout is for my album, it must feature a pop of blue! 

Let's take a closer look.....

So awesome! 

Such a beautiful color combination! The peachy pink with the pops of blue and striking red, are just too gorgeous for words!!!

Beneath my photo cluster, you'll spy a fabulous mixed media base created from 

Shimmerz Paints: Vibez: Pop Art Pink, & Quit Yer Wine-n, 

Spritz: Ruby & Cotton Candy, 

and Dazzlerz: Spun Sugar.

Just divine!!!

You'll also spy our favorite paints on the cut file hearts! 

I have used Shimmerz Paints:

Vibez: Pop Art Pink, Sweet Heart & Snow Way Man

And Spritz: Ruby

See the techniques, and how-to, in my process video HERE.

https://youtu.be/zBuhbVaKVuQ

I hope you enjoyed watching my video! 

Here's a couple of close ups for you....

So super cute & so much fun!!!

Who would've thought that Snow Way Man would be my new fave Valentine's color?!!

I urge you to give this color scheme a try - it's so beautiful! 

I love the subtle Spun Sugar stripes in the mixed media base! 

Perfect!!!

Thanks so much for stopping by today! 

I hope my layout has inspired you & that you enjoyed watching my process video! 

Order you fave colorz in the Shimmerz Paints store HERE.

And don't forget to earn yourself some free paint too.....

til next time, 

Happy Arty Days, 

Amanda xo 

You Make My Heart Smile | Julee Tilman

Hi Shimmerz friends! It's Julee Tilman popping in to share a card with you. I had so much fun playing with my Shimmerz paints for this card.

I started with the Heart Dangle chipboard from Scrapaholics, painting it with Moulin Rouge, Berry-licious and Sugar Plum Shimmerz. Isn't this a dreamy combination? While this was drying, I taped down and masked off a rectangle with post-it note tape to start on my background. I used the same colors of Shimmerz paint to paint the background, spritzing with water and lifting with a paper towel to get the splatter look.  Here's what it looked like before I pulled up the masking. Love that shimmer!

I thought a flower would look perfect in the center of my painted chipboard heart, so I pulled out the Fresh Start Stampz set and did some three step stamping for the flower and leaves in pinks and greens. I stamped two flowers and two leaf sprigs, then cut just portions of the second ones to layer and give the flower and leaves a bit more dimension. I curled up the top layer flower petals, too. Here's what it looked like when I was done building this portion of the card.

I thought my flower needed a little more pizazz, so I pulled out the Angel Wings Shimmerz and gave the flower and leaves a good coating. This is one of my favorite ways to add a bit of wow factor to stamped images. Love the shimmer it adds!

Done with my elements, I picked a sticker from the Small Talk idea-ology collection for my sentiment, snipped it in two and added to the bottom of the card. I layered everything together, outlined the background panel with a black permanent pen to give the illusion of a mat without extra bulk, then finished off with some sparkly scattered holeless sequins.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you're inspired to add a little Shimmerz to your next creation. And if you hadn't heard, the March Shimmerz Color Kit kicks off at 9AM Mountain today! It's a steal of a deal at 30% off and a great way to try out a few different products for your spring creations. There are limited quantities, so don't delay!

The March kit includes the following: 

• 1 package of Spiegelmom Scraps Sequins in One in a Melon
• 1 2oz bottle of Pink Moscato Vibez
• 1 1 oz jar of  Celery Shimmerz 
• 1 1oz jar of  Good as Gold Inklingz
• 1 1oz jar of Pining for You Creameez

If you place an order, put my name in the comments so they know who sent you! 

Happy Heart | Amanda Baldwin

Hi Shimmerz Friends! 

Welcome back for more shimmering paint delights!
Amanda here, & boy oh boy have I got some sweet Heart Day inspiration for you!
Valentine's Day is one of my all time favorite Holidays,
& I just LOVE creating all the heart things!
But enough chatter, here's my layout......

"Happy Heart"

Oh.my.heart!!!
This is so super sweet and completely melts me!
You'll spy the following Shimmerz Paints products:

Spritz Ruby
Spritz Cotton Candy
Vibez Pop Art Pink
Paste-eez Peach Fuzz
Paste-eez Salt of The Earth

What a wonderful color combination!
Here's a closer look for you.....

Gor-jus!!!
As well as our super shimmery, and divine paints I've also used the Cocoa Vanilla Studio: More Than Words collection & the Hello Hearts cut file from The Cut Shoppe.

I start this layout by spraying Spritz Ruby to the top of the Hello Hearts cut file.
This very pretty red is so vibrant!



Next, I apply Vibez Pop Art Pink to the center of the cut file, and at the base of the cut file I spray Spritz Cotton Candy. I also add a couple more light sprays of the Ruby to add a lil tonal interest too!
Just look at the golden shimmer from the Pop Art Pink - Stunning!!!



These colors have my heart!

Before I attach the Shimmery cut file to the pattern paper base, I prep the paper with a light coat of Jo Sonja's White Gesso. I then apply Pop Art Pink with a very watery paint brush, creating a soft base of color. I then add splatters and droplets in Spritz Ruby & Cotton Candy, as well as the Vibez Pop Art Pink. I then apply those beautiful textured hearts with a Vicki Boutin Stencil & Paste-eez Peach Fuzz. So pretty!



The pink textured hearts are made from combining Paste-eez Salt of the Earth with Spritz Ruby - another gorgeous color combination!

For finishing touches, I add more Ruby droplets and a lil paint around my photo to complete my Happy Heart themed layout. 

Here's one last close up for you....

Absolutely beautiful! 

Want to see more of how this layout came together?

Please watch my Process Video HERE & thanks for subscribing! 

https://youtu.be/1uKHFpsMNiw

I hope you enjoy watching! 

*REMEMBER*: Type AMANDA in the comments section of your Shimmerz Paints Store order  HERE to receive a FREE paint! Yay! 

(No minimum spend, not valid with any other offers & code can be used repeatedly) 

Thanks for stopping by, 

til next time, 

Happy Arty Days, 

Amanda xo