Tuesday, March 17, 2009

A Little Something Sweet!

When you look around the Shimmerz blog, you see a lot of fun ways to use these super duper sparkly paints - on flowers, on acetate, over Copics, or as Jennifer showed you all the other day -- with colored pencils over top!

I'm going to play it simple today and just paint with them!
For starters, I stamped my Sweet Peas (Flourishes) off the right side using Versamark ink and then embossing it with silver detail embossing powder. Then... let the fun begin! I started by coloring all the flowers with a base of Pink Poinsettia. While the paint was still wet, I dabbed on some Pink and Hotty Pink to add some depth to all my flowers. For my leaves, I painted the base in Celery and then added a splash of Sagebrush to add some depth. It you meld these colors while the base color is still wet, these paints blend beautifully!

Now for a peek at the sparkle! It just looks so soft and feminine in real life!

I am convinced that there are hundreds of ways to use these paints!!But, when in doubt, a simple paintbrush and a lovely stamp to color works beautifully too!

Thanks for stopping by!

~Julie

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

This is so elegant, Julie - I love it!

"Luv 2 Glitter" by Brenda M. said...

Absolutely beautiful. So soft and delicate. Thanks for sharing.

Jaymerz said...

Julie that is Stunning!!

Lori Renn said...

So very pretty, Julie!

Sara Henton said...

I'm sitting her gobsmacked!! This is so beautiful and stunning...counting the days til I get paid so I can get some more

Debby said...

Goodness this is gorgeous!

Karen said...

Wowser!! I love the embossing with the shimmers! Breathtaking!!

Kim Dellow said...

So pretty, doesn't the Shimmerz add an elegant sparkle? Kim