A Shimmery Layout and a Chippy paint technique

Hi there Girls and guys (if we have some tuning in!!!!)  I have a shabby style page to share today using some Shimmerz Paints....... some Blingz to be exact! (Poinsettia Pink)  I painted and I splattered my way through this page!

I thought I would just quickly show you how I jazzed up some plain chipboard die cuts....These ones happen to be some Tim Holtz Cogs I cut with my big shot.  The Birdcage and some of the other little elements are from Imaginarium Designs (an Aussie chipboard company)  So heres what I did.......

 Paint the Die cut with gesso.....

Lay the wet die cut down on some scrap newspaper and leave for a while waiting for it to dry a bit.

(I saw Alyssa McGrew do this and its such a fabulous technique!)

And the result is some of the newspaper sticks to the wet paint leaving a shabby text print here and there.

Use some Blingz Paint in ANY colour and paint on well.

Let it dry and admire!!!!

Cover the die cut with a generous coat of Dimensional Fluid, which dries crystal clear and dimensional.

Let it dry for an hour or so and you have a beautifully finished element to add to your page.

So there you go.  

Maybe something you could try!

Thanks for stopping by.