The August Color Kitz Collection with Samantha Robles

Happy weekend everyone! We're finally in August. You know what that means? An all-new Shimmerz Paints Color Kitz Collection. Hooray! This months kit include:

• Pop Art Pink Vibez
• Bamboo Leaf Spritz
• Trippin' in The Tropics Creameez
• *NEW EXCLUSIVE COLOR* Slow Ocean Shimmerz
• Glorious Day Vibez
• 1 exclusive Splish Splash Dolphin cut file created by Shimmerz Paints 
• 1 set of "Summer Splash" Dotz
• 1 package of Melon Ball Sequins from "Spiegelmom Scraps"

 It's now available in the Shimmerz Shop. Let's get started!

I took this photo last month and I knew I wanted to save it to use it for August's CK Collection. It screams "SUMMER"! I started my layout but tearing up some paper from the Doodlebug "Sweet Summer" Collection. I was aiming for the messy but fun vibe with this layout. I gesso'ed some white cardstock and used this adorable stencil from The Crafters Workshop with the following colors: 

*Heidi Ho Blue Coloringz

*Don't Citron Me Coloringz

*Lil' Yellow Skool Bus Coloringz

After letting my colors sit and dry for about 20 minutes,  I get a head start on my tropical flowers. I picked these cute rhinestone centered flowers up at my local Michaels. One flower was sprayed with the Pop Art Pink Vibez. The other was a mixed concoction of the "Trippin' in The Tropics" Creameez and Mango Tango Vibez. I made sure to get my Creameez really watered down. Almost muddy in the jar. Then add it to an empty small spray bottle. Then mix a little bit of Mango Tango in with it for the added POP and shimmer.

Now that my cardstock is dry, I start layering my torn up cardstock and begin added my flowers. These fun ephemera flowers from American Crafts mixed in PERFECTLY with the colors.

Now we add the fun cut file. Shimmerz Paints has a TON of new Cut Filez added to the Shimmerz Shop. The one I used is the "Splish Splash" file. The final touches are painting the inner letters with the new Slow Ocean Shimmerz. Then creating a little memory card background with Bamboo Leaf.

Yippie! Splashing into the last few days of Summer. Thanks for popping by. Don't forget, leave my name in the "comments" section of your order to get a little surprise with your order. Stay safe and cool!

XOXO

-Samantha Robles

Paper purging with Samantha

Happy Wednesday everyone! I hope you all had the best Memorial Day Weekend. I spent sometime purging my paper bucket. I never realized what a crafting hoarder I was! SO, the solution for that is play time! 

I've been hoarding my Paige Evans "Horizon" Collection for a while now. It's so pretty, I'm afraid to use it. Can anyone else relate to my anxiety? Ha ha! I finally decided I had the perfect colors to coordinate with the new collection. This is one of my all time favorite photos of me and my favorite person, my husband, Nick. The black and white photo helps add some contrast to tons of color. It's balances everything into perfect harmony.

I recently snagged this fun layered cut file from Paige Evan's Etsy Shop. Taking each piece, I just went to town using some of my favorites.

 * Iris My Case Shimmerz from the May Missy Whidden Color Kitz Set. This color is available in the set only, but it's to DIE for!

*Berry Hot Creameez

*Chick-a-dee Spritz

*Snow Way Man Vibez

* And a tiny Dotz epoxy embellishment I've been saving since the March Missy Kit. (This Kit is no longer available but we've got TONS of amazing Dotz available in the Shimmerz Shop)

* The green leaves were painted with lime green acrylic paint

The awesome thing about Shimmerz products is how fast they dry. There's no long wait times. So you can keep trucking right along with your projects. Cause if you're anything like me, when you're motivated to  produce a project that's been stewing in your mind, you want to pump it out as soon as possible. Simple to admire the heck out of it!

After waiting around the 5-7 minute mark for my cute flower pieces to dry, I then hot glue my pieces together. Alternating colors so there's not a bunch that look like the others.

I layered a piece of plain white cardstock on top of this fun piece of paper from Paige Evan's Horizon Collection. Then center my picture and add the fun florals all around. I had some of these fun stickers hanging around too, so I figured "WHY NOT?!" and painted them with the pink and iris colors. These stickers are from American Crafts. I'm not 100% sure if they are still available on their website but I did in fact find them a while back at Wal Mart. The SECRET Sticker haven!

Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope this inspired you to clean out your paper collection and play! Now that I have, I'm so glad I did. Don't forget! The June Color Kitz will be available to play with starting Saturday, so swing by the Shimmerz Shop starting at 9 AM MST to snag them. You won't be disappointed! Thanks everyone!