Travel Far and Wide

Hi everyone! Melissa here with a page for Shimmerz Paints! What a pleasure to work with these rich, delicious paints to express my love of the colors in this photo. 

To make this page I used watercolor paper for both the mat, and the background.

I stenciled on texture paste with a credit card. I arranged chipboard around the photo, prepped it with gesso, and applied paint. I put on a thick layer of Clear Rock Candy Crackle, and topped it with more paint,gesso, and gold mica powder.

I put a thin layer of paint over a lot of the page, but then wound up painting over a lot of it with gesso,things just got too busy.

To add visual interest I added the following: several little poppy flower stamps from Shimmerz stamps, tulle, cheesecloth,lichen, dried flowers,birch bark, embroidery floss, pearls, mica flakes, metal glitter,glass glitter, rhinestones, charms, rub ons, metal, seed beads, micro beads,dry embossing powder,sequins, and more. As I added things, I brushed on Shimmerz around to tie them in with page.

To the right of the metal I added clear glass glitter to wet paint. The glitter kind of drew the paint close to it.

Here's a list of colors I used

Inklingz:

Oakie Bear Blue

Blue My Mind

Dear John Letter

Olive U Truly

Emerald City

Penny 4 Your Thoughts

Blue Lagoon

Shimmerz:

Evergreen

Tickle Me Turquoise

Jilted Jade

Ultra Marine

Teal the End of Time

Precious Metal

Vibez:

Jeni B Bleu

Deep Blue Sea

Blue Jeans

Creameez

Jolly Green Giant

Stamps

Petite Poppies

Thank you so much for looking, and have a great week!

Remember if you write my name in the comments section when you order, you can get a surprise freebie!

Never Stop Dreaming

 Hi everyone! Melissa Larson here with my first page of the month for Shimmerz Paints!  I love the quality of these paints, I feel I can really express my love of nature with them. 

To briefly describe how I made this page, I put texture paste on with a stencil, then mounted the photo on watercolor paper. I cut up chipboard and die cuts and glued them all around the pic. I put the flowers and some of the embellies on, then started painting. There are a lot of layers of Shimmerz and Inklingz. The gold is mica powder. 

Here's a list of the colors I used:

Inklingz:

Dear John Letter

Oakie Bear Blue

Blue My Mind

Greener Pastures

Blue Lagoon

Penny 4 Your Thoughts

Shimmerz:

Celery

Teal the End of Time

Blue Grass

Thanks so much for looking, and have a great week!

Under the Sea Fun with Gabrielle!

Hi All, It's Gabrielle here with you today to share with you my latest mixed media canvas using some new Shimmerz products that I am totally in LOVE with!  Have you tried the newest reformulated Shimmerz Paint pots?  

These newest selection of Shimmerz paints are so incredibly shimmery and pigmented!!  You get crazy rich color....I picked up all the colors and just love them!  I also picked up the newest colors in the Shimmerz Spritz....for this project I used the 'See Ya Latte' Spritz and 'Walkin' a tight Heliotrope' Spritz (the Cold as Ice Vibez I already had in my stash).

For this project I made a whimsical octopus out of Sculpey baking clay (step by step shown in the video)....and I used some Dusty Attic chipboard to bring the design together. So grab yourself your favorite beverage, sit back and enjoy!.....

I hope you all enjoyed my video tutorial and picked up some tips in creating your own Under the Sea canvas.  Remember I'm always happy to answer any questions and love to hear your feedback on the project!  Here are a few close-ups of the project that you can enjoy at your leisure....

I used seed beads (Prima - Licorice) to blend the octopus legs into the background design of the canvas.  The design was meant to be whimsical so you only see part of  the octopus moving onto the canvas (I know of course, an octopus has 8 legs, lol!)

I always like to use a variety of Dusty Attic chipboard to help create my little vignettes on my canvases, I feel like they help tell the story.  Before I applied my chipboard frame I added some aqua and turquoise sequins to add extra shimmer and sparkle to the project.

Another thing I always try to remember when creating a canvas is that this project will be viewed from many angles, so you want to make sure that you cover all areas of your project with color.

And finally here is a top view of the project.  I hope you enjoyed watching my tutorial and learning about how this project came together.  I always love to hear your comments and feedback.  Thanks for popping in today!

If you would like to order the paints and sprays used in this project, you can find them all at the Shimmers Paints Store  NOTE: Be sure to mention my name to get your FREE/Bonus Shimmerz Paints Product (in the color of your choice) in your next order!