Spring has Sprung with Samantha

Hi friends! I'm so excited to finally be back in the Shimmerz seat and sharing my newest layout with everyone.

Here in Idaho, it's been a WET WET Spring so far. I've been daydreaming of bright blossoms and sweet smelling trees for weeks. So if you can't force the rain to stop, you make your own Spring. 

I started with a plain 12x12 watercolor sheet of cardstock. Just some good old Hobby Lobby brand paper. Because everyone needs a reason to go to Hobby Lobby, am I right? ;)

I got a little out of my comfort zone and used some plastic packaging I had sitting around. I did 3 sprays of each color onto the packaging:

* Sweet Heart Vibez

*Pink Stiletto Coloringz

*Jeni B Blue Vibez

*Oh Say Can U Sea Coloringz

*Chick-a-dee Spriz

*Mustard Seed Vibez

*Don't Citron Me Coloringz

After I got all my colors sprayed on, I took my paper to the plastic and did a stamp like motion to it. Really press the color in there to give it a bigger affect, then gently peel the plastic off. I'm an overly cautious scrapper, so I let my paper sit over night to get 100% naturally air dried.

I then finally used this adorable cut file from HandiPaper I've been hoarding for a couple of weeks. A perfect POP for Spring. I then took some floral ancient pieces from the Paige Evans Whimsical Collection and placed them where my heart desired. 

The photo is of my little boy last Spring.

 I'm almost giddy about how fun this page was. These colors are my go to's for all my bright projects. The sprays are POWERFUL. One spray and that color will pop out at midnight. I had fun sharing with you today. Keep it Shimmery!

Shimmerz Butterfly | Ericka Strange

Hello Shimmerz fans! I hope you are having a wonderful week and are looking forward to the weekend. Ericka here today with a spring card using a mixture of beautiful Vibez and Spritz sprays.

I started out with watercolor paper and used the new cut file designed by Paige Evans (part of the NEW Missy Whidden Kit from Shimmerz Paints) as a stencil and sprayed it with the bright Chick-a-dee Spritz. I let that layer dry and then added a layer of Mango Tango and then Mustard Seed Vibez. The Spritz layer gave it a bold color without shine but when layered with the shine of the other two Vibez it really is pretty.

While that was drying I took another piece of watercolor paper and sprayed it with the Chick-a-dee and spritzed it with water to get a lighter look. Then I added Jeni B Bleu Vibez for a pretty turquoise color for my die cut butterfly. I used a little Before Dawn Vibez for the body of the butterfly.

I finished the card off with a sentiment from Reverse Confetti called The Most Beauty and added some sequins. I love how versatile cut files are and that you can resize them as well as use them as a stencil. I can't wait to make another card with my leftover piece, the colors are so pretty!

 

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful weekend! If you want to know more about the products I used feel free to stop over at my blog Strangely Creative.

Don't forget if you place an order with Shimmerz Paints to mention my name, Ericka Strange, in the comment section of the order for a fun freebie!

Shimmerz Paints Products Used:

Spritz - Chick-a-Dee	Vibez - Before Dawn	Vibez - Mango Tango	Vibez - Mustard Seed

Bloom and grow | Anna Komenda

Hello Shimmerz fans. It's Anna here with my next project created with gorgeous Shimmerz paints and mists. Today I want to share with you a floral page with pretty cut file. The color palette I chose for this page is not typical for me. I usually prefer much brighter shaded with a lot of pink and yellow :)

I was inspired by the picture of my daughter wearing a blue T shirt having all the flowers and trees in the background. 

I stared with creating a background using mists and paints applied directly to the paper without adding any gesso. I also added a fun layer of glittery Pasteez through the stencil.

Using mists like paints by applying them with brush is my favorite way of spreading my supplies. You can easily mix Spritz and Vibez with Inklingz and Creameez and you will get pretty watercolor effects.

As always I have a process video for you. You can follow me and recreate this page.

Products used:

Paste-eez: Puttin' on the glitz

Creameez: Lapis dance

Inklingz: Old yeller, Honey do list

Spritz: Bamboo leaf, Chick-a-dee

Vibez: Glorious day, Deep blue sea

Thank you for stopping by.

Remember to mention "Anna" in the comment section while placing your order at Shimmerz Store to get a free mini product.

Anna

Mini album "10 years" | Anna Komenda

Hello Shimmerz fans. It's Anna here with a new project. I hope You like mini albums, because I have one for You. I made it as a gift for my hubby for our 10'th wedding anniversary. We will be celebrating next week and I really don't feel like a wife for 10 years. Time flies so fast. I chose few of our pictures and I must say to You - it was hard, because we almost don't have photos together. All I found was some silly selfies mostly. But it's also a part of our history together. 

I mixed pattern paper with mixed media pages. You can watch all the process on the video below.

Video is quite long and I decided I don't need to include the embellishing process. You will just watch my usual steps during creating a mini album, along with making mixed media pages and connecting it all into the album.

My album is small. Pages are 4*4 inches. I decided to use pink and yellow color combo - one of my favorites. I wanted it to look a little bit messy so I didn't cut off the thread after sewing. I also added black splashes on the cover. I have a lot of big pictures there so I really didn't need much embellishments.

Now I must warn You - there will be a lot of pictures in this post :) Check for Shimmerz supplies at the end of the post.

I hope You made it through. Don't forget to mention my name while placing and order at Shimmerz shop. You will get one free mini product :)

Simmerz products:

Aqua Huez - Hottie pink, Crazy daisy

Creameez - Cheeky pink 

Inklingz - Miner, miner 49er, 

Dazzlerz - Spun Sugar, Tutti frutti

Coloringz - No Yoking, 

Vibez - Razzledazzel Berry

Spritz - Chick-a-Dee 

That's it for today. Thank You for stopping by. Don't hesitate to ask questions in the comment section if You have any.

XO

Anna

A little grafitti style spraying.

I have another page to share today.  I went a little crazy with the paint and did some graffiti style spritzing.
I have played like this many times in my Art Journal, but this time I applied this crazy spraying to a page.
I used a previous Palette over at The Color Room, (#56-such pretty colours!).....so many of the palettes are easily done using Shimmerz Paints....It actually makes colour selecting a breeze.

For this page I decided my paints in the background would represent my colours, and all the extra embellishing would be white.  So here is what it turned out like.....

.....this page includes the paper tape I created using stamps and Shimmerz Paints!!!  

(You can see how I did that in this video tutorial  HERE.)

I used texture paste on the white background, then sprayed, stamped, masked and stencilled it with Jeni B Bleu in VIBEZ, Chick-a-dee and Ruby in SPRITZ and Luscious Lilac in PEARLZ.  I created drips and splats to add texture to the spray and paint to concentrate the colour a little.

I thoroughly enjoyed getting my art out with this one!

Maybe you feel the need to spray a little now???

Thanks for stopping by.

Masked Fabric Art Quilt

Hi, Lucy Edson here with my first video tutorial for Shimmerz!

Shimmerz Spritz is perfect for masking on fabric as you can see on this video I made. It added an amazing sheen and color to my masked mini quilt. Take a look at how I started this project:

I added a little more misting to this after I finished the video - the dress form is Chickadee Spritz the shadow masking, Ruby Spritz and then I added a little 4 Leaf Clover on the right side and Mango Madness over the left edge of the Ruby to add a little more color.

To make my sample into a mini quilt: I layered the masked fabric with cotton batting and a cotton backing, creating a quilt sandwich and with light yellow embroidery thread, free motion quiltied the outline of the dress form first and filled the background with a random pattern. After completing the quilting I straightened the edges and zig-zag stitched them to stop any fraying.

Then, hand stitched some paper doilys onto the sides and layered a few embellishments.

The top has some gold Hambly rub-ons applied after the quilting - I love the look of rub-ons on fabric.



I have some other samples from creating my video and I'll share those with you as I complete them.
Thanks and I hope you enjoy another way to play with your Shimmerz Spritz! To see all of the DT videos together in one place visit the Ed Team Vlog.

Lucy