Happy Monday everyone! I'm so excited to be back creating after being on maternity leave. We'll be using the new February Color Kitz Collection, featuring two new colors.
First, I start with the exclusive cut file found in the kit. These adorable roses! Each rose gets a shade of: "Pink A Boo" Inklingz
"Age Before Ruby" Coloringz
and Gold-N-Roses Blingz
The cute little leaf petals are then painted with Pining For You Creameez.
Next, I cut out the new "Sweet Heart" cut file. I only wanted to highlight the "sweet" portion so the cut file didn't swallow up my cute girl's photo.
After glueing the pieces together, It's time to back my photo with some paper from Cocoa Vanilla's "Happiness" collection. This pink matches perfectly! I finally add some embellishments from an old stash I had from American Crafts and some sequins from Spiegelmom Scraps.
I cannot rave about the new colors enough! They're simply stunning and a must for any crafter. Supplies will be limited. If you'd like a freebie product from Shimmerz, make sure to drop my name in the comments of your order(s).
The new 2020 Kitz include exclusive colors and products to tie your whole page together. The January 2020 Collection includes the following colors and products:
Into The Woods Vibez
A new exclusive color to this kit.
This color is a vibrant hunter green hue with silver shimmer.
Before Dawn Vibez
A black pigment spray with shimmer.
Sage Advice Shimmerz
A new exclusive color to this kit.
This color is a soft and neutral sage green hue with shimmer mixed within.
For Shore Creameez
A cool neutral hue watercolor.
Silver Fox Shimmerz
A new exclusive color to this kit.
Silver fox is a silver hue paint with shimmer mixed within.
Sheer Bliss Inklingz
A skin tone neutral hue watercolor.
PLUS
4 journaling cards
1 exclusive Forest cut file created byPaige Taylor Evans
1 teaspoon package ofCountry Buttonz
1 set of"Happy Day"Dotz
Wow! That's one super impressive kit!
The creative possibilities with this Color Kit are endless, but I wanted to create a page that featured all.the.things!!! Here's what I created,
Think great outdoors, adventuring and lake life! So cool!
You'll spy that I even added one extra color to the mix - Ultra Marine Shimmerz! This stunning hue of deep blue coordinated beautifully with the greens and grays of the January Kit! Love it!
Here's a closer look at my layout......
Yep, this is one super cool page for my little guy!
As soon as I saw the Forest cut file created by Paige Taylor Evans, I knew I would create a masculine layout! If you look closely at my darling boy's photo, you'll notice that his top has a very similar design on it! Awesome!
To create this layout, I began by filling sheets of paper with all the kit colors. While they were drying, I prepared the cut file. I cut it in plain white cardstock, and removed some of the cut pieces, while keeping others intact. The mix of inset and paper backed sections really added interest to the cut file.
The inset sun rays are left untouched, but I used the neutral For Shore Creameez to paint the mountain peaks and clouds....
Simple, but so effective!
The remaining sections of the sun are backed with the paper which I painted with Sheer Bliss Inklingz, and the mountains are backed with the new Silver Fox Shimmerz. SO good! La la love this new Shimmerz!
The trees are mostly backed with varying depths (paint coats) of Into The Woods Vibez, except for one which I backed with Sage Advice Shimmerz for a point of difference and interest. Here's a closer look at them....
Trees 1,2 & 4 are Into The Woods Vibez and tree 3 is Sage Advice Shimmerz. Such gorgeous colors!
I added in the Ultra Marine Shimmerz for the water element of the cut file, and I'm so glad I did! This bright pop of color adds just enough playfulness to the design without distracting from the beautiful January Color Kitz colors.
Before I adhered the Forest cut file to the Cocoa Vanilla Studio: Boys Rule pattern paper, I added lots of inky droplets, splatter and brush strokes to the pattern paper with the Before Dawn Vibez. Once dry, I foam mounted the cut file, and glued it to the inky base.
I have used the Cocoa Vanilla Studio: Boys Rule collection to embellish my page too, but it's those Happy Day Dotz that won me over! Aren't they fabulous?! I couldn't help myself, & used all of them to adorn my photo with! Yes, that good!
You'll also spy that I layered my photo cluster onto one of the journaling tags, and sprinkled a few of the teeny tiny buttons around the page. Told you I used all.the.things!
Such a cool kid page!
You can see how it all came together in my process video HERE.
Thanks so much for watching!
I hope I have inspired you to get creating today!
Remember! The Color Kitz are limited edition, so be sure to get yours HERE, before they're sold out! Type AMANDA in the comments section of your order & you'll receive a freebie paint too!
Good morning everyone! I hope you all had a fabulous Labor Day weekend. A long weekend is the perfect time to get caught up in the crafting department. Shimmerz Paints released their new September Color Kitz Collections and the new Original Kitz is AAAAMAZING. It comes with a new exclusive color "Practice What You Peach" Spritz. This color goes on sheer in the first spray but it is a very buildable color. The more you spray it, the more vibrant it becomes. It goes from a peach flesh hue to a vibrant peachy pink hue quickly. It's stunning.
These colors are the perfect Fall staple. It's not your typical Fall kit. These colors can be used year round. What's included is:
In A Jam Creameez
The new exclusive color: Practice What You Peach Spritz
Keep Palm Vibez
Wisteria Lane Shimmerz
A new exclusive package of Dotz
What caught my eye though was a photo I had stashed away from an old layout that fell apart. It was my baby's first Fall and his first time experiencing leaves. It created the perfect inspiration to use with these colors.
Starting with a blank sheet of white heavy cardstock. I love heavy cardstock because the more you add to it, it doesn't bow or warp. I then used this Paige Evan's Cut File from her fabulous Etsy shop. I sprayed some with Practice What You Peach and painted some with Wisteria Lane Shimmerz. Wisteria Lane is a very soft darker lavender purple. The leaves were painted and sprayed with In A Jam Creameez and Keep Palm Vibez. After letting my pieces dry for an hour or so, I then hot glued all my pieces together. While my glued pieces were cooling, I backed the photo with some of my Truly Grateful Pink Paislee paper. This paper matches PERFECTLY with Keep Palm. Adding little pieces here and there of my journaling pieces from the same collection to add that finishing to backing the photo. Then I take more hot glue and add my flowers to the page.
I popped in the adorable Dotz available in the kit to play peek-a-boo between the flowers on both the top and bottom of the page.
The final piece is adding some journaling lines and some fun stickers on the bottom.
Super simple but that color makes the page POP. I'm all about keeping it simple. Don't overwhelm yourself or the page with ton's of details. Sometimes, the colors you use make the page what it is. That's why the September Kitz are amazing.
I've combined the July Color Kitz with the Elle's Studio July Kits & stamps as they're truly a match made in heaven! All the July 4th colors, and so many creative possibilities!
I opted for a messy mixed background & lots of luscious layers!
I started my layout by creating that divine blue base using both the Seas The Day and Blue My Mind paints. The golden shimmer in the Inklingz Blue My Mind took me by surpsise - it's completely phenomenal! Blew my mind is an understatement!
I applied a few paint layers of these two colors, & then added in some Blingz Pixie Dust too!
Gor-jus!
I splattered all these colors throughout the layout for added interest.
Next came lots of paper lovelies and scrapbook supplies from the July Elle's Studio Kit & New Releases. I just love a good layered photo cluster - don't you?
I scattered lots of the Gold Stardust sequins throughout the page - they're so super tiny and the perfect amount of sparkle for my masculine design. Also, they're stars & stars are errrything!
They're kind of my go to embellishment for boy layouts, & also perfect for documenting all your July celebrations. Stars for the win!
For finishing touches, I added droplets of Shimmerz Royal Red, and lots of repeat stamping with the Elle's Studio: You Are My Sunshine Stamp.
Both my title, Shine Bright, & subtitle, Fun Is Here, have been created with the Title Builder Vol.3 Stamp Bundle Set. Fabulous!
Wanna see all the details?
You can watch my process video of how it all came together HERE.
