'You Take the Cake' Color Challenge with Process Video by Niki Rowland

Hi everyone, this is Niki here with you today and it's my turn to play along with the October Color Challenge. The DT are each choosing one colour that we haven't used before or that we wouldn't usually choose, and using that colour predominantly on our layouts. You can play along with the Color Challenge over on the Shimmerz Sharez facebook group or on Instagram using the hashtag #shimmerzcolorchallenge.

My chosen colour was 'Steely Blue Eyes' which is an Inklingz. It's a dark rich navy and I haven't used it much before becuase it is so dark. But it's a really lovely colour and I really love the layout I made using it as my predominant colour. There is a process video for this layout that you can view at the end of this post.

I started by creating a packaging technique background. I made this in a vertical design and used Steely Blue eyes to create most of it, I did also add two more colours: Oakie Bear Blue Inklingz and Blue Lagoon Inklingz. These were to give my background a little colour variation. I also added lots of splatters around my background.

I also stamped with Steely Blue Eyes. I painted some of the paint onto some stamps and then stamped onto my background. I found it worked best to stamp some of the colour off the stamp first before stamping it onto the layout. This meant the details of the stamps showed up better. Thick Inklingz paint worked best too - more runny and there would have been more bleeding. I used three different texture stamps on this background, all with the Steely Blue Eyes Inklingz.

I then added naked chipboard circles onto my layout. Once they were stuck in place I painted them with the Steely Blue Eyes too. I find that both chipboard and wood veneer take Shimmerz paints really well and colour beautifully. Also when they are dry you can really see the beautiful shimmer.

I built up my layout with lots of embellishments. I used several things from Vicki Boutin Color Kaleidescope for this layout. I also added some clear stickers, flair and two Dotz by Shimmerz. I then added some wood veneer hearts, and painted those too with Steely Blue Eyes Inklingz.

I also added a title using various alphabet stickers and finished off with some sequins.

Here's another look at my finished layout:

Thank you for joining me today. I hope you have enjoyed my layout and will also play along with the Color Challenge...what colour will you choose?

Here is my process video:

Don't forget if you place an order via the Shimmerz Store, enter my name in the comments to get a freebie - enjoy!

Happy scrapping xx

This Beautiful Moment | Brianna Lepper

Hey y'all! Bri here with a soft and pretty boy layout for you!  As soon as I saw this floral paper by Pinkfresh Studio, I knew that I wanted to paint them with different Shimmerz colors.  Did you know that Shimmerz is now carrying the newly released stencils by Paige Evans?  You can find them here. I used the heart one on my background!

To start, I painted the floral pieces with these colors:

Creameez:
Just Peachie
Purple Peony
Piggy Pink

Inklingz:
Oakie Bear Blue

Vibez:
Velveteen Green
Sweetheart

Coloringz:
Don't Citron Me

After the flowers were dry, I fussy cut each one out and put them aside to layer up later.

To create my background, I took some white cardstock and added white gesso to it.  After it dried, I took the heart stencil and applied some Shimmerz Pasteez, that unfortunately are no longer available in the shop.  Dazzlerz and Texturez are a great alternative, so definitely go and pick some up!!!

After the Pasteez dried, I started adding on my colors.  I used the same colors that I used to paint the flowers with.

Creameez:
Just Peachie
Purple Peony
Piggy Pink

Inklingz:
Oakie Bear Blue

I wanted to keep the embellishing pretty simple so I layered up the floral pieces around my photo and added a sweet and elegant title.  To finish off my layout, I added some sequins from SpiegelMom Scraps and a few enamel dots.

Check out my process video below and don't forget to add my name in the comments/notes section of your order and you'll receive a free gift! Thanks for stopping by and we will catch you next time!!

Together Is The Best Place To Be

Hi everyone! Melissa here with my second post of the month for Shimmerz Paints! I love the rich tones and sparkling effects I can achieve with Shimmerz! I have used an engagement photo of my son and his fiance.

To make this page I mounted the photo on watercolor paper. I used a layer of foam core board between the photo and the watercolor paper, and two layers underneath it and the background paper.The background paper is from Stamperia. I stenciled on some stars using a Tim Holtz stencil, and texture paste with an old credit card. I glued on the big Reneabouquets gears,and prepped them with gesso. I added two flowers from Prima. At this point I decided what colors to paint the gears and the paper. I used Penny 4 Your Thoughts Inklingz on the gears,and a mix of two colors on the paper: a lavender color Inklingz named Honeymoon, and Oakie Bear Blue Inklingz. On top of the two I added a light layer of the Penny color.

I added a thick layer of Ranger Clear Rock Candy on the chipboard. When it was dry, I added a small amount of I Love You Onyxly Inklingz to the edges of the chipboard, to help make the cracks more visible.

To add visual interest I added the following: micro beads, seed beads, charms,Jim Holtz metal, Finnabair metal, feathers from the bird bath in my yard, dried and pressed flowers, chain, gold leaf, black tulle, distress glitter, metal glitter,pearls, rhinestones, and more. I wanted to use some small chipboard hearts and stars in Tim Holtz shapes, but I only had the negative part of the chipboard left. I traced some new ones out onto watercolor paper,fussy cut them, painted them with Penny, and put crackle paint on.

The gold stars are Tim Holtz rub ons. The sand looking stuff is dry Ranger Distress Frayed Burlap embossing powder. With my finger I brushed on gold mica powder over dry gesso to kind of tone down the detail of the background paper. All the blue on the chipboard and the page is the same mix mentioned earlier.

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