Your Awesome / Miranda Webber

Hello Friends! It is Miranda here and I really love this layout!  I am doing another Football photo of my daughter's first season in the United States.  We are supposed to use colors that we never used before.  I have a few of them in this layout but if you don't know how to use a certain color or if you have that color that you bought, and it is just sitting in your stash.  This month is for you! 

Each and every one of us gives you inspiration for those colors that just sit in your stash! Alright, back to the layout!

I started out doing a sun raise with two pastes and stencils to make the background with just more dimension.  While I love how this turned out just by doing that, I wanted to add color, I found four different colors to go around the sun raise!

Shimmerz colors that I chose worked wonderful for Echo Park,  Teen Spirit Collection.  The four colors are Vibez Sweet Heart, Vibez Snow Way Man, Vibez Princess, and Spritz Hint of Mint.  I Just love just adding that simple color to already wonderful background, just adds that little something more to it!

After letting everything dry, it is time for the embellishments to the layout along with paper layers. I wanted to keep the color feel going so I added all the same color or close to it while I was going around the layout. 

I did end with the color I don't use that much and that is Shimmerz Shimmeringz Heavy Metal.  It ended the layout gorgeous!  I hope you enjoy this layout!!

Until Next Time!

Miranda Webber  

Altered Paint Brush with Sandi Clarkson

Hello, scrappy friends! 

Are you ready for Christmas? I'm getting there but whew, it's a little crazy around here! 

I'm up today with a fun, Altered Paint Brush project! 

I've been wanting to do another one and so, asked the hubby a few weeks back if he had an old, used one in the garage. Sure enough he did and here is the transformation! 

So pleased with how it turned out! 

Since it was in such bad shape, I added a layer of white gesso and allowed that to dry. Then I covered the entire paint brush with Inklingz-Miner-Miner-49er. The project required several coats but was sure worth it!

I wanted to have an almost "chipped paint" look, so after the Inklingz-Miner-Miner-49er dried, I added some Coloringz-Scarletts-Fever to the side and on the bristles of the brush. I went with red because I found this scrap of red pattern paper from years ago and really love it! I think it was BoBunny but I'm not really sure.

After choosing a couple of Creative Embellishments chipboard pieces, I primed them and gave them color with my Vibez-Snow-Way-Man. After they were glued to the brush, I coated them with some Diamond Dust. The chipboard was further embellished with floral and pearls.

I felt that the bristles needed a little more emphasis, so I added some Vibez-Glorious-Day to create a little more sparkle!

Lastly, I added a little narrow blue ribbon and considered it done!
I'm loving the Creative Embellishment new Artist Trading Coins and finding so many ways to use them!

Here are the Shimmer products utilized and there is a product list below.

Thanks for coming by today!

If you decide to do a little holiday shopping for yourself, be sure to add my name in the comment section for a little free gift with your purchase! 

Wishing you a Merry Christmas and I'll be back with you soon!
Sandi

Shimmerz Products used:

Vibez-Snow-Way-Man

Vibez-Glorious-Day

Coloringz-Scarletts-Fever

Inklingz-Miner-Miner-49er

Creative Embellishments products used:

Winter Artist trading Coins

Artist Trading Coins

Falling Snow Set

Quick, Fun Christmas tags with Sandi

 Hello, scrappy friends! 

Sandi here today sharing some quick, fun Christmas tags to use on those Christmas gifts you're busy wrapping!

Although my own Christmas colors are neutral white, creams and copper, I decided to let the Sugar Plum Fairies dance in my head for a few minutes and produce me some sweet, sugar-y colors!

So, I chose Vibez Forget Me Not, Vibez Snow Way Man and Vibez Pop Art Pink for my base colors and Paste Eez Salt of the Earth for my background texture.

Using ordinary office tags, I had me a little "play" in the craft room!

I started by swiping the tags with clear gesso and then adding my Paste Eez Salt of the Earth through
a stencil.

While that was drying, I chose and painted a bunch of Christmas chipboard pieces with white acrylic paint. For a flocked and textured effect, I added some glitter snow to the trees.

Next, I went back to my tags and applied the colors with a paintbrush.

Above is a close-up of the Vibez Forget Me Not. Look at that shimmer!~


 

Here is the sweet Vibez Pop Art Pink one! This is a really pretty baby pink!

The last thing I did was add the ribbons and splattered some white paint over the tags for a snowy, uniform look.

I've been looking for a chance to use my Vibez Snow Way Man blue. It is so gorgeous. Depending on the intensity that you desire, you can of course, water this down for a lighter touch.

Doing these little tags is also a great to get familiar with the colors you have on hand before trying them a special project!

So, now I'm all set with at least 3 tags for my Christmas presents!
You can be too by shopping the Shimmerz Paints Store for the colors you need.
Don't forget to use my name SANDI for a little free gift with order!
See you next time!

Shimmerz products used: 
Vibez Snow Way Man
Vibez Pop Art Pink
Vibez Forget Me Not
Paste Eez Salt of the Earth

Brrr | Anna Komenda

Hello mixed media fans. It's Anna here with my shiny and frosty project. I used Shimmerz mists and paints to create a winter page full of sparkly snowflakes. I chose a picture of my daughter playing with snow and throwing it into the air. It was cold but sunny day and snow sparkled beautifully. 

Using sparkly mists helped me to highlight the winter glow and frost. I used four different shaded of blue to make my snowflakes. I love how all the Vibez combine together.

It's hard to show how sparkly my background is. Shimmerz paints are filled with a lot of shimmering powder and it's so easy to add shine to you projects using them. They also dry with a glossy type of finish.

With background as pretty as that and with so much effort put into making it, you don't want to cover it with embellishments :) That's why I added only few of them here and there.

I am happy how it turned out. As always I have a process video for you.

Products used:

Shimmerz: Silver Bells, Precious metal

Vibez: Jeni B Bleu, Cold as ice, Snow way man, Blue jeans

That's all for today. Thank you for stopping by and see you next month with another mixed media project.

XO Anna

Stamping With Shimmerz | A tutorial With Irit

Hi! Irit here and I'm happy to share with you a new project today, showing a great stamping wtih Shimmerz technique! Here's my finished scrapbook layout-

I used the new Tim Holtz stamping platform and Dylusions stamps. I simply sprayed some shimmerz directly onto the stamp and stamped it. The look is like watercolors, the more water the messier.  Colors I used : Coloringz in Peachy Keen, Vibez in Snow Way Man and Jeni B Bleu, Spritz in Tuscan Sun & Caribbean Sunset.

 

Once dry I added my photo, papers and embellishments. I used an older Felicity Jane kit called Willow.

Make sure you watch the process video to see how simple the technique is!

Thanks for watching and check out the Shimmerz store for these goodies and more! Mention my name and get a freebie product!

My Sunshine- Scrapbooking Tutorial With Iri

Hi! Irit here with a new fun scrapbook layout to share with you. I used 3 of my favorite Shimmerz goodies to create the background, it was super easy and a lot of fun! Here's my finished page-

To create this striking background all you need are a few shimmerz sprays, watercolor paper (heavy weight cardstock will work as well) and some giant bubble wrap or similar packing material. You can see in the video tutorial the technique, it's really simple!

I used Vibez in Snow Way Man, Pop Art Pink and Spritz in Tuscan Sun. I overlapped them a little to create some interesting mixed shades. You can see it better in the close up shot, where the Snow Way Man mixed with Tuscan Sun to create a beautiful mint color.

I used the tip of the nozzle like a brush to add lines and shapes. Love the look it creates!

Here's the video tutorial-

Thanks for visiting! Make sure you mention my name when placing an order and receive a freebie!!

Guess who's back again?!

Hi friends! Samantha Robles here with some exciting news from Shimmerz Paints. Stacey McElyea, Shimmerz CEO, and myself have been getting emails for months on a certain color and when-oh-when are we bringing it back? Well the day will finally arrive tomorrow, August 11th!

Who's ready for COLD AS ICE to hit shelves again?! Tomorrow morning, August 11th, we're bringing Cold As Ice back based on popular request! It's also bringing 3 new friends! Snow Way Man Vibez, Winters Mist Shimmerz and Colder Than Ice Shimmerz. Colder Than Ice is based on the popular Vibez color, but with tons of snowy shimmer.  

You can get 20% off

your order using the coupon code: COLDASICE20 starting tomorrow, August 11th, and going until August 18th. 

Other promotions, such as free product giveaways, will NOT be honored with the 20% off deal. 

Make sure to get your snowy deals before they melt away!!