Spring flowers | Anna Komenda

Hello everyone. It's Anna here with new art journal page. I can't wait for the sprint to come and color this grey world around me. I hate winter and it's always hard for me to stay cheerful during long winter evenings. I am trying to stay positive by making a lot of rainbow projects including my latest art journal page. I was inspired by the flowers I was and I wanted to try making them in my journal.

I started this spread with mists applied with brush like watercolor. 

After sketching few flowers I applied white acrylic paint first. Then I mixed leftover mists with some more white paint and I received new, fun acrylics

Between each layer I used my heat gun to dry the page. It prevented flowers from smudging. I finished flowers using colorful Shimmerz paints.

As always I recorded a video for you, so you can follow my process.

Don't forget to mention my name "Anna" while placing an order in Shimmerz Shop. You will get free mini product. How cool is that?

Here is the list of Shimmerz products I used in my project:

Shimmerz: Key lime, Pink, Sugar plum, Sunny, Tickle me turquoise, Winter's mist, Bumbly bee

Vibez - Grape escape, Jeni B Bleu, Sweet heart, Blue jeans, Razzeldazzel berry,

Spritz - Chick-a-dee

Thank you for stopping by and see you next month with some more mixed media fun.

Anna

Hello sunshine | Anna Komenda

Hello Shimmerz fans. It's Anna here with my first Shimmerz based project in 2018. I am tired of making winter / Christmas projects and I was so happy to be able to come back to my favourite pink and other girly colors.

I was inspired by the cut file. I even had a perfect picture to go with it. Background is created entirely with gorgeous Shimmerz products. I mixed mist with white acrylic paint to get some new, fun shade.

I also added colorfyl flowers under the cut file using sparkly Shimmerz.

Bruskstrokes created with Dazzlerz are also a great idea to add texture and shimmer to your pages.

As always, you can watch whole process in the video below:

Shimmerz products:

Shimmerz: Bumbly bee, Silver bells, Sugar plum, Pink

Dazzlerz: Tutti frutti, Spun sugar, Sour apple

Vibez: Hermit the frog, Sweet heart, Razzeldazzel berry

Spritz: Chick-a-dee

An the last thing: if you are placing an order in the Shimmerz store, don't forget to mention "ANNA" to get a free mini product. Yay! Who wouldn't want that.

See you in February. XO Anna

Sweet & Just Me Inspiration with Amy Prior

Hi everyone! Amy Prior back again today to share a couple of layouts with you all featuring lots of gorgeous Shimmerz products. This first layout titled "Sweet" was created using Shimmerz in Tickle Me Turquoise, Magenta & Sugar Plum plus I have also used Shimmerz Inklingz in Beets Me, Blue My Mind & Pugnacious Purple.

To create this effect on the background, I have sprayed lots of water over my Bazzil double thick cardstock and then applied my various shades of Shimmerz and Inklingz to get the desired Cameo style look of color. 

I have then dribbled lots of little bits of the Shimmerz and Inklingz randomly around the paint splodges to give the effect of the paint being splattered onto the paper. I also accidently smudged a lot of the background so the dribbles perfectly covered up those booboos!  

My next layout that I have to share with you all is titled "Just Me..." and was created using the gorgeous BoBunny Moment in Time collection alongside some Shimmerz Texturez paints in Gold Mine & Teal Me No Lies.

To create this crackled effect, I have added the Teal Me No Lies Texturez paint through a Prima Marketing Crackle Stencil first all over and allowd to dry. 

When this was dry, I have flipped the stencil and added the Gold Mine Texturez to create a new layer of dimensional cracks. I just love double layering stencils and the Shimmerz Texturez are the perfect way to add more texture to any layer.

Thanks so much for stopping by and until next time, happy scrapping!

A bit of Shabby Chic fun! Video Tutorial!

Hi everyone!  Gabrielle here with you today to share with you another 8x10 canvas I made using a variety of Shimmerz products!  This time around I thought I would go for a Shabby-chic design.  For this project I used the following  Shimmerz products...

As always I thought it would be best to show you all my process by making a video tutorial that shows all the steps in creating this canvas.  I did make the actual corset embellishment that is the centerpiece of the project with some Martha Stewart air dry clay, it's easily made so I figured that you didn't need a tutorial on making the embellishment.  (BTW, I know that many of you asked for a video tutorial on how I made the Mermaids Tail in the last video I made for Shimmerz so I got that done over the weekend, you can find the video tutorial for the Mermaids Tail HERE.  So if you needed that extra little bit of help to make your own mermaid project just click on the link and you've got it :)   So here you go, enjoy! xo

I hope you enjoyed my tutorial and will give some of these techniques a try....here are a few close-ups that you can view at your own pace...

I love the deep bronze shimmer the Brass Knuckles Inklingz, it really got me the look of a vintage mirror frame (Dusty Attic's Ornate Frame #3) that I was going for.

The soft pearly look of the Tutti-Frutti dazzlers gives the corset a lovely feminine shabby-chic look.

It's hard to see it in this photo but there are these beautiful shimmery bits of mica in the Sugar Plum Shimmerz paint that adds a subtle amount of glitter to the background design (you can see it better in the video).

I hope you enjoyed my tutorial and hope that you will give these wonderful products and fun techniques a try in your mixed media projects!  And don't forget to get your BONUS/Free Shimmerz product in your next order, just put my name "Gabrielle' into the INSTRUCTIONS FOR MERCHANT part of your order and your will receive a FREE Bottle of Shimmerz or Dimensionz or a sample size jar of Dazzlerz or Texturez in the color of your choice!  xo

Painting with Shimmerz

Shimmerz Paints will create the most shimmery, glowing, watercolor effect when used on a Prima Paintable. I love the amazing, translucent quality here!!

I started by painting the swirl with Jilted Jade And Sunny Shimmerz, blending the colors together.

Then misted over the painting with Cotton Candy Spritz. While it was still damp, I opened the bottle of Sea Foam Spritz and painted the edges with a brush, like a watercolor wash.

As a finishing touch I painted the butterflies and flower centers with Bubble Gum and Sugar Plum Shimmerz.

A shot to show some of the dimension I put into this piece.

My daughter paid me the highest compliment when she saw this project.....it is hanging in her room, at her request.

Hope you have a Shimmery day!
Lucy