Never Grow Up - June Color Kitz || Natalie Dill

 

Hey friends! Natalie here with some inspo for your June Color Kitz. 

The June 2021 Color Kitz include: 

• Sapphire Spritz
• Powder Puff Spritz
• Elfin' Magic Vibez
• Strawberry Fieldz Creameez
  
• Great Fruit Creameez
• 1 exclusive  "Sunshine in My Pocket" cut file created by Shimmerz Paints. Available in JPEG, SVG and PNG format in a zip folder.
• 1 set of "Oh My Heart" Dotz
• 1 set of 4 customizable watercolor journaling cards.

So much product - it's a truly great deal!

I loved using this kit to create a landscape layout. I made a sky and a garden and place a photo of my son in the garden! Find the full process video on my channel.

I applied texture paste for the bottom grass through a stencil from a past Color Kitz collection and for the sky through a phrased Vicki Boutin stencil. I used Ranger matte texture paste.

I then sprayed the Elfin' Magic on the grassy area with a bit of additional water to allow the color to flow through the dry texture.

I used the same technique with the Sapphire in the sky area.

After the areas dried, I went back and added additional splatter.

I coated water color paper with two layers of the Great Fruit and Strawberry Fields creameez. after it dried, I used the papers to die cut multiple florals.

I used the Shimelle Never Grow Up collection to add die cuts and stickers to my page and it matched this Color Kit perfectly!

I hope you'll grab your kit before it's gone! Find it in the Shimmerz store. Mention my name for a free gift with purchase.

xo, Natalie

Totally Chill | Mixed Media Layout with embellishment wreath.

Hello there!

Need to bash some serious embellishments? Read on through to find out how I made this embellishment-filled layout with lots of mixed media.

For starters, my base is white textured cardstock. I sprayed Oh Say Can You See, Heidi Ho Blue, In Deep and Freshly Squeezed to create my first layer of color. Waited for it to dry a bit before adding my second layer with some white acrylic paint. Now, the way I added my white acrylic paint was by placing a medium-sized bowl, placed it over-turned in the center and began splattering the paint. This allowed for the paint splatters to fall outside of my wreath and helped create the shape of where I would be adding my embellishments later on.

Once this second layer was dry, I added some Puttin' On The Glitz texture paste right in the middle of my wreath for a bit of interest. Finally, once everything was dry, I began to work on creating my embellishment wreath.

I pulled out some random Summer-themed embellishments that were on the larger side and glued these on first. Then I added some of the plastic daisies from the March Color Kitz and stuck down some stars from my stash. To finalize my layout, I want crazy adding Nuvo Drops in at least 4 different colors. 

That's it!

Thank you so much for sticking around!

If you would like to see how I made it, click here.

Remember, you can get some free paint by typing "Lorimar" in the comments section of your next Shimmerz order.

Take care,

-Lorimar

Color Kitz: Hey Hot Stuff! || Natalie Dill

Hey friends! Natalie here today using the March Color Kitz, and this kit was screaming for me to create a rainbow layout!

Find my process video here!

This month's kit includes:

Sweet Pea Spritz: A new exclusive color to this kit. 

This color is a soft lilac purple with silver shimmer.

Cotton Candy Spritz

Goldie Lox Shimmeringz

Refresh Mint Creameez

Sky's The Limit Creameez

1 exclusive Hot Air Balloon cut file created by Shimmerz Paints

1 package of 8 random assortment of Shimmerz Paints watercolor hot air balloon ephemera stickers

1 set of "Hello Sun" Dotz

1 set of Shimmerz Paints Spotz: Pastel color Enamel stickers - a new Shimmerz Paints product coming to the Shimmerz Shop Spring 2020.

After using gesso on my white background paper, I created a diagonal rainbow by first applying the Refresh Mint Creameez, then applying the Goldie Lox Shimmeringz.  I let the two blend a bit, but also used my heat gun to dry a good portion of the colors. I wanted some blend, but also to be able to see five distinct colors.

Next I applied the Sky's the Limit Creameez with the same technique - allowing it to blend a bit with the Refresh Mint, but also allowing plenty dry alone in the single color.

The beautiful Cotton Candy Spritz went in one corner to dry, then I applied the lovely new Sweet Pea Spritz in the opposite corner. This color is exclusive to this month's Color Kitz! It's absolutely stunning.

I added texture paste clouds freehand once my background was done. White glitter went on the clouds before they dried.

I cut the kitz's exclusive hot air balloon cut file out of vellum so as to not cover up much of the rainbow background page, and I love the subtle design it gives!

We are challenging ourselves to not use any patterned paper on our Shimmerz layouts this month. I will argue that glitter cardstock doesn't equal patterned paper! LOL. I usedd that to back my balloon basket, and the flower was made with the Refresh Mint creameez painted on paper, then giant drips dropped which textured nicely.

I embellished with the Hot Air Balloon stickers and new Spotz! The spotz are wonderfully sticky, but since I had so much gesso and paint, I added some glue to them just in case.

I hope you've been inspired by my rainbow, spring layout created with the March Color Kitz & go grab your own before they're gone!

xoxo, Natalie

Create Magic | Mixed Media Layout without Any Patterned Paper w/ Process Video

Hello everyone! Lorimar here sharing this super "messy" mixed media layout with you. Link to Process Video: https://youtu.be/on6FUoFhvEE

Have you had a chance to participate in our Spring Forward Challenge? It's a bit scary, at first, knowing that you can't use patterned paper, but I promise you, it's so fun to really push yourself and know that you make something just as amazing!

Here's my layout using the Spring Forward Challenge. Since I couldn't use patterned paper, I decided to up the ante and really use a lot of different mixed media products.

To begin, I chose a black cardstock as my base and added white acrylic paint with a palette knife to make a sort of frame beneath where my picture was going to be placed. After waiting for the paint to dry, I added Shimmerz in Mango Tango (Vibez), Jenni B Bleu (Vibez), Mustard Seed (Coloringz), and Hermit the Frog (Vibez) onto the white paint using the packaging technique, and added splatters of the same colors to the black cardstock.

If you look closely at my photo, my sons are playing with their toy cars in the midst of a big ol' mess. I don't mind the mess as long as they are playing and learning! In fact, it works out because the messiness served as inspiration for the "messy" vibe the overall layout has. After waiting for the Shimmerz to dry, I used a 12x12 star stencil and Dazzlerz in Gummy Beary Blue to add some texture and dimension to the layout. I've also used Dazzlerz Gold Mine with a Paige Evans Stencil to add even more interest and texture.

As soon as everything was dry, I dug into my stash for the eclectic array of embellishments that you see in the layout; I used ephemera, stickers, chipboard stickers, a bow, and wood veneers to further play on the boyish, messy theme. To tie everything together, I splattered some Pixie Dust (Blingz) all through-out the layout.

There you have it! Hope I've inspired you to join us in the Spring Forward Challenge. Let's get our stories documented.

Remember, you can receive some free paint if you write my name "LORIMAR" in the comments section of your next Shimmerz order.

Have a great day,
- Lorimar

Love That Smile

Summer is officially over, but before welcoming in Sweater Weather and warmer, cozier tones, I wanted to share this stash-bashing, "controlled" mixed media layout.

I love stash bashing layouts! Add multi-colored fussy cut florals into the mix and I'm floored! A while back I went to a crop and colored and stamped 3 different backgrounds on some watercolor paper. For each, I simply added color with a wet brush and then used a palette knife to scrape, swatch and blend colors (below is the complete color list). Then I stamped images from Vicki Boutin's Color Kaleidoscope stamp set with black archival ink (Lawn Fawn). Afterwards, I went to town fussy cutting everything.

• Marigold (Shimmerz) *no longer available
• Just Peachy (Creameez) *no longer available
• Oakie Bear Blue (Creameez)
• Jeni B Blue (Vibez)
• Pink Caviar (Shimmerz)
• Pink (Shimmerz)
• Meet Me @ Sunset (Creameez) *no longer available
• Rip Van Periwinkle (Vibez)
• Cotton Candy (Spritz)
• Caribbean Sunset (Spritz)
• Royal Purple (Shimmerz)
• Peacock's Plume (Shimmerz)
• Tickle Me Turquoise (Shimmerz)
• Hermit the Frog (Vibez)
• Pinin' for You (Creameez)
• Honey Dew List (Creameez) *no longer available

For the layout, I merged 2 different patterned paper to form my base. With a honeycomb stencil (Vicki Boutin), I added Puttin' On the Glitz texture paste where the 2 papers met and spread it out about 1 1/2 to each side. Once dry, I added a string of bling to each side and then began layering in the leaflets and flowers. Matted my picture with yellow cardstock and added a bunch of embellishments from my stash. Tied everything together with splatters of Plum Crazy.

Hope you liked it, and are inspired to create something like this!

Remember, if you are interested in placing an order soon, be sure to mention my name in the comments section to receive free paint!!

Stay crafty and see you back soon!

- Lorimar