Sweet | Color Kit Cut File Layout with Process Video

Hello Everyone!

Thank you so much for joining me today and viewing how to make this "envelop explosion" layout. Ever since I first saw this gorgeous cutfile (designed by Samantha Robles for the February Color Kitz), I fell in love with it! I instantly knew that I wanted to create a layout which would convey the idea of a dropped envelope full of mementos with its contents spilling out, and after finding out memory I wanted to document, I got to work. So, let's get to it! (Process video is linked at the end of this post).

Since Valentine's Day is right around the corner, I wanted to use more pinks and reds in this layout, and in order to tie in the photos with my color scheme, I added a bit of blue into the mix. I began by cutting out the cutfile; Altered it a bit to have some extra hearts in various sizes and made sure that that envelope within the cutfile measured at least 4x5. This is so my pictures could really seem like that really did spill out of the envelope.

Then came the process of coloring all of the elements in my layout. Listed below are the colors and where I used them:

Background

- Peacock's Plume (Shimmerz)

- Coral Reef  (Inklingz)

- Cheeky Pink (Creameez)

- Pink Caviar (Shimmerz)

- Pink (Shimmerz)

- 1 Hot Mama (Creameez)

- Pip Pip Cherry-O (Shimmerz)

- Dear John Letter (Inklingz)

- Bubble Gum Blast (Shimmerz)

Hearts and Envelops Over Lay

- Razzle Dazzle Berry (Vibez)

- Cotton Candy (Spritz)

- Bed of Roses (Spritz)

- Jeni B Bleu (Vibez)

- Goldie Lox - (Shimmeringz)

Once all my items were dry and my pictures were matted on craft foam, I placed the envelope with the envelope cut file laid over it at the bottom left-hand corner followed by the pictures placed at an angle as if spilling from the envelope. Then I spent some time rearranging the hearts all around the pictures; some of the hearts are placed on craft foam, others laid on top of each others, and still others are glued directly unto the background.

After this, I added some pink, yellow and white sequins from Spiegel Mom Scraps that I had in my stash (Freezin' for a Reason). I then splattered some Miner, Miner 49er all around the layout to tie things together and add a pop of gold. Wrote my journaling on some scrap pieces of yellow cardstock and added a border around my layout using Jenni B Bleu and a brush.

I loved how this turned out! It had many processes, but I loved playing around with the colors and cutfile. Hope I've inspired you to get your story documented. Remember, you can get some free paint by writing my name in the comments section of your next Shimmerz order. 

Process video: https://youtu.be/0wryaEJ3RMg 

See you soon!

"Today's Favourite" by Tina Ollett

A very warm welcome back! So glad to see you here. Today's Favourite is my first share for this month using gorgeous muted tones of pinks and greys to celebrate a very cute and memorable photo of my two girls at a family gathering. 

I have followed the Maja Design's moodboard for this month which is really pretty and of course I have gone with the soft muted pinks and greys. And to combine this together I have used Shimmerz Paints gorgeous Creameez in Cheeky Pink and Twinkle Twinkle. I love my Creameez. They are perfect for my shabby chic projects and add that softness and shimmer to really help the layout pop.

I did some tearing of my Maja papers and layered them and primed all the layers with a clear gesso. I added in some texture using a loaded pallette knife of Salt of the Earth Paste-eez through a Dusty Attic damask stencil. What I love to do with the Paste-eez is to heat set it while it is still wet. This gives the Paste-eez a more raised effect.  

You can see the effect of the heat set Paste-eez above and below. Over the top of the Paste-eez texture I add some Creameez in the Cheeky Pink. I loaded it over the top and then spritzed it with more water and let it run over the texture and background paper. 

Once this was dried I then added in some stamping in black. I used some script stamps and bricks. 

Following on I have inked the skeleton clockface chipboard and title with a black ink. I dried it off and added over randomly some white gesso and then loaded my brush up with the Creameez Twinkle Twinkle and swiped it over the chippies and then heat set these.

My other chipboards were primed with white gesso and also dressed in the Creameez Twinkle Twinkle. Really gives the page a sparkly effect which unforunately you can't really see in these photos.

I have also added in some white pearls and changed them to the Cheeky Pink in the Creameez. Again I did this by loading my brush and wiping it over the pearl and heat setting it immediately. I do this a few times until the colour is built up on the pearl. This is a very good technique to use when you may not have the right colour.

Well that is all for me today. I hope you have enjoyed your visit here today.

Until next time take care and happy scrapping.

Art journal "Drawing faces" | Anna Komenda

Hello everyone. It's Anna here with my last project this year. It's been a great journey for me and luckily I will continue it next year. So be warn :D I will back back here at least 12 more times :)

I have something unusual for you today - an art journal spread. I haven't art journal for ages. I simply doesn't have time for that but I really enjoyed doing it in the past. I follow some very inspiring ladies on Instagram like Mindy Lacefield, Jave Davenport and Irit Landgraf. They draw pretty girls and I wanted to try this for my own. This is my result. It's definitely not perfect. I am no a painter at all. I just wanted to feel this pure joy of making my own girls. 

This was my fist attempt and I recorded it. I really need to learn how to draw eyes and hair. But practise makes perfect, right? I even ordered a new journal. 

Here is a video:

And here is my second try with drawing a girl. I like this one much better but the cat is my favourite. Maybe I should start drawing animals instead of people :)

I used many fantastic Shimmerz products like Creemez, Inklingz, Vibez and Spritz. They all work like watercolors and adding them layer by layer was a real pleaure.

That is all for today. Thank you for stopping by. As it is my last post this year I want to wish you a very merry Christmas and a happy New Year.

Anna

Shimmerz Products:

Aqua Huez - Blue moon, Cuppa Joe

Creameez - Thunderstorm, Lapis dance, Cheeky pink

Inklingz - Old yeller

Vibez - Princess, Jeni B Bleu, Before dawn

Spritz - Ruby

Birthday girl with Anna Komenda

Hello Shimmerz fans. It's Anna here with my November inspiration. Can you believe that it's almost a year since I joined Shimmerz Team? Now you too have a chance because Shimmerz is having a DT call!!! Don't forget to send your application. You have time till December 11'th.

Today I want to share with you delicate and soft layout with mixed media background.

I used few Cremeez and Inklingz to create this background. I simply applied them on slightly wet watercolor paper. This kind of a paper is a key when you want to get those soft transitions between colors. It can handle much more water and doesn't dry so fast like regular cardstock.

I like adding splashes with mists. I simply unscrew the mister and splash with the tube.

With mixed media background you don't need much of papers to create stunning page. I used patterned paper to fussy cut flowers and use them as embellishments.

Cremeez and Inklingz are very sparkly and they look so pretty after they are dry,

As always there is a process video for you :)

I used:

Cremeez "Cheeky pink"

Cremeez "Thunderstorm"

Inklingz "Miner miner 49'er"

Vibez "Sweet heart"

That's all for today. Remember to mention my name while placing an order in Shimmerz Store. You will get one free mini product :)

Trouble maker by Anna Komenda

Hello everyone. It's Anna here with my July inspiration. I made another girly page in juicy colors. I love combination of yellow and pink and I use it quite often in my projects. They are a perfect match for my younger daughter. She is such a cutie but she is also very bossy, always has her own opinion and she is not easy to cooperate. My older daughter was always such a graceful child, easy to work with so the contrast between them two is quite a shock for me :D 

I used Aqua Huez and creameez to create one part of the background. I also used white Paste-eez for the first time and I just love how it works with the stencils. The details are so nicely highlighted. It dries fast, with a matte finish. This is a fabulous product.

I decided to use yellow colors because of the yellow tones in my picture. I needed to edit it a lot because it was very dark but I really loved this portrait of Maja.

Those abstract flowers really are a great solution if you run low with the embellishments but you want your page to look busy and filled with all the pretty stuff. I will definitely come back to this idea in some other project. With the Shimmerz Paints you can easily create the flower in the colors you need in that moment. You can use mists or paints to color the layers. Possibilities are limitless.

I hope I inspired you with this project to play with papers and paints. As always I have a process video for you.

I used:

- Aqua Huez (notice that they are no longer continued): Hottie Pink, Crazy Daisy

- Creameez: Cheeky Pink

- Shimmerz: Sunny

- Paste-eez: Salt of the Earth

- Spritz: Chick-a-dee

- Vibez: Mango Tango, Razzeldazzle Berry

That's all for today. Thank you fro stopping by and see you in August.

Floral background with Anna Komenda

Hello Shimmerz fans. It's Anna here with my newest project. I want to show You today how to make colorful page without pattern papers. All You need is Shimmerz paints or mists and time. 

I like floral backgrounds but they are usually very busy or the flowers are too big. Creating Your own background in perfect color combo is a great solution for that. You can use it right away or scan it and print it later as many times as You need. I love watercolors and the messy effects they create. I wanted to paint this kind of washy flowers in blue and pink shades.

When You work with a lot of water - You have to use thick watercolor paper. It can handle all the moisture without tearing.

I had some leftover frames from one of Crate Paper collections so I decided to use them all on one page. So pattern papers - only stickers. To be honest - I fussy cut the roses and butterflies from papers, but it doesn't count, right? :)

As always, I have a process video for You. Enjoy watching.

Don't forget to mention my name while placing an order at Shimmerz Store. You will get free mini product :)

Shimmerz products:

Aqua Huez: Blue me away, Hottie pink

Inklingz: Miner, Miner, 49er

Creameez: Lettuce get together, Cheeky pink, Refresh mint

Vibez: Jeni B Bleu, Deep blue sea, Razzeldazzle berry

Spritz: Bamboo leaf

XO Anna

Mini album "10 years" | Anna Komenda

Hello Shimmerz fans. It's Anna here with a new project. I hope You like mini albums, because I have one for You. I made it as a gift for my hubby for our 10'th wedding anniversary. We will be celebrating next week and I really don't feel like a wife for 10 years. Time flies so fast. I chose few of our pictures and I must say to You - it was hard, because we almost don't have photos together. All I found was some silly selfies mostly. But it's also a part of our history together. 

I mixed pattern paper with mixed media pages. You can watch all the process on the video below.

Video is quite long and I decided I don't need to include the embellishing process. You will just watch my usual steps during creating a mini album, along with making mixed media pages and connecting it all into the album.

My album is small. Pages are 4*4 inches. I decided to use pink and yellow color combo - one of my favorites. I wanted it to look a little bit messy so I didn't cut off the thread after sewing. I also added black splashes on the cover. I have a lot of big pictures there so I really didn't need much embellishments.

Now I must warn You - there will be a lot of pictures in this post :) Check for Shimmerz supplies at the end of the post.

I hope You made it through. Don't forget to mention my name while placing and order at Shimmerz shop. You will get one free mini product :)

Simmerz products:

Aqua Huez - Hottie pink, Crazy daisy

Creameez - Cheeky pink 

Inklingz - Miner, miner 49er, 

Dazzlerz - Spun Sugar, Tutti frutti

Coloringz - No Yoking, 

Vibez - Razzledazzel Berry

Spritz - Chick-a-Dee 

That's it for today. Thank You for stopping by. Don't hesitate to ask questions in the comment section if You have any.

XO

Anna