Born To Explore | Boy Layout using Run! Forest, Pumpkin, Bumbly Bee | With Process Video

Hello Shimmerz friends!

Hope you are doing well and bright! Sharing this gorgeously starry layout with you today using oranges, yellows and greens. Link to process video can be found at the end of the post:

Started out with a white piece of cardstock that I've trimmed down to 11.5 by 11.5 in order to fit a border behind it later. Played a bit with the placement of patterned paper and pictures before getting out my colors:

- Can't Elope - Inklingz

- Bumbly Bee - Shimmerz
- Olive U Truly - Inklingz

- Run! Forest - Shimmerz

- Pining For You - Creameez

- Pumpkin - Pumpkin

- Orange Sherbet - Shimmerz

- Marigold - Shimmerz

I added the mixed media by colors; I began with the oranges (Can't Elope, Pumkin, Orange Sherbet) and let them dry a bit. Then added in the yellows (Bumbly Bee, Marigold) and finally worked with the greens. Each color group was worked with the packaging technique and splatters.

Once all the colors were dry, I glued my patterned paper (Amy Tangerine | Slice of Life | Rainbow Hall) and placed my pictures on craft foam for dimension. Added two small clusters of embellishments near my pictures. Had some leftover stars from a cutfile I had previously used (Circle Of Stars by Virginia Walker | COAPA Cutfiles); sprayed some of them with Tuscan Sun (Spritz) and others with Goldie Lox (Shimmeringz) and formed a sort of star burst effect on the layout with them. Each white star was added in on craft foam; I was punched out a few vellum stars and glued them unto the cardstock. Finished off the layout by added some Nuvo Drops, placed my title, wrote my journaling and then mounted the white cardstock unto a patterned paper (Amy Tangerine | Hustle and Heart). Below are a few more close-ups.

I love how this layout turned out! It's so colorful and star-filled, perfect for documenting boy memories. Hope to have inspired you and I'll see you back soon! Link to process video: https://youtu.be/wWoPn2s1mb8 

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Stay crafty!

- Lorimar

Here for You Always

Hello Shimmerz fanz! Ericka here today with a shimmery card using a bunch of fun Shimmerz products.

I love all these fun colors together and how pretty they are on this Butterfly Blossom from Reverse Confetti. I started by stamping the butterfly with Versfine ink and clear heat embossing it. Then I picked out a mixture of Shimmerz, Creameaz, and Inklingz that would look pretty together.

I painted my butterfly with the following:
Shimmerz - Tickle Me Turquoise, Royal Purple, Jilted Jade, Bumbly Bee, and Bubble Gum Blast
Creameaz - Lettuce Get Together and 1 Hot Mama
Inklingz - Precious Peony

While the butterfly dried, I worked on a background. I decided to take Vibez Princess and Sweet Heart and spray them on my craft mat and take some plastic and smoosh it on my watercolor paper. I also sprayed Shimmeringz Goldie Lox all over the base to give a light shimmer and then splattered a little Glorious Day for some golden yellow highlights,

Once my panel dried, I used a die cut on the base and popped up the middle with some foam tape. I also added foam tape to the butterfly and finished the card with some sequins. Check out the pretty shine of all of these fun Shimmerz Paints products.

Thanks for stopping by and for more information on how I created my card, feel free to stop by my blog Strangely Creative.

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Together

Hey everyone! I’m up on the Shimmerz Blog sharing this gorgeous layout mixing florals with the ombre look. It’s no secret that I love using florals in my layouts because they add color, dimension and shimmer! My family and I recently went on vacation and, among the pictures we snapped there, we came back with this awesome, colorful picture! I just couldn’t wait to scrap it. Like my previous blog post for Shimmerz, I’ve divided the process of making layout into 3 sections: background, florals and leaflets, and bringing it all together.

Background-

               I used Vicki Boutin’s Foundations paper because I knew that I was going to use lots of liquid with my mixed media. I grabbed a regular bowl to help me mark my center and circumference with a white gel pen. By using a white gel pen, any marks can be easily covered. Once I’d made my circle, I removed the bowl and sprayed the center with Shimmeringz Goldie Lox to give it a bit of shimmer. 

After waiting for it to dry, I placed the bowl back on the background as close to the original marking as possible, and then gathered my other mists (they are listed below) to create the ombre look. I began spraying them from the bottom up slightly overlapping the mists to achieve a smooth transition. 

Waited about 5 minutes for the mists to dry a bit, and then repeated the process. I did this to ensure that my colors were nice and bright! Without waiting for it to dry, I poured a bit of white acrylic paint and water into a mini mister and sprayed the whole background. This technique gives the colors a marbled/crackled look.

 I then watered down some white and gold acrylic paint and splattered them along the whole background. Later, I removed the bowl and set the background aside to dry.

·        Caribbean Sunset (Spritz)

·        Cotton Candy (Spritz)

·        Lil’ Yellow School Bus (Coloringz)

·        Tuscan Sun (Spritz)

·        Princess (Vibez)

·        Rip Van Periwinkle (Vibez)

Flowers and Leaflets

               Since I knew that I’d be adding floral die cuts from Paige Evans’ Whimsical, Horizon and Truly Grateful collections, I decided to make some extra florals to make the wreath look fuller. To accomplish this, I grabbed some scrap white and kraft cardstock, gold acrylic paint, a floral Vicki Boutin stamp, and archival ink and lots of Shimmerz (listed below). I made gold, yellow, blue/violet and pink flowers, and green leaflets. For the gold flowers, I used the kraft cardstock which I covered with gold acrylic paint and splatters of Miner, Miner 49er an Old Yeller. The other flowers were made one white textured cardstock. Finally, I made some green splotches from I’d punch some leaflets once dry. Once everything was dry, I fussy cut the florals out.

·        Meet Me @ Sunset (Inklingz)

·        Bahama Mama (Inklingz)

·        Limoncello (Shimmerz)

·        Miner Miner 49er (Inklingz)

·        Hermit the Frog (Vibez)

·        Goldie Lox (Shimmeringz)

·        Rip Van Periwinkle (Vibez)

·        Cotton Candy (Spritz)

·        Caribbean Sunset (Spritz)

·        Lil Yellow School Bus (Coloringz)

Bringing it all together

               I placed my photo on some layers of patterned paper from Paige’s Truly Grateful collection, popped it on 3D tape and placed it in the center of the circle. Then I began layering and tucjing in the flowers and leaflets, letting the background by my guide. Some of the flowers are completely stuck down flat; others have their tips set on 3D tape, and still others are popped up completely on 3D tape. This is how I achieved the layered look. I sprinkled a couple of epoxy dots and hearts, and stickers from Truly Grateful. To marry everything together, I splattered a bit of Miner, Miner 49er throughout the completed layout. Added my journaling at the bottom with a white gel pen. Here's the layout once more and lots of close-ups!

I loved how this turned out, love the color scheme! If you liked any of the colors you saw me use, you can find them all @ Shimmerzpaints.com.

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Thanks so much for looking and I hope you are inspired to create a layout like this!

-        Lorimar

When Life Gives Lemons | Julee Tilman

Hi  Shimmerz friends! It's Julee Tilman popping in today with a little shimmery creation.

This weekend I was at a local craft store and came across the sign below. I'm an avid coffee drinker and this totally made me giggle. I knew I just had to recreate it in card form for one of my coffee loving friends!

To start the card, I pulled out stamps from Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps and stamped the lemon on watercolor paper, then masked the lemon off and stamped it again. I then added a mask to the other lemon and created a background around the lemons by plopping on Hint of Mint Spritz, Well Blue Me Down Coloringz, and It's Mint to Be Shimmerz. When it had dried I splattered with more Well Blue Me Down and Bumbly Bee Shimmerz.

After I peeled off the masks, I painted the lemons using Limoncello and Bumbly Bee, then stamped a few of the leaves on a scrap piece of watercolor paper and colored with a mixture of Hint of Mint and Bumbly Bee. That's one of the things I love about Shimmerz, everything blends so well you can always create the perfect coordinating color! The leaves are fussy cut and layered over the lemons.

The when life gives you lemons sentiment is stamped in black and embossed with clear embossing powder to really make it stand out and then I started in on the customized portion of the sentiment.  I pulled out the Bitty Minnie Alpha and stamped the word trade and them, then chose the for from the Happpy Alpha set to make a little banner across my panel.

The coffee is one of the fabulous Dotz embellishments from the Cup O Love Dotz collection. Love these sweet little embellies for cardmaking! I accented it with a couple more stamped leaves, then set this aside to work on a little splatter background. I like a little variation in my splatters, so in addition to the Bumbly Bee and Limoncello Shimmerz, I also splattered on some Goldie Lox Shimmeringz. This color is so beautiful and added just the perfect amount of variety.

I finished with a black mat and a white card base. Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope your day Shimmerz! 😁

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Shimmerz Unicorn | Ericka Strange

Hello Shimmerz fans and happy Tuesday! Ericka here today and I hope you made it through Monday and your week is going well.  Today I have a cute unicorn card I made using a variety of Shimmerz Paint products to make sure that my unicorn contained the most spark possible. After all unicorns and Shimmerz are know for their sparkle. 

I started by stamping the Unicorn from Picket Fence in Fadeout Ink so that I could do some no-line watercoloring with Shimmerz, Creameez, and Inklingz. These little pots are perfect for watercoloring and pack a lot of color and shine.

For my background, I tried a little something different. I used a stencil with the Spun Sugar Dazzlerz which is a shiny paste. Then, before removing the stencil I sprayed the stencil with Chick-a-dee Spritz and Jeni B Bleu Vibez. I then sprayed a little Goldie Lox Shimmeringz all over the stencil to help the colors blend.

Once my background was dry, I used foam tape to adhere the unicorn and sentiment to the card base.

I love all the beautiful shine this card has and how well all of the Shimmerz Paints products work together to create a unique card for a special friend.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you get a chance to create something beautiful. Don't forget to check out the new and beautiful August Kitz!

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Shimmerz Paint Products I Used:

Dazzlerz - Spun Sugar	Coloringz - Ahoy Matey	Shimmeringz - Goldie Lox	Spritz - Chick-a-Dee	Vibez - Jeni B Bleu
Blingz - Gold Glimmer	Creameez - 1 Hot Mama	Inklingz - Peek A Boo Pink	Shimmerz - Tickle Me Turquoise
Shimmerz - Ultra Marine

Here for You Card | Julee Tilman

Hi Shimmerz friends! It's Julee Tilman popping in to share a fun little card using a super easy watercolor background technique.

I've created a short sped up process video if you'd like to see how this card was made, you can watch it below or on my Youtube Channel.

Whenever I'm feeling like I just don't know where to start on a card, this is one of my go to techniques. Just plopping watercolors on a page.  Here I used Walking a Tight Heliotrope Spritz and Grape Escape Vibez to create the background, finishing off with some splatters in the same colors and a bit of Shimmeringz Goldie Lox.

Next I stamped the flower and quickly watercolored with the same colors, adding some Bamboo Leaf Spritz and Palm Reader Vibez in for the leaves. Once I was done with this I fussy cut the image and added some extra shimmer with Angel Wings Shimmerz. The sentiment was stamped directly onto the watercolor background panel and I matted with black cardstock and an A2 card base.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope your day sparkles.