Sepia Christmas Card with Astrid

Hello Shimmerz visitors, lovely to have you visiting today.
I think like many of us, I am in full Christmas card making mode, - this time I have one in sepia tones to share with you.

I used three Shimmerz products only for this project:

Vibez spray in Before Dawn

Spritz spray in Truffle

Inklingz paint in Tarnished Treasure

I took some 5 x 7 smooth card and ran it through a Snowflake embossing folder.. I sprayed the whole card liberally with Truffle Spritz, added some water and dried it with my heat gun. I then very carefully highlighted the raised bits by dry brushing with some gesso for a wintry effect.

Next I diecut and embossed a large snowflake using the Tim Holtz Layered Snowflake die and matching embossing folder and used the same method to colour it, but darkening it in places with the Tarnished Treasure Inlinkz paint.

I just love the effect of the dry brushed gesso over the wonderful shimmering paints and sprays.

After adhering the large snowflake to the centre of my card it was time to embellish.

I coloured some white ribbon with the Truffle Spritz and threaded it through some lace as shown above.

Next I made a messy bow using the same ribbon, but I had crinkled it while still wet with the spray.

I adhered it to the side of my threaded piece of ribbon and added a little punched out snowflake to the centre.

I coloured a little wooden sentiment with the Tarnished Treasure paint, it only needed one coat, the Inklingz have so much pigment that it coloured the wood just perfectly, giving it just the right amount of silvery tarnished sparkle.

Lastly I darkened the background around the large snowflake with the Before Dawn spray, using a paint brush, - this to help it pop a bit more against the quite busy background. I adhered the card to a precut folded bit of card and that was it.

Well, I hope you like my shabby card and that you are having fun with your own Christmas and seasonal crafting. Don't forget, you can order Shimmerz products directly from the Shimmerz Paints Store. If you do,  mention my name (Astrid Maclean) in the «Instruction to Merchant/seller» part of your order form (just below your name and address). After clicking «add», you'll get a FREE product in the color of your choice. And for people from outside the US, Shimmerz do a really good deal on postage!

Thanks for your visit today and see you next time!

Vintage Butterfly Card with Melissa

Hi there Shimmerz Fans! Melissa stopping in today with a fun watercolor effect type of card. And all you need are some Shimmerz Products and your finger! :)

These are the Shimmerz Products I used to make this card:

               ~ Shimmerz Inklingz - Freshly Minted and Corney Flower Blue
               ~ Shimmerz Dazzlerz - Spun Sugar
               ~ Shimmerz Blingz - Pixie Dust

Using your finger, just rub some Freshly Minted and Corney Flower Blue Inklingz onto a piece of white cardstock. You can also use a brush or palette knife but you get more of a water color effect when you just spread it on with your finger.

Next, using a stencil, add some Spun Sugar Dazzlerz. I just placed the stencil randomly over the card front and using a palette knife, spread some of the Spun Sugar over the top of it.

After everything is dry, you can add some stamped vintage ephemera, pearls and flowers to dress it up. To give it even more shimmer and sparkle, I added some Pixie Dust Shimmerz Blingz to the flowers and die cut butterfly. The bottom layer of the butterfly was made the same way as the card front. I just die cut the butterfly when it was dry.

There are so many fun ways to use Shimmerz Products!! Don't forget, if you are on Instagram, use hashtag #ShimmerzPaints, so we can see your creations too! ;)

When placing your Shimmerz order, don't forget to mention my name, Melissa B. in the "Notes to Merchant" section when checking out with PayPal. You will receive a FREE Shimmerz Product in your order!

Hope you have a Shimmery Day!