Here We Go! with Process Video | Niki Rowland

Hey everyone, this is Niki here today with a new layout using my favourite Shimmerz products: Inklingz and Creameez!

I started off with making my background using the packaging technique. I used two pink colours:

Pink a Boo Inklingz

A Rose (by any other name) Inklingz and a deep blue:

Witches Blue Creameez.

I used the two pink colours first and then added the dark blue. I then added paint splatters in the same colours.  

Once my background was dry I added the cut file. I cut this from a piece of very dark blue patterned paper. I edited the cut file first to make the ampersand solid rather than an outline - I wanted to show off that glorious rich blue paper that went so well with my Shimmerz background. I did nothing else with the cut file, other than add lots of flowers and fussy cut leaves. I didn't need to back it as I wanted my mixed media background to show through.

I added some white highlights to my cut file with a white pen, and finished off with lots more paint splatters. I also added the word 'loved' which is a wooden word. I painted it with Witches Blue Creameez to make it match my Shimmerz background.

Thanks for joining me today. There's a process video too that you can view below. Don't forget that if you place an order via the Shimmerz store, put my name in the comments for a freebie.

Happy scrapping xx 

Upsidedown with Process Video | Niki Rowland

Hi there Shimmerz Fans, Niki here today with a layout I had so much fun creating. There is a process video for this layout too which can be viewed below.

I started off by putting beautiful stars all over my white background. I used Puttin' on the Glitz Dazzlers through one of the beautiful new Paige Evans Stencilz, 'Star Confetti'.

Once my stars were dry, I used three colours of Creameez and Inklingz to create the water colour strips. The colours I used are:

Witches Blue Creameez

Blue Lagoon Inklingz

Lettuce Get Together Creameez

 I used a wide paint brush to apply the paint. I added lots of water to make the paint colour run a little. Once dry I then added lots of splatters in the same colours.

When my background was dry, I then built the rest of the layout on top. I added various paper layers - trying not to cover up too much of my background! I also added some cute pom pom trim. I added my photo and lots of embellishments, mostly by Vicki Boutin Color Kaleidescope collection.

I then added my title. I used the Shimelle Sparkle City Thickers for See the World, but I stuck them first onto white cardstock. I then cut them out so there was a small white border around the words. I also added other Thickers for 'Upsidedown', which I actually placed upsidedown to mimic the subject of my photo! I doodled around some of the stars on the background and also around some of the paint splatters.

I hope you've enjoyed this layout today. There is a process video that you can view below.

Happy scrapping xxx

Adore Able | Niki Rowland

Hi Everyone, Niki back today with another mixed media layout to share with you. I am continuing my love affair with Creameez and Inklingz and these are what I used to create my background.

I started off with a piece of Marshmallow cardstock. I then used three colours of Shimmerz to create the background using the packaging technique. The colours I used are:

Red Necking Creameez

Witches Blue Creameez

Coral Reef Inklingz.

Red Necking is a soft red, if that makes sense. It's not a bright Christmas red, but has more of a pink tone, however it's still recognisable as red rather than pink. I'm using quite a bit of red at the moment and Red Necking is absolutely the perfect choice.

Witches Blue is a deep navy and it is my favourite navy to use at the moment. Navy is appearing in loads of collections right now but a navy spray on a background can be very dark and is sometimes a bit too intense. Witches Blue is great becuase it is a Creameez, meaning you have to activate it with water. You can choose how much water you add and therefore the intensity of the colour. If you add loads of water the colour will not be as strong. If you add only a little then the colour will be much richer. This means you can customise the colour for your individual layouts.

Once I had applied all three colours using the packaging technique, I then added lots of splatters in the same colours. I just use a paintbrush for this.

When my background was dry, I used Spun Sugar Dazzlers through an Echo Park Stencil. I applied it in small areas rather than all over. When that was dry I outlined some of the shapes with a black pen.

I then started to build up my layout. I had just the one photo and I created a photo stack behind it. I then added in some fussy cut flowers from a sheet of Dear Lizzy It's All Good Paper, and ephemera and flowers from Paige Evans Horizon. 

I also used the Paige Evans Horizon swatch books to make the patterns on the two sides of this layout. I distressed the edges and stuck them in place and added machine stitching too. I finished off by adding a title using an acrylic word by Bramble Fox and some alphabet stickers, Blue Bonkers Sequins by Spiegel Mom Scraps and a few more splatters!

Thanks so much for joining me today, I had great fun creating this layout and I'm really happy with the result. Don't forget that if you place an order via the Shimmerz website, put my name in the comments for a freebie.

Happy scrapping xx 

Good Vibes | Niki Rowland

Hi everyone, Niki back with you today with a very colourful layout to share! I went rainbow crazy with lots of Shimmerz Paints and the Cocoa Vanilla Studio Happiness collection.

To create the background I started off by finding the middle point of a piece of Marshmallow card. I then drew a starburst very lightly in pencil. I then filled in each section of the starburst with different Shimmerz Paints. 

I'm in love with Creameez at the moment, The colour is so intense. The more water added, the less intense they are, but if you only add a small amount of water the colour is very rich.

The colours I used are:

Yellow: Shimmerz Bumbly Bee

Green: Shimmerz Celery

Mint: Shimmerz It's Mint to Be

Blue: Creameez Witches Blue

Red: Creameez Red Necking

Pink: Creameez Pink Champagne

Orange: Shimmerz Orange Sherbert

I applied all these using the packaging technique. I blotted the colours inbetween applications so that they didn't run into each other too much. When they were a little bit dry, I then added flicks of the same colours over each coordinating colour block.

When my background was dry I added my photos and a few layers of patterned paper. I then went crazy with the colour-on-colour embellishment where I used ephemera, sequins and stickers.

I love how this layout turned out! It is so bright and happy and I am really in love with rainbows at the moment! Thanks so much for joining me today and I hope you have enjoyed this layout.

Don't forget that if you place an order via the Shimmerz website, enter my name in the comments and you will receive a little freebie in with your order. Happy scrapping xxx

 

There's Snowbuddy Like You | Niki Rowland

Hey Shimmerz Fans! Niki here today and I have a layout to share that has a winter theme. These photos are from a birthday party my children went to a few weeks ago at a snow centre. They basically zoomed down a very large snow slide on giant rubber rings - how much fun is that!

As I've been in Florida for most of December and quite a bit of January...I don't have many winter photos yet so I was delighted to have these snowy ones so I could get all frosty with my Shimmerz paints!

There are so many awesome shades of blue paint in the Shimmerz store! I picked out six and applied them to the bottom of my layout using the packaging technique.

I've used:

Winters Mist Shimmerz

It's Mint to Be Shimmerz

Frost Bite Vibez

Deep Blue Sea Vibez

Ride the Tide Creameez

Witches Blue Creameez.

I'm learning that to get a fabulous water colour effect background, the trick is to use several different shades of the same colour. This is demonstrated by how well this blue area turned out on this layout! It also doesn't matter too much if the colours mix together a little...becuase they are all just shades of the same colour, no muddy mixing this way.

I added lots of splatters in the same colours. I made a snowy hill for the bottom of my layout just by tearing white dotty cardstock. I kept holding this piece up against the water colour area I was working on to check for size. Amazingly I didn't get any blue fingerprints on it!

Once my background was dry I could start to assemble the rest of the layout. I used shades of blues and greens to add layers behind my photo. I bordered the whole layout with a dark blue border and I added lots of snowflakes, embellishments and sequins, also all in shades of blue. I did also add some white Perspextives and some silver thread, also a couple of glittery silvery hearts...this definitely added to the snowy effect.

 

Finally I finished off with my title which I created out of two different alphabet stickers, also in shades of blue.

 

Thank you so much for joining me today, I hope you have enjoyed my wintery layout.

Don't forget that if you place an order via the Shimmerz website and add my name in the comments you will recieve a free gift.

Happy scrapping xx 

Arty Tag by Joyce

 Hello my Shimmerz Sirens.

It's me Joyce here today to share a little mixed media tag featuring a photo from one of my fav pre-raphaelite period artist, Lawrence Alma-Tadema.

I adore the dusty hues in his work, his details are exquisite.

This photo reminded me of a creative relationship I have with a fellow artist. I know those two women are discussing current arty trends and art supplies during that Victorian time.

The tag was slathered with gesso over a printed book page, and the photo was printed on printer paper and adhered to the tag. 

Below, I set about trying to create drips of ribbons of colors from each

of the women's gowns.  I liked how some of the colors ran through the lacy bits of lace creating more interest and texture.

Although I didn't have the colors of these gowns in my Shimmerz Paints arsenal, I was able to capture them using a variety of Shimmerz colors like the lovely shimmery Inklingz White, and the pretty little pots of purples such as Inklingz Precious Posey, Pugnacious Purple, Creamez Witches Blue, Shimmer Orchid-Stra, Blingz Under the Sea, and finally Vibez Princess.

Don't be afraid to mix your Shimmerz Paints products to obtain a desired color.

See you next time, where I hope to have completed my 

Autumn Enchantment Junk Journal.