Spritz on burlap

I love to play with Spritz on fabric. On this layout I sprayed Sea Foam and Eucalyptus Spritz on strips of burlap. I cut out a "frame" from the patterned paper, then I tucked the burlap strips underneath the frame for a little extra added color and texture.



This is me and my daugther. There is nothing better in the world than having her little arms wrapped around me. Oh how I ADORE this little girl!!!

The papers and the chipboard alphas and arrow are from Bo Bunny.

Thanks for stopping by!!
-Stacy Cohen

Masking and Stitching

Hi, Lucy, here with a fun way to add some punch to your next masking project.


To create the circles mask - I simply laid various sized lids on my cardstock and spritzed with Shimmer Spritz in Baby's Breath, let it dry then used a paper piercer to outline the edge of my circle, then handstitched the perimeter with a backstich with cotton crochet thread. The stitching really makes the masked areas pop and add a wonderful texture. I also spritzed the paper behind the photo with Seafoam Spritz to make it appear to be more solid in color.

I so love the look of the lighter Shimmerz colors on dark papers - the sheen is AMAZING!!!

Papers here all by Sassafras Lass and the digi photo frame is from Rhonna Farrer's Vintage Photo Tools.

Thanks and see you soon! :)

Lucy

An Idea for Leftover Spritz Puddles

Whenever I use my Spritz on an embellishment like a flower, I have a little puddle leftover on my workspace from the overshoot. Did you know that this humble puddle is a wonderful opportunity to create even more beauty? (Plus, it is a great way to use every single little drop of Spritz and get the most out of a bottle!)

When you've got a puddle mess, take a small piece of muslin and simply wipe it up. (Remember Spritz is water-based so it cleans up without any effort.) After cleaning up a few puddles, that little piece of muslin takes on the most glorious shimmer. It is like making your own fabric. Gorgeous.

You can use your hand dyed (or should I say hand cleaned-up) muslin on a layout, a card, or to make a little mini-art quilt like I did.


Materials: Shimmerz Spritz (cotton candy) and Shimmerz Blingz (hi ho silver); My Little Shoebox pattern paper, Maya Road lace; Prima stamp and flower; Colorbox ink; seed beads; DMC embroidery floss; Making Memories ribbon and paint; Basic Grey chipboard heart; eggshells; Stampin' Up! wings stamp

The pink background is Spritz (cotton candy) on muslin that I sewed and beaded onto a vintage text page.


To make the mosaic, I painted eggshells with acrylic paint and layered it with Blingz (hi ho silver). I also painted the edges of the heart with Blingz (hi ho silver). I love the chunky vintage feel of Blingz!

So the next time you have a Spritz puddle, use it to create another beautiful project!

Happy Creating!

xoxo
Bethany Kartchner
Shimmerz Education Team

**Like A Cloud Up In The Sky....**

My favorite thing about Shimmerz is

you can take an ordinary object...

let's say a cloud - and turn it into diamonds

in the sky.....

I did that with this layout I did using Baby's Breath Shimmerz

Spritz on this The Girls Loft (Nov) kit.

Shimmerz really jazzes up a layout.

Makes it everything a girl loves...

glitzy, glamorous, bright, shiney, sparkley

and most of all....SHIMMER-zy.

Here's a few close ups of my diamonds in the sky...

and even my letters needed a little kick of sparkle...

thanks for letting me share with you today...

have a very shimmery week!

~Leslie

Grateful

I created this layout last fall for Shimmerz but it is one of my favorites so I thought I'd share it again with you all since we are focusing on what we are grateful for!

I am so very grateful for my husband! He has made my life pretty close to perfect! I mounted this layout on a one inch thick, 12 inch in diameter wooden circle that I painted brown and have it displayed on an easel for a beautiful fall home decor item. Don't keep those beautiful layouts hidden in a book. Be proud and put them on display for all to see. Especially all of your pretty, Shimmery ones! :)

Happy Thanksgiving and blessings to you,
Lori Renn
Shimmerz Education Team Member

Explore

For this layout I used rub-ons to create my own patterned paper. I have a box full of rub-ons and sometimes I don't know what to do with them. These particular rub-ons were on a sheet, 8 1/2 x 4 inches. I placed them on white cardstock and started rubbing. What is fun about these is that you can paint them with any Shimmerz color to match your layout. I know you have some.

I used Royal Red and Golden Wheat Shimmerz paint and December Sky Blingz . I didn't add anything else. This is what Shimmerz and Blingz looks like. It reflects light and it shimmerz.

Use a paint brush to dip some color and have fun!

Design Team Call

ATTENTION!!! Shimmerz Paints is having a Design Team Call! Shimmerz is a cutting edge manufacturer, and looking for individuals who are not afraid to think outside of the box. Get Messy! Shimmerz is looking for artists and designers who can create a variety of projects such as layouts, cards, altered art, and whatever else you can do!
Design Team Responsibilities:
3 required projects each month, posted on your personal blog and the Shimmerz blog. More is great! One must be Shimmerz specific.
1 tutorial with photos during your Design Team tenure.
Willing to promote Shimmerz on blogs, forums, Facebook, and anywhere else possible.
We are looking for Team Players!
Benefits:
Name and blog link added to the Shimmerz blog.
A Design Team kit to start creating Amazing projects.
Publication Incentives.
A Design Team Discount
New Product Releases!
Chance to be part of a Wonderful Design Team!
What To Send:
Submit 2-3 projects (Does not have to feature Shimmerz, but we want to see the sparkle and shine); Good Photography is a MUST!
Name and Contact Information.
Blog Address.
Previous Design Team Experience and/or Publications.
A few sentences on why you want to be a part of Shimmerz.
If interested in being a part of Shimmerz, please apply by emailing photos of your projects, and other information to mcelyea@q.com by December 28, 2009. The new Design Team will be announced on January 1, 2010.
Blog: shimmerzpaints.blogspot.com
Website: shimmerzpaints.com
Email: mcelyea@q.com

Versatility

One thing that comes to mind when I think about Shimmerz products is VERSATILITY! Shimmerz works on a myriad of surfaces: ranging from fabric to metal to plastic and more.

Recently, I created a layout for Scarlet Lime Kits that used Shimmerz spritz in Plum Pudding. We were given muslin fabric in the kit and I wanted to spruce it up a bit. Shimmerz spritz was just the thing. I simply spread out my fabric and generously spritzed it all over. When it was dry, I flipped it over and spritzed the otherside, for a nice even coating.

The result was a beautiful all over shimmer to my muslin trim. It also helped make the fabric a little bit stiff, which made it more pliable for creating the pleats! Two birds with one stone there ;)

Included in the kit was also a set of masks. Normally, masks would be used to create an image onto a surface. I liked the design of the mask so much that I wanted to use IT as an embellishment. A quick coat of gesso, gave me a surface on which the spritz to really stand out. A couple of quick bursts and I had super cool embellie for my layout:

When all was said and done, my finished layout looks like this:

Try your hand at using our Shimmerz Spritz on various surfaces and see what you can come up with!

Warmest Wishes

It may only be the middle of November but I feel like the holidays are going to be here before we know it. So, with the holidays coming up, that means it's time to start to make my holiday cards. I love being able to make something special for those who are very near and dear to me, because I know it's something that they will cherish and something that they will keep versus throwing it away. I have already started to make my holiday cards, and one that I made I did with using my Shimmerz paints.
This was such a fun card to make and with so many techniques used with it as well. I wanted the color of the letter stickers to be closer to the colors in the card I chose, so I went ahead and colored it in with some of my Shimmerz Periwinkle which toned down the stark white and then I embossed them with clear embossing powder. For the stamped lamp post, I went ahead and colored in the flame with yellow watercolor crayons, let that dry and then went on top of that with my Shimmerz Opal and gave dimension to flame with Dimensional Glaze.

You can give old stickers new life by adding Shimmerz paints to them. For example, I gave the little snow lady some extra shine with my Shimmerz Paints by using Shimmerz Sunflower for the star, Shimmerz December Sky Blingz for the scarf and Shimmerz Angel Wings for the face.

I punched out some snowflakes from blue card stock, and spritzed the blue card stock snowflakes with my Baby's Breath Shimmerz Spritz, which gives them more of an "icy" feeling.

The finished product is fun and such a delightful little card that will be given away.

Thanks for stopping by!
-Deanna

Remember Give Thanks

Thanksgiving is sneaking upon us...are you ready for it?! Have you had a chance to participate in the "What are you thankful for" challenge yet?? Well I have a little something thankful here to inspire you (hopefully!) :)

Imagine some Tickle Me Turquoise Shimmerz on a Thanksgiving card. Having a hard time?? Well let me show you what I did! I took a piece of vanilla cardstock as my base and distressed the edges. After doing that, I applied Tickle Me Turquoise Shimmerz all over the outer edges. LOVED the look, however it was a bit bright. No worries!!! More Shimmerz to the rescue! I then reached for my Antique Lace Shimmerz and sponged that right on top! Take a look at the result!


It almost gives a patina effect and I am loving it!! And my finished card...


So yeah, not exactly your typical Thanksgiving card, but fun nonetheless!! I loved reaching for such a bright summery color even in the midst of fall. Just goes to show...you can use ALL your Shimmerz colors ALL the time!

Hope you liked it! :)

Melissa

Gift Card Holder From Start To Finish

Hey there, it's Tanisha here! I created this Shimmery project for the Holiday Bazaar at Serendipity Scrapbooks that I participated in this weekend. I totally adore Shimmerz and literally use it on nearly every one of my projects! I wanted to show you how easy it is to use Shimmerz products, so here are step by step instructions for a few quick techniques that you could incorporate into your projects to help take them over the top!

It may look like it takes a long time to recreate the look, but trust me, it doesn't. Shimmerz dries very quickly!

I started by scoring and folding a 4 1/2 x 12 cardstock to create the 4 1/2 x 6" card base.

Next I used the border punch to create a scalloped edge on the bottom of a 4 1/4 x 5 3/4 piece of patterned paper and set aside.

I spritzed a die cut with Baby's Breath Shimmerz and dried with the heat gun and set aside.

I then took my ribbon, originally cream, and placed it on my work surface.

Next, I saturated it with Barn Door Shimmerz Spritz. Don't worry about getting messy, Shimmerz cleans up easily with soap and water!

I took a Prima rose, originally white...

and rubbed it in the over spray on my work surface.

I could have easily sprayed the flower, but by rubbing it, I still maintain some of the original white in between the petals.

I took a thin paint brush and painted Ruby Red Shimmerz on some of the petals. I think the different tones of color really add dimension to the flower.

I then took my ribbon, which is still wet and wrapped one end around the handle of my craft knife (a pencil or similar tool would work, too). To create the ribbon curls, I used the heat gun to dry it in this position. Watch out for your fingers because the heat gun gets hot!!! (make sure to move the heat gun back and forth frequently so it doesn't scorch the ribbon). Repeat on the other end.

Now that all of the elements are dry, everything comes together pretty fast. I adhered the pattern paper to the cardstock. I ended up cutting a little more off the top so a larger portion of blue could show at the bottom. I centered the die cut and adhered it 2 1/8" from the top of the card. I used glue dots to adhere the holly berries to the left side of the card and then added the curled ribbon. I removed the green leaves from the flower and then adhered it above the knot in the ribbon. I added the rub-on sentiment and here's the result...

Here's a close-up of the flower...you can really see the shimmerz!

Here's what the inside looks like. I used 4 photo corners to hold the gift card in place and then added another rub on sentiment.

I hope you enjoyed the tutorial!

Free Spirit

Happy Saturday!! I have a layout to share today. This page features pictures of my sweet daughter.



I created the mat for the doily by tracing and cutting out the shape from a piece of white Bazzill cardstock. I then sprayed it with Sea Foam Spritz and painted the edges with Tickle-Me-Turquoise Shimmerz (my two favorite colors lately!).

Let me tell you, I have SO much cardstock in my scrapbooking stash (Bazzill, Core'dinations, DCWV and more), and I probably have every color under the sun. But there is no cardstock as vibrant or as shimmery as white cardstock that has been sprayed with Spritz! That's why I often like to make my own bling cardstock by "Spritzing" away. A little Spritz goes a long way . . . I saturated this whole piece of cut cardstock with Sea Foam Spritz and it barely made a dent in my bottle.

The products on this page are from the A Million Memories November kit. The papers and some of the flowers are from Prima (I made the rolled flowers), and the alphas and chipboard frame are from American Crafts.

Have a fantastic weekend!!
-Stacy Cohen

Holiday Projects

I have been working on a few Christmas projects and just had to share with you the way that Shimmerz paints can make your holiday projects shimmer and shine like magic! :D

Hansel & Gretel & Gretel & Gretel - Last year my daughter's made gingerbread houses at their cousins house. The minute they walked in the door all they wanted to do was start nibbling away at all their hard work! I was so surprised! It was all I could do to snap a few pictures before their houses were gobbled down! LOL! Well, atleast they shared with their siblings, right?!




Patterned Paper, letter stamps, cardstock stickers by Adornit . The glittered floral sprigs are from Michael's. To change the color of the Thicker letter stickers to match the other glittered elements on my page, I coated them with Glossy Accents and then sprinkled them Martha Stewart glitter. For the stamped letters, I used red ink and then gave them some shimmer with Pixie Dust Blingz. LOOOOOOOVE this stuff! I use it on everything! And it is the perfect accent to your winter & holiday pages!





For these cards I used Shimmerz Paints to fill in my stamped images and make them shimmer and shine. So magical for the holidays! The colors I used are Fire Engine Red Shimmerz, Olive Green Shimmerz, Angel Wingz Shimmerz, Coffee Shimmerz, Marigold Shimmerz, and Sky Blue Shimmerz (to shade the white areas of the images).




Thanks for coming by! Hope to see you again soon!
Jana Eubank

happy birthday to you?

I don't know about you, but I seem to have a lot of friends and family that have a birthday this month, so it got me inspired to make a project with a birthday theme.



For this tag, I got out my Shimmerz Spritz in Sea Foam and Olive Branch to make the background on a white tag. I spritzed the tag first with the Sea Foam. I didn't do even coats, because I wanted some spots darker than others. Then, I took the top off of the Olive Branch Spritz, dipped a brush in it, and splattered the spritz liberally leaving spots and drip marks. When it dried, I got a beautiful, shimmery background to work with.

Next, I painted the flowers with Shimmerz in Angel Wings to give it a bit of sparkle.

Then, I added a some patterned paper and embellishments, and voila! A handmade tag, perfect for adding to a birthday gift for your someone special.

Hope this inspires you to get out your Shimmerz Spritz, and try making a beautiful shimmery background for your next project.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

What Are You Thankful For?

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That is what Shimmerz wants to know! From now until Thanksgiving, we are giving our fans an opportunity to share what they are thankful for. We want you to create a Fall project to let us know what you are most thankful for. We also want you to leave a comment on this post, which will be on the sidebar for easy access, about all the things you are thankful for in your life. Then, once you complete your project using Shimmerz, link up with Mr. Linky to your blog post. We will be coming by and checking in to see what amazing creations everyone makes. On your blog post, make sure to tell us what Shimmerz product you used. One lucky winner will be receiving a $20 dollar shopping spree to the Shimmerz Store, so you can stock up on your favorite Shimmerz products. We will also be posting the winners project on the Shimmerz blog! So, get to it! Make sure to copy the blinkie and post it to your blog! What are you thankful for????

Shimmery Christmas Tree

I know Thanksgiving hasn't gotten here yet, but we all know how quickly Christmas comes around! It will be here in the blink of an eye! So I'm gearing up and putting the scores of Christmas papers that I hoard to good use!

I took this photo a couple years ago at the mall just before Christmas...it's my favorite time to go to the mall and now is a perfect time to scrap it!

journaling: Nothing puts me in a better mood during the holiday season than taking in all of the holiday hoopla at the mall. I don't know if it's the gigantic Christmas tree and decorations, the fake snow, watching the kiddies wait patiently in line for Santa, or watching shoppers go to and fro in search of that perfect gift. I love it all and for me, the season isn't complete without a few trips to the mall.

I popped my paper pierced tree up on pop dots and used some Shimmerz Paints to spruce it up. I painted the centers of the circles with Hottie Pink Blingz--look how perfectly it matches these papers from Pink Paislee. I then painted the tree trunk with Antique Lace Shimmerz , one of the new Fall releases. I love the way the shimmerz gives the tree just the right amount of bling
and makes it look quite festive.

Shimmerz has definitely become a staple on my projects. It so super easy to use and dries very fast...I can't help but put some on almost every project that I complete!

I hope I've inspired you to pick up a paint brush and get your Shimmerz groove on!!

Shimmerz+Printer=Happy Pictures Vol. 2

So I was at it again. Painting the ol' photo paper with Shimmerz . I can't help it, I think I am addicted!
If you haven't tried it yet, well now is the time.
Go grab yourself some Shimmerz paint, I used Shimmerz Blingz in Gold Glimmer, and start brushing away.

Here is the most recent layout that I used my Blingz Picz technique on:

Can you see the pretty shimmer over the entire pic?

This technique is PERFECT for your Holiday pictures. It adds this beautiful effect that just screams FESTIVE! But you have to see it with your own eyes to believe it. Grab those brushes and start painting and printing! Then come back and share with us your work and experience! Did it work for you? Are you pleased with the results? Or did it turn into one hot globby mess? We can all live and learn together!

Be Still My Shiny Heart

A Birthday card for you today. This card uses an image from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps coloured with Prismacolor Pencils. The papers are from My Mind's eye and if you look carefully at the wooden hearts...


You will see that I've painted it with crackle paints then painted over it with my Shimmerz paints - Pixie Dust Blingz and Wed Wagon Paint.

Have Sparkly Heart Monday
Kim

I Love You All the Time

This is my very favorite thing my daughter says to us these days. It makes my heart smile every time I hear it because I know it is her way of telling us she loves us very much. :) Don't you just love the sweet ways preschooler's express themselves? :D :D :D




On this page I used Gold Glimmer Blingz to accent the Prima Rosey Gallery Roses. I know! I know! I just can't leave flowers alone!!! They just don't feel "complete" to me without a coat of Shimmerz! :D :D :D

Have a great day!
Jana

Santa Is On His Way

I'm sure Santa must be very busy at the moment trying to get all the presents finished in time!

Well here he is all in Shimmerz-ed up trim! He is from Whiff Of Joy and I've used a slightly non-traditional colour combination for a change!


I've coloured him with PrismaColor pencils and then added Shimmerz Pixie Dust Blingz to his fur trim to add sparkle.

Hope you are getting all your Christmas makes finished.
Kim

Think Pink Shimmerz Ed Card Class...

Hi there! Lori Renn here! In October I taught my first Shimmerz Ed class here at my home in Eagle, Idaho. It was so much fun and everyone learned lots of creative techniques! I wanted to share with you all the cards we made:

A portion of each class fee was donated to the Susan G. Komen foundation in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness month. Everyone went home with a jar of Pink Shimmerz paint and Stacey (the owner of Shimmering Products and all around GODDESS) and her delightful daughter Samantha surprised us with a visit!

That was so very cool. Thanks gals for your support and encouragement! They also gave everyone at my class a gift of Cotton Candy Spritz!

My next class is Saturday, November 21st from 2pm to 5pm. We will be making four super shimmery Christmas cards! If you are local to Boise and would like to come, see my blog for more info and...

Keep Shimmering!
~Lori

Shimmer-dots!

Since November snuck upon me so quickly, I've decided to go full force with my creation of Christmas cards. I WILL get them sent in a timely manner this year...yarightsure! :) I wanted to come up with something relatively clean and simple and quick! Enter my smallish (4 1/4") square card that needed some small polka dots. I know I've seen Shimmerz used with a pencil eraser to make dots, but I needed something even smaller. An "aha!" moment led me to use my stylus. Perfect little shimmery dots were created for my little clean and simple card and I just fell in love with it.


Too cute, yes?! I used Poinsettia Pink Blingz and I swear, this just pops off the paper like shimmery candy dots. YUMMY! :)


Hope you enjoyed this quick and easy creation!!! Until next time.....

Melissa

A (not so) spooky Halloween layout

I love this time of year . . . my girls have been busy with fun Halloween festivities at their schools and parties and they can't wait to go trick-or-treating. And I'm looking forward to capturing some great pictures of them in their costumes. The fact that there will be lots of yummy candy all around is an added bonus (I happen to have a major sweet tooth!).

Here is a Halloween layout I created with Shimmerz that was recently published in the October (and the last) issue of Memory Makers magazine. I was honored to have my page included in their very last issue.



Since no layout is complete without a little shimmer and shine, I used Coffee Shimmerz on the jagged edge of the paper to give it some extra sparkle.



Have a Happy Halloween!!!!

-Stacy Cohen

Halloween with Shimmerz

Hiya All!! Happy Halloween!! Hopefully this day is a long one because I am not ready for November 1st!! I needed to squeeze in one more Halloween card before my cute stamps are put away for good.


My image is stamped with Brilliance Graphite Black and then colored with my copics. I knew that I couldn't have a Halloween image without the sparkle so I painted the cauldron with Coal Shimmerz, the buckle on the witches hat and the pumpkin eyes with Sunflower Shimmerz, and the stems with Key Lime Shimmerz. Doesn't the Shimmerz make the image look amazing!!

So what are your costume ideas for Halloween? My kids are all very different this year, we have Wonder Woman, Bumblebee Transformer, and Minnie Mouse. I am looking forward to having a whole day to do lots of fun activities with them, they should make Halloween Saturday every year.

Hope you all have a FANTASTIC night!

Hope

I have one final project that I want to share with you this month for our "Pink Projects". This frame is what I call a labor of love, as I will be giving it to a friend who is breast cancer survivor. I love the way that the Shimmerz added to this frame in so many ways! The first thing I did with this frame is that I put chipboard letters on the frame and first sprayed with my Shimmerz Spritz in bubblegum and let it dry. While I was waiting for the color to dry, I went ahead and started painting the flowers. I sprayed green card stock with my Shimmerz Spritz in Baby's Breath, just to give a little shine to what would become my stems and leaves. Again, I set this aside, and let the card stock dry before I decided to cut and shape them. Next, I started to paint the flower heads themselves. For the one flower, I colored with my Shimmerz in Opal, and then lightly sprayed with Shimmerz Spritz in Baby's Breath to give a little extra shine to the flower head. For the Second flower, I painted with my my Shimmerz Blingz in Pink Pointsettia, and once it was dry, I lightly sprayed with Shimmerz Spritz in Truffle and Antique Lace. By this time, my frame was dry, so I went ahead and sprayed over the pink with my Shimmerz Spritz in Baby's Breath, dried it with my heat setting gun and then sprayed one more time with the Shimmerz Spritz in Bubblegum. I let all parts dry completely, and then started to assemble the pieces. For the stems I cut the card stock into 1/2" strips and then rolled them up, so that the spritzed parts and some of the plain green card stock showed through, which gave the stems a little extra dimension. I freehand cut out my leaves and then shaped them, sprayed a little more of the Shimmerz Spritz in Baby's Breath, shaped the leaves to how I wanted them, and then set them with my heat gun. I glued the stems down onto the frame with a clear glue. The flower heads were added with pop dots, to give them some extra dimension on the frame and then I added the buttons for the centers. I added some pearl bling to the word "hope" and outlined the word "hope" with a souffle pen, after removing the chipboard letters, which left the "masked" letters. Finally,k I added a little stamp which says "Trust in the lord, with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding". I LOVE the way this frame turned out, and am happy to be able to share it with you all!

And a close up of the flower heads.

Thanks for stopping by!
-Deanna