Monday, January 30, 2012

What's the Difference?

 On the VLOG today!

Shimmerz Paints 101:

Just what are the differences between Shimmerz, Blingz, and Pearlz?
My video today is bringing it back to the basics a bit, 
but whether you are a beginner or an experienced Shimmerz client - I hope you find it useful!

xx Heidi

Sunday, January 29, 2012

It's a little crazy..

Hi everyone. It's Naomi here.
I would like to share a Layout made using this lovely Valentines day limited edition pack.


I coloured some of the love hearts in red and pink using "My bleeding heart", "Cotton candy" and "Hottie pink" and also later on I added "Sparklicious" onto some of them.



I painted these hand cut love hearts with "Hottie Pink"


Then on some of the love hearts, I added "Sparklicious"




OK. Here it is, A little crazy layout...


Here are some close ups.



Thank you for stopping by and I hope you have been inspired in a very crazy way:))

Naomi xx

Saturday, January 28, 2012

Metal note-book.

Every year I'm used to alter a note-book and then, as usual, I do not use it anymore: I realized that's a very shame. This year I've changed my strategy: I started using the note-book and only then I altered it. So now I'm sure that has become indispensable and I'll have to use it all year long.



I started covering the book-cover with adhesive canvas, then I glued some metal objects and finally I covered everything with the metal scotch.




With the help of Aqua Marine and Coffee Shimmerz I gave e touch of old to my new note-book!

Have a great day with creativity!
Roberta



Friday, January 27, 2012

Yes, I have a thing for the Beach!!

Hi, Stacey here with you today!  As you might be aware I just love to create beach themed layouts! We are lucky to live on the Eastern Coast of Australia and there are so many lovely beaches around this area.  I dream of a beach house.........
I love adding gorgeous shimmer and shine to all of my shells, netting, flowers, papers etc and making them all blend together.  On this layout I pulled the blue tones out of the papers and used the following products:

Vibez in Egg Noggin
Spritz in Rock a Fella Blue
Spritz in Sapphire
Pearlz in Blue into Town
Blingz in Gold Glimmer


I embellish my layouts first and then add my Shimmerz products along with gesso and other art mediums.  Blending and layering the mists and pots as I go!  Just a couple of closeups. 



Thanks for visiting today, hope I have inspired you to Shimmer those beachy layouts:):)

Thursday, January 26, 2012

Altered Frame (Part 2)



The Part 2 "Altered Frame" video tutorial has been posted on the Vlog today! Click here to watch it! Enjoy!

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Texture, flicks, and drips!

Hi everyone! Heidi here, with a layout that I had a blast making. Offered within the Swirlydoos January monthly kit, the palette within these BoBunny papers is so interesting and so I chose colors that coordinated from Shimmerz to enhance the project. I used Treasured Hymn Spritz, Sea Monkey, Jeni B Bleu, and Before Dawn Vibez, and Choc-O-Lot Shimmerz.

To create a fun texture in the background, I smeared gesso on randomly with an old credit card - then spritzed on my Jeni B Bleu and Sea Monkey. Then after adding all the elements, I painted the edges of my photo - distressing it -  with Treasured Hymn and then flicked the tube of the nozzle to add bits of the color elsewhere.

Then to finish the project off, I dripped my Choc-O-Lot Shimmerz in various places around the clusters that I had created. What I first thought to be an awfully retro color scheme - seems so beautiful now!!
xx Heidi

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Seriously Silly

Hi everyone!  Jaime with you today with a seriously silly & super simple layout..say that five times fast lol!  Seriously..no, really...I have a super simple layout all about my seriously silly Jilly.  I wanted the main focus of this layout to be the photos.  I love these photos of her because they are SO her.  Sometimes serious, but always silly.  A few drops of Shimmerz and some dots of Pearlz and viola!  A simply shimmery layout! 




To make the polka dots I simply used a No. 2 pencil eraser, dipped it into the Powder Puff Pearlz and then pressed it in random areas around the layout.  I love the fun polka dots which are perfect for the theme of this layout!  I also love the shimmer that the Pearlz provides - just gorgeous!

Shimmerz products used:

Pearlz in Powder Puff
Coloringz in Pink Stilettos
Vibez in Jeni B Bleu
Spritz in Chick-a-dee

Thanks for stopping by everyone ♥

Monday, January 23, 2012

New Video Up today......

Hi there, Lydell here, with a new video on the VLOG on the construction of a Layout. 
Here is the Page I will create.........


Stop over at the VLOG and See it HERE

Sunday, January 22, 2012

XOXO

Have you seen our Valentines Day set? These colors will have you ready to celebrate with hugs and kisses galore! The best part is this set is on SALE!!!! Wahoooo!

We also added a new color to round out this set. Powder Puff Pearlz is a creamy, dreamy, pearlescent color that will be a must have.

Click HERE to get your set. . . .but HURRY. . . it won't be on sale long.



XOXOX!!!!

www.shimmerzpaints.com

Saturday, January 21, 2012

Cool Background! ( I think anyway!)

Hi, everyone.
It's Naomi Here. Today I'd like to show you how you can make your own cool patterned paper with shimmerz products.

It's very easy and simple.
All you need is some kitchen paper and some sort of stencil.
I sprayed some shimmerz onto a kitchen paper (as below)


I repeated the same with different colours.
There you have them.

Then I torn them into small (ish) pieces then stuck them onto a paper (anyway you like)
And here is the finished "your own cool patterned paper".


love these bright colours together.


Products used:


Coloringz Lime in da coconut
Coloringz Mon Shan
Coloringz Mama sings the blues
Spritz Bed of roses
Vibez Rolling in the hay


Here is the finished LO.



It was so much fun.
I hope you like the "cool background", too.

Thank you for popping by.


Naomi xx

Friday, January 20, 2012

Love the winter!

Well, my son does, I don't! But I love the new colors in the Valentine set, and I love my son of course! LOL!



Here's my try with this lovely colors! 




Thursday, January 19, 2012

Bingocard with Shimmerz


I´ve posted a video on the Vlog today, showing you how I used Shimmerz to make a perfect card to give away to someone dear.  Click HERE to watch

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

A mix of Enamelz, Vibez and Pearlz!

Hi there, Lydell here again!
I have a page to share here and some fun stuff I did with Shimmerz Paints and Enamelz.  They go hand in hand for some outstanding effects.
Here is what I used for todays project....



Shimmerz in 

Pearlz -Grey Flannel
Vibez- Egg Noggin (a limited edition colour which I believe may still be available if you hurry!!!)
Enamelz - Gold Digger and Molten Metal


.......And here is my page.


You cant see it very well, but I know its there......I applied texture paste to the background with a palette knife, let it dry and added white paint and buttercup cream acrylic paint to set it all off.  I sprinkled Molten Metal Enamelz over this wet paint in splotches and heated to melt, creating puddles of the metal look,  (You can see it slightly under the middle yellow flower and just above it......)
I painted the tag in the Grey Flannel Pearlz and sprinkled the edges with the gold digger while the paint was wet, creating a pretty and textured border around the tag.  Much prettier than how it started off!



I sprayed each crocheted flower with the Vibez Egg Noggin.  These were flowers sent to us some time ago from Petaloo, they were brilliant white!


I also sprayed the Prima felt label you can see here under the photo, and various other flowers....and some lace too!!!!


I sprayed some other Petaloo flowers and dipped them in the Gold Digger Enamelz, totally covering the flower.  I added metal button centres to these, and they are really pretty!


So thats what I played with today.

AND I have a quick tip to share.  I have many many Shimmerz Paints like the Pearlz 'Grey Flannel' in the tubs.  These can sometimes be left sitting for quite some time before you get a chance to use each colour regularly and can tend to separate and dry up a bit.  My Grey Flannel had not been opened in a very long time, and had gone quite thick (it would no longer shake up in the tub......I know Shimmerz says to add distilled water, which is probably best for your paints, but I just add some water from the tap and just stir it through well to rejuvenate them back to how they are meant to be.  I dont find it alters the intensity of the colour or the Shimmery properties.  Because they are water based and wash out so well in water, adding water (preferrably distilled) brings them right back to life.  Remember add a little at a time though.....too much may effect the saturation of the colour.....better to add not enough than too much!!!!!

Hope you are enthused about all the possibilities Shimmerz Paints offers, Especially to extend the use of your stash and create Projects which meld colours beautifully- all acheived by recolouring embellishments.  Get stuck into your Shimmerz!

Thanks for stopping by.....have a wonderful day!



Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Art Journal and Pearlz.

Today I have a confession: I LOVE PEARLZ!!! You can find evidence in many examples: here, here here and now here too:



Paerlz are creamy, luxurious, pearlescent and available in 14 beautiful colors that make them suitable for any creation. On this page I used all the Pearlz colors that Shimmerz has produced. I like to combine them,  shading them and coloring all.


Have a great day with creativity!

Roberta

Saturday, January 14, 2012

Going...Going...Gone!! A fun layout with Shimmerz!!

Hi again everyone!!!  I know I've been quiet over here at Shimmerz - I took December off because of how crazy hectic it was!  We went on our winter vacation to the mountains (which was heavenly!!) and of course Christmas was wonderfully chaotic just as it always is lol!

I started off the New Year with following through on one of my many goals...I purged and re-organized my scrapbook space.  Anyone else make that one of their resolutions for 2012?  Alrighty, enough rambling, on with the layout!


This layout is about the typical challenge we all face when photographing our children...(or perhaps it's just my crazy kids??!)  They're totally into it for 2.5 seconds and then wham!  They want no part of it.  These photos clearly show the break down of my kids, step by step.  I love these photos because they are SO my kids...they crack me up!

I used a piece of die cut patterned paper as my misting stencil - and added a few drops of mist around the page. I then attached the die cut tags and layered a piece of patterned paper under the die cut number.  I fussy cut the clouds from a piece of patterned paper and then embossed it to add some extra shimmer.

Shimmerz Products Used:
Vibez in Jeni B Bleu
Spritz in Chick - a - dee
Coloringz in Pink Stilettos

Thanks for stopping by everyone!!!  Have a great day!!

Make it a little more alive!

Hi everyone. It’s Naomi here.
Today I would like to share with you how I put a little shiny touch to cut-out flowers and leaves from a patterned paper.
They look pretty as they they are but using shimmerz products they can look a lot prettier!

So here I fussy cut the flowers and leaves from a patterned paper.
I used some of Shimmerz products along with water-based pastels to make them look shiny by adding some colours.


They definitely look more "alive", don't they?


For the cut -out branches and leaves, I used shimmerz coffee colour, too.


I also used the Apricot shimmerz to colour some white flowers.


Some people might think this is all too much, too timid, time consuming and needing too much patience but I enjoy putting that extra time and effort to make something a little more special than it already is.
And Shimmerz products certainly take a big part of that.


Products used :

Shimmerz Apricot
Shimmerz Coffee
Pearlz Peas B mine
Bingz Gold Glimmer



Here is the layout using the accented cut-out flowers.


Oh.. how I love Shimmerz.. :)

Thank you for popping by and I hope it has inspired you in some way!

Naomi xx