Paintastic Photos

 Hi everyone! Today on the Vlog, we are altering black and white photos, and making them one of a kind!

Here is a sneaky peek into one of the photos we give a little change too...

xx Heidi

Spraying, dripping and stamping with Shimmerz

Its Lydell again here with another Layout share.
Its using another palette from The Color Room, I often find its a fun place to start, using specific colours and building a page from there.  So this one used red, black, white and gold.

So take a look.

I used My Bleeding Heart Coloringz to match the red in the palette and I sprayed some white flowers and splattered drips over areas of the background, by taking the lid off and using the 'tube' inside to flick the paint.  I also saturated some punched heart shapes.

I used some Powder puff Pearlz to add drips on my patterned paper and to roughly paint the edges of my already grunged and distressed paper.

Next I used the left over and semi dried up paint of the My Bleeding Heart, on my craft sheet, adding Anchors Away Coloringz, Hot fudge and licorice Spritz, which I mixed with a paint brush.  I stamped a stamp (from Stamp-It) into it and stamped the water colour effect in the two opposite corners under the Black paper....this turned out really cool!  Using the paintbrush I also dry brushed around the edge of the background and in the centres of some of the red flowers adding some nice dimension......From there I positioned all the flowers and added all the other bits and pieces.  My glue of choice is always Helmar 450, which holds even the most dimensional items securely to a page, and never warps the paper or cardstock.

Hope you will go get your Shimmerz on now and create something amazing!

Thanks for dropping in today!

Colourful Canvas Tags!

Hi everyone, Stacey Young here today, sharing my DT project with you.  I created these 2 little tags blending the following colours together:

Coloringz in Mandarin Mai Tai, Pink Stiletto, Lime In Da Coconut and Mon Shari

Vibez in Grape Escape

Blingz in Hottie Pink

I started with my background blending together Coloringz Lime In Da Coconut and Mon Shari.  I stamped the background and then proceeded with my flowers and pin.  Also giving the flowers a touch of shine with the Vibez.



This time I blended Coloringz in Pink Stiletto and Mandarin Mai Tai.  I love the rich, bright colour that the Coloringz bring to any layout or project. 

Thanks so much for popping by today, have a great weekend:)

Shimmerz in blue......

Hey there!
I am returning with a project I worked on today using Lots of Shimmerz Vibez in "Blue Jeans" and lots of flowers.
I used the Blue Jeans Vibez  to make my page 'work' with the embellishments and florals I intended to use.

Take a look....

I used a color Palette from The Color Room based on some Manor House Creations Flowers I have.  I selected some Shimmerz Paint which matched the blue in the flowers.

Then I used a mask to create some interest in the background, just on a white sheet of cardstock.

I sprayed doilies, Flower stamens, and die cuts to carry the colour over the page

I love how Shimmerz can be used to build a page from the ground up, or you can just select one or two colours to match your pre-existing embellishments and make everything meld together, like I did today on this page.

Thanks for stopping by!

The incredible, Jamie Dougherty has joined our Shimmerz Education team and has a beautiful tutorial to share with you all today on the VLOG.

Here is a sneak peek at what you will be creating with her...

believe in yourself.

Hello. It’s Naomi and I would like to share an LO, a very bright one with you today. I am hoping it brightens up your day.

I used the products below and gesso.

Products used:

Caribbean Sunset Spritz
Bed of roses Spritz
Mango Madness Spritz
Coloringz Pink Stilette
Colouringz Mon Shan
Coloringz No Yoking

I just love these bright colours together and they work so well amongst each other.
Wishing you all a very happy day!

Naomi xx

Strawberries...

I just love to go out and pick strawberries with my kids. They grow in the woods behind our holiday cottage! 

 Shimmerz used:

-Enamlez Spaliliscious,

-Pearz Powder Puff, Pretty In Pink, Antique Lace, Mint Tulip, Hottie Pink,

-Spritz Cotton Candy, Bed of Roses, Coloringz my Bleeding Heart, Mama SingThe Blues

-Shimmeringz Baby's Breath,Brozed Bombshell

-Vibez Razeldazzel Berry

Hugs Lene - nabon

New Video at Vlog!

Hi everyone! Just wanted to let you all know that, there is a new video tutorial at the Vlog now! Here's a little sneak on what the video tutorial is all about.

Come on over and join in the fun!

The Music...

Do you hear it? We do. But then again, it's because we are the proud parents of this wailing, little, bubba. 

I used Shimmerz in several ways for this project. I first coated the background cardboard in gesso, and then spritzed a combination of Treasured Hymn, Rolling in the Hay, and Pop Art Pink to the background. I then used a brayer to combine the color in some areas.

I then dipped my brush in the same colors, and lightly painted my letters, and some areas on the crumpled paper, to add a distressed look. I also dripped some paint above the music paper on the right.

I then used Spiced Cider Blingz to drip along the photo for added grunge to the project. :))

Yes, this bubs is precious, and yes he is loud when he cries, but I am going to cherish each music note that he wails at me because time is already flying by!

xx Heidi

(I used the Swirlydoos April kit, Whispers of Spring, to create this as well!)

Addicted to colour!

I can't help but feel happy when I create something like this:)  There is so much bright colour here I had to use a black and white photo with a white wash background to tone it back down!   

Here are the Shimmerz products used to create the layout -

Vibez in Before Dawn

Coloringz in Mandarin Mai Tai, Lime In da Coconut and Heidi Ho Blue

Shimmerz in Key Lime and Marigold.

I just love how these colours blend together.

And just a couple of closeups.  Don't be afraid to sprinkle some of that colour on your photo:)



Thanks so much for dropping by, hope I have inspired you to get colourful;)

Stace x

Your eyes!

Happy Saturday everyone! I hope you are having a great weekend.

After this, here comes a new canvas dedicated to my son's eyes:

The colors that I used to create the bakcground are those of "Spring Set", along with other.

Products used:

Coloringz: Heidi-Ho-Blue.
Pearlz: Blue By U, Mint Julip, Sunny Side Up ans Samrock.
Shimmerz: Peachy Keen.

Have a great day with creativity!

Roberta

Handmade tape!

Hello and I hope this is a good day to all!

Today I'm going to show you how to create, in a easy a fun way, some artsy tape. I started with a blank sheet size A4. I covered one side of paper with double-sided tape.

Now comes the fun part: I decored the white side of the sheet with Shimmerz products and some stencils.

I finished the jod by stamping and doodling here and there with a black pen. 

I cut the sheet in many different size strips and so I have my very own artsy tape, to use on scrapbook page, altered items and AJ pages!

Products used: 

Vibez: Grape Escape, Fiery Fiesta and Razzledazzle Berry.

Coloringz: No Yoking, Pink Stiletto, Mandarin Maj Taj and Heidi Ho Blue (Sping set).

Pearlz: Sunny Side Up, Papapurple, Mint Julip and Pretty in Pink (Spring set).

Have a great day with creativity.

Roberta

Beautiful!

This is a simle but still a bit messy layout. Love the photo and wanted it to be the main thing in this page.

Shimmers used: pink Stiletto, Baby's Breath, Bed of Roses, Cotton Candy, Snow Storm and Enamelz Sparkilicious.

Dare to dream.

Hello. It's Naomi here today.
This is the Layout I'd like to share.

I have used
Coloringz Heidi-Ho-Blue
Shimmeringz Baby's Breath
PEARLZ Powder Puff

to create the blue flower which was once all white.

PEARLZ Powder Puff gives it a beautiful shiny finishing touch to it.

For the background,
I painted with acrylic brown paint first then
I used:
VIBEZ Hot Fudge,
VIBEZ Rolling in the Hay
Shimmerz Coffee

I hope you are all having a lovely Easter Holiday!

Naomi xx

An Alternative to Easter Grass...

If any of you mom's out there (er, I mean, Easter Bunnies) are tired of that messy, plastic Easter grass that fills all of your little one's baskets... today's post is for you! This Easter Bunny gets frustrated with the clean-up of that stuff, not to mention it sticking to everything, and my youngest trying to eat it... so this year, I decided to do something a little different. And fun.

I had a couple of old pairs of khaki pants lying around and I decided to cut those into messy looking strips. I made two light colored batches and two darker, since I have 2 girls and 2 boys - and all their baskets need some grass in them. This is what I started with...

And after using Mandarin Mai Tai, Pink Stiletto, No Yoking, and Ruby on the light colored strips, and Lime in Da Coconut, Mama Sings the Blues, and Sea Monkey on the darker strips, this is what they looked like...

As I sprayed the color, I used my other hand to rotate, flip, and mix up the strips in each pile, so the color ended up random and beautiful! Here are some close-ups...

And here are my baskets, with my homemade grass in them! Best part? I can reuse this grass over and over, yay! No mess, totally easy, and I think it looks pretty Easter cool. :)

xx Heidi