Hi everyone! Melissa here with a new design team post for the amazing Shimmerzpaints! I love their rich texture and colors!
Photo credit:Amir Shamispur, at Unsplash
To make this page I put the layers under the photo together first, including taping water color paper under the image to make it stronger and lie flat. Below that is a mat of watercolor paper, and at the bottom is corrugated cardboard. I tore off most the paper from the surface of the cardboard, and painted it with white gesso.I sprinkled on Ultra Thick Embossing Powder, and heated it until it was just melted, and taped it to the background paper with double sided foam tape. Between the layers there's more cardboard, to give dimension.
I put a layer of Clear Gesso on 49 and Market paper. I applied Prima Platinum texture paste with a small spatula and a Prima Stencil.
I attached the flowers first with double sided foam tape. I added the chipboard, beads, and then the paint. I mixed colors together, and kept adding more. I rubbed on gold mica powder on raised surfaces and edges.
I used the following colors on the page,Pixie Dust, Christmas Cheer,and Green Olive Shimmerz, , Dear John Letter,A Rose(By Any Other Name),Olive U Truly, Run Forest Run Inklingz. Gold Glimmer , which is Blingz plus Shimmerz. The brown color is Penny 4 Your Thoughts Inklingz.
To add visual interest I added micro beads, seed beads, glass glitter ,glass beads, pearls, rhinestones, swarovski crystals,sequins, glass hearts,iridescent wrapping paper,fussy cut images from the Botanist's Sticker Anthology, lace,black tulle,sisal,pressed flowers,a sealing wax,metal from Reneabouquets,Tim Holtz,and Vintaj,flowers from Reneabouquets ,and bling and metal from my stash. Most of the things are glued on individually with Glossy Accents. The chipboard and Printed Beautiful Board is from Reneabouquets.
Thank you so much for looking, and have a great week!
