Shimmerz Paints Design Team Page, With All My Heart, By Melissa Larson

Hi everyone! Melissa here with a new design team post for the amazing Shimmerzpaints! I love their rich texture and colors!

 Photo credit: 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 put two or three layers of cardboard between each of the layers to add dimension, and taped it to the background paper with double sided foam tape.

I coated Prima's Georgia Blue paper with clear gesso, put the layers with the photo on, then applied Prima Platinum texture paste with a small piece of a credit card,a Prima stencil.

I picked out Reneabouquets Beautiful Board,figured out where it would go on the page, took it off, and prepped it with white gesso. 

I painted the mat,and corrugated, with Ultra Marine Shimmerz ,Steely Blue Eyes and Dear John Letter  Inklingz . The chipboard has Dear John on it too. 

To add visual interest I glued on Antique Linen embossing powder by Ranger, to look like sand,      micro beads, seed beads,gold leaf,swarovski crystals,glass shard glitter,glass beads,pearls,sequins,tulle,pressed flowers, leaves,lichen,flowers from Reneabouquets and Prima, metal from Reneabouquets, and bling and metal from my stash.  A lot of the textural elements are from Reneabouquets,including the printed Beautiful Board.

At the bottom of the mat I used Precious Metal Shimmerz, and more Steely Blue Eyes.

I used a lot of different colors at the lower right of the page: Imperial Amethyst, Blue Lagoon,Me And Blue, Oakie Bear Blue, Blue My Mind, and Green Goddess Inklingz. The Shimmerz: Pool Me Closer, Ultra Marine, and Peacock's Plume. The pink colors above are:Dear John, Coral Reef, and A Rose(By Any Other Name) Inklingz. 

I used a lot of white gesso at the bottom of the page, because things started looking too busy.

Thank you so much for looking, and have a great week!

 

Live, Create, Tell The Story

Hi everyone! Here's my new design team page for the amazing Shimmerz Paints! I have used a photo from free google, by A.M. Lorek.

To make this page I applied clear gesso to Blue Fern paper, Happy Accident 2. I put texture paste on with a Celtic stencil from TCW,then put the layers with the photo together. I tore off parts of the surface paper of corrugated cardboard, and painted it with gesso, I added the photo with a layer of cardstock taped on, then watercolor paper. I put foam core board between everything to add dimension, and to allow room to tuck things into.

I picked out chipboard from Reneabouquets, and painted it with a mix of Green Olive , and Christmas Cheer Shimmerz. I also used a little Penny For Your Thoughts and Imperial Amethyst Inklingz. I dropped wet paint into wet paint as my technique. I dribbled on a thick layer of Clear Rock Candy Crackle with a paintbrush. On the watercolor paper under the photo I used Steely Blue Eyes , Olive U Truly, and the Penny Inklingz. 

The purple above the photo is Honeymoon Inklingz, and Steely Blue Eyes. 

To add visual interest I applied micro beads, seed beads, glass glitter, mica flakes, pearls, sequins, rhinestones, Swarovski crystals, glass pebbles, shells, pressed flowers, lichen, and leaves, a pinecone, Prima flowers, a butterfly from Reneabouquets, Tim Holtz, Prima, and Vintaj metal, and chain and bling from my stash.

I glued on small pieces of gauze I dyed with Christmas Cheer, and the green color is Green Olive and the Penny. 

The little moth at the bottom is Tim Holtz washi tape.

Thank you so much for looking, and have a great week!

Great Things Take Time

Here's my new design team page for Shimmerz Paints,which are amazing!I have used a photo from google free, by A.M. Lorek. 

To make this page, I applied clear gesso to Prima Spring Farmhouse paper.

I applied texture paste with Celtic stencil from TCW,then put the layers with the photo together. I tore off parts of the surface paper of corrugated cardboard, and painted it with gesso. I added the photo with a layer of cardstock taped on, then watercolor paper. I put layers of foam core board between everything to add dimension, and to allow room to tuck things into.

I picked out chipboard from Reneabouquets, and painted it with A Rose( by any other name) and First Blush Inklingz.I put on a thick layer of Clear Rock Candy Crackle with a paintbrush,just letting it drip from the brush, as I moved the brush across the chipboard. It comes off the brush in a line, not drops.

To add visual interest I applied micro beads, seed beads, glass glitter, mica flakes,pearls,sequins, rhinestones, Swarovski crystals, glass pebbles,beads,shells, pressed flowers,lichen,and leaves, pine cones,tiny pieces of lace,Prima flowers,a butterfly from Reneabouquets,Tim Holtz and Vintaj metal,and chain and bling from my stash.

All the lavender is Honeymoon Inklingz.The butterfly on the lower left is Tim Holtz tissue. The brown is Penny 4 Your Thoughts Inklingz. The green is Green Olive Shimmerz. I added all the colors to the chipboard later on to balance out how intense the orange is in the photo,plus one more shade. A greyish purple color called Imperial Amethyst Inklingz.  I put it on the cardboard,background paper, and flowers too.

I dabbed on a little gold mica powder around the page. The watercolor paper under the photo is painted with a mix of Honeymoon and Steely Blue Eyes Inklingz.

I extended the woman's hair onto the page using copper mica powder and Penny 4 Your Thoughts.

I added a little Prima stamping.

You can see a few wisps of gauze.

Thank you so much for looking,and have a great week!