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!

 

Make Today Count

Here's my new design team page for the amazing Shimmerz Paints! 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,then white gesso on the areas where I wanted to put the photo and embellishments. Later I put gesso over the whole page,it was too busy.  I smoothed on texture paste with the 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 Greener Pastures Inklingz. With a paintbrush I dribbled on a stream of Clear Rock Candy Crackle. I later covered up the green and pink colors because I decided they didn't go with the photo. I used Steely Blue Eyes and I Love You Onyxly Inklingz. I dabbed on gold mica powder.

To add visual interest I applied micro beads, seed beads, glass glitter,glitter glue, mica flakes, pearls, rhinestones, Swarovski crystals, glass pebbles, beads, shells, pressed flowers, lichen, and leaves,white tulle, tiny pieces of gold lace, tulle, a butterfly from Reneabouquet, metal from Vintaj,Prima,  and my stash. There is a Prima Mould item to the right of the photo. I painted it with Steely Blue Eyes, and rubbed on gold mica powder.

All the grayish blue on the watercolor paper, cardboard, and background paper is Steely Blue Eyes.

I used red glitter glue and red micro beads under the photo. I later added Pixie Dust Blingz to lighten the color, gold mica powder,and gold micro beads.

I extended the woman's hand and arm onto the watercolor paper with a mix of A Rose (by any other name) Inklingz. and Penny 4 Your Thoughts Inklingz.  Penny is also below the chipboard at the top of the page, and in other areas. All the gold on the page is gold mica powder.

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

Practice Kindness

Hi everyone! Melissa here with a design team page for Shimmerz Paints!  I love the color, shine, and texture of Shimmerz a lot. I chose this photo because it has a little of a fall atmosphere, and I love owls. I found the photo on Google free photo, the artist is A M Lorek.

To make this page I used Blue Fern paper from the Remnants collection, and pieces from Stamperia's Alchemy line. I put a piece of cardstock under the photo with double sided tape. This was to help the photo lie flat and to make it more sturdy. Under that is watercolor paper with foam core board in between. I tore part of the surface off the corrugated cardboard and coated the outside with gesso,and put two layers of core board underneath it.I painted the watercolor paper with First Blush Inklingz, and used Christmas Cheer Shimmerz on the cardboard. I applied texture paste around the page with a stencil and a credit card,and added some gesso on the paper.

I prepped Reneabouquets chipboard with gesso, then painted it with Green Olive Shimmerz.I added a thick layer of Ranger Clear Rock Candy. All the yellow on the page is Christmas Cheers Shimmerz. Almost all the brown on the page is Penny 4 Your Thoughts. I took a Bark Inktense Watercolor Pencil and rubbed it over the raised areas of the texture paste, then brushed on water to soften the lines.

To add visual interest I added micro beads, seed beads, rhinestones, plastic crystals, glass beads,glass pebbles,pearls,glass glitter, mica powder, shells, moss, lichen,feathers, pressed flowers, Prima flowers, a pinecone, and pieces from artificial flower picks.The little pressed yellow flowers are buttercups. The metal butterfly and big gear type pieces are from Finnabair. The key and small heart, and word metal is from Tim Holtz. There are a few small things from Vintaj.

I added chain and jump rings to all the Tim Holtz metal. I always like to make a cluster of things under the photo. I used pieces of dyed cheesecloth around the page.

I love how shiny the Christmas Cheer is!

This and the next three photos are from my cell phone. It was cloudy outside and I thought these would show more detail.

The stencil has a clockface with a bee in the center. It's kind of hard to see.

I added Penny 4 Your Thoughts to the microbeads in a lot of places. I dabbed on gold mica powder on many areas.

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

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