"Believe" Layout | Shimmerz Paints

Hi scrappy friends!

Nicole here and today I have a fun, non-traditional Christmas layout for you! Before I get in to the fun stuff, here's a quick look at my final project:

Lately, I've been on a non-traditional Christmas kick. Don't get me wrong, I love red and green, but sometimes I like something a little different. Today, I have "different" for you!  I used a tree cut file and six different Shimmerz products on this layout.  I first began by creating my background using Vibes Frost Bite, which has the most beautiful gold glitter in it, and Spritz Sapphire. I used the packaging technique on a gessoed background and set it aside to dry.  While drying, I cut my tree. I left it on my cutting mat while I did all of the painting. It was so much easier and it didn't harm my mat at all! I added gesso first, then layered Inklingz Greener Pastures and Honey Do List for the branches, Shimmerz Precious Metal for the trunk and Shimmerz Christmas Cheer for the star.  While all of my layers were drying, I started building my photo layers and added the top bits to my spread.  I used a collection from Elle's Studio this month for all of my papers and most embellishments. The cut file really did all of the hard work adding interest to the layout!  Here are a couple close ups of my final spread:

Here's a list of all the Shimmerz used on today's project:
Vibez Frost Bite
Spritz Sapphire
Shimmerz Christmas Cheer
Shimmerz Precious Metal
Inklingz Honey Do List
Inklingz Greener Pastures

Thanks so much for joining me today!
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Magical Christmas Star | Shimmerz Paints

Hello Shimmerz fans!

Nicole here and today, I have a fun and quick non-traditional holiday layout to share with you!

I don't know about you, but sometimes I stare at my product and get so confused on what I actually want to create.  Sometimes not having the exact shade of pink or not a full sheet of paper can be discouraging.  On today's layout, I've used a few chipboard embellishments, thickers for my title and a half of a sheet of 6x6 paper and that's it!! Shimmerz can really stretch your existing supplies and bring life to products you may have had in our stash for a while!  

Here's a quick look at my final layout:

Now, I'm going to be completely honest.  I dug DEEP into my stash this week.  I mean, so deep that I found chipboard stickers that literally the adhesive backing was falling off! I've had these in my stash for so long that I think it may have dated back to before my second son was born, which has been 8 years now...eek!!  So I took that as a challenge to use it or loose it!  When I saw the angel and bells, I knew right away that lavender and grey was going to be my color focus.  The bells even have an iridescent glitter that's purple that matches the angel's wings!  How could I have missed these gems for the last 8 years?!  With minimal pieces of this collection, I found a silver and grey 6x6 paper scrap in my scrap bin that was perfect.  When I don't have many paper supplies, I always turn to my Shimmerz to create my background.  For this piece, I used Shimmerz Lilac Blossom, Shimmerz Sugar Plum and Spritz Granny Grey to create the background.  When dry, I used a vine stencil (that reminded me of windy swirls) to create texture over top of the paint.  For the stencil, I used Dazzlerz Spun Sugar with a layer of Paste-eez Puttin' On The Glitz over top. This adds the beautiful iridescent glitter over the white.  Here are a few close ups:

Here is a list of the products I used today:

Dazzlerz Spun Sugar

Paste-eez Puttin On The Glitz

Spritz Granny Grey

Shimmerz Lilac Blossom

Shimmerz Sugar Plum

Thanks so much for stopping by!

I hope you have been inspired!

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