Forever and Ever Layout | Shimmerz Paints

Hello Shimmerz Fans!

Nicole here and today, I have a fun layout to share with you!

 For this layout, I wanted to keep it minimal with supplies. The holiday's have recently ended and I'm trying hard to save a bit for some of the new products recently showcased at Creativation and a few things on my wish list (so hard!). So for this project, I'm using a couple mists, black embroidery floss and a few random embellishments in my stash. Here's a quick look at the final spread:

I began with a white 12x12 sheet of paper and applied gesso to the entire surface. I then chose a few mists from my stash in different tones of pink and red.  I divided my paper into 9 different sections and sprayed small areas of those colors. I did have to duplicate one of the colors, but that's OK!

When this piece dried, I cut it into squares by color and began to free hand fussy cut "X's" and "O's" in various sizes. I then laid them out over a new sheet of white 12x12 paper to start my layout. Once I knew where I wanted them, I did the "packaging technique" underneath them with the same color of mist. This gave it a nice tone on tone look in the end!  When the background was dry, I glued all the "XOX" in place and did some stitching with black embroidery floss over a few of them.  Once I was done stitching, I built my layers, added by title and embellished with a few bits and pieces from my stash.  Here are a few close ups of my final layout:

Here's a list of the mists I used on today's project:

Coloringz Peachy Keen

Coloringz Pink Stilettos

Spritz Ruby

Spritz Caribbean Sunset

Spritz Cotton Candy

Vibez Razzledazzel Berry

Vibez Rose Gold Red

Vibez Pink Moscato

Thanks so much for joining me today! I hope you've been inspired!

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2018 Year In Review | Shimmerz Paints

Hello Shimmerz Fans!

Nicole here and today I have a fun and VERY colorful layout to share with you!  As 2018 comes to an end, I wanted to do a recap or a year in review type layout. I thought it would be a really fun way to end my album. This layout doesn't have much embellishing, but has LOADS of color! Here's a quick look at the final layout:

For this project, I chose to use a piece of watercolor paper as opposed to 12x12 scrapbook paper for my base.  I knew with all of the colors that it was going to need to take a whole lot of water and paint. I started by choosing a rainbow of colors and ended up going with all mists for this project.  Here is some "eye candy" for the colors I chose:

These are all of the colors I used and the actual order I used them in on my spread. I did not prep my watercolor paper before I began, I simply put my colors in order that I wanted to use them and had my water bottle within reach.  I started by spraying the outer edge of my paper with a single color and gave it a quick mist with water so it formed a color droplet. I moved my paper around to direct that water drop towards the center of the paper.  I continued with this process for every color.  The key for me was to do each color as they were still wet.  I let them naturally bleed into each other.  The only time I took a paper towel to soak any color up was when they all reached the center of the layout and it started to create a muddy brown.  Once dry, I added 1.5" photos in a circular pattern, backed by a color coordinating paper. After adhering them all down, I added in color coordinating heart embellishments, pieces of chipboard that I colored with Shimmerz Coal and my title in the center. For my journaling, I added it around the outside edge of my layout. It created a nice frame and also includes a short description of the photos that I chose every month.  Here are a few close ups of my final project:

 Here's a complete list of the colors I used today:

Shimmerz Paints Coal

Vibez Pink Moscato

Spritz Ruby

Spritz Caribbean Sunset

Coloringz Peachy Keen

Vibes Sunset Strip

Vibez Glorious Day

Coloringz Don't Citron Me

Coloringz Oh Say Can U See

Coloringz Well Blue Me Down

Spritz Sapphire

Coloringz Ahoy Matey

Spritz Walkin' a tight Heliotrope

Whew that's a lot! lol!

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Thanks so much for joining me today!

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