Shine Mini Album | Clique Kits

Hi scrappy friends!

Today I have a fun, colorful and very textured mini album to share with you using The Clique Kits May "Great Expectations" main kit that features the Crate Paper "All Heart" collection.  

I'm posting here a lot of photos of the completed album, however, I will be posting a flip thru over on my Instagram account this weekend (@colebys1981)...so be sure to stop by there for a full look at all the bits and pieces! Stay tuned!

Thanks for stopping by and be sure to head over to my IG account later this week!

Happy & Grateful Layout | Shimmerz Paints and Paige Evans Cut File & Horizon Collection

Hello Shimmerz Fans!

Nicole here and today I'm sharing a very dimensional 12x12 layout with you!

This is one of those types of layouts that I probably will not put in an album. Instead, I'll hang this  on my office wall. For this layout, I used a cut file by Paige Evans to create rolled flowers. Here's a look at the completed layout:

Everyone, please meet Cooper!  Cooper is our now 15 week old Golden Retriever! On this day, Cooper and I were sitting on the sofa and I attempted some "selfie" like photos and snapped this cutie!  For this layout, I used the Horizon collection for the accents, leaves and rolled flowers.  When I purchased this collection, I was very excited to match my Shimmerz with it to create a fun background. From my collection, I found that Vibes Cold As Ice and Inklingz Precious Posey were near perfect matches! 

I used both of these colors, along with a hint of Vibez Pink Moscatto to create today's background! After creating and adhering my rolled flowers to my background, I misted the entire page with Shimmeringz Baby's Breath to give all of the patterned paper paper a subtle hint of shimmer. Baby's Breath is one of those "must have" mists in my collection because its a great layering product for a project like this! Here are additional close ups of my finished layout:

Here are the Shimmerz products that I used in today's layout:

Vibez Cold As Ice

Vibez Pink Moscatto

Inklingz Precious Posey

Shimmeringz Baby's Breath

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you've been inspired!

 

My Highlighter Layout | Shimmerz Paints

Hello Shimmerz Fanz!

Nicole here and today I have a very bright and colorful layout to share with you!

Here's a look at my final layout:

For this layout, I was inspired by a recent cutfile I had used.  I cut a lot of the flowers you see on my background to use the outline pieces to back for another project.  Once I saw my cutting mat, I loved the negative cuts that were left on it and decided to use those and incorporate them into my background!

I began arranging them on a plain white piece of card stock in an order that I liked.  Once I knew where I wanted them to be, I glued them down.  When the glue was dry, I painted a layer of gesso over the entire background and let it completely dry. Next, I sprayed water over the areas I wanted the certain colors and then added my mists and paints to those areas, watering them down again and letting them run in between all of the grooves and edges of the flowers. I did this twice for each color, making sure it dried in between.

 Once dry, I pulled several papers from Pinkfresh Studio Simple & Sweet collection and added strips of color coordinating papers on top of the background. When I knew where I wanted them, I lightly taped them down then ran each strip thru my sewing machine.  I also sewed a double boarder around the entire page to tie it all together.

Lastly, I added several embellishments from Pinkfresh Studio, lots of enamel dots, my journaling and title. This layout came together so quick! When you create a background that becomes the showcase of a layout, it limits where you place other elements and how much you can add. Here are a few other closeups:

 Shimmerz colors that I used on today's layout are:

Coloringz Peachy Keen

Vibez Frost Bite

Shimmerz It's Mint to be

Shimmerz Sunny

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

I hope I've inspired you to create something beautiful!