Create or Clean?

Hi all!

Ingrid here today with a fun Shimmerz project:  Create or Clean?

I bet you all know my answer to this question! LOL!

Seriously, I had so much fun to alter this floor scrubber!!

All the Shimmerz paints are perfect to color the flowers.

I'm buying mostly white flowers lately so I can paint them to match my project.

Started to give this scrubber a firm coat of gesso first.

Sprayed with Vibez and painted with Shimmerz.

Vibez: Jeni B Blue

Vibez: Grape Escape

Shimmerz: Sugar Plum

Shimmerz: Tickle me Turquoise

Shimmerz: Marigold

Thought this mini bucket was a great and fun touch!

After all the paints I randomly added some gesso go give it a nice and fresh look.

Also made this canvas card.

Used my favorite technique at the moment, 

glueing some paper towel with gesso to create the background.

If you place a Shimmerz order make sure you add my name 

in the Instructions to Merchant space to get a FREE product of your color choice.

Enjoy your create or clean day!! 

Ingrid xxx

Mood Board March Maja Design

Hi all!

Sharing my card for the March mood board at Maja Design.

Made it with the Vintage Spring Basics collection.
If you want to play with this beautiful mood board and win a fabulous prize,
check out the MD blog here.

Punched all the little flowers, distressed and inked the edges.

Used the strips at the bottom of the MD papers for some lovely sentiments.

Even used the left overs from a flower die I used on a earlier project! 

Can't throw anything away! hahaha

Lots of layers.

Adding some white wooden beads in the flower centre.

A lovely flourish metal charm from my stash.

Papers used:

4th, 5th, 6th of March and 7th of April

Enjoy your day!

Ingrid xxx

birthday cake

Hi everyone!

Ingrid here today with a little birthday cake.

Made this cake with the Vintage Autumn Basics collection from Maja Design.

Decorated the round sides with the Vintage Autumn papers, using No.II and the bottom strip. The clocks were cut out of the No.XVI. paper.

The flat sides of the cake were decorated with some fiber paste to imitate the whipped cream.

Don't you just love the clock paper sheet?!

The cut out clocks will be a great touch on almost any project!

Here I cut out a few and layered them together.

Another cut out clock for an extra touch.

And the (cherry) clock on top of the cake!

I have added some mini glass beads into the wet fiber paste.

Soften them up a little using some gesso.

Decorated the cake with some lovely flowers and embellishments and voila,

 a yummy cake (with no calories!)!lol

Maja papers used:

Vintage Autumn Basics: No.II + bottom strip and No.XVI

Other products used:

prima flowers and distress tool, pearls, mini glass beads, fiber paste, gesso, lace, charms.

Enjoy your day!

xxx

altered wooden box

Hi all!

Ingrid here today with an altered wooden box featuring lots of yummy Shimmerz!

Had a lot of fun playing with all those lovely colors!

Here is how I started this project:

Took some paper kitchen towel and glued it with gesso.

Mixed the gesso with micro glass beads for even more yummy textures!

Now it's ready to add all the colors!

Top view of the box.

Used tons of Shimmerz:

Spritz: Caribbean Sunset

Vibez: Princess

Vibez: razzel Dazzel Berry

Vibez: Jeni B Blue

Texturez: Brick wall

Dazzelerz: Grapetastic

Dazzelerz: Pucker Up Pink

Dazzelerz:Gummy Berry Blue

Dimensionz: Blue Lagoon

And here are some details:

Colored some flowers to match the colors on the box.

A few drops of the Blue Lagoon Dimensionz gives a great extra touch!

Dabbed some gesso with a sponge on the paintz to give it a more soft look.

Side view of the box.

Hope you liked this project and that it inspired you to use some gorgeous Shimmerz too!

If you place a Shimmerz order make sure you add my name (Ingrid Gooyer) 

in the "Instructions to Merchant" space and you will get a FREE sample sized

jar of Dazzelerz or Texturez or a full sized bottle of Dimensionz of your color choice!

Enjoy your day!

Ingrid xxx

heart wreath

Hi all!

 Today a heart wreath created with the gorgeous Ska Vi Ta En Fika collection from Maja Design.

Valentine's Day is coming up so this post is all about love.

The wreath originally was dark brown so this was treated with a firm coat of gesso first.

All the flowers were handmade from the Fika papers.

I also made the wrinkled strips of paper to imitate some ribbon.

The flowers are so easy to make.

Just punch two different sizes of flowers, make them wet and let them dry a bit.

Crumble them up and use a brad to hold them together.

For these flowers I used two large flowers and one small one.

The paper strips were given the same treatment, just wet them, crumble and let dry.

The white flower ribbon is given the wreath a lovely romantic feel.

The leaves chipboard, as all of the chipboard, is from Imaginarium Designs and got a coat of gesso.

Love all the beautiful colors and patterns from the Fika papers.

The butterflies chipboards got a coat of gesso first.

I used a tooth pick to make the patterns (when the gesso is still wet) on the wings.

Used some puffy paint on the letters to give them a great texture.

Papers used:

mandelkaka m plommon, soders hojder, hemma hos mig, hemgjord saft, nybakat, lejas caf'e.

Other products used: chipboard from Imaginarium Design, mini roses, flower ribbon from Prima, white thread, puffy paint, gesso.

Wishing you all a wonderful Valentine's Day and remember:

All you need is LOVE!!!

hugs,

xxx

First DT projects for Shimmerz!

Hi all!

 I'm so excited to share my first projects as a new DT member for Shimmerz Paints!!

Just love to play with their beautiful paints!

Both projects are also for the February challenge and I used the gorgeous pink colors.

Let me start with this canvas I made for my youngest daughter.

I started the background using tissue paper to create a lot of textures.

I glued the paper and some mesh with gesso.

Sprayed some colors with Vibez, Pop Art Pink.

Added more color with the Dazzelerz, Pucker Up Pink and Tutti Frutti.

Sprayed some water to let the colors blend in.

Once dry I added some extra texture with the Texturez, Crushed Coral.

The paper flowers are colored with Dazzelerz, Pucker Up Pink.

Handmade some yarn flower in matching colors.

The pink fiber was in my stash and perfect for this project.

Here are the colors I used:

Dazzelerz: Pucker Up Pink

Dazzelerez: Tuttu Frutti

Texturez: Crushed Coral

Vibez: Pop Art Pink

Didn't want to waste any of the gorgeous paints lying on my craft map,

so I made this card as well.

You can never have to many cards, right?!!

Don't forget about this months challenge to use your Shimmerz!

Share it at Shimmerz's Facebook page here and have a chance to win a fabulous prize!

If you place a Shimmerz order make sure you add my name (Ingrid Gooyer)

in the "Instructions to Merchant"space and you will get a FREE sample sized jar of Dazzelerz

or Texturez or a full sized bottle of Dimensionz of your color choice!

You can find all the gorgeous Shimmerz paints here.

Hope you liked my first Shimmerz post!

Enjoy your day!!

Ingrid xxx