Mixed Media Canvas & Video Tutorial {Shimmerz Paints & The Flying Unicorn}

Hi all! I'm so excited to share with you today a small canvas design I made using goodies from the September Flying Unicorn kits and some of my favorite Shimmerz Paints Products. There were so many beautiful metal embellishments in this kit I wanted to use them on a mixed media style canvas.  Most of what is on this canvas is from the September kits from Flying Unicorn (I think the only thing from my stash is a couple of adhesive gems and a couple small Dusty Attic chipboard pieces and some Shimmerz Paintz....I will list them below).  As always, I find it easier to show than to tell, so here is a little video tutorial I made up for this piece,...enjoy!

As I said, most of the products I used on this canvas are from the Flying Unicorn kits, but here are the Shimmerz Products used on this canvas....

~ Sunset Strip Vibez

~ Before the Dawn Vibez

~Truffle Spritz

~ Jeni B Bleu Vibez (in Kit)

~ Apple Cider Blingz

~ Artechoked Texturez (in Kit)

~ Golden Wheat Shimmerz

NOTE:  If you would like to order the Shimmerz products used on this canvas you can order them directly from the Shimmerz online STORE.  And remember if you would like to get a FREE/Bonus Shimmerz product be sure to mention my name "Gabrielle' in the 'INSTRUCTIONS TO MERCHANT' part at the end of your order and Stacey will send you a bonus Shimmerz product in the color of your choice :)

Here are a few of close ups of the canvas that you can view at your leasure....

I just love that metal branch!

For the centerpiece design I took one of the label chipboard pieces in the Small Art kit and added some bronze dimensional paint to give it a metalic look.

Hope you enjoyed my project! This one came together quick and easy!  I've got another really fun canvas/and video tutorial coming up in a few days (11th) done with more goodies from this kit!  Hope you'll be able to come by and check it out!  Thanks so much for stopping by today!

I'm Guest Designer for September at Flying Unicorn!!

Hi everyone!  I was honored to be asked to be the Guest Designer at The Flying Unicorn for the month of September, and was just blown away when I opened the package which had the Main kit (above), and the Mixed Passion, the Mixed Art and the Small Art Big Passion kits (shown below).

The kits just had my mind filling with fun projects and ideas!  The products Alda puts together are so unique and beautiful!  Some of my favorite parts where the amazing metal accents found in each of the kits!  Over the next few days I will be sharing projects I've made using these gorgeous products (and maybe a video tutorial or two?) :)

For starters I'm going to share with you all today an OTP (off the page) project I made using this cute cute dress form that came with the kits......

Here is what I made with the dress form, I used the patterned papers included in the kits (I used mainly the 6x6 papers for the skirt, and I used the cool frayed canvas strip found in the kit as well for this.

I used a wet paper technique to shape the paper to fit the dress form, layered in some lace and tulle and finished it with blooms from the kit.  I added some french flair by adding rub-ons to the dress form body and stand.

Tomorrow I will share with you all the layouts and card I created with these lovely collections and further on in the week (Thursday) I will share a canvas and video tutorial using the kit goodies!  So be sure to drop back in!  In the mean time if you are excited by what you see and would like to get your order in  (and also see some peeks at what the super talented design team did with these kits) be sure to drop by the Flying Unicorn Forum!

Thanks for stopping by today! xo

I'm a Guest Designer for Flying Unicorn Kits!!

So I've got to tell you about my experience being the Guest Designer over at The Flying Unicorn Kit Club for this month!  What a lovely group of ladies!!  Sometimes I'm told in advance what to expect in the kit when it arrives, but not this time!  Alda (the super sweet ladie that owns the kit club) let me know that she loves to keep the kit ingredients a secret until it arrives in the mail......and now I know why!  I have to say my jaw just dropped when I got my Flying Unicorn GDT kit in the mail a few weeks back!!  A huge box appeared on my doorstep just PACKED with gorgeous papers and embellishments.  Along with package after package of beautiful papers, blooms, flourishes, trims, coordinating cardstock and even art supplies (liquid pearls, Glimmer Sprays and shimmer paints!) there is also a beautiful OTP (off the page) project, in this case a lovely wooden shadow box!

The above page is the first page I made up using this lovely kit!  Now, I know that this kit club does not have strict rules for their DT and guest designers to use only the kit ingredients on their pages, but the truth is that I really had to use almost nothing from my own stash to make up these pages....there was just so many beautiful things to use!  For these pages, I did scan a couple of the butterflies in the patterned papers and printed/cut them out for embellishing my layouts, so other than this and one Dusty Attic hinge that I used on one of the pages, everything on my work is from the goodies sent to me for this months Guest DT work! 

There is this really cool case of pearl/shimmer paints included in the kit (I can see dipping into this thing over and over in upcoming layouts!) ...I used some of the shimmer paint to tint the layered yellow bloom in the center to draw in some of the pinkish tones on the page.  

There is a wonderful words/quotes rub-on sheet in the kit as well!  I have forgotton how much I really loved to use rub-on's on my work in the past until I got using them with these pages! 

For this page I combined a variety of the florals and branches in the kit, and liberally used some of the beautiful rub-on quotes.  There is also an awesome package of antique crochette lace in the kit that I just loved and used over and over in my pages! 

Check out the cute sheer ribbon and pearl blooms in the kit!  I just thought they made the cutest page accents! 

I really love butter yellow with soft blue as a color combination, so for this page I chose the elements in the kit that favoured these colors.

And finally a 3rd page I made using this kit I went with the fresh and pretty white blooms with the hint of cornflower blue.  And how cute are those vines?!   Here are some close-up pic's of the page and the goodies from the kit...

For the punched circle design, I used the Crafters Workshop Circle template to draw out the circle (I used the 6th ring from the center to make this design.  I used the Martha Stewart Swirling Lace corner punch to make the edge design.

 

Just cut out the circle using the 6th ring from the center of the template.  Then use the corner punch putting the edge of the punch design along the edge of the paper.  

Line up the edge of the punch to slightly overlap the outer edge of the punch design.  There will be a little gap on the edge (see diagram above) 

Happily using this size circle and this punch the design lines up perfectly to make this circle.  (If the design doesn't line up at the end, you can always cover the small gap with some blooms or embellishments when you place it on the page).

All I can say is that I wish I had more days in a month!  I still have so many papers and goodies left over from this gorgeous kit (not to mention the shadow box I'm still wanting to play with!).  If you haven't checked out this amazing kit club yet, go have yourself a peek (and check out the work of the rest of the super-talented design team when you are there, I'm sure you will be so inspired!!) Flying Unicorn Kit Club.  (I've added pic's of the kit and it's add-on's below just so you can have a visual of the yummy goodies!)

OCEAN BREEZE & SUMMER SKIES

JUNE KIT OF THE MONTH

The wait is over, and its time to introduce Ocean Breeze and Summer Skies, our June 2012 Kit of the Month. This month's kit is filled with so many goodies that inspiration and creativity will be falling off your projects! Kits are available now in the store and its first come, first serve. There are no lists or signs ups, We believe that scrapping is a passion and not an obligation . Hurry and get yours today , tomorrow could be too late !

The favorite part of the Kit- the OTP ( Off the Page) and this month we are featuring a shadow box, manufactured by Darice.

BUT WAIT THERE IS MORE !!!

Do not forget about the add ons

FLOWER ADD ON

Petaloo Vine, Prima Painted ladies, Prima Fairy Belle, Prestige Mini by Wrights, Petaloo Peony

EMBELLISHMENT ADD ON

Butterflies by Petaloo, ZVA Creative Crystal, Tattered Angels – Chalkboard Mist, Vine by Petaloo, Rub Ons Kaiser –Rustic Bird House, Hero Art Lace, MM Glitter Brads, Chipboard Alphas Mini Flowers by Wright

PAPER ADD ON

Kaiser – Secret Bird – Private, Fairy Belle- Marcelle, Bo Bunny – Garden Almanac garden Vines, garden Weathered Kaiser madame Butterfly – Camisole,Bodice, Blouse, petticoat, Kaiser Up Up and Away – Rollercoaster, Moon Ride , Kaiser Blae and Ivy – Field

CARDSTOCK ADD ON

Ming, Periphery Gold, Reflections, rosemary, latte, Tangerine, Scotch, Sugar and Spice, Whitewash, Palm Grove
And here are some examples from the Creative Team

Thanks for having a peek! xx